The News of Frederick Ends 1955 Year With Brief Items
The Frederick newspaper pages summarize a year end with routine listings and brief notices. The paper notes publication details, rates, and affiliations, reflecting standard press operations of 1955. Local notices and AP material are acknowledged as part of the service.
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the News
Frederick
PIG. & Mfg. CO
North Court St
Audit Bureau of Ciculations
Associated Press
Fredenck
Welcoming the New Year in America 1956
Across the United States people greet the new year in varied ways. Some attend church or watch late broadcasts, while others relax at home. Many face higher costs at parties and nightlife spots, shaping a holiday of revelry and expense.
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America
Baltimore records first New Year traffic fatality
Roland Coker, 40, of Baltimore, died at Provident Hospital after a taxi cab jumped a curb following a collision with another car. Police said the victim was a Negro. The crash occurred late New Year’s weekend in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Roland Coker
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
A 1905 recap notes a burglary at Dr Thomas Turner’s supper party, a Thurmont residence fire that destroyed Harry Stambaugh’s dwelling and housed the first lucifer matches, a Monocacy Bull Frog road bridge discussion before the county board, G Warung Tyson opening a grain and feed store on West Patrick Street, and Middletown Dancing Association private dances in Samuel Kefauver’s storeroom with Opera House orchestra music.
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Thomas Turner
Harry Stambaugh
Thurmont
Board of County Commissioners
Emmitsburg
Bull Frog Road
Carroll Country
G. Warung Tyson
West Patrick Street
B. A. H. Brust
Clayton Fout
Middletown
Samuel M. Kefauver
Twenty Years Ago Mems From The Columns Of The News
Twenty years ago notes recount heavy snowfalls and notable local deaths in Mt. Pleasant and Frederick area. Principal Robert D. Lace dies at 24. John L. Derr, former Frederick chief of police, dies at 76. Petitions push for an alternate Frederick to Hagerstown highway. Hospitals report multiple local illnesses and recoveries. Christmas observances include DeMolay Knight Templar toast and memorials.
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Leas
Robert D. Lace
Mt. Pleasant
Frostburg
Markell Dutrow
Mt Pleasant
Fred Hemp
Libertstown
John L. Derr
Frederick
Jacques DeMolay
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Ettve
Vornms Zente
Toy CO Michael
Charles L Moats
Elbridge F. Biggs
Robert BE
Telaplame
Claude S. Ridenour
Knight
Re. Ralph H. Miller
G. Roger Yinger
Veteran Potomac Edison worker retires after 41 years
Henry A. Magaha, longtime Potomac Edison employee from Frederick, retires after more than 41 years of service. He started in 1914 as a trainman in the electric railway department, then became a bus driver in 1947, and served as maintenance man for the Frederick Operating Department until retirement. A memorial tribute and platform rocker honored him. He hails from Petersville and lives on East Main Street in Middletown.
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Henry A. Magaha
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Magaha
Potomac Edison
Electric Railway Department
Marty
Petersville
East Main Street
Middletown
Chamber of Politics and the Warren Nomination Debate
Washington column surveys the reality of Warren as a presidential candidate, noting pledges not to run, regional loyalties, and the danger of tying the Supreme Court to politics. It weighs South and border state reactions, Stevenson's stance, and how tidelands and civil rights shaped the 1952 and 1956 dynamics amid Ike’s illness rumors. The piece also references Lyndon Johnson’s rise and the need for southern organizing.
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David Lawrence Washington
Justice Warren
Ike
Warren
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
South
Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Missouri
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman
Oe Ke Tee Aeh
Uate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Louisiana
Wid Stevenson
North
Uke
Evers
New York Herald
Miss Theresa Trail Mathias Bride of Commander Michel
Theresa Trail Mathias daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Mathias of Court Square married Commander Glenn Carlyle Michel of Naval Auxiliary Air Station Sanford Florida. Officiants were Rev Maurice D Ashbury and Rev Victor G Ross with a small reception at the bride’s Court Square home. Bridesmaids and ushers included Mrs John B Wogan Jr Margaret Garand Smith Edward Trail Mathias and several commanders. The bride wore ivory satin with heirloom lace. a Nassau Bahamas wedding trip will precede residence in Sanford Florida.
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Theresa ‘Trail Mavias
Charles, McCurdy Mathias
Court Square
Glenn Carlyle Michel
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Sanford
Fla
Frederick Michel
Riverside
Calif
Michel
All Saints Episcopal Church
Maurice D. Ashbury
All Saints
Victor G. Ross
Grace Episcopal Charge
New Market
John B. Wogan Jr
Washington
Margaret Garand Smith
Gower
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr
Edward ‘Trail Mathias
James Krattli
Norfolk
Robert Mohle
William Dorrell
Nassau
Bahamas
Sanford, Fla
Bryn “Mawr College
Junior League of Washington
University of California
Cotillion Club Dance At Francis Scott Key Hotel
The Cotillion Club held its annual dance in the Key Hotel ballroom with about 160 attendees. Chairman J Carlisle Smith led the event, which featured a stock dance party and breakfast and drew a long list of social guests from Baltimore and nearby towns including Mrs Jack Wood and Mr George A Zegler among many others.
