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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1955
Page
2
Indiana University microbiology tests show seven rattlesnakes with venom up to five times stronger than the weakest and eight copperheads with strongest venom about three times deadlier. The piece notes variability in venom delivery and warns against snake encounters.
Charles McC Mathas Jr places National Defense Week in Frederick from February 12 to 22, honoring local militiamen and reservists from Manor Guards to Catoctin Dragoons and National Guard. He thanks merchants and supporters for public acknowledgment of service and preparedness.
Miss Charlotte I Koontz and Mrs Eleanor L Bvernall of Frederick BPW joined Hagertown BPW for an International Relations program led by Mrs Catherine Bentz. William Boucher II UN Association of Maryland director spoke on UN aims while Charles E Cockey Jr announced a Maryland UN pilgrimage to New York May 16 to 20 with train service from Hagertown and stops at Thurmont and Westminster.
Mr and Mrs Peter Wood Chichester announce the engagement of their daughter Lua Ward Chichester to William Watkins Wenner son of Mr and Mrs William Baker Wenner of Brunswick. Lua is a Frederick High School and Mary Washington College alumna with a UNC Chapel Hill BA 1952. Wenner, a St James School graduate with a Kenyon College BA 1952, is attending the University of Maryland Law School. An early fall wedding is planned.
Early this morning the cash register in the Buffalo cafe run by Lewis Otte was robbed of $20 and several half pint whiskey bottles. The 104 acre farm of Andrew J. DeLashmutt near Riehl's Mill sold at public sale to Frederick A. Gains for BL 750. The Board of School Commissioners recommends a new two story four room Myersville schoolhouse. Tableau at United Bazaar featured fire scenes with Our Veteran Firemen drawing applause. Boys High Relics Welires Literary Society debated if lawyers have better odds than rectors with judges 2-1 in favor of the negative.
Fire of undetermined origin wrecked two rooms in one apartment and caused minor damage on other floors of the Frederick County National Bank building. Heavy damage to peach buds across many areas of the state amid cold weather. Frederick youths admitted to petty thefts and joy rides were sent to the Maryland School for Boys by Judge Willard. Edward S. Smith Delaplaine Parsons Newman and Jinkten Felton spoke at the Frederick County Bar Association banquet at Hotel Frederick.
Celebrations mark the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Adamstown residents Mr and Mrs G Leicester Thomas Sr in St Petersburg Florida where the couple, married in 1905 in Heart Lake Pa, spent the winter. A July reception at the Patio Hotel featured harpist Dorothy Clark Tomlin and relatives joined a Florida visit to Bok Tower and Cypress Gardens before the Thomases return to Maryland on April first.
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo 4 Continental Air Defense Command announces that the first East Coast flying radar station will arrive March 1 at Falmouth Mass. It will lead a force of 30 Lockheed Super Constellations stationed at Otis AFB Massachusetts. Col Oliver Cellini of Chicago will command the 51st Aircraft Early Warning and Control Wing. The radar planes will patrol the Atlantic and train before becoming operational. The fleet will extend radar coverage to sea and give time to deploy jet interceptors and civil defense facilities. The fleet will fly around the clock.
PRANKFURT Germany The US High Commission Court of Appeals today upheld the conviction of Charles Wilson 32 former food chief of the European Exchange System on charges of demanding bribes for procurement contracts US Prosecutor Thomas Landen of Everett Massachusetts said Wilson as one of several ES procurement officials aided a heihars sacked om Gare many in 1951 The operation netted 235000 in kickbacks before it was broken up Wilson of Harrisburg West Virginia was taken into custody today in Nuremberg where he had been at liberty on his own recognizance since his conviction He was transferred to the Army Prison at Vanttherm for processing before being returned to the United States to serve his sentence.
A spokesman for the American Veterans Committee in Baltimore denounced a proposal to finance a war service bonus with a state lottery saying the lottery bonus is less palatable than prior ideas. AVC leaders and five other veterans groups criticized the plan as unwise and unlikely to pass. The piece also notes social visits in Baltimore and Alaska connections involving the Crow family and local residents.
