Frederick News-Post worker Lira V. Moore dies at home
Ira Verpal Moore a longtime Frederick resident and former News-Post bookkeeper died at his home 10 East South Street after a heart attack. He was 78, survived by his wife Pansy Carlin Moore, two children Vernal Moore and Corinne Moore, two grandchildren and four nephews. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 7 PM at Grace United Church of Christ, with interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Funeral directors E. Cline and Son.
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Ira Verpal Moore
Frederick
East South Street
Moore
News-Post
Bealings
News-/ Post
Whalers Tor
William H
Laura V. Kahle Moore
Frederick County
Pansy Carlin Moore
Vernal C.J .Moore
Lloyd M. Fogle
Corinne Elizabeth Moore
Candice Elizabeth Moore
Patricia Ann Fogle
Grace United Church of Christ
East Patrick Street
Mount Olivet
E. Cline
Howard Gray
Union Bridge
Whyte Street
Baltimore
Jacob and
Louise Meredith Gray
Union Bridge Fire Company
Methodist Church
Plymouth Lodge A
A. M
Caranthe Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Moose Lodge of
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Elias Fuss Gray
Robert E. Gray
Miami
Fla
Esther. Zander
Silver Spring
George Gray
William Gray
Lucy Payne
D. D. Hartzler
Arthur J. Staub
Arthur Jacob Staub
Bartonsville
Frederick Memorials
Calvin Staub
Thurmont
Bessie Eiswalt Staub Fulton
Point of_ Rocks
Jefferson
Edith Virginia
Biddinger Staub
Sylvester Wiles
Frederick Junction
Henry Albert Perkins
Kenneth LeRoy Perkins
Eugene Perkins
David LeRoy
Staub
Albert L. Staub
Ernest Staub
Graceham
Kenneth Smith
Brunswick
Neshews
East Church Street
M. R. Etchison and Son
Carrie V. Wantz
Carrie Virginia W
Harrys D. Sant Valfeyo
Elwood Stambaugh
Taneytown
Tobias A
Ida Catherine Olier Martin
Irvin Wonder
Vanover
Fansie Florence
Landover
Ida Myers
Pleasant Valley
Lloyd Diffenbaucher
Chambersburg
Wantz
Lve
Stambaugh
Kermit Weishaar
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Stanley B. Jennings
Lutheran
C. O
Fuss and Son
Local notices and brief items from The News
A scanned page from The News of Frederick Maine dated Monday April 14 1955 lists local notices and small items from North Court area. It mentions 350 euves and crews and a post office listing with partial illegible text. The page shows typical 1950s small-town notices and advertisements.
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Frederick
Great Southern
Ae & Meg
North Court
Iocal
Opening Day Joy as Baseball Season Starts
The piece celebrates the start of the baseball season with Major League teams returning to big ball parks. It notes the tension of game time and the iconic moment when the umpire calls play ball, signaling spring and renewed optimism for fans nationwide.
Extension Of Sewer System Being Planned
Emmitsburg officials discussed progress on a sewer extension project with all main rights of way secured except one. A bid-advertising step was planned as the town prepares financing through a bond issue. The report followed the regular Burgess and Commissioners meeting at the Town Office.
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Emmitsburg
Burgess and Commissioners of
Charles R. Fuss
Local Hospital Updates On Frederic County Patients
Among the sick Mr Paul F Bittle of Myersville was discharged this morning from Frederick Memorial Hospital where he had been a surgical patient. Mrs Charles W Ross 3rd of Braddock Heights is a surgical patient at the Womens Clinic Nobus Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. She is reported as improving nicely. Mrs Ross underwent surgery last Tuesday. Mr William Hartsough returned Sunday from Frederick Memorial Hospital to his home in Walkersville. He had undergone major surgery. Mrs Grace English Nicodemus is improving nicely from a severe attack of influenza which has confined her for some time to her home at 321 North Market Street.
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Paul F. Bittle
Myersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Charles W. Ross
Braddock Heights
Womens Clinic
Nobus Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Ross
Wiliam Hartsough
Frederick Memorial ‘Hospital
Walkersville
Grace English Nicodemus
North Market Street
Fifty Years Ago Hems From The News Columns April 14 1918
A mountain fire near Catoctin Furnace blazes over a wide area, visible from the city. Woodsboro Publishing Company files Articles of Incorporation with D D S Currin and others as incorporators, capital stock $1000. The Maryland School for the Deaf baseball team defeats Brush Factory 16 0, Boyle and Zimmerman noted for pitching. Fredericton Savings Institution names directors N D Hauer and others. Miss Bessie Griffin and Miss Elsie Stone hire at Fredeick County Farmers Exchange office.
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Catoctin
Woodsboro Publishing Company
DD. S. Currin
A. H. Evier
B. P. Zimmerman
S. W. Barrick
AW. Ecker
L. C. Powell
Woodsboro
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
An old-column snippet recalls a furnace explosion delaying progress at a church, broken sash windows, and seven panes. A football score notes Sunshine’s hot hit on cold day as temperatures rise. Orchardists report little fruit damage from recent cold. A woman was struck by a car and hospitalized. William Rinker, 9, fractured his right arm roller skating.
