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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1956
Page
2
A mixed page notes a public sale price list and subscription terms, then highlights a January 24 1936 Federick AP digest. It reports 4-H club activities, a birthday dinner with four generations, a February 3 wedding, and a wallet found turning up at Fifth and Market with instructions to claim at the police station.
The piece warns that taxpayers bear the cost of federal expenditures and urges Congress to press for economy. It cites President Eisenhower's 1956 budget request of 86 billion dollars and points to defense and bureaucratic waste as areas needing tighter accounting. The Hoover Commission is cited as showing waste in military operations.
A compilation of letters from Frederick County residents criticizing the January 16 Frederick News front page notice naming George B. Stupp as County Building Engineer. Signers urge postponement or reconsideration, citing safety and economic concerns and proposing higher pay or consulting services. Also includes an editor’s note and a biblical quotation on law.
Fifty years ago the column reports delegate Luckey preparing to introduce a bill in the Legislature to create a sinking fund for Frederick County bonded debt. Mayor Smith and city officials depart for Annapolis to seek extension of city limits. Nicholas H. Fleming is seriously cut by a circular saw at J. M. Newman and Co. coal yard. A fire at 403 East Patrick street damages the Nust residence. Yesterday’s murky atmosphere exposed girls in muah coats as crocuses and warming spring signs emerged. Reparations proceed for a slumber hotel at Black Rock near Wolfsville built by Jacob Wolfe of New York.
Twenty years ago from The News columns report the charred bodies of a father Arthur Swope his son and ten daughters found eight hours after a mudslide struck their mountain cabin near Knoxville The cold reached one degree above zero as a ten foot drift halted traffic and a northbound train ran six hours late in Frederick County also noted is a rise in calls for aid due to the cold wave and the Frederick Lions Club urging the Washington Gettysburg Memorial Highway be routed via Frederick.
Mums Misa Theresa Kathleen Wants daughter of Harry R Wants and John Edward Trout son of Mats G Trout and Rev Paul J Trout officiated a double ring ceremony at Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church Emmitsburg. The bride wore a satin gown with leaf sequin details and Chantilly lace with a three tier veil. Bridesmaids wore dark green velvet and mint green brocade gowns with rhinestone jewelry. The reception followed at the Lutheran Parish House. The couple planned a wedding trip after.
Clyde 4 Dinsmore of Monogacy Village passed the three day examination by the Board of Public Accountants in Baltenore, November, to become a Certified Public Accountant. He is the 431st candidate, with 70 passing. Dinsmore has long been associated with James J Kimber Ceruller Public Accountant on East Church Street. A native of Texas Maryland, he has lived in this city since December 1952 and is married to Charlotte Helfrich. They have two children, Kenneth aged three and Charlotta Marte aged 19 months.
A regional notice lists residents with recent hospital stays and medical updates. Among those mentioned are Mrs. Lynn Wiles recovering from tonsil removal at Frederick Memorial Hospital with her grandparents nearby for recuperation, and Mrs. Alice Hessler seriously ill at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Also noted are Deputy G. Oscar Rhoads confined at home, and several others undergoing surgery or improving at area institutions including University Hospital Baltimore and South General Hospital Baltimore.
Baltimore January 24 The annual Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church in Maryland will meet February 7 and 8 to hear reports from the General Convention held last September in Hawaii. Clergy and lay delegates from Maryland parishes will attend, as will the Woman's Auxiliary, with its convention alongside. The events take place at Cathedral Church of the Incarnation and St Paul and University Parkway, Baltimore, with the auxiliary meetings at St David's Church.
Robert B. Kimble, chair of the Employment Security Board, says Maryland employers must notify the Board within five business days after employing someone and file separation reports within 48 hours of request. The law carries 316 penalties for each violation and aims to curb overpayment of benefits and deter improper charges that could raise employer contributions.
The Zonta Club met at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with Miss Mary Rhoads presiding. Miss Beatrice Fehr, a Home Demonstration Agent for Frederick County, spoke with slides from her West Coast trip and reported on her study of home demonstration work in Kentucky and North Carolina at a Seattle convention. The next meeting will feature Heisely B. Coran discussing the Five Year School Program of Frederick County.
