Dorothy Dix Says What Earmarks a Good Wife to Marry
In this reproduced column from The News Frederick Maryland 1949 Dorothy Dix answers reader questions about marriage. Jonathan warns men to judge a potential wife by behavior at home and avoid guardian angels. Advice covers ruling over family, vanity, thrift, and common sense. A 37 year old seeks advice about age misrepresentation with a 38 year old partner and a dissatisfied husband asks how to divorce for a younger wife.
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the News
Frederick
Dorothy Dix
Miss Dist
Setatton
Fredericage
Jean Ae
Jonathan
Son
Duck
Ren
Flav
Tom
Bell Synd
Ine
Auto price cuts signal return of competition
General Motors launched a price cutting wave with a new schedule about one percent below prior quotes. Other firms followed, mostly with small cuts. The move marks a reversal in trend and shows automakers aim to keep prices low to match a strong buyers’ market, while unions could limit production if costs rise, potentially slowing output and keeping cars out of much of the market.
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General Motors
United Automobile Workers Union
Easter Seals Aid For Crippled Children In Maryland
The Maryland League for Crippled Children promotes services for physical improvement, mental training, recreation and vocational guidance for crippled children through Easter seal purchases. As a National Society member, it aims to offer supplementary help not provided by other agencies, with over 90 percent of funds staying in Maryland.
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Maryland League For Crippled Children
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Maryland
Frederick County telegraph company expands lines to Brunswick and Edgemont
Fifty years ago in The News column, Frederick County Telegraph Company organizes with James E Walker as president and John J Murray as superintendent. Extension planned from Jefferson to Brunswick via Petersville. A forest fire along South Mountain near Edgemont is extinguished after days of burning. Miss Mary Newman, daughter of Hon Jacob S Newman, breaks a bone near the ankle after a fall. A bicycle found at Market and Patrick identified as Mr Stewart Dean’s, stolen from his yard. A wagon with a drunken man attracts crowd. owner an traveling umbrella vender stays at Groff House.
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Frederick
Market
Patrick Streets
Buckey
Stewart Dean
Conference Changes Fredeick County Churches
Twenty years ago notes from the News columns report the Methodist Episcopal conference in Washington prompting pastorate changes in Frederick County with Rev. Dr. G. Enis Williams returning to the Frederick church. The Urbana Pike will widen from Monocacy River to the Montgomery county line per the State Roads Commission. A forest fire burned roughly 250 acres near the Lawrence Richey fishing preserve at Catocga Furnace.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Frederick County
Enis Williams
Frederick
Urbana Pike
Monocacy River
Montgomery County
State Roads Commission
Lawrence Richey
Catocga Furnace
Hood College Dance Recital Delights in Brodbeck Hall
Ranging from dignified to humorous the Hood College recital in Brodbeck Hall featured the Dance Group and Dance Workshop under Miss Vivian Wolf. Notable numbers included Lincoln Portrait, Prokofieff Peter and the Wolf, College Sketches, Cycle, Rustic Americanna, Old Smokey, and Latin Rhythms with Senora America de Betances providing musical arrangement.
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Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Vivian Wolf
Dance Workshop
Lincoln
Ruth Ritterhoff
Baltimore
Lee Clarkson
West Islip
N. Y
Prokofieff
Peter and the Wolf
Wolf
College Fe
Donna Morthouse
Tyrone
Barbara Woodall
Grasse Pointe
Mich
Senora America de Betances
Senora Betances
Washington Daybook on Truman Civil Rights Talk
Washington Daybook reports Truman privately voiced that defeating communism requires global friendship and domestic unity, stressing no discrimination against minorities. It notes Dixiecrat efforts to repudiate the UN Declaration of Human Rights, cites Population Reference Bureau figures, and recounts Texas Senator Connally’s clash with Watkins over policy details.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Harry Truman
Truman
Senate
Mr. Truman
White House Gardens
China
Southeast Asia
Senate of the
United States
Leander Perez
Long Machine
Louisiana
Congress
Eddie Hebert
New
Texas
Connally
Arthur Watkins
Ole Tawh
Foreign Relations Committee
Watkins
Ole Tawm
Utah
Tom
Debate on Arms Spending and Economic Policy
Edwin G. Nourse warns Congress and public about expanding arms outlays. He urges reviewing the Atlantic pact budget within the 15 billion dollar military plan to avoid inflation and higher taxes while balancing security needs with economic capacity.