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Trinit
George
Diasi
Peratures
Burg
Carroll Canniv
Sue Ellen Fowte
Frederick City Hospital
William Rinker
Theodore Rinker
Washington Street
Awarded Fourth USAF Honor Stirs Personal Notices
Carl W. Giesler receives his fourth United States Air Force honorable discharge dated November 23 17. He served with the 316th Bomb Group and Fighter Squadron and stationed at various bases. Westminster and Carroll Street mark his residence as Mary Oden Tracey near Denver Colorado. The notice notes his 68th birthday and mentions visits from General Markey and Patrick Shipley with ties to Camp Lejeune Fort Campbell and New Jersey connections.
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Carl W.giesler
Air Force
Denver
Giesler
Westminster
Mary Oden Tracey
Carroll Street
Markey
East
Coleman S dies in Detroit at 60
John S Coleman president of the Bur-i rp and 3956 57 presi dé OS Chamber of Commerce died of a heart ailment in his Detroit apartment. He was 60 and had led the business machine and electronics firm since 1946. New silica reinforcing pigments enable colored mic her can be made into tires comparable to top black compounds.
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Coleman Dyes
Detroit
eTohn S
Bur-irp
Chamber of Commerce
Coleman
Biz Business Machine and Electronics Manufacturing Company
District Ceremonial and Soviet Music Contest Highlights
Tall Cedars district ceremony in Martinsburg saw Frederick and Hagerstown forest degrees awarded as 35 members joined. In Moscow, Van Cliburn from Kilgore Texas won the Tchaikovsky contest final, with two Americans among finalists marking a strong showing for the United States.
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Frederick Forest No 1
Martinsburg
W. Va
Bishop Scully Addresses Marian Congress At St Joseph
Bishop William A Scully of Albany addressed 700 delegates at the Marian Congress held at St Joseph College Emmitsburg. The two day program honored Our Lady of Lourdes with Mass by Msgr Sheridan, music by Seton High School, and a candlelight procession. Delegates pledged fidelity to Mary Immaculate during a concluding Benediction and ceremony.
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Emmitsburg
William A Scully
Albany
St. Jos College
Exmaitsbury
Ar. Mary
Pistes & Day
Our Lady of Lourdes
Scully
John L. Sheridan
Mt. St. Mary's College
Seton High School Glee Club
Baltimore
Congress
Marian
Mother Seton
John Trainor
C. Mt
Slary Immaculate
Comby Ibe
Suse 9
High School
Clee Club
Lynn
Phyllis Shine
Schoa! High School
Father Trainor
Calvary Shrine
Seton High School
Mary Immaculate
Mother House of
Sisters of Charity
Paris
Lourdes
Children of Mary
London Honors Agatha Christie With Society Toast
London society closed the town's biggest party in months as Agatha Christie received a high society honor, marking a prestigious recognition amid celebratory events.
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London
Agatha Christie
Fined and reprimanded for not shaking hands
A Texas lieutenant William B. Morton was reprimanded and fined 400 dollars after refusing to shake hands with Capt. Carl J. O Kelly. The charge of conduct unbecoming an officer was dropped by the Pentagon and the case sent to Lt. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke for administrative action in Stuttgart Germany.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Texas
Franklin Potter
William B. Morton
San Antonio
Tex
Bruce C. Clarke
7Th Army
Potter
Morton
Carl J. O'Kelly
Tucson
Ariz
Pentagon
Gen. Clarke
Fort Detrick Safety Awards Honor 1957 Record
Perfect Records Safety Commendations given to Fort Detrick branches for no occupational illnesses or lost time accidents in 1957. Presented after the Fort Detrick Laboratory Safety Council March meeting. Dr Housewright presents to Dr Earl Beck. other honorees include Charles Grabi Samuel Freed Paul Koch Irvin Kinsey and more.
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Fort Detrick
Democratic 4% Women Hear Mrs Tydings At Kickoff Luncheon
Mrs Tydings wife of ex senator spoke at a Francis Scott Key Hotel luncheon to rally Democratic women in Maryland. She urged registration and voting while introducing various local candidates and Democratic women leaders. A hat parade entertained attendees and plans for the organization were outlined.
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Millard EB. Tydings
Ther
Francis Scott Key
Tydings
Glenna Leatherman
Edward B. Storm
John Foley
Foley
Solomon
Laura Strube
Women’ S Democratic League of
Frederick County
Abs
Elizabeth Kuill
Jeffersonian Women's Auxit
Margaret Barrick
Glade Valley Club
Edward J. Ryan
Frostburg
Ann Eberling
James MecQuown
Cumberland
Maryland
Maryland Democratic Women
Hazel W. Lewis
Lewis
Mildred Fisher
House of Delegates
Ways and Means
Albert Hamilton
Police Juvenile Work School Opens at College Park
A Maryland program begins in College Park to train law enforcement officers in juvenile cases. The full day courses run through June 18 and are sponsored by the University of Maryland and Maryland State Welfare Department. Speakers include Judge Alfred D. Nores of Montgomery County Peoples Court and Lynn Swanson of the U.S. Children’s Bureau.
