County Agent Plans District Cooperators Meeting at Middletown
Henry D Lakin reports on district accomplishments as the Board of Supervisors of the Catoctin Soil Conservation District set July 25 at 7 30 p m for the second annual district cooperators gathering at the Remsberg farm. A movie Return to Eden and a brief address by Solomon Hoke will be featured along with refreshments. The Petersville area hosts a farm queen contest on July 27 with a Timonium Fair entrant chosen at the Petersville Farmers Picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry BR
Shoemaker County
Board of Supervisors
Catoctin
G M. Cairns
State Soil Conservation Committee
Edward M. Davis
Hugh Hancock
Eden
Solomon Hoke
Carroll County
Petersville
N. Eberfauver Jr
Charles H. Remsberg
Grace B. Duvall
Frederick
Route 3
Frederick County
Duvall
Roy c. W. Schaffer
Associated Women
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Upper Montgomery Firemen Carnival Plans Announced
Upper Montgomery County Firemen unveil a week long carnival with rodeo contests for cash, cutting horses and roping at Al Marah Arabian Farm arena. Noted riders from New Jersey to Texas compete alongside local names, with Radio WGAY and Shenandoah Ramblers performances and a final 1955 Chevrolet convertible giveaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Al-Marah Arabian Horse Farm
Garvin
Tankersley
Ali Marah
Arraff
Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
Whit Clements
New Jersey
Cowtown
N J
Joe Walter
San Antonio
Texas
Bob Manwiller
Birdsboro
Frederik
Montgomery
Curly Smith
Blue Mountain Boys
WGAY
Shenandoah Ramblers
Jimmie Dean
Texas Wildcats
Poolesville
5 000 000 Detrick Contract Is Awarded
A contract totaling about 53 million dollars was awarded to Biount Brothers of Montgomery Alabama for a research laboratory building at Camp Detrick. Congressman De Wit Hyde and the Department of the Army announced the award with construction expected to begin in early August. The Baltimore discharge reported water projects and naval base water supply details as well as a note on swimming pools nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biount Brothers
Montgomery
Alabama
Camp Detrick
de Wit Hyde
Department of the Army
Consynehon
House Public Works Committee backs record road plan
The House Public Works Committee approved 224 to 6 for a 12 year road expansion program and 12 billion dollars in new taxes to fund it. The plan includes 40,000 miles of super highways, a penny gas tax increase for 15 years, and higher levies on auto items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Public Works Committee
Rep. Fallon
D-Md
House
McCormack
Mass
Senate
Eisenhower
House Committee
Phoebus To Resign As Somerset Senator
Baltimore report says Harry T. Phoebus Republican minority leader will resign and his 26-year-old son Harry T. Phoebus Jr. will be appointed to the Senate seat. Phoebus has long public service in Somerset County and has been linked to a State appointment. details await confirmation.
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Baltimore
Harry T. Phoebus
Harry T. Phoebus Jr
Somerset County
Princess Anne
Phoebus
Oriole
General Assembly
Senate
Labor and Statistics
Robert B. Kimble
Hoard
Paratroopers Jump Over Gambrills in Mock Invasion
About 600 paratroopers from Ft Bragg jumped from 38 transports over Gambrills Maryland in a drill to repel aggressors who overran Baltimore and Washington. The drop was part of infantry airborne tactics training for more than 1,000 ROTC cadets at Ft Meade during a six week encampment. The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment led the exercise.
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Gambrills
Baltimore
Washington
U.S. Naval Academy
Ft. Meade
325Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Ft Bragg
N.C
Rabies found in dog that bit a dozen people at Ocean City
Ocean City Md July 15 a dog that bit at least twelve people last Sunday was found to have rabies. Dr Fred Waesche Wicomico County health officer said the 12 have been inoculated but others may have been bitten. The animal died Wednesday and tests by a US Agriculture Service veterinarian confirmed rabies. A Baltimore dentist said his 3 year old daughter Karen was among those bitten and started shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
Fred
Waesche
Wicomico County
U. S. Agriculture Service
Baltimore
Stuart
G. Ruppert
Karen
More Fighting Men May Be Pulled Out
General Maxwell D. Taylor, new Army chief of staff and former Far East commander, told defense leaders in Quantico that further cutbacks in Far East strength are possible. He noted reductions may target ground forces, with a withdrawal of divisions, while current forces in Korea, Japan, and Okinawa comprise about three divisions and two regimental combat teams.
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Quantico
United States
Far East
Comaunist
Maswell D. Yaylor
Army
Taylor
Defense Secretaries
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
U.S
Defense Secretary Wilson Hurt Aquaplaning at Lake
At Walloon Lake Michigan on July 4 Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson suffered three or four cracked ribs in a spill while aquaplaning. He fell from a 35 mph board after a sudden speedup while being towed by a powerboat. He joked about learning to act his age and said the ribs settled his golf plans.
