Easter Egg Hunts Set For Monday Across Frederick
Easter Monday brings three hunts with civic backing and local youth groups guiding the events. Kiwanis sponsors Baker Park search for kids under twelve starting at 1 pm near the handshell, with a separate toddler area and prizes. Civic Club hosts Harmon Field hunt, while Mullinix Field hosts the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary hunt in the evening. Weather shows sunny skies and cool temps.
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Frederick
Baker Park
Kiwanis Club
Charles K. Taylor
Tr. 266
Boy Scouts
Kiwanis
Thomas S. Glass
William E. Zimmerman
Harmon Field
Ladies’ Auxiliary
William P. Larkin
Post American Legion
Mullinix Field
Bernice Delauter
Good Friday Reflections On Sacrifice And Hope For Peace
The author muses on Good Friday as a shared test of humanity, noting the link between Christ's suffering and the world's warfare. It argues that recognizing the day as holy prompts serious thought on life, the Galilean's example, and the possibility that such reflection may foster a wiser, more peaceful nation.
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Golgotha
Fisher Announces Candidacy for House in Democratic Primary
E J Fisher Sr a native of Emmitsburg announces his candidacy for the House of Delegates subject to the Democratic primary. A resident of Frederick since 1921 he has worked for the Maryland State Roads Commission since 1923 as inspector and junior highway engineer. He is a World War I veteran, member of several associations and Graceham Moravian church, married with two children and three grandchildren.
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Earl John Fisher, Sr
House of Delegates
Fisher
Emmitsburg
Frederick Cornelius
Mollie C. Fisher
Maryland State Roads Commission
Thurmont High School
Waynesboro Business College
University of Maryland
Maryland Engineers’ Association
Maryland
State
Frederick City
Emmitsburg Fire Responds to Two Alarms in Day
Emmitsburg fire company answered two alarms Tuesday with no damage reported. The first at 10:30 a.m. addressed a grass fire at Prof. A. M. Wasilifsky’s home, the second at 12:30 p.m. at the dump west of town. Mrs Flowers and Mich relatives visit, staying at the O'Donoghue tourist home. Easter holidays begin with classes resuming April 21. The Bunny Hop junior class dance to raise funds for the Prom is set for April 23 from 8 to 11:30 a.m.
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Emmitsburg
A. M. Wasilifsky
Mirs
Flowers
Mich
John O'Donoghue
Bruce Adele Peppler
Hev
Philip E. Dixon
Graduate School
St. John's University
Brooklyn
N.Y
St. Joseph's High School
Dunior
Easter program at Grossnickle Church of the Brethren plays My Son Lives
The Grossnickle Church of the Brethren presents the Easter play My Son Lives by Mary Hall and Rega McCarty Monday at 7:39 PM at the church. Cast includes Dr. John Rev Gene Gaver Lilian Reid Dorothy Charlotte Reid Ted Robert Lee Grossnickle Melna Silvers Ruth Leatherman Marilyn Leatherman and others. additional exercises and songs by younger departments.
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Grossnickle
Church of the Brethren
My Son
Mary Hall
Rega McCarty
John
Gene Gaver
Lilian Reid
Dorothy
Grossmickie
Charlotte Reid
Sheley Harshman
Lindsay
Franklin Leatherman
Barbara
Betty Pryor
Ted
Robert Lee Grossnickle
Ben Silvers
Gene Harshman
Melna Silvers
Ruth Leather
Lincoln London Pays Tribute On Death Anniversary
Lincoln London today eulogized Abraham Lincoln in observance of the 89th death anniversary by assassination. The anniversary was yesterday.
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LAUDS
Lincoln
Questions and Answers About Gibraltar Barbery Apes Legend
The reader asks about the tale that Britain will stay in Gibraltar while Barbary apes remain. A Spanish surprise attack was said to be foiled when a Barbary ape rummaged in the camp, alerting a British sentry. The second query about chop suey finds no Chinese origin in the answer.
