Best Reelected Fair Head John T Best Jr reelected president of Fred County Agricultural Society
John T Best Jr was reelected to a second one year term as president at the annual meeting in Winchester Hall. The 1950 agricultural exposition profit topped $23,567 with total fair profit over $96,700 amid building upgrades and strong income from admissions and concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Best Jr
Fred County Agricultural Society
Winchester Hall
Best
John L. Shaw
Wade F. Hurser
J. Kenneth Kefauver
Horace M. Alexander
Board of Managers
Harry C. Dorcus
Woodsboro
A. Irvin Renn
Walter J. Hahn
Ceresville
Emmers C. Lanner
Chude W. Smith
Ijamsville
Irving E. Staley
Frank X. Stauffer
Walkersville
Glenn Traiersville
Alver D
Robert E. Clapp Jr
C. Gordon Smith
State Fair Board
Payne Named to Fill Maryland State House Seat Vacated by Mathias
Joseph B. Payne won unanimous GOP Central Committee backing to replace Charles AteC. Mathias Jr. in the Maryland House of Delegates. Governor Taynes is expected to appoint Payne to the post, satisfying party and legal requirements after Mathias resigned to join the U.S. Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Payne
Republican State Central Committee
House of Delegates
Charles Atec
Mathias Jr
Siath
Central Committee
Millard J. Taynes
Payne
Sane Party
Mathias
Tawes
Maryland
Congress of the United Tates
General Assembly
Emmerxit R. Boulus
Republican Central Committee
Brunsw
Baltimore and Ohio Railro
Cerk
S. Fenton Harris
Stanley V. Gaver
Bowlus
Unemployment Tops Four Million
Washington reports unemployment topped four million for the first time as joblessness reached a new record amid the economic downturn. Government data show widespread layoffs across industries, with manufacturing and service sectors hardest hit and no immediate relief in sight.
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Washington
OTK
Sherald Dies after Trying to Free Stuck Car
Allen F Sherald Jr Braddock Hills and Katherine Zupmik Baltimorean Elizabeth G Sherald survive. The Frederick man age 51 died at home after leaving a stalled car and collapsing. A World War II veteran and avid fisherman, he worked at American Optical and belonged to St. John’s Catholic Church. Funeral services planned at Frasers and Olivet Cemetery Interment.
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Sherald i
Frederick Cow F and Game Association
American Optical Company
Os 2 Foreman
St. 'S Catholic Church
Ein M. Sullivan Sherald
Smith Sherald
Charles A. Sherald Jr
Robert S. Sherald
Allen F. Shaid Jr
Braddock
Katherine Zupmik
Baltimorean
Elizabeth G. Sherald
Bedi Peral
Frasers
Fu Y
St. John’s Cath Church
Olivet
Meral
Kennedy names Rusk as secretary of state in new administration
President elect John F Kennedy announces Dean Rusk as secretary of state and Adlai Stevenson as United Nations ambassador. He also appoints Chester Bowles as undersecretary. The trio spoke at Kennedy’s Atlantic City shore home setting. Stevenson and Bowles were not present. Rusk, Rockefeller Foundation head, praises the move while Stevenson weighs the offer. Bowles receives warm praise from Kennedy.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
United
U.N
Amio Stevenson
Stevenson
McAnt
Rusk
Rust
Georgia
Rockefeller Foundation
State Department
Bowles
United States
Cork
Kenny
Ocean Front
It Tex Post
Storm Sweeps Nation With Heavy Snow and Icy Roads
A prewinter storm moves from the Southwest across the midlands spreading heavy snow up to a foot in places. Deaths blamed on traffic crashes and shoveling. parts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio and New Jersey report significant snowfall and power outages. Weather worsens across the Midwest and Northeast with ice on lines and widespread travel disruptions.
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Midlands
Taday
Atlantic
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Panhandle
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Maine
Ohio
New Jers
Philadelphia
Gion
Washington
S. Newark
Kansas City
Uichinson
Kansas
Lower Great Lakes
Kentucky
Dakotas
Nebraska
Great Lakes
Man Guilty Of Stealing Cigarettes at Acme Market
Davis, a West All Saints resident, was found guilty of stealing two cartons of Acme Market cigarettes. He allegedly tucked the goods under his coat and tossed them aside when approached. Magistrate Edward D. Storm postponed sentencing pending parental consultation.
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Acme
Davis
West All Saints Street
Norman Trump
Edward D. Storm
Berard O'Bryan
New Duckpin Alley Opens Thursday
The city’s newest duckpin facility, Village Lanes, will be formally opened Thursday. The $500,000 center on Ninth Street features 20 duckpin alleys, automatic pinsetters, a snack bar, meeting room, locker room and carpeted lobby. Notables including Delbert N. Board, Gail Catshall and Brunswick representatives attend the preview and ribbon ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Fil
Frederick Prories
Russo
Delbert N
Board of County
James H. Grove Jr
Frederick Properties
Western Maryland Trust Company
Gail Catshall
Woodsboro Savings Bank
Freighter Edgar Hogshire Aground in Chesapeake Bay
A 191 foot North Carolina Line freighter Edgar Hogshire reported aground in the lower Chesapeake Bay during a fierce Maryland snowstorm. Three crew were rescued, a fourth presumed drowned in a separate rescue. The ship near Cedar Point at the Patuxent River mouth faced eight feet of water and six foot seas with 20 knot winds as Coast Guard and tanker crews aided in the operations.
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Tre
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Edgar Hogshire
North Carolina Line
Coast Guard
Cedar Point
Patuxent River
Thomas
Bloody Point
Howard Cockerell
Baltimore
Angelo Fasne
Washi
Tate
County
King
Lighting Postponed for Spires Ceremony
Mayor Jacob R. Ramsburg announced the lighting of the clustered spires is postponed until Wednesday at 7 p.m due to bad weather.
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Jacob R. Ramsburg
Snowbound Roads Grip Town After Deep Snowfall
High snowdrifts and winds blocked state and county routes, with Route 0 and US 40 clogged by accidents and stalls. 11 year old Charles Austin Sherald died after attempting to free his car from a drift, as crews labored from 8:30 a.m. to clear major arteries and keep one lane open. Local police urged chain use and to avoid piling snow on streets.
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Charles Austin Sherald
East Second Street
Steiners Hill
Sandy Hook
Steiners Hil
U.S. 340
US. 40
Catoctin Mountain
Lewistown
Mountaindale
Charles V Main
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Greenfield
Independent Hose Company
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Riklye
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Fleming Avenue
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Paul
Frank J. Keefered
Jeresa Offutt
Ndie
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Chesapeake
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