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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1957
Page
2
Public notice shows an afternoon publication credited to the Great Southern Print & Mfg Co at 26 North Cast Street Peeze MO. The fragment confirms a regional newspaper masthead with publication schedule and local business imprint.
Letter writers urge a 1958 Post Office commemorative for the department’s 173rd anniversary while local deeds record multiple property transfers. Maurice J. Schroyer and Flora E. Schroyer sell 196 acres along Myersville Harmony Road for about 20000. Brastus Homes Corp transfers property at 13th Street Pinewood Drive for around 16500. Hockett sells Fountain Rock property near Walkersville for about 19500. Schroyers buy six Middletown tracts totaling 221 acres per will provisions and 25000.
A retrospective year ends amid global distress yet solid U.S. metrics show high employment and strong production. The text notes frictions with Communist opponents, strain in the Middle East, and cautious optimism among Americans after a year of turbulence.
Community readers question party balance on the Frederick County Board of Education and propose methods for candidate qualification public discussion and election. The letter cites National School Boards Association ideas and urges broader community input.
Twenty years ago items note unemployment claims anticipated for year start and NREO space expansion in Winchester Hall. Engagement announced for Margaret Elizabeth Alman Al Baugh to Rev. Paul Gleichman. Frederick Farm Bureau meets with 665 in attendance criticizing government subsidies. Richard Lebherz hosts a scavenger hunt for 32 guests. Marilyn Himes and Charles McC. Mathias Jr. win first prize, Harriet Orth and Jack Lebherz second.
Fifty years ago reports from Frederick columns detail a Masonic Temple dance hosted by young men with patronesses named W. W. Osburn and others. Philadelphia educator Mahoney to substitute at the male high school during Kefauver’s legislative session. Real estate dealer Young buys Maydon property on Court Street planning a dwelling with offices. Fare changes announced: Frederick to Rocky Springs five cents, to Yellow Springs ten cents. Male employees of Montevue Hospital present superintendent Gregg a gold Knights of Pythias ring.
Babson predicts a intensified cold war, higher costs and taxes, rising advertising needs, and more corporate and labor turbulence in 1958. He warns of potential inflation, lower metal demand, and possible price controls, while noting political concerns surrounding Eisenhower and Russia. He also forecasts real estate gains near cities and ongoing fixed money and wage pressures amid global tension.
The article outlines 1958 outlooks with price supports and fixed farm prices, real estate trends driven by autos, rising suburban demand, and waning stock momentum. It notes woodlands values, Canadian oil price recovery, and shifts in bonds versus stocks, plus guidance on preferred stocks and utilities, with personal notices from Airman Don Creager and local weddings and births.
Among the sick Karol Lee Fleming a 14 year old granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Charles F Corbet West Fourteenth street was admitted Monday to U S Marine Hospital Baltimore. Mr Ralph L Brashear Monrovia who was stricken with a heart attack while eating Christmas dinner at the home of his sister Mrs Monroe Free near New Market remains in fair condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital. B Lee Feete of Brunswick who has been a patient in a Baltimore hospital for some weeks returned home on Sunday. Mr Jonas Barker Lewistown is a patient at Vindobona Convalescent Home at Braddock. Mr Joseph Hartis Urbana has been discharged from Vindobona Convalescent Home. Miss Rose Birely 12 Clarke place was admitted to Vindobona Convalescent Home Saturday afternoon. Mrs Florence Brown Mr Airy was admitted to Vindobona Convalescent Home on Sunday. Mrs Barbara Shifler 341 East Third street is a patient at Vindobona Convalescent Home.
Training session organized by Miss Mary Thomas and Kenneth Shifflet with Robert Stansfield for Boys and Girls 4-H groups takes place Saturday at 10 am in East Church Street extension offices. Assistants include Mrs. Willard, Mrs. Burch, Lloyd Fogle, and Pat Rosencrantz from the Mews-Post. Market prices listed: Corn 6.75 or 2.00 for barley.
Mrs. Ruhl formerly Miss Evelyn Rhoads, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Rhoads, gives birth to a second child and first son, George Ruhl, at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Hanford I. Lawson and family of Grand Rapids Michigan, and other relatives hosted Christmas gatherings in Kensington and Hartsville. The text also includes a lengthy nonrelated politicalanalysis by David Lawrence on U S policy and Soviet relations, interspersed with local Christmas notes.
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