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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1963
Page
2
The News of Frederick Maryland dated Monday September 30 1963 lists subscription rates including one month for 10 cents six months for 60 cents and one year for 1000. It notes circulation and advertising rates and identifies the paper as a second class master publication for Fredericks County.
September 38, 1913 notes show school improvements countywide with wall pictures and cleaned stoves. Old books burned at New Market after scarlet fever outbreak. Lutheran Bible Class to perform in Frederick. Local youths cause Sunday vandalism, while Mayor Fraley enforces bike and roller skating rules after dark. Rosenour building adds large plate glass windows for Shipley’s. John F Moran moves to Manchester Farm near Cemetery Road. Adamstown carp story records 15 carp weighing 0.9 hundred pounds from Monocacy. Welsch named agricultural teacher at Boys' High School, from Springfield Missouri.
President Kennedy argues the United States must avoid monolithic world power and prevent Communist expansion while preserving diversity and upholding the United Nations. He refutes Goldwater’s hard line, warning that unilateralism would weaken American influence and invite Soviet gains. The debate frames a clear foreign policy choice for voters.
The United Nations Demographic Yearbook for 1962 ranks Tokyo as the largest city by population at 8.3 million, followed by New York at 7.7 million and Shanghai at 7 million. Paris London and Moscow follow, with Greater Paris 8.5 million, Greater London and Greater Moscow around 7 million each. The more industrialized a city, the larger its population, except Shanghai as China’s commercial hub.
The excerpt jokes that the Department of Agriculture has more empties than farmers and notes the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has 12 posts for 34 areas. It mentions a President and farm delegations, but the fragment is garbled and unclear about concrete actions or outcomes.
Twenty years ago notes reflect Elizabeth Knox on a Johns Hopkins Nursing School graduation in Baltimore with public health duties ahead. Also items report a surprise air attack on New Guinea, German evacuations near Naples, Kiev artillery, and war casualty tallies. Viet Nam advisory duties include Gene Ansberger and others, with promotions and commissions noted, plus ex Air Chief Trevor Gardner’s death.
Mrs Mary Blanche Ebert widow of Harry L Ebert died at her home 410 Rockwell Terrace Sunday at noon after an illness of more than three years She was daughter of the late William Henry and Emma Bennett Dertzbaugh and a devout member of First Baptist Church She presided over and directed the Ebert Ice Cream Company Surviving are daughter Elizabeth E Brittain two brothers and a sister Lewis R Dertzbaugh Pearl D Whitmore and Frank M Dertzbaugh all of the city Three grandchildren four great grandchildren a nephew and two nieces Friends may call at the funeral home 106 East Church Street after 7 p m today until noon Wednesday when the body will be moved to First Baptist Church for 2 p m services Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery M R Etchison and Son funeral directors.
Mrs. Jessie Fay Watkins 71 wife of developer Asa H. Watkins of Mt. Airy died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. She was active in garden clubs and church groups, with notable roles in the Mt. Airy Garden Club and Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, among others. Survived by husband two daughters a son six grandchildren and one great grandchild. funeral at Calvary Methodist Church Mt. Airy with burial at Pine Grave cemetery.
Seven youths drowned when their car failed to negotiate a curve and plunged through a steel fence into a shipping canal near Buffalo. The incident occurred Sunday night as authorities investigated the wreck and identified the victims.
Rivers Potomac clear and low at Point of Rocks while Monocacy dirty and low at Buckeystown. In legend Atlantis supposedly sank as nations spoke of its power. Market prices show Corn at 1.30, Wheat at 1.58 per bushel, Barley at 1.10 per bushel.
Washington dispatch notes that presidents often blend non political touring with political aims. The piece cites Kennedy and Eisenhower trips as examples and recalls Truman’s 1948 bipartisanship tour. It discusses how such journeys can influence 1964 election dynamics due to regional voting patterns and party considerations.
William Fleming aged 69 died at his home 137 West Patrick Street at 12 40 a m after a several month illness. He was a World War I veteran and member of the Frederick Church of the Brethren and the Fraternal Order of Eagles 1067. Surviving are his wife Regina Stockman Fleming one stepson five grandchildren and a sister. Funeral set for Thursday at 11 am at the funeral home 106 East Church Street with interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Miss Nancy Lucille Thrasher daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Thrasher of Jefferson and William Doyle Cherry son of Mr and Mrs James Cherry of Linthicum married September 14 at 2 pm in Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Baltimore. Rev Msgr Thomas A Whelan officiated. Bride wore organza gown with English embroidery and pearls. Matron of honor Mrs Charles Carey wore royal blue gown. Best man Charles Carey. After ceremony couple to Niagara Falls and Quebec, then reside in College Park. Bride worked at NIH. groom with Westinghouse and Johns Hopkins study.fred Hale dies in Portland Maine long-time US senator.
Multiple obituaries list individuals from Frederick and surrounding areas. Vernice Dern, Belva Koons, Simon J. Haines, and Joshua E. Murphy are named with relatives and funeral arrangements. Details include ages, residences, church or cemetery ties, and funeral home contacts. The notices note deaths in Elkton, Hagerstown, Taneytown, Laytonsville, and Baltimore area, with services scheduled or pending at local churches and cemeteries.
Residents recall longtime Baltimore huck echo and Taneytown links as the Myers family and others mourn. Surviving kin include numerous children and grandchildren across Maryland and beyond. services planned at St Joseph Catholic Church with interment in St Joseph Cemetery.
A Baltimore pair faced two motor vehicle charges in Magistrates Court before Mag istrate Stanley Y. Bennett. Nicholas Pillithis Jr. drew six months, a $50 fine, and other costs for reckless driving and driving without a license, with a 90 day term for the first count and 0 for the second. Pillithis will be turned over to Baltimore authorities after his term. A 15-year-old juvenile accompanied him. Frank E. Garber, 52, of New Windsor, was fined 815 and costs for leaving the scene of a property damage accident. Garber admitted drinking but claimed not to be under the influence. Llegar Stone was sentenced to six months after a wife testified he threatened and struck her.
Among the sick, Cora Laesmith of Midgetown entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Sunday for observation and treatment. A second brief item mentions an individual from Carroll and a Christmas-related reference, though many words are garbled.
Funeral services for Miss Blan Hildebrand of Hagerstown were held at Gladhill Funeral Home in Middletown with Rev. J Paul Seltzer officiating. Pallbearers were Warrenfeltz Kimmel Himes Tewell Knepp and Himes. Interment in Lutheran Cemetery Middletown. G Theodore Kline of Wolfsville died at Gateway Convalescent Home Hagerstown. Services held at St Mark's Lutheran Church Wolfsville with Rev C Basil Crossnickle. Pallbearers included Pryor Wolfe Kline Stottlemyer Horne and Stottlemyer. Interment in adjoining cemetery. Paul F Bittle funeral director. Miss May J Thomas died Wednesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Services held at funeral home 1201 North Market Street with Rev Dean Anderson officiating. Pallbearers were James Leary Austin Wiles Atlee Compher and George Bell. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. Robert Dailey and Son, funeral directors.
Fidel Castro told a Havana crowd that Cuba should reduce Soviet assistance to ease a 100 million dollar balance of payments gap and lessen reliance on Moscow. He praised Russian aid but warned against heavy dependence while blasting the United States in a rambling outdoor address. A brief explosion interrupted him but he stayed calm saying not to worry. In Caracas authorities arrested five men and five women after a gun fight between terrorists posing as tourists aboard a long term excursion train. A dinner note described a recipe ideas using kidney beans served over rice and a bean rarebit dish.
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