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Newspaper

News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1961

Page

4

Fifty Years Ago In The News Post Files September 16

A rescue near a railroad caboose averted a major blaze after discovering a fire at a factory along East street. H.R. Lampe installs an attractive sign on East Fifth street. Mrs Crain tends a blue and red chinaaster bed with 82 blooms on one stalk. Fredericktonians endure a drenching mist and wrap clothing. C E Duvall, 30, dies walking along B&O tracks near Hog Pen Grade. Robert Mullinisz, near Mt Airy, injures knee in a Shenandoah Valley freight wreck. Middletown to get a new evaporated cream plant employing about 30. Braddock Heights Fire Department fire test deemed satisfactory but alarm system sought. Brunswick to receive 2000 for street improvements. Meier's bakery clock sign on North Market. Fireworks at Pen Mar park spark roof fire quickly extinguished.

East Street John Sharer Northern Central Railroad Henry Mehrling H.R. Lampe East Fifth Street George Crain Carroll Street Baltimore and Ohio Hogpen Grade Cumberland Robert Mulliniz Mt Airy B. and Middletown Braddock Heights Brunswick Meier North Market Street Fifth Pen Mar Park

American Children Outperform in Mental Health Study

Delegates at the Paris Congress on Mental Health report American children show healthier mental outlooks and higher honesty than peers in other nations. Michigan State University doctors tested youths from 10 countries over 15 years, finding stark contrasts between authoritarian and free societies. American children scored 71 percent while a Mexican village reached 4 percent, with oppressed societies showing lower cooperation and fair play.

International Congress On Mental Health Paris Michigan State University East Germany

Congressional payroll grows as non essential label bites

A Senate House committee estimates federal civilian payrolls in 1961 at over 13.6 billion dollars, an all time high, up 8 percent from 12.6 billion the prior year despite fewer workers. July shows a 16 700 rise over June, signaling turnover that may not last.

Congressional Committee Senate House Committee On Washington

Hood College adopts infantile paralysis precautions

Hood College officials and Frederick County health authorities require students from certain Pennsylvania counties with infantile paralysis to follow precautionary measures. A Thurmont rifle accident hospitalized Thomas Stottemayer after a hunting season opening. Local guard units were mustered, and county ministers resumed meetings with Rev. W. C. Royal delivering an address. Hospital notices list patients at Charles Town General and Annie Warner in Gettysburg, plus new births and discharges from various facilities. Premiere showing of 1962 Plymouth and other cars announced for Philadelphia dealers. Local grain prices reported by the Farmers Co-Operative Association.

Frederick Hood College Frederick County Hood Pennsylvania Thomas Stottlemayer Thurmont Frederick City Hospital Hamburg Adolf Hitler Western Russia W. C. Royal

Burail Backs YMCA Site For Frederick Civic Needs

Alderman Burail urges approving the YMCA proposed site over a Civic Center plan. He notes the public already uses the YMCA freely and argues the YMCA provides needed facilities at lower cost, while criticizing five years of study with no financing plan from opponents.

Burail YMCA Civic Center Group Frederick Burall

Homemaker Clubs Study Chile In September Meetings

Rosedale Unionville and Yamsville Homemakers clubs met in September with talks on Chile by Miss Beatrice Fehr home demonstration agent. Guests attended and plans for October and next year were announced, including Chile studies and a family life theme.

Rosedale Rosedale Homemakers Club Francis Putman Paul Carmack Grant DeShazer Ernest Taverner Bernard Smill Raymond Smith Claire Julian Carl Dillinger Beatrice Fehr Chile C. Vincent Biser Unionville Club Unionville Homemakers Club Linganore Grange Hall Everett Garver Florence Yost Land Merton Forney Frederick Fair Ralph Ripley Robert Sammis Maureen van Sant George P. van Ejiff Sr Jamsville Adele Miller Yamsville Gordon Smith Tommy Ann Smith Hollingsworth Ijamsville

Edith Keeney Hospital Observation in Frederick

Miss Edith Keeney of Thurmont is in Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation today and is doing as well as can be expected. A note mentions Homer’s Nose in Sequoia National Park was named in 182 when surveyors jokingly likened the mountain to the nose of Joseph Homer.

Edith Keeney Thurmont Frederick Memorial Hospital Homer California Sequoia National Park Joseph Homer

Weddings Tie Draper Biser in Smithsburg Church

Miss JoAnn Draper and Ronald Wayne Biser were married September 9 at 2 p.m. in the Church of God Lantz. Rev. Clarence McGaha officiated. The bride wore white. bridesmaid Nancy Draper wore pink. best man Edmund Saunder Jr. attended the groom. The couple resides in GOP WOMEN MEET.

