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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1958
Page
2
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis abandons its identifying name and adopts the March of Dimes branding. It will continue public action in medical research patient care and professional education while expanding targets to arthritis birth defects and other health problems as they arise.
Weather experts compare past ignorance with current efforts to tame tornadoes through science. Predictions include cloud seeding and guided missiles or wires from aircraft to dissipate storms. Laboratory artificial tornado studies inform field work while residents are urged to heed alerts and shelter.
Fifty years ago on July 29 1908 the first cucumbers for the Lutz and Schramm Company pickle plant were brought to Frederick by John W Tabler Urban a and George S Mart. Tabler owns 2 1/2 acres of cucumbers. A baseball game at Athletics Park featured Frederick defeating Winchester Va 31 in the ninth inning. Maher pitched for Frederick. A bicycle trick performer Harry Cramer gave his real name and left town after collecting about 30 cents. Mrs Calvin Barrier near Walkersville harvested 1052 bushels from 41 acres. one four horse wagon yielded 62 5 bushels. Harry J Lebherz city opera house manager is in New York seeking contracts for road attractions.
Robert H. Goldsborough of the Free State Forum spoke on the American Communist system to Sodality and Holy Name Society members in Urbana. He cited Kremlin orders for a second summit and urged vigilance, citing magazines to study and urging informed public action. Also details of Middletown Playground Carnival planned for July 31 with booths, bands, and food sales.
Rain again hampers farm work in Maryland and Delaware for the third straight week. Wheat harvests continue slowly with much acreage still unharvested in north central Maryland. Corn grows well but haymaking stalls. tobacco and wildfires appear in low spots. Irish potatoes digging limited. Cantaloupes, ice box watermelons moving. tomatoes awaiting clearer weather. lima beans and cucumbers being picked. apples nearly finished and peach harvest expected to start in the Hancock area.
The piece presents a Q A format with questions on Edison phonograph oath of office Long John Silver model and prairie dogs. It notes Edison invented the phonograph in 1877 after earlier tin foil sound tests abroad. It mentions presidents taking oaths in Washington and that Long John Silver’s model came from the English poet William Ernest Henley. Prairie dogs are not real dogs but ground squirrels.
July 29 1938 highlights include Gov Harry Nice and Republican candidates appealing to over 500 at a county rally. Baker Park band concerts draw large crowds until a storm reduces attendance. Miss Bessite Louise Long wins a beauty prize at the Maryland Co-Operative Producers Mix Association picnic at Mit Tabor Park. S Duvall Schell Frederick withdraws from the Democratic Congressional campaign.
The Frederick News-Post offers cash prizes for local news tips submitted to the newspaper office. Tips accepted on weekdays 8 p m to midnight, Saturdays 9 a m to noon, Sundays 4 p m to midnight. Prizes range from 5 to 1 dollar for top stories.
Adele Simpson presents a space age inspired fall collection emphasizing movement and comfort. Suits feature short jackets and camisole-tied skirts with high, loose belts. Dresses adopt a high waist with freedom of motion and new dome shaped zouave skirts.
An Associated Press report outlines rising dangers to waterfowl from pesticides and botulism. West Coast poison bait killed thousands of geese, and a major botulism outbreak in California killed about 4,000 birds in Tulare Lake's 40,000 acre area. Nearly 100,000 ducks are in the danger zone as summer arrivals push numbers higher, prompting the Fish and Wildlife Service and California agencies to deploy airboats aircraft and personnel to move flocks from contaminated zones.
A short reflective piece stresses that envy robs happiness as others always have more. It urges gratitude for one’s own blessings and to live life fully as it is, regardless of others’ possessions or success.
Baltimore AP reports Phil Maero once paralyzed by polio in Milan rose to perform again. Four years after doctors said he would never sing, the 33 year old returns to the Baltimore Museum of Art rose garden stage for a full program from Purcell to Verdi.
Paris AP reports the Pierre Balmain collection features dizzy dip necklines and new decollerage called gorgerin creating a bare bosomed look. Suits include tunic jackets and short front-hiked designs, with puff sleeves, velvet sheaths, and violet accents amid black and red trends.
Readable fragments cover two weddings and a bridal shower. Sylvia Masser marries Austin Gross at Shooks town with Rev. Cecil officiating, followed by a Norfolk trip. Barbara Lee Burgee becomes Mrs Stavely in Brunswick with a Navy service and reception. A third pair, Virginia L Smith and Harold W Weddle, wed at Thurmont church with double ring ceremony and reception, plans to reside in Thurmont.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland approves 2.627 million dollars for Maryland expansion including a new building at Eston, dial changeovers at Cambridge Easter Shore, and more switchboards at Berlin plus 983 thousand for Gaithersburg switching gear. Also funds for North Beach and Bethesda area upgrades and a partial divorce decree in Equity Court with custody and alimony arrangements.
U S Army photo announces Commander Robert W Swanson new commander of a unit at Fort Detrick He is a microbiologist and graduate of the University of Massachusetts who did graduate work at George Washington University He previously served at the Naval Medical Field Laboratory Camp Lejeune He and Mrs Swanson and their two sons will reside on the post
W S King district manager of the Hagerstown Social Security Office explains that some beneficiaries may still receive monthly checks despite earnings from work. The public often misunderstands the law limiting benefits to those under 1200 dollars, assuming any higher payoff stops all payments.
Frederick Memorial Hospital reported a series of births from July 25 to July 27. Family announcements include Merhi Victor Stull, first son. Margaret Lynn Beck, first daughter. Lee Fink, second son. Linda Marie Colby, first daughter. Cindy Gale Spielman, third daughter. Leslie Edward Johnson, second son. Lucinda Kay Garber, first daughter. Parents and prior names listed. locations include Frederick and Westminster. A separate short note mentions Lake Bugbee of Buffalo Wyoming experiencing a late-life “second childhood” with new hair and a tooth.
A rule allows beneficiaries to receive payments in months with earnings under 80 dollars or no substantial business work. It notes offset provisions for yearly earnings and invites contact with the Hagerstown social security district office by mail phone or in person for guidance.
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