Hermit of Cabbage Key Captures Florida Isolation
St. Petersburg column profiles Old Silas Dent Florida's senior hermit living 12 miles off Pass-a-Grille on a palm thatched island. He lives on $65 monthly pension, sells fly swatters, reads the Bible, and jokes about splitting a beard hair to stave restlessness. Two lady hermits nearby, Barbara Simmons and Esther Shelton, maintain a one acre mangrove patch called God's Island where they paint and write, relying on mainland trips during storms.
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Hal Boyle
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Old Silas Dent
Silas
Florida
Here
Cabbage Key
Santa Claus
Sted
Sias
Pass-a-Grille
Paradise
de Dent
Old Silas
Claude McCall
Terry
Barbara Simmons
Esther Shelton
God's Island
Wilson Hubbard
Hubbard
Uncle Sam
God
Threatened Eagle and Bald Eagle Conservation Effort
The article notes the American eagle as a sea bird and heraldic symbol, recounting its historic emblems and current endangered status. A Wal tham Mass lumber dealer funds bald eagle conservation, while Alaska authorities pay $2 per killed eagle amid claims salmon are harmed by feeding eagles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lumber Deaser
Waltham
Mass
North America
Alaska
Two pants suits return as wartime musts reshaped fashion
The article notes the reemergence of the two pants suit after World War II era shortages. It explains how consumers mixed slacks with suit coats or sports jackets, prompting manufacturers to offer suits with two pants to extend life and create sports outfits. The piece links this shift to free enterprise competition and cites pipelines’ mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Coast
Midwest
Electric Railway Wins Right of Way Deal to Libertytown
Fifty years ago the Baltimore and Frederick Electric Railway Company sealed an agreement with the Frederick and Libertytown Turnpike Company for a right of way from the Monocacy River to Libertytown. The new company already controls the Frederick river route, signaling expansion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and
David S. Rice
East Fourth Street
John J. White
Lewis A. White
Eliza C. Jacobs
Margaret Kline
E. H Kline
West Seventh Street
City Ministerial Association
Maryland
Twenty Years Ago in News Frees Curans Feb 16 1932
Bids on owe and a quarter mile of road from Creagerstown toward Loss Station opened. Thomas Bennett and Hunter Westminster bid $23 018.70. Park Way School standardization receipt announced at PTA meeting. Cub Scouts endorsed. J C Biehl spoke. Henry A Hopp before grand jury about January 16 robbery. intruder frightened away last week. More game fish distributed in Frederick County in 1931 per State Conservation Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creagerstown
Loss Station
State Roads Commission
Thomas
Bennett
Hunter
Westminster
Parkway School
Parent-Teacher Association
J.C. Biehl
Hanry A. Hopp
Emmitsburg
Frederick County
Garrett
State Conservation Department
Deaths of several local residents reported in Frederick
Obituaries for Clarence E. Buffington near Mt Union Church reveal a WWI veteran and former farmer with surviving children in Union Bridge Philadelphia and Catonsville. Additional notices include Lillie Ensor Lindsay of New Windsor, Naomi Nusz of Frederick, Daisy Gaver of Myersville, Nora Moxley Davis of Hamsville, Laura Hacker of Frederick, and related funeral details with dates and locations across Frederick County Maryland.
Sophomore Revue at Hood College Entices Full House
A Hood College Sophomore Revue titled Potpourri played Friday in Brodbeck Hall. The 12 act performance traced the year from January to December with songs dances and drama. Barbara Coleman narrated as The Girl while Ann Counes directed and Katherine Terrell presided. Also notice Edith Greaves known as Molly Malony died in Hollywood at 63. Market prices for wheat barley and corn were listed.
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Brodbeck Hall
Barbara Coleman
Wyncote. Pa
Mare di Gras
Hood College
Derick University
the Nile
Maryland
Ann Counes
New York City
Katherine Terrell
Baltimore
Hollywood
Edith Greaves
Molly Malony
Funerals Held for Dr Francis T Elliott Former Health Officer
Funeral services for Dr Francis T Elliott former Carrel county health officer were held Friday afternoon at Trinity Lutheran church Taneytown. Rites were conducted by Glenn L Stahl with assistance from Dr L Bord Hamm pastor of St John's Lutheran Hagerstown and Rev Thuriow Null Harney. Bearers were sons and sons in law including Francis Jr Lewis H James C and Joh C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis T. Elliott
Carrel County
Trinity Lutheran
Debate over union shop power and individual rights in America
Washington reports on compulsory union membership via a union shop, contrasting with a Communist loyalty claim before Congress. The piece critiques government and liberal support for the union shop, cites Taft Hartley, Supreme Court ambiguity, and warns of coercion, urging protection of individual liberty. It mentions railroad sector advisories, wartime mem bership maintenance, and possible future Supreme Court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
Taft
America
Supreme Court of the
Supreme Court of the United State
Madrigal Singers To Be Here On April 23
The Madrigal Singers will visit on April 23 for a program featuring Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The Monday Musicales program at the Lewis home on Fairview Avenue included sketches of Gilbert and Sullivan’s lives by Mrs. Donald Sullivan and performances by club members. Selections from the works such as Ahlanthe Pirates of Penzance HMS Pinafore and The Mikado were presented with solos and choral numbers led by Mrs. Porter Mrs. Douglas Miss Shafer and others.