Ruth Ann Roberson Wilson L. Roberson Middletown Vernon M Cassell Jr Vernon M. Cassell Sr Braddock Heights Christ Reformed Church George H. Klinefelter Ronald Remsburg Betty Jane Roberson Biser Draper JoAnn Beulah Draper Smithsburg Ronald Wayne Biser Cascade Church of God, Lantz Miss Draper Charles Lee Draper Mr. Biser Charles Delbert Biser Clarence McGaha Nancy Lee Draper Edmund Saunder Jr Waynes Mrs. Draper

Lutheran Mission Parish in Belfast Highlighted in GOP Talk

A speaker described serving a Lutheran Mission Parish in Belfast with an itinerary covering Ireland Switzerland Austria Germany Holland Belgium France and England. She praised Switzerland’s beauty Germany’s progressiveness and farm land while noting warm European welcome to American tourists. Next GOP Women’s Federation meeting is the second Wednesday in November at Hotel Frederick unless notified.

GOP GOP Women’s Federation Frederick County Hotel Frederick Jacob Romilie Cora Cut Preudert Baltimore Ocal Sheraton-Bellimere Frounty Helen Remsburg Jacob Ramsburg Joan Derr Hilda Croghan Booth Frederick Fair Virginia White Europe Emmett Bowlus Port of Neer Boston Belfast Ireland Ohio Faucettstown Barbara East Liverpool Switzerland Austria Germany Holland Belgium France England Umless

Personal birthday and travel notices from local area

Miss Pauline E Bell of Shooks town will celebrate her birthday Sunday. Dr and Mrs James B Ranek Jr of Seattle Wash will be leaving for their home Sunday after a vacation east including a stay with Dr Ranek's parents in West College Terrace. Dr Ranek a UW Medical School faculty member. James David Hagan and Walter Gray Buckley III depart for North Scituate after a Maryland stay to attend the Eastern States Exposition then return to study at Peabody Conservatory of Music and Michigan State University.

Pauline E. Bell Shookstown James B. Ranek Jr Seattle Wash Dr. Ranek James B. Ranek Sr West College Terrace Ranck Bloomington American Physiological Society New York City Medical School University of Washington James David Hagan Walter Gray Buckley North Scituate Rhode Island Maryland New England West Springfield Mass Peabody Conservatory of Music Baltimore Michigan State Universty East Lansing

Funeral services for George M. Palmer Held in Thurmont

Funeral services for George M. Palmer, who died Tuesday at his Lewistown home, were held Friday at 11 a.m. at M. L. Creager and Son funeral home in Thurmont. Rev. Miles Reifsnyder officiated with assistance from Revs. Wallace Beiber and Guy P. Bready. Interment followed at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Pallbearers were Randolph Stull, Jacob Ramsburg, David Snook, Jack Stowell, Meredith Young, and Carroll Seibert. Associates of the State Game and Inland Fish Commission served as honor guard.

George M. Palmer Lewistown M. L

Presence of a Lady at Mount Vernon During the Civil War

Dorothy Troth Muir recounts Sarah C. Tracy's role as secretary to Mount Vernon Ladies' Association's first regent Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham. Tracy's letters describe seven peaceful years 1861-1868 near warfronts, preserving the mansion and guarding sacred ground.

Mt. Vernon Dorothy Troth Muir Wallace Muir Boyds Sarah C. Tracy Troy New York Mount Vernon Potomac Interlude George Washington Regents Billhimers Robert S. Billhimers Sanford, Fla Mrs. Muir Washington Grove Gaithersburg Bob Ruth Billhimer Montgomery County Assessment Office Ruth Montgomery County Sentinel Montgomery Lower Frederick Miss Tracy Mr. Vernon Upton H. Herbert Mr. Herbert Fairfax Washingtons Godey Vernon Lewises Herbert General Washington New York Herald Alexandria Washington Virginia Miss Cunningham

