Problems Of Schools Told To Kiwanians
Frederick education chief Eu gene W. Pruitt told Kiwanians that elementary and high school enrollments total 11 000 while at least 10 000 are under school age. He outlined new school openings and consolidations, defense of funding, and planned shifts to relieve congestion, with emphasis on Negro education improvements and countywide facilities. Local politicians and guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Kiwanians
Eugene W. Pruitt
Service Club
Francis Scott Key
Liberty
Walkersville
Middletown
Woodsboro
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Lincoln
East Frederick
North Frederick
Pruitt
Elm Street
Board of Education
Camp Detrick
Baltimore
Washington
Lincoln School
New Market
Jesse Anders
Carlton Molesworth
Kiwanis Division
S. L. Stroh
Airy
Robert Lehman
William Morton
George M. Moore Named to Civil Service Post
George M. Moore of Silver Spring a Republican candidate for the Sixth Maryland district nomination last year has been nominated by President Eisenhower to the Civil Service Commission. He replaces James M. Mitchell who was named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense on Manpower. Moore, a Capitol Hill civil service expert, served five years as chief counsel to the House Civil Service Committee and has been adviser to Senator Carlson on the Senate Civil Service Committee. He began his government career in 1941 as a Civil Service Commission investigator after graduating from George Washington University Law School in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Moore
Silver Spring
Maryland
Eisenhower
Civil Service
Moore
Capitol Hill
James M. Mitchell
House Civil Service Committee
Frederick County
Carlson
Senate Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Commission
George Washington University Law School
Wounded in Korea Pfc James H Ferrell Reported
Pfc James H Ferrell son of Mr and Mrs Charles Ferrell of Jefferson wounded in action in Korea. A 22 year old Marine Corps machine gunner, he was sent overseas in January 1953 and wounded March 26. He attended Frederick High School and joined the Marines on December 7, 1951. Parents have only telegram and letters noting front line service and no new condition details since the telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
James H. Ferrell
Charles Ferrell
Jefferson
U. S. Marine Corps
Ferrell
Frederick High School
Marine Corps
Russia Cuts Food Prices as Malenkov Targets Consumer Goods
Moscow reports across the USSR cutting prices on more than 100 classifications of foods and other consumer goods by 5 to 15 percent, with potatoes fruits vegetables bread tea vodka and clothing notably reduced. The move, annual since 1947, aims to ease living costs and bolster regime legitimacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Georgiy Malenkov
Moscow Radio
Ussr
William L. Ryan
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Malenkov
Stalin
Report 31 New Recruits Here
Thirty-one men entered the Army and Air Force during March at Winchester Hall Army Air Force recruiting station. M/Sgt. Joseph McMilton announced the month’s total exceeded prior records. eighteen joined the Army and thirteen the Air Force. Several enlistees hailed from Frederick and surrounding towns, with many graduates entering technical fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and
Air Force
Army-Air Force
Winchester Hall
Joseph McMilton
Army
McMilton
Daniel B. McFadyen
Ijamsville
Lawrence T. Hiltner
Winchester Street
Samuel R. Beliuse
Hampstead
Charles R. Ohler
Bark ‘Hil
Roland D. Hahn
West Seventh Street
Marion F. Kline
Biggs Avenue
Bowen Caudill
Woodsboro
Charles E. Naylor
Elmer D. Nash
George R. Linthicum
Frederick
Paul O. Wiles
Adamstown
Charles E. Beard
Roger R Rice, Jr
Clarke Place
Mervin H Willis
Klinehart Alley
Lewis Barnes, Jr
West Sixth Street
Jack D .Allender
Robert £ Caudill
Keymar
Austin L. Wood
Frederick Transit adds west and south bus route today
The Frederick Transit Company extends city service with a west south route looping from Patrick Street to Linden Hills Saratoga Village Catoctin Avenue and South Market Street ending at the Square. Transfer points will be North Market Street and the Square with buses coordinated for arrivals. Public Service Commission issued a temporary permit and free rides offered on opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Transit Company
Frederick City
West
South Frederick
Robert E. McCauley
Board of Aldermen
North Market Street
Square
McCauley
Patrick Street
Linden Hills
Saratoga Village
Catoctin Avenue
South Jefferson Street
Pearl Street
Adam Road
Burck
Madison
South Market Street
the Square
Camp Detrick
Public Service Commission
New “Loop
Bowers Addresses Glade Valley Lions Club Dinner
Charles F. Bowers spoke at the Glade Valley Lions Club dinner in Walkersville detailing Frederick County history from its 1748 layout to the counties formed from it. The talk referenced Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, Garrett and Allegany counties and noted club business and guests including Charles Powell and Lion Louis Keyser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Bowers
Frederick
Frederick County
Glade Valley Lions Club
Walkersville
R. Ward Stauffer
