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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1952
Page
5
Boyle Column recounts an English visitor's anecdotes about Winston Churchill. The tales cover Churchill's unpredictable turns, his wartime decisions, and a famed Niagara Falls quip. The piece blends admiration with light humor, highlighting Churchill's stubborn wit and resilience amid wartime diplomacy.
In the early thirties mood of financial loss, the play You Cant Take With You mocked money chasing. A Alabama cotton planter, certain he would die before 80, outlived his fortune and has lived on relief at 97 for six months, showing life expectancy no longer fixes comfort or value.
Letter from Charles K. Taylor Publicity Chairman Frederick January 12 urges continued home front support for blood donor programs. General Ridgway highlights blood shipments as vital as ammunition and commends the Gallon Club growing among Far East Command volunteers including Korean War veterans. He credits Women’s Army Corps dependents civilians and service members for the program’s success and stresses that saving lives rests on ongoing donations today.
Daily Bread commentary recalls evangelist Thomas Champness and a son’s heartfelt testimony about living with his parents. The piece emphasizes the value of a Christian home as a lasting honor beyond worldly distinctions.
Arthur Pue Gorman was formally elected United States Senator by the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, with Republicans backing William T. Jackson. If no special session after March 4, 1903, he will not take his seat until December 1903. Murray Vaniver reelected State Treasurer. Frederick Baltimore line telegraph links inaugurated enabling talks between Frederick and Baltimore and other cities. Protestant churches form Charity Organization Society to coordinate aid for the poor. Fox hunting near High Knob injures Austin Bausman. Frederick Select Orchestra members Schroeder Bader and Feaga played at Gettysburg dance.
Twenty years ago items note a 75 degree day compared with 21 below zero, census shows 1503 of 3798 Frederick families own radios, a car overturn accident injures William H. She ral d and lightly injures none of his passengers, and Frederick High School Ed out a hard fought 23 21 basketball win at the State Armory.
Youth pastors and youth leaders from across Frederick County will meet at 7:45 PM Wednesday in the YMCA auditorium to advance plans for the United Christian Youth Action Week January 27 through February 3. Carl Staley Jr. will preside, with about 40 denominations involved in the movement.
Frederick Recreation Commission announces a part time program for adults Wednesday evenings at Frederick High School. Beginning 7 30 for two hours a square dancing class led by Marion Smith of Hood College runs ten weeks with music by Barbara Seibert and Andrew Victor. Other city classes include children crafts at Washington Street School and various junior, teen and sport programs led by named directors.
Miss Helen Lawson of the United Lutheran Church in America will speak at a supper rally in the Evangelical Lutheran church of Frederick on Wednesday January 16 at 630 p.m. This Maryland Synod gathering is one of six rallies this week by the Congress of the Women's Missionary Society. Lawson recently returned from a two year Liberian mission term and will discuss church work there. Mrs Morris G Zurbrun will accompany and preside. special music will be offered. supper served by Grace M Sheeleigh Society.
Barbara May Dudrow daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert F Dudrow of Annapolis wed Douglas Hantske son of Mrs Blanche Hantske and the late Leo Hantske Sr at St Martins church Annapolis. Ceremony officiated by Rev Christian Neumann followed by a 150 guest reception at Open Door Restaurant. They plan a Sugar Bowl trip and reside at Arundel Apartments Eastport. Engagement announced Ruth Juanita Whitjey to Paul T Culbertson of Mexico City.
Gaithersburg families and relatives from Union Bridge Bealisville Centerville Gaithersburg and Bethesda enjoyed Christmas holidays trips and visits. Mrs Bourland gave birth to Margaret Annette at Montgomery County General Hospital. Marine bandsman Kenneth Bartgis returns from leave to Frederick before rejoining the Santa Anna California station band. Dr DBR Lynch near Frederick attends a veterinary refresher course at Cornell University.
Sergeant Austin E. Hildebrand son of Mrs. D Hildebrand Route 3 Frederick Maryland has arrived for duty at a southern Japan air base with the 6122nd Air Base Wing. The unit supports the 314th and Gist Troop Carrier Groups whose C 119 Flying Boxcars and C 5 Skymasters fly cargo to frontline troops in Korea daily.
A deed recorded in the clerk’s office transfers about two acres with improvements in Catoctin district from Mr and Mrs James L Harne to Mr and Mrs Mebrt Harne for approximately $6000, per revenue stamps.
Col Devereux speaker at Western Maryland American Legion meeting argues universal military training alone is insufficient and urges enrollment in a National Guard reserve unit. He notes UMT does not ensure a militaristic nation but is vital in a changing world, warning against complacency in the atomic age. Attendees from posts across Frederick, Washington and Carroll Counties heard from leaders including Daniel H. Burkhard and Richard Bowers. 34 delegates attended.
A meeting will form the Frederick st branch of the National Vocational Guidance Association. The session, Tuesday at 7 30 p m, in Frederick High School library, invites industrial and professional workers from two counties and anyone interested in personnel and guidance problems. Ruth L Yost of The May Company Baltimore will speak on interviewing techniques and training personnel. Temporary officers include Ernest Minka Daniel Skeath and Miss Margaret Engbert. Quarterly meetings planned.