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College Park
Maryland
University of Maryland
State Wefare Department
Dudge Alfred D. Nores
Montgomery County Peoples Court
Lynn Swanson
U. S. Children's Bureau
Two Get Jail Terms In Magistrate Court
Thelma Hoffman of South Market Street was found guilty of disorderly conduct on April 13 and sentenced to 10 days in jail in default of a 310 fine and costs. Charles C. Simms of Rockville was found guilty of operating without a license on April 12 and sentenced to 10 days in jail in default of 10 and costs. Gareth Wayne Kline of Myersville was found not guilty of failing to grant the right of way on April 7 at West Patrick Street and West College Terrace.
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Magisstrate H
Gareth Wayne Kline
RFD 1
Myersville
West Patrick Street
West College Terrace
Calves to Fly From Idlewild to Turkey Flight
Frederick County to send 20 calves to Turkey by air from Idlewild airport New York on Friday April 25. Dedication ceremonies set for Sunday April 20 at 2 pm at Frederick Fairgrounds to receive gift from Turkish Embassy. Textile Town accepts toys clothing and blankets through Monday April 21 at 15 East Patrick Street.
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Frederick County
Idlewild Airport
New York
Frederick Fair Rounds
Sputnik I Falls To Earth After Final Orbit
Reports indicate Sputnik II broke apart and fell last night, with debris possibly reaching Brazilian jungles. Sightings traced the fiery satellite from New England to the West Indies, with Denver Moonwatch noting a bright orange red object looping southeast.
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Cambridge
Mass
Brazil
Denver
Colo
New England
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
West Indies
Moorwatch
Milford
Kenneth Steinmetz
Denver Moonwatch Team
Steinmetz
Maryland Royal Ambassador Congress elects youth leader
In Baltimore Ralph M. Halliwill, 15, is chosen as ambassador in chief for the Maryland Royal Ambassador Congress. Hillwill succeeds Bob Jordan as ambassador, with John Taylor and Eric Hunter also named officers. Pocomoke City wins travel distance award amid 672 Maryland attendees at the sixth annual session. In Paris, NATO delegates approve outlines for new Western Big Three notes to the Soviet Union ahead of a summit.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Royal Ambassador Congress
Baptist Boys
Ralph M. Halliwill
Hillwill
Patterson Park
Bob Jordan
First Baptist Church
Frederick
Jordon
Middle River
Eric Hunter
Gien Echo Baptist Church
Recorder
Pocomoke City
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
NATO
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Lira V. Moore
Ira V. Moore
Pease Burgess
Clarence G. Frailey
Ervin R. Cline
Middletown
Are Ee Een Miodte
Albert Eelveeawe
Burkhardt
Charles
Banda
Ameren Leeson
Michael Post
Finan PB
Boonsboro
Lutheran Cemetery
Gladhill Brothers
the News
Apri Il
Marshall Bell
C. O. Fuss
Florida
the Transportation Co
Keymar
Mr. Fuss
Bell
Louis L. Bockhoff
Louis Libius Bockhoff
Scoday
Dawsonville
Reva Bill
Inner Bockhoff
Carl Rosenberg
Gartner Funeral Home
Gaitherspur2
Glenwood Cemetery
Washington
del Ta
Charles E. Craig
Cordie N. Craig
Annie M. Warner
Gettysburg
William Crampton
Jennie White Crampton
Charles Edward Craig
Louise Banks
Clarence Craig
Binghampton
Harry Crampton
New York City
Adie Winford
Brooklyn
Craig
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
James Twomey
Allison
Mountainview
Fannie C. Ray
Henry F. Ray
Joshua
Catherine Me
Bride Norris
Gladhill
Albert Burkhardt
Hattie Himbury Young
Roger E. Young
Alton ¥. Bennett
Jissachar
Mary A. Hooper Himbury
J. William Himbury
Young
Evangelical Luthicrao Church
Red Cross
Mars S. Himbery Mussetier
New Starket
Edna R. Himbury Kail
Janis Virginia Welty
James Tyson Welty
Virginia
Wantz Welty
Annie Warner Hospital
Tyson Welty
John R. Wantz
Allison Funeral
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
New St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
Moscow
van Cliburn
Harvey
Cliburn
Ithe Tchaikovsky
Kilgore
Daniel Pollack
New York Philharmonic
Joe Los Angeles
Clamanaino
Eiwugee
Musicead Hall
Hags Jerstown
Martins- ‘Burg
Tventy
Siuscovites
Map Nearu UL
Frederick Forest
Cedarism
Martinsburg Forest
Frederick Ispite
Forest
Hagerstown Forest
Shamokin
Philadelphia
Robert L. Mason
Supreme Forest
Supreme Tall Cedar
Harry E. Thomas Jr
Austin
Savoy Hotel
Christie
Richard Attenborough
Ambassadors Theater
Chu Chin! Chow
Peter Sanders
Emil Gilels
Communist
China
Liu Shi King
Lev Yin- Isienko
Lother
Bulgaria
Japan
Jerome Lowenthal
Norman Shelter
Bishop Scully
St. Joseph
Mrs. Tydings
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