Death of C Albert Gilson Remains in Community Memory
The community mourns the death of C Albert Gilson a prominent banker and church member. He served Farmers and Mechanics National Bank in roles from runner to president for 36 years before retiring three years ago. He enriched Calvary Methodist Church through leadership of the men’s Bible class and Sunday school and was known for his cordial personality and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Albert Gilson
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Calvary Methodist Church
Bank
Gilson
Duan NR
Parson Honors Triad of Sixtieth Wedding Anniversaries
In Parson Kansas a gala day drew a large crowd as three couples marked their sixtieth wedding anniversaries. A reception hosted by a community woman featured rites for long lasting marriages and emphasized understanding and consideration as vital to enduring partnership. The event echoed praise for marriage as society’s enduring hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson
Kans
Stevens
Letters To The Editor Good Morning Christmas 1956
An Readers letter reflects on Christmas customs worldwide, noting nations share the same greeting of peace to men of good will. The piece laments wartime lessons, the urge for peace, and questions why people die in distant wars, urging reflection on human folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Santi, Claus
America
Father Christmas
Great Britain
Pere Nort
France
St. Nicholas
Holland
Satta
Pere Noel
Louvain
Belgium
Towntrier
Tewncrier
Pere Norl
Trescantent
Peace on earth to men of good will 1940 Christmas note
A Christmas message from A. Casale of Poolesville Maryland laments world distrust and war. He cites the Golden Rule and Sermon on the Mount as guides for peace and hopes for a return of absent loved ones by 1950. The note closes with Christmas wishes and blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Casale Poolseville
Bass Prize Won By Potomac Fisherman
Byran A Winebrewer of Clarke Place Potomac earned second prize in the Potomac Edison System bass fishing contest. His 6b inch bass weighed a few ounces shy of the first prize, a 4 pound 4 ounce fish from Piedmont West Virginia. Winebrewer caught the bass on the Potomac River near Edwards Ferry using a tandem spinner as a record number of entries flowed in. The prize will be sent to the Frederick District for presentation to a Winebrewer in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byran
Winebrewer
Clarke Place
Potomac Edison
Potomac Edison System
Fou States
Piedmont
W. Va
Potomac
Edwards Ferry
Frederick
Nttice
Station Platform Mishap Injures Twelve in New York
Twelve persons were seriously injured today when they were thrown to a station platform as an RT subway train began to move with its doors open in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Platterny
Fifty Years Ago Lacon Tome From The Column Of The News
Dec 18 2000 recap of Frederick area items notes a residence destroyed by fire near Frederick four miles east along Ratimnre Pike possibly started by stove sparks. Merchants dress their windows with stylish displays including Lowenstein Wertheimer Rosenour Alaghston McCardell and others. Travers Thomas elected Worshipful Master of Columbia Lads AFL Masons Millard Lease senior warden. Graye Bowers junior warden. Fearbaker secretary. John Lye treasurer. Board of County Commissioners accepts new Pleasant Walk schoolhouse by Pattingall. A N Johnson Maryland Geological Survey engineer explains highway division support for street and road improvements.
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J William Baughman
Frederick
Ratimnre Pike
Lowenstein and Wertheimer
Rosenour
Alaghston
A. C McCardell
ROS
Nutrow
H Pattingall
A. N. Johnson
Highway Division
Maryland Geological Survey
Fire damages Thurmont house. furniture saved in 1930 report
Twenty years ago in Thurmont a fire of undetermined origin nearly destroyed the interior of a 10 room home owned by M L Creager on East Main Street. Firemen from Thurmont Emmitsburg and Frederick responded as furnishings were saved. States Attorney William M Storm ended eight years of work on the Circuit Court docket noting about 5900 criminal cases with roughly 80 percent convictions, earning him the title busiest man in Frederick County. The Board of Education heard requests for new school buildings at New Market Mt Pleasant Point of Rocks and Woodsboro and discussed the antiquated Church Street and North Market Street schools. There is renewed discussion of a new high school. Gen Milton A Redkorn, commanding officer of the State National Guard units, conferred with city officials about using Frederick airport for Summer Maneuvers of the 104th National Guard Air Squadron in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ortgin
M L. Creager
East Main Street
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Frederick
William M. Storm
Frederick County
New Market
Mt Pleasant
Point of Rocksand
Woodsboro
Board of Education
Church Street
North Market Street
Milton A. Redkorn
State National Guard
104Th National Guard
Civil Defense Registration Begins Tuesday in Frederick County
Civil Defense registration for medical service workers opens Tuesday across Frederick County. The program runs three days to enroll nurses, technicians, and others with health and medical experience, with 36 centers and local chairs coordinating hours. Enrollment is voluntary, noncommittal, and records feed into a central Civil Defense system for future medical planning.