An All Saints Episcopal Church annual meeting drew a large crowd at the Parish House Monday night. Three new vestry members were elected: Dr. James B. Thomas, Edward C. Hartmane, and Clark Cottrell. Reports from parish chapels and church organizations highlighted gains in membership and growing interest in church work. Reverend Maurice D. Ashbury chaired, with Rev. Luther D. Miller presenting chapel activities.
The Baltimore Clippers hockey team, set to relocate after a $175,000 explosion and fire at Carlin's Island, reached a tentative agreement to move to Charlotte, N C. The plan awaits Eastern Hockey League approval and schedules six to eight home games in Charlotte with others in different cities. If approved, the first Charlotte game would occur next Monday with additional games on February 2 13 14 15 and 16.
Carroll Manor Lions Club met January 23 at the Adamstown Grange Hall with 33 present. New member Raymond Thomas was accepted. Sonny Scarff, captain of Carroll Manor ambulance, spoke on duties and services, with first aid demonstrations and a tour of a new respirator. Scarff said the ambulance crew is modernly equipped and trained for emergencies. About 300 teenagers attended a Staley Park Fieldhouse dance. winners were Martha Atkingon and Robert Pine, with Alden Summers and Elwood Whitmers as chaperones and Mrs. W. W. Corbin directing.
Edwin Durrant, a 41 year old butcher and owner of two shops in London, challenges Britain's largest union the Transport and General Workers Union over the right to haul his own meat from Smithfield market. The TGWU and porters insist only licensed porters may move meat, threatening strikes. Durrant argues the practice adds about a penny a pound to prices. wholesalers refuse to sell as fear of disruption grows. The case has drawn support from the National Union of Shopkeepers and draws public protest from London housewives. The fight continues as courts weigh monopolistic claims and market access.
Enoch Chapter No 23 Royal Arch Masons held a regular convocation for installing officers with Richard T Brachey installed as Most Excellent High Priest. James H Falk assisted as installing officer with Albert M Coblentz as marshal. list includes Bentz Yinger Michael Elliott Hine Cecil Engle Orrison Huber Miller Dubet Schroeder, with Schroeder absent and to be installed later. retiring High Priest James J Ewing received a wrist watch from Palk.
Baltimore hearing delves into conduct allegations against Lt James A Boyle Jr tied to a car crash. Three detectives testified Storekeeper Raymond De Rolfe Jr of the US Navy was not drunk when brought in for drunken driving. Boyle’s son William drove the other car as officers questioned the incident and the commissioner promised final arguments later.
A Geneva meeting between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Chinese Foreign Minister Chou Enlai was proposed as the sole path to settle the Formosa dispute. The diplomacy hinges on direct talks to bridge tensions between the United States and Communist China.
Landowners and tenants near Petersville sue to recover corn crop damages blamed on a neighbor’s cattle through a shared fence. Crouse and Webber interests claim multiple causes from hurricanes to late planting and cattle eating corn. Attorneys outline joint fencing and property transfers as key issues in the court without a jury.
A large turkey dinner was held January 2 at Chester F Summers home near Myersville to honor the birthdays of Charles R Loy Jr and Mrs C Rudell Loy. Hostesses were Mrs John Bowlus and Mrs Francis Haine. Attendees included families from Myersville Jefferson and Walkersville and Rebekah Ann Summers Fay Summers Harold Summers and Rebekah Yvonne Loy.
Orphans Court probates the will of an unnamed testator near Wolfsville authorizing sale of real and personal property. Executors and heirs include Bertha L. Finneyfrock Mary M. Grossnickle Raygean E. Eccard and John P. Farsht with the son named executor. Dated Sept 27 1951 witnessed by Joseph F. Farsht and Rooklyn W Pryor Letters of administration granted for the late Ruth A Bear estate to two heirs.
Five Southern leaders meet in Richmond to pool strategies against desegregation in public schools. Gov. Stanley cannot predict outcomes but says interposition will be a topic. Gov. Griffin urges a strong interposition resolution. Other governors include Howies of North Carolina and Timmerman of South Carolina with Coleman of Mississippi.
Balizit faces forgery and false pretense charges after arrest in the city. A seven count information was filed and he seeks an immediate trial. Also Tuesday Henry Brown and James Wilson face separate charges. News notes on appeals by James H. Wilson and a cryptic sentence about bears and heirs conclude the item.
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