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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1950
Page
7
A humorous column traces a trend of using live animals in debt collection as a frightful novelty. It imagines turtles escalating in size from tiny shells to snapping giants and even suggests cats or snakes as future messages. The piece satirizes the tactic and notes reader alarm.
The Russell Sage Foundation analysis shows the statistically average American family gives just under 97 dollars yearly to church and welfare agencies, spends 111 dollars on tobacco and 218 dollars on alcoholic beverages, and pays 58 dollars in Social Security taxes plus 180 dollars for the Marshall Plan and other federal taxes. It also notes an annual defense tax of 87 dollars in 1949.
Workmen actively pursue completion of United Brethren church roof before cold weather. exterior near finish and roof expected soon. Mrs Thomas Myers cottage at Braddock Heights nearly done. New homes for R S J Dutrow and Grayson Bowers on Clarke Place under way. The Lesbian Poetess a drama presented at Woman's College with Ay Grecian drill and Japanese garden scene noted. Joseph Brown the veteran Myersville merchant sold stock to Lawson Bittle after about 50 years in business. Miss L Grace Beard of Middletown, daughter of Rev L M Beard, placed first in oratory at Ralston School of Expression in Washington among 31 competitors.
Twenty years ago on December 2 1930 local notes include a burglary at 906 Motter avenue where Mrs. Calvin Boone about 65 and her husband about 70 were robbed by two masked men. A fire at 7 East Patrick street in the Henry K C Fox building required firefighters and chemicals. County business included the reappointment of Charles W Smith as county constable and Charles Whisner as jail fireman. A Brunswick mayor and council clash featured counsel Samuel A Lewis for the mayor and H Dorsey Eichison for five council members over the removal of Chief of Police Joseph E Chew, with the council voting 5 to 1 to reinstate him.
Frederick based correspondents in Korea describe the volatile front with shifting battle zones and frequent command post moves. They face sudden advances and retreats as road blocks, sniper fire, and weather complicate reporting from U.N. forces across the line, with weary reporters calling the work a helluva way to make a living.
Ralph E Esler and Thelma M Kendall wed license filed. Ray A Nuill and Dorothy M Monroe divorced. Benjamin F Heri and Mit theed M Baugher dated. Robert F Morris and Nettie Lack son separated. Daisy F Smith deed to Marshall Fue rene Reandenburg and county. Various property transfers and trustees listed, including MeMathias and Herzog, with small sums and county references.
Thanksgiving Day events near Lilypens featured the slaughter of seven hogs at the Cosgrave home. A turkey dinner followed for Mr. and Mrs Harry G Cosgrave and numerous relatives including Lorriane and Perry Cosgrave, the James Cosgrave pair, and others from Woodsboro Middletown Buckeyes town Urbana and Frederick. Frederick High School’s 12‑D class toured Washington under Paul Fogle with many students visiting the Supreme Court Library of Congress Capitol Smithsonian Institutes and Bureau of Engraving buildings. The group listed includes Gloria Hawker Lillie Oden Ann Lee Myers Jane Gerry Ma Frances Haines Doris Gibbot Mary Thompson Anna Mas Fisher Mary Belle Remsberg Jane Spangler Doris Miller Annabelle Stup Edith Summers Jane Kemp Patsy Oland Lois Stambaugh Judy Figgins Jan Thrasher Betty Lockard Dorcus Goode James Wills Donald McClain Kenneth Zimmerman Talbot Himes Hubert Harp William Rimes Walter Baker Eugene Davis Eugene Rinehart William Krantz Glenn Ness Lucian Falconer Frederick Fisher Robert Smith Vallee Hildebrand Richard Sneadner Basil Jamesmeee.
Local recruiting stations in Winchester Hall announce ten youths who have enlisted or been recalled to active duty. Names include Leroy Moran, Wiley Styers, Stanley Burdette, John Wiles, Earl Routzahn, John Murray, Clarence Orndorff, Henry Wivell, Marshall Allnutt, and George Karn Jr, with service branches and initial assignments at Fort Meade Lackland AFB Great Lakes and naval centers.
