Price stability seen in early 1950s consumer index
The 115.1 June 15 index signals near stability after May rise, with food prices dipping slightly. Authorities note the reading, though modest, supports a trend of sustained price stability despite wage gains and deficits. Letters on administration grants reveal estate details for J Thomas Bittle. Ursula Schmidt, 27, arrested on entry to Bremerhaven. Maryland Pony League title decided as Hagerstown defeats Brooklyn Park in a doubleheader.
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Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Insig
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Brooklyn Park
George T Day Dies at 48 Leader in Silver Spring Banking
George T. Day 48 president of the Bank of Silver Spring and civic leader died of a heart attack at his home in Silver Spring. A native of Silver Spring he helped found the local chamber of commerce and served on church and hospital boards. He left Suburban National Bank in 1946 to lead the Bank of Silver Spring. Surviving are his wife Helen son Marine Pfc. George T. Day Jr. and his mother Mrs Nannie B. Day along with three brothers.
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Silver Spring
George T. Day
Bank of Silver
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
MecKinsey Technical High School
Sanitary Grolcery
Colesville Road
Georgia Ave
Tay
Silver Spring National Bank
Takoma Park Bank
Suburban National Bank
Day
Suburban National
Bank of
Woodside Methodist Church
Edward W. Day
Glen Hills
Earl F. Day
Chesapeake Ave
Harold Day
Merrimac Drive
West Hyattsville
J. N. Maisel
Martinsburg
W. Va
Standard Lime and Stone Co
King’s Daughters Hospital
Standard
Catonsville
Thetate F. C
Rose A. Maisel
Mamie Quinn
Pikeside
Jr. N
W. G. Maisel
This City
Margaret Maisel
Lilian Andreas
Rose Locke
Edward M
Baltimore
Milton Maisel
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns. Of The News Aug. 2
Fifty years ago notes from The News report J H Enright succeeding R C Congdon as Frederick Gas and Electric manager after arriving from Washington Indiana. Brunswick elected Mayor L S Harmon. Patrick Lyons and E E Evans won wards without opposition. D H Hendrickson bought Judge Lynch West Second Street residence for 3800 to occupy and improve. Middletown youths planned a 10 day camp trip to Lander Potomac with Annie Keller Viola Kefauver Edith Kefauver Edna Lighter Kieffer DeLauter Homer Tirsh Thomas Coblentz O M Fogle X N Kefauver A A Lamar. A false fire alarm caused no damage after firemen’ s quick response on Church Street.
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J. H. Enright
R. C. Congdon
Frederick Gas and Electric Company
Washington
Ind
L. S. Harmon
John A. Lynch
West Second Street
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
An overwhelming sentiment for downtown parking limits two hours emerged from a three day survey. Merchants at the Mayor and Aldermen meeting urged changes to the Huckstering licensing system. Smaller merchants called for protection from door to door Arabs. Clarence Blethen, Knoxville pitcher, will scout Blue Ridge League talent over the weekend. John Bowers, B&O brakeman, of 48 East South Street, fell from a freight train and injured his back.
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Clarence Blethen
Knoxville
Southern Association
John Bowers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
East South Street
B. and C
Funerals Held For Local Residents In Multiple Towns
Funeral services were held this afternoon in Taneytown Union Bridge Damascus Gambrill Park and Catoctin Furnace for Charles Deberry John Daniel Long Charles E Stanley Eunice Worthy and Frank W Fraley. Interments followed at Keysville Linganore Damascus Mount Olivet and other local cemeteries. Reverends officiated with multiple pallbearers and floral tributes noted.
