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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1956
Page
4
The page presents address and pricing details for The News Great Square Co. listings, subscription rates by period, and standard newspaper masthead information. It notes circulation membership with the Audit Bureau and Associated Press rights, plus postal details for Frederick Maryland.
Israel's diverse immigrant heritage showcased in New York stores with a Middletown Lions Club event featuring George Frederick Worsham as guest speaker. The meeting includes certificates for nine charter members and recognizes Worsham’s civic and Masonic leadership.
Reader letters praise acts of kindness from Girl Scout leaders and local women, noting small deeds like messages and gifts brighten others. A Lewistown Women’s Society program updates and officer elections follow, then a fatal Janesville area crash report details a single car leaving U S 213 striking a tree injuring two others.
Fifty years ago on April 17 1906 readers learned aldermen bankers and others traveled to Washington to urge a favorable War Claims report to reimburse Frederick for a 1862 ransom payment of 200. Articles noted the incorporation of the Frederick County Horse Breeders Association by Hiteshew Renn Johnson Grove and Houck Jr. The Mantz estate 160 acre farm at Riehl's Mill sold for 2100 to Levin B House. Company A M N G inspected by Cant. Baird and Col Gaither with drill and manual of arms. Gaither set a temporary rifle range near the Ox Fibre Brush Works. Mr Benton Kno dle owned an Easter egg colored in 1879, well preserved though light in weight.
The Maryland Sons of the American Legion formed the largest post at Winchester Hall with 112 members. The February Grand Jury will reconvene April 27 to consider criminal cases since the last session, says State's Attorney Bowers. An infant’s body found in a wooden box in the Monocacy river near Furnace Ford bridge was buried at Montevue Hospital cemetery after county officials investigated. A Brunswick man was caught serving beer to prisoners in the Brunswick jail, fined 25 dollars and costs with 30 days in jail. such service had been occurring for some time according to reports.
Miss Amelia Stottlemyer wed Frederick D. Fisher in a Calvary Methodist double ring ceremony on March 2. Also March 2, Miss Ann Ruth Johnson married James Morningstar at Hyattstown Christian Church, with attendants from Hyattsville to Gaithersburg. Miss Jacqueline Wolfe and James Soper tied the knot in a single ring ceremony in Frederick with reception at the church basement.
Weather delays farm work as Maryland Delaware and Virginia clubs organize tours from April 25 to May 6. The 19th annual Maryland House and Garden pilgrimage funds Hammond Harwood House while featuring 17th and 18th century homes and a water tour from Baltimore to Annapolis.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard L. Seward was baptized Sunday in Jefferson with Rev. Bernard E. Fogle officiating. God parents are Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Mills. The child named Kenneth Eugene. Services were at ten followed by family dinner. Local hospital updates include Nathan Jacobson in Frederick Memorial Hospital, and J. Tyson Lee of Urbana undergoing an appendectomy.
Ex merchants from Iran ex cave dwellers from North Africa and others from Morocco Yemen Tunis Tripoli and Iraq as well as Central European countries bring varied skills to Israel and now to New York where home industry goods like clothes rugs trays and trinkets attract strong demand.
Frederick Memorial Hospital records list multiple births from local families. Entries name parents, addresses, and newborns with details such as order of birth and gender across several households Monday to Sunday. Sharon Denise, Chichina Evelyn, Rose Ann, John Phil, Keith Edward, and others are noted.
Frederick history is celebrated as 12 principal attractions are highlighted in an attractive brown and tan pamphlet distributed by the Francis Scott Key Hotel and the Historical Society. The pamphlet, with maps and background on each site, is also promoted by radio stations and the Maryland information office, with nearly 200000 copies distributed in a year.
Friday deadline set for entries to the Fifth District Spring Flower Show at the Calvary Methodist church. The exhibition features horticultural and floral arrangement divisions with daffodils and spring blooms, a Maypole setting, and classes open to amateurs and junior exhibitors from multiple garden clubs across Frederick and nearby towns.
In Independence Missouri Margaret Truman prepares for her wedding to Clifton Daniel Jr with little public bustle at the family home on Delaware Street. She plans to rest after returning home and may meet the church organist today or tomorrow before a Trinity Episcopal Church ceremony.
The 65th United Lutheran Church Women meeting, formerly the Women’s Missionary Society, convenes Wednesday at St. Paul’s Evangelical Church in Jefferson. Registration at 9 30 a m. Morning session at 10 led by Mrs. Raymond L. Markley. Mari an Potts speaks on Japan Open For Evangelism. Luncheon served by local group.
E Lee Erb of Union Bridge admitted to Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pa. Discharged were Mrs William Ryder and infant son Mrs John O Donohue and Jacqueline Balmer Emmitsburg Americans paid about 90 billion dollars in taxes in 1955.
The Frederick News-Post offers cash prizes for local news tips during April. Tips accepted weekdays 8 am to midnight, Saturday 8 am to noon, Sunday 4 pm to midnight. Prizes: $5 for best tip, $3 second, $2 third, and $1 for the next five stories. only the first caller on a story is considered.
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