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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1958
Page
2
Page four of The News dated Saturday August 9 1955 lists publishing and subscription details for Frederson Md. including circulation rates and office information. The text notes Associated Press content and postal classifications.
The article critiques attempts to control nature such as artificial cloud seeding and highlights failures due to lack of understanding. It discusses Dr Grigori Avsyuk's proposal to melt Arctic ice for fertile land and as a shipping lane, warning of possible catastrophic outcomes and urging an international study to balance nature.
Fifty years ago the column notes show legal action looming as G Edward Myers and others threaten suit against the Mayor and Aldermen over water supply, deferred at the mayor’s request. Also reported are a lightning strike on a dancing pavilion near Lewistown injuring workers, a bull killed by lightning at Bartholows, and a camp along the Monocacy at Buckeystown for ten days. A fire on Fifth Street caused modest loss, and Dr Franklin Cresson and Master Edward Shriner traveled from Philadelphia to Ceresville by bicycle.
Twenty years ago notes recount Commander Allen G. Quynn returning to his wife and kids after commanding the U S S Asheville in Chinese waters for 35 months. A 50 pound iron casting was blown through a dairy roof by ammonia pressure, injuring no one. A collision between H and F Railway and B and O Railway freight trains toppled a boxcar against Sinclair Refining Co warehouse, causing significant damage.
The marriage of Patricia Wachter daughter of Mr and Mrs Grayson Wachter and Charles Leonard Hammond son of Mr and Mrs Harold Hammond took place Friday evening at 7 in Trinity Chapel Evangelical United Church of Christ Frederick. Maid of honor Josephine Wach. best man Joseph Rexroad. music by Paul Smith. Bride wore dusty rose lace gown with sabrina neckline. groom in formal attire. They will reside at 634 Wilson Place and honeymoon Cape Cod.
The Thurmont Grange announces the annual Community Show dates September 26 and 27 at Thurmont High School. Rodman Myers is master and William Baker directs Future Farmer participation. Exhibits must be grown or made by the exhibitor with entries Sept 26 from 8 am to 11:30 am and judging Friday 11 am to 3 pm. A variety program includes an FFA Sweetheart and Community Farm Queen with square dance on Sept 27.
Miss Joanna Lawson wed Clyde E. Stone in Urbana with Rev. Charles Trunk Jr officiating. The couple will live with the Lawson family after a reception. Also reported are the July 6 wedding of Mary Evelyn Shoemaker to Joseph Charles Nobile at St John s Catholic Church and the death of Daniel LeRoy Yingling, 41, Gettysburg businessman, at York Hospital after spine surgery and a series of ventures including a Twin Hemlock Pheasant farm. Funeral arrangements set in Gettysburg with Rev. Charles E. Held officiating.
President Eisenhower offered a short briefing marked by a high moral tone and generalities as he faced Middle East and school integration questions. He offered few concrete plans, noting he would speak in general terms and that timelines or specifics were not ready. Opposition and Dulles were contrasted as more articulate.
The article notes Eisenhower avoids offending white Southerners and even McCarthyites, urging inner self-examination over mere law. It highlights his pattern of restraint in public statements except during campaigns when he acts as a Republican and opposes Democrats. The piece cites past evasions of Supreme Court views and a history of avoiding offense.
Birth notices from August 5 to August 7 list multiple families in Frederick area districts. Names include Lou Ann born to Mr and Mrs Harvey Baugher of 131 Pennsylvania Avenue, Loretta Jane to Mr and Mrs Dean F Aubal of Libertytown, Tamira Jean to Mr and Mrs Eduard Toms of 539 East Church Street, Pamela Sue to Mr and Mrs Dean Aubal, and Reyburn Engle to Dr Reyourn Browning.
Personal items list several birthdays and visits including Mr. RuyH Brust in Baltimore turning a T1th birthday on August 11 and Prof. Bion H. Firestone’s 94th birthday. Names include E C Lloyd, William and Robert Montgomery, Robert Troxell, Charles Lakin, Mrs Catherine P. Staley, Rev Harry L Angle and Mrs Angles, with births announced for Jerry Allen Angle and Norton Merryman at Washington County Hospital Hagerstown.
The piece reflects on faith and patience from Catherina von Schiegel and Sibelius. It urges believers to accept God’s support amid grief and pain, noting that saints and common people share similar struggles. It asserts that peace comes through patience and trust, with no easy path to success.
Mrs Browning formerly Carol Ann Wickless of Woodsboro and Mr and Mrs Roger Eyler Jr of Walkersville announce the birth of their first child a son Edward Samuel on Thursday. Mrs Eyler formerly Shirley Shoemaker of Middletown and Mr and Mrs James Lamb of 207 East Third Street welcome their first child a daughter Terese Lynn on Thursday. Capt and Mrs Harry E Van Fossen of Walkersville announce their third daughter Donna Kay born Thursday. Mrs Van Fossen formerly Chermaine Eyler of LeGore.
David Weisburger, a retired New York business man who had lived in Clifton for four years, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital this morning at 12:30 after a brief illness. He was 66 years old.
Funeral arrangements for William Franklin Fogle near Walkersville and Miss Lillian Florence Fogle in this city were announced after the murder suicide at Heart of Maryland cabins. William was son of Bessie Johnson Fogle and the late Charles H. Fogle, survived by a sister and a niece or nephew, with services at Rocky Hill Lutheran Church and interment in Rocky Hill Cemetery. Miss Fogle’s body is at M R Eichison and Son. services Monday at 2 pm with interment in Union Chapel Cemetery near Liberty town.
Readable notices detail several Frederick Memorial Hospital admissions from Thursday for Paul Wiles 11 visiting am ount fall injuries Donnie Jenkins undergoing surgery Phyllis Brown emergency appendectomy and others including Mrs Rippeon and Mr Perry Medical patients and transfers are listed. An Army sergeant from Ft Meade was fatally shot outside a tavern in Waterloo prompting a manhunt. Funeral services were held for Emma Mentzer Ernest Keilholtz Edward Winter and others with burial at local cemeteries. Sputnik ITE will be visible over Maryland with precise times and a wallet theft report concludes.
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