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Taneytown
Charles Deberry
Morgan R. Andreas
Samuel H. Weybright
Keysville
Raymond Deberry
Claude Deberry
Glenn Keyser
Jennings Frock
Albert Hahn
Carroll Beard
C. O. Fuss
John Daniel Long
Hobbs Farms
Clemsonville
Union Bridge
Kenneth Tyson
Ralph Krelmer
Wilbur Reese
C Kenneth Bohn
Waltet Teco
Clestaec Eed Duent Albaugh
Linganore Cemetery
D. D. Hartzler
Harriott Chapel
Catoctin Furnace
Frank W. Fraley
Bernard HH Jannings
Maurice D. Ashbury
Thurmont Ioof Lodge
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Thurmont
Walter Keeney
Noble Grand
Earl Ailler
Lodge
Luther Robinson
Theodore Beard
Edgar Boller
Charles W. Miller
Harry Moody
Harry Martin Sr
Harry Martin Jr
Frank Anders
William Sweeney
Charles Carty
Theodore Gardner
William Stitely
George Shook
M. L Creager and Son
Deaths list prominent area residents and relatives
Frederick county obituaries record William T. Biser of Mt. Pleasant and Mt. Olivet interment, Ethel Mae Staub of Thurmont and Blue Ridge burial, Charles Hennen of West Middlesex Pa. and Woodsboro visit, Ida May Rice of Frederick at Mt. Olivet, Elmer A. Stitely of Waynesboro Pa. and Harbaugh graves, Edward T. Ridgeway of Frederick and Quincy home death. Survivors, services, and burial plans detail each notice.
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Ethel Mae Staub
Charles F. Staub
Thurmont
Westminster
Obituary notices from Martinsburg and Damascus area
Obituaries note funeral details for Hester Zimmerman Ridgeway and family, John R. Brown, J N Maisel Sr, Mrs Mary Emma Souder, and Olin L. Molesworth as director. Services listed in Quincy Maryland, Brownsville West Virginia, Damascus Maryland, with relatives and interment at Mt Olivet, St Luke's, Damascus Cemetery. Funeral calls tonight and Tuesday afternoon.
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Hester Zimmerman Ridgeway
Quincy
John Ness Jr
Mt. Olivet
Frederick
Walter Y. George
Mary Emma Souder
Damascus
Phillip B. Souder
Olney
Nathan B
Rhoda Etchison Warthen
Executive Officers Meet In Maryland And West Virginia
The executive officers of the Momen of the Manse met Sunday at Hagerstown. Represented chapters included Frederick Westminster Brunswick and Hagerstown Maryland and Martinsburg West Virginia. The meeting was presided over by Past Grand Council member Mabel Shirey of Baltimore Chapter. Discussions covered the duties and powers of the excise boards. Frederick Chapter was represented by Senior Regent Bertha Windig jet, Junior Regent Vary Lore Thomas, Chaplain Shirley Rice, and Recorder Anna W Suth.
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Hagerstown
Frederick
Westminster
Brunswick
Maryland
Martinsburg
W. V
Mabel Shirey
Baltimore
Bertha Windigjet
Vary Lore Thomas
Shirley Rice
Anna W Suth
Wemen of the Moose Plan Monthly Frederick Chapter Meeting
The chairmen of Frederick Chapter No 347 Women of the Moose will hold their monthly meeting at 8 o clock at the Moose Home. Chairman's instructions will be explained and discussed, and dates projects and plans will be made so the calendar can be completed. The calendar shows activities planned for the year and fund raising projects of each committee.
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WEMEN
THE
MOOSE
Frederick Chapsy
Women of the Moose
Wil
Tomahi
Moose Home
Sear
Roderick Rites Tuesday in Walkersville
Edgar Roderick 59 retired farmer of Walkersville dies Saturday after heart attack at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Survived by Hazel Hedges Roderuck wife four daughters two sons sister and five grandchildren. Body at G C Barton funeral home with services Tuesday 10 30 am at Glade Reformed Church and interment in Glade cemetery.
