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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1955
Page
2
The Frederick Maryland newspaper publishes the Wednesday August 10 1955 edition. It notes availability of subscriptions and postal details as well as office contact information for the Great Southern Pig Co in Frederick.
Welfare Director Hobby warned that Congress may push liberalization of Social Security when it returns to Washington in 1856 election year. She opposed raising benefits for disabled workers and lowering women retirement age, warning of a new benefit category and potential government medical intervention. She also noted rising Social Security taxes could exceed income tax for a family earning 4200 dollars or less.
Marylanders collected unemployment compensation benefits last week, State Department of Employment Security reports. The payroll figure was the smallest since mid December 1953 except for the last week of April, a usual dip.
Fifty years ago the Board of County School Commissioners approved a New Market high school with Mr. C A McBride named principal. Reappointments affected most high school principals. Oscar M Fogle moves from Middletown to Adamstown while Pauli C Whipp is named Middletown principal. Charles Schell, son of butcher George Schell, injured when his horse fell on West All Saints Street, breaking his right leg below the knee. James M Solyt of Market Street caught 17 bass at Point of Rocks. Street paving on Parr and Market faces delays due to late brick delivery. test bricks failed quality. Wakco No 70 rejected shipment. Mrs Edward Cramer of East Church Street dislocated her left knee after a fall while boarding a car at Braddock Heights.
Twenty years ago in Frederick County details include a bridge tonstruction and repair program to be let for ten structures with The Mr Groot Lime Company submitting the low bid of 13 111. John N Solder and A Lee Bussard are listed among readers and local residents. Frederick area fishing trip yields 127 fish off Solomon's Island. A fire at Russell Burdette’s chicken farm near Woodfield destroys a large henhouse with 1,600 chickens plus brooders and incubators. damage around 5000. Corn canning season expected to begin in city and county as a dry spell impacts yields.
Mary Jane Mort of Keymar wed William Leroy Eyler of Union Bridge in a double wing ceremony July 16 performed by Rev. Ernest Colwell. Barbara Ann Sprankle wed William Ross Adams Jr. in Hagerstown on July 31 with bridesmaids in pink net and a reception in the church social room. Mrs Adams, a 1952 Hagerstown Tech graduate, works for Farmers and Merchants Bank. Adams is a Fairchild Aircraft inspector.
Fire damaged two stores in Pittsburgh's East Liberty business district with one firefighter injured. Highlands Florist and Shore's Camera Shop suffered fire, as well as nearby bank building. Damage estimated around 80,000 dollars. Nearby reports from Newberg describe Herbert Hoover speeches and travel details.
Freed airmen being sped home from the Far East in military convoys landed at Davis Year Force Base this afternoon. The men, who spent 32 months overseas, are part of a high priority transport to base housing. Governors and national leaders, including Harold Stassen, discussed postwar military blueprints and U.S. relations with Russia in Chicago.
Eugene Ernest Fouche and Barbara Lee Engle wed at First Baptist church with a full wedding party. The bride wore a white ivory gown with blue taffeta and carried a colonial bouquet. attendants wore powder blue nylon. reception followed at the bride’s home. couple to Atlantic City for travel.
Frederick residents and visitors share itineraries and visits from July to August. Betty Savaze and Rose Lenhart set off for a trip through the squid, returning next Thursday. Louis A. Rice and family hosted by J. Roger Fisher, with others vacationing in Ocean City and at Sene ca Park. Camp Nawakwa hosts Jimmie Despeaux for two weeks, while Judge Anderson and wife vacation in Canada. A 78th birthday honors Caleb Niendenias and May Vernon O Vareine marks 78. Nurses in training at Washington County Hospital School, and a birth announced in Germany to Elizabeth Ann Strathern, wife of Mary Williams Strathern’s family. Also notes about a new three cent peace stamp issued by Frederik post office with Eisenhower quotation.
Reported cases include Nannie Rice at Frederis Vemedial Hospital with heart condition status unknown. Meo Marshall released to home after four weeks with same condition. Sharon Stude, daughter of Tran, recovering from injuries and shock after a fall during Seager Tamils reunion at MeKare. Child Viv forward sustained injuries, unconscious briefly, transported to Frederich Memouryal Hospital and later returned home.
Amanda Phipps pursues love across reincarnations in a brisk Mountain Theater comedy. Doroth Lee Tompkins shines as Amanda with strong support from Peter Breck and the ensemble. The play uses flashbacks to ancient Rome and cave days to propel a lively three act production.
The Optimist Club announces a second Optimist breakfast group in Frederick under Harry T. Patton. The new club will meet at 7:50 AM at the France seats Hotel Viomibers to discuss organization and set up committees with Optimist International help.
President Eisenhower underscored that Red China remains branded aggressor by the United Nations due to troops in Korea, barring UN admission of Peiping. He asserted no change in policy under current circumstances and warned against recognizing Peiping’s legitimacy.
A brief column from 1945 records Side Glances by Comsright in the New York Herald Tribune era. The note reflects light social items and entertainment mentions typical of the period, with brief, unsigned observations.
New York welterweight champion Carmen Basilio faces Italy's Halo Scortichini in a nontitle 10 rounder at Madison Square Garden. Basilio, 28, has been idle since beating Tony DeMarco for the crown, starts a likely string of nontitle bouts as he mulls a title defense against Johnny Saason or DeMarco later in the year. Basilio carries a 23 month unbeaten streak into the bout.
Bruce Tennant of Camp Detrick escaped serious injury after a protruding truck mirror struck his back on West Patrick street near the Square Corner. Sergt Harry Quinn reported Tennant stepped from the curb to check his parked vehicle as Melvin A Zimmerman’s truck passed. Tennant did not require medical treatment and no charges were filed.
Weather Bureau outlines three hurricane stages for public warning. Stage one uses the term hurricane alert signaling potential trouble and urges caution. Stage two, hurricane warning, signals greater danger and advises taking cover. Stage three defines a hurricane with winds exceeding 75 mph, with additional terms for small craft and northeast storm warnings indicating varied wind speeds and precautions.
Maryland Governor Theodore R. McKeldin urged a strong state stand for President Eisenhower's highway plan, arguing the federal proposal would divert tax money back to states and criticizing Democrats for higher gas taxes. He stressed states must lead road building while awaiting a federal program. Separate court notes report seven forfeitures by out-of-state residents and Marylanders on traffic charges. Historic bells from California missions were cast in Sitka Alaska when Sitka was a major Northeast Pacific hub.
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