Thurmont Society Notes and Local Socials Update
Mrs. Huff hosts Fitzhugh Lee Chapter UDC at her Fairview Ave home with plans for the annual convention in An?polis on April 26. A 25th wedding anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Kelly West Second St. featured a pink and white three tier cake and guests from local families. Open house at Thurmont library hosts by Women's Club. wedding rehearsal events and showers linked to O'Brien and Notnagie families. Goucher College visits by Ramsburg and Jordan girls. Atlantic City trip for local doctors. Emmitsburg Alumni May Dance scheduled with Phil Young's Orchestra. Bermuda cruise for local families aboard Queen of Bermuda. book club discussion on The Ugly American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huff
Fitzhugh Lee
UDC
Gerald L. Huff
Fairview Avenue
Inxed Daughters of the Confederacy
Hom
Aneapolis
Kelly
West
C. Grayson Stevens
Edward H. Mantz
Earlston Rothenhoefer
Glenn A. Main Jr
C. Oland Meitzler
Carter Appleby
Reseer Appleby
Wiliam Davis
Stanley Bennett
R Sntina Mobley
Wilbur Cline
Louis Kinsey
E. William Hall
Paul E. Mobley
Walter Larkin Jr
Kenneth Koons
Carter Applebr
William Davis
Clark
Dianne Davis
Jean
June Cline
Keith Mobtey
Pixie
Sharon
Michael Kelly
Dorothy ¥. Ramsburg
Elias B. Ramsburg Jr
Rockwell Terrace
Russ Gwendolyn C. Jordan
Dewey T. Dorthan
Schrey Avenue
Katherine Eckers
Carolyn Cahal
Kansas City
Mary Hidgley Willard
William G. Crummitt
Francis Scott Keys Hotel
Sir . O'Brien
Richard J. O'Brien
D. Edward Nottagie
Franklin L.’. Notnagie
Notnagie
Miss O'Brien
Mr. Notnagie
Jean Burkholder
Craig Es
Worthy
Katherine Nusbaum
Ralph W. Bowyer
S. HE. Hardwey
Rich-Indies
Caribbean
U.S. Mauretania
Mary H.iin
Gregory
North College
Boyer
Wm. J. Lederer
Eugene Burdick
Book Review Club
Margaret Motter
North Market Street
Foreign Service
South- East Asia
R. E. Town
Rev Harpold baptizes grandchildren at Mt. Savage church
Rev. Wm. C. Harpold baptizes three infant grandchildren at Mt. Savage Methodist Church last Sunday. The trio are Clarencel Henry Dean Jr., Hally Cecelia Cutler, and Darlene May Harpold, among a wider gathering including Lois Harpold and relatives from Urbana and Oxon Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Savage Methodist Church
Wm. C. Harpold
Clarencel Henry Dean Jr
Clarence Hii Dean
Doubs
Hally Cecelia Cutler
E. Paul Cutler
Oxon Ed
Darlene May Harpold
Richard N. Harpold
Suitland
John
Arthur Harpold
Muss Doris Rice
Araby
Wm. C. Harpold Jr
Washington
George M. Harpold
Ft. Belvoir
Mr. Harpold
Urbana
Mt. Savage
Hooming
Oxon Hill Methodist Church
Tours Aplenty Listed For House Garden Pilgrimage
Spring brings the annual house and garden tours with Old Georgetown Vintage Gardens on April 18 and 19 featuring 22 Georgetown gardens including the Lincoln era Todd garden and the Frelinghuysen property. Proceeds aid Georgetown Children’s House and Hammond Harwood House maintenance. The Embassy Tour in Washington runs this weekend with tours of several embassies and refreshments at the Japanese Embassy. Garden Week in Virginia runs the 28th through the 29th with proceeds funding restoration of historic shrines, including Woodlawn and Adam Thoroughgood house. The Shenandoah Potomac Tour April 25 and 26 funds refurnishing the Robert Harper home in Harpers Ferry and includes Jefferson County Court House and nearby gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Georgetown
Georgetown
Minnie
Amore
Lincoln
Todd
Pet Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Boxwood
Davidson
F. Lammaine
Georgetown Children’s House
Maryland House