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Cotilion Club
Cotillion Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
J. Carlisle Smith
Jack Wood
Bergenfield
N. J
George A.zegler
Upper Montclair
Roland Ransom
J. Philip Carty
Roger Smith
Leo McCormick
Baltimore
Bruce Schick
Patricia Heston
Arthur T. Brice Jr
Jefferson
Sally Renn
William D. Donnelly
Bethesda
Patrick M.schnauffer Jr
Joanne Schroeder
City
Howard Kelly
San Antonio
Tex
James Gilmer
Marlin Golbart
Christing
T. Edie Russell Jr
Thomas D. Kane
Mase Carol Holvaplel
John Roeife
Poolessille
Robert Sener
Moedih van & Staak
Charles Howard
Ruth Zeigler
Upper Montelmr
Mexander Jenkins
Pessy Crowther
Anne Carty
Patricia Brice
Jacquelyn
Tatricia McClung
Poolesvie
Thurmont Christmas social whirl spans many households
Christmas vacation in Thurmont features Mrs Franklin Birely and daughter visiting relatives in Delaware and Maryland. Debutante parties in Wilmington. guests at Graceham include Mrs Rosa Stevens and Mrs Mazella Shealey. Several families, travel for holidays, and military service updates among locals.
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Thurmont
Franklin Birely
Wilmington
Delaware
Rosa Stevens
Mazella Shealey
Graceham
Addie Valentine
Carroll Forney
Leslie Fox
Calvin ‘Troxell
Rocky Ridge
Clarence Dero
Jiaisy ‘Simpson
Taneytows
John T. Carter
Baltimore
San Francisco Tops Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden
San Francisco wins the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden by crushing UCLA 70-53. Other top teams stumble in tourney play as Notre Dame, SMU, George Washington and N.C. State advance or falter in various college basketball events.
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Svare
Associated Press
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Golden Gaiters
Madison Square Garden
UCLA
Utah
Notre Dame
Southern Methodist
Ree
Mustangs
College Park
George Washington
Michigan State
North Carolina
Duke
Raleigh
N.C
Tar Heels
Mwaily
N.C. State
Wake Forest
Christmas Seal Sale Tops Twelve Thousand Dollars
The Christmas Seal sale raises twelve thousand dollars for the Tuberculosis Association funds used for pre-hospital hospital and rehabilitation services. Despite over one hundred remittances missing, the drive officially ends today as the organization notes rising treatment demand and efforts to continue support through X-ray clinics, patient clothing, and monthly stipends. The report highlights mass X-ray surveys, chest clinics, and the decline in death rates from tuberculosis over the past decade. CLASS MEETS The Friendly Girls Class of the Evangelical Lutheran church school met at Mrs. Wm. Shipjey’s home with 21 members, a Longfellow reading, prayer, business, and refreshments.
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William H. Hicks
Tuberculosis Association
TB Association
Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Wrnte
Evangelical Lutheran Church School
Wm. Shipjey
Dorothy Keyes
Longfellow
Keyes
January events listed by Frederick Chamber of Commerce
January items include lectures at Hood College Brodbeck Hall and Coffman Chapel, Hood College, Vespers at St. Anne's Annapolis, board meetings at Francis Scott Key Hotel, Frederick Assemblies Kay Hotel events, Newcomers Club luncheon, Boy Scout rally at Frederick High, and a Frederick Community Concert with Dorothy Warenskjold at Frederick High School.
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Frederick Chamber of Commerc
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Coffman Chapel
Hood College
Charles EB. Berger
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Annapolis
Coffman
Frederick Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Frederick Assemblies
Francis Scott Key
Children’s Aid Society
Wedgewood
Francis Stott Key
Herbert Block
The
Washington Post and Times Herald
Brodbeck
Board of Directors
Maryland Council Chambers of Commerce
Frederick High School
Research Society of America
Wallace Brode
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Brodbeck Hall
Frederick
Dorothy Warenskjold
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Property In Frederick District
Deeds were recorded in the clerk s office for several properties. Mr and Mrs Paul O Jones sold to Mr and Mrs Maurice L Bussard a property on Walter Martz road Tuscarora district for about 15500. Mr and Mrs Charles H Stitely and John H Strely sold to Mr and Mrs William Russell Green a property on the north side of West Main street Thurmont for about 15000. Mr and Mrs Sylvan A Manger sold to Mr and Mrs Ralph L Hatter seven acres with improvements on the west side Mountain road from Annandale school at Mt St Mary s College in Emmitsburg district for about 13000. Mrs Eleanor M Miller sold to Mr and Mrs Grayson L Rippe properties along south side of Barronsville road and west side of Boone avenue New Market district for about 38000. Mr and Mrs Donald L Miller sold to Mr and Mrs Barr B Stine a property in Harmony for about 8000.
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Paul O. Jones
Maurice L. Bussard
Walter Martz
Tuscarora
Charles H Stitely
John H. Strely
William Russell Green
West Main Street
Thurmont
Sylvan A. Manger
Ralph L Hatter
Annandale School
Mt. St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Eleanor M. Miller
Grayson L. Rippe
Barronsville Road
Boone Avenue
New Market District
Donald L. Miller
Barr B Stine
Harmony
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