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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1951
Page
7
James Marlow surveys decades of shifting public fervor from major Cold War episodes to postwar upheavals. He notes recurring cycles of crisis, from Korea and Truman MacArthur debates to Kefauver and RFC probes, highlighting how each fever ends and another begins. He recalls 1947 1948 1949 milestones and predicts future surges before the current dispute fades.
Detroit reports substantial 1952 model year changes in car bodies with planned tooling, stronger transmissions, and new headroom layouts. Bright exterior fittings may be dimmed in higher priced cars while elegance returns through restrained design.
A Letter to the editor suggests six officers be assigned to night duty with individual beats and watchman clocks to ensure reporting. The item notes current night shifts lack presence, with some patrols reportedly asleep. Also in local notes, magnolia trees bloom at Col. Charles E Trall's yard. Sugar prices have risen to 6 1 2 cents per pound. Bloomfield correspondent reports school closed Monday. Miss Rena Smith and Ward Angleberger won first prizes, Wilbert Smith second. Prof Pinkney Richardson, near Woodsboro, heads to Millersville for college.
The note recounts injuries to Robert Abrecht and William Eyler after a bicycle collision with a car on East Church Street. Howard M. Albaugh of this city is elected Grand Sachem of the Great Council of Maryland Improved Order of Red Men in Baltimore. Marshall Schroeder Deputy Commissioner of Motor Vehicles temporarily leads the State Police after Commissioner E Austin Baughman shakes up the force for alleged insubordination. Four sergeants and two other officers are designated. Members of the Frederick Garden Club, including Mrs T Stuart Haller and others, travel by car to Baltimore.
A brief lesson urges careful speech and spelling. It covers misused phrases such as where did he go to and where's he at, corrects pronunciation of absolutely, and clarifies alumnus alumna alumni alumnae. It adds a daily word obtrusive meaning disposed to thrust impertinently upon another.
Members of the Frederick Maryland Ornithological Society gathered at Court House park on Saturday morning April 21 for a birding trip along the Monocacy river and Reid's Ford region. Leaders were Miss Sarah Quinn and Rod Smith. Thirty birds were seen, with notable views of a black crowned night heron and an osprey.
Chicago reported the death of General Charles G. Dawes at 10 p.m. in Evanston. The former Vice President, 85, had remained active, serving on a greeting committee for General Douglas MacArthur’s Chicago reception. Dawes, a key figure in banking and industry, was VP under Calvin Coolidge and later ambassador to the Court of St James, noted for skipping knee breeches in British courts.
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Elmer Brown of W and Mrs Ella Erna Koons of Keymar. Brown, 58, longtime General Acceptance Corporation manager, leaves two daughters and two sons, siblings and grandchildren. service Thursday at 2:30 at 108 East Church Street funeral home, Mount Olivet cemetery. Koons, 71, wife of former Keymar postmaster, survived by husband two sons and two daughters, 12 grandchildren and a great grandchild. funeral Thursday at 1 PM at Taneytown funeral home with interment at Haughs church cemetery.
The funeral for Harry Henry Brust who died at his home on West Sixth Street was held at 2 PM Monday at the funeral home on East Church Street. Rev Dr J Franklin Haas officiated. Pallbearers were Austin Start Clarence Smith William Layman Kerr Smith Victor Gibbons and Thomas Dennis. Interment followed at Mount Olivet cemetery. Ro Elchison and Son funeral directors.
Frederieck Kiwanis Club held a Monday evening session at Peter Pan with over 100 attendees. President John R. Cheatham welcomed guests and introduced Ormond Galvin who presented Dr. Walter H. E. Yeager as master of ceremonies.
Fairfield and Emmitsburg announce Barbara Ann Kleppinger to Ernest Rosensteel with August wedding at St Marys. Miss Kleppinger works for Farm Bureau in Harrisburg. Rosensteel at Houcks in Emmitsburg. Creamer Miller wedding at Evangelical Lutheran parsonage with Auralie Miller marrying Ralph Creamer. Guests from Point of Rocks Baltimore and Millville WV. groom employed at Cities Service Martinsburg.
Among the sick Mrs Jank Keyser of Catoctin avenue returned home after surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is recovering. Mr C L Strosnider, a local tea salesman, is confined at home with a back ailment. Charles R Gaver of Myersville is recovering at Frederick Memorial Hospital after an operation on April 16. Rev Dr Nevin B Smith of Emmanuel Reformed Church Hanover Pa was ill at church and admitted to Hanover General Hospital for observation, resting but likely to require weeks of bed rest. Mrs Genevieve Erb of Uniontown is recovering satisfactorily after a major operation at St Agnes Hospital Baltimore. Mrs Howard Aldridge has returned home after an operation at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs Harold Kanade returned home on Sunday after surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Sam Mobley of Clarksburg was rehospitalized at Montgomery General Hospital for a recurring kidney ailment, removed yesterday by Hyattsown Volunteer Fire Company ambulance. Mrs Frank House of Sherman avenue was stricken with a heart attack and admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital.