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Nourse
David Lawrence
Truman
Mr. Truman
Mr. Nourse
Faneaca Ca
C. M. Waltz
Deaths in Frederick area claim four lives
Multiple notices report deaths in the Frederick region. Mrs. Maude Eyler Green, 58, of Union Bridge, dies of paralysis after illness. infant David Luther Metz, 11 months, near Braddock Heights. Mrs. Emma Kate Summers, 57, of Myersville, dies of a heart attack. Orlando A Farver, 66, farmer of Covers Corner, passes away. Funeral details, survivors, and burial plans listed.
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David Luther Metz
Luther L
Betty L. Steele Metz
Braddock Heights
Calvin Leo Metz
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Fuenral
Funeral Services for Mrs Amelia Elizabeth Franklin
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Taylorsville Methodist church at 2 p m for Mrs Amelia Elizabeth Franklin who died last Sunday in Baltimore. Rev Raymond Hunter Brown officiated with the choir singing The Old Rugged Cross and Home Sweet Home. Pallbearers were Truman Franklin, Dewey Jenkins, William Hooper, Charles Gunn, Thomas Pickett and Walter Franklin. Interment followed in the church cemetery with C M Waltz as funeral director.
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Taylorsville Methodist Church
Amelia Elizabeth Franklin
Baltimore
Raymond Hunter Brown
Old Rugged Cross
Sweet Home
Truman Franklin
Dewey Jenkins
William Hooper
Charles Gunn
Thomas Pickett
Walter Franklin
C. M. Waltz
Carroll County Sets Calendar for 1949 50 School Year
Carroll County boards adopts the 1949 50 school year calendar. Teachers report September 1 2 with a teachers meeting September 6 at Westminster High School. Schools reopen September 7. State Teachers meeting October 20 22 closes schools. American Education Week November 6 12. Thanksgiving holidays November 24 25. Christmas holidays December 21. School resumes January 3 1950. Easter holidays in April and May 30 Decoration Day. Schools close June M for the year. Also mentions Willas Sprigg Hood College organ recital at the U S Naval Academy on Sunday afternoon April 10.
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Westminster
Board of Education of
Carroll County
Westminster High School
Willas Sprigg
Hood College
U.S. Naval Academy
Honorary Breakfart For Hood Students At Hood College
Hood College Dean Elizabeth Eckardt May hosts an honorary breakfast for 116 students on the Dean's List with a 3.0 GPA. Notables attending include President and Mrs. Truxal and several college officials. Local girls on the list hail from Frederick Hagerstown Thurmont and Middletown.