In Rockville on January 14 the Montgomery County Board of Education faced admonition from Circuit Court Judge Charles W. Woodward after a trial of Melvin F Nicholson, foreman in the maintenance department, who was acquitted of malfeasance. The judge demanded corrective action over improper practices exposed in testimony, notably that a witness said county trucks were used regularly with board approval.
John Remsburg Jr of Yellow Springs is acquitted of operating an automobile with a revoked license after two neighbors failed to positively identify him as the driver. The December 22 incident prompted the charge, heard by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr in Peoples Court with Trooper Kenneth Tichneil presenting the information.
In Munsa Korea on Tuesday January 15 Communist negotiators accused the United Nations of lying in proposing prisoner exchange. They also charged Allied planes flew over Mukden and other Chinese communities. A U N spokesman dismissed the charges as irrelevant as subcommittees agreed to reconvene the next day.
The Garden Club of Frederick held its regular monthly meeting at Mrs. Philip R. Winebrewer’s home. Guest speaker Mrs. Jesse Hakes, president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, discussed the Blue Sitar Highway and national scope of the project. The club voted $100 to the highway effort and $300 to Hood College for chapel landscaping, matching prior Frederick Memorial Hospital support. President Mrs. Farsons Mewman presided and plans for 1952 were announced by program chair Mrs. T. Stuart Haller.
Twenty five members of the Hagerstown and Frederick Civitan Clubs attended an organizational meeting of the Chambersburg Civitan Club at the Washington Hotel. Lt Governor Jerome Offutt discussed Westminster club chartering and Civitan work in Isdal and district organizations. A separate anecdote recalls two men on White House lawn using push carts, one tossing a spear at a windblown paper that flew in an open window.
Frosty the Talking Snow Man fully recovered from laryngitis and greeted the public from the Fahrney residence on West College Terrace and Rosemont Avenue. Children and passersby observed the return of his talking voice as he stood by a tree and jail post, with a green eyed, red nosed figure lighting up at night. The family plans for Frosty to be around again next year if weather permits.
The Frederick Church of the Brethren hosted the Women's Fellowship and Service Guild on January 20. After a guild council meet at 10 am, Bible study led by Rev. Ralph White followed by circle business and a noon potluck. Rev. Carl Smith spoke in the afternoon on Christian Church characteristics, outlining six principles: love for God, exaltation of humanity, church democracy, cooperation, social responsibility, and spiritual values over material things. The next meeting is scheduled for February 14.
The Loyalty Chapter No 52 of the Order of the Eastern Star held its January 8 meeting at Middletown Memorial Hall installing 1952 officers with about 65 members and visitors from Brunswick Keedysville Frederick Glen Burnie Clifton N J. Installing Matron Mrs Elsie Wolfe oversaw the ceremony. Names of installed officers include Miriam Krantz as Worthy Matron Jesse C Kettells as Worthy Patron Lorraine Keiler as Associate Matron C Leslie Blentlinger as Associate Patron Catherine Dinterman as secretary Ruth Doub as treasurer Virginia Rudy as conductress Isabel Kefauver as associate conductress Ethel Reed as chaplain Margie Summers as marshal Alice Boileau as organist Mae McGaha as Adah Evelyn Fox as Ruth Kathryn Kline as Esther Alice Huffer as Martha Doris Peace as Electa Eleanor McLuckie as Warder Wil lard Rudy as sentinel.
A surprise birthday gathering was hosted at Mr and Mrs Oscar Ramsburg home near Mt Pleasant on Thursday evening by girls from Frederick Tailoring Co. A birthday cake was presented, refreshments served, and gifts given. Attendees included the Ramsburgs, Cavell, Baugher, Bussard, Swomley, Long, Lowell, Blank, Sharon Lowell, and Robert Ramsburg.
A new three movement violin and piano recital will feature Charles Ives Second Sonata Autumn In the Barn The Revival performed by Hood College music faculty members Phillip Hoye and Charles Sprenkle with Royer as pianist Oliver Spangler accompanies The program includes Beethoven Scherzo and Rondo Fantasy Bach Chopin Liszt pieces This concert is presented by Hood College music department and Mon
Congressman Glenn Beezil of Maryland's Sixth District will address the Mt Airy Chamber of Commerce enablers at Biramen's Hat. Russell McCain, head of the Maryland State Roads Commission, also invited to discuss access provisions from the Baltimore to Frederick super highway. Beall in a recent statement disclosed plans to run for the Lengie.
In Catro Egypt on January 14 Egyptian dancer Samia Gamal, who wed Texas oil heir Shepard King, faces a $28700 lawsuit filed by theatrical agent Jacques Pascal. He claims Gamal broke a verbal contract to allow him to manage engagements in New York and Miami, shortly after arriving in the United States with her husband who changed his name to Abdullah after converting to Islam.
Private Albert U. Lewis of 500 West Potomac Brunswick Maryland completed training at the Ordnance Automotive School located at Atlanta General Depot in Atlanta Georgia.
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