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Eunice Worthy
Hillside Terrace
Gambrill Park Road
All Saints Episcopal Church
Maurice D. Ashbury
Francis Scott Key Post
Virginia Miller
Madeline Gilbert
Funeral Home
Mouunt Olivet
C. E. Clune and Son
Ida May Rice
North Bentz Street
John Rice
John
Annie Main Delaughter
Calvary Methodist Church
Charles M. Barthlow
Frederick
Elwood B. Brait
Baltimore
Earl Lawson
Washington
William Graser
William Wiles
Brunswick
William Delaughter
William Heffner
Doubs
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Elmer A. Stitely
Elmer H. Stitely
Cleveland Avenue
Waynesboro
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Suitely
Frederick County
Jacob and
Henrietta Sneadner Stitely
Woodsboro
Grove Funeral Home
Warynesboro
R. C. Ritz
Harbaugh Cemetery
John R. Brown
Brownsville
Cornelius
Susan Koontz Brown
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Telula Stotsdale Brown
Rudolph Easton
Sarah Brown
C. B. Stover
Gettysburg
G. Edgar Roderick
Walkers Ville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George T
Fannie O. Lease Roderuck
Glade Valley
Walkersville
Roderuck
Frederick County Holstein Association
County Dalla
County Farm Bureau
Glade Reformed Church
Hazel Hedges Roderuck
Charlotte E. Roderuck
Ames
Iowa
Catherine H. Roderuck
Florence R. Garst
Doris J. Roderuck
Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Harold E. Roderuck
Elmer E. Thomas
G. C. Barton
Glade Cemetery
Miss Marianne Brish Featured in Vogue Paris Prize
In Vogue August issue a former Frederick girl now in Hagerstown, Marianne Brish, appears among Vogue's Prix de Paris Contest winners for 1954. She majored in English at Randolph-Macon and is Phi Beta Kappa. her winning essay began with a youthful reflection on desire and purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogue
Brish
Frederick
Vogue Magazine
Hagerstown
Marianne Brish
William M._ Brish
Magnolia Avenue
Paris
Maryland
Randolph-Macon
Marianne
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
New Windsor Briefs From Rennes to Smokey Mountains
Thirty two Rennes agricultural graduates spoke at Brethren Service Center before farming in the county for about a month to learn American techniques. Fifty one German students arrived for a year of foster-home placements in Carroll County. The Rostians and Wilfs began a Smoky Mountains motor trip. Benedict and Guyton families returned from Seneca vacation. Lambert, Burkholder, Danner, and Reed families took trips to Annapolis. Sams Creek and Edgewood churches host vacation Bible school.
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New Windsor
Rennes
France
Brethren Service Center
Carroll County
James Rostian c
John W. Wilf
Smokey Mountains
Nicholas Metcalfe
Carlos Randolph
Frederick
Albert Benedict
Edgar Guyton
Seneca
Russel Lambert
Winfield Burkholder
Mary Danner
Merlin Reed
Annapolis
Sams Creek
Edgewood
Bread Of Life Gratitude Letter From Parishioner
A nine year old girl at church writes I want the Pastor to know that we are glad to have him as our Pastor. The note inspires the speaker to appreciate helpers like shoeshiners and gas station attendants, urging esteem for work. A fragment mentions an accident near Willows Md and a birth notice from Frederick Hospital.
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Florence
iCopyright
Gen. Feature Corp
Compromise on Atomic Energy Program Seen Likely
Washington lawmakers move to hammer out a compromise version of President Eisenhower's atomic energy program. Conferees will meet behind closed doors to resolve major differences in Senate and House bills opening the field to private industry and sharing nuclear information with allies. If amendments are rejected, Democratic supporters threaten lengthy Senate debate as the House nears final action on atomic and other bills. Senate faces four major issues amid Flanders McCarthy censure debate. Follow up includes foreign aid, farm bill, and antisubversive measures.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Rouse
Sen. Flanders
Sen
McCarthy
Flanders
Senate Gop
Knowland
California
Gen
Brownell
Union Bridge church talk on India dolls and health center
Union Bridge WSCS heard Union Bridge missionary Miss Eva Logue from India describe native dress dolls and slides of the mission health center. Mrs. Archie Keefer led the program as Mrs. Jesse Cummings hosted guests Henrietta Brown of Baltimore and others. The note continues with brief local updates on illness, funerals, hospitalizations, and travel among area residents.
