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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1951
Page
6
Census figures indicate 74.6 million Americans were married in 1950, about 67 percent of people over 14, up from 54 percent sixty years earlier. Immigration era patterns faded as Americans marry earlier and view marriage as a joyous life adventure.
The Rome based scientist Dr. Mananne E. Berstein claims a link between baldness and gout in fathers and the gender of their children. She argues bald fathers produce more boys while gout sufferers have more girls, with trend tied to hormonal balance. Critics doubt the theory and warn against overreliance on statistics.
A reader compiled questions on rare coins and general knowledge. Topics include the rare experimental SicHa four dollar gold piece minted in 1838 and 1880, Alaska eagle protection efforts, Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, US population around 154 million, lithium as the lightest metal, and the term Trizonia describing the three Allied zones in Western Germany.
HAL BOYLE notes a gulf between wife and husband where talk fails to cross. He quotes husbands who barely hear and cites a sage elder who says two sentences fix conversation: marry me and I love you. The piece ends with a brief city police arrest report for Claudie Gardner.
Fifty years ago the barn on the Beall Farm near Tramsville owned by Mrs Lawrence S BR Lee and tenanted by Edward Yaste was burned down while Yaste and family attended a Middletown picnic. One horse died? several colts likely perished. The News shows a grain elevator by Eastern Milling on Carroll street costing 15000 and due in two weeks. Rural free delivery preparations near completion with 54 or 55 routes and carriers earning 500 a year. Daniel Feigley displays a 63 pound watermelon, largest ever in Frederick. A garbage cart driver asleep on top of a load on North Market Street prompted Officer Zellers to remove the cart.
A 1931 report notes a total expenditures budget of 297443.48 with a tax rate of 1 for the forthcoming year approved by the Mayor and Aldermen. The Frederick County Historical Society urges Monocacy Battlefield Association to seek a federal appropriation of 100000 to convert Frederick Junction into a memorial park. Thurmont and Brunswick vie for the Frederick County Baseball League title in a Labor Day playoff at Brunswick. Magistrate Sherman Bowers warns that harsher penalties await drunken drivers as he fines two offenders 240 and costs.
Camp Detrick news notes planned basketball season with home and away series across several bases and civilians in Frederick County invited to join. Also included are personnel updates, weddings planned Sept 16, and military notes on MOS changes, promotions, and postings.
Dorothy Dix offers guidance on high school prom chaperones and parental presence, then addresses a 23-year-old seeking another chance after a 27-year-old lover. advises against pleading, emphasizes trust and time, and ends with social etiquette on serving drinks and relationships.
The passage cites Matthew 21 42 where Jesus quotes scripture about the stone rejected by builders becoming the head of the corner. It remarks on the heathens longing to worship idols if they had seen the book of God and includes a note about wait for the Lord.
Union Bridge families share visits and travels with relatives in central New York State and guests from Annapolis. Carroll Garden Club enjoyed a meeting at Mrs. Earle Buckey’s home with speakers from Quantico and nearby. The Buffingtons hosted ten days with Edmund Campbell of Staten Island.
Arrangements for a public reception and talk by Judge Edward D elaplaine of the Maryland Court of Appeals at the C Burr Artz Library are announced. The event, hosted by the Between the Book Ends Club with local historical societies, includes a display of President Truman autographs and a tribute to Folger McKinsey.
A collage of social notes from Frederick and surrounding towns details visits, birthdays, anniversaries, and travel. Kenneth Woerner and families in Damascus, Haines and Harley households in Frederick and Hagerstown, plus others from Adamstown and Brunswick share gatherings and upcoming events. James Main departs for Washington and Lee University in Lexington.
Helen Swain and Bruce Delander, both of this city, married August 11 at 10 a.m. at the Evangelical Lutheran church parsonage by Rev. Edward Alexis. Attended by Austi Kemp and Mrs. William Watkins, the couple then toured Niagara Falls and Canada before settling at 1 West Patrick Street.
Promoted with the 25th Infantry Division Army Robert E Donsife of Woodsboro Maryland has been promoted to master sergeant while serving as first sergeant with the 27th Wolfhound Regiment now in Korea. He has been in Korea twelve months and earned the Combat Infantry Badge Korean Campaign Ribbon with five battle stars.
Leading candidate Fra Hirsch of Frederick ranks second among 150 candidates who passed the Maryland bar exam held last July. About 300 candidates sat for the test. Hirsch, son of Mr and Mrs Osc A Hirsch, is a University of Maryland graduate with a 1900s era A B and a law degree this year, in honors, and elected to Pi Sigma Alpha.
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