York Furniture Stores Fire in York Causes Major Damage
Fire swept two downtown York furniture stores causing about 250000 dollars in damage. No serious injuries. Residents fled from 33 apartments above the stores as firefighters battled the blaze for over two hours. The origin, in the elevator shaft of the Furniture Center, remains undetermined.
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York
York Furniture Center
Shive’s Furniture Co., Inc
York Hospital
Furniture Center
Shire’s
Infant Dies In Home From Suffocation
A six weeks old Frederick girl Bethel Irene Anderson died from accidental suffocation while sleeping on a couch with her two older brothers at 207 Phobus avenue. The medical examiner and a local physician confirmed the death. The funeral will be at 11 am Wednesday from the funeral home with Rev. W. S. Snowden officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Frederick
Bethel Irene Anderson
Charlotte Isabell Anderson
Phobus Avenue
United Rescue
West All Saints Street
W. S. Snowden
Fairview Cemetery
E. Hicks, III
Eisenhower Walks To Church In Denver
President Eisenhower walked to Corona Presbyterian Church in Denver this morning for services alone, hatless in a grey suit and sport shoes, exchanging cheerful greetings with neighbors. He departed from the home of Mrs. Eisenhower�s mother and was accompanied by White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty.
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Denver
Eisenhower
John
Corona Presbyterian Church
White House
James C. Hagerty
Deaths William E K Peete and others in Frederick County
Death notices list William E K Peete of Ead Avenue Magerstown died at home after a heart attack survived by wife Mazel Wire Poole and 11 grandchildren with services set for Tuesday in Hagerstown. Also Ella Cornell of Taneytown Route 1 aged 77 died at Maryland General Hospital with survivors including daughter Mrs Went and son John W Cornell and a grandson in Korea. George Chiney Offord of Buckeystown aged 81 died at Emergency Hospital after months of illness with siblings and nieces and nephews surviving. services at the funeral home Monday afternoon with interment at Hope Hill Cemetery.
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William EK. Peete
William E. Pooke
Ead Avenue
Magerstown
Frederick
Mazel Wire Poole
Frank Adams
Paul Daly
Baltimore
Philip Burgan
Clear Spring
Emma Jane Deavers
Hagerstown
Richard Poole
N. Potomac Street
Ella Cornell
Eta Cornell
Taneytown
Maryland General Hospital
Edward and
Mary Forney
William H. Cornell
Cornell
Harney Lutheran Church
Alice Went
Harney
John W. Cornell
George Chiney Offord
Buckeystown
Richard
Lucy Jason Offord
James G. Whiten
Adamstown
Garfield Proctor
Doubs
Edgar Bowens
Harry
John T. Offord
East Church Street
Hope Hill Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Funerals Held Across Several Maryland Towns for Local Residents
Funeral services were conducted for Ella Cornell at Harney St. Pauls Lutheran Church with interment in the church cemetery. Katherine E. M. John of New Windsor had services at Pipe Creek Church of the Brethren and was cremated at Fort Lincoln, with ashes in Pipe Creek cemetery. Miss Sarah Louise Catshall of Woodsboro died in Chevy Chase. services were at 106 East Church Street with burial in Mount Hope. Lillian May Staub’s funeral was in Thurmont with interment in Mt. Tabor. Charles Clayton Little's funeral was at Fass Funeral Home in Taneytown with burial in Reformed church cemetery. Thomas Clayton Dixon died at his home. services held at the Evangelical Lutheran church. burial in Mount Olive. Charles Clayton Little and Thomas Dixon services noted with multiple pallbearers and attendees.
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Harney St. Paul's Lutheran
Ella Cornell
Taneytown
Charles E
Church Cemetery
Harry Wantz
Harry E. Engell
Delbert Spangler
Elmer Schiltz
Charles Schiltz
Nevin Ridinger
C. O. Fuss
Katherine E. M. John
New Windsor
Pipe Creek
Sarah Louise Catshall
Woodsboro
Quincy Street
Chevy Chase
East Church Street
W. Y. Garrett
Evangelical Lutheran Church
George W. Smith
Robert L. Smith
John L. Barber
L. Sheridan Barber, Jr
Edward L. Alman
Lillian May Staub
Fueral
Thurmont
Edouard Taylor
Staub
Victor Cullen State Hospital
Lewis Burck
McMurray Street
Frederick
Floyd Wetzel
Charles Mumma
Harvey Stambaugh
Roy Dinterman
Cameron Eigenbrode
Graydon Clem
Charles’ Clayton Little
Fass
Morgan
Andreas
William Baker
Edgar Fink
Russell Eckard
George Kiser
Edgar Phillips
Edward Reid
Reformed Church
Thomas Clayton Dixon
East Second Street
East Church‘ Street
W. V. Garrett
J. Edgar Ferrell, Jr
Joseph Ferrell
Donald Shafer
John Shafer
Paul Wickham
Floyd Wickham
Mount Olivet Cemetery
M. R. Eichison and Son
Miss Lebherz Weds Hall at St Johns in Nuptial Mass
Miss Lebherz married Mr Hall in a 11 oclock Nuptial Mass officiated by Rev Herbert R Jordan at St Johns. The bride wore a nylon tulle gown with seed pearl bodice and Belgian lace veil. carried a white prayerbook with orchids. Attendants included Matron of Honor Mrs Robert Fisher and bridesmaids Miss McCain Miss Byerly Mrs Charles E Hoberts Miss Yvonne M Van Horn. Best man Charles E Roberts. groomsmen from New York City to Wilmington. Reception at Francis Scott Key Hotel followed by honeymoon trip to Maine. couple plan to reside in Jackson Heights.
