Junior Red Cross Work Is Reviewed in Frederick County
The Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross reported 2000 in youth activity from November 1945 to April 1946. Junior Red Cross members across 42 of 51 schools filled gift boxes for war affected children, made holiday items for the Navy and Walter Reed Hospital, hosted South American guests, and prepared school and hospital supplies including 211 education boxes overseas and Easter tray favors and napkins for naval ports.
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Nuhh
Jr. Red Cross
National Children's Fund
Navy
Walter Reed Hospital
Liberty High School
Frederick Academy of the Visitation
Red Cross
South America
Panama
Camp and Hospital Council
Home For
Frederick City Hospital
Quantico Naval Hospital
Jr. Red
Frederick County
Junior Red Cross
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Girls 4 H Clothing Schools Nears Close
Frederick County 4 H clothing schools wrap up this month under Miss Miriam Leiter and assistant county home demonstration agent. Each club holds at least three meetings with half or all day sessions. Dresses will be shown at Frederick County 4 H Achievement Day. Walkersville Club led by Miss Margaret Rhoderick makes cotton dresses except two members working on 4 H uniforms. Braddock Club girls participate in the program.
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Miriam Leiter
Frederick County
Margaret Rhoderick
Walkersville
Doris Rhoderuck
Peggy Powell
Braddock Club
Girls Work On Cotton Dresses And Wool Suit
Sirs Roy Shafter and Marthe Layman lead members of Jefferson New Market and Point of Rocks clubs in making cotton dresses and skirts. Progressives and Wide Awake assist younger sisters with similar garments while Barbara Young makes a wool suit. Urbana girls under Mrs Wilson Runkles sew cotton dresses as Roxie Montgomery and Jean Wilcom craft evening gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Shafter
Marthe Layman
Jefferson
New Market
Richard Remsburg
Rebecca Hahn
Point of Rocks
Blair Titus
Middletown
Progressive Club
Barbara Young
Progressives
Holly Albaugh
Unionville Club
Urbana
Wilson Runkles
Roxie Montgomery
Jean Wilcom
State funding blamed for poor mental hospital care
Edith Stern, writer on mental hygiene, urged at Springfield State Hospital’s 50th anniversary luncheon that meager state appropriations cause fewer and slower cures. She noted 92 cents daily for mental patients versus 2.30 for tuberculosis and 5.10 for general patients, and spoke of staff shortages, long hours, and poor housing.
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Sykesville
Edith Stern
Springfield State Hospital
O'Conor
George Vat?im
Stern
Springfield
Youth And Girl Face Judge Instead Of Altar
Teresa Leary an 18 year old Regis College student and her 23 year old boyfriend Robert Nilsen faced district court on elopement plans gone awry. They had planned to marry in Elkton Maryland after hitchhiking from Maldén Massachusetts and traveling with $85 then $2 left. Police said Leary and Nilsen planned to wed after getting a license in Elkton within 48 hours.
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Maldén
Mass
Teresa Leary
Robert Nilsen
Regis College
Nilsen
Elkton
Boston
California
Pennsylvania
Miss Leary
Maryland
Guild Opens Conference At Hood Today
The Women's Guild Conference of the Evangelical and Reformed Church opens at Hood College this morning and runs to Thursday noon. About 225 to 250 registrations are expected. 10 30 a m registration starts. Miss Margaret T. Thomas leads an informal Fellowship night at eight. Vespers each evening are directed by Mrs Elsie Culver at seven in the open air theater. Dr James Wagner chairs the Stewardship committee and will speak on stewardship. Miss Betty Jane Howell leads outdoor singing with flute and is a former missionary to China. Dr Henry I Stahr Hood College president greets attendees after registration and lunch today. classes begin at 2 30 p m. Ayheric a mesis resin evicted from coriiferous trees now ex tinct.
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Women’s Guild
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hood College
Mevran Hall
J. A. Raubenthold
Margaret T. Thomas
Grace Reformed Ecurch
Elsie Culver
World Church Service
Betty Jane Howell
Howell
China
Henry I. Stahr
Lavish Tribute For Nisei Combat Team
President Truman and the Army paid an extraordinary tribute to the 500 surviving soldiers of the Japanese American 442nd Infantry Regiment. A Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation banner was affixed to the unit colors at an afternoon ceremony with a full dress parade and military review. Ten members with Japanese ancestry spoke in the reviewing stand alongside the President and other dignitaries.