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Hood
Elizabeth Eckhardt May
Hood College
Hudson Theatre Garden
May
Andrew G. Truxal
Ruth Perry
Grace Brown
Mary Grace Helfenstein
Alumnae Association
Martha Carson
Esther E. Shaw
Louise H. Hendrickson
Frederick
Elizabeth Derr
Jane Strevig
Hagerstown
Pauline Toms
Middletown
Patricia Swearingen
Thurmont
Elva Remsberg
Emily Tresselt
Mary K. Remsberg
Engagement Announced for Miss Thomas and John Drenning
Near Harmony Grove Mr and Mrs Daniel J Thomas announce the engagement of their daughter Sarah Catherine to John William Drenning son of Mr and Mrs John W Drenning Woodsboro The wedding set for early fall includes navy man Ralph F Kessler visiting from Philadelphia and local moves and visits among Middletown Myersville and surrounding areas
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Paul E. Houck
Trail Avenue
Evelyn Regina
Donald Richard Kelly
Raymond Kelly
Frederick
Thomas
Daniel J. Thomas
Harmony Grove
Sarah Catherine
John William Drenning
John W. Drenning
Woodsboro
Birth of Joan Marie and club meeting report
Mr and Mrs John Gaither Lisbon welcomed daughter Joan Marie on March 31 at Frederick Memorial Hospital Mother and child are healthy The Opti Mrs Club met at Mrs Belle Oland's home with president Mrs Paul Smith presiding They reviewed the March 17 auction and discussed aiding the Junior Optimist Club by adding equipment A committee was formed to select a serving girl for summer camp The next meeting is set for Mrs Lloyd Stup's home at 13 North Jefferson Street
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Garden Club
Garden Club of
Frederick
James H. Grove, Jr
Mabel Hoyler
The
Bird Society of Maryland
Baltimore
Governor’s Mansion
G. Hunter Bowers
John Gaither
Lisbon
Joan Marie
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Belle Oland
North Market Street
Paul Smith
Aid Society
Lloyd Stup
North
Jefferson Street
Overweight Case Dismissed in Maryland Court
Magistrate Manuel M Weinberg presided as William Vernon Dixon of Frederick was found not guilty of overweight on axle after arrest at Jug Bridge Route 40 by State Trooper Melvin A Snyder. Collateral forfeited by Earl G Sigler for overloading, with other fines listed for Hazel M McCalla Ellwood N Toms Earl F Stone and more. arrests by Snyder and DeWitt. TO SELL THREE PLANTS confirmed by National Fruit Product Co to a growers cooperative in Winchester Virginia with plants located in Peach Glen Slamberapore and Adams County.
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Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoples Court
William Vernon Dixon
Frederick
Jug Bridge
Melvin A. Snyder
Earl G. Sigler
Middletown
Hazel M. McCalla
Gaithersburg
Maryland
Ellwood N. Toms
LeGore
Earl F. Stonestreet
Flintstone
Troopers Snyder
Charles H. DeWitt
Winchester
National Fruit Product Company
Peach Glen
Slamberapore
Adams County
Weather figures show April rainfall and temperatures
The report records 0.02 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours to 8:30 am, April total 1.24 inches versus normal 3.39, and April 1948 total 5.24. It notes 0.49 inch excess for 1949 through April 1, yesterday's high 54 and last year's 66, low 32 and last year's 42, plus sun set 6.42 pm, sun rise 5:42 am, moon rise 1.53 pm and moon set 4.29 am tomorrow.
Questions And Answers on Ash Wednesday and Elephants
Q How did Ash Wednesday get its name The first day of Lent is named for the rite where a priest marks the penitent with blessed ashes The ashes come from burned palms blessed on Palm Sunday of the previous year Q Where is the oldest churn in the United States The Church of San Miguel in Santa Fe built about 50 years after Columbus discovery of America Q How long do elephants live Elephants in captivity have lived up to 1230 years in records and in the wild they often reach about 150 years
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United States
Santa Fe
N. M
Colum
India
Asia
Africa
Placement Counsellor To Address Altar Guild
Mrs Katharin O Boone from the Department of Guidance and Placement of the Department of Education Baltimore speaks on Vocations for Women to the Altar Guild at the Evangelical Reformed Church Frederick Monday at 8pm. Public invited. business meeting at 7 30pm before the talk.
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Katharin O. Boone
Department of Education
Baltimore
Altar Guild
Evangelica Reformed Church
Frederick
Morday
Gail
Hospital Expansion Assured for Washington County
Hagerstown reports expansion of Washington County Hospital after a campaign raising 1,477,129 dollars, over subscribed by 197,129. Plans include enlarging the hospital, a new nurses home and a school. EDGEWOOD PROGRAM features a church youth group event with songs, scripture, prayer, and solos. John Grabill Thurmont released on bond after false pretenses warrant. bond set at 500 dollars pending grand jury action. Market prices list wheat corn and barley in bushels and dollars.
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Hagerstown
Washington Count Hospital
Elmer Funkhouser
John Grabill
Thurmont
Pau B. Rhoads
Chargin
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