Farmers Faces and Food Prices Outlook
Two reports forecast lower prices in coming months with varying detail. The Agriculture Department study cites food availability and consumption while the House Agriculture Committee notes farm income trends. Neither shows a broad pass-through to retail costs due to processing and distribution expenses. Ballenger 4H meets at Donna Jean Compher’s home with plans for a Fair booth and a committee formed to report results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
House Agriculture Committee
U. S
Ballenger
Donna Jean Compher
RED
Frederick
Nellie Shafer
Sarah King
Martha Haugh
Jean Wiles
Helen Engle
Peggy Rage
Leslie Wiles
Charlotte
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Comms Of The News
The note section recalls three Stanley steam autos traveling from Frederick to Antietam and back, a freight car accident in Brunswick, a possible one cent bread rise, a fatal B and O brakeman, a Jefferson County camping party along the Potomac, and a July 31 summer wedding in New Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Bakers
Herman E. Roder, JR
B and O. RR
Brunswick
Frederick businessman dies at 72 in Baltimore
Edward D Grove, a well known Frederick businessman and first vice president of the M. J. Grove Lime Company, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at age 72. He also served as general manager for the Stephens City plant. Temperatures rose to 95 degrees as August trends returned. Ralph DePalma, famed racer, visited Frederick Motor Company and recalled his 1915 Indianapolis Memorial Day victory. Carl W. Snook posted a course record at Ca. Yochin Country Club, finishing 18 holes one under par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D Grove
Frederick
Johns Hopkins Hospial
Baltimore
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Stephens City
Mercury
Ralph DePalma
Frederick Motor Company
Ca. Yochin Country Club
Carl W. Snook
Five Convicts Who Escaped Recaptured
Five dangerous convicts who led the Norfolk prison break were recaptured across Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut. Two hostages a guard and a Pawtucket civilian were freed unharmed. Richard Lavoie 40 of Woonsocket RI was recaptured with a broken foot in a Pawtucket swamp. Ringleader Russell Haliday 26 from Cambridge MA and James L Schwvorm 31 from Malden MA were captured by Connecticut state police at the crash site in Putnam. William J Couture 50 of Faunton MA and Wartin F Feeney 36 of Boston were flushed from nearby woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam. Conn
Norfolk
Mase
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Pawtucket, R.T
Richard Lavoie
Woonsocket
Pawtucket
West End
Putnam
Engagement Announcement for Mars Dean Lees
Vaurnter Engaged VWycant Mrs Wallace Smith announce the engagement of their daughter Mars Dean Lees to Graydon Leesourz. The wedding is planned for late fall with the groom’s family noting prior Mrs. Lees and late Mr. Lees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Smith
Short Hill
Tn Derin G Leece
Sits
Ragat Rofers
Graydon Leesourz
Lees
Ray W Esce
Frederick
Connie Rae
Alvey D. Youngs
Alvey D. Young
Exxe
Frederick High School
My Young
Randolph Macon l Academy
Court Grants Dorsey Access to Voting Records in District
In Baltimore Philip Dorces, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for attorney general, won a court order allowing him to inspect voters authorization cards in the Ath Learsla tre District under Judge Cullen. The ruling stresses inspection is specific and not precedent, noting possible misuse for harassment. Davies’s petition is deemed bona fide and proper.
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Baltimore
Philp H. Dorces
Democrate Attoiney
Ath Learslatre
James K. Culler Devter- Ray
Dorsey
Cullen
Davies
Chapel Reopening Noted In Magazine Feature
The Urbana circuit restored Koontz Chapel Methodist Church ahead of Memorial Day and reopened July 4 with a communion service. Twenty nine men led the effort, plans include wiring for electric lights and a fundraising picnic on August 21 to support the project. Rev. W C Harpold will speak at Koontz Chapel at 11 o clock on Sunday on "The House In Our Midst."
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Koontz Chapel Methodist Church
Methodist Men's Clubs
Methodist Men's Club
Urbana
Shelby E. Southard
Wm. C. Harpold
Frederick
W. C. Harpold
Koontz
Harpold
Koontz Chapel
Art and Craft Show at Mullinix Park Highlights Local Talent
Mullinix Park hosted its annual arts and craft show on Thursday evening August 12, sponsored by the women's auxiliary of American Legion No. 112. Judges included Mrs. Ida Brown Mrs. Mary Wilson and Mrs. Louise Those. Winners spanned categories from crayon drawing to embroidery with multiple participants noted for top prizes such as Celeste Thomas Edwina White and Marie Thomas among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullinix Park
Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion No. 112
Bernice DeLauter
Ida Brown
Mary Wilson
Louise
Angela Hall
Nathan Sewell
Corinda Burnett
Celeste Thomas
Edwina White
Marie Thomas
Marie Barnes
Carol Ann Jackson
Salt
Evelyn Thomas
Cheryl Hall
Doris Jackson
Thomas Foreman
Jo Ann Hall
Rita Jackson
Sylvia Lee
DeLissa A. Thompson
Robert Logan
Lowell
Levarne Sewell
Ann Wiftts
Gladys Garner
Marie Barnes Jamsards
Bernice Jackson
Ann Clayton
Billy Offutt
Frederick
Akron Beacon-Journal
Akron
Fiedmont League Scores Mixed Night Across Cities
Hagerstown defeated Newport News 9 to 2 while York edged Petersburg 4 to 2. Lancaster beat Norfolk 4 to 3 and Portsmouth won 2 to 1 in other Piedmont League games.
