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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1954

Page

2

Hood Choir and Franklin and Marshall Glee Club awe audience in New York recital

Sunday concert at Bredbeck Hall featured Hood Choir and Franklin and Marshall Glee Club under Dr Farley Blakeslee. The program included Lockwood and Blakeslee premieres and Hanson choruses from Merry Mount, with strong brass and soloists Betsy Oehrle Robin Rasthel George Varga and Jerre Silmon. A New York Easter Monday recital is planned with Gault directing and additional performances anticipated.

Betty Sullivan Bredbeck Hall Hood Choir Franklin and Marshall Glee Club Town Hall New York Farley Blakeslee Roed Music Department Blakesleea America Norman Lockwood Walt Whitman Lockwoard Lockwood Formance Blakeslee Eastman School of Music Hood Dr. Blakeslee Hugh Gault Franklin and Marshall Willian Spurge Frederick Hood College String Ensemble John Ramasey Willam Miller Robert Spots Mera Braungart Theodore Davis Diane Pusey Joseph Victor Rosenh Stephens Andrew Victor Betsy Oehrle Rob Rasthel George Varga Jerre Silmon Mr. Gault Giovanni Gabrieli God Johann Kuhnau Hood Chow Gabriel Faure Elyore Poth Cence Paris Berlin Merry Mount

Great New Age Of Man Widespread Fears Push Growth

Dr. Detfev W. Bronk president of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and head of the National Academy of Sciences says modern dissatisfaction stems from rapid material progress. He urges thinkers to shed fear, warning security breeds stagnation, and calls today’s explorers imaginative scientists pursuing undiscovered worlds and a bold future.

Detfev W. Bronk Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research National Academy of Sciences Columbus Bronk

Electronic future vision and refugees jam in Berlin

The article notes Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith predicting home electronics from cooking to medical devices and radio astronomy enabling distant galaxies. In Berlin, eighteen East German jazz artists played a noontime set at a West Berlin refugee center after fleeing for freedom, with U S High Commission promising air time before leaving for Western Germany.

Alfred N. Goldsmith Institute of Radio Engineers Refuge Center Berln East Germany West Berlin Karl Walter Free West U. S

Fifty Years Ago items From The News Columns April 5 194

Fifty years ago in Frederick items note House of Delegates passed city election and registration bills awaiting signature to delay until June 14 and require new registration. Dr Lloyd T MacGill Jr to be assistant State Fire Marshal at 1200 dollars yearly. Farm near Walkersville with 38 acres sold for 37500. Middletown election had Folr tickets field and Thomas J Shorb elected burgess by small margin. Fire horse Bill of the junior company injured hoof from nail.

Frederick City House of Delegates Frederick County Lloyd T. Macgill John Hanson Stauffer Ellen S. Stauffer Woodsboro Walkersville George D Middletown Thomas J. Shorb Bill Market Second Streets

Board Of Education Sets June 8 For White Schools

April 5 1934 item notes Board of Education fixes Friday June 8 as closing date for white public schools in the est and county. Also reports a runaway four horse team incident injuring driver Walter Crummitt near Frederick and a local funeral for William Howard Young longtime employee of A C McCardell and Sons. Aldermen authorize purchase of 30000 red pine trees for watershed planting by CCC.

Board OF Education Walter Crummitt Frederick Jez Buckerstown Pike William Howard Young A. C. McCardell and Sons East Second Street Board OF Aldermen Civilian Conservation Corps

Boyle Column Highlights quirks of language and life

HAL BOYLE muses on language diversity in the United States and notes demographic shifts among diverse elderly communities. Perceptive vignettes cover miniature motors, moonlight romance, Pilgrim era communism, luxury brushes, American bread baking trends, Catskills romance odds, and hotel origin trivia in a brisk, humorous column.

Educator to Speak Here Four Times at Hood College

Russell Andras acting chief of Education Disiston and Foreign Operations Administrator will address American Association of University Women attendees at the Marland State Division Conference at Hood College next Friday. Dr Annis, educator and author, will discuss field work with the PFOA. A longtime educator, Andras worked to improve teaching methods and texts across forty counties. He holds a Redlands 1925 degree and has served in Burma, Rangoon, and Rangoon government advisory roles. He will speak Friday evening at Gambrill Gym and Saturday afternoon with Dr Mabel Newcomer.

