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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1949
Page
9
Frederick High cagers topped Thurmont 90 to 60 to set two county seasonal records in the North County Scholastic League, led by Jim Mein with 44 points. Thurmont surged to a 32-22 lead before Frederick High rallied for the win. The victory marked the first county team this year to exceed 70 points.
Emmitsburg High School’s feminine basketball team defeated Thurmont High School in Friday action, with a wide gap at intermission and final margins showing Emmitsburg leading 51 to 7. The game featured Hamerick, Harbaugh, and Kelly among leading scorers as Thurmont struggled to keep pace.
St John's defeats Brunswick in a brisk game as the match unfolds with steady play and sharp shooting from the home squad.
Frances Folsom Cleveland wed at age 22 in Cleveland becoming the first First Lady to marry in the White House, while Brunswick also hosted a tied game between local girls teams.
Roman officials thought might be dead but Charles Lewis Prouty of Woodlawn is jailed in Carrol County Friday night awaiting trial Monday on breaking and entering and larceny of jewelry from a farm home near Finksburg last September 25. Prouty, apprehended by State Troopers Charles Hoide and James Simmons, had papers traced to a wallet washed ashore. He had confessed to police fees and was placed in jail in Westminster. A court hearing is set before Judge James E. Boylan Jr. in Carroll County Circus. Stallings Returned State Trooper L Mo Ridse and Deputy Sheriff George F. Crouse returned from East with a note on forgery charges tied to 146. Stallings was held on this charge after completing a term in Ohio. additional charges exist in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Annapolis reports Governor Lane favors a uniform state wide policy on whether county school board members should be elected or appointed. He would discuss Montgomery County’s proposal with State Superintendent Pullen and noted state boards of education are currently headed by the Governor. A seven member board proposal and Montgomery’s six member board exist, with no interference with home rule in municipalities.
A B-25 bomber with eight aboard exploded and crashed into Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans just before 5 p m. No survivors were found. Coast Guard identified the aircraft as Army number 0740 en route from Keesler Field Biloxi to Fort Worth. One body recovered. likely five officers and three enlisted men aboard. Virginia Dare, birthplace Roanoke Island, is noted as the first English baby born in the new world in 1587.
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