Women rise in 1951 as emancipation expands
Boyle Column notes women grew bolder and more capable in 1951 as emancipation expands across fields from sports to machinery. The piece cites longer female lifespans, greater independence, and kinder attitudes toward men, while recounting a humorous anecdote of a jealous husband and a grim tale of a man who harmed his wife. It recalls the postwar UN formation at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boxle
New York
Aeljlow
Mohamed Ben Mohemed
Fauliml
Hissemorse
Winter Twilight and War and Peace Reflections
A piece contrasts winter twilight spent in the woods with the changing colors of sunset. It then describes Columbia University's Institute of War and Peace studies launched by General Eisenhower to explore how war and peace pressures shape American life and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War and Peace
Institute of War and Peace Studies
Columbia University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Letters Celebrate Frederick Kindness and Community Spirit
A reader praises Frederick City and surrounding areas for generosity shown toward the Ike McKenzie family after a Christmas Eve fire. The letter recalls children giving toys and locals helping strangers, highlighting communal spirit and American goodwill.
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago notes report diphtheria cases around Jefferson with several deaths but many survivors. The issue features a photo of William P. Etchison, a St. Louis photography graduate, shown at Etchison furniture on South Market. Reverend Thomas C. Jones of the M E Church is thrown from a horse, suffering a broken collarbone and injuries. A Pretty Christmas Cantata was staged at the Opera House by the Methodist Sunday school with young singers and varied solos. The cast includes Mary Young, Julia Fretweil, Lucy Frost, Ames Hendrickson, and others. Charles Norris of Burkittsville, once a pool hall driver, bought his pool business for $1,200 after leaving Julius Hall Poolesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
William P. Etchison
St. Louis
Tata
Opera House
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Mary Young
Julia Fretweil
Lucy Frost
Ames Hendrickson
Clarence Compher
Thomas Gilson
R. C. Nicodemus
Atlee Radcli
Twenty Years Ago Of The News 1931 Frederick County Banquet
In Frederick County the annual Past Masters Association banquet at Masonic Temple drew about forty attendees. A turkey dinner was served as Mayor Elmer F. Munshower noted city youths face Santa Claus not bringing air rifles and hunt street lights. Several lights in town were shot out. Three Frederick Boy Scout troops from St John’s Catholic Calvary Methodist and Evangelical Reformed planned a three day hiking camping trip, to be quartered at Camp Baker Braddock Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Masonic Temple
Elmer F. Munshower
Santa Claus
Frederick
Camp Detrick 60-Game Basketball Schedule Set
Camp Detrick news notes a six team intramural basketball league running January 7 to March 13 with five service teams and one civilian squad. Eight minute quarters will be used under NAIA rules except for timing, and the winner receives the Post trophy while individuals win small awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Pruitt
Air Force
Navy
Christmas note from Moscow urges moral rebuilding to win Russian minds
A diplomat in Moscow writes a Christmas message urging the United States and its allies to win the Russian people with genuine truth and decency rather than shows of force. He stresses patience, a moral purge, and a crucible of example to foster peace and mutual trust beyond mere broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Der
Moscow
United States
Tolstoy
Moscow Art Theater
Kremlin
Basil
Matthew
Peter
Jesus
Russia
Voice of America
Voice
America
Britain
France
