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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1951
Page
7
HAL BOYLE cartoons American dieting culture from New York on April 28. He mocks diet obsession, notes the joy of food, and argues weight issues stem from inner changes rather than simply cutting calories. He cautions dieters against imposing rules on others and promotes self-acceptance.
The annual shift from standard to daylight time occurs at 2 a m Sunday across Frederick City and most counties. Clocks move forward one hour. farms and transport stay on standard. Reminder to adjust before bed to avoid arriving late to church or Sunday school.
Washington reports the House Ways and Means committee will start voting Monday on the 4951 tax increase bill. Estimates among committee members place the bill's size between 5 and 7 billion dollars, with administration aims for up to 10 billion. The agreement comes after three and a half weeks of closed door talks.
April 28, 1901 recounts a deadly tunnel cave-in during Baltimore and Ohio Railroad construction near Ridgeville Mt Airy, four men killed and several injured. AME church temperance committee praises Carrie Nation's saloon drive during a visit here. Elizabeth Obenderfer sells her North Bentz street home for 500 dollars to Laura Castle. Charles Geisbert, tenant on Laura Fout’s New Design road farm, knocked down by a colt but no serious injuries. Frances Lambert injured by a falling tombstone at St. Joseph’s cemetery in Emmitsburg. Eggs remain 11 cents a dozen, butter at 20 cents a pound. dressed poultry scarce and old hens and grandmother ducks dominate market.
Twenty years ago on April 28 1931 thefts by two young parole breakers saw three cars stolen in four hours from Miss Mary McComas residence Ramsburg Fertilizer Company and Pike Bros Inc. Frederick High School prepared for Boys Week with Norman Ford as mayor. County youths Clarence Harshman Tolbert Sawyer and Charles Kearfoot Ralph Thomas earned state public speaking spots at the University of Maryland after defeating seven rivals. A motorcycle crash on a curve near Steiger's Hill left Charles Kearfoot 18 and Ralph Thomas 21 badly injured.
The Student Dramatic Club presents the three act farce See How They Run by Philip King on May 3 4 and 5 in the Newcomer Hall auditorium at the Maryland School for the Blind Overlea. Mrs Frank H House is improving at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a serious illness earlier this week.
Phil Geraci a Maryland sophomore has been named editor of the class of 1955 M-Book by the publications board He previously served as associate editor and is news editor for the Diamondback this semester Geraci spent three years in the Air Force where he worked as photographer and writer for the Daily Okinawan Pacific Stars and Stripes and the Rolling Beam He later went to Germany as a civilian and worked briefly for European Stars and Stripes He entered Maryland in February 1950 to study journalism and is a Diamondback news editor and delegate at large on the Student Government Association He is the son of Mrs Paul B Jenca Route L Frederick.
Frederick County Council of Church Women hosts a dinner at six at Evangelical United Brethren church with proceeds offering only. One act play “Fire Dream” by Willierl Schweinfurt from Germany is performed by Frederick Christian Youth Council members and local teens. Dorothy Eisenhower directs. Ann Pattison and Edgar Brownlow stage. Teen cast from seven churches, author returning from Los Angeles. The West Church hosts celebrate eighteenth birthday Monday.
Dorothy Dix extols memory as a priceless hobby, richer than stamps or china, and shares tales of travelers who seek memories to sustain them. She argues memory fuels happiness, companionship, and kindness, urging readers to pursue meaningful experiences and travel to cultivate lasting recollections.
A Washington opinion column argues the Democratic leadership offers no clear policy to end the Korea conflict, accusing it of tolerating stalemate, hindering air strikes, and failing to push allies to aid. It cites Britain India and Nationalist China, calls for MacArthur’s measures, and questions UN participation and Formosa defense. The piece blames the administration for prolonging the war and urges accountability.
Coast Guard rescue boats battled heavy seas and rain to locate the freighter Kenkokwu Maru after it ran aground in fog off the California coast. Initial reports placed it near the Farallon Islands then Bodega Head, with searchers from Golden Gate cutters and tugs aided by Point Reyes lifeboat crews unable to confirm the ship’s position.
A dieter is tempted when a housemate offers a box of candy. The person on a diet resists by calmly acknowledging the constraint and graciously accepting the gift with polite appreciation rather than complaint.
Miriam M Schildknecht of Boonsboro married Cpl Hewes D Kelley son of Brunswick at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Columbus Georgia on April 14 at 430 pm Rev W R Saar officiated. Attendants were the bridegroom’s mother and Sgt Clyde Richardson. The couple planned a brief trip to Albany Ga.
A vocabulary note presents the word adroit meaning dexterous and clever. It offers pronunciation tips for palatial and explains common misspellings of accompaniment. It urges daily practice to expand word mastery and warns against unnecessary outside phrases.
The untouchables in India do not have a caste of their own as untouchability is abolished under the new constitution. The surface area of the skin on the human body ranges from 14 to 20 square feet.
Mrs Staley and Mr Smith announce the marriage of Ann Elizabeth Staley to A B Smith II with ceremony May 19 at All Saints Episcopal Church and reception at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Also notes on engagements showers and travel, births, anniversaries, and upcoming weddings from Baltimore area residents.
Frederick County soldier Cpl. E. Douglas Roop of Company C, 10th Engineer Combat Battalion, Third Infantry Division, writes to The News-Post lamenting the Korea crisis. He questions what Americans are doing there, criticizes political interference, and describes life in South Korea, civilian conditions, and Chinese forces, warning of a prolonged conflict without clear aims.
Regional Conference on April 26 28 includes Connecticut District of Columbia Maryland Massachusetts northern New England New Jersey Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Several Amherst visitors return from visits to Chatman and Turner families and attend funeral of Mrs George Funderberg in Fairlorn Ohio. CIC president Philip Murray reported in very good condition at Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh.
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