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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1951
Page
4
The Navy awarded a contract to build a nuclear powered submarine highlighting potential peacetime atomic energy uses. Despite high current costs and large plant investments, engineers anticipate cost reductions with mastering principles and scaling production, making atom powered propulsion plausible in the future. The announcement adds optimism to defense plans and postwar energy hopes.
A New York City planning survey reveals more residents leave for suburbs than move in, with 1940 to 1950 net gain at 445000 the decade’s lowest in 60 years. Births offset losses, but urban growth slows as residents seek less scarce city living.
Among the sick, Mr. Marry W. Zimmerman Sr. has returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital after surgery. Mrs. Charles T. Meyer of near Knoxville left the hospital following hip treatment, returning home Tuesday. Mr. Floyd Myers of Braddock Heights was taken to a Baltimore hospital after a nervous breakdown. Merle Cromwell of Buckeystown had his right eye removed at Episcopal Eye Ear Nose and Throat Hospital in Washington after a severe weekend beating.
Boyle argues the Korean War has become a battle of words rather than bullets with cease fire talks offering a possible path. The UN Army grows stronger while China weighs its options and a diplomatic settlement seems likelier as major combats wane.
Mountaindale Union Sunday School will hold its 67th annual picnic Saturday at the Sunday School grove in Mountaindale. The event begins at eleven with music by the Yellow Springs band directed by Charles C. T. Stull. Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Sponseller of Hood College and Rev. Charles A. Price of Walkersville Reformed Church will deliver addresses. The picnic, famed as one of the largest, has featured rival bands, and ice cream sales have reached 350 gallons. Grounds include a new covered building, auditorium, and concession booths.
A collection of 1901 items notes a large crowd at stereopticon views in Athletic Park with about 400 attendees. Reports an acetylene lamp installed before James M. Smith's hotel in Woodboro. S Wade Magruder sells 234 acre Seneca farm for 5000 to John W. Poole. Brunswick council election sees Fe W Flynn win 61 to 45 over T A Ligatoose for two years. Retail coal price rises 25 cents a ton, up 50 cents since May.
Twenty years ago items report two Fort Myer Corporals injured near Middletown after a car hit a horse. The Middletown board of aldermen planned a special meeting to maintain the tax rate at $1 per $100. Miss E Frances Rudy won a county beauty contest at the Frederick County Farm Bureau Pomona Grange Picnic at Mt. Tabor Park Rocky Ridge. Leas Bussard won the city tennis championship at Catoctin Country Club defeating Richard Ramsburg 6 4 7 5 6 2.
A young 22 year old orphan seeks dating guidance from Dorothy Dix on leaving home for social life. The column advises asserting independence while honoring family care, proposing two to three outings weekly and bringing dates home for sister’s input. The piece also covers marital trust, nagging over a cousin’s wife, and parental guidance for a teen dating a 21 year old, urging parental involvement and caution about secrecy.
Washington reports a copper strike halting about 95 percent of U.S. production amid fears of Communist influence in unions. The Delay jeopardizes stockpiles for emergencies as Congress weighs taft hartley and seizure options, while wages and bargaining continue under the Wage Stabilization Board.
Mr and Mrs Lawson C Alexander of Middletown west area were honored on their Golden Wedding Anniversary at Braddock Heights on Sunday August 12 They wed on August 11 1901 at Zion Lutheran parsonage Middletown Rev M L Beard Their children Mehrl Y Alexander Boonsboro Olga Miller Burkittsville and Bruce H Alexander Rohrersville plus twelve grandchildren attended The celebration featured a yellow and white theme with a three tier cake gladioli and baby carnations The guest list included extended family from Boonsboro Middletown Rohrersville Union Brookville Spoolsville Buckeystown and nearby towns and soldiers family friends and neighbors
The Jug Bridge Women's Club marks its 25th anniversary with a banquet at Ballenger Community Hall on August 25 attended by 53 members and friends. Past presidents spoke, the club formed in 1926 with blue and gold colors, and the event featured remarks from several former leaders and a humorous reading by Russell Michael.
Gloucester column uses a spider butterfly tale to argue that labor webs form from worker gains and that both sides must seek balance. Babson laments subsidies and high taxes, warns against war and communism, and urges self reform and measured policy rather than outright conflict. He notes biblical references and questions modern economic divides.
Ezra W. Blank Jr airman apprentice USN son of Ezra and wife Route 4 Frederick reports to Cecil Field Jacksonville attached to Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 9. Two Frederick seamen recruits Francis G. Leichert Route 3 and Ray S. Reiley Route 1 at Bainbridge recruit training. Roland H. Hahn radioman third class USN son of Guy and wife 8 Frederick Avenue to Norfolk for radio instruction. Mr and Mrs Jess D Orndorff Brunswick parent of daughter Karen Sue born Aug 26 at Charles Town General Hospital. Evelyn Thompson Evans ton NL visiting sister Mrs Walton Brady Brunswick returned home. Claude Orrison Brunswick returned home after Moose Convention in Buffalo. Russell E Litten of Litten Chevrolet Sales Brunswick attended Automotive Dealers Association convention.
The funeral for Thomas Bernard Foreman 21 of 24A West All Saints Street who died after falling from a moving dump truck was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Ebeneezer M E church Centerville. Rev L A H Moore officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers named. The service featured hymns and a solo by William Spencer. The funeral director was C F Hicks NL of White Sulphur Springs WV.
A farm worker fell from a silo on a Lilypons area farm near Urbana and died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. James Gilmer, 47, of near Urbana, suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries after a 25 foot fall while workers filled the silo. He had reportedly been drinking prior to the accident. He leaves a brother Ed ward and father in Charleroi Pa. His estranged wife and a son reside in Darnestown Md. Funeral arrangements are pending with M R Etchison and Son. State Troopers and the Medical Examiner investigated.
The Public Service Commission authorized Potomac Edison of Frederick Maryland to build an electric generating plant near Albright in Preston County. The project may operate as a unified plant with Monongahela Power Company, with transmission lines extending through Preston, Garrett and Allegany counties in Maryland and into Mineral County West Virginia. The facility will supply power to Monongahela, Potomac Edison, and Potomac Light and Power of Martinsburg, though Potomac Edison does not sell directly to WV consumers. Pvt. Robert Lambdin completed a 16 week basic training with the 5th Infantry Division at Indiantown Gap.
Henry H Griffith 89 lifelong Montgomery County resident and descendant of Henry Griffith who convened the 1774 county council died at home near Laytonsville after a lengthy illness. A farmer and early Aberdeen Angus cattle owner, he is survived by wife Alice Bartlett Griffith. Funeral at St Bartholomew Episcopal Laytonsville followed by burial in Rockville Union Cemetery. The piece also notes the death of Mrs Ida Catherine Hill Hopewell and a Pythian Sisters birthday surprise for Mrs Delue Crawford.
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