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Newspaper

News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1956

Page

2

Engagement of Ann Jeanette Albaugh to Robert Lee Grossnickle

The Frederick News notes the engagement of Ann Jeanette Albaugh daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin D Albaugh to Robert Lee Grossnickle son of Mrs and the late R P Grossnickle. Ann Jeanette is a senior at Frederick High School and Robert is a graduate of Frederick High School class of 1954. No wedding date has been set.

Cngaglalat Anne NA Ee Edwin D. Albaugh Rosemont Avenue Ann Jeanette Rover Lee Grossnickle Som Mroaed Mes R. Grossmickle RPD 2 New Windsor Albaugh Frederck Hich School Grossnickle Frederick High School Watkins Airy Sans Théter Shirley Ann Johnson Duvall Morgan Duvall Damasthen Department of Agriculture Fard Hartsock Catherine Ford Middletown RFD le Earl G. Hartauck Maints Motlonstron Afb Great Falls Mont

Courtes Saves Lives In Traffic Courtesy Message

A public safety notice laments evasive driving and rude lane changes during holiday traffic. It warns that impatience and illegal passing cause accidents, urging motorists to practice courtesy to reduce deaths and injuries on crowded roads.

Feason

Cigarette Consumption Hits Global Production Milestone

The article notes a shifting trend in cigarette use with a fading scare and rising consumption. It cites 194 year context, forecasts a continued rise amid high employment, and mentions tax increases potentially reducing demand while smokers seek safety with changes in purchasing and habit.

Funeral and community notices from Emmitsburg area

Funeral attendance lists Mrs RM Zacharias and attendees from Frederick Taneytown Martinsburg and beyond. Birth announced for Richard Sprankle’s son at Warner Hospital. Local teacher appointment and multiple visits, travel, and engagement news include Elisabeth McCullough and Charles Edwinullough engagement.

Will of Prof Engelbrecht Filed for Probate in Orphans Court

Fifty years ago items report the will of the late Prof John C Engelbrecht filed for probate leaving 52000 to trustees of Orphans cine watncinville House and Episcopal Free School. Notes mention Hildebrand a graduate of Society of All Saints church and Walkersville High School, plus a senior at Walkersville High School and job at Fuller Brush Company. Also reports a fatal railroad accident in Highfield and other local incidents.

John C. Engelbrecht Orphans Court Orphans Cine Watncinville House Episcopal Free School Hildebrand Society of All Saints Church Walkersville High School Nicholson's Female Orphan Asylum Fred Grocery Woodsboro Price Peisk Walkersville High ‘School Fuller Brush Company

Westminster Cuts Tax Rate 1956 Budget Adopted

Major Joseph L. Mathias announced Westminster set the 1956 tax rate at a new low, highlighting reductions through five prior cuts since 1842 and noting the rate drop while keeping service quality. The approved budget totals $300,553 across general government public safety highways sanitation recreation and miscellaneous functions.

Westminster Joseph L. Mathias Mathias Tomaster Scott Bair John Bankett John Byers Jesse Hover Harry Starr

4 H Training School Held By County 4 H Officers

Over 70 officers from Boys and Girls 4 H clubs attended a training school at All Saints Episcopal Church Parish Hall. Sessions covered roles for presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, treasurers and reporters led by Miss Betsy Lavington and Robert Stansfield. Notable participants included Mrs Ray H Smith and Mrs C J Morris with group chairs named for each office.

All Saints Episcopal Church Parish Hall Betsy Lavington Robert Stansfield Ray H. Smith Frederick County Pressens C. J . Morris Council of Homemakers Clubs Nevin Baker Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank Pat Rosencrantz News-Post Tecee Richard Grossnickle Libertytown Marianne Hahn Johnsville Patsy Rippeon Libertstoun Viola Zentz Thurmont William van Holten Petersville Clyde Bohn Jr Unionville Jed Donald Stull Beverly Hann William D Brittain Barbara Carback Veronica Little Rebecca Roger Doris Grabill Robert Fogte

Plans for Frederick Hagerstown highway crossing trolley line

Twenty years ago item notes plans for a five crossing Frederick Hagerstown super highway west of Myersville may lead to abandoning the trolley line between Myersville and Hagerstown. Julius Jacobson, son of Mr and Mrs Karl Jacobson, observed his 13th birthday with a large party at Viedobona Braddock Heights with 158 guests. The Board of Appeals in decision set a precedent by granting no more permits for milling stations on Frederick downtown thoroughfares. A worker of A EF Fisher suffered a broken rib when his truck left the highway near Ellerbee and struck a stone culvert.

