Kangaroo Party Highlights Washington Embassy Embassy Night
ED Creagh reports from Washington on a quirky embassy party hosted by Ambassador Percy Spender for a kangaroo. The Australian guests, including Miss Kangaroo Loretta North, entertain as Joe the kangaroo tours the room with a model and a young boy, John, causing comic chaos.
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Washington
Kangae “Roo
From
Australia
Embassy
Percy Spender
Joe
Loretta North
Gad
John
Joey
New York
U. S
Joe the Kangaroo
March of Dimes Campaign Calls Dimes to Fight Polio
The March of Dimes urges ongoing support to battle infantile paralysis, noting 1949 polio cases at 2,366 nationwide, 1950 at 28,656, and a $5,000,000 debt for that era. The drive invites all ages to donate dimes as the symbol of participation through January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For
City of God Quotation On Robbery And Power
A daily devotional cites Augustine in City of God as it recalls a pirate who boasted to Alexander the Great. The pirate asked how he could molest the sea and replied that boldness defines a robber when small scale is used, while great power is called empire.
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Rey
A. Purnell Balley
Augustine
Alexander the Great
English Lesson Words Often Misused and Grammar Notes
A compact study column listing common usage errors and pronunciation notes. It contrasts on time with in time, flags mispronunciations like fortnight, and clarifies pendent versus pendant meanings. It also offers word study tips and defines climactic as relating to a climax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mit
Fifty Years Ago Hiems From The Colarans Of The News
Fifty years back from January 12 1902 reports the 61st anniversary of the Young Mens Bible Society of Frederick County at the Evangelical Reformed church with Rev Dr DeWitt M Benham of Baltimore delivering an address on The Bible. The Company owning Rover lake near Sabillasville employed 100 local hands for ice storage. The will of Mr Outer Bridge Horsey valued estate at 75000 to 100000 with four sons and three daughters sharing equally. Sams Creek Public School discontinued. Miss Helen Landers assigned to Mt Pleasant. Methodist Episcopal Sunday school officers listed led by Superintendent Milton G Urner and several assistants and officers.
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Young Mens Bible Society
Frederick County
Evangelical Reformed Church
DeWitt M. Benham
Central Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
Rover Lake
Blue Ridge Mountains
Sabillasville
Outer Bridge Horsey
Frederick ‘County
Sams Creek
Helen Landers
Thurmont
Mt Pleasant
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Milton G. Urner
Adolphus Fearbaker
R. Lewis
Ida C. Cunningham
Mamie Dill
Wilbur H. Duvall
William H. Dyer
Geo. W. Heinlein
E. H. Heinlein
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
The Signal Light at Church and Bentz streets was moved to Patrick and Bentz with a stop sign at the old corner. A general alarm followed a fire at Hersberger's bakery 213 North Market street, quickly out by alarm. A mild springlike warmth rose to 72 as the county faced a west snowstorm. Gross Summers presided as Chancellor Commander of Mountain City Lodge Knights of Pythias at the weekly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Bentz
Patrick
Church and
Hersberger's Bakery
North Market Street
Gross Summers
Mountain City Lodge
Knights of Pythias
First Meeting of New Year Held By W S C S Calvary Methodist
A large number of women from the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Calvary Methodist attended the first meeting of the year in the ladies parlor. Mrs Cray Lease led devotions and the program titled Our Girls We Bring featured Mrs E R Pearl on piano. brief talks by several members followed and Miss Ruby Nichols sang The Lord's Prayer. The meeting closed with a reading by Mrs Boor and a business session led by vice president Mrs Ray Smith. Plans were announced for a series of meetings on The Christian Emily starting January 30 at 7 30 p m in the church parlor. A display of new sepia photos of Calvary church was offered for sale. A letter from missionary Evelyn Des Vries in Africa was read and a prayer circle formed for her and other workers abroad. Refreshments were served by several members.
