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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1955

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2

All-Army tennis champ Golden tops 1st ranking

Specialist Grant Golden of the 3rd Army won the All-Army tennis tournament defeating PFC Roger Phare of Orlando California 6 2 6 1 System MSgt Earl Johnson captured the seniors singles title for the Army with a 9 7 6 0 victory over Melvin Rogers of Yakima Washington The public sale of the Norman E Darnet brick dwelling at 337 Mast Trail Street Frederick was held with Frank Gastley and Sons purchasing for 10875 and personal property bringing 89240.

FT. Meade, Md Grant Golden Golden 3Rd Army PFC Roger Phare Orlando Calif Earl Johnson Fred Ench. Md Melvin Rogers Yakima Wash 6Th Army Norman E. Darnet Mast Traid Street Frank Gastley and Sons Frederick Junk Company Shernan P. Bowers Emmett R. Boweus R L. Kelly

Stabilized Pensions Plan for Educators Grows

An educators only association began July 1, 1932 to guard fixed dollar pensions. Over 500 colleges universities and foundations offer the equity fund to staff, with 29 000 participants. The plan offsets changes in purchasing power and enters its fourth year influencing other fields.

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Welded rail set to end clickety clack on trains

Rail history notes progress as welded rails replace traditional joints on lines like New Haven and Santa Fe. Officials expect New Haven to cover from New York to Boston and Hartford to Springfield within five years. Trains will ride easier and maintenance costs drop, though nostalgia fades. Diesel engines quiet the old locomotive whistle and remove smoke. The clickety clack sound is described as doomed.

New York, New Haven Hartford Springfield Mass

Personal notices and births from a Frederick area page

The item lists a Metz picnic for The Super Bit Riding Club at Brunswick Rod and Gun Clubhouse. It also reports births: Marisa Ann Bussard, August 3 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mark Douglas Ensberg, at Sioux Valley Hospital. Jeffrey Lynn Ensberg, July 27 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Also notes travel of Harry E Carmack and Mrs Donald Easton’s family to Fredericksburg Virginia for a Sears Roebuck business trip.

Super Bit Riding Club, Inc Brunswick Rod and Gun Glenn T. Bussard Middletown Marisa Ann Frederick Memorial Hospital Dorence L. Ensberg South Western Avenue Sioux Falls M. D Mark Douglas Sioux Valley Hospital Ensberg Suzanne van Swearingen Frederick Lee Toms Trail Avenue Jeffrey Lynn Harry E Carmack Donald Easton Stephen Stanley Fredericksburg Sears Roebuck and Compant

Fifty Years Ago Tales From The Columns Of The News

Ground broken yesterday for a First Baptist Church of Frederick on West Fourth Street extended. Lloyd Culler is contractor. building to be finished by December 4 with main auditorium seating 240. Reverend William Hammond Parker presiding. Other items note a rattlesnake encounter near Charlesville, an ear injury from an electric bug, Braddock Heights post office plan with P E Long as postmaster, and Frank Schwearing chosen to lead horses and hose wagon for United Fire Company.

First Baptist Frederick West Fourth Street Lloyd Culler Sant William Hammond Parker Horace Stull Charlesville Joseph Cramer Madison Street Braddock Heights Post Office

Public Works Administration approves $1 million sewer plan

Twenty years ago in August 1935 the Public Works Administration approved a sewer and disposal plant project costing 1 million dollars and employing 547 men for 18 months. Mayor Culler announced a public meeting to explain the proposal. The government would provide an outright grant of 442 295 toward the system. Mrs Brown Harwood Watson of Brunswick narrowly escaped serious injury when her car skidded on a wet road near Jefferson, overturned several times, but she escaped unharmed while the car was demolished. The Board of Aldermen authorized a 1 200 annual appropriation to fund the driver salary for a new first aid and rescue truck. Five residents organized a rescue party to aid five Army Air Corps aviators who crashlanded their amphibian plane from Langley Field off the Patuxent River near Coral Port. The aviators—Irving Alhaugh, Clarry Roulzahn, Daniel and Edward Thomas, and John Ferguson—were saved.

Public Works Administration Culler Brown Harwood Watson Brunswick Jefferson Board OF Aldermen United Fire Company Tity Shick Army Air Corps Langley Field Patuxent River Corlar Port

Lipps Keefer Wedding in St Johns Catholic Church

Barbara Keefer daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Keefer Wilson Place and Ralph Lipps Jr son of Mrs Naomi Lipps East Patrick Street were married Sunday at two thirty in St Johns Catholic Church Reverend Father Herbert R Jordan officiated. The ceremony featured potted palms and white gladioli with a pre nuptial recital by Mrs Robert Hess and soloist Dora Andrews performing Ave Maria.

