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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1957
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text yields unclear local notice about a Sunday event or sale near North Court Frederick. Details are unreadable. no definite persons, organizations, dates, or actions can be confirmed.
A newspaper conjectures on pills containing miniature FM transmitters that travel the digestive tract broadcasting a patient’s internal tour. The piece cites Dr. Vladirek K. Zworykin and Dr. Join T Farrar, noting potential humanitarian aims but warning some may view it as superstitious or risky.
Comments on school expenditures and county accomplishments note postwar delays in building and planning. A letter recalls 1949-50 milestones, funding levels, and efforts to keep bonded indebtedness low while acknowledging room for further progress. Additional items discuss a Maryland Classified Directory link to the phone company and a roundup of local court notices and road project work in Hagerstown and Baltimore.
Fifty years ago Bernard Baruch, elder statesman, urged prompt wage and price controls citing world war lessons. He argued delayed action by Roosevelt and Truman burdened the nation with costly, unreversible inflation and debt, emphasizing economic costs of control delays.
Lois Naylor, an employee at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, fainted at the hotel and was rushed by United Ambulance to Frederick Memorial Hospital around 8 this morning. She received treatment in the emergency department.
United States officials say the nation would be delighted to receive Queen Elizabeth II. Reports from Augusta and London note mockups of royal visits, with officials describing that Majesty’s visit has not yet been posted or finalized. The London and Washington chatter centers on timing and venue, with Esseston headquarters cited in scattered phrases.
H. F. and M Railroad started a trolley car at noon with daily runs from Union Knitting Mills at 12 o'clock to Telegraph Street. Harry B. Cramer, formerly of Frederick and now with the U S Geological Survey in Washington, has been appointed to a commission to go to Minnesota to oversee government coal lands there.
Twenty years later a column recalls the Potomac flood of 1937 with Enos Jenkins drowning after his boat capsized near Mason's Island while two youths clung to driftwood for 12 hours. It notes Redderick High School naming Boys Week officials and cites inflation driven budgets and government actions, referencing the Brunswick Co operative Association and others in a discussion of flood damage and economic impact.
The Canary Birds baseball squad lists H. Garrett as catcher, W. Lipps pitcher, D. Derr shortstop, F. MecCanner first base and captain, D. Honré second base, E. Derr third base, L. Fagan manager, G. Brust right field, Olange It in center, Grove left field. The piece notes the team lineup amid broader commentary on national income and government spending levels, referencing 1950 and 1957 dollars and Eisenhower.
Maryland cooperative producers and supplying dairies have settled price disputes in the Baltimore area and asked the U S Department of Agriculture to withdraw from the case for now The Maryland Cooperative MilK Producers Inc said negotiations produced gains in milk sales at reasonable prices and the department’s action was suspended not cancelled Leader W P Sadler emphasized continued friendly relations and hoped the gains would endure with both members and non members benefitting
Approximately 354 youngsters turned out as the Frederick Breakfast Optimist Club held its first practice for a farm league to supplement Frederick’s two Little Leagues. Sixty will be chosen for four teams. Practices held at Staley Park with age groups split for rest of week. First game set for May 20 at Staley Park.
Pvt Randolph B Rosencrantz has completed basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina and is on a fourteen day furlough at home near Urbana before returning to Fort Jackson for chaplain assistant duties and further training. The note also records several local visits birthdays and the birth of Clay Harlan Beard son of Paul Hammond Beard and Lucille Snyder born April 23 at Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Coblentz announce the birth of their son Mark and praise major surgery patients at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Pappy DeGrange, Alan, and Mrs Thelma Swomley, along with Mrs Rebecca Shook Kuhn, are listed among local residents entering hospitals in Maryland and West Virginia for medical and surgical treatment.
Mrs. Freda Doll was elected president of the Maryland Conference of Tuberculosis Workers at a Baltimore meeting. New officers for a two year term include Mrs. Dorothy Rinehart as vice president, Mrs. Helen P. Corbin as secretary, and Miss Virginia Shortcut as treasurer. The group aims to align local associations with state and national TB programs and to promote active TB case finding and treatment connections. Doll is also director of Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association and active in health groups including the Zonta Club of Frederick.
About 200 physics and biology students at Frederick High displayed science project exhibits over a two day fair last Thursday and Friday. The list includes student names grouped by class codes such as 12A1 12A2 1243 12C1 12C2 VI1A1 and 11A2 reflecting a broad range of participants.
The Community Garden club meeting will feature pruning by Robert Klein of Treeland Nurseries, care of bulbs after blooming by Mrs Frank Nicodemus Frederick club president, and mulching by Mrs Millard Eiler of Johnsvile Homemakers. The session runs Thursday from 10 to noon at East Church Street extension offices with Mrs Paul L Willard presiding and an officer election to follow.
Washington reports a bipartisan drive to trim President Eisenhower s 71.8 billion budget gains momentum in Congress as leaders Keowland and Johnson say lawmakers returned from Easter vacation determined to cut spending. Johnson cites strong public demand for economy while Knowland notes renewed interest in trimming federal costs though administration resistance and debates over State Department funding persist.
Washington April 29 Charles H Borcherding Sr of Baltimore was announced as director of the Federal Housing Administration for Maryland by Senators John Marshall Butler and J Glenn Beall both Maryland Republicans He will be sworn in May 13 to succeed Arthur Sherwood who moves to head the nationwide Community Development Program Borcherding will resign as special representative of the Master Builders Company and has served since 1953 as an associate member of Maryland's Employment Security board
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for multiple property sales. Harry Miller and Lester Bittner sold to Claude L. Crampton a parcel on Motier Place for about 11500. William G. Scott sold to Martin B. Kohn about 138.35 acres with improvements in Woodville district for around 10500. Bruce Hyatt contracted to sell to Robert Ferguson residential property on Fleming Avenue for 17000 with payments over time.
Arlington notices announce Nancy Louise Ramsburg and Joseph Newton Mercer plan marriage. The couple’s families include Mr and Mrs Lawrence L Ramsburg of this city and RED 2 Union Bridge. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Phebe Anna Wood, 82, a former Delaware resident who died Saturday in a Baltimore hospital.
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