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Herbert R. Jordan
Robert T. Fisher
Alice Elizabeth McCain
Marian Byerly
Charles E. Hoberts
Elmhurst
N. Y
Yvonne M van Horn
Dobbs Ferry
Charles E. Roberts
WN. Y
Charles J. Carey
New York City
Charles W. Barnard
Newburg
Sven Eric Mélin
Wilmington
Del
William B. Leichert, Jr
This City
Charles Byerly, Jr
Anna Marie Budde
Francis Scott Key
College of Notre Dame
Baltimore
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Jackson Heights
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Katherine Elizabeth Lebherz
William Bennett Lebherz
William Henry Hall
Jackson Treights, N
Northampton
Mr. Hall
Frederick Kiwanis Promotes National Kids Day Event
Frederick Kiwanis Club leads a city wide National Kids Day celebration on September 26 with a parade through Baker Park and a 1 PM swearing in of a kid mayor and officials. The day features sports exhibits contests and a Camp Detrick display, culminating in a fireworks show.
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Kiwanis
National Kids’ Day Foundation
Kiwanis International
Club
Frederick
Kiwanis Club
National Kids’ Foundation
Frederick Kiwanians
Carlton Molesworth, Jr
Wiliam E. Zimmerman
Baker Park
Donald B. Rice
Camp Detrick
Ernest D. Smith
Robert $. Rothenhoefer
Thomas S. Glass
Second Army Band
Francis Scott KeysPost
City Kids Day Drive Readies 2000 Buttons for Sale
J Miltean Brunk and Green A Main Jr lead a fundraising push with 2000 Kids Day Buttons, ad space, and a city wide program distributed to pupils. Charles K Taylor and Guy Z Kelly chair food and drink stands run by Kiwanis groups at ten venues. Linwood Myers coordinates school participation. Don Brown aids Boy Scouts. Samuel H M Rosenstock handles Girl Scouts. Capt Stephen S Noyes hints at Air Force display at Baker Park. Alan W Long of WFMD and William T Delaplaine of The News-Post oversee publicity. Through Sept 26, updates will be issued as plans develop amid youth welfare concerns.
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J. Miltean Brunk
Green A. Main Jr
Charles K. Taylor
Guy 2. Kelly
de. K. Linwood Myers
Donald §. Brown
Boy Scouts
Samuel HM. Rosenstock
Stephen S. Noyes
U. S. Air Force
Baker Park
Alan W. Long
WFMD
William T. Delaplaine
The
News-Post
Man And Wife Hearing Held In Maryland Court
Roberts L. Simons of Petersville received a suspended one year sentence for assault and battery against his wife. Two witnesses testified to him dragging her into the street and driving toward her with a car. He claimed she deserts their seven children and cited maintenance payments. Other cases included intoxicated men jailed for 30 days and traffic fines. An icebox abandonment bill was announced by a senator amid a city search for discarded boxes after child deaths in other states.