Barbara Lee Keefer Oliver H. Keefer Wilson Place Ralph F. Lipps Jr Naomi Jd. Lipps East Patrick Street St. .John’s Catholic Church Herbert R. Jordan Robert Hess Dora Andrews Schubert Jay Lipps Warren Larkin Sandra Kay Keefer

Washington Today In Washington

President Eisenhower warned in 1954 of a possible cold war in domestic policy and his latest remarks echoed that view. He urged tax cuts, farm support, a large highway program, expanded trade, a national water resources plan, improved health services, school expansion, a modern reserve forces, federal state local reforms, voting rights protections, labor law changes, civil rights progress, and continued world peace efforts.

David Lawrence Washington Tirsenhower Congress Rasenhower Denver Urrin Eisenhower Hood Hawa

Political parties clash hamper U S government progress

The text argues a cold war between Congress and the Executive harms policy, noting the 83rd Congress proved one party control aids progress. It cites Eisenhower saying only four of thirteen State of the Union goals were achieved, urging voters in 1956 to choose either all Democrats or all Republicans to drive the government.

Congress Moreoer Washington Eisenhower Agai Searon Eusenhower Denver Mevica

Wed Sunday At Woodsboro Wedding in Lutheran Church

Ruth Virginia Wachter and Harold Levi Lenhart wed Sunday afternoon at Woodsboro Lutheran Church. Rev. Raymond C. Myers presided as staff and audience observed in a floral setting. The bride wore a nylon tulle gown with Chantilly lace and pearls, with maid of honor Jean Wachter and bridesmaids in blue and pink taffeta. Best man Sterling Lenhart Sr. and ushers included Wachter and Harbaugh relatives. After the ceremony the couple planned to reside on the groom’s farm. the bride is Frederick High School Class of 1933 graduate.

William D. Lipps Jack Koonts Kenneth Krantz Carol Mohan Dorothy Farnsworth Wilma Treese Dora Andrews Dave Robinson Ruth Virginia Wachter Robert Wachter Lewistown Harold Levi Lenhart Ster Py Lenhart Woodsboro Lutheran Church Raymond C. Myers Jean Wachter Florence ‘Castile Betty Kinna Shirley Speak Evalene Lenhart Maid of Honor Sterling Lenhart Sr Carroll Ray Wachter Roscoe I. Harbaugh Jr John J. Putman Jesse J Raymond ( Nyers Patricia Shook Frederick High School

Illness News From Local Hospitals

Among the sick at Upper College Terrace Mr R E Delaplaine remains very seriously ill after seven weeks of heart treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore with little change this week. Mrs Morgan Dayhoff was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital on Sunday for observation. David Winpigler, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Winpigler, was seriously injured August first by an automobile and remains at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs Amanda Raugher now at Johns Hopkins Hospital for an operation. Teonard A Shuff cardiac patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital reported improved. Anita Lowie Winpigler 9 entering Kernan's Hospital Baltimore for surgery related to burns suffered in 1941.

R E Delaplaine Upper College Terrace Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Morgan Dayhoff Woodsboro Frederick Memorial Hospital David Winpigler Edward Winpigler Fast Amanda Raugher West South Street Halsted 4 Baltimor Teonard A. Shuff East Second Street Anita Lowie Winpigler Mia Walter Winpi

A C Bready Dead in Kensington Maryland

Arthur C Bready 35 lawyer and former teacher died after a monthlong illness. An Oakdale Maryland native he taught and administered in Damascus Farland and Silver Spring before being admitted to the bar in 1938 and serving as trial magistrate in Silver Spring. He led local Rotary and civic groups. Widow Helen Price Breads survives.

A.C. Bready Kensington Arthur C Breads Oakdale Md Namascus Farland Silver Spitz Silver Spring Ontgomems Hilea

Thomas Spiese Nuptials At York Pythians To Meet Here

A York wedding united Miss Arith Ann Spiese and Irving Wenner Thomas in a two o clock ceremony at Faith Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev. Albert C. Robinson and Rev. Robert W. Olewiler officiating. The reception followed at the Yorktowne Hotel for about 125 guests. The event featured musical selections by Mrs. Gordon Long and Andrew Horn Jr., floral gowns, and a bridal party including Mrs. Robert Gray as matron of honor. The couple will reside in the city after a wedding trip to Bermuda, with the bride a Penn State graduate and the groom an Army veteran stationed at Camp Detrick.