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Washington
Truman
Army
442Nd Infantry
Europe
35Th Infantry
Tue
Bloody Cassino
Anzio
France
Rhine
Patterson
Walter Reed General Hospital
Brunswick attorney qualifying as estate administrator
Leslie N. Coblentz local attorney qualified in Orphans Court this morning as administrator of the estate of Mrs Ada B Swank Brunswick There is one son George P Swank Brunswick who renounced administration Realty of about 3000 dollars was listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie N. Coblentz
Ada B. Swank
Brunswick
George P. Swank
Southern Construction Shows Huge Increase
Baltimore July 15 Southern construction totaled 143 844 000 in June boosting the first half 1948 total to 807 848 000, far above 1947. Private building led with 230 524 000 for six months, much of it residential. Road and bridge work totaled 175 934 000 and engineering construction 165 442 000 across 16 southern states and DC.
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Baltimore
Charges Filed and Deed Recorded in Local Notices
Charges of operating without a license against William Proctor of 181 West All Saints Street and exceeding 30 against Rostoe L. Strickland of Hillsboro N C were entered by Detective Swamiey over the weekend. Proctor was summoned to a hearing while Strickland posted 96 45 collateral. A deed recorded in the clerk’s office shows the sale of property on the west side of Lee Tate from Mr and Mrs Francis R B Runkles to Mr and Mrs George A Evans for about 37000, per revenue stamps.
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Willian’ Proctor
Colored
West All Saints
Rostoe L. Strickland
Hillsboro
N. C
Set
Daniel Swamiey
Proctor
Strickland
Lee Tate
Francis RB. Runkles
George A. Evans
Auto theft in Lexington as display window burglaries reported
In Lexington, thieves entered a car display window and drove off with a car value of 9948 after filling it with 20 gallons of gasoline and stealing three license plates. In Corbin Morrison, a bus collided with a horse, injuring the rider with minor bruises while the bus sustained a broken windshield and other damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Corbin
Morrison
Joan Potter
Temperature Drops To Equal Night's Low
A high Canadian high pressure system cooled the area after a hot weekend. Morning readings showed a 181 degree high at 8 30 a m dropping to 67 by 11 18 am. The observer noted ongoing descent and forecast much cooler conditions with showers today and pleasant conditions tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Weather Duver
Frederick
Tuera
Long Time Before Russ Loan Comes Up
Washington may wait until next year for any loan from the United States. Congress approved a $3.75 billion credit for Britain on Saturday. The Kremlin reportedly seeks about $1 billion. Little is known of a Russian loan since the U.S. notified Moscow of willingness to discuss trade relations with the Balkans and other Soviet sphere areas.
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Washington
Jack Ruscia
Congress
Britain
Kremlin
United States
Moscow
Russia
Balkans
Lane’s Political Agent Reports Campaign Expenditures
The report filed with the court covers Charles Lane’s campaign for governor showing receipts of 211 dollars. Major receipts come from C B Lane and James H Gambrill Jr. Expenditures chiefly pay for advertising and related costs. Republican candidates Horace M Alexander and Roy L Mumford itemize their campaign spends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Lane
Tere
A Thysic Co Eurt
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Horace M. Alexander
House of Delegates
Scientists debate Earth temperature trend and steel use in highways
Scientists once claimed the earth cooled but now face uncertainty about cooling or warming. The note adds that about 1 ton of steel is used to construct each mile of standard two lane concrete highway.
Local Assessors At State Meeting in Maryland
Supervisors A. La mar Barrick and Thomas R. Saylor returned from a five day Maryland assessing officers school at the University of Maryland July 8 to 12. About 73 Maryland county supervisors and assessors earned certificates in assessment procedure. The program was offered by Maryland Supervisors and Assessors Association the National Assessing Officers State Tax Commission the State Department of Education and the University of Maryland. Noted lecturers included Walder Waterbury Conn deputy attorney general Ual Hammaend Richard W. Case Albert W. Ward William F. Connelly and others.
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Actutements
A. Lamar Barrick
Speaks
Thomas R. Saylor
Maryland
University of Maryland
Maryland Supervisors and Assessors Association
State Tax Commission
State Department of Education
Walder Waterbury
Conn
Ual Hammaend
Richard W. Case
Unversity of Maryland
Albert W. Ward
William F. Connelly
New York University
Social Etiquette For Evening Visits With New Hosts
The passage advises avoiding admissions of sleepiness after dinner with new acquaintances. It recommends declining to stay by saying you must go without mentioning fatigue or interest in the conversation. It warns that confessing tiredness may appear as boredom to the hostess.
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Sivalen Miny
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