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Union Bridge
Eva Logue
India
WSCS
Archie Keefer
Jesse Cummings
Henrietta Brown
Baltimore
Roy Crabbs
Bark Hill
Ethelyn Cover Robison
Clarence F. Robison
Camp Meade Hospital
Robison
Addison and
Theresa Clemson Cover
Scott O. Clemson
National Cemetery
Mary
Rose Marie Gradbill
Samuel Keyton
Ronnie
Union
Chesapeake Beach
Cleon Wolfe
Feezersburg
Christian Endeavor
Washington
Connie Cramer
Glenn Cramer
Children's Hospital
Frank Hoover
Wakefield
Doris Quigley
Lancaster
Vernon Gladhill
Church of the Brethren
Camp Penial
Thurmont
Audrey Diller
Gertrude Spurrier
Shirley Ricketts
Ralph Ricketts
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Jealousy and Friendship
Dorothy Dix addresses three letters about romance and social life. A 17 year old girl navigates a 21 year old in service, a brother’s invite, and a boyfriend’s jealousy with guidance to explain, not apologize. A 30 year old mother seeks age-appropriate social connections, advised to meet parents and invite new acquaintances for cookies. An reader asks for Italian books for an invalid mother. Dix notes limited scope but offers to share contact details with interested readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Miss Dix
Roger
O.J.G
Rhee Speaks To VEW Members At Philadelphia
President Syngman Rhee addressed five hundred VFW delegates in Philadelphia urging a firm US stance against Communism. Governor Fine condemned Indochina appeasement and urged decisive action, linking the Geneva settlement to national compromise and international despair.
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Philadelphia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Syngman Rhee
Korea
United States
Pennsylvania
John
Fine
Rhee
America
VFW
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Geneva
A Preference for Ocean or Mountain Views
The author, N. A. Lufburrow, muses on liking both the ocean and mountains yet finds it hard to choose, wishing to visit either but often unable to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Lufburrow
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FoUug the News
the News
Sori Ban PT. & & Mfg
Audit Bureau of Circulations
J. Thomas Bittle
Paul F. Bittle
Myersville
Ursula Schmidt
Bremerhaven
Germany
Canada
U.S
Charles E. Stanley
Damascus Methodist Church
A. Dean Kesler
A. Odell Osteen
Luther Burke
Herbert S. Hyatt
Howard Taylor
David, L. Duvall
Brandon W. Duvall
Eli T. Molesworth
William M. Watkins
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Warren D. Neal
Guy M Neal
Braddock Heights
Ordnance Reserve Officer's Training Corps
Lee R Baker
Paul Baker
Route
Middletown
Wth Infantry
William T. Biser
Margaret Mullican
Mt. Pleasant
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Libertytown
Leon W. Biser
Dallas
Tex
Frances Mary Biser
Leon Windsor
Mt. Airy
Benton Biser
Dorothy MacSpeiden
Florida
Frances Flester
Laurel
North Market Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
Robert E. Oates
Melvin Staub
Thomas Penwell
Richard Staub
York
Ernest Staub
Paul Staub
Martin Muller
Westmminster
Carroll Staub
Donald Staub
George L. Staub
Harrisburg
Friends
Ivan G. Naugle
M.L. Creager and Son
Charles Hennen
West Middlesex
Farrell
Rex W. Brennerman
Brennerman
Washington County
Farrell School
Ruth Hennen
William
Carol Ann
Brennermans
Seurvedun
Middlesex
Cunningham Funeral
RB. Etchison
Edward T. Ridgeway
Edward Thomas Ridgeway
Quincy E. UB
Mr Ridgeway
Lavellsville
Wiliam and
Frances Select Ridgeway
West
Fifth Street
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
Camp Detrick
Ridgeway
Mra
Sarah Ann Ramsburg
Jeft
Mehrl H. Ramsburg
Lewistown
Farm Bureau and Grange
Petersville Woods
Maryetta Summers
Ramsburg
Timonium Fair
Roderick Rites
Odds and Ends
Rev
A. Parnell Bailey
Willows
Harris
Frederick Hospital
Emory Barber
Caspar
Ming
Tre Cellar
NEA
Serve
Corinne M
Laem
C.C
Bell Syndicate, Inc
VEW
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