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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1960
Page
4
Five years after Dr Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine, millions remain unprotected. The National Health Council cites about 34 million Americans without shots, including 4.5 million children under five, helping explain a 1959 rise in paralytic polio cases. Nearly half of victims were young children.
Thornton M Pratt comments on vices and the need to save “half educated whole children” from apathy. He critiques color blindness as functional and rails against overtaxing burdens, urging thoughtful reform and renewed national pride. He cites Decker’s letter and Wall Street Journal fodder as color in discussion.
ADA L Moore of Frederick urges the city to include accessible features in the planned Frederick Civic Center. She cites mandatory accessibility laws in Philadelphia and calls for wider doors ramps lifts and seating space for wheelchairs and chairs plus accessible restrooms and parking to help disabled residents and the elderly. She emphasizes empathy and notes the impact on youths and daily life surrounding the project.
Dr Lewis K Woodward will be honored at 6 30 p m in St Pauls Reformed Church Westminster by Carroll County National Bank directors officers and employes for his 50 years as a bank director He first joined First National Bank Westminster on April 28 1910 and stayed on the board after a 1948 consolidation with Carroll County National Bank Several Frederick attendees expected.
Frederick district names George T. Roderick assessor. Brainerd Warner Jr seeks Republican nomination in Montgomery county to replace George A. Pearce. Braddock Junction storehouse now post office with Melvin A. E. Biser as postmaster. Dr S K Sylcure regains much sight yet remains nearly blind. Guy K Motter to address Adamstown High School graduates May 31. Cement porch built at Miss Kitty Foy residence by Storm and Wiles.
Readable notes from April 28 1940 recount drought reversal in Frederick County with surplus water and a fire that killed 470 chickens and destroyed buildings in New London. Frederick Memorial Park buys Frederick Memorial Cemetery assets with Edward Curens as president and Martin Hornig as vice president. George Naylor former Emmitsburg Burgess challenges Richard Zacharias. Postmaster nominations include Dr Victor Cullen for State Sanatorium.
Korean vice president elect Lee Ki poong his wife Maria Park Lee and two sons were found dead in an apparent mass suicide at the presidential residence. Martial Law Command said the bodies were moved to Metropolitan Army Hospital and an official investigation is underway. The deaths followed days of anti government riots that toppled President Rhee.
Dr. Robert E. Strider former West Virginia bishop endorses John F. Kennedy praising his loyalty to the U S Constitution and his high character while addressing church influence on the presidency. Endorsement released by son in law Ray Niblack includes discussion of birth control Vatican ties and parochial school aid.
New titles join the Artz Library collection including The World's Last Night by C S Lewis and Fallout edited by John M Fowler. Also Vanishing Crafts and Their Craftsmen by Steinmetz and Rice along with Time and Harvest and The Key Ring by Edith H Shank. Gifts from Mrs F A Hammond add two Frederick works to Maryland Collection.
Mr and Mrs Melvin LeRoy Lindsay Jr of Lexington Park announce the birth of their second child and first son Melvin LeRoy Lindsay III at Patuxent River Naval Base on Monday. The baby is the son of Mrs Lillie Lindsay and Melvin L Lindsay of Middletown. Meanwhile several local residents mark milestone birthdays in the coming days and a Maryland couple travels to Indiana for family events.
County assessor Ernest C Speaks of Wilson Place underwent eye surgery at Washington Hospital Center on Wednesday. 84 year old Emma F Wills of Thurmont broke her right wrist in a yard accident and is recovering at home after surgery and hospital care at Frederick Memorial. 12 year old Dottie Pease of West Fourteenth Street was admitted for observation at Frederick Memorial. Mary C Moxley of Mt Airy entered Frederick Memorial for surgery, John C Snoots of Maple Avenue for observation, Arthur R Lowman of Mt Ally for medical care, and Harry S Sowers of Burkitesville admitted for surgery after incurring illness. Siegfried Goetze near Monrovia, after a paralytic stroke, showed fair progress at Frederick Memorial. Russell Leatherwood of Prospect Road Mount Airy had surgery at Church Home Hospital Baltimore and is reported satisfactorily.
