Semi-Weekly News of Frederick Maryland 1953 Issue
The February 8, 1953 edition of the Semi-Weekly News from Frederick Maryland describes subscriptions, AP affiliation, correction policy, and printing services. It notes $3.00 yearly prepaid, emphasizes real-name bylines, and advertises in-house job printing capabilities. The notice lists circulation and press details for readers and local advertisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gqazat Southern Ptg & Mfg CO
North Court S. Broderick, Md
Associated Press
Tiema
Frederick Md
February and the promise of spring loom ahead
February brings mixed weather as Arctic forces lash the north while the south often feels the stir of spring. The piece notes winter's end is near, emphasizes February's 28 days this year, and predicts the quick approach of milder seasons.
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Arctic
Southland
Picture Of Sgt. Corbin Wins 'Collision' Honor
A January 5 photograph by Sgt. Ww. W. Corbin of Maryland State Police shows demolished cars from a crash near Frederick. The image won top honors in MSP Highway Safety Bulletin's monthly collision photo contest, aimed at boosting state safety awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Ww. W. Corbin
Maryland State Police
Kkenore
Highway Safety Bulletin
MSP Monthly
MSP
Sgt. Corbin
Barrack “B
Radio Evans
Rockville
John Claggett
Predict New Blood Donor Record This Month
Frederick aims for a record donor enlistment on the 19th and 20th as the Red Cross Bloodmobile sets up at Calvary Methodist. Mrs Paul Willard, blood program chairman, urges civilians to join, citing veterans, scientists, and donors from Camp Detrict sharing lifesaving stories of transfusions and plasma treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Red Cross
Calvary Methodist Church
Paul Willard
Korea
Frederick Countans
Maryland Senate Keeps Lash Penalty For Wife Beaters
In Annapolis the Maryland Senate declined to end the punishment of up to 40 lashes for men who beat their wives. The Judiciary Committee rejected a bill to abolish the penalty, noting it not out of date and citing Governor McKeldin’s prior clemency actions. The Prisoners Aid Association of Maryland had urged abolition as against modern criminal justice concepts.
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Annapolis
Marsland
Senate
Prisoners Aid Association of Maryland
Dcecil
Lashing
Bequests in Margaret Hart Steiner Will Probe Estate
The will of Miss Margaret Hart Steiner leaves 810,000 to the Presbyterian church trustees for the church and 81,000 for the Sunday school. Bequests include 3100 to the Children’s Aid Society, 3500 to the Frederick Needlework Guild for Labrador relief, and many named gifts to relatives friends and godchildren. The estate, dated November 5, 1942, names Mathias and Mathias as settlement attorneys, with executors and witnesses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Children’s Aid Society
Frederick County
Frederick
Needlework Guild of America
Margaret Hart Steine
The
Children's Aid Society
Needlework Guild
International Grenfell Association
Labrador
Ida Colton Medinger Kolk
Marian Lodge Medinger Duke
Mary Ruth Ashcom Etter
Margaret Scott Bond
Testatrix
Louise Brash Ears Higgins
Rachael Jennings
Higgins
Frances Virginia Fulmer
Louise Hardy Schwenk
Mary Elizabeth Krekel
Dorothy Evans Webb
Dudley Dakin Campbell, Jr
George Prentiss Campbell
Margaret Williams Thomas
Helen Barton Thomas Selby
Page Selby
Gladys Colton Tabbs Bills
West Third Street
Anita Triplett Cummings
Beacon
N. Y
Grace Neidig
Marjorie Prentiss Campbell
Brooklyn
Theresa Trail Mathias
Charles McC. Mathias
Neidig
Mathias
Cummings
Mary Elisabeth Krekel
Baltimore
Mae Jones
Albert T. Jones
Margaret Hart Steiner Frische Clements
Eulalia
Jones Hull
James Edward
Hull
Elizabeth
Banker Whitaker
William
Whitaker
Margaret Springer Ford
Harry Dulany Bell
Mary Louise Laycock Short
Louise Etter Clifford
James Moore Clifford
Virginia Marguerite Wright Brooke
Margaret DeLaney Rochester Ober
Frank Benedict Ober, Jr
M. Christina Langley Roberts
Frank, Murdock Roberts
Delores Frances Roberts
Alice Virginia Harper Thornton
Dudley D. Campbell, Jr
Mathias and Mathias
Charles McC Mathias, Sr
Carl E. Cummings
N.Y
Mabel E Ramburg
Eleanor W. Ho
GOP Women Of Maryland Schedule Urbana Meeting
The spring meeting of the Federation of Republican Women of Maryland will be held around the middle of Adal at Peter Pan Inn Urbana. Officers for the October election were proposed by the leadership and resolutions favoring a lieutenant governor office and widening absentee voting were advanced by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltivmore
Federation of Republican Women of Maryland
Adal
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Federalen
Emmer Ro Bowlus
Fredenek
Nodunaung
Nemnaung
Nemnaung Comminiers
Helen Rem Yurg
Frederick Mis Vieter
Lottrand Vonigemens
Same Slavsman Batimore Ety
Vernon Randall Batymore
Maryland
Thurmont Grange 1953 meeting notes and plans
The Thurmont Grange held its January meeting with Master Francis Long presiding. A March of Dimes donation was approved and Bruce Crum spoke on the Pomona meeting set for February 7 at Thurmont High School. The Glade Valley degree team conferred first and second degrees on thirteen candidates. Ballenger Grange reported committees for 1953 and debated a sales tax issue on farm machinery trade-ins. A February 16 meeting was announced along with a travelogue by J E Stoner. A Carrol Manor Grange program will feature Edward D Starn discussing state legislative matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermont Grange
Thurmont Grange
Francis Long
Long
Frederick County
Pomona
Bruce Crum
Thurmont High School
Glade Valley Grange
Patapsco Grange
Howard County
Edgar Zimmerman
College Park
Louise
Frances
Edgar VanFossen Jr