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Hagerstown
Newport News
York
CH Petersburg
Lancaster
Norfolk
Lanchbure
Portsmouth
President's press briefings invite misreading and harm
A column by David Lawrence argues Eisenhower faces growing damage from incomplete briefing at press conferences. It notes misstatements on severing relations with Soviet Russia and internal party support, suggesting better briefings to prevent misinformation and party disunity.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Republican Party
United States
Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Mark Clark
Senate Rules Committee
Jenner
Indiana
McCarran
Nevada
Senate
Russia
Clark
House of Representatives
Europe
House Committee
Heas
New Jersey
Clifford Case
Case
New York Times
White House
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Governor Adams
Hed
Congress
Aizhta
Frederick students attend aviation workshop and club notices
Miss Isabel Marie Frommyer of Frederick High attends the Third National Aviation Education Workshop in Boulder through August 25. Susan McAuliffe visits Ohio relatives. Garden Club hosts luncheon with speaker Lewis Rudisell on wildlife conservation in Maryland. Mr and Mrs Woodrow W Hay welcome a second son, Robert Eugene, born August 5. Multiple local residents are noted for visits, birthdays and family events across Frederick, including birthdays, travel, and hospital births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Marie Frommyer
Frederick High School
Civil Air Patrol
University of Colorado
Boulder
Susan McAuliffe
Paul McAuliffe
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Ohio
Holmes D. Baker
Garden Club
Frederick
Waverley Farm
Lewis Rudisell
Fish and Game Conservation Service
Maryland
R. E. Town
Woodrow W. Hay
Lockwood Road
Baltimore
Robert Eugene
Hay
Annabelle Delauter
BR. Leslie Delauter
Harry L. Rowe
Fast
Patrick Street
Penny Lea
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club Bridge Party Set at Hood College
The Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club held its monthly luncheon at the Elks Club on Tuesday. September date is set for the annual benefit bridge party at Hood College at eight p.m. Proceeds fund equipment for Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs Norvella Stanley is general chair, with a full committee announced. Dr F.CD Worthington spoke on a suction machine to be purchased from party proceeds. Clyde E. Thomas was guest speaker showing Europe trip photos including Rome and Holland. Next month’s social calendar features a mid day event at the Washington Monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Elks Club
Grant A. de Shazer
C R Bowles
Hood College
Norvella Stanley
Frederick Memorial Hospital
F.cd
Worthington
Clyde E. Thomas
Europe
Thomas
Rome
Stratford-on- Avon
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Washington Monument
Temperature Range in Hawaiian Islands Question
The reader asks about winter and summer lowland temperatures in the Hawaiian Islands. The answer notes average winter lows around seven degrees Fahrenheit and summer highs around seventy eight degrees Fahrenheit in the lowlands, reflecting a very narrow range.
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Hawaiian Islands
Local births and baseball leadership chatter in Frederick area
Side Glauces ersville announces birth of a daughter at Frederick Memorial Hospital with Jane Hubble listed as former Miss. Myersville families welcome twins weighing 144 pounds combined at Frederick Memorial. Local trip reports include Eldridge and McLuckie families visiting. PFC Guy Dunkin stationed at Fort Meade spent weekend home. Baseball talk weighs managerial moves across major teams, with Shoots at Detroit and Philadelphia. Stanky's status in St. Louis, Lopez in Cleveland, Richards in Chicago, Harris in Washington, and Stengel possibly long tenure with New York.
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Ersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ahab
Jane Hubble
Henry Hubble
Myersville
Guy Dunkin
Fort Meade
Foxville
Dunkin
States
Korea
Chuck Dressen
Freddie Hutchinson
Detroit
Phillies
Terry Moore
Phils
Steve O'Neill
Cardinal
Cubs
Stan Hack
Phil Cavarretta
Hack
al Lopez
Paul Richards
Chicago
Bucky Harris
Washington
Casey Stengel
Yankee
Roundup of Sports by Jack Hand
New York based column analyzes 1955 major league manager churn with Ed die Doost likely out for the Athletics amid front office feuds and mounting debts while Lou Boudreau faces fan resistance in Boston and Jimmy Dykes survives a confidence vote with Baltimore slumping near the bottom as Marty Marion and Rogers Hornsby sit out managerial roles. An aside notes India’s small share of world production.