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Lba
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Calvary Methodist Church
Dorothy Bell
Kansas City Training School For
Calvary Church
Des Moines
Lease
Evelyn Des Vries
Africa
Ernest Webb
Markell Nelson
Reifsnider
Melvin Tabler
Funeral of James Elwood Moore Held at Baptist Church
The funeral for James Elwood Moore, a resident of 222 Broadway, occurred Friday at 2 PM from the Baptist church with Rev. Thomas J. Houston officiating. Edith Scott and church choir sang several hymns. burial was at Fairview Cemetery. M. R. Eichison and Son led the arrangements.
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James Elwood Moore
Broadway
Baptist Church
Thomas J. Houston
Edith Scott
Jesus
Horace Costley
Harvey A. Weedon
Clarence D. Disney
Marion A. Norris
Clarence H. Whiten
Thomas E. Williams
Fairview Cemetery
M. R. Eichison and Son
Deaths in Frederick area including Leatherman and Style
Obituaries list Albert C. Leatherman of Hagerstown aged 47 died suddenly Friday evening. Also noted are death notices for Arthur L. Copenhaver of Mayberry Carroll County aged 72, Daisy Virginia Tyeryar Win pigler of Frederick aged 70, Mary Drake of Baltimore aged 49, John P. Style Thurmont resident aged 75, and Richard Robert Kelley 82 of Lovettsville. Services set at Rest Haven Hagerstown Baust Taneytown Olivet Myersville Thurmont Mt Zion and Union Cemetery.
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Albert C. Leatherman
Hagerstown
Middletown Valley
Isi
Annie K. Leatherman
Middletown
Floyd Leatherman
Helen Reese Leatherman
R. Glenn Leatherman
William M. Leatherman
John W. Leatherman
Charles FE. Leatherman
Arthur L. Copenhaver
Mayberry
Carroll County
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Ted
Isaiah
Elizabeth Eckert Copenhaver
Maude Hiltebridge Copenhaver
Harry
Westminster
Roy Keefer
Baltimore
Taneytown
Miles F. Reifsnyder
Baust Church
Ray
Mary Drake
Linden Avenue
University Hospital
James Drake
Charles Myers
Myersville
Amanda Moser Myers
Winifred Waareheim
Hubert Moser
Paul Ropp
Hubert Faulders
Boonsboro
Daniel Swom Jey
Frederick
Richard R. Kelley
Richard Robert Kelley
Owen Jacobs
Lovettsville
Lydia Alice Stone Kelley
Elizabeth Bramhall
Idesse Shumaker
C. J. Danner
Charles Kelley
Lovetsville
L Witson Kelley
Germantown
Jacobs
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
William Yingling
Union Cemetery
Lauvettsville
R. E Brown
Churchill Truman talks leave U S in the dark on aims
Washington analysis of the Churchill Truman communique argues the meeting clarified little about core aims. It suggests Churchill sought prestige, while Attlee’s fears fed a British labor leftward line and warns against overblown fears of a US hair trigger. The piece credits limited gains for Britain’s position and hints at shifts in Far East policy.
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Washington
Britain
London
Truman
Churchill
United States
England
Labor Party
Attlee
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Munique
Moscow
Europe
America
Middle East
Egypt
World Bank
United States Navy
Eisenhower
House of Comvons
Far East
China
Volume Of Waste Handled Reflects Municipality's Growth
1951 saw record waste handling in Frederick with 3 618 tons burned at the incinerator, 27 7 tons daily average, and total disposal costs of 34 595 plus 344 291 83 for garbage removal. Sewage flow reached 1 066 790 400 gallons with 954 625 000 gallons consumed, and Camp Detrick contributed inflow during 1951 repairs. Comparative 1951 data show increases in garbage burned, sludge burned, and total hours, reflecting population growth and absence of scrap paper markets.
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Robert H. Hartman
Hartman
Frederick
Camp Detrick
Hood College plans Mount Vernon field trip date set
The Decorative Arts classes at Hood College will visit Mount Vernon and Lee Mansion in Arlington on Monday January 14. Chaperones include assistant professor Helen Chambers and art instructor Gale P Miner.
