Military Strength Cut Back
The Defense Department reported that in the two years ending June 30 it cut military personnel by 9 percent and civilian rolls by 6 percent without reducing combat power. The Navy and Air Force show sizable personnel reductions, while the Army plans 20 combat divisions next June 30 with civilian cuts already underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
House Civil Service
Rep
Corbett
R-Pa
Subcommittee
Pentagon
Armed Services
House
Repor
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Writ Air Force
Union Bridge and area folks move about and wed
Union Bridge and nearby towns report a string of updates. Mr and Mrs William Good head to Florida with family on a motor trip. Miss Sandra L Gladhill visits grandparents Vernon and Mildred Gladhill in Westminster. Roger Roop nears completion of a new Mt Union home for his family. Joseph Quesenberry returns from University Hospital Ballimers and shows improvement near Linwood. The G M Fleming household plans a weekend return from Sarasota Fla after two weeks with Hively Gladhill family, plus Miami and Jacksonville visits. Harold Stane comes home for Christmas from Trieste and Europe and will report to Camp Rucker Ga in January for potential discharge in March. Patsy Hartzler Stone joins him in Georgia. Neva Jane Langley Miss America 1953 marries William Arthur Fickling Jr real estate broker of Macon Ga at Southside Baptist Church. couple to reside in Macon after Jamaica trip. Neva Jane will finish education at Wesleyan College in Macon. she was an honor graduate at Auburn in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enion Bridge
William Good
Union Bridge
Florida
Sandra L. Gladmll
Westminster
Vernon Gladhill
Roger Roop
Mt. Union
Roop
Joseph Quesenberry
Linwood
University Hospital
Ballimers
G. M. Fleming
Paul
Hively Gladhill
Sarasota
Fla
Miami
Jacksonville
Harold Stane
Trieste
Italy
Europe
Germany
Camp Rucker
Patsy Hartzler Stone
Georgia
Christmas Dinner Dance Of Civitan Club Frederick
About one hundred Civitan members, their wives, and guests attended the Civitan Club of Frederick Christmas dinner dance at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. President LeRoy Blumenauer hosted with district officers, Rev. Ralph Whit gave the invocation, and Preston Best led Christmas carols. Lt Gov Basil Lewis and other dignitaries joined, prizes were handed out, and the event honored anniversaries and club officers with a full program and dancing to the Esquires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
LeRoy N. Blumenauer
Ralph E. Whit
Christmas Ravels
Preston E. Best
Frank Danner
Esquires
Thomas Campbell
Joseph M. Wilson
Dottie Winebrewer
Rift Between Officials Strains Maryland Federal Duck Rules
In Baltimore a rift between Maryland and federal game officials emerged after a federal crackdown on illegal duck hunting. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service tripled its regional enforcement staff and arrested 36 hunters. Maryland officials cited conflict over bait rules and enforcement, noting state and federal regulations differ on duck blinds and decoys. The dispute grows as enforcement expands and penalties rise under federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Charles Lawrence
Lawrence
Ernest Vaughn
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission
Vaughn
War Veteran Sent To Mental Hospital
A Georgia veteran, Erwin E Roden, 28, was declared insane by Chief Judge Emory H. Wiles and ordered confined to a mental institution for the murder of Gerald Woodward McCaffrey in a Baltimore apartment last May. Roden, a former minor league baseball player who served in Okinawa, beat the church worker with a Madonna and Child statuette. the weapon was found near the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Georgia
Emory H. Wiles
Erwin E. Roiden
Roden
Bainbridge
Pensacola
Fla
Gerald Woodward McCaffrey
Okinawa
McCaffrey
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Rest Home Owner May Be Prosecuted
In Rockville on December 30, Mrs. Doris Mae Hissey operator of Pine View Rest Home River Road was ordered to comply with nursing home regulations by January 15 or face prosecution A. Morton Thomas Montgomery County director of inspection and license reported seven violations found during license renewal inquiries and an earlier month investigation confirmed unmet requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Potomac
Doris Mae Hissey
Pine View
River Road
A. Morton Thomas
Montgomery County
Court News and Miscellaneous Notices
Court news lists a bill of complaint filed for absolute divorce by Edward YT Baumgardner against Mary M Baumgardner. Marriage licenses show Edward L Despeaux and Joan E Merchant, both 18, from Lovettsville VA. Donald F Schopf 28 with Sylvia A Richards 28 from Brockport NY. Property deeds include John J Murphy and wife to T energiesk I Mary Staley for $10, Howard DeGrange to George Wier Biser and wife for $10, William C Martin and wife to Floyd C Martin and wife for $10, Shelby Realty Corp to Selmont Operating Corp for $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Baumgardner
