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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1957
Page
2
Community shoppers fill Frederick downtown as a Christmas bazaar opens. Local vendors display crafts and treats at the South Street Market, drawing families with festive music and bargain prices. Proceeds support church youth programs.
Christmas holiday for schools set from December 29 to January 2 by county school commissioners. Unionville school to get a fire escape per state fire marshal demand due to a public hall above the building. Col Charles D. Gaither praised Company A after annual state inspection noting marked improvement. Kemp Waters Smith etc buy A W Burkhart farm at Yellow Springs, 80 acres, Montonqua springs to be included for a planned summer hotel by the railroad. Noah E. Cramer and family move to First National Bank building from Rose Hill. Frederick City Hospital reports 50 patients treated in November with two deaths.
Washington reports that the Supreme Court ruled a wiretap or eavesdropping alone is not admissible in federal trials when one party to a telephone conversation does not consent. Seven justices backed using recorded material for law enforcement. two dissented. The decision prompts caution in telephone use while noting exceptions when lives are at risk.
Harry Gallon an insurance man, woke in New Orleans after four months with no memory of Aug 16 incident near San Mateo. Police found a bloodstained jacket and briefcase. believed robbery or abduction, not murder. He recalled being struck in the neck during wartime and waking to a cement form in New Orleans. He plans a December reunion with wife and daughter in Burlingame after Christmas.
The piece jokes about predictions of a hard winter and skeptical forecasts. It notes long range forecasts lack precision and compares temperatures at polar regions, mentioning a prior cold winter and extreme lows. It contrasts North and South Pole conditions and their humidity effects on temperature ranges.
The Hvartstown Volunteer Fire Department plans February delivery of a new 1958 Cadillac ambulance with four seating, full equipment, replacing a 1947 model. Cost about 13000 dollars, actual cash outlay near 10000, financed for about a year. The department adds a second vehicle this year, following a new GMC pumper in August, serving Frederick and Montgomery counties. Jesse C. Rippeon of Clarksburg is president.
At a Chicago ceremony James C. Worthy presided as T V Houser accepted the American Vocational Association’s Distinguished Service Citation on behalf of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation. The foundation becomes the first organization honored by the AVA, which serves nearly 35,000 educators nationwide. Also reported, Pvt. Charles W. Grimes Jr. completed an eight week cook course at Fort Riley, Kansas.
A long feature traces pre Christmas customs from the Paradise Tree to candle lore in Ireland and the Santa Claus evolution from St Nicholas to the Christmas Man. It notes gifts and kindness as core meanings and recounts local hot rod generosity and community spirit in gift giving.
Commander at Fort Detrick presented incentive awards to 19 personnel this week. Carl Valentine received a Special Act of Service Award for his work as a laboratory technician after training in biological techniques. Sustained Superior Performance Awards went to E. Rebecca Rho derick, Charles R. Norwood and Norman L. Long. Ten suggestion awards were given for innovations in lab methods, security procedures, deliveries handling, glove rings, floor leak prevention, corrosion prevention, and safety signs. Soldiers of the Month named Private First Class James R. Wells and Private Windell B. Hall. The column also notes births, club meetings, arrivals, farewells, and residents welcome to Fort Detrick.
Civilian Personnel Office official Bloyce Levis and Dr. Morton Reitman discussed bacteriology careers with Boonsboro High School students and showed an educational film. Officers' Open Mess hosted a monthly family social with music by the Esquires and refreshments.
M/Sgt. Robert Watkins and Sgt. Max Gifford say several Frederick and Carroll County men recently enlisted at 27 East Patrick Street Frederick. Names include LeGore Stull Curcio Hoke Hall Bishop Cunningham Sink Davis and others with options to transfer or choose branches. Women may enlist in the Women’s Army Corps for two years. Evacuation of Manam Island in New Guinea reported. about 4 000 natives and some Europeans moved due to volcano activity.
New Market Methodist church schedules include a Junior Fellowship meeting on Saturday at 7 30 p.m. and a Christmas pageant rehearsal on Sunday at 7 30 p.m. The Frederick sub district M F meeting set for Monday at 7 45 p.m. at Mt Carmel church. Also mentions illness in Baltimore and local social visits. Anniversary noted for Murray Bitzler. Includes Farm Bureau convention call to end monopolistic practices and promote competitive enterprise and freer farm prices. Large text covers both church notices and national agricultural policy.
Today in history lists birth and death for Joseph R. Walker Mary Todd Lincoln Phillips Brooks John H. Patterson Hamilton Mabie Frederic J. Haskin and notes the 1844 arrival of the Murphy Company at Sutter's Fort along with a Civil War battle reference. The items span Virginia Kentucky Ohio and California connections across the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Herman L. Singhas a 27 year old well driller of Middleburg was fined 300 dollars and given a one year suspended prison sentence in Loudoun Circuit Court for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He previously faced a statutory rape charge tied to a 13 year old Hamilton girl. that accusation was dropped and he pleaded guilty to the delinquency charge. Judge Rayner V. Snead also placed him on five years probation.
The Unitarian Fellowship of Hagerstown will hear Dr. J Walter Layman deliver Valley of Dry Bones The Need for a Modern Religion. The service begins at 10 45 in the first floor lounge of the YMCA with Sunday School and nursery for children through grade six at the same time.
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