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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1955
Page
13
Unseasonably windy weather gave way to signs of spring as Camp Detrick staff and post residents rushed to claim one of 112 garden plots. Half measure 23 by 25 feet and half 25 by 50 feet, the plots drew unusually high demand, though total applicants were not yet tabulated.
Weekend visits bring multiple Baltimore and Frederick residents to Emmitsburg and Fairfield. Notable names include Miss Naomi Harbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Troxell, Miss Dorothy Topper, and Mrs. Grace Baker. Also reported: Jack Rosensteel buys property west of town formerly owned by Elmer Reeder. Reeder moving to St. Louis. Miss Mary Louise Young elected to Lebanon Valley College May Queen's Court. Sturgeon caught near Fort Erie weighs 310 pounds after a three hour fight. The white lily noted as a common ancient garden flower.
Honesty is a long term virtue whose payoff appears slow and indirect yet grows with time. A Navy anecdote shows a midshipman who avoided admission of inability by a substitute swimmer. Years later in darkness a squall pulled him from a small boat near Cuba and he could not be saved.
The text notes the recovery of a body and mentions Judge Jamey Clark. Floyd was arrested the day after the attack by Washington police. He was sentenced March 10 last year, with a statement about weaknesses and self protection from a farmer.
Governor McKeldin will spare 22 year old Samuel D Floyd scheduled to hang for raping and robbing a Forestville woman. Floyd, convicted in Howard County where trial moved on defense request, attacked a radio operator from Washington National Airport July 7 1953 on her way home. The Court of Appeals declined to hear the appeal on the sentence.
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