Garden
Ovcock
St. Me County
Vernon Place
Anne Arundel Coun
Cecil County
Talbot County
Kent County
Dickes E. Baltimore
Woodbrook-Ruxton-Lutherville
Guilford-Roland Park-Home-land
Baltimore
Green Spring Valley
Harford County
Dulaney Valley
My Lady's Manor
Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland
Washington
Katorama' Road
Michael and I
Denny
Eridontston
W. Joh Renny
William D. Conor
Blake Clerk
Robert BR
Garden Club of Virginia
Woodlawn Plantation
Adam Thoroughgood
Princess Anne County
Virginia
Robert Harper
Harpers Ferry
Jeffer Ison
Charias Town
W. Va
Gar la Dens
Civinette Club hears Rev Akeley on local customs
The Civinette Club of Frederick hosted a dinner meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Rev Tomom Akeley spoke on community customs and his background as former rector and musician. The club donated to Easter Seal, Cancer Drive, and a Washington trip fund, with April birthdays noted and plans for a Mother and Daughter banquet next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civinette Club
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Louis Kinsey
Tomomakel
New Market
Urbana
Point of Rocks
Minkeley
Grace
St. Peter's Church
Baltimore
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Chamber Music Society
Fetaushi School
United States
Akeley
Charles Hartman
A.A.A. Club
Washington
Vernon Stup
William Moore
Charles Myers
Hartman
Clarence Sullivan
16 year old collapses and dies at mile race
A 16 year old boy, Joseph Taylor of Haverford Township, collapsed during a mile race at a high school track meet in Philadelphia. He died eight hours later in a hospital after the sudden fall on the track during the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joseph Taylor
Haverford Township
Engaged: Trina LeGore to Herbert Eichenseer in Fall
The engagement of Trina Melisse LeGore to Herbert Lawrence Eichenseer is announced by Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur LeGore. Trina is a Walkersville High School graduate who attended Hood College and is a senior at Northwestern University. Herbert also attended Northwestern. A fall wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Corthe
LeGore
Trina Melisse
Hebbert
Lawrence Eichenseer
Margaret Eiihenseer
Milwaukee
Wis
Mr. Eichenseer
Walkersville High School
Hood College
Northwestern University
Evanston
Eichenseer
Douglas Whittington
Judy Marie
Thomas Eugene Tobery
Russell Tobery
Dorothy Kinlein
Edward Kinlein
Baltimore
Mr. Kinlein
Robert P. Alison
Leonard P. Allison
Defendants Day in Magistrate Court Ends With Mixed Verdicts
In a magistrate session this morning, Mary Elizabeth Blank of Frederick received a suspended fine after a guilty finding for starting from a parked position unsafe to do so following an April 4 accident on North Market Street. John T. Zimmerman of Walkersville was found not guilty after a fatal asleep-at-wheel charge on Route 40 east of Frederick. A third case remained open with no verdict as Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield Jr. deferred ruling. Steiner Summers’ non-support case was held open as he cited unemployment and upcoming work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F_ ‘Sheffield Jr
Mary Elizabeth Blank
Frederick
North Market Street
Set
H. L.quinn
John T. Zimmerman
Red 1
Walkersville
H. J. Frost
Route 40
Alton Y. Bennett
Steiner O. Summers
Pleasant
Courtmey RE
Bryan
Summers
Citation Awarded To Maj. Ramsburg
