Washington letter on national justice and unity for independence’s legacy
The article recalls a George Washington letter written after the Revolutionary War, presented to Princeton University, urging adherence to the Union and building national faith on public justice. It marks the 177th anniversary of Independence and stresses faith in the nation and justice toward others as essential to happiness and future glory.
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George Washington
Elisha Boudinot
Elias
Continental Congress
Princeton University
Watermelon feast marks New Market Grange July meeting
New Market Grange hosted a July 8 gathering at Raynor Montgomery home with Master Leroy Burall presiding. Members backed resident physician support, considered hall renovations for offices, and approved regional publishing of the National Grange Monthly.
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Marken Grange
New Market Grange
Raynor Montgomery
Leroy Burall
National Grange Monthly
William Burall
Pomona
Timonium
Roxie L. Montgomery
State Trooper Kenneth Bond resigns from Maryland police
State Trooper Kenneth D Bond announces resignation effective July 23 after ten years on the force. He has led the north county patrol since 195? and lived in Emmitsburg with his two sons. He plans to enter the insurance business and will remain in Emmitsburg where he serves as Cub Scoutmaster.
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Kenneth D. Bond
Bond
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Emmitsbure
One Percent Sales Tax Brief from Harrisburg
A note from Harrisburg Pennsylvania announces a one percent sales tax reduction effective September 11, affecting the state. The change lowers the rate and shifts consumer purchasing costs across Pennsylvania commerce.
Quinn AME Church Seeks 3000 Dollar Building Fund
Betty Sullivan reports on Quinn African Methodist Church, founded 1828, facing needed repairs and a planned $3,000 building fund for a modern kitchen and rest-room relocation. The effort includes a combined musical and movie program at the Armory, with Bessie Brooks as fundraiser chair and local talent contributing. Historical notes recount ground deeds from 1831 and 1864, Civil War hospital use, and ties to Bishop Tanner and Henry O. Tanner.
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Quinn African Methodist Church
Mother Methodist Church
Quinn
William Paul Quinn
Armory
Travelogue
Maryland
Edward Penn
IL. S. Penn
Claude R. DeLauter, Jr
Irs
Bessie Brooks
East Third Street
Jacob, Hart Carpenter
Guy Robertson
Benjamin House
Anthony Wells
John Holland
John IV. Miller
Ron Catharine Millier
Edith Miller
Civil War Hospital
Henry Sands
William Purdy
Charles Tasker
Joseph Lyles
Richard Robertson
Quinn Church
Jsccnd
Winchester Hall
Hood College
Mnger
Ime
Anclinaticon
Penn
Tanner
Richard Alien
Frederick
Henry O. Tanner
Pisburgh
Paris
France
Europe
Howard University
Washington
Petersville
Court News Court divorces and marriages listed
Equity Mary F. Morgan vs Charles J. Morgan and Guy R Swomley vs Catherine E Swomley seek absolute divorce. Multiple marriage licenses issued including Charles E Kohlhoss Jr and Winifred Steiner. Various separations and remarriages noted across several states. Actor Jose Ferrer marries Rosemary Clooney in Ohio after a Dallas stop.
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Equity
Mary F. Morgan
Charles J. Morgan
Guy R. Swomley
Catherine E Swomley
Charles E. Kohlhoss, Jr
Poolesville
Winifred Virginia Steiner
Jefferson
Robert E. Hoff
Lillie G. Harrell
Baltimore
Robert O. Bland
Jeannette
B. Jean
Engagement of Patricia Elizabeth Kennedy and Jay E Gernand
Miss Patricia Elizabeth Kennedy daughter of Mrs Ernest F Kennedy and the late Mr Kennedy of East Third Street is engaged to Mr Jay E Gernand son of Mr and Mrs Harry L Gernand of Union Bridge The couple plans a late summer wedding Miss Kennedy is a St Johns High School graduate and Towson State Teachers College alumna and taught at East Frederick Elementary School Mr Gernand studies physical education at Springfield Mass College The announcement comes from Mrs Kennedy
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Sie
Dayis
Patricia Elizabeth Kennedy
Ernest F. Kennedy
East Third St
Kennedy
Jay E. Gernand
Harry L. Gernand
Union Bridge
St. John’s High School
Towson State
Mrs. Wasson
Flora Mather College
University of Town
Northwestern University
Ernest R. Eccard
Myersville
Jo Anna Rhae
Richard Forrest Clarke
Ascension Lutheran Church
Towson
Clarke
Middletown High School
Washington County Hospital School of Nursing
Sheppard-Pratt Hospital
Edward A. Clarke
Merion
Lower Merion High School
Temple University
The
Liberty Multual Insurance Co
Columbus
Waggoner Road
Blacklick, O
Kids Day parade and events planned for Sept 26
The Frederick Board of Aldermen granted Kiwanis Club use of Baker Park for a kids day on Saturday September 26 featuring a 10 am street parade a baseball game at McCurdy Field between Pony League Al-Stars and old timers and a fireworks display in the evening. The event focuses on children under 14 and follows similar Kiwanis activities nationwide.
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Board of Aldermen
Frederick Kiwanis Club
Donald B. Rice
Baker Park
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Rice
McCurdy Field
Pony League
Al-Stars
East Street
Lansdale Tube Company
Five Day Forecast and Conference Attendance Notice
A five day forecast predicts fair weather with weekend showers and temperatures near normal, highs in the 80s and cooler mornings, varying by county. Miss Alma Lee Georg of the Health Department will attend a University of Pittsburgh conference on polio treatment in Pittsburgh from July 17 to 21 at the D. T. Watson Children’s Hospital.
