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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1957
Page
3
Subscriptions rates listed for the North Missouri paper with charges 2.00 for three months and 4.50 for six months. The notice indicates second class mail and that the paper appears with AP service, dating Thursday April 18 1357.
The article notes corporations use tax deductions to fund foundations and fellowships. GE supports graduate fellowships totaling over 300,000 dollars annually across 15 fields. Corning Glass Foundation funds poetry and arts in addition to education and science.
In a letter to The News, Postmaster James A. Grove urges support for the Postal Rate Increase Act of 1957 to raise Post Office revenues by about 462 million dollars in 1958 and to improve service while balancing the federal budget. He explains how postmasters forecast hours and funding, and notes potential impacts of rate hikes on mail processing and service delivery.
Mrs Richard D Dozier and several other obituaries fill a page noting deaths in local homes and cemeteries. The Dozier widow died at her parents house on East Sixth Street after months of illness leaving a daughter and stepchildren. Funeral details list M R Etchison and Son as directors with services at East Church Street church. Additional notices cover infant son of Heinz Heinemann at Frederick Memorial Hospital and the deaths of G Sterling Fogle Mrs Lucy Fout Mary Draper Frank Wright with service locations including Union Bridge Thurmont and Mount Olivet cemetery. The page names multiple pallbearers and clergy and lists interment sites in local cemeteries.
The body rests at the Barnesville funeral home until 12:30 Saturday. Funeral services will be held at Bell's Chapel Mt. Ephraim at 2 p.m. followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery. William B. Hilton, funeral director.
Fifty years ago Frederick April 18 1907 reports a special meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen to seek the county commissioner's share for streets around Court Park. A quorum was not present to proceed but the request would be renewed before the commissioners.
Frost chilled Frederick to 26 degrees the coldest since April 7. The area witnessed its first large spring wedding as Estelle Baumgardner wed Donald Leatherman at Evangelical Lutheran Church. Local sentiment grows against a proposed gross receipts tax, with Governor Nice backing it for a special session. State Police threaten to start arrests over growing Frederick illegal parking problem.
Among those admitted recently to the Annie Warner Hospital Get tysburg Pa were Earl Andrew and Mrs David Neighbours both of Emmitsburg Mrs Walter Montgomery RFD 2 Thurmont and Samuel Cool Detour Discharged were Emanuel Kump Emmitsbure Mrs Howard Welly and infant son Rocky Ridge and Miss Edna Fuss Union Bridge
Market prices list corn at six dollars fifty cents per barrel. Wheat priced at two dollars and five cents. Barley set at one hundred thirty five dollars per buy.
Among the sick residents listed Catherine Rentrell of Adam road is in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital as a surgical patient. K S Risner of Rochester underwent recent surgery in Baltimore and is reportedly doing nicely. Albert E Brown Brunswick remains largely unchanged after illness. Crow Albaugh of North Market Street is at Baltimore Eve and Ear Hospital for eye surgery. he continues recovery at Baltimore hospital for several days. Albert C Coates Petersville is recuperating at Frederick Memorial Hospital after surgery.
A group 2 land Bankers Association meeting is set for next Wednesday at the Hotel Alexander in Hagerstown. Joseph O Gardenhour will preside as chairman with Emory Frye and J Ralph Bonsack among officers. Robert Lee Myers of Pennsylvania will be the speaker.
The April gathering of the Blue Ridge Conference of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers convened at Mt Airy High School. Speaker R Ernest Lights bowne of Mellon National Bank spoke on Defalcations in Banks. Past presidents Edgar E Thomas L Rayhu Specht and Nevin S Baker received engraved gavels. Carroll M Haynes presided and William M Moore was named second vice president.
Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage opens May 1 to 12 with tours across several counties. Guides include Federated Garden Clubs handbook and guides to Early American Homes by Dorothy and Richard Pratt. Also listed are The Racing Car by Cecil Clutton and several management and history titles. Closed all day Good Friday.
Foreign Minister Lester Pearson said a Canadian secret agent's report alleging Herbert Norman's Communist ties was unfounded and misused by a U.S. Senate subcommittee. He noted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police forwarded the 1950 tip, but later findings questioned its accuracy and identity. Norman died by suicide in Cairo after the remarks provoked criticism in Canada.
Mr and Mrs Harold D Stam baugh near Union Bridge welcome daughter Deborah Jean born April 3 at Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg PA. Several visitors stop by Brunswick and nearby towns including Lewistown Hagerstown Carlisle Boiling Springs Harrisburg and Frederick to greet families and celebrate local birthdays. Lt Col Edmond Seavone of Governor's Island visits his mother in law Mrs Ernest F Kennedy Frederick. John M Boone Fredrick city employee marks his 33rd birthday today.
A Lawrence Washington column argues the United States suffers massive losses from post office failures amid Democratic control of Congress and the presidency. It calls for coordinated budget reform and a shift to unified party control in future elections. Production resumes at Chrysler plants in Detroit after layoff dispute. a beer truck overturns on Braddock Mountain with no injuries.
Lisbon reports censorship now applies to 33mm movies kept for private use. Owners must submit adult or subversive titles to censors who will impose heavy fines for noncompliance.
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