News Post Christmas Dinner Held Saturday
The News and Post held its Christmas dinner at Hotel Frederick Saturday evening with about 90 employees and guests present. After nine, the dinner, the movie Democrac’s Diary explained a democracy tree dress and steps in production at the New York Times. Robert F. Delaplaine, company president, spoke and announced cash Christmas gifts. William TL Delaplaine, co-publisher, offered greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Frederick
Dinener
Democracs
New York Times
Robert F. Delaplaine
William TL Delaplaine
Washington War Jitters Are No Help In Korean Crisis
Washington and Britain pursue joint policy on Korea while U S Senate teeters between panic and partisan demands. Responding to Acheson and Marshall, lawmakers push resolutions, amid charges of misquotes and warnings of a second Yalta. The piece laments lack of calm leadership and calls for united action.
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Washington
Peter Edson
NEA
Truman
Attlee
Great Britain
Korea
Europe
United States Senate
Senate
U.S. Congress
James P. Kem
Missouri
Kem
Yalta
Potsdam
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Irving M. Ives
Dean
Acheson
U. S
Joseph R McCarthy
Wisconsin
George C Marshall
McCarthy
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
General Marshall
Republican Policy Committee
Voice of Reason
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Sen
Owen Brewster
Maine
Omar Bradley
Chiefs of Staff
United Nations
Bradley
Lars Tf
Hood College social weekend with Navy academy visit
President and Mrs. Truxal spent the weekend in Annapolis with Admiral Hill and family, attending chapel, Messiah at the academy, and a Christmas holiday gathering with Hood students’ families. A separate report notes John Huffman, a truck driver, killed when his tanker overturned after colliding with another truck. Also announced is the engagement of Carolyn Crummitt to William A. Wulff, a U. S. Navy officer stationed in Newport.
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Andrew G . Truxal
Hood College
U.S. Naval Academy
Whey
Merlen Young
Det
Truxal
Academy
H W. Hill
Truxals
Hill
James B Drake
St James School
Hagerstown
Drake
Hood
Academy and
Hoad
Fngagen
Clara Cline
Rouwle 5
Frederick
Carolyn Crummitt
William A. Wulff
Charles EB
Whilff
Manhattan
New York
Wulff
DU. S. Navy
Newport
Horticultural Society Marks 33rd Anniversary Meeting
The Maryland State Horticultural Society celebrates 33 years since its founding by Maryland farmers. Secretary A F Vierheller announced the 1951 annual meeting at Hotel Alexander in Hagerstown January 4 and 5 with sessions on apple storage, sprays, fertilizer, and orchard practices featuring speakers from Maryland, Virginia, New Hampshire, and West Virginia. A cordial invitation goes to fruit growers to attend. Also in Washington a political rally rallying aid for Secretary Acheson gains Democratic support against GOP demands.