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Roberts L. Simons
Petersville
Maryland House of Correction
H. Keese Shoemaker Jr
People’s Night Court
Norman Trump
Simons
East Fourth Street
Frederick
Washington County
Shoemaker
Trump
Claude Ware Carhart
Baltimore
George B. Erickson
Durham
N. C
Brown
John K. Stewart
Nutley
WN. J
Bernard V. Davis
Richard A. Vaughn
Emmitsburg
Rondel Keefer le Gore
le Gore
Leonard A. Ford
Robert B. Force
Silver Spring
John C. Lee
Phobus Avenue
Bernard Clinienski
Nathan Dorser
Bender
C. W. Brown
C. S. Tregoning
WV. Heffner
X. Trump
Albert L. Sklar
D-Baite
Maryland
Sklar
Camp Derrick
L. D. Worsham
Richard Wentworth
Max Etkin
Everett Hanel, Jr
Detrick
John C. Malinowski
Lake Maranacook
Maine
Mary Glowackli
Nanticoke
Vesta Zimmarly
Paris
Wiliam E. Warren
Johnstown
Clyde Peet
New Mexico
Jerry Yonetz
Montana
Merril W. Sulcer
Linda Leopold
Claggett Episcopal
Buckeystown
Squire Eddie Gallagher
Pennsylvania
Ed's
Gal
Huddles Hutchinson
John Yeatman
University of Michigan
Clay Jenkins
Patrick
Bentz
Patrick Street
Carl Bender
James F. Erb
Sykesville
John L. Mills, Jr
West B Street
Brunswick
Erb
B. and P. Motor Express
Mills
Robert E. Lowe
Jefferson Wast
Charles D. Mades
Route 40
Manuel F. Pigg
Laurel
Herman Henderson
Cambridge
Mt. Pleasant
Paul B. Clark
Xenia
West Patrick Street
Louis Stovall
Chicago
Robert J. Cumer
Pittsburgh
Kenneth L. Calder
Braddock Heights
William H. Brill
Rutledge
Middletown
Donald E. Biddinger
Union Bridge
Liberty Team
W. K. May
Set. Mades
V. L. Guilmino
Philip Kretsinger
Harcy
Weddings in Maryland county churches feature multiple unions
A set of society notices reports weddings from August and July. Doris Edna Smith married Merle Richard Gaver at Wolfsville St Mark's Lutheran with a Niagara Falls honeymoon, while Shirley Mae Bruchey wed Max Albert Keyser at Frederick's Church of the Brethren before a Virginia trip. Kath leen Ellen Grossnickle and Raymond E Needy wed in Hagerstown, with plans to farm in Beaver Creek. Anna Elizabeth Wiseman and Martin Andrew Wiseman married in Arlington, Va. All brides and grooms are identified with parental or personal lines, and follow with immediate post nuptial details.
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Needy
Grossnickle
Paul E. Grossnickle
Myersville
Kathleen Ellen Grossnickle
Raymond E. Needy
Nina Needy
Beaver Creek
Everett Needy
Hagerstown
Wiseman—Roberson
Howard Roberson
Dickerson
Anna Elizabeth
Martin Andrew Wiseman
Frank Martin
Arlington
Arthur Maiden
Camp Detrick News Highlights Mixed Cadre Return
Two former Detrick employees return to their roles. Cp. Elmer G. Chevks reclaims his biological labs post after Korea service and a Purple Heart, while Lt. Roland E. Seldon resumes his Civilian Personnel Division duty. Also notes births, promotions, leave, a picnic, a wedding, and personnel updates.
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Detrick
Elmer G. Chevks
Adamstown
Korea
Naval Reserve
Roland £. Seldon
Braddock Heights
Cpl
Cheeks
Naomi
East Second Street
Soldier’s suspension given in assault case
A county soldier with a severe laceration to his right forearm after smashing a car window to strike his wife received a generally suspended sentence on an assault and battery charge. Magistrate H Reese Sheemal er Jr delayed punishment contingent on marital plans with in-laws, while Trooper James Mardy served the warrant on DeWitt Rowe of West Myersville, a U. S. Army member scheduled to go overseas in September.
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H Reese Sheemaler, Jr
James Mardy
DeWitt Rowe
Wost Myersville
Annabel Rowe
Rowe
Hegerstown
Shoemaker
Roweom
Ninth Play Wednesday at Mountain Theater Bell Book and Candle
The Mountain Theater opens Wednesday at 8:30 for the ninth summer play Bell Book and Candle. Frances Whiting and Jerry Hall star, with a Siamese cat in support as a witchcraft tale follows a modern girl who uses occult methods to entrap a man and then seeks a normal relationship.
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Mountain Theater
Frances Whiting
Jerry Hall ‘Wall
Mind Body Link Key To TB Recovery In Hospitals
Modern tuberculosis treatment stresses mental adjustment alongside rest. Doctors, nurses, and social workers help patients cope with diagnosis, stay in care, and prepare for discharge. Community agencies aid in reintegration as patients regain activity and health.
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Beed
Persom
Poor Soviet Housing Plan Hit By Poor Management
London reports that the Kremlin's program to relieve the Soviet housing shortage has collapsed due to poor management. Moscow radio quoted the update, noting delays and inefficiencies in project rollout.
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London
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Moscow
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Richard D. Mattuck
Brooklyn
Gerome R. Reeve
Laurelton
Cyrus B. Milne
Roslyn Heights
Doyle E. Anderegg
Urithsville
Clifford M. Drew
Robert B. Fleming
Gerald M. Bestler
Earl E. Kilmer
Ronald E. Hartmann
George P. Colbert
Lee C. Schisler
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Richard J. Lee
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Warren L. Maury
Troon
William J. Harrington, Jr
Morriston
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USAF
Connecticut
Michael R. DeCarlo
Pine Bluff
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Nffe Family
Swomiey Farm
Bill L. Miter
Carrail Everhart
Ross Twenty
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George Devilbiss
Rosalie Bockes
Brownsville
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Carlisle
Virginia Mountains
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New York
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Lynn
Lester Fisher
Tolbert
Church of the Brethren World Service Center
iNew Windoos
DeWitt Rewe
Narawe
Rarhai
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