Germany
Spain
Italy
U S May Duplicate Canadas Reactor In H Bomb Plant
Front page science feature notes circumstantial evidence that the United States may copy Canadas heavy water reactor design for an H bomb plant. Key points describe Canada's unique heavy water reactor, its potential to produce plutonium faster than graphite reactors, and the implications for U S weapons programs alongside notes on related atomic research and a local community report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Associated Press
Science Reporter
Chalk River
Ontario
United States
Canada
Quebec
Laurentian Hills
Ottawa River
Ottawa
South Carolina
W. Bennett Lewis
Savannah River
Zimmermann Bowers Nuptials Set With Festive Prewedding Entertaining
Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Zimmerman of near Adamstown and Mr. Graydon R. Bowers of near Frederick plan to wed Saturday at four in the Evangelical Lutheran church. A span of prewedding entertainments includes dinners, a buffet supper, an at home reception, a dessert bridge, and luncheon parties hosted by family and friends across Adamstown, Frederick, and nearby estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Bowers
Dorothes Ranck
Miss Zimmerman
Ann Nicodemus
Miss Ranck
James B. Ranck
West College Terrace
Juan Sante
Washington
Sante
Ray H. Smith
Monocacy Meadows
Frederick
Zimmerman
Mr. Bowers
Bowers
Charles F. Bowers
Francis Scott Key
Natalie Colbert
Duavenue
Helen Hersperger
College Avenue
Dorothy Smith
Buckeystown
Springdale Manor
Adamstown
Richard EB. Zimmerman
Linden Avenue
Evangelical Lutheran Church
New Year's Dance at Catoctin Club Highlighted by Apollo Orchestra
Local social notes list furloughs and holiday visits among residents including Mrs Ellin and Lt Edward Burger Homecomings feature Mr and Mrs W L Burger at 604 Culler Ave and Christmas dinners with the Eyler and Halley families. The Catoctin Club announces its annual New Year's Eve party at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with Ozzie Fagan and orchestra 10 pm to 2 am cocktails served and breakfast after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Detrick
Franklin R. Olson
Trenton Ruebush
Frank Thomas
Leon Idoine
Alexander Craw
J. L. Ivey
Vincent Chiodi
Minnis Melloy
Walter Helwig
John Haynes
Col
M. T. Maree
Arolers
Ruebushes
Louise Burroughs
Bethesda
R. Francis Sappington
Libertytown
Miss Burroughs
Mr. Sappington, Jr
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Edward PD. Burger
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Mrs
W. L. Burger
Culler Avenue
Catoctin Club
Catocti Club, Inc
Francis Scott Key
Ozzie Fagan
Robert C. Harrington
Ralph W. Boyer
Robert X. Danner
George R. Hargis
Richard F. Kline
Paul M. Carmack
Wedding Bells for Kolb Wagner in Lutheran Church
Miss Pegs Marie Kolb wed Paul E Wagner in a quiet ceremony at Evangelic Lutheran church parsonage. Rev. Dr. W W Garrett officiated. The bride wore white faille with a black jacket and red hat. corsage of red rosebuds. Reception followed at the bride’s parents’ home. Wagner awaits Army Air Force duty. return set for January 6. Also notes engagements and other local nuptials including Forrest Bell and Mary Ann Bell, and Mary Ann Bell’s wedding Dec 21. Community updates include Pat Lindsay’s hand injury and the Maryland Horticultural Society meeting planned in Hagerstown January 3- Saburday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Wagner
Evangelic Lutheran Church
Pegs Marie Kolb
Arthur Kolb
East Sou Street
Paul E Wagner
Clarence Wagner
Patrick Street
W. W. Garrett
Edna Powell
Howard
Tony” Wagner
Wagner
Army Air Force
Forrest—Bell
Mary Ann Bell
Berdie Bell
Hagerstown
Alvay J. Forres
Elmer Forres
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Boyle Coolumn
United Nations Organization
Dumbarton Oaks
Frederick City
Independent Hose Company
Ike McKenzie
América
Henry R. Eury
St. City
