Fifty Years Ago Highlights From The News-Post
Informal exercises opening the Woman's College were held with President Apple and Dean Webler on the platform alongside ministers. Articles of incorporation filed for Valentine Manufacturing Co to produce and sell drugs. Paving between track and street completed on East Patrick. Dr. Walter C. Dugan purchases Schley’s Drug Store on West Patrick. E Burger shifts to new delivery wagon. Mayors invited to Associated Boards of Trade convention. Chapel Alley attacked by Contractor Roy delaying water mass work. Canteen camp report shows $400 net. A businessman labeled the Northern Central crossings on East street “death traps.” Last dance of the season set for Braddock Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s College
Apple
Dean Webler
Isaac M. Motter
Henri L. G. Kieffer
E. L. McLean
T. Freeman Dixon
J. J. Rives
A. G. Rupp
Valentine Manufacturing Co
Rocky Ridge
Ellsworth C. Valentine
Doran E. Albaugh
Russell J. Bowen
Baltimore
Northern Central Railroad
Patrick Street
SRS
J. W Humm
C. C. Warehime
P. L. Hargett
Frederick
Hanmer
Hargett
Schley
West Patrick Street
Walter C. Dugan
Dr. Dugan
E Burger
South Market Street
Charles P. Troxell
Frank V. Staub
Associated Boards of Trade
Chapel Alley
Church
Roy
Company A
National Guard
Khrushchev's Harvest and the Berlin Crisis Tensions Rise in Nuclear Test Series
The first four atmospheric nuclear tests after resuming testing hit kiloton ranges, unsettling the West less than the Iron Curtain. Panic buying grows in Polaris while East Berliners breach the wall seeking freedom. Britain coolly analyzes risk as Khrushchev claims a glimmer of hope for talks. A second megaton-scale test begins, underscoring demands for a German peace treaty and a demilitarized Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
United States
Polaris
East Germany
East Berlin
Britain
Berlin
Atomic Energy Commission
Khrushchev
Ragweed Protein Could Spur Stronger Hay Fever Vaccine
Dr. Robert Goldfarb and a Chicago Medical School study group report isolating the ragweed protein responsible for hay fever. A stronger vaccine could emerge to protect the 10 million sufferers, offering relief beyond injections or avoidance, with potential broader use for other common allergens and household dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Goldfarb
Chicago Medical School
America
Dr. Goldfarb
Ths
First Hospital Family Picnic Draws Large Attendee List
About 200 employees and families attended the first hospital family picnic planned by Mr. Youngdahl. Hospital staff and their relatives filled the event with 439 meals served by the dietary department led by Miss Irene Toth, with committee members including Mrs. Reseila Arnold, Mrs. Buhrman, Miss Amy Day and Frank Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dorsey
Duce
Lot Albaugh
Clarence Covel
Kenneth Wilelis
Davis T. Auldridge
Elizabeth Haines
Youngdahl
Irene Toth
Miss. Toth
Reseila Arnold
Buhrman
Amy Day
Frank Adams de
Twenty Years Ago From The News Post Files 1941
The September 22 1941 column notes British tank production sent to Russia. Westminster authorities block parking meters by court order. About one million Japanese troops in Manchukuo. Mrs Charles Bayard Trail Frederick dies after illness. Anthrax outbreak subsides but cow dies on Willis Derr farm Feagaville. Fire crews battled a car blaze on Jefferson Pike near Red Hill. Wanda Jo Bussard injured after traffic collision at Fifth and Beniz. Cooler nights signal end of summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Manchuokuo
Charles Bayard Trail
Frederick
Willis Derr
Feagaville
Independent Hose Co
Jefferson Pike
John Krantz
Red Hil
Wanda JO Bussard
Fifth
Beniz
Maryland Unemployment Benefits Fall Slightly in August 1961
Maryland residents received 3,375,911 in unemployment benefits in August 1961, down from 3,385,448 in August 1960, the Department of Employment Security reported. The margin of decline has narrowed since February, the worst month of the recent recession, while local grain prices were listed by the Farmers Co-Operative Association for Wheat Corn Barley and prices per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Department of Employment Security
Stephen C. Cromwell
DES
Farmers Co-Operative Association
Fort Detrick to Award Length of Service Pins
Fort Detrick will award 212 federal career employees at a post theater ceremony on Friday September 2 1961 starting at 1 pm. Local officials Mayor Jacob Ramsburg and representatives Met Mathias Jr and Nicholas G Fanos will attend with Colonel Carl Casto presenting 30 year 11 year and 20 year certificates and pins to named staff including F is Wadley Carlton E Brown and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Army
