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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1970
Page
5
Obituary notices for Edgar Willard Mills of Bakerton and Mary Edna Webb of Bolivar note deaths at Charles Town General Hospital with service details. Also includes Maude R. Julian of Frederick area and Carl W. Carty of Holiday Acres with funeral arrangements and burial plans in local cemeteries.
Frederick fire company No 3 will join an American Constitution Day parade Sunday at 1 p.m. in Baltimore. Parade head James Bruchey notes a fire prevention float “Help Sparky Catch the Golden Ring” with a new pickup truck, plus a Smokey Bear and Sparky on a merry-go-round float. The five mile route through designated city sections should take about four hours, starting Broadway Street.
Mr Elmer Mottern of West College Terrace has returned home and remains confined to his residence. Mrs Marietta Cutting of Myersville is resting comfortably at Frederick Memorial Hospital after an operation performed Friday.
Baltimore AP Blair, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, endorsed Friday the Senate candidacy of Rep. J. Glenn Beall Jr. of Maryland. He said he would be proud to run with Beall and offered enthusiastic support in a prepared statement.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. E May Rice at M R Etchison and Son Funeral Home with Rev John L Barnes presiding and interment at Burkittsville Cemetery. William L Burkholder and Victor E Love also had services at local churches with interments at Mt Oliver and Gettysburg National Cemetery. Bertha H Yingling's rites occurred in Taneytown with interment at Baust Church Cemetery.
Frederick County sees a sharp rise in monthly federal retirement pensions. The Social Security Administration reports 8,571 local beneficiaries this year, up from 6,801 four years ago, with average payments at $968 per person annually. Nationwide, benefits exceed 25 million recipients totaling about $27 billion yearly. The county now receipts about $8.29 million annually, up from $5.55 million, aided by a 15 percent across the board boost.
Public sale set for September 19 1970 at 11 a m on Ward Kline Road Myersville Frederick County beef cattle farm machinery and hay listed by MR and MRS VIVIAN S WILT owners and attorney clerk details. Also notice of appointment of Connie Earp as personal representative of George Daniel Gaylor estate in West Virginia with claim deadline March 12 1971 and address for filing. Frederick Maryland real property noted. Also bid invitation from Myersville Maryland for street paving work with specifications and bid deadline September 23 1970 and right to reject. Memorial note for George Walter Jackson dated September 12 1964 included. Local mentions and ads follow.
Tonda Rene Dillow daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Dillon Jr of Charles Town W Va was christened Sept 6 at St Luke s Lutheran Church Point of Rocks by Rev Campbell Mc Kinnon Godparents were Mr and Mrs Charles Stunkle of Point of Rocks Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Leonard Joy of Point of Rocks The Dillons and family reside in Woodville Ohio
A dense display of classified style notices includes painting services in Keymar and Mt. Airy, orchard offerings from Catoctin Mountain and Thurmont, auctions, rummage sales, church events, reunions, fundraisers, and upcoming community happenings. Items mention schedules, contact numbers, farm sales, service providers, and local entertainment across Frederick County Maryland.
President Nixon flew to his Camp David retreat Friday evening with Mrs. Nixon and aide H R Halde man. Their son in law David Eisenhower and daughter Julie were already at the camp. The first family plans to return to the White House for Sunday morning worship in the East Room.
The first freed hostages, 66 people mostly American women and children, left Nicosia for Zurich on a Swissair charter after spending a night in Cypriot hotels. Thirty-eight Americans were aboard. They had been hijacked with TWA and Swissair jets to a desert site near Amman, then moved to Amman hotels. A 12 year old from Willingboro New Jersey recalled fear during the Jordan stop and gunfire in Amman.
Hurricane Ella smashed into a thinly settled area of northeastern Mexico with winds over 125 mph and heavy rains. La Pesca, at the mouth of the Rio Soto La Marina, faced uncertain damage as satellite radar tracked Ella toward Soto la Marina and predicted 50 to 60 miles westward movement before weakening inland. Up to 15 inches of rain and eight-foot tides were forecast, with warnings ending on the Texas coast by morning.
Rep J Glenn Beall denounces a Democratic controlled Congress as lethargic in acting on key reforms. He cites failures to reform the draft and Medicare, to revise Social Security procedures, and notes only four of fourteen appropriations bills approved. He calls for allies to back modern programs aiding the public and taxpayer.
A Keymar man, 19 year old John Richard Mercer, was charged with reckless driving after a 2:10 am crash on Biggs Ford Road near Fountain Rock Road. His eastbound car crossed left, struck a telephone pole, and ended on the left shoulder. Damages were $350. Mercer was uninjured. Separately, Daniel L. Temple, 25, of All Saints Street, was jailed on a concealed weapon charge after an arrest at Jenkins Canning Co. with a $100 bond and a Sept. 14 trial.
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