A Maryland Tuberculosis Association bulletin from Baltimore warns colds surge in cold and winter months. Colds are highly contagious viruses spread by coughing and sneezing, and neglect can lead to pneumonia and other infections. Stay home to rest, cover coughs, and keep others safe. Maintain good diet and rest to boost resistance during peak season.
Mile Marguerite Treille former Hood College language department head received France’s Palmes Academiques at her home in Yeure-Allier where she has resided since retirement. The honor recognizes special merit in education and a violet rosette denotes the badge. Treille helped create a French and a Spanish house for students and directed the thriving language departments during 16 years.
Washington reports that formal recognition of a state of war with Communist China may be required. Truman urges immediate UN action after Manchurian troop movements, warning that delay endangers regional and global security and could lead to a broader conflict in Asia and Europe.
Deeds recorded in the clerk's office show multiple property sales including Samuel C Strite to Jay L Herzog for Blue Ridge Summit about four acres with improvements around 30500 dollars. Luther R Himes to LeRoy Hoke at 7 West Fourth street for about 10000 dollars. Himes bought from Della V Herbst a Mt Pleasant property on the state road for about 6500 dollars. Thomas E Lidie sold Cavetown Planings Mill Company property of about 4.1 acres on Butterfly Lane Frederick district for about 5000 dollars. A lease of February 1, 1950, to LeRoy F Davis for 210 North Market street Dreoneburg Shoe Repair Shop at 150 dollars monthly with 10 year option at same rent.
Head College staff and student body will join the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth in Washington from December 3 to 7. Mrs Elizabeth Eckhardt May dean of the faculty and Mass Theresa Falaguerra president of the Cooperative Government Association attend. May was executive secretary of the National Citizens Committee for the 1940 conference while Falaguerra is a National Student Association delegate. The nonpartisan conference theme is A Fair Chance for a Healthy Personality.
The Army announced holiday furloughs to reserve soldiers ordered to report for extended active duty at U S stations. Reservists assigned to overseas embarkation ports receive no furlough due to overseas commitments and ship sailings. The holiday period runs Dec 16 to New Year’s Day, with departures in the continental United States possibly delayed to Jan 2 or 3 as commanders decide.
Chinese Communist soldiers captured by United Nations forces said they did not know their objectives until after crossing the Yalu River into Korea. Many were told they would be killed or kept as slave labor if captured. Some prisoners believed half did not know they were fighting U.N. forces. They entered Korea in late October with three days’ rations and later obtained food from Koreans. Some former Nationalists facing American troops expected fair treatment, while true Communists doubted it.
Social notes show Mile Hendrickson's kitchen shower hosted by Mrs Barrick and a later dinner for Miss Hendrickson and Mr Talley. Garden Club to hold December 14 tea and greens sale at Mrs Maples home with Mrs Town chairing. A Norman Abrecht daughter Patricia Louise celebrated tenth birthday with blue and white decor. Approximately 140 People’s Life Insurance dinner at the Key Hotel honored long-time staff, with service pins and multiple musical numbers. Navy musician third class Patrick Nichols on 30‑day leave from Wichita Falls Texas returning home before Hawaii assignment. other local families visit relatives in Pensacola Florida and Wichita Falls. Births announced for Patricia Ann Hoff and a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Hahn.
The New York Times November 11 article on Winston Churchill's account of his Frederick visit with Roosevelt and Hopkins highlights the Barbara Fritchie House shows his recitation of Whitier verse with noted misquotations. The piece contrasts Churchill renderings with original lines, noting small shifts in wording and meter. The report also lists local visits and family news from Thurmont and Union Bridge, including travellers to St Petersburg and Cuba, and a polio case in James White’s family.
The quiet wedding of Jeannette Boone and Russell Whitmore took place November 4 at Rev. Raymond C Myers home in Woodsboro. They live on Maple Avenue Walkersville after a Pennsylvan ia honeymoon. The article also notes engagements for Mary Ellen Owens to Ralph M Ray Jr and Ruth Todd to Martin Leatherwood with no wedding date set. Apples and cabbage make an economical, nutritious scalloped dish.
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