Montgomery
Washington
Garrett
Allegany
Lo Thecy
Paul Green
Richard
Charles Powell
Woodsboro
Lion Louis Keyser
Frederick Club
Magic in TB ward entertains veterans at Martinsboro hospital
Hagan hosted by the DAV Frederick Auxiliary under Mrs Edna Yelton presented sleight of hand acts in the TB isolation wards of Newton D Baker VA Hospital Martinsboro W Va Sunday. Helpers served colored Easter eggs apples and cookies to 27 Frederick County veterans hospitalized with TB or TB related conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. David Hagan
Newton D Baker VA Hospital
Martinsboro
W. Va
DAV
Frederick
Edna Yelton
Frederick County
Baber
Promoted in Frederick Chesapeake and Potomac office change
William C Morton receives appointment as commercial representative in the Frederick business office per Walter M Lanius manager Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co Frederick Ellis H Stroup moves from commercial representative to staff assistant in Baltimore accounting offices Morton a Frederick native joined the company in 1948 after wartime Navy service and is a Frederick High School graduate married to Nancy S Schroeder with a two year old daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Morton
Jeff
Frederick
Walter M. Lanius
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Ellis H. Stroup
Baltimore
Mr. Morton
Navy
Frederick High School
University of Maryland
Nancy S. Schroeder
Anniversary Night Held for Girl Scout Troop 15
Girl Scout Troop 15 marked its anniversary on March 31 with a birthday party awards ceremony and new member investments. Nineteen members plus families attended at the Presbyterian church social rooms. Eight tenderfoot-ready girls were invested Frances Ashbury Brenda Fagan Patsy Holdcraft Kay Kaufman Patsy Kent Karen Lindquist and Sandra Zimmerman. Charter members Mary Althouse Mary Elizabeth Storm Marian Wolburg and Iva Zeiler received five year pins and sewing tree and garden flower badges were awarded to several others including Rachel Baker Elizabeth Conley Irene Godsey Jeanne Rabstein Elaine Schnauffer Kay Schnauffer and Edith Wisner. A World Pin was given to troop committee members Mrs Ray Baker Mrs William Schnauffer and Mrs Joseph Whisner. The meeting closed with cake and refreshments. Parents planned an overnight trip in May and a possible visit to United Nations sessions in New York in June with details to follow. Original troop members Martha Haugh Ellen Roof and Charlotte Roberts attended as guests. The unit comprises first year junior high students at Elm Street School. A Sunday School talk on behavior closed with a quip about forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Frances Ashbury
Brenda Fagan
Patsy Holdcraft
Kay Kaufman
Patsy Kent
Karen Lindquist
Sandra Zimmerman
Mary Althouse
Mary Elizabeth Storm
Marian Wolburg
Iva Zeiler
Rachel Baker
Elizabeth Conley
Irene Godsey
Jeanne Rab Istein
Elaine Sc
United Nations
New York
Martha Haugh
Ellen Roof
Charlotte Roberts
Elms Street School
New Frederick County health official named executive secretary
Mrs. Freda Doll of Carroll Parkway is appointed executive secretary of the Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association. President Dr. Edwin H. Sponselier announced the appointment. Doll, former Zonta Club president and longtime Girl Scouts director, has worked at Everedy Company for ten years and is a Frederick County native. She succeeds Janet Kerchner of Walkersville, who will marry next month after serving as the association secretary since early 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Doll
Carroll Parkway
Frederick County
Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Edwin H. Sponselier
Doll
Zonta Club
Girl Scouts
Everedy Company
Janet Kerchner
Walkersville
Miss Kerchner
Association
Health Group
Ital
Talk On History Given Rotary
Charles McC Mathias Jr spoke to Rotarians on history as a graph of civilization, noting how Revolutionary and Civil War era opinions shaped Frederick County. He outlined the local historical society founded in 1892 by D C W Hoffman, now with 400 members, its museum on West Patrick Street, and the Taney home and other archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historical Society of
Frederick County
Charles McC. Mathias
Mathias
George Washington
Hanson
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key
Maryland
Conserate
Lincoln
Record
West Second Streets
B. and
Union
D. C
William Bradley Tyler Belt
West Patrick Street
Taney
Edward S. Dela Plaine
John W. Fitzpatrick
Camp Detrick
Warner L. Brittain
Gilbert Redil
Huntington
Donald B. Rice
Arnold Leopardel Frederick
Camp Detrick Blood Drive at Field House Set
Camp Detrick will host the Baltimore Red Cross Bloodmobile on Thursday April 9 at the field house. Lt Col John W Fitzpatrick says the drive aims to aid wounded servicemen in Korea with a Feb 2 record of 232 pints. Co chairs are Mrs John W Fitzpatrick and Mrs LeRoy D Fothergill. Capt Joseph Schwimer directs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Kewich
Camp
Detrick
Baltimore Red Cross
Field House
John W. Fitzpatrick
Old Baldy
Korea
Fitzpatrick
LeRoy D. Fothergill
Joseph Schwimer
Local News In Brief From Frederick Area
