Communists face uncertain fate after new law signed
President Eisenhower signed a law outlawing the Communist party but does not ban the party itself. Court challenges loom over its effect on ballots, rights, and the McCarran Act. The party may resist by mounting constitutional challenges and potential jail for non-registration if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Congress
Moscow
Communist Action
McCarran
Supreme Court
Anyi Huedan
Local Notes and a Quiet Wedding at Boyds
Boyds residents including James Boyd, sisters Joan and Gloria, and Audrey Burdette spent days in Ocean City Maryland. Naval Reservist John Bennett heads to Bainbridge boot camp for two weeks. A Buck Lodge home hosted a family gathering for the Wade family. Elizabeth Hipkins plans an indefinite stay with a Bethesda daughter. Rev and Mrs Kerr travel to Massanetta Springs for a Bible Conference with Mrs Nina Heck. A quiet August 20 wedding united Glada Osborne and Jesse Lee Soper in Boyds with Rev Kerr officiating. Cinthia Heisler hosts Eleanor King visiting from Point of Rocks. The August Women’s Missionary Society meeting at Boxes convened with Rev Kerr leading Bible study. Miss Vary Gilliam helps Chevy Chase children during vacation. Pleasant Walk church to hold its annual festival with Harmony Band concert and flower committee sponsors. Deciduous trees on west sides of houses can cut summer heat by 29 to 40 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyds Boyds
James Spring
Joan
Gloria
Audrey Burdette
Ocean City
Capt
Ludlum
Miller
Norfolk
Bennett
John Bennett
Naval
Bainbridge
Courtney Wade
Buck Lodge
Elizabeth Hipkins
Bethesda
James P. Kerr
Massanetta Springs
Nina D. Heck
Baltimore
Boyds
Glada Osborne
Takoma Park
Jesse Lee Soper
Rockville
Aliss Janet Griffin
William R. Cole
Cinthia Heisler
Eleanor King
Clarksburg Marks 200th Anniversary Celebration Saturday
Clarksburg in Montgomery County will celebrate its 200th anniversary this Saturday with a community program. Ralph Fraley Martz, longtime resident, recounts local history from Seneca and Sinequa trails to early trading posts, churches, schools, and notable residents like John Clarke and Daniel Dowden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Montgomery County
Ralph Fraley Martz
Frederick
Ninian Beall
Richard Brightwell
Prince Georges Rangers
Bell's
Tomahawk
Contents
Buscey Adventure
Fellowship
John
Ebenezer
Raymond King
Johns
Major Gist
Maryland Four
Prince Georges County
King's Park
George Beall
Thomas Dowden
Michael Dowden
John Dowden
William Beall
Edward Buscey
Basil Beall
Hilleary Williams
Joseph Williams
George Wilson
Henry Griffith
Upper Montgomery
Mont‘tregh
Montgomery
Jater
William Willson
Sarah Clarke Willson
Cedar Grove Road
U. S. 240
Horace Willison
Nacy Griffith
Elisha Lewis
Adamson Waters
James Hillard
Clarksburg Academy
Board of School Commissioners
John Layton
James H. Miles
Charles H. Murphy
Obed Hur- Teygemae Oy
Dorothy Dix Says Dear Miss Dix Advice Column
A reader asks how to handle a mother in law who constantly criticizes. Dorothy Dix counsels acceptance of the situation and explains older people cling to past accomplishments, urging the wife to accept and not escalate needless strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Miss DIX
Hank
Jennie
Doris
Clarksburg Day marks 200th anniversary celebrations
Old Historic Clarksburg speakers review two centuries of local history during Clarksburg Day at King's Clarksburg Park. The program honors Dowden's Ordinary, Clarksburg Academy, Literary Society and the first Methodist Society in Montgomery County with talks by Grover Walker, F Malcolm White, Preston E Pedon and Dr Ralph B Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Dowden
King’s Clarksburg Park
iClarksburg Academy
First Methodist Society
Montgomery County
Grover Walker
Montgomery County Council
F. Malcolm White
Laytonsville
County Historical Society
Preston E Pedon
Dickerson
Stronghold
Sinc
Sugar Loaf
Ralph B. Bell
Gover
Buried 500 Years Ago in Poolesville Sescue Tale
Nicholas Yinger on West Patrick Street uncovers Indian relics and a Piscataway burial dated over 500 years old in the Potomac River Valley. A 20 year old woman and a 2 year old child were interred full length, a rarity cited by Yinger, who links the find to Poolesville’s sesquicentennial and ancient travel routes through Sycamore Landing to Sugar Loaf Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poolesville
Nicholas Yinger
Patrick Street
Yinger
Potomac River
Ralph Fout
Yanger
Potomac River Valley
Montgomery County
Walt
Potomac Valley
Poplesville
Sycamore Landing
Piscattaway
Horspen Swamp
New Lushes
Standing Rock
Sugar Loaf
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The
Pleasant Walk Church of the
Myersville
E.U.B. Charge
Harmony Band
Flower Committee
Bennett's Creek
John King
Philip Gatch
William Waters
Freeborn Garrettson
Francis Ashbury
First
Clarksburg Society
John Clarke
Godfrey Waters
John Willson
John Buxton
Regin Cash
Bond Waters
John Roberts
Robert Greene
John Allen
Bishop Cranston
Eben
Georgetown
Fredericktown
Michael A. Dowden
Frederick County
Braddock
Basil Roberts
Frederick Scholl
Leonard D. Shaw
Shaw
Andrew Jackson
Janet Montgomery
Daughters of the American Revolution
General Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Hammer Hill
Edward H. Deets
Reuben T. Boyd
T. H. Stockton Boyd
Godfrey Water
George W. Hilton
Jacob Scholl
Major Adlum
Toke
Germany
Optimist Club of
Chrome
Andy
Evelyn S
Mom
Optimist | International
Ralph F. Martz
Community Association
Ben F. Hartley
Martin Hyland
Paul Burner
J. William, Purdum
Ralph Martz
Roy Whipp
Mary Wilhide
Bogota
Colombia
T— Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Economic Planning Council
Currie
Autopsy
Thelma Marie Penley
Poplar Springs
Charles $. Whitaker
Howard County
Samuel ‘R. Dorsey
William R. Cudwell
Mt. Aury
Cokesbury’s
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Melvin Peerless
Kemp's
NOEX
Phore
Uberis
East Patrick ST
Monument
Robert C. Schutritt
YES
the News
Frederick, Md
Frida
KEY Stamp Company
East Patrick Street
Dtc. and
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac Motor Line
S. S. Tolchester
Pier
D. W. Whitehead
Frederick Bottled
G.E
General Electric
Modern Lighting CO
N. Market St
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