Frederick-Hagerstoun Hagerstown and Frederick Myersville Hagerstown Julius Jacobson Karl Jacobson South Market Street Viedobona Braddock Heights Board OF Duosinu Ab- 4 Frederick Aard Oden Fisher Ellertee

Local NAACP Chapter Urged in Frederick Meeting

At Ashurst Methodist church on Thursday evening Rev T J Houston led the Frederick area NAACP chapter in outlining several projects for 1996. The promotion campaign aims to raise the number of young Black citizens and foster a more democratic environment in Frederick city and county. Rev E D McGowan chaired the planning committee.

Assmmation For the Advancement of Fredy Hague Bae My Tho Gas T J. Houston Ashurs Methodist Church E. D. McGowan Frederick City Count Houston Sald

Arab Legion Holds Amman and Jerusalem in Grip

Arab Legion troops held Amman and the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem in a tight grip amid weekend disorders against the Baghdad alliance. Officials reported one killed and three injured in Jerusalem yesterday. An American aid installation on the Amman Jericho road was set afire and several Western officials and U.N. observers moved families to the Israeli sector. The United States protested to Jordan's chargé d affaires in Washington over Saturday's riots. Secretary of State Dulles summoned Tassir A. Toucan to his home in a rare Sunday meeting.

Amman Jordan Arab Legion Jerusalem Baghdad Alliance Amman-Jericho U.N United States Washington Dulles Tassir A. Toucan

Suit Filed Over $20,000 Damages for Alleged Trespass and Claims of Ownership

Blue Ridge Farms, Inc. sues Mr. and Mrs. John C. Fraver and Mr. and Mrs. Clive W. Palmer of Washington County in Circuit Court seeking $20,000 damages and $5,000 punitive damages. The firm alleges land near Catoctin Furnace was fenced, trees cut, and signs posted claiming a game reserve, hindering timber sales and land negotiations.

Damares Blue Ridge Farms, Inc John C. Fraver Clive W. Palmer Washington County Sherman P. Bowers Robert T. Sutphin Catoctin Furnace Plaintaff Blue Ridge Farms

Eisenhower Proposes Soil Bank Three Pronged Plan

President Eisenhower outlines a soil bank strategy to cut surpluses and rebalance production. He details an acreage reserve to plant less with government surplus incentives, a diversion of land to conservation, and payments to offset revenue losses, aiming to reduce wheat and cotton areas and ease government storage costs.

Soil Bank Eisenhower U.S Agriculture Department

Refugee Jolson built sewing empire in postwar America

HAL BULLS profiles Leop Jolson and his wife Ann, stateless refugees who arrived in 1947 with little and, through selling home sewing machines and teaching skills, built a $60 million enterprise. Jolson, a former Polish underground member and Nazi concentration camp survivor, rose from hardship to American zenith, aided by private relief funds and bold market ideas.

Hal Bulls New York Leop Jolzon America Jolson Ann Neechi Elna Dalies Jelson Poland Bie Pyre “Hitelwgee Edn

World War Improbable Yet Great War Danger Faces 1956

A synthesis of Cold War anxieties notes that 1956 bears risk of major conflict despite beliefs that nuclear war is unlikely. It cites past wars, leadership rhetoric, and shifting alliances, warning that Soviet and American powers remain in a tense standoff with potential flashpoints from Berlin to Korea and Formosa.

