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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1954
Page
2
The United States Chamber of Commerce projects better business in 1955 with output figures around 356 060 000 000 and minimum and optimum outlooks near 560 000 006 000 and 365 000 600 000 respectively. Leaders foresee stronger first half, mild unemployment rise, possible strikes, and robust long term growth driven by population and innovation.
Mr Theodore Wolfe of St Key Avenue announces the engagement of his daughter Evelyn Lucille Wolfe to Grover Stansbury son of Mr and Mrs William Stansbury. No date has been set for the wedding.
Fifty years ago notes from The News Columns dated December 28 1904 describe repairs to damaged telephone lines across the county with ice two inches thick on wires. A Lutheran Sunday School class led by J R Henry and A Hahn gifted a library cabinet. Frederick Dramatic Club performed despite bad weather at Town Hall. St John’s annual Christmas entertainment featured prominent pupils. The Board of Charities awarded jail and Montevue supplies contracts including meat from Harmon and tobacco from Derr. Coal and other goods were supplied by local firms Lowenstein and Weriemur.
Twenty years ago items from the news recount home repair after a fire at former Council member Joan Wo Cirvae Rove mont home, with $10 000 cost. large crowd at Frederis Mich School Association Christmas event in the State Armory. Frederick post office Christmas receipts about $1 000 higher than last year. five thousand Christmas deliveries noted. fire and water surveyors inspected City Hall.
HAL BoYu reviews 1954 as a year of muted progress and quiet gains. He notes lower wars, healthier people, and strong finances while lampooning trends in television, sports, and science with humorous asides about Liberace and Charlie Chan.
Miss Belly Beazer of Lavettsville Virginia spent Friday and Saturday in New Market with Mr and Mrs Robert Parker. Eshleman of South Market Street returned home after Christmas with his parents Air and Herbert C Skell in Syosset Long Island. Walter Schildt has returned to Riverside California after ten days at the home of Mars Lockrell North Market Street. Schildt has served in the Air Force fifteen years and has reenlisted to be stationed in San Francisco. Marin Warner and Donnie Simuson of near here spend a week at Shad. Allen Whitmore Jr and family of Kingston spent Christmas day in the city visiting relatives. Pat James Wachter of Clarksville was separated from a roosevelt at Fort George G Mead after twenty four months of service. He awaits assignment while stationed in the army. Mapes Pence is the son of Mr and Mrs Nene B Frehen of Jamesville. Vinstor robot Sruin, son of Mr and Mrs Karl Sirh Becks Lidge celebrated his eighth birthday December 7. Barry Wayne Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Wes Smith, celebrated his fifth birthday December 2. Hates Ro Rath of Baltimore formerly of Frederton is spending the holidays. Effie K Weasel, Home for the Aged, 115 Record Street. All Saints Masonry group attended services at Mr Saimts church with about 60 men at the Mason Temple procession to the church. Howard M Albaugh acted as marshal. Rev Maurice Ashbury delivered the sermon. Ed Rarev Young is master of Lynch Lodge.
A farewell party was held in the caslment of the Francis Scott Key Hotel by the local council of Jewish Women and the Frederick B nai B rith lodge for Mr and Mrs Ellin longtime Frederick residents. They received a silver platter and pitcher from Judges and hotel management. Friends and relatives traveled from distant cities to attend as the couple plans to move to Baltimore to be near their children and grandchildren.
The Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose hosted a Christmas party for about 245 children on December 18 from 2 to 4 pm at the Moose home. Entertainment included Georgie May trumpet Robert Wetzel accordion Johnnie Barber clarinet Sonia Ray piano Michael Santangelo trumpet Sally Boone piano Norman Lee Samuel tap dancing and carols. Santa Claus greeted the children and gifts were given. Mrs Evelyn Gearinger chaired and Mrs Helen Musso supervised the event.
Senator Olin D Johnston urged the Eisenhower administration to reveal the inside story of the dismissal of Wolf Ladejinsky the U S agriculture attaché in Tokyo Secretary Benson fired Ladejinsky on security grounds State Department had cleared him last spring Johnston calls this conflict a first step toward a public hearing set for January 17 by the Senate Civil Service Committee Johnston will chair the committee next Congress Also notes a Christmas visit by the Washington and Lee D A V auxiliary and D A V to Newton D Baker Veterans Center Martinsburg West Virginia with entertainer David Hagan the Smith sisters Alma Wastler Santa Claus and about 300 patients observed notes end abruptly.
Among the sick, George B. Stupp Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Stupp, is a post-polio patient at Baltimore City Hospitals recovering from acute pneumonia. He was moved from Frederick Memorial to Baltimore City Hospitals last Thursday and is in an oxygen tent with the Emerson iron lung, progressing satisfactorily. Louise Doty of Frederick High School faculty is in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital as a medical patient. James Rogers, local resident, underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital Monday and is in fair condition after several weeks as a patient there. Eli Keeney of West Fifth Street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Sunday and is in satisfactory condition.