Fort Detrick
Charles Met. Mathias Jr
Jacob R.ramsburg
Nicholas G. Fanos
Frederick
Carl S. Casto
M. Wadley
Carlton E. Brown
James
Amos F. Brown
Arthur Brown
Charles R. Brown
Karl M. Brown
Lawrence Brown
Edward B. Campbell
Garel C. Cannon Jr
James H. Carroll
Carl W. Carty
Gladys A. Cline
William W. Cole
JoAnn F. Comer
Burns R. Campher
James J. Cook
Miriam L. E. Crone
George F. Crouse
Jack L Davis
Jermon T. Davis
Wayne E Hill
Trudy P. Hiltner
4Nnn
S Hiteshew
Walter G. Hoffman
Turner O. Hollar
Stanley E. Hough Jr
Richard P. Jacobs
Henry E. Jenkins
James E Kearfott
John Kensock
Joseph L. Kemp
Katheryn L. Kimes
Warren L. Kinsey
Richard H. Kruse
Ivan A. Lantz
Joseph R. Lee
Lee F Miller
John H. Morrison
John E. Myers
Albert Nickel
Earl E. Norwood
Lergy W. Null
Ela Mae Pearl
R. Lield Phillips
Beamore B. Poole
Iran Ponle
William E. Toole
Victor Pratt
Bernard T. Price
Betty D Frice
Claude J. Proctor
John G Ray Jr
Charles H. Remsburg
Bily M. Roberts
Roger C. Roderics
Harry L Rowe
Robert C. Rees
Leo A Sanders
Carroll E Lelly
Walter G. Sewell
Berane Im
Shankle
Eva M Shank- Seaa
Shatto
Richard
Eiayens
Ibert A. Sier
George E. Sier
George C. Slagle Jr
Geraldine M. Slagle
Patsy G. Sparks
Bernard E Sprankle
Orvis M. Staley
John A. Whittington
Amanda E. Wiles
Thelma B. Wilson
Dorothy
Winpigler
Guinnevere B. Winpigler
Keller C. Wolf
Raymond S. Wortman
Large Tomato Shown At News Office By Joan Russell
Joan Russell displayed a large tomato at the News office on Thursday. The fruit grew in Roland Fraley Sr. garden on North Wisner Street and weighed two and a half pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Russell
Roland Fraley Sr
Wisner Street
Local girls stage small bazaar to aid Cancer Fund
Four girls aged 10 to 12 ran a backyard bazaar at 305 West Second Street with games, a fortune-teller, grab bags, and a camera prize. Profits of 11 dollars were donated to Frederick County Cancer Society, with Mrs. Michael handling funds and chaperone Mrs. Shipley guiding the event. Names include Ann Shipley, Mary and Janie Thomas, and Laurie Jenkins. The tale also notes two local residents featured as poets in Sunshine Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Second Street
B. C. Thomas Jr
Tarzan
Coney Island
Hop. Com
Cancer Fund
Russell
Kitty) Michael
Frederick County Cancer Society
Dorsey F. Shipley
Michael
Ann Shipley
Dorsey Shipley
Mary
Janie Thomas
Laurie Jenkins
George A. Zeigler
Excerpts From Sunshine Magazine Pieces and Poems
A collage of quoted lines and introspective verse excerpts from Sunshine Magazine and related notes. The text references quotes from Calvin Coolidge and poems such as If I Had A Garden, plus editorial letters and observations on poetry, culture, and aging, with brief mentions of Frederick Maryland and Litchfield Illinois.
Boyle Column: Jumping to conclusions and common beliefs
Hal Boyle notes how people overestimate certainty in life. He mocks statically simple rules on parenting, blondes, dogs, marriage, and luck, then argues modern attitudes mix hope and contradiction as time and money shape perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Babe Ruth
America
Naa
Fort Detrick News Highlights Local Events and Departures
Fort Detrick events include General Wedemeyer as guest speaker at a Women’s Club meeting on October 3, with his book Wedemeyer Reports. Other items cover Ladies Night Out, Fall Formal Dance, new birth, farewells, local notes, and staff movements around Fort Detrick and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Detrick
General Wedemeyer
Detrick
Poolesville
Jane Lacy
Deaths in Jefferson area and vicinity including Brown Englar Hines Routzahn
Obituaries from the Jefferson area list Chester W Brown of Horme road near Jefferson dying at Frederick Memorial Hospital at 8 15 am aged 59 with surviving wife Evelyn Rice Brown two children and multiple siblings. Also noted are Emma Lee Donivan 79 at Martinsburg General Hospital with long illness and funeral arrangements. Ada R Englar Taneytown resident daughter of Preston B and Margaret Englar with services at Trinity Lutheran Church. Ruth Green Hines 39 of Woodfield and Elmer W Hines. Robert F Routzahn 27 of Middletown. John Harvey Shirk doe Taneytown noted as a long time farmer and Carroll County Fair director. Mary Virginia Willard 77 of Washington died at Sibley Memorial Hospital with services in Washington and Mount Olivet cemetery. multiple other local deaths with funeral details and interments.