Russell Andras Education Disiston American Association of University Women Marland State Hood College Fretae Annis PFOA Whith Aiso University of Redlands Calif Andrus IMM Burma Judson Sgucar Ttakdiets Ranauin University of Rancnan Scanomars Rangoon Department of Commerce Office War Informaton Ameeran Emiatss Kavarit Pakistan Gambrill Gymnasium Mabel Newcomer

Frederick water rates debate prompts cost-based fees

Dr. Abel Wolman, Baltimore engineer, urges Frederick to align meter charges with the real cost of water. He notes small users pay more and large consumers pay far less, proposing 15 to 20 cents per 1,000 gallons for large users to reflect production costs and support future system expansion. He warns current subsidies strain supply during peak industrial demand and can curb efficiency.

Frederick Abel Wolman Baltimore United States Wolman

Frederick High Band to Visit Navy Music School

Frederick High School band members plus three chaperones will travel to the U S Naval School of Music on Wednesday. They will attend Navy Band rehearsal broadcast from nine to noon and tour the school in the afternoon while classes run. Lamar Foreman, a former band member, attends the school. Three Sperry L Storm chaperones and the band director will accompany, with Principal Smith invited but possibly unable to attend. The trip leaves at seven, returns about six, and students are paying for it.

Frederick High School Manorettes U.S. Naval School of Music Navy Sail Frederick Hich Lamar Foreman Blue Ringe Frederick Sperry L. Storm Harry QO. Smith Tizh Vlasses Dourine

Congress debates California candidates and McCarthy Army row

Washington report notes Democratic leader Stephen A Mitchell urges James Roosevelt and Robert L. Condon to exit the California race while Roosevelt denies adultery charges and Condon resents the security risk label. Boston lawyer Samuel P. Sears named special counsel to probe the McCarthy Army clash seeks to prove impartiality before the Senate investigations panel.

Washington Stephen A Mitchell National Democratic Party California James Roosevelt Robert L. Condon Roosevelt Abi Ucing Condon Mitchell McCarthy-Army Boston Samuel P. Sears Sen McCarthy R-Wis Army Senate

Double wedding at Calvary and Frederick churches

Miss Ethel Nichols and George K. Smith wed at Calvary Methodist Church in a candlelit ceremony. The bride wore white satin with rosepoint lace and carried white roses. Rev Edward Gadsey officiated. Guests from Baltimore, Washington, York and Waynesboro attended after a piano recital. The couple will live at 27 East Patrick Street after April 18.

Ethel Nichols George K. Smith Calvary Methodist Church Edward A. Gadsey J. R. Yingling Ruby Nichols Hilda Haller Mary Yinging J. Carlisle Smith Charles Jackson Frederick Manville Coblentz Middletown Albert O. Nichols Doris Simpson Schubert Francis Scott Key Hotel Baltimore Washington York Waynesboro Boston Mass Nichols East Second Street Frederick High School Ox Fibre Brush Co. Inc Groom G. W. B. Smith Clinton S. C Presbyterian College Johns Hopkins University Graduate School of Chemistry Princeton Theological Seminary al Bandesa Denton K. Garsi Robert Remsberg Evalene Lenhart Harold Levi Lenhart Robert James Denton K. Garst Emil Shober Sant Ralph Putman Lenhart Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing

Abduction trial opens in Baltimore with three Virginians

Earl R. Tomblin 20 of Purcellville Daniel D. Walters 26 and Marion F. Hough 21 both of Round Hill Va go on trial in Federal Court here on charges of abducting a Hagerstown Md girl last Oct 47 and taking her to Round Hill against her will The trio is accused of following 2 year old Marie Jolliffe and two escorts from a Martinsburg W Va dance hall and seizing her in front of her home in Hagerstown

Baltimore Earl R. Tomblin Purcellville Daniel D. Walters Marion F. Hough Round Hill Hagerstown Marie Jolliffe Martinsburg W. Va Hagersj Town

Questions and Answers from the era

A series of brief Q and A items discuss invention of motorcycles in 1868 by W W Austin of Winthrop Mass and a question about Marco Polo. A separate note cites Eisenhower’s speech prep with congressional leaders and foreign aid debate. Also referenced is a two billion highway program with talk of increasing costs beyond Eisenhower’s request.

W. W. Austin Winthrop, Mass Boston Eisenhower Sate Dulles Vyouse Foreign Affairs Committee

$2700 Needed For SY Pool To Stay Open

The M C A swimming pool may close for sanitary reasons. George Hall of the State Health Department warns of inadequate water purification, requiring a new filtration and recirculation system costing about $7000. Local officials seek public donations and state consultation to avoid closure.