Maj. Charles E. Ramsburg of the Army Research Office in Allington Hall Station Virginia received the Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant. Brig. Gen. William J. Ely announced the award from the Army Research Office. Ramsburg, a Frederick area resident, served with the Western Maryland Company before entering active service in January 1923. He is survived by three sisters Mrs Art Spranke and Mrs Ira Biercer, and two brothers William and John Ramsburg, who reside near Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Ramsburg
Army Research Office
Allington Hall Station
Wiliam J. Ely
Army Research
Chief of Research and Development Department
The
Army
Arajor Ramsburg
Fred Mo
Western Maryland
Art Spranke
Ira Biercer
Earl Barts
Wi Ham
John GO. Ramsbur
Sall
Frederick
Princess Outdistances Bardot in London Car Race
Princess Margaret narrowly beat Brigitte Bardot in a high speed car race through London. The royal and the actress sat in limousines as they sped up to 80 miles per hour before a traffic light. Bardot, returning from Windsor, noted the princess’s hard stare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Princess Margaret
Brigitte Bardot
Tim
Brigitte
Windsor Castle
Paris
Weather Brief and Local Court Action
The report notes temperatures and precipitation for a 24 hour period ending at a.m. In Frederick City, police charged Roger Vernon Thompson with non-support and disorderly conduct, served by Sergeant Harry Quinn and Officer Bernard King on West Fifth Street. Thompson posted bond and was released. Mrs Roosevelt returns: Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt describes a month abroad in Italy Iran Israel France and England as a nice trip and declines further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Roger Vernon Thompson
West Fifth Street
Geal
Tanig
Harry Quinn
Bernard King
Thompson
Frederick Memorial Hospital lists of patient admissions and a murder acquittal
The report lists multiple residents admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital for surgery or medical treatment including Mrs. Roscoe Grimes and Mrs. Hugh Eby along with others from Frederick and surrounding towns. In Alexandria, Thomas D Row Jr was freed on a murder charge after a preliminary hearing, the case deemed accidental. On Alaska’s southeast coast, locals joke rain is measured in fathoms rather than feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Grimes
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Calvin Geisbert Jr
Murray Street
Abs
Ray “Schrorer
Myersville
Hugh Eby
Thurmont
Lucy Heffner
East
jChuren Street
Prederick Memorial Hospital
Perry Rohrback
Point of ‘Rocks
Raymond Beadley
Adamstown
Howard Perl
Pecks
Raymond Edwards
People’s Church
Frederick “Memorial Hospital
Bernard Burkett
Dill
Avenue
Frederick Memoriial Hospital
Scott Clemson
Union Bridge
Frederiick Memorial Hospital
James Kline
Jim Derdy
Daniel Landes
Lee Place
Charles Yinger
Sidney Hickman Sr
Point
Af Rocks
Alesandria
Thomas D. Row, Jr
Neville G. Hall, Jr
United Airlines
Hall
Row
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edward R. Kirschner
Alaska
Taneytown H S Notes Annual Spring Musical and Events
The Taneytown High School hosts an April 13 Spring Musical in the auditorium with the mixed chorus and orchestra performing selections under Mrs. Janet Yeich and Ralph Alinick. FHA Week features a convention April 10 11 at Salisbury State Teachers College. Maryland Scholastic Press Association meets April 11 at Glen Burnie High School with Gov Tawes addressing students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
David
Boon
Lou
Copenhagen
Janet Yeich
Ralph Aliinick
Favre Homemakers of America
Salisbury State Teachers’ College
