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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1954
Page
2
The paper lists subscription rates and postal details for the Great Southern News Frederick Maryland edition. It notes single copies at five cents and various paid-in-advance options, with post office handling as second class matter.
The article describes how the United States Supreme Court weighs outlawing give away shows under lottery laws. It notes FCC rulings from 1949, industry self policing, and the debate over whether such broadcasts are entertainment or gambling. It discusses the millions who listen for a chance at prizes and the public stakes in the ruling.
A study debunks common coin myths about silver dollars and other pieces being worth more than face value. It covers rumors of special date pennies and a so called stackable coin, noting misleading publicity and noting recent court and alimony actions involving Doris Lee Grossnickle and related custody cases.
Chaplain Major Gomer Rees, Fort Belvoir assistant post chaplain, spoke at Hood College last night. He urged applying Jesus ideas to daily life, defining religion as a way of thinking, emphasizing present life and personal experience, and illustrating love through a Hiroshima survivor who found faith and now studies in the United States to teach children in Japan.
President Andrew G. Truxal resumes duties at Hood College after a near fatal heart attack in September. The administrative committee led by Dr Wayne C Neely and others are relieved of extra duties as the program reactivates. Truxal attends chapel talks and spends most of his day in the office while under doctor’s orders to avoid fatigue. A note of thanks is extended to the committee and trustees for their service while he convalesced. Noted historian Fried rich Meinecke dies at 91 in Berlin after a long illness. He received honorary AHA membership in 1948.
Fifty years ago items note a large frame stable fire at Harry Groves near Frederick killing three horses. Baltimore’s great fire dominates front pages with hotels and offices burned and skyscrapers toppled. Frederick bankers fear weeklong disruption. a colored stableman on a farm near Knoxville vanishes after thefts.
Twenty Years Ago Of The News dated February 8, 1934 reports Mayor Manshower opposing a proposed home for overnight stayers in the Calvary Methods church site on East Chuck street. The week’s second snow slows travel as Capt Charles N Staley and guards attend a Fort Benning training course starting February 26. Lola Miller, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Miller of 813 North Market Street, fractures her right arm at Frederick High School after tripping on a wire mat on the porch.
In a Dumont TV feature Opera Cameo, Giovanni Martinelli, famed Met Opera tenor, discusses his late career shift into selling what he once sang. He reflects on heart over voice, lifelong discipline, and the joy of opera reaching a broader audience through television. He recalls Caruso as the supreme model and says he is not retired, just enjoying a new medium.
Milkmen across Frederick County join a countywide drive to support the Heart Fund. Drivers will deliver a milk bottle collar and envelope with each order, collect donations during regular routes, and forward funds to coordinator Thomas E Williams. Donors may mail gifts to Heart Fund.
Three divorce decrees were signed in Equity Court by Associate Judge Patrick XM Schnauffer granting absolute divorces. Jeannette L. Wills of 600 Grant Place is divorced from Jack F. Willis of Florida with child custody to the mother and visiting rights for the father plus $20 weekly child support and court costs. W. Jerome Offutt was plaintiff attorney. Richard E. Zimmerman defendant attorney. Dorothy Lee Freeze of Frederick Route 1 is granted a divorce from Edward Lee Freeze with custody to the mother, visiting rights for the father, and $10 weekly support plus court costs. Offutt represented the plaintiff. BR S. Rethenhoefer represented the defendant. George Norman Stull of Frederick Route 6 is divorced from Mary Ellen Stull of Frederick. the cross bill by Mrs. Stull was dismissed. Stull receives custody of three children with visiting rights for the defendant and court costs. Offutt represented the plaintiff. Edward D. Storm the defendant’s attorney. TO RESUME DANCES. The regular Tuesday square dance classes at Sialex Park Recreation Hall are canceled this week. Market prices listed show corn at 8.25 per barrel, wheat at 2.00 per bushel, barley at 1.20 per bushel, with ongoing weekly sessions for children 12 and under every two weeks.
A Grace Reformed church school Faithful Bible class met at Mrs RE Rov Nikirk on West Seventh Street with 19 members, opening with scripture and prayer. A memorial for Mrs Harry Rhoderick followed, and birthdays were celebrated. The event featured musical numbers and a social hour, with prizes awarded. Next meeting set for March 3 after Lenien service.
Congress weighs coffee price monitoring as Banking subcommittee hears five New York trade leaders while Agriculture Committee advances a one million dollar CCC bolster. Senate skirmish looms over CCC funding as Anderson questions its money position. House Un American Activities finds few communists among clergy and educators, but notes some sympathizers.
The New Market Grange passed a resolution urging the Frederick Board of Education to end loading and unloading school buses on Route 75 and Route 40. It asks buses serving New Market and Frederick High School to use the New Market school grounds instead to reduce safety hazards. Superintendent Eugene J W Pruitt noted the board will consider the request at the next meeting.
Frederick musician Bonnie Weddell Caplan will be among featured soloists in Baltimore Wednesday evening’s sixth annual Concert of the Nations at the Polytechnic Institute on North Avenue. Caplan will appear in the Irish portion playing LaSource by Zabet and Believe Me, of All Those Endearing Young Charms in the John Cheshire arrangement.
The refreshment committees of the I Q F Hall Thurmont held a birthday gathering for Martin E Forman who turned ninety on Jan 14 and Wm Forman who reached seventy three on Jan 21 joining fellow lodge members including George Wirenman Ollie Wisotzkey Hugh Boy and others. Forman joined the lodge Feb 8 1892 and is noted as a faithful member. Refreshments included fried oysters pickles potato chips bread coffee and a birthday cake.
Among the sick updates list several patients including fred Burgee at University Hospital Baltimore and Mrs Sadie Sharrer at Walter Reed Army Hospital Washington DC all reported in satisfactory condition. Also noted are Norman Klein improving at Frederick Memorial Hospital and Mrs Blanche A Mills visiting relatives now a surgical patient in Baltimore. Two recruiting visits for Maryland by WAC and WAF reps and an aviation cadet interviewer are announced in Frederick. A Johnsville district executors sale sold a 53 acre tract near Ladiesburg for about 7000 dollars. Cumberland sees activation of Company D 302nd Signal Battalion with Lt Col James E Bartgis as commander. Judge Simon E Sobeloff approved as solicitor general. UK beer consumption cited for 1953 with 899 million gallons.
Mrs. Claggett E. Ramsburg returns from Miami Beach for a few weeks then heads back to Florida. Judge Pinkney A. Richardson marks a birthday. PEC Melvin F. Hamburg 2 serves in Korea with the 43rd Infantry Division. Jesse E. Stoner observes his 85th birthday at Westminster. Birth announced for James Patrick Crawmer in Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hoffmann and Mrs. Getty plan a Tucson stay then Florida vacation. George Mazin and Calvin Baker pair plan Florida trip. Frederick Guthelm attends Society of Architectural Historians meeting. Mollie Gladhill and others vacation in Florida en route. Herman Wilson and wife vacation in Hawaii. Mrs. Wallach visits Boston to see daughter.
A Frederick County youth drill representing farm youth from various communities performed at Potomac Grange in the National Grange building Washington. The event occurred February 4 in a class conference room. Participants included Catherine Roderick Janet McDevitt Sing apore Ethel Franklin Middletown Doris Schroyer Betty Schroyer Richard Holter Frances Darner Jefferson Arthur Frouse Jack Lakin New Market Clarence Shultz William Burall Gareth Lease Ballenger James Stup.
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