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Quantico. Va
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Walloon Lake
Mich
W. J. McNeil
Detroit
Roger Emmert
McNeil
Quantico
Grange meeting agenda and dairy records update
The Middletown Valley Grange will meet Thursday at 8 30 pm at the Kepler home on Fountain Road east of Middletown with the Lecturer in charge. A recent gathering at the Pasike Jr. home featured a film on Permanent Agriculture by Paul Anderson, and Holstein herd improvement records list numerous names and figures with multiple daily milkings across several farms. FAVORS CHANGES BALTIMORE July 18 The head of Maryland's Employment Security Board favors changes in the states unemployment compensation laws tied to guaranteed annual wage contracts and employer trust funds used to top up benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naadienas Vality
Middletown Valley Grange
William Kepler
Fountain Road
Middletown
Grange
James Pasike Jr
Paul Anderson
Baltimore
Maryland
Fmplisment Security Board
Robert B. Kimble
Legislative Council
General Mo
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Cio
Kimble
CG General Assembly
Mathieson Starts Research Program and Wool Referendum
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation launches a major irrigation research program led by J. G. Williams with Purdue agronomist joining August 1 to study irrigation effects and equipment. A wool referendum in Frederick County sets wool and lamb deductions for marketing years, ballot deadlines, and eligibility rules for sheep producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Olin Matheson Chemical Corporation
Sam L. Nevins
Western Fertilizer Division
Thomas W. Crockett
J. G. Williams
Purdue University Agronomist
Olin Mathieson
Williams
Purdue University
Purdue
Indiana
Victoria
Texas
Goliad
George Pepperdine College
Los Aneles
University of California
Mathieson
Mites Attack Trees and Shrubs Across The Summer
Mites, tiny spider-family pests, swarm due to warm weather and fewer natural predators, attacking trees and shrubs including spruces, hemlocks, arborvitae, oaks, elms, and apples. They cause chlorosis, bronzing, and leaf drop. testing by shaking leaves on white paper helps detect them. Control involves spraying with malathion or a miticide, with a follow up 2 to 3 weeks later to target eggs and prevent new generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br. Dale F. Bray
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
Maryland farm safety and irrigation outreach in College Park
College Park July 11 Maryland Farm Safety Committee formed in May at the University of Maryland to coordinate safety programs across the state. Committee plans surveys at Rural Women’s Conference and FFA convention to boost safety awareness and reduce farm accidents. Demonstrations planned for supplemental irrigation of vegetable crops at University of Maryland Vegetable Field Day. New fact sheet on insecticide recommendations released by University of Maryland entomologists.
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College Park
Maryland Farm Sateu
University of Marshand
Guy W. Ginger
Maryland
Caemser
Grenger
Bittimer
State Committee
Maryland Farm Safety Committee
Wileson A. Heaps
Carl W. Feucht
University of Maryland
Soip
Auc Est
Charles W. Reynolds
University
Teynolds
Sad
Reynols
Yaiat
University of Maryland Vegetable Research Inidwest
Salisbury
Quan Fica
NEW Fact Sheet
T. L. Bissell
L. P. Ditman
University of Maryland Department of Entomology
Bissell
Ditman
Maryland County
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Upper Montgomery Firemen
State Board of Health
Bambidge Naval Training Station
Big Naval Base
Port Deposit
Somerset
IEE
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Tennessee Valley Authority
Secy
Grange News
C. Richard Ahalt
Richvale
Dottie
Frederick A. Fry
Gaithersburg
Irvington Memory Lass
Irvington Legislata
Dor
David F. Grossnickle
Union
Cecil K. Holter
Holterholm
J. Wilmer
Locvate
Nasty
Ira D. Ifert
Hickoryvale
Jenny Blossom
James W. King
Jo Lee Urmsey
Helen Uolantha
Leslie C. King
Clarksburg
Kingstead
Vamalo de Kol Della
King
Irvington Res
Russell
Wachter
Kevmar
Arno G. Page
ASL
American Sheep Producers Council, Inc
Secretary of Agriculture
ASC
East Church Street
Hampshires
al G
Fairgrounds
Lutz
Mer
MD. Hampshire
Walkersville
NED
Zeiler
Court St
Insurance MO
New York State
D.S.T
Frederick Fair Grounds
U. S. Rt. 40
Bangs
T.B
Null and Bowlus
Tex Harvey
R.L. Kelly
Holstein
Luther A. Larkins
Reisterstown
Larkins
Catlaings
W. C. Barker
Monument J
Luther AL Larkinsner
Reisterstown, Md
Emmett Bowlus
Frederick, Md
Dan Poole
Jefferson. Md
Satterlee-Hill
Beth
Frederick Fairgrounds
Fawn Hope
Farmers Supply CO
South Carroll St
Monument 3
Kay
Lewistown
Thurmont
L. P
Weil Bros
Frederick MO
Erin
Ceresan
Farmers Feed & Supply CO
All Saints
Darner
Norma Edna Darner
Orphans’ Court
East Third Street
Frederick City
Zenith
Stromberg Carlson Radio
Vances Amt
D.S
Jacob Rohrback
William J. Darner
H.W.B
Sherman P. Bowers
R. Rowlus
RL. Rely
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