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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1951
Page
5
Fifty six years ago today William T Delaplaine Sr founder of The News died after a short illness. This space is set aside in tribute to his memory.
Despite spotty scare buying, civilian goods remain plentiful as armament demand stays modest. Auto output hit a January record at 629000 vehicles, overall industrial production runs about 20 percent higher than a year ago, and shields shelves from shortages. Defense orders grow slowly while tech advances keep factories operating at high speed. New homes construction lags but offers inflation mitigate.
The article urges finding strength in religion and personal sources amid turmoil. It highlights the rising interest in faith, the calming power of fine music, and the timeless guidance of poetry, prose, painting, and history as steady friends through hardship.
Readers critique wartime fashion and urge a plain war effort. One letter asks to abandon glamorous uniforms and divert savings to Koreans. A second argues for stricter control of explosive movements and safer transport, warning that signs and flags are insufficient for public safety.
Wary letter from Frederick reader WARRY M LEASE argues drivers face confusing signals and road signs while trucks hauling hazardous materials require stricter oversight. He cites a Halltown explosion and urges state or federal action to align interstate truck rules with local regulations for safer highways.
A new guide titled Guide to Paths the Blue Ridge has been issued by the Appalachian Trail Club of Washington Was Ton. It covers 37 miles of trail across Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia with maps and route details. The guide notes shelters side trails and points of interest along main route segments. It credits aiding organizations and notes the project as part of ongoing maintenance.
Fragmented text describes a plant at Smathaburg and a shoe company in Waynesbara with references to production targets, personnel, and operability. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate industrial activity and labor dynamics.
Fifty years ago today February 19 1901 items note a cobbery at Olive Post Office with $1 taken and two weeks’ ground work. a local recital by Peabody Conservatory at the Woman's College. a suit for injuries from a fall in an open hole on Patrick Street seeks $30.
Sheriff Charles W. Crum was called to Martinsburg to take into custody two men wanted for a savage robbery in Jefferson. Brunswick officials sought bids for 4100 feet of cast iron pipe to replace the water main between Brunswick and Knoxville. Linganore Creek was advanced as Frederick’s best water source by State Engineer Abel Wolman and consultants. Dr Henri L L G Riaffrr spoke at Hood College Ash Wednesday chapel service.
The meeting covered two issues: a Korea war update focusing on private Kim and the ROK army and a lecture series on European heritage. The program included talks on Monaco Brussels Athens and modern Greek arts, with notes on Pericles and Greek crafts, ending with a social hour and plans for a future lecture on La Belle France.
Miss Linda Warner Aberdeen and Miss Betsy Robins Oaklyn led a Hood College revue staged Friday featuring Miss Caroline Shriner from Baltimore and Miss Gere Nicholson from Baltimore as they performed a world tour themed production. The sophomore class and returning alumni joined in a final tableau after a program written largely by Mrs. Joenny Raitt Rochester New York and designed by local students.
A recent gathering at the home of Bertha Pickett in North Boye street featured a supper and a display of gifts from Tra Atiga of Buck exstown. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Wiles, Mr and Mrs Howard Warren, Mr and Mrs George Myers, Mr and Mrs Ernest Shank, Mr and Mrs Charles Pickett Jr, Mrs Lydia Brachey, Mrs Bertha Dick pil, Miss Mabel Geisinger, Miss Pauline Jackson, Miss Blanche Springirth, Miss Laura Barthlow, William Pickett, Olive Wiles, William Heffner, Wilson Carmack, John Burkholder, Edward Payne, Ira Miss, and Master Larry Shank.
A glimpse of college life was musically presented Friday by Hood Cal group at Martinsburg West Virginia during the Martinsburg Rotary Club annual ladies night dinner meeting.
The document records roll counts in Westminster noting Earl A. Norris and Theresa M. Sands of Sykesville, Report A. Wright and Mary L. Wolbert of Sykesville, and Loyd W. Study and Mattie B. McVey of Frederick. It also mentions market prices for wheat corn and barley with measured units.
Washington reports a celebration of Robert's Rules of Order on its 75th anniversary with attendees including the author Henry M. Robert's widow Sara Corbin Robert. The event features early editions and General Robert's correspondence, with libraries in Baltimore Milwaukee Chicago San Francisco planning observances and quotes calling the book foundational to democracy.