C. E. Nichols
E. Main
Catherine Thomas
Feagaville Union
C. E. Main
Carroll Ausherman
Shirley Ausherman
Annie Poole
Mrs. Nichols
Mrs. Main
Sarah Ausherman
Calcutta
Tibet
Impong
Liberation Army
Mao Tze-Tung
Hiroshima
the News
Camp Betrick
Publis’ Information Office
Robert E. Dionne
Camp Derrick
Bourbonnais
St. Patrick High School
Walgren Drug Co
Kankakee
Dionne
Naval Service
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Naval Hospital Corps School
Hospital Corps School
Pits
Robert E. LeLievre
Shaker Heights
Ralph R. Cookey
Stevensville
Bath
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Franklin Olson
Thomas W. O'Neil
William Wilson
Donald FE. Ripley
Leroy Seibert
Paul Busby
Pfe
William S. Coghill
Coghill
Wellington J. Pindar
Robert D. O'Brien
K. Bruce Jacobsen
Philadelphia
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Edward A. Tuleyn
Harry E. Rogers, Jr
Thomas E. Davis
Fort George G. Meade
Army
Robert H. McQuain
Franklin
W. Va
Ernest D. Holford
Holford
Robert Fasshauer
Ray
Fries
Pittsburgh
Spet
Douglas A. Pless
Florida
Morton J. Marr
Robert F. Remus
Joseph R. Stewart, Jr
Nick Storey
Donald G. Whitworth
Sheldon A. Johnson
Chanute Air Force Base
Ill
Sam W. Skeels
First Weather Squadron
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Larry Davis
Saudi Arabia
Baltimore
John I. Lahey
Salvatore M. Loporchio
Providence
R. I
Elburn A. Covert
Plattsmouth
Neb
Carmen Gomez
Tred Leonard
Army Chemical Center
Comets
Blue Ridge Summit
Fast Fieldhouse
Church of God
South Street
B. E. Cecil
Montegue Hospital
Howard Campbell
David Lawrence
U.S
SMAS
Christian Endeavorers
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mary Katherine
Cristy Woerner
Bowery Mission
New York City
Hoffman Orphanage
Littlestown
Lawrence E. Heffner
USN
George W. Heffner
Brunswick
Chica Godbee
New Market
Fay Gochnauer
Mercy Hospital
Leroy Fothergill
Mt. Pleasant
Frederick ‘County
Edgar H. McBride
West Second Street
Robert J. Allen
Wollaston
Mass
Edward D. Grove
H. B. Mathews
Joseph Skelly
Media
Noah Walker
Walker
Elizabeth Getzendanner
Blair Harrington
U. S. Marines
California
Wm. E. Harrington
Cpl
Donald Line
U. S. Air Force
Bahama Islands
Ethel Line
Middletown
Renn
William H. Renn
Ira J. Eyler
Motler Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mark Andrew
James J. Ewing
Dili Avenue
William E_ Selzer
Fréderick Avenue
Benjamin Joseph
Selzer
Frances Solar
John D. Hann
East Seventh Street
Eleanor Collins
Collins
Walkersville High School
Teachers College of Columbia, University
William N. Shirey
Fairview Avenue
Westbrook
Morton Ellin
University of Maryland Medical School
A. L Ellin
Walking Acres
Raymond Eyler
Route 4
Harry Swartz
James Halley
Hyattsville
Pauline Eyler
Frank Halley
Christine
Emory L Eyler
Floyd Spalding
Walkersville
Gordon Bassett
Alexander D. Lewis
Thomas Fickling
Columbia, S. C
Edward D. Grove, Jr
Gertrude Warner
Carlton Cats
Arthur T. Kreh
West Third Street
Tomorow
Daytona Beach
Flort
B. C
Montreal
Elizabeth E. Benson
Women’s Department
Gallasder College
Harry G. Benson
Twelfth Street
Donald Z. Koons
Clyde OO. Koons
Wa Fourteenth Street
Cpl. Koons
Fort Jackson
Sas Carolina
Harry J. Colby
Bernard G. Murr
Michael
Brian
Sparta
N. J
Murra
Herbert Schroeder
Braddock Heights
M. Reg. U. 5
NEA Service
Paul L. Beard
Washington Street
Helen
William F. Moran, Jr
William F. Moran
R. &. Bulis
Birmingham
Ala
C. Louise Butis
G. Briggs Phillips
Camp De*trick
Grace Phillips
First Baptist Church
Miss Butts
Druid City Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
Phillips
J. R. Lillard
Banesville
Edith Rebeo
Stanley L. Umstead
Pooleville
Maurice Umstea Poolesville
Bertha Umstead
Lindsay
Biloxi
Miss
Pat Lindsay
Marland
Tennessee
Fro Ridgely
Terrapins
College Park
Maryland Horticultural Society
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Sylvania
Saburday
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