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Jack Hand
Gayle Talbot
New York
Ilean House
Philadelphia A’s
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Dallas
Toronto
Shickshinny
Eddie Doost
A’s
Mack Brothers
Bills
Boston
Lou Boudreau
Fenway
Red Sox
Jimmy Dykes
Baltimore
Orioles
Marty Marion
Rogers Hornsby
India
Classic Car Club Tour Reaches Frederick en Route to Roanoke
About 20 classic cars from the Classic Car Club of America arrive in Frederick around 12:39 pm on Monday during a Roanoke bound tour. After lunch at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, the caravan departs at 1:30 pm along Route 340 with a planned stop at Front Royal, Virginia, parking on site while drivers lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Classic Car Club of America
Frederick
Roanoke
Francis Scott Key
Front Royal
Roadeo Finals Held In Baltimore Today
Maryland Truck Driving Roadeo reaches finals in Baltimore with 12 drivers, announcing finalists and a 7th annual event. Robert M. Orr of Army Chemical Center Edgewood tops the field with 32052 points in tractor and single axle class, Chester C. Gilpin follows in straight track, Henry I. Rousch leads tractor and tandem axle, Beauchamp Jr. places high in tractor tandem. Last year winners include William K. Heiser, Charles Jacobs, Clyde F. Lanham. State champions will advance to American Trucking Association national roadeo in Chicago next month.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland Motor Truck Assny
Robert M. Orr
Army Chemical Center
Edgewood
Chester C. Gilpin
The
Chemical Center
Clyde F. Lanham
Albert F. Goetze Inc
American Trucking Association
National Roadeo
Chicago
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Stanley Steam Auto
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Thomas B. Johnson
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J. J. B. Wilhide
Dr. Johnson
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Wilhide
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James E. Solt
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Charles Wertheimer
Harry Edmonds
Albert Pearce
Jefferson and Vicinity
Potomac River
Lander
Myrna Louise Davis
William Brandenburg
Elmer Stup
New Market
Nobert Eduard Engle
Roger Engle
Yellow Springs
Helen Schultz
Chantilly
Muldred Parsons
Takoma Park
Barbara Engle
Delores Layman
Miss Engle
Miss Layman
John W. Engle
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Harry Parsons
Takoma
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Lucille Nicodemus
Aew
Virginia
University of Maryland
General Accounting Office
Washington, D. C
the News
Win
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Amo
Marie K. Shaffer
Dill Avenue
Bion Firestone
Glenmerrie
Mildred Smith
Prof. Firestone
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Garl P. Sunday
Charles F. Bowers
Perry Colliflower
East Church Street
Stephen
Tom Rehmann
Pamela Linton
Sharon Lee Ewing
Harriett Ann Fisher
Sandy Sue Smith
Denny Smith
Bobbie Waltz
Linda Bartick
Nickie Kay Halton
Ellen Stockwell
Tyrie Stockwell
Hedy Moore
Patsy Calliflower
Charles Calliflower
Bettie Louise Wachter
Buckie Suicer
Susan Colliflower
Thveraan Cuuaientay
Bettie Rehmann
Katheryn Habon
Lorraine Linton
Peg Fisher
Betty Young
Ridward Ewing
Edward Etchison
Lawrence Shinnick
Shinnick
Terry
Jack
Charleston
5. C
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Ale David Shinnick
Shaw Air Force Base
Sumter
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S&c. O. B. Park
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Charles Sr. Winchester
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Chippy
Park Place
Ocean
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Earl Bowers
Elmer Fuss
Taneytown
Mexico
George Sexton
Barbara
Orlando
Florida
Marshall Bell
Bell
Middleburg
W Ao
Lancein Gosnell
Jesse Clark
Mt. Airy
New York City
Coney Island
Mars
Earth
America
Harry Bellison
Mt Airy
Edna Hitch
Haddon Heights
N. J
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Bellison
David Brengle
Middletown
Kyler Duane
George Ahalt
John W. Eldridge
Charles Eldridge
Nova Scotia
Canada
Ottawa
Michigan
Raymond Lewis
Ellerton
Harry At. Gross
Shaker Heights
Gross
Elizabeth Elby Flook
Myersvale
Mr Gross
E. Donald McLuckie
Mary Gross
East Middletown
Elmer F. Rice
Man Jerville, Pa
Mrs. Weldon Ray
Dave
Charles F. Solt
Marshall C Anhalt
Joe
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