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Calvary Methodist Parish Hall
Market
Church Streets
Lar Jones
Peabody
George Bolek
Maryland Federation of Music Clubs
National Federation of Music Clubs
Jackson
Miss
Maurice Peterman
Dallas
Texas
Mary Rhoads
Frank Lewis
Fairview Avenue
Earle Blakeslee
Wouter van Garrett
Richard Betson
Donald Sullivan
William S. Gilbert
Arthur
Sullivan
Gilbert
Ernest Kennedy
Po- Theeman
Margaret Kent
Sullivan Dorving
En‘tave Arm
Snio
Anniversary meeting of St Josephs PTA Emmitsburg
The Par ent-Teachers Association of St Josephs High School Emmitsburg met with thirty-eight parents and six teachers. Plans for an April 17 card party were discussed and a March meeting will finalize drape purchases for the auditorium. Floyd C Miller presided and Dr John J Dillon spoke on God and Man at Yale. A fifth anniversary social followed with a birthday cake and red candies as the centerpiece. Mayor Rodgers gave the closing prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association
St Joseph's High School
Emmitsburg
Floyd C Miller
Bernard Ho Boxie
Clarence Wachter
Mane Rosenied
John Law
Guy A. Baker
John J. Dillon
Mount St Marys College
God
Man
Yale
Thornton W. Rodgers
Hood College seniors honored at four dinners
President and Mrs. Traxal hosted four senior class dinners at Hood College honoring the Class of 1952. Attendees included deans and administrators, with guests such as J Harold Hooper and Elizabeth Eckhardt May. Entertainment featured David Hagan and magic acts, blue and white decor noted throughout.
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Traxals
Laws
Andrew G. Traxal
Hood College
Katherine Sherrill
Ruth E. Perry
Herbert N. Heston
Heston
J. Harold Hooper
Hooper
Robert Campbell
Meyran Hall
Elizabeth Eckhardt May
Catherine Foland
G. Russell Hartley
Shriner Hall
Elizabeth Crawford
Earle Blakeslee
David Ha
Bible Thoughts On Justice And Speech From The Boss And Jones
A fragmentary dialogue reflects on divine justice and human conduct. Pope and Boss discuss moral clarity while a trackside exchange between Boss and Jones reveals a terse street humor about illness and race after the event.
Weddings Still-Miller Amid White Tapers in Carlisle
The marriage of Miss Dorothy Foreman Miller of Carlisle to Joseph N. Still of Halifax was solemnized at Grace United Evangelical U B Church Carlisle by Earl LeRoy Smith. The bride’s sister served as matron of honor and the groom’s father as best man. Guests came from multiple Pennsylvania cities and beyond. The couple plans to reside in Emporium Pa after a wedding trip north. An engagement of Gloria A McDonough and Carroll E Selby was announced with no wedding date set.
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Still—Miller
Dorothy Foreman Miller
Carlisle
Joseph N. Still
Halifax
Grace United Evangelical U. B
Earl LeRoy Smith
Earl Lee Roy Smith
Baltimore
Robert L. Grove
Still
Edward D. Still
Charles Plank Sheaffer
Robert Leonard Grove
Stil
Marguerete Smith Foreman
Robert J. Foreman
Geo. Edward Smith
Geo. Wm. Smith
Frederick and Hagerstown
Boiling Springs
Heeves Hoffman Corp
Harrisburg, Pa
Bucknell University
Sylvania Electric Corp
Emporium
Frederick
Alatoona
Philadelphia
Allentown
Millersburg
Elizabeth
Illnesses and hospital notes from Frederick area
Among the sick are W S Bennett of 600 West Par tick street moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Wayne Kenneth Klipp, Middletown, listed as fair after an appendectomy and minor operation with influenza. Miss Vada Summers of Hagerstown convalescent from a six month illness moved from hospital to her sister-in-law’s home. Daryl Warne Flook, 11 week old near Feaxaville, improving at Frederick Memorial Hospital after meningitis. Emma Grace Ropp returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital where she had appendicitis surgery. Mrs Frank Sheffer returned home west of Middletown recovering nicely.