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Maryland State Horticultural Society
State University
A. F. Vierheller
Hotel
Cumberland-Shenandoah
J. H. Heisex
Mercersburg
A. H. Thompson
Kearneysville
Wo Vas
FP. Harlex
H. H. Moon
U. S
Beltsville
AL B. Groves
Field Laboratory
Winchester
Rasmussen
University of New Hampshire
Durham
M. Ll. Robb
Taareen
Charlottesville
R. S. Marsh
West Virginia University
Morgantown
University of Maryland
C. Haut
W. C. Reaven
L. O. Weaver
C Graham
P. Caspar
Hancock
R. S. Dillon, Jr
College Park
Korea could revive American horse cavalry says officers
HAL BOYLE reports U S Eighth Army officers in Korea argue horse cavalry could play a role again on rugged Asian terrain. Maj. William Cochran Jr and others say horses offer mobility where roads fail and can serve as combat personnel carriers and supply animals for isolated positions, reviving cavalry’s edge in hit and run raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Europe
Dobbin
Asia
Maj
William Cocrane, Jr
Joplin Mo
Cochrane
Genius And Free Will In Wagner Paradox Explored
Earl L Douglass argues Wagner’s genius and private life form two compartments. God gave the musical genius while the man’s selfish life shaped his conduct. Wagner’s music opens heaven, but his personal life is a cautionary example of moral failure. Baseball figures Keller backs Chandler, praising his fairness amid pension, strike threats, and Mexico war concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Deems Taylor
Heaven
Babson
Sync
Keller
Chandler
Fredericks
Charlie Keller
Baltimore
Rodger JH. Pippen
Pippen
Mexico
Charlie
Maryland 4 H Winners Named Amid National Tractor Programs
Three Maryland 4 H club members earned national honors in Tractor Maintenance Health Improvement and Field Crops programs. James Smith 16 of Little Orleans led in Tractor Maintenance with farm skill and leadership, Frances Montgomery 17 of Tramsville excelled in Health Improvement by refining diet and daily routines, and James Louthan 18 of Rockville won the Field Crops contest through crop methods and timely harvests. Funding supported by American Oil Kellogg Company and International Harvester aided trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Club
James Smith
Frances James Smith
Little Orleans
James
Jim
American Oil Co
Frances Montgomery
Tramsville
Maryland
Frances
Conn Extension Service
Ahs
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Mich
James Louthan
Rockville
International Harvester
Tricultural College
USDA
Insidious word lesson and county meeting notes
English lesson covers insidious and treacherous meanings while a board discussion reports Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt conferring with County Commissioners about the Woodsboro school bid and Walkersville addition amid 1951 budget plans. no action. Also notes Yosemite Mariposa trees as perhaps the world’s oldest living organisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene W. Pruitt
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Roger H. Willard
Yosemite National Park
California
Questions And Answers From An Old Quiz Source
A compendium of brief Q and A items covers lead melting points and plural memoranda, origins of maize, France’s religion status, robin classification, deep water density, U S congressional cities, 194 Freedom Awards recipients, and auto financing terms, all in a fragmented, era voice.
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Caroline M. Fogle
East Seventh Street
Jean
Max 8. Bullock, Jr
Baytown
Tex
Lacon
the News
Civil Defense
Civil Defense Organization
Tte
Texelaidog
Civil Defense Atleaals
Adamstown
Ceachnauer
Goehnauer
Chanonan
Brunswick
Harman Watson
Woc
Bodie
Ruckeystown
Ned& Zeer
Ned So Zeidler
Burkittsville
Herbert Ken- Neder
Spechts
Carlos
Specht
Roimitsberg
Kine Wail
Laanen Nori
Ballenger Grane Hall
Vitry
Myersvelle
Evangelion United Brethren
Stephen E. Raby
Metz S
Luewn Falconer
Pan New Midway
School House
James Renner
Hurpont
Winifred Brown
Unionville
Vankifls
Clyde Rieko
Urbana
Charlie Collins
Sth
6Th Streets
Robert Marsh
Rosedale
North End
Winchester Hall
Health Department
Boypony
News-Post
Annapolis
Burns
Dee
Tohn Michael] Uuffman
of Branch
Horticultural Society
Pdemocraticc
Boyle
Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Scrooge
Shines
Mandy
Charles Dickens
James Loutnar
Questions
North America
Congress
Brefore
Washington, D. C
David E. Lilienthal
Lucius D. Clay
Freedom House
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