A wildfire scorched 2000 acres of timber and damaged fences near Mountain Town and Devere, prompting evacuation of 120 homes as flames approached the Verdes Mont area. Firefighters saved structures at the doorstep but losses occurred before containment. The fire spread along US Route 66 east toward the gateway town in San Bernardino foothills.
Dr Lee A. Qubricide of the California Institute of Technology urged making thinking popular in the United States. He said too many Americans approve brains but find thinking uninteresting, contributing to too few students pursuing advanced study.
Washington sums up a dangerous French drift as Parliament can swing a majority, potentially isolating U.S. troops in France. Soviet influence, Communist funding, and espionage raise fears that Paris could betray allied security, prompting calls for resilient U.S. air and sea power and airborne bases beyond Europe.
Wayne Oliver reports a carnival of TV awards with Walt Disney winning the grand prize for Disneyland on ABC. Other honors name Jackie Gleason, Nanette Fabray, and The What’s My Line quiz, while critics mock promotional plugs and joke about future brickbat awards.
The Brunswick Homemakers Club held a Christmas party at the First Methodist church with twenty three members and five guests present. Mrs. Arthur F. Friehtman chaired and thanked committees for past work while Mrs Chas Martin read a Christmas starry. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Martin and her committee as members and guests listed included Mrs Barres, Mrs Wilbur Thomas, Miss Lavinia Hood, and many others.
Deeds recorded in the Clerk's office show several property transfers in Woodville, Frederick, and Lincoln Heights with values around 15 590 dollars, 13 000, and 7 900. Estelle McCarthy entered the Baltimore mayoral race as a Democratic candidate, joining others seeking the nomination for the March 1 primary.
David W. Hinshaw organist and choirmaster of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation Baltimore and Kenneth W. Smith guest baritone soloist will give a recital at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Middletown Sunday evening at eight o clock. The program includes Voluntary on the Doxology Purcell Noel Sur Les Flutes Noel Grande Et Jeu Daquin preludes From Heaven Came the Angel Band Come Saviour of the Gentiles In Thee Is Joy Holy Art Thou Lord God of Abraham Contemplation on Tallis Canon Purvis solo One To Every Man and Nation Ton-Y-Botel Greensleeves Templeton The Lost Chord Adagio from organ symphony finale from Six Pieces Franck.
Local notes report Earl Rowland and Ernest Stavbs, Harpers Ferry High School class of 34, back at home from Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi for the holidays. Also listed are hospital updates, travels of Mrs. Dudrow and family, and a Christmas gathering by the Childrens Haven group.
Washington Senator Mansfield proposed a 25 percent boost in military pay to sustain a three million strong force with minimal draft use. He opposed universal service without a new excess profits tax on war production and backed a modified system the Eisenhower administration planned to seek Congress next year. Collateral forfeitures and numerous speed and traffic fines were reported in Peoples Court and on U.S. 40 West, with several motorists cited by local officers.
AP college basketball scores from multiple tournaments and invitations. Key results include UCLA 88 over Niagara and LaSalle 103, Syracuse 34 over Duquesne 87, North Carolina 67 over NC State 95, Duke 92 over Cornell six, Minnesota 81 over West Virginia 79, Oklahoma 73 over Missouri 15, Georgetown 71 over Fordham, and Louisville 108 over Eastern Kentucky 84. Other notable scores include Indiana 78, Northwestern 81 over Butler 74, Furman 33 over N U 85, St Louis 80 over Indiana, and Arizona 49 over Seattle 88.
Defending champion Duke and unbeaten North Carolina State head the favorites in the Dixie Classic semifinals in Raleigh. State meets North Carolina as Duke faces Minnesota. opening day saw UNC beat Southern California 67-58, State 95-61 over Cornell, Minnesota 81-73 over Wake Forest, and Duke 92-79 over West Virginia amid a record crowd buildup.
Kentucky holds the top spot in the national college basketball rankings with 963 points and 179 first place votes after defeating Utah and La Salle in their tournament. North Carolina State rises to second, La Salle to third, Dayton to fourth, and San Francisco to fifth as the AP poll totals reflect 10 points for first place and voting patterns from sports writers and broadcasters.
In New York Cesar Brion defeated Dan Bucceroni by outpoint as did Billy McNeece over Bobby Dykes in Brooklyn. Bobby Courchesne beat Charles McGarrity in Montreal. Also reported, a lovesick printer in La Porte Indiana received a suspended six month sentence and a $150 fine for abducting a reporter, while a stray dog story from Edinburgh notes a tigress giving birth to six cubs.
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