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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1952
Page
4
In the Letter To The Editor Jacob Ramsburg requests local philanthropy for disaster relief, arguing the Red Cross needs donations for current flood and wartime needs rather than the donor. He contrasts local stability with ongoing calls for help and praises the Red Cross’s service to those in need.
Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg says respect for those in uniform starts with civilian kinship and responsibility. The article argues that esteem varies with connection to service, stressing that veterans are shaped by the environments they left and that public respect boosts morale and effectiveness.
The article urges voters to cut through rhetoric and assess genuine differences and issues. It discusses checking party sway, recognizing forces behind candidates, and avoiding oversimplification. It cites Freedom House and Wendell Willkie in promoting good citizenship and informed choice.
A lyric reflection on gardening, spring, and nature's forces. It contrasts the gardener's plans with the weather and seasons, noting that soil and growth proceed regardless of human effort. The piece emphasizes humility and the gardener's role in guiding growth, not commanding it.
A short devotional note citing II Timothy 2:15 and praising the enduring word of God. The author Dana affirming the Bible as the grand old book and noting the world is sustained and illustrated as its truths are studied and pondered.
Fifty years ago from The News recounts Edward James's son undergoing appendicitis surgery at age six with improving condition. John T Best dies suddenly at his Frederick area home, a leading farmer and former Frederick County Agricultural Society president. A severe Mountain fire near Thurmont and Emmitsburg burns large tracts of mountainside, now under control. The new Masonic Temple post office set with furniture in place, lock box charges unchanged at 30 cents 7 cents and 1 dollar per quarter.
Twenty years ago in Frederick Maryland a banquet honored Dr Thomas Eader who just completed 40 years in practice. The Mite Society of the Evangelical Reformed church elected officers. The City Line Department joined Potomac Edison and radio owners in the war on static affecting residents city wide. County and Education boards met to discuss cutting mid dle school funding to curb expenditures in Frederick County.
Roger W Babson argues Truman's steel plant seizure is a constitutional crime and warns of cascading economic harm. He contrasts due process and fair damages with military wartime powers, predicts price rises, stock instability, and dangers to press freedom, urging courts to overrule the move.
The second Sunday morning brunch was held last weekend in the naI Brith lodge rooms on North Market street with large attendance from members and Camp Detrick guests. Ernest Berger spoke on Frederick history, detailing original settlers, the Amelung glass works near Urbana, and Frederick’s Civil War role as Maryland’s border state. He showed a printed anti secession notice, and the event concluded with an open forum.
The article debunks claims about a $12-a-ton steel price increase and clarifies that steel firms never asked for such a rise. It notes administration and wage stabilization board actions, depreciation tax rules, and the high costs and risks the industry faces in building new plants. It warns against demagoguery and stresses the stakes for America's economy.
The Peabody Madrigal Group packed Calvary Methodist Parish Hall for their annual spring concert led by Dr Ifor Jones. The program featured soloists and a cappella madrigals by Byrd Palestrina Morley and Holst among others, prompting fund-raising support for the group's scholarship and a possible reserve.
Bridgewater College Glee Club conducts a sacred music concert in Middletown High School Sunday at 2 30 p m on a West Virginia Maryland tour. Directed by Prof Nelson T Hoffman, the group has performed at Constitution Hall and on CBS from Natural Bridge. No admission charged. Also note: a Dominique hen laid a quarter-pound egg observed by Elwood McKenzie Frederick Route 1.
Winchester hosts the Apple Blossom Festival with Virginia college contestants announced for Queen Shenandoath XXV. Mire Isabelig McDarment of Ernie Pennsylvania will represent Sullins College in Bristol Virginia. Mise Martha Damec Barnett of Gastonia North Carolina will represent Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Ril Adela Bradford of Sule Hk Virginia will represent Randolph Macon Women’s College. Nency Lowe McMillan of Beckley West Virginia will represent Madison College in Harrisburg. These 27 to 23 year old entrants hail from multiple states as festival delegates.
Francis Sharer a Thurmont resident died at home after months long illness at age 79. Survived by wife Eva Catherine Wilhide Sharer and multiple children and grandchildren. Funeral at Thurmont funeral home Saturday at 2 pm with Rev. Edouard Taylor officiating. Interment United Brethren cemetery. Flowers requested to be omitted.
Funerals for Mia, Florence Rebecca Clingan of Taneytown were held at one o clock with Rev Glenn L Stahl officiating. Pallbearers listed followed by interment in Taneytown Lutheran church cemetery. Grace Jane Sunday of Braddock Heights died at Frederick Memorial Hospital and was buried after a 8:40 am prayer service and 9 am mass at St John s Catholic Church with pallbearers named and interment at Mount Olivet cemetery. Laura Alice Barrick of Walkersville died Monday and was laid to rest at 2 30 pm from East Patrick street funeral home with Rev E Koontz Helwig officiating. pallbearers and Mount Olivet cemetery interment noted.
Mr and Mrs James Wivell of Rocky Ridge announce the birth of twins a son and a daughter at Annie M Warner hospital Gettysburg Pa on Tuesday Orville Nelson son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Nelson Union Bridge now in the armed forces after over three years service including time in Korea has been transferred to a South Carolina camp for nine months extended duty his wife plans to join him
Among the sick Mrs. Alice R. Dean of Rockwall Terrace who recently underwent surgery in Woman's Hospital Baltimore has returned to Frederick and is convalescing at her daughter Mrs. Charles F. Bowers home 48 West Third Street. Mrs Marlowe of Fairview Avenue at University Hospital Baltimore is described as slightly improved.
Maryland invites the public to five state mental hospitals for Open House tours during National Mental Health Week. Sessions run 11:30 to 4:30 with tours, exhibits, and staff available to answer questions. Hospitals include Spring Grove, Crownsville, Eastern Shore, Rosewood, and Springfield Suite with May dates noted.
Elizabeth McCaffrey of Shookstown Road has been elected president of the Emmitsburg Chapter of the Alumnae of Saint Joseph College. Herman Frasch of Gettysburg is named vice president, with Miss Mary Louise Callahan of Gettysburg as secretary and Miss Adele Topper of Emmitsburg as treasurer. McCaffrey, former chapter and national alumnae officer, holds a Master of Education from Western Maryland College (1951) and teaches at Brunswick High School. The chapter includes alumnae from Frederick Westminster Emmitsburg Gettysburg Hanover and McSherrystown.
The Cin derella boy Vittorio Manunta, ten, once found beside his dead mother in a Roman gutter, becomes a noted child actor after being adopted by the Countess of Berkley. His ascent follows World War II orphanage years and a breakthrough in the Italian film Never Take No for an Answer. The Countess, Mollie Lowell Berkeley, and her family share in the change in their lives as Vittorio gains fame in cinema.
A news chart details the sequence of positions during Operation Big Shot at the desert atom bomb tests near Las Vegas. Paratroopers jump to advance toward the objective while infantrymen move from foxhole areas to attack the enemy, then shift toward the display area as about 1500 troops participate.
A fragmented text item describes a man with an arm and will to achieve, stressing purpose and will as great conditions. The garbled wording suggests a reflective note on effort and belief, with incomplete phrases about fighting through defenoration. No clear events, persons, or organizations emerge.
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