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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1957
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists monetary values and names with scattered terms like three mers and Stermer. Reads like a local notice page with dates, sums, and possible names but lacks coherent event details or complete context.
Oscar and Mrs. Brandenburg announce the engagement of their daughter Sara Jane to Carroll G Zimmerman son of Mr. Zinerman of Walker. Sara Jane graduates from Sigidietoun High School and will wed August 11 at 2 PM at St Mark's Lutheran Church Wolfsville. Zimmerman graduates from Walkersville High School and farms with his father.
The annual Toy Guidance Council preview notes a heavy emphasis on warlike items and missiles in the 600 displays, with mass retaliation as a theme. Parents worry about armament costs cutting into holiday budgets while recognizing the broader arms race backdrop reflected in toys and media.
Local notes list residents visiting, moving, or traveling from Middletown to Mechanicsburg and beyond. A bond sales report by James McSherry shows Frederick County reached 29 percent of its six month goal, with efforts underway to boost Savings Bond purchases through payroll campaigns.
Lightning struck the Emmitsburg Presbyterian church tower causing brick damage but not structural harm. Mt Airy beat Frederick 8 to 4 at Athletic Park with a late error letting in three runs. Mt Airy’s Hurley and Frederick’s Orrison pitched. Bankers Picnic held in Kelmar grove near Frederick Junction by local banks’ workers with committee Potts Heinlein Chapline Sr. Injury to four-year-old Ray Hoffman on East South Street after a fall. Rosebud baseball club hosted a reception at Miss Alice Mullinix’s home on South Market Street with Edna Davidson performing piano and phonograph pieces.
Readable relics recounting Farm leader Frederick Ceimnig set to return to the University of Maryland as Professor of Animal Husbandry. Local incidents include a sewer accident on West All Saints street and National Guard ceremonies at Camp Ritchie. Many social notices list births, travels, and visits among Frederick County families with names like Renn, McPherson, Donaldson, Smith, Eigen, Wimmer, Withide, and Hoke. Community events profile New Market Grange and Frederick City playgrounds celebrating Joseph E. Lee with a week of activities across Baker Park and other locales.
Rev. H Stanley Dunn urged the Evangelical and Reformed Church Women’s Guild to release church power through divine love and active service. Speakers urged members to attend regularly, give sincerely, and assist beyond their group as ministers in daily life. The week highlighted missions for 1,400 workers, 100 new churches in three years, and lay leadership.
Frederick families announce the engagement of Dana Rose Hamilton to Grayson Eugene Blank. The wedding is planned for ember 7 at Goose Bay Labrador. Also notes goings on of local births, deaths, and obituaries in the Frederick area with funeral details for Calvin Foreman Howard Bertha Shry and Lilie Scheel.
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Eyler wife of the late Milton Eyler of Walkersville were held at G C Barton Funeral Home with nephews as pallbearers and interment in Glade Cemetery. Clyde Griffith of Gaithersburg area died at Suburban Hospital. services to be held at Gartner Funeral Home with interment in Darnestown. Mrs Mina May Hape of Bolivar died aged 91 in Charles Town General Hospital. services were held with burial in Harper Cemetery. Mrs Helen A Walker of Washington died. services at Deal Funeral Home with interment in Providence Cemetery. Mrs Fannie F Dorsey died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. survivors listed. Spec 2nd Class Ernest Elsworth Griffith killed near Fort Atkinson WI. funeral with military honors at West All Saints Street funeral home. interment at John Wesley Methodist Cemetery in Liberty town. Willing Workers Class met at Brook Hill Sunday School. funeral services for David Wiefe Brook Hill Sunday School member held at the church. interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. New numbers for Baltimore and Ohio locomotives noted in Trains magazine. diesel numbers to four digits for easier processing.
A reader lauds criticism of clothing for women and girls and proposes reviving candid photography to expose fashion. cites male fashion as well and calls for reform. The letter reflects a 1950s frontier of social norms embracing stricter dress codes.
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports multiple births from July 15 to July 19. Names include Lori Jean Officer, Deborah Jo Mullinix, Wm Lloyd Jr Rocelle, Basile Milton Clem, Carroll Lee Plowman, Jay Gregory Smith, Wesley Eugene Blumenauer, Ronald Clyde Hollinger, Teresa Lynne Mossburg, Sandra Gail Bohrer. Parents list varied from J Earl Officer to Herry Bohrer with hometowns including Brunswick Fort Lauderdale Frederick and New Windsor.
Maryland barbers must renew licenses with a four dollar payment for the current year. State board members note the extra two dollars covers a one-time registration fee, with renewal required June 1 to September 1 and, if late, an examination. Address payments to the State Board of Barber Examiners Baltimore. Also: Gilmore R Hamilton of Frederick, Md., assigned to USS Johnston, set to return to Newport August 1 after a three month Mediterranean cruise.
The Wolfsville Girls 4H club met at Mrs. Wolford Wolfe's home on July 17. President Diane Hessong called the meeting to order. Demonstration on Quick and Easy Desserts presented by Mrs. Wolfe. Business focused on 4Higur and Club Week with picnic plans. Recreation followed under the president.
Amelia Nabrow of Pittsburgh Mrs Helen Hoy of Airy Mrs Ervine Jones of Harrisburg Abe Gasaway of Pittsburgh survive fourteen grandchildren and a great grandchild. The body lies in state on New London Road Monday at two. Funeral from Simpson's Methodist Tuesday at two with Rev A A Thompson officiating. Interment Mt Zion Cemetery Mt Airy. C E Hicks II funeral director.
Among the sick Miss Marie Wallace at 514 West South Street is reported in satisfactory condition after surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Wayne Joy, 12, of Emmitsburg, treated for a snake bite on the right foot at Warner Hospital Gettysburg. Mr J Earl Gilbert Sr along East Third Street returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital. Robert Abrecht Sr of East Third Street, a patient at Veterans Administration Center Martinsburg, underwent major surgery Friday and is doing well. Jimmy Caniford of West Church Street had an appendectomy at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is in satisfactory condition. Richard E Kieeny, formerly at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg, is home on medical leave visiting relatives. Nancy Nicodemus age 6 of 3 East Fifteenth Street had tonsils and adenoids removed at Frederick Memorial Hospital and returned home. John Edward Firor of Thurmont admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for thyroid surgery. Thurmont servicemen Paul Anger and Harold Seer injured in an automobile accident near Camp Mist Mount were moved to Fort Detrick Hospital. Mary M Webber of Franklin Street is undergoing treatment at National Health Center Bethesda.
After two short business meeting games prizes were awarded to Rev and Mrs. Harold Ammons Mrs Hazel Korrell and Catherine Rothenhoefer. The annual class picnic is set for August 21 at the church. September program committee includes Mrs. Gloria Horst and Mrs. Hazel Korrell with Mrs. Lenora Keyser handling Scripture. Refreshment duties go to Mrs. Esta Specht and Catherine Rothenhoefer. The meeting closed with the 23rd Psalm. Attendees include Rev. and Mrs. Ammons Mrs. Korrell Mrs. Irene Schultz Mrs. Mabel Tyler Mrs. Clara Crabbs Mrs. Gloria Horst Mrs. Esta Staley Mrs. Lenora Keyser Miss Christine Schultz and Catherine Rothenhoes fer.
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