Births at Frederick Memorial Hospital reported for April 25 to 27 include several families. Harry and Doris May Boxail Brittain in East Ninth street welcomed a son named Harry Luck Til. Alan and Doris May Boxail? Alberda welcomed Joann, their third child and second daughter, at 360 West Patrick Street. Patricia Anne Dodson, their third daughter, arrived to Bonnie May Grimes Dodson of Union Bridge and Robert Dodson at RED 2 Union Bridge. Edward Ridgely Harrison, born to Paul and Dorothy Ridgely Harrison of Woodbine, is their third son. Julie Ann Rosenwald, fifth child and first daughter, born to Albert J. and Mrs. Rosenwald of Thurmont. Nicki Jo Alder, second daughter, born to James and Mrs. Alder of Sykesville.
The bulletin notes the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. James E. Meek of Sabillasville at Waynesboro General Hospital in Pennsylvania. It lists Amanda M. Valentine in Thurmont leaving Washington County Hospital, Eugene E. Yingling admitted to Hanover General, Mrs. Dallas McNair of Emmitsburg hospitalized at Annie Warner, and Charles Clem of Legore along with Mrs. Neal Willey and infant daughter discharged from Warner Hospital. It also reports the death of Juan Malpica Silva, veteran editor of El Dictamen, in Veracruz, Mexico, and Perle Mesta predicting Lyndon B. Johnson as the next U.S. president, with a curious note about patents credited to Charles Steinmets.
A local board vacancy triggers activism as residents including a former public school teacher and a parent of two Walkersville students engage in community and school affairs. The article mentions a retired meat salesman and farmer with multiple farms, business college graduate, and several civic and veteran group ties, plus education-linked family details.
Maryland considers a plan to restructure school funding so state aid grows with local need. It would use equalized assessments and shared costs, ensuring comparable programs across counties and urging local units to go beyond minimums. The state would remain a consistent partner, matching local investments.
Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation signed a long term lease for 15 acres in the Washington National Pike Industrial Park near Rockville Maryland. Daniel Melnick and Melvin Robinson of Robinson Land Brokers announced the deal. The move places Emerson in the heart of the Science Industry Miracle Strip near the Atomic Energy Commission Bureau of Standards and Johns Hopkins CRO sites.
Miss Patricia Ann Himes and Alfred Larry Burns wed at Calvary Methodist Church on April 16 at 7 p m Rev E William Hall officiated. Bride’s attendant Miss Narcy Clem best man Kenneth Stout joined immediate families and friends for a reception at the bride’s home. Mrs Burns graduates Frederick High School, class of '59. Mr Burns works for Montgomery Board of Education. They plan to reside at the groom’s home.
Funeral services were conducted for Veren Oscar Beard near Woodsboro at Rocky Hill Church with Rev. William Brown officiating and interment in the church cemetery. Additional obsequies included Mrs Eva Musetta Croy at St John’s Catholic church with mass and Mount Olivet burial. Paul K Hays of Wolfsville, Julia Phillips Williamson, Luzon Wesley Wars, Reavy Sylvester Whiten, and Reavy Sylvester Whiten’s service followed at local churches and funeral homes with multiple pallbearers and a cemetery interment.
Henrietta Lichtenberg Gordon 62, director of publications for the Child Welfare League of America, died Tuesday of a heart attack in New York. Also reported death of Josia Hendrik Duplessis 54, veteran National Party politician, in Cape Town after a heart attack.
Obituaries record Edna Borer Lane of Baltimore died after a three month illness from a heart condition. Survivors include husband William Boyer and siblings in Cumberland Baltimore Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Funeral held in Baltimore. Also Marvin Longerbeam of Bolivar died while en route to hospital. survived by parents, two sisters and a niece and nephews. Funeral at Pentecostal Church of Christ Bolivar. burial in Fairview Cemetery. Maude Helen Little of Westminster died at Springfield State Hospital after a week as patient. Survived by husband Carroll Little and five children. services at Krider's Church in Westminster with burial in church cemetery.
A special campaign song for Mathias for Congress will debut at a Frederick fundraiser at the Peter Pan Inn Saturday. E. Robert Bowins says dinner starts 7 pm after a 6:30 pm rally, with music by Johnny Herman and Mary D. Howe trio. Charles McC Mathias Jr. will speak on his candidacy.
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