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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1959
Page
4
A dispatch from Bern reports Switzerland remains outside Europe’s new common market and unhappy about the exclusion. Dawgon touring Europe amid mounting dissatisfaction among Swiss officials and business leaders.
A fragment from April 24 1959 notes Middletown Valley farmers vote nearly 10 to 1 for the Catoctin Soil Conservation district. The report also covers a heated meeting of independent shippers at the Washington market and a Swiss business outlook on the European common market and world trade shares.
A list of Taneytown residents and visitors includes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Witherow of Longmont and others from Winston-Salem and Emmitsburg visiting locals. The Women's Guild sponsors a Mother's Day bulletin for May 10. Church notices note a Trainee Officers program April 27 and a Spring Musicale April 26 at area churches, plus harmony events in Emmitsburg and Taneytown. A Silver Fancy Garden Club meeting occurred April 16 and plans for a May 11 bridge party at the VFW annex in Emmitsburg are announced.
Three suits involving the IRS and Frederick Transit Co. were settled in Circuit Court. Jester read excerpts from "The World in Your Favor" and testified a $750 claim was confessed. The event referenced tea with Mrs. John O’Donoghue presiding as hostess. next meeting set for May 21 at Mrs. A. A. Koswich’s home in Gettysburg, PA.
Fort Detrick in Maryland plans its tenth Armed Forces Day Open House on May 9 after 1:00 p.m. The event will feature a scale model exhibit by Colonel James R. Chapman, safety demonstrations, a Walter Reed unit display, a red cross presence, a live field demonstration, and a closed circuit TV safety show. City visitors will be welcomed and parking provided. Messages from Parson Parsover and Beth Sholom Congregation also note Passover greetings and local community events.
Three Fort Detrick laboratory employees received incentive awards for outstanding and sustained performance. Elinor M. Brown Aerobiology Division Ruth R Bailey and Barbara M Gaither earned Sustained Superior Performance honors. Calendar items include a Maryland Branch Society of American Bacteriologists spring dinner April 25 and a Chemical Corps Wives Club luncheon April 29 at Patton Hall. Also notes on births, Daylight Saving Time, new arrivals and departures, nursery school applications and local society items in Westminster Frederick areas.
The funeral for Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Shaw wife of Donald M. Shaw died Monday at Frederick Memorial Hospital was held Thursday at 2 pm from the funeral home on North Market Street Rev William D Mowen of the Church of the Nazarene officiated A large crowd attended and many floral tributes were laid Casket bearers were Harvey Rice Richard Cook Melvin Cook Stanley Burns Ernest May Jr and John Nicholson Jr.
Shareholders at American Optical Company in Southbridge Mass elect Edward P. Brooks Davis Bradley Dewe Luis de Florez Walter J. Dreves Boone Gross Victor D. Kniss Robert Proctor Elmer L Schumacher E Weldon Schumacher Percy M Stewart Walter A Stewart Frederick M Warburg Edward E Williams Henry Woodiridge as trustees at the annual meeting Herbert C Kimball reelected secretary The trustees then chose officers including E Weldon Schumacher as president Victor Robert J D Baie as president and other executives named along with general counsel J Belden Sly
Fifty Years Ago items from The News columns dated April 24, 1908 note Mr Charles Sinn appointed as additional carrier by the Post Office with duties starting May 1. Sinn has served as a carrier for years, while Mr H G Tritapoes automobile and repairs are mentioned along with other brief notices about Edward and a young son of East Pat store.
Four Frederic k High School students won Civitan essay contest prizes at a Freder ick meeting in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. George L Wilhide Jr took first with 100, Rosalind Nasher 75, Sandra Osburn 50, and Louis Finneyfrock 25 in a 14-entry county competition on Citizenship. Judge remarks praised the essays and the winners were accompanied by parents and a school faculty member. The top essay advances to district with 150 and a national top prize potential of 1200.
Mrs Cordelia G Albaugh widow of Nicholas Hoy Albaugh longtime resident of New Market died at the home of her son in law and daughter Wilbur A Kelb 7402 Arlington Rd Bethesda She was daughter of the late Noah and Louisa Barnes and a Bethesda Presbyterian Church member Surviving are daughter Mrs Kolb son Jasper Albaugh sister Gertrude Barnes brother J Victor Barnes three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Friends may call Bethesda Chevy Chase funeral home Robert A Pumphrey funeral services Saturday at 11 00 am Interment Central Cemetery near New London Funeral directors Etchison and Son
Richmond VA former member of the Civil Aeronautics Board says three air controllers on duty during a 1958 Brunswick Maryland collision could not return to duty. The Capital Airliner Viscount collided with a Maryland National Guard jet trainer killing all seven aboard. One controller was hospitalized for nerves, another collapsed at post, the third became ill and none resumed air traffic control.
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