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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1957
Page
2
Readers urge Frederick Maryland officials to convert Church Street School into a temporary public school facility to relieve overcrowding. The letter supports using existing condemned or repurposed spaces, detailing costs, capacity, and potential grades served. A second letter calls for stricter game law enforcement and wardens.
A historic note urges public involvement in battling heart disease. It describes heart illness as a killer linked to fever high blood pressure and rheumatic conditions. It calls for scientists to uncover causes and communities to join in prevention and awareness efforts.
The Edgewood Church of God Bible School completed on July 19 with Howard J. Wooper as director supervising the first week and Rev. John F. Myers supervising the second. 229 pupils registered, average attendance 24, theme Jesus Calis. Piano by Mrs. Guy Masser, secretary-treasurer Joyce Phelps. assistants include Carole Hildebrand. Refreshment committee members named. A Husky Park picnic closed the week as pupils were chaperoned by Leslie Masser in transport. The photo features teachers and classes, with nearly all names listed. Absent at photo time were Mrs. Phoebe Delauter, Mrs. William Baldwin, Mrs. Charles Davis, and Mrs. Foster Hanshew.
A Frederick YMCA meeting formed a Local Committee for United Nations Week to plan October events. Eleanor L Everhart named head, with representatives from civic and social clubs invited to help, including the Frederick Civitan Club and the Jaycees. A second planning session is set for August 30.
A blaze in the grain elevator of Mr. J Fenton Thomas at Adams town damaged weatherboarding and machinery woodwork. Residents battled flames and saved the structure without serious damage.
August 13, 1937. Middletown news includes visits and visits from relatives, a daughter joining the Atomic Energy Commission, beach trips at Rehoboth and Mayo Beach, and a chicken dinner for the Aged home. Also notes on a barn fire at Brad dock Heights, Commander Allen G. Quy leaving Hong Kong for Shanghai, fire company drills, theater work by Frederick Thespian Society, United Nations books display planning, and a Boost er Day sale by Frederick merchants.
Mrs Mildred Schaffer represented the Eastern Regional Ladies Auxiliary of the Eagles at the New York City Grand Aireue and Grand Auxiliary convention. Richard T Brachey of the local Eagles joined the national meeting representing the State and Washington Chapters, of which he is president. Mrs Mida Holland will observe her 76th birthday on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Bernard Taylor of near Middletown visited Atlantic City and Laurelton with relatives.
Washington August 13 The article argues New England lost crucial press rights when Boston daily papers were shut down during labor union actions The piece cites the First Amendment and 1935 1947 labor laws noting unions may close operations but individual rights to strike and refuse work remain separate It questions Justice Department response amid historic strikes and cites two wedding notices in New York and Boston contexts.
The Horine Keller wedding follows a July 27 ceremony at Leesburg Methodist Church with Pvt Henry L Keller stationed at Fort Myer. Across town in Thurmont and Dickerson, weddings unfold as labor action and press freedom debates surface amid union disputes and legal questions about protections for the press.
Birth records show multiple families welcoming new children from Frederick Memorial Hospital between August 8 and August 12 1957. Names include Debra Kay Zachery Nathaniel Jeffrey Wayne Stanley Jr Michael Eugene Sheri Lynn Dianna Lyon Debra Ann Timothy Eugene Lena Melissa Diana Lyon Barbara Sue Stephen etc. Various parents list routes and towns such as Middletown Lewistown Taneytown and Ijamsville with mothers including Ruth Wachter and Alice Ann Liller.
The bride, a Poolesville High School graduate, works for the Montgomery County Board of Education. The groom, also a Poolesville High School alumnus, serves as a Pony Officer 2nd Class in the United States Air Force, preparing for a motor trip to Pennsylvania.
The Fort Detrick Comets win the B Division title of the Middle Atlantic Inter-Service Athletic Conference in a Griffith Stadium ceremony. They posted six wins and 10 losses in conference play and nine and 10 overall. Arlington Hall Station was runner up, and Fort Belvoir claimed the A Division crown.
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