Retirement plan for city employees approved in principle
The Board of Aldermen, in a regular session, voted to adopt in principle a proposed group retirement plan for city employees submitted by Aetna Life Insurance. The plan targets employees with two years of service and under 65, with contribution and past service provisions. Estimated annual city costs were around 9,133 dollars for future service plus past service premiums, and further review will align the plan with current conditions before July 1, 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Aetna
Stewart Bainum
Stewart Manor
Motter Avenue
Fred. E. Ellrod
Bainum
East Second Street
Accounts Filed in Register of Wills Estates
Five administration accounts filed this week in the Register of Wills. Betty J. Ettersole paid 1523.95 to keep Vivien R. Flanigan real estate free of encumbrance with equal disbursements. Irene Beard filed the first and final account for William C. Munshour, estate total 1764 with disbursements of 1764. Phillipena Staub estate shows 4591 total and 852.21 disbursements leaving 3739.68 net. Ada H. Sperry filed Ralph S. Sperry estate, total 1067.68 with 1191.13 disbursements leaving 123.45 overpaid. Hattie V. and David A. Rippeon executors filed first and final account for Alexander S. Rippeon, total 202.47 with 196.53 disbursements leaving 3.94 net. Distribution to Helen E. Albaugh and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register of Wills Office
Vivien R. Flanigan
Betty J. Ettersole
William C. Munshour
Irene Beard
Phillipena Staub
Phillipbena Staup
Philipena Staup
Ethel E. Brust
Ada H. Sperry
Ralph S. Sperry
Alexander S. Rippeon
Hattie V
David A. Rippeon
Helen E. Albaugh
Parole Violation Suspect Held on Winchester Warrant
Police in a Thursday arrest detained Orville Spurling 30 a West Virginia native on a Winchester Va warrant. Chief Charles V Main says Spurling is sought for parole violation and may be linked to a recent Virginia robbery. He waived extradition and will appear before Associate Judge Patrick M Scheauffer for formal process. He remains in jail awaiting Virginia officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Orville Spurling
West Virginia
Charles V. Main Spurling
Virginia
Spurling
Patrick M. Scheauffer
Navy Plea For Blind Man Hits White House Attention
James Alfred Neamond, a blind Norfolk County worker at the Navy’s St Juliens Creek ammunition depot, seeks special consideration as he and 20 coworkers face layoff under an economy program. The White House forwarded his plea to the Navy for merit consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mashington
White House
Navy
James Alfred Neamond
Norfolk County
Neamond
St. Juliens Creek
Norfolk
le Neamond
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Navy Department
Buckeystown driver fined $200 after service station crash
Carl Eugene Russell of Lovettsville Virginia was fined 200 dollars and jailed 30 days for reckless and drunken driving after his car struck Trout's Service Station in Buckeystown. Police testified Russell was at the wheel and caused the 3 30 p m Thursday accident. Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield ordered the additional 30 days in lieu of the fines. collateral forfeitures followed for multiple traffic offenses and suspects names were listed. Sgt Swomley and Officers Simmons and Trooper Hedden made the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeystown
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Carl Eugene Russell
Route 2
Lovettsville
Trout
James Rouzée
Russell
Edwin B
Cumberland K. C To Visit Taney Grave
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus in Cumberland plan an annual pilgrimage to Chief Justice Roger Taney's grave in St. John's Cemetery. A Frederick delegation met Baltimore’s Charles Carroll Assembly members to arrange Mass at St. John’s on October 11 and a Taney Room lunch at the Key Hotel. Participants include Rev Louis Glantz OFM Cap and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
Cumberland
Roger Brooke Taney
St. John’s Cemetery
Frederick
W. Jerome Offutt
Milton P. Nash
Alton J. Lipps
Charles Carroll
Carrolton
Baltimore
Cumberland Assembly
Taney
United States
Arthur F. Young
Fredericksonian
St. John’s Church
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Louis Glantz
SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church
John F. O’rouke
Sylvester Shircliff
John W. Kreidler
Joseph Howell
Robert Dawson
Charles J. Laughlin
Senator Ramsburg Reviews Assembly Session for Lions Club
Frederick County Senator Jacob Ramsburg updated Glade Valley Lions Club at Walkersville Community Hall on the Assembly session. He noted 855 of 1300 bills adopted, some affecting the 193 million budget possibly vetoed by the Governor, and discussed Frederick City legislation, tax exemptions, teachers’ pay, roads program, and state income and property taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Frederick County
General Assembly
Glade Valley Lions Club
Walkersville
Ramsburg
Frederick City
Lions Club
Paul Green
Pikesville
Howard Kelier
Charles Young
Smith Stathem
Liberty:yown
Flaw in Maryland assessments bill sparks legal challenge
Maryland lawmakers passing conflicting versions of three measures including the flawed property assessments bill has raised constitutional concerns. If invalid, the 1951 reassessment law would resume a strict three year cycle in 1954, threatening county revenue. Gov McKeldin resisted calling a special session to fix the issues, citing the rent control bill’s lost amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Senate
House
Baltimore City
McKeldin
Convicted Accountant Seeks New Trial In Tax Evasion Case
In Baltimore on April 16 a Washington accountant, Gordon L. Sadur, sought a new trial after being convicted of helping two Baltimore millinery men dodge 28000 in federal taxes. The sentencing for Sadur and the Sekulows was postponed. The defense cited a witness being a paid informer not disclosed at trial and sought time to pursue a new trial.
