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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1956
Page
3
Fragments show subscription prices and mailing terms from a 1936 issue. Includes monthly and yearly rates, member audits, and references to the Associated Press and a Fredrick Md entry. Details are incomplete but indicate a standard wartime newspaper pricing page.
A discussion cites California testing showing yellow outperforms red in high visibility for hunters. Data from 163 hunter shootings last year indicate nearly one third wore red. The report notes yellow’s superior visibility to most color-blind people and its use in warning signals and safety gear.
A student letter urges keeping Frederick High School metal shop open. The writer notes the shop teaches industry skills, laments losing the instructor, criticizes the board for vacating the shop instead of hiring a replacement, and asks to preserve the program amid shifting classes. The author signs as Herbert Ramsburg.
The December events calendar lists numerous local happenings including Christmas parties, dinners, and club gatherings. Highlights include Civic Club community concert at Frederick High School, Chestnut Farms Dairy and W- B businesses hosting parties, Royal society dinners, Kiwanis and various company and school events with times ranging from 5:30 to 8:00 PM across multiple venues.
A juvenile court hearing in Tral Magistrate's court led to Robert L. Free being convicted of assault and battery on his son Robert Frye and his father-in-law Harvey Burns. A suspended sentence was imposed with a $50 fine or 30 days to be served, conditional on good behavior. Other matters included cases of neglect, intoxication, and various traffic-related fines and forfeitures.
Fifty years ago dec 3 1946 noted fires near Knoxville Burkittsville two miles of timber burned. Articles of Incorporation filed for Frederick Athletic Club with five incorporators. Adams Town public school pupils form literary society Success with inaugural program including recitations solos and debates. City Opera House full for patriotic celebration under Fredonia Council O U A M and local groups with street march and address by Frank Jones. Myersville building boom underway with new school near completion and foundations set for Farmers Mutual Exchange crane elevator and new homes.
A county school budget totals 5731 was presented by the Board of Education as needed for the coming operation. The sum is $2000 less than previously argued. Frederick County reports its first sight of winter with snowy yards and slick walks. Building activity in November reached 500 edge over last year, while Mt St Mary College students ice skate on campus.
U N police troops seized a quarter of Port Said as British and French forces prepared to depart. U N aims to replace lingering garrisons while Israel clears 30 miles of Sinai for U N troops. Indian troops assumed buffer positions, and Danish-Norwegian units held a quarter earlier before reinforcing U N forces.
Boxing results from Hollywood and Manila show B Te Associadres defeating Kid Castro while Oscar Slater outpoints Roque Fernan dex. In Kingston Jamaica Rudolph Bent defeats Brush Honduras. Michigan reports 47 state parks and 13 recreation areas.
The Frederick county area prepares for the Lutheran Evangelism Mission with pre mission home calls in 27 congregations. Prayer vigils from noon to two thIRty pm precede the mission week with up to seventy participants. Evening schedules include family calls, worship services, guest missioner sermons, and evangelism instruction for leaders.
A homemade bomb exploded at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn during a showing of War and Peace. About 1,500 patrons were present. six were injured, three shocked, and the theater resumed after a brief pause. Police tie the blast to the so-called mad bomber responsible for over 25 explosives since 1940. The crude device included metal pipe black powder a small battery watch parts and wiring.
Charleston West Virginia police report a pursuing gunfight after a pawn shop robbery netted 227 dollars. The fleeing robber William George Bayes, 35, was shot by WWII trained marksman A. R. Stevens, 45, in self defense as Bayes reached for a revolver. Bayes died at the scene. Meanwhile Jackson Maryland and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plan to light a holly tree near the Susquehanna Bridge on December 15 with musical performances and a special train. West Point preserves a trio of giant historic chain links once used to block the Hudson during the 1778 siege.
A glass tumbler sold for 1.800 dollars at a Funkstown public auction of the estate of the late Dr. John Stanley Johnson. The unidentified collector bid the top price, with seven known Ameling glass tumblers in the run. Other notable sales included a highboy over 600 dollars, a banjo clock near 200, and a Martha Washington armchair.
In a broad briefing, David Lawrence argues the era demands perspective not recrimination as Britain, France, and the United States contend over Suez. He cites Canada and Lester Pearson, notes Soviet arms in the Middle East, and urges a peaceful, legally grounded settlement under mutual restraint. He warns against unilateral actions and stresses arbitration for canal disputes and a balanced, justice-centered U.S. policy.
Fragmentary 1455 era note urging American salesmen to sway global opinion behind moral law. Warns dictators may fall if alliance efforts fail, presenting a supposed God given chance to influence Asia Europe and Latin America. Copyrighted material appears from New York Herald Tribune.
Mr Donald F Howard of New York City has left to spend the winter in Miami Fla visiting Mrs W Tall and Mrs Charles P Tinsman of Phillipsburg N J are visiting relatives in the area including Mrs Linsman’s sister Mrs Grover Shalt and Miss Alva N Compher Mr Boyer has returned home after two weeks with Lt and Mrs James WoElstrom in Biloxi Miss Elizth Ann Boyer announced the birth of a son Rev H H Bostrom aided by missionaries killed by the Auca tribe in South America and will speak in Brunswick at 7 30 pm on Wednesday He helped bury the murdered bodies and will display a spear used by the Aucas
The bid and asked prices obtained from Alex Brows & Sons of the New York Stock Exchange in Frederick Maryland were recorded as a guide to the approximate range within which these focal securities could have been sold or bought at the time.
A stream of hospital notes reports several patients at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick Maryland. Convalescents from Montgomery County Hospital Sandy Springs and others recuperate after surgeries or operations. Names include Mrs Edward Wo Matte Mrs Louisa Bear and Mr Charles K. Taylor among Frederick patients. Local births and school updates also appear alongside national notes about Dag Hammarskjold and United Nations plans.
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