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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1959
Page
4
A Christmas nativity display by Master Sergeant Thomas P. Bonenberger at Fort Detrick hospital attracts attention from Frederick residents. The Army veteran, praised by Fort Detrick and Walter Reed leaders, created the illuminated scene after serving 16 years with multiple honors.
Know America Today presents a list of notable birthdays including Norman F. Mason and Henry A. Karo, with places of birth and ages. It also notes Ava Gardner and I ya Wright among others, plus historical dates and events such as Oregon City incorporation and the Ku Klux Klan founding, with brief anniversary references.
A reader urges more buses and rules after two boys were hit crossing a highway to reach a seat on the bus. She notes many children must stand and asks the newspaper to highlight transportation safety for youngsters. Frederick, Dec. 23.
Christmas will be ushered in at Mt. St. Marys tonight with Adeste Fidels played by Larry Dielman on flute at his father’s grave in the old mountain cemetery. Mr. Peter L. Hargett of West Patrick Street has recovered enough from typhoid fever to sit up. Sr. John W. Null of Adams Town had a mountain accident while traveling with John J. O Hara. a dropped match ignited dry leaves, spooking the horse and Null was dragged and thrown under the wagon, suffering bruises and a sprained hip as the horse was stopped farther down by West Elmer Young. Dr. Roland R. Simpson, a Liberty, Maryland Prohibition figure, has been named to present Prohibition monthly plate material to Maryland publishers. Rev. S. A. Hedges of Middletown possesses a Lafayette reception souvenir from Frederick dated December 30, 1824, in honor of the general, an invitation sent to his mother then Miss Mary Miller and signed by George Baer and other notables.
Twenty years ago items note an alumni dance at Emmitsburg High School with over 100 attendees. Edward N. Derr and wife purchased the Devilbiss farm of 1662 acres in Johnsville district for about 12 000 dollars. Harry D. Baumgardner is celebrated on his 21st birthday by his parents at West Fifth Street. Wesley Webster suffered a fractured hip after stepping into a hole on a South Mountain road near Middletown and was treated at Frederick City Hospital.
A seasonal note urges giving gifts that cost nothing in dollars but bring lasting value through acts of praise consideration concession gratitude attention inspiration and personal presence. The piece, rooted in a Los Angeles church and published in The Grove Folks, links Christmas spirit with humane outreach and orderly good will throughout the year.
Fort Detrick hosts the traditional commander's New Year reception on Friday January 1 at the Officers Open Mess from 12 noon to 2 pm. Colonel and Mrs Parks Colonel and Mrs Tigertt Major and Mrs Cunningham Commander and Mrs Swanson and Dr and Mrs Housewright will greet attendees as civilian and military personnel pass through the club doors.
The text recounts the Nativity story from St Luke detailing Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, Jesus’s birth in a manger, and the shepherds with the angelic proclamation. It notes Bridgewater College receiving a 1958 60 Esso Education Foundation unrestricted grant of £2600 to aid operating expenses.
The piece recalls Virginia O’Hanlon, aged 70, once the girl who asked Is there a Santa Claus? in 1897. Now Dr. Laura Virginia Douglas, a widow and Greenwich Village resident, she will hang a Christmas stocking this year with her daughter and seven grandchildren.
A historic note on the famous New York Sun editorial Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus asserts belief in Santa as real as love and generosity. It argues faith, imagination, and poetry give life its beauty and joy and that Santa lives forever in the heart of children.
Birth notices list six families with newborns from December 21 to 22. Edwin Nicewarner and Clara Tohery Ramsburg announce a third son James Thomas, David Edwin, and Lynn Carter from Middletown and Union Bridge families. Additional births include Richard Austin, Sue Ellen, Sherri Sue, and a second daughter for the Ramsburg and Crummitt couples.
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