Maryland Scholastic Press Association
Glen Burnie High School
Millard Tawes
Organizing League of Women Voters Forms Frederick County Chapter
The Frederick county branch of the League of Women Voters held an organizational meeting at Coffman Chapel Hood College. Officers were named and plans set for the next meeting April 29 at 8 p.m. The group discussed league purpose study political action and nonpartisan participation for women citizens 21 and over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
League of Women Voters
Coffman
Hood College
Mgrs
Oro Landmis
Coffman Chapel
Mary C. Hodgson
Ieman
Anne, Funk
League
Injuries Decline in Frederick City in Early 1950s
Police records show injuries in January through March dropped to 1138, about half of 1958, with two fatalities. This year counts all accidents regardless of damage, totaling 108 in the first quarter versus 78 the previous year, while March alone logged 27 accidents and seven injuries. Three pedestrians were injured in March, raising three month pedestrian injuries to seven. No bicycle accidents occurred in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Martz and Melsaac Wedding in East Weymouth
In a candlelight ceremony at First Methodist Church East Weymouth Miss Sallie Ann Melsaac daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Melsaac became the bride of Jobe W Martz Jr USN son of Mr and Mrs John W Martz. Rev Frank Gulinello officiated. The couple celebrated with a church reception. The bride a Weymouth High School graduate works for the Insurance Company of North America. The groom a Montgomery Junior College Liver Spring graduate serves in the Navy aboard the USS Boston stationed in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martz—Melsaac
Sallie
Ann Melsaac
Donald MecIsaac
East Weymouth
Mass
Jobe W. Martz Jr
USN
John W. Martz
Adelphia
Frank Gulinello
First Methodist Church
Michael Pottie
North Weymouth
Weymouth High School
The
Insurance Company of North America
Montgomery Junior College
Liver Spring
Navy
Boston
Births Reported at Frederick Memorial Hospital Week of April 7 9
Birth notices list new arrivals from multiple families including Hobert L Fogle and Roberta Lea at Union Bridge Michael Clayton to Terry Field family and John Mark Albaugh to Ronald Albaugh with ministers, several other newborns named with parents and addresses. Also notes 32 drivers passed tests at State Armory Frederick and broader results from Frederick and surrounding areas. MARKET CAUTIOUS NEW YORK AP reports mixed early trading with small changes and slow activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederickh Memorial Hospital
Hobert L. Fogle
Union Bridge House 2
Robert Lee Jr
Roberta Lea
Foy
Agnes Bippeon
Libertytown
Terry Field
Thurmont
Michael Clayton
Ronald Albaugh
St. Thomas Rectory
Hancock
Albaugh
John Mark
Edna Bradley
Baltimore
Mgr
Frank T. Miller Jr
Lee Place
Frank Thomas III
Miller
Rosemary Oden
Frederick
Stanley Smith
Middletown
Patth Sue
Sob
Thelma Morgan
Mirs
Ralph M. Thomas Jdr
Union Bridge
Conne Sue
Thomas
Carol Moxley
Russell F. Fales
Woodsboro
Satan Jean
Pales
Mary de Long
Alan M. Hunter
Buckeystown
Sarah
East Third Street
Paul Edward
Deavers
Shirley Oden
Brunswick
Department of Motor Vehicles
State Armory
Eloise Gore Allen
RFD
Norman Horst Shoemaker
North Market Street
Milton Leonard House
East Church Street
Clyde Lee Asbury
Leon Malan Shank
West South Street
Jon Frederick Kreissig
West 12Th Street
Dennis Lewis Heffner
East Fourth Street
Eliza Medora Zimmerman
East Patrick Street
Charles Wesley Reece
Young Place
Walkersville
Charles Austin Grossnickle
