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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1956
Page
2
A partial OCR reads local news items from Wednesday August 15 1936. Names and places are partially garbled but indicate municipal notices and community items recorded by the paper.
Six month groups of young recruits aged 14 to 15 start Army training under the Reserve Forces Act of 1985. Eight weeks of basic training at one camp, then eighteen weeks attached to operative units, followed by eight years of weekly drills. If duties are unmet they may be drafted for full active service.
Chicago August 14 Members and non operating railroad employees vote on striking to press for a 25 cent per hour raise. George E Leighty says about 9000 workers including telegraphers and others are covered. Railroads argue only 8 cents of the 14 cent December 1955 raise was earned. Sleeping car conductors seek to cut work month from 205 to 174 hours.
Baltimore designated Hal Smith a player to be disposed of within 10 days to clear room for Bob Boyd after the 18-player deal with the Yankees. Kansas City is expected to claim Smith off waivers, while Joe Ginsberg may also be placed on waivers for Baltimore. Smith hits .261 with 18 RBIs. Ginsberg .253 with 12 RBIs in 65 games.
The Committee on Arrangements of Company A M N G completed plans for an all day picnic and dance at Braddock Heights on September 6 with a sham battle between Frederick and Hagerstown units. The new cement pavement in front of the First National Bank at Market and Church streets is finished after delays from heavy rain. C Dorsey Waters Jr., son of C Dorsey Waters formerly of Frederick, drew a large crowd at Patterson Park Baltimore, while sugar corn factories ran all night for the first time this season. Local notices mention cheap feed for poultry and hogs and damaged fire wheat, from the Frederick Co Farmers Exchange, noting several thousand bushels scorched wheat from Be te Viper.
Middletown faces severe water shortages as Wakagett's reservoir nears empty and the newly tapped mountain springs vanish. Plans advance for Utica Union Sunday School picnic with Rev DeWitt Pause and Holden Felton to speak. Readings by Elizabeth Geisbert, Irma Stull, and George Twentey. Joseph Carhottet Woodsboro to perform guitar solos. James H. Garmbrill Jr. dies suddenly in Philadelphia. Dietrich and Garmbrill Inc. founder influential in food industries. Dr Charles H. Conley of Frederick named vice president of Maryland State Sanatorium near Hagerstown.
Three doctors received promotions or new appointments after a Board of Managers meeting at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Dr. Harry W. Gray was advanced to active staff, Dr. William H. Thomas Jr. was elected to the staff, and Dr. Richard L. Fruth was elected to the associate staff with temporary anesthesiology privileges. The meeting, led by Mrs. Paul B. Michael, drew 16 attendees at the nurses residence.
The Summers descendants of Philip W. and Margaret A. M. Summers held their fourteenth annual reunion on July 23 at Mountain dale picnic woods with 165 in attendance. Basket lunches followed the business meeting led by President Mrs Howard Quinn. New officers include vice president Beauford Oden secretary Elizabeth Adams and treasurer Onedia Summers. Prizes were awarded for variety achievements and travel distance. A long list of attendees and family groups were noted in the record of the event.
A social security office rep will visit Frederick each Tuesday and Thursday from 9 36 to 12 and 1 to 3 beginning August 16 at the State Employment office Masonic Temple building. The rep may be reached via W oT Gillespie. Hospital notes list births at Warner Hospital Gettysburg and Waynesboro and discharges in Emmitsburg Smithsburg and nearby. Armies report: Ben Barnard III of Mro o and Mrs Barnard Meanttiny Md aided his unit in attaining the highest artillery test score of the 10th Infantry Division in Aschaffenburg Germany.
Seven teenagers appeared Tuesday before Trial Magistrate Thomas G. Marcin in a hearing over motor vehicle violations. One was denied driving privileges for 30 days, five were placed on one year probation, and one received a reprimand. Harley E. Young, 17, was halted from operating an instructor’s vehicle without a Maryland-licensed driver.
Mr and Mrs Emoix Nelson of Knoxville are spending their vacation at Hotel Monticello in Atlantic City New Jersey. Dr and Mrs Thomas Courtney Lee of Bethesda announce the birth of Theresa Todd their third child at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D C Saturday. Mrs Lee is daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Vo Myers of West College Terrace. Mr J William Null Biggs Avenue manager of Carmack's will celebrate his 2nd birthday this Thursday. Robert J Burrall of West South Street is observing his sixtieth birthday today. He is a long time employee of the Ox Fibre Brush Company. Mr and Mrs William F Burger and daughter Susanna and Mr and Mrs Charles Ritchie and sons Eddie and Marty are spending two weeks vacationing at Lake Clara Egansville Ontario Canada.
Pfc. Ray Toms son of Mr and Mrs Glenn E Tom Route 1 Emmitsburg Maryland recently graduated from the JT Copp Non Commissioned Officers Academy in Korea.
Pat Rosbencrant reviews the Mountain Theater production of Anna Christe by Eugene O’Neill. Clayton Fields leads as Chris Christopherson with Nancy Brougham as Marthy Owens and Emily Horsley as Anna. Joe Gerson stages three scenes with Cecil Clovelly directing a foggy, authentic set. Curtain at 8:40 p.m. through Sunday.
Dr Oscar Henry Stinson a longtime Emmitsburg dentist died of a heart attack Tuesday morning at age 56 after a relapse at the hospital where he was awaiting release. Born Bethany Missouri he led the local Masonic Lodge and counted as past president of the Frederick County Dental Association and a charter member of the American Legion. He is survived by his wife and seven daughters and several siblings with funeral plans set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Allison funeral home Emmitsburg with interment in Mountain View cemetery and contributions to the Heart Fund preferred in lieu of flowers.
Miss Barbara Moran Lime Kiln was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital Tuesday with a fractured leg from a mishap at home. Mrs William E. Ross of Braddock Heights is recovering from a broken hip at Frederick Memorial after a recent fall. Red 4 enters Newton 2D at Martinsburg hospital Monday.
A long critique of Governor Clement Tennessee keynoter and the Democratic tone shaping 1950s campaigns. The piece contrasts Clement with McCarthy and Nixon while noting alleged misstatements about Potsdam and Panama Canal proposals. It cites Eisenhower Truman Byrnes and Hiss inquiries and warns against partisan tempers in foreign policy discourse.
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Ruth Daisy Beard of Hagerstown and Mrs Susan Elizabeth Thomas of Braddock Heights, with survivors including husbands and children. Other notices list the deaths of Maud Adams, Martha Bingham Hightman, and George L. Hightman, with service details and burial plans. The column includes remarks on local clergy, funeral homes, and cemetery interments, plus a political editorial fragment.
Funeral services for Willie Wade Price were conducted at MR Etchison and Son funeral home East Church Street with Key William Miller officiating Pallbearers included Richard Thompson James Thompson Arnold Price Vernon Price Jesse B Day and Bailding Interment followed at Avattstown Methodist church cemetery W J Burdette funeral director.
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