David Lawrenti Washington Paralti Woodrow Wilson League of Nations Roosevelt United States Hiroshima America Marshal Balzanin Unis Prechina Moscow Far East Formosa Korea Southeast Asia East Berlin Israel Vietnam Kremlin Hitler West

Local Health Notes From Frederick Area

Among the sick Mrs Elda Thomas wife of Ralph G Thomas 111 Ninth Avenue Brunswick underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital Dec 8 and is getting along nicely She expects to return home in the next few days Mr Raymond E Bowers Sr general superintendent of the Frederick Iron and Steel Company who resides at 1208 West Seventh Street is back at his office this week after a fall on the ice with a severe jam to his right hip and spine Nerasa discounted fractures Aiwe Unenee Ruestee Came formerly of this city is reported getting along nicely at Georgetown University Hospital after a major operation Mr Harry C Dorcus prominent Woodsboro resident and president of the Frederick County Agricultural Society was improved but still serious this morning at University Hospital Baltimore after being moved there from Frederick Memorial Hospital early Saturday morning

Elda Thomas Ralph G. Thomas Ninth Avenue Brunswick Frederick Memorial Hospital Raymond E. Bowers Frederick Iron and Steel Company West Seventh Street Nerasa Aiwe Unenee Ruestee Georgetown University Hospital Harry C. Dorcus Woodsboro Frederick County Agricultural Society University Hospital Baltimore

Local Eastern Star Officers Installed

Peggy Lee Houff was installed as worthy matron and Jack Goodman as worthy patron of the local Eastern Star at a meeting Friday evening in the Diasonic Rempte. Also installed were: Associate matron Mary Catherine Dorsey, associate patron John C Engle, secretary Grace W Engie, treasurer Mary M Lambdin, conductress Leonora Morgan, associate conductress Mary K Sharrer, chaplain Mary Jane Storm, marshal Helen Branden burg, organist Madeline Stull, Adah Dawn Stine, Ruth Audrey Goodman, Esther Ruth P Yinger, Martha Helen E Gaither, Electa Irene Vaciliou warder Katherine Hartmen sentinel John Lentz.

Peggy Lee Houff Jack Goodman Eastern Star Diasonic Wess Chain Street Mary Catherine Dorsey John C Engle Grace W Engie Mary M Lambdin Leonora Morgan Mary K. Sharrer Mary Jane Storm Helen Brandenburg Madeline Stull Adah Dawn Stine Ruth Audrey Goodman Esther Ruth P. Yinger Martha Helen E. Gaither Electa Irene Vaciliou Katherine Hartmen Sentinel John Lentz Bessie B Strine Myrtle James Miriam Lewis Freda Main Warder Louie Reather Harry James Raymond E. Bowers Sr

Two Power Talks Set On Middle East Crisis Solution

British and American Middle East specialists plan talks in Washington to craft a plan for saving the region from war and Communist subversion. The two power discussions, due to begin Wednesday, target plans for Eden and Eisenhower approval with Eden set to arrive in Washington for conferences starting January 3.

Washington Middle East Eden Eisenhower Mde

Marital union and church meeting from Brunswick area

Mary Lou Clevenger of Brunswick married Douglas Stanley of Vackville Tennessee on December 28 at 8 pm with Grace Billings as justice of the peace in Limestone Maine. Attendants included Derl Myers and Fred Joseph. Newlyweds plan to reside at Laring Air Force Base while the groom is stationed until August. The piece also reports the Point of Rocks Methodist church Women’s Society meeting in January with a service on The Changless Gospel in a Revolutionary Age and notes donations and upcoming sessions.

Stanley-clevenger Mary Lou Clevenger Brunswick Leslie Clevenger Douglas Stanley Ray Stanley Vackville Tenn Grace Billings Limestone Derl Myers Fred Joseph Laring Air Force Base Tom O'Neil Maine

Chorus to Hear at Chambersburg Community Concert

The de Pattofantey Chantere will perform at Chambersburg on Wednesday January 11 at 8:15 pm. Admission for focal persons is by membership in the Frederick Community Concert Association. The de Paul Chorus, a 32 member Negro male vocal group from Europe and the Pacific, sings without accompaniment.

de Pattofantey Chantere Chambersburg Frederick Community Jongert Association Europe Pacific de Paul

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