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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1956
Page
2
FRIDAY AUGUST 3 156 provides a brief world affairs roundup focusing on manufacturing and international events. It highlights a Missouri based factory and related industry updates with terse notes on location and timing.
After a major steel strike, 650,000 workers lost 24 million man-days weekly for about five weeks, costing roughly a quarter of a billion dollars. Over a decade, three strikes totaled 122 days with $622 million in wages lost. The losses extended to rail and related industries, with a drop of about ten million ingot tons of steel production. The piece urges fair, durable labor industry agreements to avoid costly disruptions.
Twenty years ago from the Mews column dated 1936 reports several local items. Five members of the District of Columbia National Guard were hospitalized after a track accident on the Georgetown pike between Clarksburg and Gaithersburg. The Point of Rocks and Catoctin Furnace school buildings complex, costing about 25 000 dollars, was visited by the Board of Education and local officials with Public Works Administration contributing 45 percent of the cost. A well known Frederick resident named Worthington Glaze died at his home near Brad Gock at age 70. A new coal truck bearing the firm name was stolen from a local yard in South Carroll. The column mixes local incidents with a lengthy opinion piece on Nasser and the Suez Crisis, discussing Western responses, Soviet influence, and calls for an unfettered Egyptian government to ensure canal operation under a free government.
Mayor Derr proclaims Bicycle Week to promote Optimist Safety program through August. Police inspect and license bicycles with club help. riders buy 25 cent tags. Club leaders include Charles Ford and Homer Brooks. schedule released by Police Dept. emphasizes lighting and rider responsibility to reduce night hazards.
Hood College hosts the first Junior Red Cross international study center in the United States as teens from Canada Australia the Philippines Ecuador Trinidad Japan Italy Germany Haiti the Bahamas Mexico and U S territories converge for 10 days of study tours and cultural exchange. Led by Delbert J Pugh the program aims to broaden youth understanding of Red Cross aims and programs with assemblies discussions and activities including tours to Washington DC and an aquatic show.
Fifty years back issues note 175 teams and about 500 attendees at Braddock Heights for the second annual Sunday School reunion of local Reformed church members. Separate reports cover Hargett drowning near Hamsville after a buggy overturn in swollen streams and heavy rains flooding Union Bridge area, with Monocacy River rising near Buckeystown. Also listed are county teacher certification recipients and a house fire on South Market Street drawing fire brigade response.
Nursing student study at Hood College and Hopkins. Rev. and Mrs. Luther D Miller return from a July 1 to Stone Harbor vacation. Mrs. George W McComas and Mrs. Henry B Ramsburgh host luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Nelemstein Sheehan wedding links Kennett Square to Wilmington. Attendants include Edward P Thomas Jr Trail Mathias and Richard R Kline. Colonial Jewelry Co travels to Chicago for the National Jewelry Fair.
Brunswick voters go to the polls next Tuesday to elect a mayor and three council seats. Terms have shifted to four years under a Home Rule act. Incumbent Mayor James E. Cummings seeks reelection against James H. Schamel. Second Ward challenger Albert H. Dick Danner faces Nellie V. Roby. Third Ward incumbent Chester Phillips seeks another term against an opponent. Voting places include Weller's Radio Shop Ninth Avenue, Municipal Building A Street, and Firemen's Hall W Potomac Street. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm EST.
Miss Shirley Ann Crigger daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Crigger and Robert R Loun son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Hoffman were married July 21 at 1 a.m. in Chapel 3 at Lowry Air Force Base Denver. Chaplain Joe Garrett officiated in a private ceremony. Attendants included Mrs Marge Montgomery matron of honor and Ray Main best man. The couple plans to transfer to New Mexico where the bride will join the groom.
Deputy Sheriff George M Law remains a cardiac patient in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Raymond J Dyer suffers injuries from a Thursday car strike and is under treatment at the same hospital. Charles Smith, 31, Jefferson, improves after a nose injury from last week. he is at Frederick Memorial Hospital with hemorrhages. Harry J Cole, Taney apartments, admitted for surgery with fair condition. Master Guy Richard Eigenbrode, son of Mr and Mrs R Francis Eigenbrode of Braddock Heights, is a surgical patient at Washington County Hospital after an eye operation and expects to return home soon. Layground Pageant at Lincoln and Mullinix parks honors Joseph Lee Week with Dolly’s Tea Party for children, featuring playlets, dances, games, and combined rhythm bands. participants include Rose Dorsey, Dolly Patricia Thomas, Natalie Palm, Gwendolyn Henson, Cynthia Lee, Peggy Henson, and Willis Weedon.
Twenty seven persons passed drivers tests Thursday by State Motor Vehicle inspectors at the State Armory. The list includes Frederik Emory Wach ter, Caryl L. Rentzel, Veronica Humphries, Mars Shankle, Ulysses Fisher, David Meadows, Nancy Williams, Estelle Barkier, James Kefauver, Sara Geisbert, Mary Wills, Geradine Hodge, Charles Lu Smith, Charles G Lewis of Myersville, Edith Roedner of Thurmont, Barbara Freshman of Thurmont, Hubert Kline of Myersville, Joan Berstler of Thurmont, Charles Pope Jr of Mt Airy, Betty Kelly of Thurmont, Mary Sewell of Emmitsburg, Anna Murphy, Manuel Green of Adamsstown, Elsie Fionn of Thurmont, Richard Getzandanner, Donn Ebberts of Liberty town, Knoxville resident Baul Whetzel Jr of Knoxville. Hospital report notes Martha Riggin of this city discharged Thursday from Washington County Hospital Hagerstown.
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