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Hood College
Mount Vernon
Lee Mansion
Arlington
Helen Chambers
Gale P. Miner
Strength For Today By Earl L. Douglass
Ministers in the United States and Canada face a rare chance for Christian service as secular leaders acknowledge spiritual roots of global ills. Fortune Magazine cites that material solutions cannot fix titanic domestic and international problems. The church should provide a Voice beyond ourselves, guiding leadership with spiritual power. The freshman's father visits a fraternity house at 1 a.m. asking for Joe Jones, receiving a rough, joking reply.
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United States
Canada
Fortune Magazine
Babson Newspaper Lynd
Weddings and engagements of Bidle and Rippeon Peddicord families
Mr and Mrs Walter S Bidle Jr announce the engagement of daughter Gloria E Bidle to Raymond A Ritchie Jr of Hagerstown. Gloria a Middletown High School and Hagerstown Business College graduate, works for Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce. Raymond a Hagerstown High School graduate studied at the University of Maryland and works for Fridinger and Company. The wedding is planned for the latter part of July. Anita Louise Peddicord and Corporal Jack C Rippeon, US Army, were married December 27 at St Peters Church Libertytown. The ceremony was performed by Rev John A Mountain. Corporal Rippeon reports to Camp Kilmer N J then to Frankfurt. Mrs Rippeon will live with her parents until his return.
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Walters
Bidle, Jr
Myersville
Gloria E. Bidle
Raymond A. Ritchie, Jr
Raymond A. Ritchie
Hagerstown
Bidle
Middletown High School
Fridinger and Company
Rippeon
Peddicora
Anita Louise Peddicord
Charles W. Peddicord
Airy
Jack C. Rippeon
John Z. Rippeon
Dorothy Shaffer
Mexico
Ralph Peddicord
St. Peters Church
Libertytown
John A. Mountain
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Ting
Frankfurt
Illness and Recovery Notes From Frederick Memorial Hospital
Several local residents are listed as convalescing or improving after stays at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Among them are Myr Preston Long of 121 East Eighth Street, Lettie Grove of 220 Dill Avenue, E Dwight McCain near Frederick, and Mrs. Harry Wastler of Broad Run. Other patients include Roy Sigler near Middletown awaiting an eye operation in Baltimore, Thurmont children Dougie Tschiffely after an appendectomy, and Sandra Lee Metz of Braddock with a broken leg. Maggie Shipley at 212 West Patrick Street shows improvement after goiter surgery, while Mrs Ernest Delphey of Thurmont and Albert E Grimes of Mt Olive are also noted as progressing.
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Myr Preston Long
Frederick Memorial Hospital
East Eighth Street
Lettie Grove
Dill Avenue
E. Dwight McCain
Frederick
Harry Wastler
Broad Run
Roy Sigler
Middletown
Baltimore
Dougie”" Tschiffely
Logan Tschiffely
Thurmont
Ernest Delphey
Maggie Shipley
West Patrick Street
Sandra Lee Metz
Hayes Metz
Braddock
Albert E. Grimes
Mt. Olive
Court reviews Gaithersburg livestock ordinance validity
Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Stedman Prescott examined a Gaithersburg ordinance restricting livestock within town limits. William C. Dash of 214 Brooks Avenue challenges the rule, arguing lack of council authority and overbroad provisions. Judge Prescott asked for further briefs within a week as the case proceeds.
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Rockville
Gaithersburg
Montgomery
Stedman Prescott
William C. Cash
Brooks Avenue
Dosh
Tne
Alger ¥. Barbee
Dash
Prescott
Barbee
Charles K. Davies
52 Follies Casting Is Completed
Casting for the Junior Woman’s Club Follies of 1952 is complete with seventy five locals set to appear in sketches dances and specialty acts. The show at Frederick High School auditorium January 23 and 24 supports local groups including the YMCA Crippled Children and the Optimist Club. Director William Holbrook provides instruction at the Armory with rehearsals at the Armory and YMC A. The Chem-Tones and other musical groups from Camp Detrick join meetings with local clubs in preparation. Tickets are sold at Mack’s Bright Spot Smoke Shop and the YMC A.