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Baltimore
Washington
Gordon L. Sadur
Jack
Abraham Sekulow
Thomas J. Kenney
Sadur
W. Calvin Chesnut
Daniel Paul Austin
Baltimore Brothers
Austin
Kenney
Chesnut
Pone
Old bazooka shell found in junk yard sparks safety check
Baltimore report says Patrolman Henry J. Hagey found a bazooka shell in a junk yard and placed it in his car to repurpose as a lamp base. Police ballistics and Army ordnance advised that the firing pin was missing and the shell could have exploded if dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Henry J. Hagey
Hagey
Army Ordnance
Antietam Flags Presented to Antietam Carrier Crew
Flags from the Civil War battle of Antietam were presented Sunday to the Navy aircraft carrier Antietam and its officers. Generals Donovan and Burns attended the ceremony on the new flight deck, with Civil War colors from the Fighting Sixty Nineth and the Old Fourth Alabama given to Carrier Captain Samuel G. Mitchell. The event included a saber of history, a band, and framed photographs for Alabama and New York Guard leaders.
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Bayonne
N. J
Antietam
Abel
William
Wild Bill) Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Brendan A. Burns
New York City
Samuel G. Mitchell
Martin A. Foery
Rockville Centre
165Th Infantry
Sixty-ninth
Alabama
Old Fourth
Henry V. Graham
167Th Regiment
Alabama National Guard
Walter J. (Crack) Hanna
Walter B. Jones
Montgomery County
Thomas G. Jones
Judge Jones
Old Montgomery Grays
Dixie Hisorians
Sharpsburg
Army’ of Virginia
Thomas J
Stonewall) Jackson
George B. McClellan
Wasp
Army
Navy
Marine i
Mitchell
New York Guard
Foery
Sixty- Ninth
Woman dies from burns after Elkton powder plant blast
Mrs Marion Moore 31 of Barteville died of burns suffered in the Aerial Products Inc plant explosion at Elkton. The blast occurred at an inspection bench where detonators were being checked by three women. The company has not announced investigation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Elkton
Marion Moore
Barteville
Aerial Products Inc
Frederick sets new blood donation record at Red Cross drive
A Red Cross blood drive at Calvary Methodist Church in Frederick yielded 168 pints, surpassing the 158 pint record set January 15 1952. Women donated 108 units to men 83, Charles K Taylor joined the two gallon club as Frederick County adds donors from Thurmont and local towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Charles K. Taylor
Alumni Dinner Draws Large Gettysburg College Alumni Group
The Frederick Carroll Club of Gettysburg College Alumni held its annual dinner on April 16 at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Forty attendees heard speeches from Dr. Walter C. Langsam on college expansion and C. Paul Cessna recapping alumni activities. Herman Hauver presided as toastmaster and announced the evening’s guests and officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Carroll Club
Gettysburg College
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Walter C. Langsam
Gettysburg
C. Paul Cessna
Alumni Association
Herman Hauver
Frederick
Maude Davis
Meredith Mackley
Women’s League of the College
W. Merval Weaver
Shirley Rickard
Charlotte Pearson
Lovettsville
George Best
Charles S. V. Lanner
Charles FE. Broadrup
Charles C
W. V. Garrett
Jack H. Goodman
Richard 8
Ralph H. Milter
Brunswick
William J. Yingling
Robert Smith
Clyde L. Hesson
W. W. Reindollar
Taneytown
F. R. Seibel
Silver Run
E. S. Falkenstein
Westminster
H. David Hagan
Motorist Is Fined On Two Charges in Sterling Court
Sterling West Virginia motorist Douglas L Hutchison pleaded guilty to drunken and reckless driving and was fined 200 dollars by Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield. Trooper Robert Dishong said Hutchison from Route 1 Sterling was fined 150 for drunken driving and 50 for reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Tucker
Leonard E. Duppins
All Saints Street
Charles A. Reed
Franklin County
William M. Frye
Brunswick
Tucker
Daniel Swomley
Ellis Carty
Directors Organize Fredericktown Savings Institution Officers Elected
Directors of the Fredericktown Savings Institution organized on Thursday and elected officers F. Ross Myers as president Joseph T. Griffin and Alfred G. Zimmerman as vice presidents Howard M. Albaugh as treasurer Gerald G. Remsberg W. Meredith S. Young and R. Monroe Feaga as assistant treasurers Helen B. Young as discount clerk M. Margaret Gardner Virginia C. Derr as tellers Barbara F. Cramer Anna K. Willard and Robert E. Gearinger as bookkeepers Helen B. Moran Betty L. Mobler Mary C. Willard and C. Monroe Keeney clerks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericktown Savings Institution
F. Ross Myers
Joseph T. Griffin
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Howard M. Albaugh