Deaths in Westminster and Vicinity Reported in Obituary Notes

Sterling M Flickinger 68 of Mayberry area died Thursday at Annie M Warner Hospital Gettysburg after a short illness. Survived by wife Bertha Myers Flickinger two stepchildren foster son and extended family. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Church of God Mayberry Littlestown. Burial St Mary's Cemetery Silver Run. Armistead A Mock 55 of Pt Rocks died suddenly at Frederick Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. Survived by wife and mother and several children siblings and grandchildren. Friends may call at 1201 North Market Street funeral home. services Tuesday at 11 a.m. Interment St Paul's Cemetery Pt Rocks. Mrs Nance M McKay 66 of Wakefield near New Windsor died suddenly at Nag's Head Beach NC while vacationing. Survived by one brother and one sister in Canada. Nurse and church member. Service Tuesday 10:30 a.m. New Windsor funeral home, interment Presbyterian Cemetery. John H Neal III 68 of Kingsville died Thursday at Waynesboro Hospital after years of ill health. Survived by brother Rev Clarence A Neal and sister Mrs Bessie Snider and others. Funeral Monday 10:30 a.m. Grove Funeral Home Waynesboro. Interment Green Hill Cemetery. William E Reed 74 of Damascus died Friday morning at home. Survived by wife Rhoda and daughter Ethel Atkins and son Johnsville and siblings. Funeral details to follow.

Ella V. Fisher Lime Kiln Falkie Mabel Carter Carter Lime Kaln Fisher Sibstic Ber Lutheran Church Pythian Sisters Pocahontas Lodge Buckeystown Alub Sterling M. Flickinger Mayberry Westminster RFD Annie M. Warner Hospital Gettysburg Milton Elizabeth Miller Flickinger Bertha Myers Flickinger Nellie Angell Taneytown Paul Bemniller Silver Run John F. Marsh Jacob Hahn Taneytown Rfd Daniel Bair Hanover Preston Blank Carvin Flickinger Burnett Flickinger J. H. Hoch Church of God Littlestown St. Mary’s Cemetery Armistead A. Mock Mary Ellen Mock Pt. of Rocks Frederick Memorial Hospital Lena Mozella Mock Oscar F. Mock Alex H. Repass Wheaton Ralph L. Lamm Lee Nance M. McKay Roderick Alexander McKay Wakefield New Windsor Manteo N. C Nag’s Head Beach James Vannote Annetta Rider Baltimore Dingwell Scotland Canada John H. Neal John Henry Neal III Kingsville Neal Mermorial Waynesboro Clarence A Neal Chambersburg Myersville Bessie Snider Frederick F. D. Johnson Fredericktown Grove Funeral Home Even J. Bartell Green Hill Cemetery William E. Reed William Edgar Reed Rhoda J. Reed Damascus Samuel P Matilda Lydard Reed Ethel Atkinson Johnsville Oliver C. Reed Rachel Musgrove

Infant Sarah Ellen Mentzer obituary notice

An infant daughter of Allen H and Shirley Dodson Mentzer of Hagerstown died Friday morning at Washington County Hospital. Graveside services were held this afternoon with interment in Montgomery Methodist cemetery Clagettsville. The infant is survived by maternal grandparents John W Dodson of Airy and paternal grandparents Roland C Mentzer of Williamsport RFD 2.

Sarah Ellen Mentzer Allen H Shirley Dodson Mentzer Hagerstown Washington County Hospital John W. Dodson Airy Roland C. Mentzer Williamsport Rfd

Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing awards list

Three members of the graduating class received special awards at Elm Street School last Sunday. P David Youngdahl urged nurses to show gleam in the eye voice in the ear a sword in the hand and a song in the heart. Awards went to Brenda Joyce Fagan Nancy Louise Hildebrand Patricia Ann Reynolds and Nancy Louise Hilde for various categories. Additional graduates included Mary Magdalene Alexander Frances Delores Barber and Kay Virginia Crawford. The event marked the hospital’s fiftieth anniversary and included a reception on the Georgiana Houck Simmons Nurses Home lawn.

Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Elm Street School P. David Youngdahl Dorothy Filter McBride Brenda Joyce Fagan Elizabeth Craigmile Schroeder Patricia Ant Reynolds Paul S. Michael Estelle H Collins Youngdahl Georgiana Houck Simmons Mary Magdalene Alexander Frances Delores Barber Kay Virginia Crawford

Rev Rich to Wed Miss Abrolat in November

Mr and Mrs Ernest Abrolat Scranton announce the engagement of their daughter Ardelle to Rev William Daniel Rich son of Mr Edgar M Rich and the late Mrs Mildred R Rich. Ardelle Abrolat works for the Board of Christian Social Concerns and will marry at St Luke's Methodist Church Washington on November 25.

Ernest Abrolat Master Street Scranton Ardelle Wiliam Daniel Rich Edgar M. Rich Mildred R. Rich Lowell Avenue Washington, D.C Abrolat Keystone Junior College la Plume Board of Christian Social Concerns The Methodist Church Rich Ohio Wesleyan University Beta Theta ‘Pi Boston University School of Theology Bowen Mass Singanore-Libertytown Frederick County St. Luke's Methodist Church Washington, D

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