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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1959
Page
2
Page four of The News from Frederick Maryland dated Thursday January 22 reports local notices and brief items in a mid century press style. Statutory details and public notices are presented alongside small community tidbits and market notes.
Bitter extended cold drives home electricity use up across the district. Joe Morgan, district manager, notes December 1958 ran hotter than 1957 with higher motor and fan operation in heating. Utilities report a 30 percent rise in electricity delivery and consumption as homes stay warm and entertainment devices run longer during the holidays.
Fifty years ago on January 22 items report Lloyd C Cullfer winning a contract to build a large store and warehouse for Winehnner and Son along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Saint and Carruata. Silas Thomas narrowly escaped an asphyxiation incident. Francis B Sappington sold ki men ence to Meanson and Wm with bus to use magec feet. City Attorney Edward J Smith is hospitalized after an incident at home and taken to Fradek City Hospital. Sleighing without a bell noted as a local quirk in peak season.
A look back recalls jail improvements completed after weeks of work led by Sheriff Guyovers. A broken rail near the east entrance to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad caused a freight wreck as four cars slid down a snowbound embankment. about half of 156 sheep in two cars died. Roger B. Wolfe was elected president of the Frederck Chamber of Commerce for a third term. directors and officers were reelected or appointed. The city planned a sledding area on Frederick High School grounds to reduce child accidents amid growing traffic concerns.
In Washington David Lawrence warns against lynch law rhetoric after Cuba executes dozens without trial. He argues the United States and Latin governments must protest and urges caution before recognizing Castro's regime, suggesting a special envoy assess Cuba before confirming ambassador Bonsai.
A county policy statement sets a fall 1961 target date to end segregation in schools, with prior tentative dates clarified. The action follows a 1960 deadline for desegregation, and the report notes political and social pressures shaping the timing.
Shaky farm price supports and government losses loom as wheat and farm crop operations face mounting costs. Articles note filings for Kaemp and Harris Inc and Suburban Oil, with local incorporators James J. Harris Hubert J Kaempt Clarence M Forle and Charles W Harvett.
The Artz Library announces new releases including The Book of the Revolution edited by American Heritage with 183 color pictures G Frank Thomas Fund presents On My Own by Eleanor Roosevelt reflecting UN work and 1956 campaign activity. Also Only in America by Harry Tears Golden explores youth nostalgia and integration. Fortunes Metro politan explores housing and urban issues. Who's Who of American Women new reference listing. New recordings include Beethoven overtures Usachkowsky 1812 Overture and more donated by Civinette Club and Hood College.
Mrs John Brown of Cassville entered Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore as a surgical patient. Mrs Charles Deener Lovettsville Va underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Nancy Shaan tstrawcas Braddock Heights entered Sunday and underwent surgery Thursday. Mrs George E Hamilton Route 3 Was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital for surgery. Mrs Howard Flook 15 East Second Street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital as a surgical patient. operation performed Tuesday. William Pollatos of Airy has been under treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital since Sunday. Mrs Lows T Wilson 419 Sherman Avenue admitted for treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mr James E Cummings mayor of Brunswick is a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mr Frank Shuff Jr of Emmitsburg clerk to the County Roads Board is a patient in Annie Warner Hospital. Mrs Steamer Wachter moved from Walkersville to Frederick Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning in the GC Barton ambulance. Mrs Charles Hargett Frederick Route 4 admitted Monday for observation. Mrs Mice Baker 255 West Fifth Street confined to the Ramaththa Me ee Friday and is improving.
PEPCO plans a second line of 230000 volt transmission towers running from the Dickerson plant to near Garrett Park and Burtonsville. The Dickerson plant will soon power two 175000 kilowatt units and seek a $4 million dam on the Potomac to store water for expansion. Geronimo’s retreat near Hot Springs, NM is noted as a historic resting place.
Investigators pursue claims by Mrs Putney’s sister and broker Castro Cabrobua about a secret trip. Michael Motherwell alters stories from Marysville to Las Vegas to San Francisco while a telegram from San Francisco asks police to investigate presumed foul play. A Lexington Park storage firm holds about 3500 pounds of goods tied to the case.
The Brunswick high and junior high schools received a favorable accreditation assessment from the Middle Atlantic States Association. The evaluation praised publications and staff qualifications while noting insufficient personnel for 527 students and lower marks for facilities and library support. Re-evaluation is planned for May 1963 with broader county participation.
Deaths risk Agnes C Arnold of Taneytown aged 17 dies at home after illness. Funeral at St. Joseph's Taneytown with requiem mass. Other obituaries include Hazel Ridenour Kepler of Braddock Heights age 69, Essie H. Poole of Damascus, and Mary Alice Routzahn of Hagerstown age 82, with details on service times and burial.
A Maryland Senate moment broke as a heavy book fell with a thud during a joke about session costs. Lawmakers lined geography-based blocs in Annapolis while March 17 was set as the deadline to introduce bills, a rush seen in 1957.
The Hood College library won a $300 grant for Russian studies materials from the Association of College and Research Libraries. The award, part of ACRL’s fourth grants program, supports libraries in need. 76 colleges received funds from a larger pool funded by the United States Steel Foundation.
A London to New York jet airliner carrying 107 passengers landed at Friendship International Airport yesterday due to poor weather in New York. The four engine Boeing 707 of Pan American World Airways diverted here and buses ferried passengers to New York. It was the airport’s second diversion in as many days.
Funeral services for Albert C Eyler who died suddenly Monday were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at G. C. Barton Funeral Home Walkersville with Rev. William M. Brown officiating. Pallbearers were Jai Buckley Gilbert Mills J W Exler Maurice Donsife Ira Houck and Edward Booxer. Interment in Rocky Hill Cemetery near Woodsboro.
Volunteers aided a tuberculin testing effort for tenth grade students in city and county schools. Named coordinators include Bruns wick, Mrs. Philip Childs, Mrs. Eugene Bowers and Mrs Fred Brown, Emmitsburg Thurmont and St Joseph. Frederick High and St Johns. Middletown High. Beadingham School.
William J Delanes of West Frederick Junior High School receives a filmstrip as winner in a Maryland Tuberculosis Association state contest held during the Maryland State Teachers meeting in Baltimore last fall. He estimated 114000 of 144000 Christmas Seals. Joe Lon Adventure chosen for use in science classes.
A garbled report notes a move to a commercial manager role on a special assessment tied to a sale. It references Mondas Robertson and a telephone company, with mentions of Annapolis and the Virginie Paltecaric Institute, indicating regional political and corporate activity.
Rex Tyson and Mrs Kenneth Tyson mark anniversaries while Janet Matslend Hospital birth and other family milestones appear. Rev MO Tyson served as pastor from 1941 to 1958 at Linkandre-Liberts Veethaxdist churches. Ellin G Carty and West Patrick Street residents celebrate 25th wedding anniversary. Mrs Wilkinson, formerly Miss Jean Collmus, has a descendant tie to Frederick C. Penney of Tryon NC who is NC's oldest citizen.
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