Cathryn Eaves
Mary Louise Remsberg
Glade Valley
Thurmont
March of Dimes
Ray Zimmerman
Harry Remsberg
Clarence Eaves
Charles Hoke
David Hoke
Sparks Grange
Baltimore County
Louise Zimmerman
The
Grange
Bruce Cram
Harry QO. Smith
William Cram
Frances Crum
Ralph Kehne
Cathryn Faves
Edgar VanFossen
Ralph D. Zimmerman
Dorothy Zimmerman
Pauline Stauffer
Harry Dinterman
Eva Hoke
Althea Remsberg
Helen VanFossen
Pauline Kehrle
Lillian Graham
Mary Zimmerman
Annabelle Stauffer
Mary L Remsberg
Althea
Eva
Mary
Nena Jamison
Helen Green
Teresa Hoke
Patsy Garst
Barbara Crum
Abigail Smith
Carl Stauffer
James Werking
Arthur Graham
Arabelle Boone
Order
Ralph B Zimmerman
Marjorie Smith
Shirley Boone
Shirley Frock
Harry C. Smith
Charles Price
Ezra Graham
Shirley Graham
Martha Frantz
George C. Stauffer
Walter Ramsburg
Alton Smith
Helen van Fossen
Ariene Smith
Anna Dudrow
Helen Shook
George Baker
Pomona Cranze
Erance
House of Delegates
Ed Capt
G OG Garber
Korea
Mass Beanrce Fehr
Prigett
Ale
Lester Rothas
Dial Telephone Change-Over Nears Completion in Frederick
Frederick prepares to switch to dial service by midnight February 28 in a $2 million upgrade. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone built a new three story switch building, reassigning 900 rural lines, and phasing out old operator boards. The project began with 1951 contract to Cummins Hart Construction and has accelerated despite material and labor challenges.
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Frederick
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
Baltimore
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Annapolis
Salisbury
Cummins Hart Construction Companys
East Patrick Street
Frank K Simmons
C & Po O
Winchester Hall
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
New Dial Service Transforms Frederick Office Building
The C P building in Frederick is a three story modern fire resistant complex housing the new dial telephone system. Operators train under Ruth Bowman with advanced wiring, a 25 foot pinpointing test board, and an apparatus attendant for dust control. Public safety numbers are listed and the switch to dial service begins February 28 at 11 45 p m. If trouble arises a caller can reach central manually by dialing zero.
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Ruth Bowman
Buck Rogers
Harry Patton
Electronic Detective
Electronic
Mar
Telephone Service Department
Maryland State Police
Fire Department
Manual Board
Frederick
Rotary Club to Hear French Embassy Attache Today
Henri Ruffin first secretary at the French Embassy will address the Rotary Club after the weekly lunch at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He was designated by Ambassador Henri Bonnet and has served as Havas correspondent at the League of Nations, Paris and Stockholm assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Ruffin
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key
Ruffin
Henri Bonnet
Paris
Mr. Ruffin
Havas
League of Nations
Geneva
Germany
Raffin
Stockholm
Washington
Council backs pay rises for teachers in Maryland
Frederick PTA endorses the Green bill to raise teachers salaries. A delegation headed by Mrs. Paul Wise will present the council stance in Annapolis Thursday. The district committee reports many letters urging passage. A 7:05 p.m. round table via WFMD features Sen Ramsburg and board member Ross Smith among others. The meeting advances the drive to improve school conditions and finance.
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Wise
WFMD
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Ross Smith
Board of Education
Pollack
Robert Gillett
John Stephens
Frederick Eddy
Hood College
Roger Willard
Parents and Teachers Associations
Lincoln School
Alden Summers
Sgt
W. W. Corbin
County Council
Lee Feete
Frederick County
PTA
National Council
United States
Alice McLellan Birney
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Birney
Hearst
National Congress of Mothers
John E. Hayes
The
National Congress
Chicago
Mrs. Shafer Re-Elected Junior Auxiliary Head
The 20th anniversary banquet of the Junior Ladies auxiliary was held Jan 28 at the Hotel Frederick with about 70 members and guests. Mrs. Mildred Shafer was re elected president and announced new officers for 1953 including Ann Fletcher and Lillian Nelson, with remarks by local officials and a Samaritan Rebekah Lodge minstrel as entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Mildred Shafer
Virginia Danner
Shafer
Elizabeth Green
Mildred Kottmgers
Eula Finneyfrock
F. B. Sappington
Melvin Fox
W. Merval Weaver
Junior Fire Co
Henry Falk
Mayer
Donald Rice
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge
Order of
Virginia Damner
Helen Bract
Ann Fletcher
Kate Gittinger
First Lady Donates $10 to Polio Campaign Drive
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first contributor to the Mothers March on Polio drive as part of the 1953 March of Dimes campaign. She gave ten dollars in her name and another in tribute to her mother Mrs. John Sheldon Doud.
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Washington
Dan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Foundation
John Sheldon Doud
Quietly Lower Market Steady in Early Trade
Markets edged lower in New York trading on February 3 as stocks drifted with little conviction. Investors remained cautious amid light volume and modest price moves across indices and key issues.
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New York
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Wife Beaters
Lash Law
Steiner
GOP Women of Maryland
Grange News
Ballenger
Ballenger Grange
James Shatf
America
Carrel Manor Grange
Carrel Manor Grance
Edward D. Starm
American Bar Association
Michigan
New Jersey
Betey Sullivan
Frederik
Frank Keefer
Council
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