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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1959
Page
3
A homemaking article urges giving gifts of self over material presents. It highlights sharing time, services, and acts of help as enduring Christmas gifts, from cards and babysitting promises to helping neighbors, shoveling snow, and organizing charity efforts.
County church listings provide morning and evening services for many congregations including Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran and Urbana Methodist, with Bible study sessions and special Advent programs scheduled. Names of pastors and locations appear alongside service times and events.
A Frederick County Maryland drive to aid mental hospital patients was launched at a Francis Scott Key Hotel luncheon. Mrs. George Wright chairs the effort with local helpers in a weeklong drive to collect gifts for patients in five state hospitals and Rosewood. Collection centers include the C Burr Artz Library in Frederick Thermont and Emmitsburg with more sites to be announced. Cash gifts fund ward items and radios or bridge tables.
Bridge expert Jacek Estes presents concise analysis of bidding and play strategies, highlighting common missteps and practical solutions for improving technique at the table.
Oswald Jacoby discusses a bridge hand where North opens five no trump and South supports with six clubs under the unusual no trump convention. Despite vulnerability and expectations of a double, South defeats the contract after West.
Notices detail the Myers family from Uniontown with roots tracing to Charlies W. and Clara Myers and John and Ella Hively. The piece also lists church and club happenings, including garden club meetings, PA rating demonstrations, and a Christmas luncheon plan.
Miss Herkner a pioneer social worker died at age 20 in Philadelphia while noted for disguising herself as a Russian immigrant to gather information for the Federal Immigration Commission. Her work spanned Baltimore settling in 1906 and Maryland child labor reforms through factory inspections.
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