Myersville
Thomas G. Flanigan
Roger E. Himes
Knoxville
Kenneth F. Foltz
John Mathews King
Dickerson
Barbara Ann Weller
Mt. Airy
Lemuel Francis Drake Jr
Daniel Lloyd Aisip
Germantown
Ethel Velie Miller
Hagerstown
Sandra Irene Poole
Damascus
Carolyn Lee Renner
Yrhurmont
Carl Edward Garver
Marie Mary Frances Nell
LeGore
New York
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Society News
Norman W. Fisher
J. Roberts Britton
Honolulu
Hawa
Birs. Fisher
Britton
Society of Professional Engineers of
Fordue University
Lafayette
Inc
Women’s Club of
Thurmont Public Library
Helene G. Vona
Joseph Vona
North College Parkway
Suffolk
Eleanor Parker
Binford E. Parker
G. Ross Brinkley
Harry Gray
Atlantic City
N. J
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Emmitsburg
Emmitsburg High School
V-P.w
Phil Young
Chambersburg
Air
William B. Lebverz
East Second Street
Mrr
Robert Lebherz
Clifton
Louis Lebherz
Bermuda
Betty Lebherz
Southern Seminary and Junior College
Buena Vista
Harry Lebherz Jr
Rocklawn
Glynn C. Mallory Jr
United States Military Academy
Westi Point
N. Y
Leichert’s
John House
Harpold
Rey
Civinette
Maj
Ramsburg
Bardot
Ugh Low
Albany
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Atlanta
Bismarck
Buffalo
Chicago
Toveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fort Worth
AG Helena
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Ile
Rai
Miami
Clear
St. Paul
Orleans
Ram
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Richmond
Louis
Sakake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Taneytown
H. S. Notes
Business Leaders of
America
Robert Lawrence
Judy Brown
Barbara Glass
Elaine Bowers
Doris Bailey
Judy Utz
Lydia Schott
Jean Rummel
Nancy Over
Koltzer
Ruth Sandruck
Arnal Myers
Linda Ohler
Darlene Shaffer
Betty Ehrman
Darlene Ditzler
Virginia Hahn
Donna Eyler
Joyce Myers
Mary Royer
Anna Belle
Snook
Billy Utz
Dorothy Snook
John Myers
Janet McCusker
Anna May Haycraft
Homer Myers
Wiliam Morrison
Maryland Council of Library Clubs
University of Maryland Armory
Taney Town
Doris Myers
Carolyn Davis
Deloris Dunel
Mary Pittinger
Myrna Myers
Naomi Baker
Naomi Marshall
Belva Ramsburg
Cynthia Andreas
Mariam Dunham
Frances Flohr
Elizabeth Teffner
Carol Fpiczonki
Carol S Jemsburg
Nancy Stine
Nancy Wargny
Audrey Wilhide
Travis J ,Dutterer
Bruce Hodgers
John Shorb
Carroll Crum
T ¥ Susan Welty
Sandra Stonesifer
Mary A. Plaine
Norma Horning
Laura Dom
Joan Clingan
Joan Cassell
Jane Bowers
Nancy Baumgardner
Dotty Bailey
Thomas Albaugh
Stephen Feeser
William Formwall
Bonnie Brown
Gloria Copenhaver
Sania Hottinger
Judith Kiser
Joan Kine
Hannah Lippincott
Leah Little
Faye Martin
Jean Myers
Betty Stonesifer
Doris Welty
Carolyn Swarbey
Joyce Strickhouser
Myrnice McCormick
Susan Matthews
Linda Lieb
Charlene Schildt
Jacquelyn Myers
Anita Jester
Jean Howarth
Emma Fermwalt
Donna Deal
Mary E. Stonesifer
Douglas Gunther
Ravina
Arvin
Bonnie Bair
Margaret Kiser
Kathleen Peizonki
Sandra Remsburg
Sandra Shorb
Etta Bell
Naomi Baxer
Allen Baumgardner
Micheal
Elaine Welty
Patricia
Lambert
University of Maryland
Frances Shoemaker
Audrey Singer
Donna Byler
Anna May Wearcraft
Mary Rover
Taneyette
Kathleen Piezonki
Gherrie, Shearer
Roger Matthews
Ravina Arvin
Sandra Baker
Barbara Rinehart
James Kump
Charles Stitely
Orphans Court
Jesse Clay
Airy
Sarah Belle Clay
Melvin Schwearing
West Patrick Street
Claude G. Miller
Catherine I. Cook
Harry George Shafer
Organizing League of Women Voters
Chiesa
St. Market St
Frederick, Md
Berger's
N. Market St
Chrysler
Windsor
Renn Pontiac
East Sixth St
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