Gerald G. Remsberg
W. Meredith S. Young
R. Monroe Feaga
Helen B. Young
M. Margaret Gardner
Virginia C. Derr
Barbara F. Cramer
Anna K. Williard
Robert E. Gearinger
Helen B. Moran
Betty L. Mobler
Mary C. Willard
C. Monroe Keeney
22 FHS Pupils Receive Honors at NHS Installation
Twenty two Frederick High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society at a Monday ceremony in the school auditorium. Senior members named: Elizabeth Boyer, Patricia Brice, Edwin Geisler, Antoinette Lane, Alice Fogle, Glenn Eaves, Richard Marrone, Robert Rumpf, Carly Lawson, Dorothy Putman. Juniors named: Ann Runkles, Margaret Crowther, Basil Day, Raymond Wright, James Linton, Gary Linton, Patricia Blomenauer, Jacob Ramsburg, Alice Love, Ann Daugherty, Ruth Main, Ronald Garling. The program featured speeches, duets, and the pinning of new members by Principal Harry Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick High School
National Honor Society
Francis Scott Key
National’ ‘Society
Elizabeth Boyer
Patricia Brice
Edwin Geisler
Antoinette Lane
Alice Fogle
Glenn Eaves
Richard Marrone
Robert Rumpf
Carly Lawson
Dorothy Putman
Ann Run
Dianne Schnauffer
David Glick
Robert Butler
Barbara Kaufman
Eleanor Heston
Maxwell
Basil Day
Barbara Thomas
Gary Angleberger
Harry Smith
Eugene W Pruitt
Honor Society
la Rue Schwearing
Nixon Helping GOP To Keep Party Peace
Washington April 16 Nixon aids party unity by presiding over Senate sessions and smoothing rifts within the GOP. He works to avert open clashes between Eisenhower and McCarthy and to quiet restive Republicans demanding faster reform. He also backs McCarthy sparingly, while planning to boost Republican House candidates ahead of next year’s elections. In addition, Maryland will draft 500 to 550 men aged 19 for the June call, with state quotas based on past rounds and a reduced national figure of 32,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Senate
GOP
Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
House
White House
Truman
Harold BE. Stassen
Mutual Security
New York
Iron Curtain
Stassen
State Department
McCarthy Nixon
Dulles
Baltimore
Maryland
Selective Service
Henry C. Stanwood
Col Stanwood
Pep to box DiGuardia in 10 rounds main event
Willie Pep former world featherweight champion meets Sal DiGuardia in a 10 round main event at Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on April 17. It will be Peps first New York bout since a suspension for tactics in the Saddler title fight at Yankee Stadium in September 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Willie Pep
Sal DiGuardia
Eastern Parkway
New York
Pep
Sandy Saddler
Yankee Stadium
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Awin G. Esiker
Walter E. Eiker
Carroll Parkway
Camp Breckinridge
Neey
Fort Belvoir
Maynard Lee Burdette
Maynard L. Burdette
Gaithersburg
Charles Edward Beard
Frances Crawford
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Short Course Council
Extension Service
Bennet Lightbown
Lucian K. Falconer
Earl Remsberg
Luther Remsburg
Mary Stewart
J. W. Briscoe
Elmer Dixon
D. V. Hartman
Luther Remsburz
College Park
Henry Scheffler
Aubrey Davis
Howard Main
Paul Willard
Red Cross
Herbert Heston
William Hartgis
Rex Martin
Ray Paisley
William Strobel
Alton Bennett
Ormond Galvin
Robert Riddlemoser
William M. Smith
C. Thomas Summers
Raymond Crum
Philip Harvey
Kitty Leichert
E. D. McCain
Gordon Todd
Harry Leichert
James Gambrill
John E. Schell
Harry Radcliff
Pauline McCardell
Alexander Lewis
Frederick Presbyterian Church
G. Harris Stauffer
Richard Hammond
Elgin Roof
Herman Hunter
Olive Engle
W. M. Weaver
Robert Tyson
Walter Heedson
P. H. Beaver
Red Cross Motor Corps
William Storm
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
James Stavely
Helen E. Johnson
Philip Wertheimer
Larry Bussard
Jack Burger
Charles F. Bowers, Jr
Stanley Bennett
Henry Engelbrecht
Wilbur
F. Sheffield
Raymond E. Frye
Chapel Avenue
Tobery
Winchester Street
William Tidwell
Jefferson
David L. Cobner
Edwin W
Leidewitz
Newark
George A. Jones
Lewis Monroe Hurts
Hillside
Josephine P. Stull
Midway Park
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Evergreen Point
Blair ‘Pugh
Augusta
W. Va
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John T. Zimmerman
Ceresville
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Supreme Bench
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Independent
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Nellie Moore
Lewistown
U. 8
Fla
B.W
Fort Bragg
Harry W. Baker
Harry RK. Baker
11Th Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Military Policeman
Baker
U. S
FHS
National Group
Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots
Iach
Eyeip & Rateres
Ford Tranchige
Toumagri
Ares
Bienty
Doe
Nery Il Cage
Tae Ali
Cote
eRicace Gure
Ananiel
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