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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1956
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes show a December 22 1956 Saturday issue of a Fredericksburg area newspaper with references to a Great Southern Power Company address and scattered prices including 3.66 and 20 dollars. The text is garbled and lacks a clear central event.
Dr Paul We Hodge of Yale Observatory estimates meteoric fallout weighs about a million tons annually. Fine cosmic dust rains down, often merging with rain, burying itself in clouds and reaching Earth with normal precipitation. The debris is not dangerous and simply thickens the surface layer.
Emmitsburg reports the Francis X. Bikier Post No. 121 Christmas party this evening at the Post Home. St Euphemia's School first and second graders present a Christmas program led by Sisters Lydia and Faula. Michael Shorb celebrates eighth birthday and Holly Keepers fourth birthday observed. A fog incident caused minor damage on North Seton Avenue with a road sign and a tree down. Middletown Volunteer Fire Company names officers for the gaming year led by President Albert Boileau and Vice President Mark Gladhill.
Fifty years ago items from the columns of the News dated December 22, 1586 include a public sale of the old Lutheran graveyard on East Church Street after remains were moved to Mt. Olivet cemetery. Other notes cover a dog bite incident involving P. Frank Pampel, police orders to kill the roving dog, busy blacksmiths due to bad streets, ice falls injuring James W. Nusz and Daniel E. Burras, a cantata by All Saints Sunday School, Santa Claus preparations for the American Legion, an increased county tax rate, a near-miss highway accident, estates and weddings, and various local happenings and names.
The Francis Scott Key Hotel hosts a festive evening with residents and guests gathered to trim a Narva Spruce. Guests sip hot chocolate and sample cookies as the staff serves them. An orchestra plays while carols and gifts add to the holiday mood.
The article details a Tennessee driver’s conviction and sentencing in a rural magistrate court. It mentions probation terms, citations to Troopers, and references to local addresses and individuals, including names like Paul Rudatak and Anita Lee Moore, alongside holiday notices about Santa letters and Christmas displays in a hotel coffee room with an antique iron sleigh.
Fragmentary OCR items mention Mrs Nam Besos Wrs in a city dinner scene with families and neighbors. Names like James W Rockwell and John appear amid scattered references to school, holidays, and local residents visiting.
An ambiguous hospital report from Frederick County recounts patient progress and discharges, including mentions of a patient home at West Patrick on Friday and a recent birth at Atinie Warner Hospital Geitssture. Other items note class meetings and community events with names and places blurred by OCR.
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