Brewers Club Sold To Braves
Boston announces purchase of about 90 percent of Milwaukee Brewers stock with Louis R. Perini to take control. Braves say Boston NL club will handle player transfers as of this morning and will gain title at season end.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1946
Page
4
Boston announces purchase of about 90 percent of Milwaukee Brewers stock with Louis R. Perini to take control. Braves say Boston NL club will handle player transfers as of this morning and will gain title at season end.
A group of oil distributors met at the Francis Scott Key Hotel to reorganize the Frederick County Petroleum Industries Committees. J R McConnell was elected chairman with G Raymond Shipley as vice chair and Carlton Molesworth Jr as secretary. The five point plan aims for fair auto taxes and highway funding, with J F Ganigan of Maryland outlining the program. A separate note records a family reunion at Mr and Mrs Ralph H Grinder’s home in Mr Pleasant with many relatives attending and marking three celebrations.
Mrs. William Albaugh and Mr. Albert Albaughs family attended the wedding of Miss Elaine Dowell to John Holland on Thursday August 15 at the Waverly Presbyterian church. Anna Roop and Ruth Howe enjoy a week in New York while Emma Zeker spends a weekend in Bark Hill. Raymond Earl Anders injures his knee playing football. Mamie Englar visits relatives in Baltimore. Rev. William Hinsey attends a family reunion in Pennsylvania. Gladys Bowers and Elizabeth Weant are away on vacation as George B. Smith and Howard Deeds Jr. spend days at Rehoboth Beach Del.
Aboard the Rockbridge, Richard J. Biggs son of Mr and Mrs Geo D Biggs of 852 Madison Street serves as F2/e F 2 c aboard the U S S Rockbridge. The ship was part of the support force in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll as part of the operation.
Residents from Emmitsburg and nearby towns host relatives and attend events through mid August. Notable gatherings include visits by Mrs. Edward Moser from Gettysburg and Mrs. William Seltzer of Baltimore, plus a wedding near Emmitsburg with Miss Margaret Lucille Fitz and Lt. Charles Ecken. A shower honors the bride with many locals in attendance.
An August 24 planning meeting by the Womens Club and the Grange fixed October 18 and 19 as the Community Show dates. The event follows a busy summer with a St Joseph church picnic serving dozens and a string of local visits and family events.
Mrs Clifford Ott attended a Friday afternoon luncheon hosted by Miss Elizabeth Mitchell at her Westminster home. Miss Betty Jane Ecker, soon to wed James Beaver Mitchell, is set for September 7 at 3:30 p.m. in the Heth Lutheran Church Westminster. The note ends with a Bible verse from Romans 12:18.
A brief paragraph recalls a woman spending several days with her son Curwood T Hill and daughter-in-law in Petersburg Virginia, then visiting relatives in Wo ton Washington and Baltimore. The excerpt closes with a Johnson quote on friendship and a note on cigarette production exceeding 330 billion units in the United States last year.
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