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Irs
W. S. Bennett
West Partick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Wayne Kenneth Klipp
Glenn Flipp
Middletown
Vada Summers
Hagerstown
John F. Bussarc
Harry Brandenburg
North Lavenue
Daryl Warne Flook
Marshall Flook
Feaxaville
Wwe Frederick Memorial Hospital
Aliss
Emma Grace Ropp
Harmony
Frank Sheffer
Beverly Ohler
Thurman Ohler
Elmer Singer
Trail Avenue
University Hospital, Baltimore
Margaret Stull
West South Street
Pic
William Peddicord
West Fourth Street
Walster Reed Hospital
Beddieard
Korea
Joel E. Willard
Independent Hose Company
No. 1
East Ninth Street
Lewis A. Kline
Pete Crum
Linda Williams
Kenneth Williams
Thurmont
Matthew Harvey
Baltimore
No. Collington Ave
Church Home Hospital
Samuel A. Long
Loy's Station
Armie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Rhea T. Kincaid
Sabillasville School
Larry Wayne
Roy Clabaugh
Union Memorial Hospital
Medical brief notes on local hospital recuperations
Frederick Memorial Hospital patients include Beverly Ohler recuperating from an appendectomy and Linda Williams, Thurmont, also recovering after an appendectomy. Frederick Memorial and University Hospital in Baltimore report several transfers and observations for Mrs. Elmer Singer, Mrs. Margaret Stull, Miss Williams, and others. Also listed are staff absences and duties at local fire and ambulance companies, plus a class meeting of the Calvary Methodist church Kings Daughters Bible Class with 17 members and visitors.
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King’s Daughters
Calvary Methodist Church
Raymond Schwartz
Madison Street
Florence Kelly
Holden Felton
Edward Rice
Keily
Bessie Schwartz
Felton
Dill ‘Avenue
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Boyle
Inte
the News
Ems
C&urans
Clarence E. Buffington
Mt. Union Church
Mr. Buffington
Carroll County
David Martin
Alice Null Buffington
Ida Virginia Devilbiss
Taney Lodge No. 28
IOOF
Mt. Union Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charles P. Sayler
Union Bridge
Edmund Vencie, Jr
David M. Buffington
Catonsville
Taneytown
Lillie Ensor Lindsay
Adam Lindsay
New Windsor
Long Green Nursing Home
Baltimore County
Edward C
Phoebe Dance Enser
Methodist Church
Edward C. Lindsay
Dubois Avenue
Betty E. Sundergill
James T. Trayer
Joseph G. Ensor
E. C. Soper
Bethel Cemetery
Sam’s Creek
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Ira G. Nusz
Naomi Rebecca Nusz
Chapel Street
East Third Street
Tings
Nusz
Catoctin Furnace
John
Mary Hartsock
Seventh Day Adventist Church
East Patrick Street
Mount Olivet
C. E. Cline & Son
Daisy May Gaver
Myersville
Jerry Gaver
Highland
George D
Martha Hessong Gaver
Grossnickle
Samuel D. Lindsay
Grossnickle Church of the Brethren
Paul F. Bittle
Nora Moxley Davis
Nora Lucy Moxley Davis
John Kenney Davis
Hamsville
Crutchley Nursing Home
North Market Street
Reuben and
Amanda Howard Moxley
Ollie Baker
New Market
Nora Davis Hofstetter
Albert D. Davis
Leon P. F. Vauthier
Ijamsville
W. E. Falconer
Alonza W. Hacker
Laura May Hackey
Wive
William Foreman
Virginia Gray Foreman
Lime Kuin
Quinn A. M. E. Church
Vincent Rogers
Daniel Fisher
Edward Gray
Henry Gray
Mary Gariher
Damascus
Bertha Fisher
East Church Street
Quinn
Fairview Cemetery
M. R. Etchison
Sen
Barney
Supreme Court
David Lawrence
William H. Kipe
Sabillasville
Sabillasville Evangelical
M. L. Creagler and Son
Annie ™. Coyle
Evangelical Lutheran Church
W. W. Garrett
Earl Oden
Charles May
Robert Gross
Jesse Clark
Charles Keeney
Hiram Kipe
Middletown Lutheran Cemetery
E. Cline and Son
Continental Congress
Jocet
Maryland State Society
Lee House
15Th
N. W
Dave Platts
Theodore R. McKeidin
The
Athletic Association
Jo Anne McCune
Pittsburgh
Ann Loose
Myerstown
Betsy Sweeney
Nancy Freeman
Bluefield
Nancy Cort
Flushing
H. Kenneth Shook
Western Maryland College
Pi Alpha Alpha
Shook
Denver J. Shook
South Market Street
R. E. Delaplaine
Upper College Ter
Charleston
S. C
Fort Lauderdale
Vinoy Hotel
Franklin M. Shaw
George F. Shaw
Shaw
Japan
Cpl
Daniel Tressler
Virginia Beach
Alonzo Barkman
Wm. McP. McGill
Corning
N. Y
Fred Whelan
Carl Davis
Fountain Mills
Caroline R. Wood
Howard N. Mauck
Jack Humphreys
Mauck
Longfellow Street
Hyattsville
Davis
Mr. Humphreys
Catty May
Robert Haupt
Robin Keller
Washington County
Haupt
Moss Christine Keller
Samuel
Trier
Pope
Boss
U.S. Pat OF
Nea Bervite
Jimmy
Thomas W. McDonough
Monrovia
Gloria A
Carroll E. Selby
Bernard Selby
Pessimist
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