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Chester Wright Brown
Chester Wright (Ches) Brown
Horme Road
Jefferson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Samuel Walter
Emma A. Wright Brown
Jefferson Methodist Church
Jefferson Council 127 Jr. O.U.A
Brown
Evelyn Rice Brown
Willard L. Brown
Elmer Derr
East Church Street
St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
George W. Donivan
Emma Lee Donivan
King's Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Elkton
Zachariah and
Elizabeth Henslev Een
George , Donivan
Vsininne
Luther Donivan
Four Mile Woods
W. Va
Lewis
James Donivan
Shenandoah Junction
Alice Snowden
Charles Town
Minnie Berry
Bar-dane
Elizabeth Donivan
Lucettie Haney
Barboursville
Pentecostal Church
Duffields
Uvilla Methodist Church
Uvilla
W.va
Ada R. Englar
Ada Reindollar Englar
Taneytown
Preston B
Margaret R. Englar
Vonume
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lutheran Home’ For
Washington
Margaret Noulton
Beaulah Englar
Fuss Funeral Home
Howard Miller
Elmer W. Hines
Ruth Green Hines
Woodfield
Mary E
Elmer W. Green
G. D. Armstrong
Wesley Grove Methodist Church
Mary Green
Francis H. Barber
Laytonsvile
Eer Grove Cemetery
Robert F. Routzahn
Robert Franklin Routzahn
Middletown
Calvin F
Lula Long Routzahn
Gladhill
George Klinefelter
Lutheran
Mary Bel Koontz
Martin Manor
Hagerstown
John
Sarah Little Shirk
Carroll County
Mt. Union
Mt. Union Lutheran Church, Near Taneytown
Edna L. Ladanyi
Buffalo
J. Ralph Shirk
Bruce A. Shirk
Harry J Shirk
Seth S Hester
Mary Virginia Willard
Seventh Street
N.E
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Luther E
Emma V. Myers Willard
Keller Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church
Miss Willard
Bureau of Engraving
U.S
Ella M. Fry
Adamstown
Carrie Pangle
Harry S. Willard
9Th
Maryland Avenue
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mount Olivet J
Funeral Notices and Murder Trial in Annapolis
Funeral services announced for Mrs. Lillie Minnick widow of Charles Minnick in Middletown with Rev. Burkhart. interment at Lutheran Cemetery. Also services for Mrs. Ida Stotler in Frederick at Seventh Day Adventist Church with interment at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Funeral for Mrs. Viola Carlisle planned for 1201 North Market Street with Rev. Ashbury officiating. Annapolis Court of Appeals hears Brady bid for new murder trial in 1960 case. Brady and Boblit convicted in Odenton robbery slaying of William Brooks. Brady seeks post conviction relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Minnick
Charles D. Minnick
Middletown
Gladhill
Albert Burkhart
Lutheran Cemetery
Leon Draper
Glenn Draper
Ralph Crone Jr
Mark Gladhill
Ida Stotler
Charles M. Stotler
Western Maryland State Hospital
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Frederick
Tor Dahlburg
Byron Crum
Lawrence DeLong
William Roger
Donald Eckenroth
Carlos Redman
Lary Rusherman
Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
Hansonville
M. L. Creager and Son
Viola Carlisle
North Market Street
Maurice D. Ashbury
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
William Brooks
Odenton
John Leo Brady
High Court
Brady
Donald Boblit
Anne Arundel County
Brooks
Boblit
Wader
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Braddock Heights
VanFossen
Frederick Memson
Smith
Charles Smith
Natconal Institute
Nim Bethesda
Linda Burdette
Shooks‘oun
Frederick Memoral Hospital
Wee
Sunshine Magazine
House of Sunshine
Litchfield
Tinois
Edith H. Shank
North College Parkway
Edna M. Buhrman
Trail Avenue
Lucy Cutright
By Joe Eenbauar
Vin Coolidge
God
Mrs. Shank
Coolidge
Lan
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Til
Chicago
Cal
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Clark Sheetenhelm
Store Story
Steven P. Pakes
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Robert E. Roush
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Kermit C. Smith
John P. van Slyke
James ©. Bates
John Benchoff
William Corbin
Dominic F. Gasbarri
Donald Bowie
Robert Moss
Malcolm Hale
E. Wayne Tobery
Robert R. Brubaker
Thurmont Women's Club
William Jacobs
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Paul Teare
Helen Jones
Milton A. Frank Sr
Army Research and Development
John White
Public Health Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Terry Hays
Texas
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Columbus
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