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Gibraltar
Myersville Delegation Seeks New School Building
A Myersville delegation urged the county commissioners to fund a six room high and public school building for Myersville. The proposal followed appeal for better educational facilities as 26 pupils attend high school and 81 elementary pupils. The matter was taken under advisement.
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Myersville
Frederick
MSSD
Zimmerman
Benson
Michael
Blessing
Joseph W. Jenkins Lee
Needwood Forest
Knox’ville
Roosevelt
SS. Legation
Panama
New York
Fatries
Helen, Hult
Stary Gittinger
Mary Filler
Marie Haller
Madeline Houff
Charlottee Sinn
Helen Klein
Mary Wood
Margaret Roelkey
Lulu Robinson
Pauline Suman
Zilpah Ebert
Mary Dixon
Blanche Githinger
Dorothy Filler
Elaine Shorey
Miriam Schroeder
Dorothy Wilson
Tina Kepler
Julia Steck
Helen Ordeman
Helen Zimmerman
Beatrice Geesey
C. Moser
Fourteen Candidates for Air Office Run This Year
An early look at local political contests notes fourteen candidates for air office with more expected. Aldermen races show six Democrats and three Republicans already filed.
D A R Delegates Named For Continental Congress
Frederick Chapter D A R named delegates and alternates to the Continental Congress to be held at Constitution Hall Washington starting Monday. Regents Mrs Paul B Rhoads and Mrs Cert Kred, with alternates Miss Edith Muller and Mrs J M Rector. Hostesses listed and local members traveling from Frederick. Also notes Hood College concert plans and engagements including Elizabeth Frey and James McDonald.
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Frederick
Constitution Hall
Washington
Paul B. Rhoads
Regent
Patrick Street
Cert Kred
West Third Street
Edith Muller
South Market Street
J. M. Rector
Dresden Street
Kensington
Maryland
Courtroom Hushed As Clown Sentenced In Manslaughter Case
In Detroit a clown nicknamed The Clown Petrocy received a sentence of 1 to 15 years after admitting to drinking before he struck 1-year-old Catherine Waters on a Belle Isle curb. The victim died from injuries as Petrocy’s car hit the child while he was returning from a performance for orphans. The judge said the sentence aims to deter drunk driving and protect children. Petrocy sobbed in court as Eleanor his wife and William their son watched.
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Erank Detroit Yacht Club
Belle Isle
Petracy
Catherine Waters
Eleanor
William
Petrovy
Watts
Oppenheimer secrecy claim sparks bipartisan note
Washington lawmakers say their committee uncovered voluminous information in 1952 about atomic scientist Robert Oppenheimer. Senators Jenner and McCarran state they did not act due to the sensitive nature of his work and the many ramifications involved. Oppenheimer is barred from government atomic secrets pending a security probe, which he denies.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Robert Oppenheimer
Bat Suboona Jenner
R-Ind
Sen. McCarran
D-Nevi
Oppenheimer
Engagements and upcoming weddings listed
Mrs William Richard Holder of Brunswick announces the engagement of daughter Nettle Blame to Cadet Linva Branner Womeldorph son of the late Mr L A Womeldorph and Mrs L A Wormeldorph. Miss Holder graduates Brunswick High School and works for C P Telephone Co. Cadet Womeldorph to graduate June from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Wedding set for June 13 at Weverton Baptist Church. Mr and Mrs Russell Grahill announce daughter Virginia Idella to James E Thomas of Middletown. wedding forthcoming.