M C. A Forbes H. Burgess George Hall Division of State Department of Health Hall Richard Ramsburg Burgess State Health Department Frederick Hail Baker Park

Maryland and Washington B'nai Brith meet in Hagerstown

Three delegates from the Frederick Lodge attended the 13th annual convention of the Maryland and Washington associations at the Alexander Motel in Hagerstown. Delegates included Albert Hirsch Henry Serenca and Nathan Jacobson with attendees from Cumberland Havre de Grace Norfolk and Daytona Beach. Speakers included Louis Ossintskiy Dr Maurice Goldberg and Maurice A Weinstein. The next regular meeting will be April 15 at the lodge rooms with Goldberg as speaker.

Hagerstown Frederick Lodge B'nai Brith Maryland Washington Alexander Motel Albert Hirsch Henry Serenca Nathan Jacobson Cumberland Havre de Grace Norfolk Daytona Beach Louis Ossintskiy Grand Lodge Maurice Goldberg Supreme Lodge Maurice A. Weinstein Grand Lodge 5 Maurice A. Goldberg

Local Personal News and Achievements From Area

Mr and Mrs William Swope and daughter Carol Ann have moved to their new home on the Reids Ford road Mrs Richard C Boone and her daughter Lynne joined husband on assignment in Illinois after leaving Martinsburg on the National Limited Staff Sergeant and Mrs Lee Smith of Vine Grove Kentucky welcomed a daughter Teri Lee born March 4 Mrs Smith formerly Duane Virts daughter of Mr and Mrs Q J Virts of Brunswick Miss Dorothy Beachley of Frederick High School faculty was elected first vice president of the Maryland Face Press Advisers Association at Annapolis Fred Brown of Brunswick High named along with new regional directors

William Swope Carol Ann Hamilton Avenue Reids Ford Road Richard C. Boone Lynne East Third Street Martinsburg Wva National Limited Belleville Ilinois Scott Air Base Lee Smith Vine Grove Kentucky Teri Lee

Farm Bureau Women Hold Meeting Here

The Associated Women of Frederick County Farm Bureau met on Thursday afternoon on the YMCA second floor with about 35 members. County president Mrs. Roy Schaffer presided. guests included State past president Mrs. John Flock and Washington County president Mrs. Fred C. Downey. Activities included songs, devotions, by law revisions, reports from state meetings, a speech by Carroll Leatherman, duets by Freya Hagan and Donald Easterday, and a tea to close.

Farm Bureau Frederick County Acig Ued Eituuar Sping Aesoiuil YMCA Roy Schaffer Linden Hills John Flock Fred C. Downey Washington County Group America the Beautiful Maurice Coblentz Freya Hagan Elmer Hodges Harry Davis Libertytown Harry Zentz Thurmont State Farm Bureau Donald Easterday Carroll Leatherman Congress Miss Hagan Mr. Easterday

Party Night At Bnai Brith Lodge Raises Funds

The Frederick section Council of Jewish Women and B Nai Brith Lodge members held a night club style party Saturday night in the lodge rooms on East Church Street to raise funds for charitable projects. Over 125 attended with entertainments by club members. Light refreshments were served.

Frederick Council of Jewish Women B'Nai Brith Lodge B'nai Briith East Church Street

Meeting Tonight of Women of the Moose on West South Street

Members of the Women of the Moose will meet tonight at eight o'clock in the Moose home on West South street for a chairmen and committee session.

Women of the Moose Moose West South Street

Local Hospital Updates From City and Baltimore

Among the sick residents and visitors, Mrs. Dewey Ninna near the city recovers after surgery at University Hospital Baltimore. Several others undergo treatment or observe at Frederick Memorial Union Memorial and Bon Secours Hospitals in Baltimore.

Dewey Ninna University Hospital, Baltimore J. William Strine Lewistown Church Home and Hospital Baltimore Ray Baker East Patrick Street Milton L. Swain West Fifth Street Union Memorial Hospital James Stately Ltd Pearl Street Thomas Lewis Bon Secours Hospital Paul F. Bittle

Tax Lien Notices Filed In Court Over Taxes Due

A tax lien for 199,188.19 against Sherwood Distilling Co Westminster was filed in the Circuit Court. L A Chamberlin of the Bureau of Internal Revenue filed the record for 1953 and 1954 distilled spirits taxes. Additional liens target Motor Service Center Inc Westminster for 2,085.35 WT FICA and income tax, and Robert L Grove 209 North Market for 1,448.28 WT FICA FUTA taxes and 75 income tax.

Sherwood Distilling Company Westminster Circuit Court L. A. Chamberlin Bureau of Internal Revenue Chamberlin Motor Service Center, Inc Robert L. Grove North Market Street Robert

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