The Robert Castles are the parents of a six pound girl, Mona Yvonne, born at Frederick Memorial Hospital last week. A farewell dinner honored Mrs. Gerald Yonetz at the Francis Scott Key Hotel as she resigns from Camp Detrick to spend more time with her children. Attendees included Mrs. Bradley M. Ger wiz and others. A Detrick Frederick High baseball game was rained out and will be rescheduled. Dr. Edgar Co. Tullis hosts relatives from multiple places. Dr. Louis Massey Jr. attends the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Chicago April 6-10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris A. Ausherman
Henry B. Wilson
L. H. Wallace
Rosa G. Kreh
Detrick
Frederick
Edgar Co. Tullis
London
England
Beaumont
Texas
California
Louis Massey, Jr
Federation of American Society For Experimental Biology
Chicago
Robert Frost to Read Poems at Hood College April 14
Poet Robert Frost will read his poems at Hood College in Brodbeck Hall on Tuesday April 14 at 8 PM. The event is free and open to the public, concluding this year's college community program. Frost, born in San Francisco, lived in New England most of his life and has four Pulitzer Prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Frost
New England
America
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
San Francisco
Dartmouth
Harvard
It May Cool On Sunday For Very Light Finery
Easter weather Sunday may not be conducive to spring finery as the Weather Bureau predicts clearing conditions after today’s showers. Good Friday brought clear skies and rising temperatures, boosting Easter shopping and turnout for church services. Banks and offices closed for the holiday while florists and vendors drew attention with flowers and live bunny and chick sales amid strong pre Easter business. A Montgomery County Supervisors event featured Dr. Harold F. Sylvester at Peter Pan Inn with 85 attendees and exhibits by M. J. Grove Lime Co. The Monocacy Valley Association plans the April program by Price Electric Corp. Also noted are Philippine diplomatic funding shortages as Senator Jose C. Zalueta reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Alvin Kline
Ralph Forney
James H. Grove, Jr
The
Lime Company
Monocacy Valley Association
Price Electric Corporation
Mouth Cancers Cure Depends On Early Treatment
Early treatment greatly improves cure odds for mouth cancers. At Memorial Center, thumb size lesions show markedly higher cure rates across lips, tongue, floor of mouth, cheek, palate, gums, and tonsils compared with larger growths. Patients should seek medical evaluation if a mouth sore fails to heal in ten days or a lump thickens, as prompt diagnosis and treatment boost long term survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hayes Martin
Memorial Center
New York
Memorial Cancer Center
New York City
Two TV Sets Given to Emergency Hospital by Knights Templar
Jacques de Molay Commandery No 4 Knights Templar presented two television sets to Emergency Hospital wards on Thursday. Funds came from individual subscriptions by local commandery members. A Hart Etchison chaired the presenting committee. Austin P Renn is eminent commander. R E Dela Plaine attended. Installations were placed high for bedfast patients and county official A Grant Hooper accepted on behalf of Frederick County. The sets were put into operation immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques de Molay
Knights Templar
A. Hart Etchison
Austin P. Renn
R. E. Dela Plaine
A. Grant Hooper
Frederick County
Barrack B Troopers Honored For Hit Run Arrest
Three Maryland State Police troopers in Barrack B receive commendation for using the Safety Bulletin to solve a hit run case in the county. Troopers J. R. Stonesifer C. W. Lewis and Sgt W. W. Corbin coordinated to arrest and convict the suspect who fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Police
Safety Bulletin
J. R. Stonesifer
C. W. Lewis
W. W. Corbin
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Russia
Mr. Bowers
Glade Valley Lions
Wiliam D. Morten
Eilts
H. Streup Photos
Frank Keefer
Tommy
Senate Finance Committee
Jacob Ramsburg
Legislative Council
Sybert
Howard County
Sydney R. Traub
Board of
Motion Picture Censors
Green Hand
Scotland
Arctic Ocean
Mothers’ Club
Edward Hill
Braddock Heights
Henry T. Eigelsbach
M. L. McGown
Morris A. Rhian
Robert Zentner
John Ladino
Ralph Cunningham
William Howard
Howard Dunne
NAFE
National Association of Federal Employes
Hagerstown
William E. Warren
Oliver J. Keefer
U. S
J. Glenn Beali
John M. Butler
DeWitt S. Hyde
Luther Steward
Henry Nolda
Gertrude McNailly
Michael Markwood
the Post
Clay Jenkins
William A. Miller
Franklin L. Notnagie, Jr
Harold Staley
Samuel Worthington
Frank Hoffman
Keefer
Warren
Not
Ernest H Buhlman
Monroe
Wis
Rufus O. Howard
Portsmouth
Ralph Blumenthal
Philadelphia
Lionel E. Seliman
Raymond N. Wagher
Donald W. Rice
Sfc
Berlin E. Green
Dean F. Aubel
Pic
John K
James ¥. Ogg
College of Agriculture
University of Cornell
Tom Rippesnix
Herbert G. Tanner
Robert Riddiemeier
Virginia
Robert Luther Rhoderick
Mra
Geraldine Rhoderick
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Fort Belvoir
iRobert Frost
Harold F. Sylvester
Mongeacy Valley Association
Peter Pan Inn
Glenn
H. Strine
Manila
Jose C. Zalueta
Senate
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