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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1953
Page
3
The Frederick based Semi-Weekly News announces publication details for Friday January 2 1953. It lists subscription rates by mail and outlines AP affiliation and editorial policy. Included are printing services and contact notes for the paper in Frederick Maryland.
A National Planning Association study predicts seven years of strong growth leading to 1980 with a national income rising from 329 billion to 425 billion, a 29 percent gain. Per capita income could climb from 2164 to 2656 annually, assuming no accelerated international tensions and continued coordinated response by government, business, labor, farmers, and consumers to defense spending shifts.
Financiers and policy observers see a potential drop in national production as Admnistrations plans take effect and Korea war ends. They forecast offsets of up to twenty billion dollars in consumer spending and urge a large highway and housing program funded by gasoline taxes to stimulate recovery and reduce reliance on public works. More imaginative revival is urged as high taxes suppress risk taking.
Obituaries note Earl Troxell of Frederick dies at 43 after seven months illness. He worked 24 years for Potomac Edison Co and is survived by wife Annabelle, son Kenneth, father, brother, and one sister. Funeral planned at 2 PM Tuesday at Mt Olivet cemetery. Also reported: Walter H. DeLauter, 78, longtime railway mail clerk, dies after years long illness. Survived by widow Myra, several children, ten grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral arrangements listed with local firms.
Denmark mourns as Queen Mother Alexandrine dies at 72 after a long life of service. King Frederik IX stands at her bedside after a major operation. State radio tolls bells and flags fly at half staff as thousands gather outside the hospital. Alexandrine, born in Germany, married Christian XII in 1898 and reigned from 1912 to 1947.
Multiple death notices from Brunswick to Emmitsburg and surrounding areas. Charles Johnson aged 48 died of a cerebral hemorrhage at home with funeral 2 p.m. Thursday in Brunswick. James Q. Orndorff, farmer near Emmitsburg, died Sunday after six months illness aged 47. Ferdinand D. Browning retired farmer of Kemptown died at Guilford Nursing Home aged 87. Mrs. Mary Vennie Oden of Damascus died at 78. Susie Hood, 76, formerly near Watersville, died at Crutchley Nursing Home. Remains and funeral details provided for each, with churches, cemeteries, and funeral directors listed.
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie J Main of Linden Hills were held Friday at 11 o'clock from the Monrovia Church of the Brethren with Rev Ira J Metzger officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. pallbearers named John Droneburg, Russe Droneburg, Donald Droneburg, Norran Abrecht, Willard Main and Edward Foy.
The wedding of Miss Dorothy L. Smith of Buckeystown to Leonard Isaac Davis of Dickerson took place Saturday at Grace Evangelical Reformed Church with Rev. Raymond E. Wilhelm officiating. The bride wore a lace gown and Juliet cap. attendants included Airs William Nicklas of Baltimore. After a reception at the Key Hotel, the couple will reside in Longview Texas.
Funeral services and interments documented for Mrs Josephine Stockman Baer of 332 East Patrick Street and Alexander Stevenson Barron of Cumberland. Details name ministers, pallbearers, burial sites Green Hill and St Johns cemeteries, and list survivors and affiliations.
Miss Mary Grace Thomas and James Richard Baker wed at Marvin Memorial Methodist Church in Silver Spring. The bride's sister and the groom's brother attended. The bride joins Coast Guard service after the ceremony. Also announced are June Carole Oliver and Charles Neill Baylor Jr. marrying in Hagerstown, with both spouses active in local education and federal service. Pauline May Fogle engaged to Charles Richard Mercer. A quiet Christmas Eve wedding unites Esther Lorraine Smith and John Nelson Langdon in Myersville with family present. the couple plan to reside in Maryland while awaiting careers and a honeymoon south.
Richard G. Hawken announces his resignation as mayor of Williamsport after 18 years in office. He cites increasing business demands that prevent proper attention to the town. The two year term ends. Election set for March 3. The report also notes a dwarf star classification for the sun in astronomy.
Mrs Hilda Birch Butterworth of Montreal and Joseph H Himes of Washington were married at 10 00 am in Camden at Kamschatka the Buckley winter home. Rev Douglas McArin officiated. Guests included Gov James F Byrnes and Mrs Byrnes. Himes will live at Prospect Hall in Frederick.
The Woodsboro Homemakers club met December 9 hosted by Mrs Walter LeGore and co hosts Mrs Marshall Stitely Mrs Claude Barrick and Mrs Roland Siedal. Mrs Carroll Wickless led a brief business session before a Christmas party with games led by Mrs Steiner Smith. Five 4 H girls under Mrs John Dreaning sang carols. Corsages and gifts were given. refreshments served. The adjournment set a January 13 gathering at Mrs Nina Anders home at eight o'clock.
Annapolis December 28 Simon E Sobeloff a noted Maryland lawyer was sworn in by Governor McKeldin as chief judge of the Court of Appeals before about 300 in the Statehouse reception room. He becomes the 17th head of the high court since 1778 and has long been a trusted adviser to McKeldin.
Dec 28 in Germany Karl Gloeckner aged 107 celebrated at a party with an American military band. An artillery veteran of the Franco Prussian War he has lived a century in the same house on a street named after him and reportedly smokes cigars with daily wine. In St Louis the AAAS president Dr Detlev Bronk urged clearer prose in scholarly work, saying universities should teach simple Anglo Saxon wording.
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