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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1954
Page
7
In Annapolis Democrats debate timing for open General Assembly ses sion with plans for Senate and House caucuses. Hollywood notes center on Burt Lancaster and Oscar trends, industry politics, and ongoing film and TV moves amid political and censorship chatter.
Mustered out veteran Edgar F Kerns returns home to Clarksburg family life. Optimist Club plans a February 1 gathering. Mothers March on Polio urges residents to light porches from 7 to 8 PM Wednesday. Clarksburg Community Association targets a large turnout for February 1 meeting with Judge Prescott speaking at 8 PM. Clarksburg MYF basketball defeats Rockville 75 to 63 at Gaithersburg High. Local social visits and church activities detailed incl senior and junior MYF, birthday celebrations, and choir robe plans. Central Methodist Women’s Society meets January 21. March of Dimes pledged. stork shower for Miss Jones. next gathering February 4 at 1:30 PM.
Court notices list marriage licenses for Nelson Tarmon and Betty Ott of Berryville Virginia and Herpers Ferry West Virginia, Homer Griffith and Anna Boyd of Charles Town, plus Lewis Saunders and Betty Allison of Leesburg, and Frank Mraz with Cath erine Knoblauch of Johnstown NL. Property deeds record transfers for multiple couples including Ridenour, Fox, Hyndman, and Putman to various spouses with $10 or $1 considerations. Pair found guilty in Rockville on January 25. Walter Lephew and Fern Lephew receive six months in jail and $500 fines for gambling charges, accused of numbers business. judge notes small stakes.
Washington notebook reports on Arthur Godfrey's Navy publicity role and later admissions, Lawrence Bell and Donald Douglas as aviation pioneers, a Wisconsin congressman's twin daughters miscaptioned photo tale, and notes on Indiana Senator Jenner's security committee hearings. Also features the American Automobile Association campaign against gobbledegook and a short-haired conductor Howard Mitchell, plus a Baraboo art contest winner and a scientist's dating of brick origin.
Eugene List, a renowned young American pianist, will perform Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in the high school auditorium under the Community Concert Association. Admission is by association membership only. List, born in Philadelphia, has appeared with major orchestras and entertained troops during WWII. The Frederick season also features four other recitals and a joint annual meeting Friday at 8 p.m.
Five owners of a Virginia Beach taxi cab firm, including Sidney S. Kellam, were acquitted today of income tax evasion and conspiracy charges. U S District Court Judge Albert W. Bryan directed verdicts of acquittal, ruling the government failed to prove the indictments.
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