New Year Festivities Continue Amid Rainy Holiday Observances
City and county residents attended New Year events at venues such as the Francis Scott Key hotel, Elks Home, Armory, and Country Club while steady rain limited outdoor activity. The area saw four births including Frederick Memorial Hospital’s first baby, a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Tyergar. Temperatures ranged from 34 to 40, and most businesses resumed today after holiday closures.
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Gayety
Catoctin Club, Inc
Francis Scott Kes
Senilor
Elks Home
Armory
Country Club
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Benjamin Tyergar
East Patrick Street
Court House
City Hall
Sefonday
Keymar Stamp Sale Site Dropped by Postal Officials
Washington reports the Keymar Maryland post office is eliminated as the site for the first day sale of the Francis Scott Key commemorative stamp, due to insufficient capacity and staffing to handle 56 000 first day covers. Frederick was favored by observers as the likely issuing center. Rep Beall urged Frederick for the sale.
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Washington
Keymar
Jesse M. Donaldson
Rep. Meade
D-Md
Carroll County
Frederick
Rep. Beall
R-Md
Doctor Says Women Are Stronger Than Men In Many Ways
A medical column notes women outnumber men after age 75 due to lower male mortality and greater disease resilience. It cites women’s better pain tolerance and cold resistance, and suggests societal aging and wars may shift populations toward female dominance. A reader asks about eye effects from high blood pressure. the doctor replies vision issues are more likely from eye factors, not blood pressure alone.
Christmas Gatherings Highlight Burrier Family News
The Burrier family and relatives shared two Christmas suppers at Mr. and Mrs. Charles W Burrier home with several present including Charles W Burrier Sr and Jr, John F E Burrier and Miss Jennie E Burrier. Other visits included Monath and Brachi family members and a Christmas social at Jennie Burrier and Mary Fogle homes.
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Mr Pleasant
Charles W. Burrier
Charles W Burrier
John FE. Burrier
Raymord Lindsay
Jean Burrier
August Monath
Charles E. Brachey
Chestnut Grove
William T
Lester Buckey
George A. Cashour
Women’s Missionary Society Christmas Party Held
The December meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society became a Christmas party on December 25 at the Buck Lodge home of Miss Cora Clever. The gathering featured festive decor and community fellowship.
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KMAS
Welling Workers Bible
Christ Reformed Church
Middletown
Margaret Macier
Albert Kefauver
Claggett
Wnes
Maud Crone
Sophia Biser
Winnners
Srile Kefauver
Marware
Harley
Homewood
Aed
Hagerstown
Boyds Boyds
Women's Missionary Society
Cora Clever
Buck Lodge
Christmas Socials and Visitors Fill Area Homes
Supersonic Flyer daughter-in-law Dr James P Kerr and guests from Davidsonville Arlington and Bethesda joined Christmas Day meals in Damascus Kensington and Washington. Leonard Rice left for a month in California. Dobie family member hospitalized. Kerrs hosted Christmas at their son’s home with church group and a holiday program including poems and stories.
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James P. Kerr
Damascus
Ben Duckett
Davidsonvile
Roberta Duckett
Arington
Robert Williams
Carolyn
Alrs. Williams
Dorothy Brosius
Rachael Rush
Kensington
Carl F. Bond
Bethesda
Airs
Everett Russell
Lynne
Robert Bratch
Harry Atwell
Georgie Talbert
Bfr
Curtis Ireland
Washington
Ernest Alcutt, Jr
Baltimore
Leonard Rice
California
J. E Pollock
and Airs
Robert M. Wiliams
Ellwood Thomas
Courtney Wade
Harry Anglesbee
William Clever
R. M. Dobie
One Child Found Dead in Georgia Swamp
The seven month old girl and her three year old brother were abandoned by their parents Mr and Mrs E C Cook in a swamp near Bainbridge Georgia. The children were found with the girl dead and the boy recovering from exposure. The Cooks and Cooks’ brother Eugene were jailed on robbery and accessory charges.
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Bainbridge. Ga
Stephens
E. C. Cook
Decatur County
Cooks
Eugene
Cook
Afrs
Flint River
Sun announces higher weekly and combined newspaper prices
An issue explains that large operating cost increases require higher prices effective January 53. New weekly home delivery prices rise five cents per option. The Sun or The Evening Sun will cost 23 cents, the Sunday Sun and the Sun or Evening Sun 35 cents, and all three papers 50 cents. Street sales remain five cents per daily paper and 15 cents for the Sunday Sun.
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the Sun
Evening Sun
Sunday Sun
Sun
Davy
Weather Plane Vanishes Over Alaska With Nine Crewmen
A B-29 weather plane disappeared near Anchorage as winter snow hindered rescue efforts. A ground party north of Point McKenzie searched the snow for the aircraft and its nine crewmen, following an earlier Super fortress crash and the loss of five men.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Point McKenzie
Here
B 29 Crash Near Nomes and Arctic Rescue Efforts
Reports say a B 29 plane vanished after takeoff from Elmendorf Field with a bright flash seen in the sky. Six hundred miles northwest, searchers in planes and snowshoes hunted for two crew members and three parachutists who disappeared while aiding survivors. Lt Vern H Arnett and Lt Frederick Sheetz, the plane’s pilot and navigator, were lost after trying to reach an Eskimo village. Washington meanwhile notes Christmas week coal production at 3,325,000 tons for December 27 weekend.
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Elmendorf Field
Nome
Vern H Arnett
Frederick Sheetz
Washington
Coal output for year tops prior period by millions in 1945
The National Coal Association reported output for the holiday week at 9,508,000 tons compared with 13,200,000 tons the previous week. Year to December 31 production reached about 612,061,000 tons, surpassing the 1346 period by 34,750,000 tons. A paper accident exposed stotting paper due to missing sizing in a batch of pulp.
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National Coal Association
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Adamstown
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Davis Avenue
Nicodemus Paint Store
North Court ST
Paul L. Crum
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Woodsboro Veneers Lumber Company
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Seiberling Tires
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Frederick Paint & Glass Store
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Frederick, Md
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Fredericktown
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Markell & Ford
Earle
N. Market ST
Gabardine
Cardigans
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Madison Bittner
Magee Radio & Television Co
Adblat S. Magee
Catoctin Oaks
Youth For Christ
Winchester Hall
E. Church ST. Frederick, MD
Kemp Sisters
Bill Pete
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