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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1953
Page
2
Easter Sunday drew large crowds as city churches held multiple services and parishioners filled the streets for the annual parade. Sunrise services drew especially brisk attendance with county breakfast gatherings and judges awarding orchid corsages and Easter baskets for best finery.
Multiple property transactions recorded in Woodville Buckeystown and New Market districts include Ralph J Beck selling a 243 acre Woodville farm to Paul and Mildred Greff for about 50 dollars, Howard Fry selling 26 acres near Adamstown Jefferson road for about 15 thousand, Wilmer Sullivan selling 59 acres in New Market for about 12 500, and Helen R Combs with Robert E DeGrange selling a Highland Street property for about 31 000. An Easter egg hunt in Raw was postponed after egg swiping by adults and larger children. Lewistown 4 H Club held a meeting at Miss Rachel Wastler’s residence with fourteen members and two leaders. One new member joined, Shirley Ciem.
A duplex home in Uniontown Pennsylvania was leveled by an oil stove blast today. Five people died including 35 year old Ruth Johnson and four of her children Rebecca Carolyn Catherine and Robert. Father Carter Johnson 46 survived with severe burns and shock after helping to rescue other children with a neighbor amid a fire.
Five fire alarms over the weekend taxed Frederick’s four volunteer companies, with Juniors and Uniteds handling most runs. A grease fire during an Easter Saturday fried chicken meal sparked incidents, then a chimney blaze near Market Street was put out by booster streams. A second call at 104 West Sixth Street involved a stove and a later flue fire, both subdued by the responding crews.
A Cumberland woman suffered a trembl ing knee leading to a chain collision on North Market Street that damaged four cars and caused over 1 000 dollars in property damage. Mary E Blackshear faced reckless driving charges. The incident involved Luther Zimmerman and Clyde V Harris among others, with injuries reported and Easter traffic noted. Police indicated few other traffic violations during Easter weekend.
Residents of Camp Detrick face a federal grant of voting rights via Congressional action. Senator Ramsburg urged letters to U S Senators and Congressmen as state bills on military reservation voting appear unconstitutional without federal legislation. The decision would align with Maryland law and permit Detrick residents to vote.
The Damascus Volunteer Fire Department unanimously refused to accept a county fire tax this year, citing local generosity and efforts to cut costs. Twenty-two members train in Maryland fire courses as the unit seeks a new 750 gallon pumper for 2013 cost around 201,000 with delivery expected September.
JHE Easter Rabbit visits Memorial Hospital to determine the number of baskets and to distribute colored eggs candy and stuffed animals to children. Mrs Ann K Daffin chairs the Auxiliary Good Will to Patients committee with other volunteers aiding in making favors tray covers and portraits for the wards.
The public will inspect the new plant at East Patrick street during open houses on April 9 and 10 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Walter M. Lantus explains the display will show old to modern equipment, with guided tours by trained staff and Geopy geography displays. Two projects at Camp Detrick add over a million dollars in contracts, including underground utilities for Nickles Bros. Inc. and an electrical distribution system for Plymouth Electric Construction, with a new shop contract awarded to Frederick Construction Company.
Nairobi officials report police killed 22 Mau Mau terrorists who had massacred women and children in a Kikuyu village. Remaining militants were hunted through Riangbu forest as police aided by reports of earlier savage attacks. Government officials said the crackdown averted a larger massacre akin to last week's Lari hut burning incident.
MISS BETSY J LOVINGTON explains coordination of wardrobe accessories for Frederick County 4 Hers. The guide covers selecting hats bags shoes gloves and jewelry to suit figure and personality, creating multi purpose outfits, and using accessories to complete a harmonious look from hat to heels for various occasions.
The State Board of Education released 600000 to Loudoun County for a consolidated white high school. County Superintendent Emerick says the building could be ready by fall 1954 with total cost around 1 million. About 400000 from the Battle Fund. 600000 from the Literary Fund. Architect plans due April 11.
AMVETS national commander Marshall E. Miller urged Americans to keep their guard up during his Frederick visit. At a joint banquet, Miller spoke on history and Soviet peace maneuvers while advocating VA efficiency and inter-organizational cooperation among ex servicemen groups.
Two Mt. Airy men escaped death when their car overturned and rolled down an embankment near Ridgeville on Route 27 shortly after midnight. Howard W. Hood, driving northbound on a sharp Damascus Ridgeville curve, suffered skull and arm lacerations while passenger James O. Layton was cut on the leg. Both were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released. Trooper S. R. Dorsey charged Hood with unsafe speed as the cause of the crash.
Hagerstown will operate on daylight saving time from April through September 27 under a mayor and city council decision following a public hearing with no attendees. Protests have historically arisen in past years. Gettysburg police have withdrawn a wanted notice for James Anthony Wills near Emmitsburg, reported sought for breaking and entering. Wills has been apprehended in Baltimore.
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