Mary M. Baumgardner
Edward L. Despeaux
Frederick
Joan E. Merchant
Lovettsville
Donald F. Schopf
Clarence N
Sylvia A. Richards
Brockport
John J. Murphy
T. Energiesk I
Mary Staley
Phy
Howard T. DeGrange
George Wier Biser
William C. Martin
Floyd C. Martin
Shelby Realty Corp
Selmont Operating Corp
J. Mur
Eshleman Addresses Lions Club on 1955 Outlook
Elmer I. Eshleman vice president of Western Maryland Trust Company and NACCC director spoke at the Lions Club of Frederick at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He compared Canada and U S economies, discussed 1955 prospects, local zoning plans praised the Farm Bureau for a county wide zoning study, noted U S 40 completion and Camp Detrick growth, and warned on tax policy and Taft-Hartley amendments. He cited rising steel output birth rates highway expansion and energy advances, predicting a capital plant around 8 billion for AEC projects and urging informed public discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club of
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Elmer I. Eshleman
Western Maryland Trust Company
National Association of Chambers of Commerce
Canada
United States
Frederick County Farm Bureau
U.S. 40
Washington
Camp Detrick
Eshleman
Yates-Dixon
Veredit
Atomic Energy
AEC
General Motors
Bethlehem Steel
DuPont
Alumin
Washington County Increases Real Estate Tax Rate
Washington County Maryland raised the real estate levy to 1.75 per 100 valuation for next year with 1.44 allocated to education. The 25 cent hike funds a nearly five million dollar budget including 400 to 600 dollar annual raises for teachers. New teachers start at 3,400 yearly as the county seeks to attract staff and compete with other counties. The commission plans to borrow one million dollars from the state toward a 135 million dollar school building program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Washington County
W. Lee Elgin
Education tax rate shifts funds in 1954 county budget
The education portion of the tax rate will fund general county expenses under the new budget. The previous 51.70 rate allocated about $1.18 to education. The 1954 budget totals 4,978,136 compared with 3,630,086 last year, with assessable base at 179,900,000 and 176,300,000 respectively. News, Frederick, Md, December 31, 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
U. S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Lynne
James E. Folsom
Attorney General's License Suspended In Pennsylvania
The State Revenue Department suspended the driver's license of incoming Attorney General Robert B. Cohen after a June traffic arrest. The 90 day suspension, to take effect January, was ordered by Earl Pitzer of the State Bureau of Highway Safety. Cohen paid $15 in fines and costs after the incident and had no prior arrests in 30 years of driving. Governor-elect George M. Leader plans to name Cohen attorney general after his January inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Revenue Department
Rerbert B. Cohen
H. Earl Pitzer
State Bureau of Highway Safety
Cohen
West Ladsburg
Chester County
York Dowmg
George M
Pitzer
Commonwealth
Justice of the Peace
Evans B. Dague
Parkesbury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lakeland, Fla
Neva Jane Langley
William Arthur Fickling Jr
Macon, Ga
Southside Baptist Church
H. G. Wheeler
Jamaica
Macon
Wesleyian College
Prexling
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn
Civitans
Court News
Frederick Bottled Gas CO
N. Market St
Frederick County National Bank OF
North Market Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lions Club
Um Co. of
America
Goodyear Tire Bud Rubber Company
Joseph P. Turner
Raymond E Wilhelm
Gary Angleberger
Jack D Wood
Chicago
John Richards
Walkersville
Charles ¥. Main
D. Schwartz
York, Pa
C. E. Remsberg
Richard Shipley
Emory Shipley
Bob Ray
Roger Layman
Marxland
Vinewoo
Fine’s Tailoring
Dulius Finecold
E. Patrick St Frederick, Mad
Ang Ie
Remsberg
BEY Hotel
North Market St
Sade
New Washington Road
Cod Sell and Inc
Elec
Mountain View
Pouse
Bath
Bath Et H
Bank B
Fine View
Cood Rd
St. Sts
Dan Wight
B. E. Carmichael
Piper & Hill
North Court St
Birmingham
Alabama
Nolo
Cecil Folsom
Gadsden
Fred Folsom
Iohn Ross Clark
Elba
U. S Dist
Seybourn H. Lynne
Pharmacist
Williamson's Drug Store
N. Market St. TO
S Doll
Philco
Motorola
Sunbeam
Irons Lewyt Vacuum Cleaners
Melvin M. Engle
N. Carroll St
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
West Patrick St
Dill Ave
K & K Builders
Trators Gand
Bardia
Bscdiz
Routzahn & Sons
South Market Street
Mnez
Ritchie Finance Corporation
Ritchie Finance Corp
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