25-50-100 Years Ago -- Nov. 2
Nov. 1—100 Years Ago
Nov. 2, 1923
Wintry weather will hold sway in the city and county this morning, according to the local observer. A frost, heavier than that which fell Thursday morning, is expected this morning and it is believed that a skim of ice will form much thicker than that of Thursday morning. And a raw, cold wind will more than likely prevail the entire day.
Benjamin Makle, about 45 years old, was struck by the bus of William V. Wolfe, driven by Raymond Souder, on the Baltimore State road, near the farm of Prof. Amon Burgee, Thursday evening, and it is believed was fatally injured. At a late hour he was unconscious and was not expected to survive. The driver, operating the bus at moderate speed, did not see the man until too late to divert the course of the machine and prevent the accident. Makle was on his hands and knees searching for a nickel. After the accident, Mr. Wolfe and several others went to the scene of the accident, one of whom found the nickel that Makle had evidently dropped.
Large gains in all items except that of motor cycles and items under that rubric are shown in the annual balance sheet of 1922-1923 of the accounts of E. Austin Baughman, State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The fiscal year ended October 1, 1922, showed receipts for the issuance of 5,079 motorcycle licenses, while this year receipts for 4,898 are recorded. This diminution of 181 licenses is said to be due to the steady fall in automobile prices.
50 Years Ago
Nov. 2, 1973
Barbara Faye Lawson and Eleanor Ott were named co-secretaries of the year Thursday at the second annual Frederick County Chamber Secretary of the Year luncheon honoring local secretaries. A record 100-plus bosses and their "right arms" attended the affair at Watson's Family Restaurant. Also honored was Mrs. Lorette Gardner Begler, secretary at Frederick County Department of Social Services since 1934 and still going strong after 51 years of secretarying.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen took the second step in 59 years toward achieving underground wiring in downtown Frederick. In March 1914 they adopted a franchise resolution which gave them the power to direct the power company, with the consent of the Public Service Commission, to place the overhead wires underground.
25 Years Ago
Nov. 2, 1998
Compared with elections of yesteryear, today's contests are quite tame. Long before candidates' forums, there were political barbecues with plenty of whiskey. Years before negative campaigning became a buzzword, offended politicians traded gunshots. There was just one polling place in the county until the end of the 1800s. Until 1838, Marylanders didn't cast a vote for governor. Legislators elected the chief executive. The state's first governor, Frederick County's Thomas Johnson, didn't belong to a political party. Parties didn't become an institution until the 19th century.
A Jewish music professor may have contributed more to Mount St. Mary's College than he realized when he composed new music for a mass dedicated to the school's founder. A "Mass for John Dubois" premiered Saturday at the Mount during a weekend dedicated to "Connections," the school's fundraising campaign. Dr. Andrew Rosenfeld, 36, in his second year at the Mount as an assistant music professor, who wrote the mass a year ago, said that a practicing Jew and a Catholic college community "can come together in a mutual faith that's made an impression," on everyone at the Mount.
According to meteorologists, the first frost in Frederick County should have come around the middle of October. But so far, there's been little, if any, of those fine white crystals that make the morning sparkle. "We've only had temperatures go down into the middle 30s," said Bill Wolfe, a weather watcher from Wolfsville. "... but I think that could change later this week."
(Editor's Note: The News-Post does not have access to archives from 20 years ago for April 16 through December 2003. The "20 Years Ago" summary will return Jan. 1, 2024.)