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McDonald
Elizabeth
Joan Frey
Walter Frey
Bellemore
Road
Baltimore
James Reiley McDonald
Harry Milson McDonald
Tow
McKenabi
Charles Apartments
Frey
Roland Park Country School
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Fi Beta Phi
Mercersburg Academy
Washington and Lee University
Sizma
Miss Lane
William Preston Lane
Hagerstown
Dornhy Estor Lane
Worthington Campbell, Jr
Alp
Worthington Campbell
Short Hills
New Jersey
Miss Halls School
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Vassar College
Annapolis
New York
Mr Campbell
St. Mark's School
South Massachusetts
Front Atlas
Hasty Pudding Institute
Delphic Club
U. S. Nat
Pacific
Harvard University
Oxford University Press
New York City
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alandria
Virginia
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Montvale
Miss Petty
Koons
Kathleen Rece Petty
Julian Day
Patty
Columbia
S. C
Donald Zentz Koons
Clyde Otto Koons
West Fourteenth Street
Washington Street Methodist Church
William Thomas
Lloyd Ohler
Ermitsburg
Floyd Shelton
Olney
Mroo
Ivan Staneroff
Urbana
Anne Caroline
Emmanuel Maheim
Chateau de Vallieres
Haute Savine France
Aed
Glen Ae Wariaa
Madame Muheim
Miss Standoff
Manhattanville College
Mr. Muheim
University of Fribourg
Switzerland
United States
Russell Grahill
Union Bridge
Virginia Idella
James E. Thomas
Dale Thomas
Middletown
Deaths in Point of Rocks and Charles Town Area
William Henry Oden of Point of Rocks died at age 60 after a two week illness. He worked 42 years for the B&O railroad and belonged to the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees. Survived by two sons, a stepson, a sister, a brother, and grandchildren. Interment at Saint Paul’s Cemetery. Also in Charles Town, Mrs Fannie Mercer Brown West, widow of George W. West, died after a stroke. Survived by three daughters and three sons, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral to be held Friday. interment at Edge Hill Cemetery. James C. Wetsight of Burkittsville died at 85 after ten days of bedfast illness. Survived by son John S. Wetnight and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. services Sunday. Connie Ann Hatcher of Hampton, S C, six months old, died April 15. Survived by parents, a twin sister, two brothers, grandmothers, and local rites planned in Hampton and Brunswick.
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Frederick
Jimmy Eisenhauer
Jos. F. Eisenhauer
Jimmy Marks
James Marks
Willam H. Oden
William Henry Oden
Pont of Rocks
Mr. Oden
Point of Rocks
John and Mary Ricketts Oden
Methodist Church
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
John H
Samuel E Oden
Charles Thomas Hammond
Minnie Caprin
Brunswick
Charles Oden
East Patrick Street
Saint Pauls
Cline & Son
Fannie M
West Charles Town
W. Va
Fannie Mercer Brown West
George W. West
Charlestown General Hospital
Frederick County
Willam B
Jamima Barthlow Mercer
Middleway
Robert Morgan
Halltown
James Rutherford
Charles [Town
Edward Cowgill
Charles Town
Charles F. Brown
James E. Brown
New Oxford
Jonas Barker
Lewiston Md
Burt Snyder
Woodsboro
Edward Mercer
James C. Wetsight
Burkittsville
Emma Katherine Gardner Wetnight
Samuel Wetnight
John
Connie Ann Hatcher
John Philip Hatcher
Hampton
S. C
Bonnie Lois Hatcher
Austin P
Jerry A. Hatcher
Laura Fouch
Brownsville
Richard Hatcher
D. C
Julius A. Cortening
Eglin Funeral Services Planned in Bethesda
Funeral services for Joseph C. Eglin of Gaithersburg will be held Sunday at two o clock in the Bethesda funeral home with interment at Concord Methodist church cemetery. He died at 416 Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, Wednesday, and is survived by wife Laura R. Eglin. Frank Meto died here early Tuesday. funeral was held Thursday at 9 a m with the I O O F Wome pastor Herbert L. D. Doggett and Rev Ralph C. Jones officiating. Interment at Hillcrest cemetery, Federalsburg.