Washington April 24 A conference committee begins drafting a universal military training bill. Senate House group led by Senator Russell and Rep Vinson expect trouble reconciling differences with bills already passed. A compromise within one to two weeks is anticipated before return to both chambers. Also Vernon Rhoderick of Frederick jailed 10 days for refusing to pay a $10 fine after drunkenness conviction in Peoples Court.
Mr and Mrs Charles Lee Cook congratulate birth of son Richard Lee at Emergency Hospital weighing eight pounds ten ounces Mr and Mrs Robert W Russell announce birth of a son at Women's Hospital Baltimore baby weighed seven and a half pounds both mother and baby doing nicely Mr and Mrs Blessing B Kaetzel moved addresses Mr and Mrs Howard C Davis returned to Gaithersburg from two months in Florida with their children Jack and Jane. Further notices describe travel visits from Gaithersburg to St Petersburg Dickerson residents visiting Charlotte NC and guests in Germantown with families in Hialeah Fla and Atlanta Ga etc.
General Marshall recalled Frederick memories during a Hood College address after a 1100 mile horseback journey from Virginia via Harpers Ferry and Frederick. He described harvest time at a Frederick county farm and a pie of fresh raspberry, shared with traveling companions and hungry harvest hands.
A reader asks how money and a car affect a young man's popularity with girls. Dorothy Dix notes some admire money, but many value brains, character, and manners, and that true love is not sold. She also advises couples to build companionship through shared interests, conversation, and reading, urging effort to avoid boredom. She closes by praising women joining wartime roles and guiding to recruit stations.
Five day outlook lists fair and warmer Wednesday with showers and a Wednesday night into Thursday, then fair and cooler Friday. Warmer again Saturday afternoon and Sunday with showers possible Sunday. Temperatures run two to four degrees above normal. highs in the 60s and lows from the mid 20s to upper 40s regionally. The Britannica notes most feeble mindedness is inherited.
A 185 acre farm at the foot of Sugar Loaf mountain Urbana district was deeded to the Boys Club of Washington in 1947 for a future camp site and has now been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Cook for about $13 500. Miss Fanny M. Allen, who deeded the property to the club, memorialized her brother Harry E Allen. Other deeds recorded cover two Linden Hills properties on East Sixth Street and Walnut Street with sums near 5000 and 5000 respectively. Additional sale involves a property along Emmitsburg Gettysburg road for about 34500. Ulysses G Bourne Jr and wife leased the store room at 240 West South street to Edgar P Dougherty for a year at 125 a month with a four year renewal option.
A devotional urging daily Christian service to help the hungry, lonely, clothed, sick, and imprisoned. It cites Jesus teaching that serving those in need is serving Him, and urges humble acts of kindness as a path to divine approval. Published as a Babson Syndicated column excerpt.
Q and A shows that the proposed amendment to limit presidential terms explicitly excludes President Truman. The text states the occupant at the time of submission to the states by Congress shall not be subject to the provision.
Brunk selected to lead the local Boy Scouts as district chief. Alvey V. Renn retires after receiving a silver Boy Scout statuette from Rev. Mr. Royal. Guests include leaders and officials from Frederick and surrounding towns. Oatman headed the nominating panel.
A two day session for Maryland new trial magistrates and traffic court judges will be held June 15 and 16 at the University of Maryland. The informal program aims to reduce traffic deaths by teaching penalties, court procedures, criminal law, evidence, constitutional issues in traffic cases, and driver performance factors. Participants include Governor Theodore McKeldin, Paul E. Burke, H C Byrd, and Major Ruxton M Ridgely with local magistrates such as H Reese Shoemaker Jr and Wilbur F Sheffield Jr from Frederick and surrounding counties.
Miss Carolyn Blakeslee soprano will world premiere Robert Ward Sacred Songs for Pantheists with the Quincy Little Symphony in Quincy Illinois on Thursday. George TrWin conductor commissioned Ward for Blakeslees voice. The cycle uses Hopkins James Stephens and Emily Dickinson poetry. Blakeslee, wife of Dr Earle Blakeslee, left Monday for Quincy via New York. FILM SHOWN: On April 18 at Storer College William Bridgetty Holmes showed color travel films from his journeys in Asia and the Pacific.
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