Emmitsburg held its February council meeting with Mayor Thornton W Rodgers and Commissioners Frailey Ohier Rightaoupant. They backed a Road Commission request for Route 1 improvements and approved two Lincoln street fire hydrants. January parking receipts topped two hundred dollars. A plan to let fire company members park by the west alley was deferred. Street marker deliveries should occur within 40 days. A bill to permanent base sewer bond tax was prepared for Delegate Verr. An ordinance to ban septic tank cleaners from roadside disposal, per Frederick County Health Department, will be adopted next session. Delinquent taxes risk enforcement. local tax collection could shift to county. Collateral forfeitures included several traffic and speed violations by residents from Maryland and nearby states. AT&T mailed stockholder subscription rights for 3% debentures due 1963, offering $418,14 million in debentures to stockholders on record January 29 with a March 19 deadline.
An unusual February exhibit at the Burr Artz Library features rock specimens and fossils mainly from Frederick County and Maryland. Items include sanded limestone from West College Terrace, copper ore from Liberty town, quartz crystals on sandstone, extinct shell and vertebrate fossils, and samples of building materials from Pompeii and Hawaii, lent by Leah B. Allen and sponsored by the Between the Book Ends Club of Frederick.
The Emmitsburg VFW Post received praise from Department officials for rescue work and community service during recent fires. A mortgage burning ceremony followed the presentation, with over 200 attending. Also covered are New Market events, temperance rally plans, and Hal Keller’s upcoming spring camp with the Washington Senators.
Ila May Zimmerman and Cevil Heelon O Connor wed in Folkston Georgia with Rev Cecil Connor officiating. The couple, residing in Frederick Maryland, plans a home on Rosemont Avenue. Blanche H Rise and Eugene F Baker tied the knot in Harmony with Rev S D Lindsay officiating. The couple live in Harmony after the ceremony and reception.
Brammer of Emmitsburg and Garig of Port Arthur Baton Rouge now stationed Bremerton Wash United in marriage February 1 1945 by Rev Wilbur Seale at Bremerton First Presbyterian. Brammer attends LSU Baton Rouge in landscaping while Garig is a University of Louisiana graduate and former secretary at Baton Rouge. The bride will complete service soon and join husband in Baton Rouge where he continues at the university.
Valentine weekend at Hond College featured Cupid’s Can climax with a formal dance in Gambrill gymnasium. Students danced to Bob Finhauer’s orchestra amid red streamers and cupids, sponsored by the VOWS AL night club. Event included a social room gathering in Meyoran with refreshments and entertainment starting at 10:30 p.m. 이어
Pvt. Earl E. Kolb son of Mr and Mrs Fort E Kolb Sr of Rt 1 Jefferson Md is stationed with the Maintenance Section of the 1600th Motor Vehicle Squadron at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts he serves at this base in the maintenance unit during active duty status at the Massachusetts installation
Among the sick Mrs tra Cline of Frederick Route 3 is recovering from an operation at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Charles W. Newman of Walkersville was moved Saturday to Long View nursing home in Manchester by the G C Barton ambulance. Mrs Michael of 720 North Market Street is said to be recovering after an operation last Friday morning at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs Richard DeLauter of 233 West South Street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital last Friday night and will undergo an operation Tuesday morning. Mrs Edna Weiss of West Fourth Street extended returned home Thursday after an operation last week at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs Rhoda Myers wife of Rev Samuel B Myers of Oak Hill is a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital awaiting major surgery.
Sirs J J Lambert returns home to Leesburg from Tuscarora guest stint with Mr and Mrs Carroll Shry Birs Maude A Waters Gaithersburg visits Washington for a week Mr and Mrs Floyd H Walkinsaw and son of Barnesville vacationing in Florida County Clerk Montgomery and Ats Clayton Watkins Gaithersburg vacationing in Florida next two weeks visit son Clayton Jr Little Gary Wayne Sier Frederick Route 1 to celebrate second birthday Feb 20 Frederick Route 1 seventh wedding anniversary Feb 23 Mr Kenneth Swope and two sons Larry left for Clearwater Fla for several weeks Mr and Mrs H B Robbins Middletown Mr and Mrs Guy E Baker Libertytown and Mr and Mrs JLB Edwards St Petersburg Fla formerly of Frederick vacationing in Havana Cuba by National Airlines Master William F Lee Jr near Urleans celebrates seventh birthday today.
Frederick county jurors are instructed to visit the county jail and report findings to the court on prisoner treatment. The foreman and then all jurors will be sworn, organize, elect a clerk and an inner doorkeeper, as George Summers is named bailiff.
Jefferson based National Farm Loan Association director Tra Remsburg will join a five state gathering of farm loan men in Baltimore February 22nd and 23rd. The event includes the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore stockholders annual meeting with about 49 cooperatives represented. Remsburg, a Frederick association director for 20 years, will discuss war effects on the Hingderma farm loan field, as the Frederick group issues Federal Land Bank loans in Frederick Carroll Montgomery and Washington counties.
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