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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1951
Page
5
The Frederick News in late 1951 surveys 1952 with admonitions for sacrifice and resolve. It contrasts government strain and citizen duty, urging courage, unity, and belief in America's enduring freedom as the year turns. It closes with a poetic meditation on time, tomorrow, and renewal.
Miss Mary McCallum daughter of Rev and Mrs Arlington A McCallum of Washington married Rev Dr C Preston Wiles rector of St Mary's Episcopal church Burlington New Jersey. The ceremony was at St Paul's Washington with Bishop Wallace J Gardner presenting the blessing. The wedding party included Rev Robert Kell, Mrs Kell, Mrs J Lewis Rawls, Miss Molly Suilon, Miss Margaret Wiles and Best Man Dr Thaddeus Wester. After a reception at the Army and Navy Club the couple will live in Burlington New Jersey.
Fifty years ago item reports James Rowe purchasing the fixtures and goodwill of the City Hotel barber shop from Frank Strawsberger. Rowe, a known barber, had worked at Miller's Court Street shop. The Potomac River rose to 17 to 18 feet above low water after rains and then began to fall last night.
Twenty years ago in The News column notes snow plows were prepared but not needed. A fire destroyed Charles T. Day's general mercantile store at Boyds, with stock lost. Frank Cover, of Brunswick, slipped on a street and fractured his leg in two places. Mayor Munshower and wife hosted aldermen and city department heads for a luncheon at West Patrick Street. their home featured an elaborate Christmas tree display.
The Women’s Clubs Galesville lit the community Christmas party at the Charlesville club on Thursday. Christmas music filled the parish hall as decorations and a lit tree created a festive mood. Mrs. Gimore Burrier, program chairman, highlighted the program with prayers, recitations, duets, carols, and a short film program. Prizes were awarded during social games. refreshment hosts and servers assisted while children received candy and oranges.
Lovettsville and nearby towns share holiday greetings as faculty members from Peabody College Nashville Lincoln High School Hood College and Pulaski High School along with several students celebrate with families. Gifts market prices list grains and wheat while residents recount visits with relatives in Baltimore Washington Hyattsville and Rockville. A 94 year old native of Lovettsville, Mrs Gertrude Atwell of Palo Alto, is slowly improving from pneumonia in a Palo Alto hospital. Seaman Sterling Rich and other armed forces members holidaying locally are mentioned.
Hazel Genevieve Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Henry Davis Mechanicsville and George William Stultz Jr son of Mr and Mrs George William Stultz Braddock Heights were married December 27 at St James Catholic Church Mt Rainier Rev E Albert Hughes officiated. The bride wore a lace gown with bouffant skirt and finger tipped sleeves with tulle veil. Her bouquet was white Poinsettias. Attendant Miss Sarah Summersell Weld wore emerald green and carried red poinsettias. Best man was H Alfred Vance. ushers Travers D Stultz and Donald W Stultz. Break fast and reception followed at Theta Chi College Park. The bride teaches in Silver Spring. groom to complete studies at University of Maryland. They will live at 4632 Woodberry Road Riverdale after January 1.
A quiet wedding was held at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Siamuet B. Myers in Dale Hill on Friday evening as Pauline Eline Ambrose of LeGore married James C. Belt of Walkersville in a single ring ceremony officiated by the groom’s former pastor. Also announced is the engagement of Mande Stelle Waters of Washington Grove to Garrison Warfield Bell of Gaithersburg, with Waters a Towson training graduate and UVA student, and Bell a UMD graduate. Also, Pvt Harald T. Stup of Urbana married Dorothy Vo Lydare in Urbana, and Mrs Charles B. Beaver of Taneytown announces her daughter Mabel Elizabeth’s engagement to George W. McBain of Gaithersburg. no wedding date has been set.
Mr and Mrs B Lee Feete of Brunswick announce the betrothal of their daughter Patricia Diane to James Creston Shewbridge son of Mr and Mrs Roy E Shewbridge of Rosemont near Brunswick The bride elect attended Hood College and works in Frederick for Potomac Edison Company Shewbridge graduated from University of Maryland College of Engineering in June 1950 and is a diesel shop supervisor for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Wheeling West Virginia The wedding is planned for early summer.
Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Zimmerman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tobias Zimmerman of near Frederick, married Grayson Ralph Bowers of Frederick at Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev Roger Gobbel officiated as guests gathered for a candle light satin gown ceremony with maidens in cranberry velvet, a Francis Scott Key Hotel reception, and plans to reside at 104 Dewitt Place Ithaca NY. The bride, a Syracuse University graduate and Alpha Chi Omega member, is to join her husband, a Cornell student and Phi Gamma Delta member.
A short lesson covers misuses and mispronunciations such as buoy and buoyant with the preferred pronunciations. It notes common misspellings like Ere Err and Eee, and suggests expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily. today’s word is imperceptible meaning not detectable by senses or mind.
Wilbur Peeble and his wife Trellis Mae argue over plans for New Year’s Eve after she reads from a black book cataloging Wilbur’s past misdeeds. He jokes about staying home, while she notes his record of humorous mishaps and ends by declaring “Victory” for a quiet night together.
Rev A Purnell Bailey cites 1 Corinthians 3 13 and John Ruskin to discuss honesty in art. He recalls a Venice statue whose refined front masked a rough back, illustrating that a creator’s character is shown by every part of their work, even in forgery.
Leonard Shure, child prodigy turned renowned pianist, will be the first artist in Hood College’s 1952 public events series. The free program, held in Brodbeck Hall at 8:00 p.m. on Friday January 4, will feature performances after a career spanning the United States and Europe with major orchestras including Boston Symphony, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, Montreal, Hartford, and the New York Choral Association.
Reports from the Korean truce camp describe Communist negotiators as mentally agile and adept at probing American sentiment. Observers warn that sustained power, not words, wins concessions, and note the Communists’ patience and readiness to test U.N. resolve. The piece questions whether a lasting peace is possible without decisive U.S. effort.
Braddock Grange held its regular meeting and Christmas party on Wednesday evening December 26. Master J Thomas Summers presided. Emma Summers led the literary program with carols by Krantz Fry Rhoads Bohn and a reading by Hazel Holter. Martha Jane Layman oversaw recreation as gifts were exchanged and refreshments served. Emma Summers won the guess box. Next meeting is scheduled.
Paris December 30 Western European Foreign Ministers adjourned their European army conference after four days of debate still deadlocked over a treaty to permit rearming Germany for Western aid. They will reconvene late in January, with military and financial experts kept at work to iron out the difficulties.
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