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Woma
Frederick High School
Chil Ren
Optimist Boy's Club
Frederick County Tuberculosis Public Health Association
William Holbrook
Jerome H. Cargill Product Company of
New York
Armory
Berg
Camp Detrick
Follies
Jack Fritz
Wilso Avenue
Mack's
YMC
Nights Chosen For Next Play By Community Players
The Community Players announce Ah Wilderness by O'Neill at Winchester Hall on February 6 7 8 at 8 30. Ray Simpson stars as Richard with Nat Miller Essie and a full cast including Walker Jolliffe Thomas Belle and Gay Fink. Director is James Decker assisted by Don Brachey amid a local livestock odor note.
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Eugene O’neil
M. O'Neill
Winchester Hall
Asin
Christie
O'Neill
Will
New York
Connecticut
Richard
Ray Simpson
Nat Miller
Evening Globe
Richar
George Cohan
Richard Shoemaker
Essie
Marion Whichard
Arthur
Charles Crum
Temppe
Tommy Langley
Elisabeth Boyer
Mildred
Walker Jolliffe
Braddock Mountain
Sid Davis
Peck
Tad Boy
Thomas
Lily Miller
Nat
Charles Phillips
David McComber
James Decker
Belle
Gay Fink
Ruth Steyn
Nora
Decker
Thespians
Braddock Theater
Don Brachey
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Harry Winpigler
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C. Edward Winpigter
East Fourth Street
Rudolph and
Alice Virginia Phelps Tyergar
Mt. Carmel
C. Edward
Walter R. Winpigler
Clarence Fogle
Miltan Dixon
C. Elder Keeney
Pearl
Howard
Augustus
Frederick Tyergar
Lola ‘Yinger
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Additio
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Mr. Style
Philip and
Mary Wise Becker
Thurmaent
Western Maryland Railway
Minnie Baltzell
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Acacia Lodge
A. F
A. Masons
Good Samaritan Lodge
Margaret Jones Rebekah Lodge
Philip J
George M
William N. Style
Catherine Beuchart
Lillian Moxley
Albert Bowen
David Lawrence
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Afrigan Safari
Ralph A. Shinn Jr
U.S. N
Norfolk
Creagerstown
Mediterranean
Sixth Fleet
Richard C. Shinn
Cora Joy Lambert
Grace O'Hara
High Point
Ann Hynson
Fairfax County
Ethel Devilbiss
Guy P. Main
Saginaw, Michigan
Vernon Bass
J. L. Neell
Mt. Airy
Myers and
A L. Neell
Miami
Dennis T. Carrick
Houston
Texas
Carl Keefer
Harry Hahn
Brenda
Charles Love
Hollywood Beach
Fla
G. W. Dubel
Edward Wiseman
R. M. Watkins
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Vaughn Draper
Leon Draper
Adam Read
Vaughn
Kerri Malone
Judy Nickle
Judy
Billy Sell
Greg Alen
Ellen Dorsey
Steven
Karen Sue
David Smith
Ronnie
John A. Long
Emmitsburg
Margaret Creeger
Samuel Long
Edgar Boller
Geraldine Boller
Lowell Long
Ruth Lumpkin
Robert Simpson
Charlotte
William Simpson
George Martin
Helen Martin
Esther Martin
William J. Long
Billy
Stine
Berley Long
Rickey
Graceham
Bert Armstrong
Robert Woods
Matters Station
Peg Buhrman
Jack Smith
E. S. Bosley
Girdwood Magress
Wayne, Pa
Earl L. Douglass
Joe Jones
Brighin
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