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Tasker’s Chance Garden
John A Smith
East Church Street
Calvary Methodist Church
Eric Lundgren
Joseph Turner
Theron Green
Joseph C. Eglin
Gaithersburg
Bethesda
Concord Methodist Church
Mr. Eglin
Frederick Avenue
Laura R. Eglin
Frank Meto
Wome
Herbert L. D. Doggett
Trinity Methodist Church
Ralph C. Jones
Federalsburg Union
Federalshurz
M. RE. Etchison and Son
Good Friday Observed by Pilgrims in Jerusalem
Pilgrims from Western countries filled Jerusalem hotels for the Good Friday Way of the Cross prayer procession in the old walled city. The cross carrying and multilingual sermons marked the nearly unchanged Crusader era route through narrow stone streets rarely seen by autos and filled with porters and donkeys.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Holy City
Calvary
Pilate
Johnson And Ward Fight Tonight in 11 Rounder at St Nicholas Arena
George Johnson with 16 straight wins plans to beat rugged Moses Ward in an 11 round middleweight bout at St Nicholas Arena in New York. Johnson, 23, from Trenton N J via Sneads Fla, seeks a big national showing. The bout is a pick em and starts at 10 p m EST with ABC and NBC coast to coast.
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George Johnson
Rugged
Moses Ward
St. Nicholas
Arena- Johnson
Trenton
N. J
Sneads. Fla
ABC
NBC
Mrs Harold R Smith Wins 1954 Mrs Maryland Title
Mrs Harold R Smith, of Cumberland, won the 1954 Mrs Maryland contest on March 27 at Cumberland finals held with the Home Builders Show. She is mother of triplet daughters aged 18 and will travel to Elinor Village, Ormond Beach, Florida for national Mrs America finals. Her husband, a Baltimore and Ohio railroad fireman, accompanied her as the family plans to move April 19.
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Maryland
Harold R. Smith
Shriver Avenue
Cumberland
Brunswick
C. W. Gatrell
Mars Upsets Nate Brooks In Cleveland Bout
Mars overpowers Nate Brooks in a 10 round fight despite Brooks being favored. Mars weighed 121 1/2 pounds to Brooks 119, upsetting Brooks who was a North American bantamweight champion contender. Brooks dropped to the canvas for a four count in round eight.
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Cleveland
Mic
Nate Brooks
Brooks
Tile
Mars
Rocky Castellani
Bobo Olson
Pedro Gonzales
Rankin, Pa
Castellani
Soldier Killed On Delaware Bridge
A car crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge on the way home for Easter rear-ended a potato truck, killing Pvt. Alan P. Carr dr., Sea Girt New Jersey. Two other soldiers from Aberdeen Proving Ground suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized in Wilmington. The driver was Pvt. Richard Walsh Hartford Conn. The incident marked the first fatal crash on the bridge since it opened 242 years ago after 18 million crossings.
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Wilmingson
Del
Delaware Memorial Bridge
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
Alan P. Carr
N. J
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Fred Mischner
New York City
Richard Walsh
Hartford
Conn
Walsh
Mrs Magdalen Knipple Convalesces After Hospital Stay
Mrs Magdalen Knipple, patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital for sixteen days, returns home to her brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs Harry Betson at 108 East 6th Street, and Edwin C. Creager of Thurmont is moved from Frederick Memorial to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore by M L Creager and Son ambulance.
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Magdalen Knipple
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Harry Betson
East 6Th Street
Edwin C. Creeger
Thurmont
Johns Hawkins Hospital
Baltimore
M. L. ‘Creager and Son
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Emmaniae Brandenburg
Towson
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Loch Raven
Jasper W. Morgan
West Patrick Street
Marty M. Rosencrantz
Milford Mill High School
Baltimore County
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Frederick County Historical Society
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Uriah B. Shockley, Jr
Chicago
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Washington College
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Towson State Teachers College
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Market Street
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Washington County Hospital
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Princess Anne
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