York Faith Evangelical and Reformed Church Arith Ann Spiese Pauli C. Spiese Irving Wenner Thomas H. Irving Thomas RFD Albert C. Robinson Robert W. Olewiler Grace Reformed Church Washington Gordon Long Andrew Horn Jr Mendels Sohn Gudda Robert Gray Margaret Fisher Bellefonte Nancy Wenner Pittsburg Paula Glewiler Maid of Honor Ilo Bermuda Thomas Knights of Pythias Robert F. Woodward The Baptist Church Ferne Etzler Floe Schaeffer Oakland Pythian Sisters David E. Heidleman Baltimore Elizabeth Martin Shipley Edward M. Akers

Community Players announce 1955 46 season plays

The Community Players Inc selects three plays for the 1955 46 season. George Washington Slept Here opens November 2 with eight women and nine men roles. The Late Edwina Black runs February 1 to 4, a Victorian mystery with a detective and a maid. But Not Goodbye closes May 2 to 3, a tale of a widow and a vengeful father bringing danger to those who harmed his kin.

Community Players, Inc Board of Directors George Washington Kaufman and Hartforce New York Edwina Black Edwina

Storage Dam At Fishing Creek Full

Storage dam at Fishing Creek continues under favorable notes on Sunday as observers report Mrs Clark’s mishap and a fall near her front row seat while moving. Firemen from Thurmont Hyattstown and Brunswick kept carnival programs on schedule despite outages. Lightning knocked out state police and WPMD radio transmitters, with Edison Co reporting line trouble and a price of $1.84 per bushel for scattered Saturday spots.

Clark Neorain Barnesville Thurmont Hyattstoun Brunswick WPMD Patomar Edison Co

Resign in Dispute Rolls PTA Board at Rollingwood

Nineteen members of the executive board of the Rollingwood Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association resigned amid a dispute over segregation. The action leaves the PTA with a reduced leadership, signaling tensions within the school community.

Chevy Hasse Ma P Rollingwood Assn

Babington reunion honors 84th birthday guest in Maryland

The Babington reunion held July 31 at Patapsco State Park drew 88 attendees including honored guest Mrs. Martha Babington Quinn who observed her 84th birthday. Family members traveled from Baltimore City and beyond, with numerous siblings, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren listed among attendees.

Babington Patapsco State Park Martha Babington Quinn West Third Street Baltimore Herman Sabbington Dayton Edward Jackson Grace Stup New Market Ernest Young John Daugherty George Aoss Samuel Moss Harvey Moss Susie Kendner Fred Arthur Linda Janet Judy Woodlawn Fred Kelch Clayton Smith Diana Barry Russell Leather Rusty Connie Jean William Brandenburg Boonie Carol Bill Ellicott City Robert Storey David John Clark Gloria Odenton Mae Cal Welly George Moss Jr Beckie Divie Marlena Robert Kendner Christine Bobby Jr Wes Charles Kondner Richard Kondner Richard Jr Wis Lawrence Winpigler Pegme Terry Vickie Sustana Harold Fogle Bernie Sonny Bobby Lane Lawence Walsh Merhling Holdcraft Elaine John Holdcraft Joseph Borden Kensington Gloria Dayhoff Deanna Dayhoff Quinn Vickie Heller Kitty Patrick Bob Washam Frank Ball Washington Allan Dasnol

Hurricane Connie shifts northward off Florida coast

Hurricane Connie, larger than previous storms, centers about 400 miles east of Florida and 300 miles east of Nassau at 5 am EST. Forecasters say its northwest track keeps it east of the Bahamas with gale-force winds, and it remains uncertain if it will strike the U S coastline.

Miame Fla. U Connie Florida Nassau Bahamas Timah United States

Also Mentioned on This Page

Lems the News of the News Frank Keeler Ralph F. Lipps Jr Thomas Spiese William Penn Semar High School of Pennsylvania State University Tadenes Queie Groom University of Maryland Army Camp Detrick Liberty Walkersville Brunswick Gol Fray Mt Rico Thomont Beallaville Damascus Tanestown Robert L. Bell Robert E. Bell H. M. Plotner Irving W. Thomas Fishing Creek Pagene Wington, D. C Thomas Jlefferson
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