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Ior
Maryland
Alma Lee Georg
Health Department
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
D. T. Watson
Miss Tucker Weds Lieut Stultz In Braddock Heights
Miss Oneida Mae Tucker daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Tucker and Second Lieutenant Donald W. Stultz son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stultz were married Saturday at Parkway Church of God Braddock Heights. The ceremony followed a double ring service at 3:30 pm led by Rev F P Brose. The bridal party and guests from Washington Baltimore New York North Carolina and Maryland attended. The couple will live at the bride's home after July 24 before Lt Stultz begins Air Force Flight School in North Carolina.
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Donald
Parkway Church of God
Oneida Mae Tucker
Gerald L. Tucker
City
Donald W. Stultz
George W. Stultz
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
F. P. Brose
Betty Barker
Bonnie Kay Tucker
Judith Ann Tucker
Roxanne Los Calzo
Betsy Ann Parrott
North Carolina
Richard Hankey
Stairs
Reno Tucker
Nelson Bohn
Stultz
Pocono Mountains
Frederick High School
Fork Union Military Academy
University of Maryland
United States Air Force
Camp Detrick
U. S. Air Force Flight School
Leatherman Snyder Wedding in Harney Lutheran Church
Miss Anna Snyder of Gettysburg becomes the bride of Earl Leatherman of Walkersville and Gettysburg in a June 27 ceremony at Harney Lutheran Church. Rev. Charles Held officiated. reception followed at Mt. Joy parish house. The couple plans to honeymoon in Ohio and reside in Gettysburg.
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Leatherman—Snyder
Anna Snyder
Jacob Snyder
Gettysburg
R. D
Earl Leatherman
Troyd Leatherman
Walkersville
Harney
Charles Held
Lewis Rice
Charlies Harner
Mt. Joy
Leatherman
Russell Durboran
Mervin Benner
Nancy Kemp
Doris Bollering
Union Bridge
New Wandsor
Liberiatown
New Jersey
Ohio
Welliver Hickman Nuptials Held in Greencastle Church
On a Saturday in Greencastle Indiana Miss Mary Lee Hickman daughter of Dr and Mrs Cleveland P Hickman wed Kenneth Bruce Welliver son of Dr and Mrs Lester A Welliver Westminster The ceremony was read by Elmer Harvey before an altar of Woodwardia ferns palms schefflen and candles. bride given in marriage by her father.
Troxell announces engagement of Shirley Lea Troxell
Mr and Mrs Harry B Troxell of West Main street Emmitsburg announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley Lea to Robert Tee Rohrbaugh son of Mr and Mrs Russell Rohrbaugh Gettysburg Pa RD No 2. No date for the wedding has been set.
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Harry B. Troxell
West Main Street
Emmitsburg
Shirley Lea
Robert Tee Rohrbaugh
Russell Rohrbaugh
Gettysburg
R. D
Mother Clarke Thanks Local Veterans Benefactors Tribute
Mrs Charles H Mother Clarke reports her hospital goodwill tour visiting Walter Reed and Bethesda Naval Hospitals where she distributed gifts to wounded servicemen. She thanks donors from businesses and individuals and notes she could not donate her 40th pint due to iron deficiency. She plans another donation in two weeks.
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News-Post Office
Charles H
Clarke
Walter Reed
Bethesda Naval Hospitals
Hart Vance
Jane Folda
S. and
N Katz Jewelry Store
Remsberg’ Jewelry Store
Evans Case Co
Mass
Earley Show Lore
Nicodemus Ice Cream Co
Ebert Ice Cream Co
National monument dedicated to Dr George Washington Carver
For the first time in this state history a national monument was dedicated to a Negro here. State and national representatives took part in ceremonies honoring Dr. George Washington Carver the agricultural scientist who died in 1943.
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Ronor
Carver Diamond
George Washington iCarver
Mountaindale youths warned by Juvenile Court
In Mountaindale eight teenage boys aged 12 to 17 faced a Juvenile Court hearing led by Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer after a period of local depredations. Parents were told to supervise and consider reform school if trouble recurs, with officers kept under strict watch.
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Mountaindale
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Margison Ridenour
Thurmont
Ridenour
Gross Atlantic
Hansonville
Reformatory
Thurmont High School
Reform School
Marion Rice
Henry Krantz
William JC. Roderick
Carlton Lewis
James H. Rouzee, Jr
Raymond Haugh
Raymond Haugh. the State Police and the Sheriff's Office
E. Austin James
Some Of Maryland Crops Expected To Be Reduced
Maryland will produce less grain tobacco apples and peaches this year than in 1952 according to the Crop Reporting Service. Wheat yield is down to 19.5 bushels per acre oats and rye yield lighter. Tobacco will yield about 825 pounds per acre but total production falls due to 80 percent less planted. Peach crop 428900 bushels down six percent from 1952. Apple crop 1193008 bushels up one percent. Corn and barley hold steady. Hay yield 742090 tons up eight percent.
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College Park
Maryland
Crop Reporting Service
Barney
Godfrey to Return to Air From Leesburg This Month
Radio TV entertainer Arthur Godfrey plans to resume broadcasts from Leesburg Florida this month likely next week. His attorney Ernest L. Duhaime said Godfrey will be on crutches after hip surgery while facilities are prepared in Leesburg for his programs.
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Leesburg
Miami
Fla
Arthur Godfrey
Ernest L. Duhaime
Godfreys
Goedefrei
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New York
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Union Building
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Conn
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Pi Beta Phi Sorority
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New Market Methodist
Cleveland
Jamestown College
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Case Institute of Technology
Miss Wheaton
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Clarksburg
Helen Grace Woodward
Lloyd Woodward
Rockville
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Leo Roberson
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Mary Woodward
John Kenneth Roberson
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