Dr. Dewey Anderson of the Public Affairs Institute spoke at Hood College urging a shift from government programs to citizen led diplomacy. He proposed expanding exchange programs, sharing capital and knowledge, and fostering person to person ties to help underdeveloped nations overcome feudal land patterns and unequal wealth. He warned atomic weapons, changing communist influence, and uneven allied freedom demand new approaches to aid.
Paris Socialist Christan Pineau sought confirmation as France's 21st postwar premier amid a cabinet crisis. The Assembly opened with his speech on his proposed Cabinet and program, followed by debate and a likely late-night vote. Backers needed a solid majority, with some estimates below 290 votes, and approval hinges on continued support. His platform included wage increases, extending Mendes France's authority over North African protectorates, and ratification of Paris treaties with West German rearmament. The Assembly's approval would still require Senate action.
President Eisenhower tells Republican officials not to link Communists with Democrats in the same campaign. He warns the party not to sacrifice “balance of values” while pursuing elections. He stresses the main enemy is the Communists and the free world faces a dictator world. He declines to reveal his own plans.
Among the sick at University Hospital Baltimore is W Staley Hahn of Ceresville a dairyman improving slowly and expected to be discharged soon. Elgie Stull of West Fifth Street was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Diana Shelton seven daughter of Elmer Shelton Jr of East Fifth Street is home with scarlet fever as are her sister Shirley and brothers David and Larry with a virus infection. Lewis Hopp near Middletown is critically ill at University Hospital after recent surgery. Diane Marie Det ercing six daughter of S F Det erding Spring Valley is home with scarlet fever. Harry C Castle Zentz apartments is in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Clarence A Bussard College Place was moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Removal by C E Cline and Son ambulance.
Miss Sarah Boyle of Baltimore spent Monday with her parents Mr and Mrs James Boyle Mer and Mrs Allen Stoner and daughter visited Tuesday with her parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Claybaugh Thurmont Drs William Topper and children Tommy and Cheryl visited Wednesday afternoon with Thomas Fox Keysville Miss Louise Adams returned to Washington Tuesday after weekend with father C Felix Adams Michael Boyle on furlough from Camp Gordon visited Baltimore weekend with Rev Michael O’Brien Immaculate Conception Church Father O’Brien former assistant pastor of St Joseph’s Emmitsburg Mrs John M Baker and son at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Tyson Welty Capt Baker CL SMC stationed in South Carolina Mrs Baker accepted nursing position at Warner Hospital Mr and Mrs Louis Rosensteel attended the Fireman’s Banquet last Thursday at the Moose Home Gettyabuzz.
Hold ing dinner awards and badges next Tuesday at 2 with a pot luck for parents and cubs of Pack No 276 at the Evangelical Lutheran church. Com memoration of the scouting movement and Chester H Childs with a short talk by Pastrict Scouting executive. Pack meets monthly at the Latheran church led by pack master Dr Harold Schaden.
A column argues that if a $10,000 yearly pay raise burdens a congressman's conscience, he may return any amount to the Treasury, citing Herbert Hoover as precedent. It discusses salary norms for lawmakers, governance integrity, and international examples from Britain and France, noting pay levels and conflicts of interest in state legislatures and unions.
A special showing of forestry and conservation films is set for this evening at the Cold Deer Hunting and Fishing clubhouse in Mountaindale, announced by D. David Snook, club president. The free event starts at 7 30 p m with several new films including The First Job Conservation in sound and color.
Four Frederick County soldiers in the 302nd Signal Battalion of the Maryland District have been promoted from private to private first class. The promoted are Pvt Harry D. Campbell of Route 5 Frederick, Pvt John R. Clay of Monrovia, Pvt Raymond L. Sandower of Adalstown, and Pvt Richard L. Shank of Route 1 Walkersville.
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