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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1955
Page
2
Four The News Frederick Maryland provides subscription rates and mailing details as a brief reader notice. The page lists prices for single copies and advance payments, along with Bureau of Circulation membership and postal information.
The fourth annual Frederick Hood Club Spring Fair is set for Saturday May 7 on Hood College front campus. Proceeds go to the Hood Club college fund with entertainment for children and booths selling plants food crafts books and other items. The event runs from 1 PM to evening with refreshments hot boxes and cakes and a box supper after five. Officers include President Mrs Edward H Etchison Vice President Mrs H Albert Dean Secretary Mrs Emery Larson Jr Treasurer Mrs Karl Harner. Executive board members listed.
The article recalls the 1948 49 Berlin airlift and a renewed Russian land blockade tied to West Germanys Paris treaties. It notes Soviet harassment during air corridors and the risk of a new war, urging swift alternatives to another large scale airlift and highlighting Allied ratifications across France Germany and the Benelux nations.
Letter to the editor argues Easter Sunday parades in Frederick are commercial and distracting from the holiday. The writer supports merchants and attire but wishes the decorous display occur at another time and invites broader views on the subject.
A large audience attended Fisher's Minstrels at City Opera House led by W Hooper and acts including Dan Dan Daniel L Bowers and H Kathflicke. Steiner Bros of the Eagle, Flouting Murs Jefferson, bought Buckeystown Flouting Mills on the Monocacy near Buckeystown. Noah Fo Cramer sold ground at Market and Patrick to Milton A Woodward. Thomas Kenn buys adjoining Market Street parcel from Charles A Castle. Prof Wd Crawley’s scholarship renewed by Johns Hopkins University and he will teach there. The property of Mr Scott Wells at South Market and West Saints is painted and repaired.
Twenty years ago on April 5 1975 the issue notes scattered eces from a National Act at the Harry R Webb farm in Poplar Springs after a collision of io trucks. Mrs Otho Keller hosted a card club on Second Street. Col and Mrs Elmen Munshower and daughter traveled to Philadelphia for a weekend with relatives. Mrs R E Town had returned home to Rockwell Terrace after a hospital stay at Frederick City Hospital.
The Brownsville Gapland Raritan Club sponsors an Easter egg hunt at Community Park in Gapland on Sunday April 1 at 2 PM. Twenty dozen colored eggs hidden throughout the park for children under twelve in four age groups with prizes for each group’s top finder.
A stream of social notices from Frederick and nearby towns lists births, family milestones, and community events. Mr and Mrs Austen Keyser of Yellow Springs and Mr and Mrs Harry Green of Damascus attended a Water Well Drillers convention in Pennsylvania. Palm Sunday services featured Dr William Barnhart as guest preacher at Lutheran Church, Greencastle. Lawrence Edward Porter Jr born at University Hospital Baltimore, mother Rachel Poole of Poolesville is grandmother. Numerous births announced with addresses in Frederick Memorial Hospital and surrounding communities. Easter plans include local family outreach and trips to New York City to see Radio City, Rockefeller Center Scout shop, Ringling Brothers, and Easter services. Names listed: Lawrence Edward Porter Jr, Rachel Poole, Happy Poole, Paul G Geisbert, William Hurvitz, Linda Diane Enfield, Catherine Blackman, Patricia Brightin, Ruth Ann Mees, and others. families from Frederick, Poolesville, Knossville, and nearby towns.
Drs and teams lead vaccination visits at schools including St Johns West Washington Lincoln East Frederick and Thurmont with Drs Thomas Bourne Guest Furie Martin Quill and Plunkett directing. Paul Hoffmaster arranged bus routes. additional physicians offered but time limited.
Maryland lawmakers closed the session with a tax package that avoids major income or sales tax hikes. The plan shifts withholding tax timing, raises corporate income tax, and eliminates certain exemptions while keeping half of the withholding windfall for Baltimore City and counties. A related effort to fund new State office buildings was defeated, and ratification of the 14th Amendment stalled amid votes.
Washington The National Red Cross announced updated rules allowing local chapters to participate in community fund drives such as Community Chest and United Fund. E Roeland Harriman, national Red Cross chairman, said the board of governors adopted the new policy yesterday and clarified how welfare agencies receive portions of raised funds.
Washington report states President Eisenhower has changed his voting residence from New York to Pennsylvania where he owns a farm. The move aligns with his public duties and long standing ties to the Keystone State.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously to quiz Secretary of State Dulles on the release of Yalta papers, a move praised by Senator Warne Morse. The piece argues that taxpayer funded records from international conferences belong to the American people, not publishers, and questions why personal remarks were released. It notes past leaks and the need for full disclosure, including references to Hiss and potential declassification issues.
New York officials forecast vaccine production for nine to thirty million people as firms ramp up output by June to curb shortages. Dr. Hart Van Riper says fears of shortages are overstated and a final efficacy report due April 42 could trigger a brief rush if protection is confirmed. Remaining doses will go to doctors and drugstores with priority for children at highest risk.
Michigan voters delivered a Democratic landslide as Gov. G. Mennet Williams and key state offices fell to Democrats. Major gains included the state superintendent of public instruction, a majority on the Board of Regents, and the State Supreme Court seat. A Republican slate bucked the trend only at the top court, with Chief Justice Leland Wo Carr remaining. An eclipse referenced marks the eve of a new political era.
Miss Beatrice Fehr told the Frederick County Council of Homemakers at Hood College that club members had a successful year with projects in sewing furniture refinishing and world affairs. They studied materials nylon cotton Orlon Dacron and continued work on health education public service and teen guidance. The year closed with Open House Santa's workshop and five 4-H girls earning trips to the National Congress in Chicago. membership topped 360 and exhibitions rose.
A Frederick builder William Brosius is the subject of a national magazine feature in PF publication for March. The story notes Brosius expands his prefab home business and opened a model house to dispel misconceptions while selling 18 houses at the last open event. Also covered are Saratoga Village becoming Brigadon and a wedding anniversary at the Stup home near Montooga with multiple families attending.
The April 1 flittings day in Frederick showed more moves than in the prior three years with about 74 individuals and families relocating. The peak was 79 in 1952, then 33 in 1953 and 49 in 1954. The list records numerous residents shifting addresses within Frederick and neighboring towns from Market Street to West Church Street, Camp Detrick, Walkersville, Middletown, and other local routes, detailing origin and new addresses for each household.
Hyattstown Christian Church announces pre Easter services with Rev J Arthur Mott Rev Robert Shaw and Rev Eric Danecke as speakers. Services begin eight p m with evangelistic programs through Wednesday and a Community Communion on Thursday at Hyattstown church.
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