Labor Problems and High Prices Push Mrs Thrasher to Quit Farm
Mrs Nellie Thrasher of near Jefferson Farm plans to retire from farming citing labor shortages rising costs and low prices. Her son George Edward has run the operation, steadying soil conservation gains but facing a costly transition as they seek a fair sale price and plan future housing. The near 20 year facelift project includes hedges improved pastures and dairy operations shipping about 100 gallons of milk daily amid fluctuating prices.
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Thrasher
George Edward
Sun Vege
George
Jan
Clarence Delpher
University of Maryland Department of Agriculture
Most Farmens
Ste Co
Jahbor
Triaster
Frank Keefer
Nelle Thrasher
Jefferson
Self Reliant Do It Yourself Craze Spreads Across Homes
The do it yourself movement grows beyond a hobby as purveyors of teaching materials and DIY enthusiasts expand from basic home repairs to a wide range of tasks. It began as hopeful hobbyists taking on remodeling and improvements and evolved into a complex movement outpacing earlier crafts.
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Wil Hoblues
Hospital and health notes from Frederick area
Among the sick Danny Brown son of Mr and Mrs David Brown Mr Airy tell Thursday evening and received a fracture of his left leg which did not require a cast. The condition of Deputy Sheriff George Layman who was removed to Frederick Memorial Hospital Monday after being stricken with a heart attack was reported as fair today at the hospital. Mrs Harry E Main 304 West Patrick street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Monday afternoon for observation and treatment. She is expected to stay about a week. Mrs Reba A Hovermale Rocky Springs was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital on Sunday where she will undergo surgery sometime this week. Mr Alton Shaff Motter avenue is convalescing at his home from a back injury sustained at a swimming pool on Friday. Mrs Jesse B Mippcom we oO Market street who underwent surgery Wednesday is recovering storily at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Alice Elliot Shivey again under went surgery at University Hospital on July 25. HOSPITAL REPORT Mrs Theodore Wolf Jr and infant son Emmitsburg were discharged from the Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pa.
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Danny Brown
David Brown
Airy
George Layman
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Layman
Mirs
Harry E. Main
West Patrick Street
Reba A. Hovermale
Rocky Springs
aAlton Shaff
Motter Avenue
Jesse 2. Mippcom
Market Street
Alice Elliot Shivey
University Hospital
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago items note the Washington Frederick and Gettysburg Railroad request delay of paving on Fourth street, a Board of Aldermen decision in favor, an elevator incident injuring News employee Lewis Gittineer, and scattered local notices about steeple painting, field crops, and town affairs with unclear names and dates.
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the News
Fourth Street
Washington, Frederick
Tha Bermacheal
Shieh
John F. Hassler
Detfertre
Poe
Roeinard
Harrho
Ciccardell
Twenty Years Ago News Clippings From The Columns
A damaged 1936 clipping recounts events near Walkersville and the farm incident. It mentions wheat prices, enrollment figures, and a fatal self-inflicted gunshot during a fishing trip. The text blends agricultural data with local incidents and historical notes.
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Hiitself
Walkersville
Safink Oun
Renate Tin
Duta
Booster Day Weekend Highlights DeMolay Program
The Frederick Chapter of the Order of DeMolay held a weekend full of activities from Friday to Sunday headlined by a swimming party, a Saturday dance with Bill Krantz orchestra, and a large church service at Calvary Methodist. The events drew hundreds, featured guests including Ken Caney, and supported fundraising with ad sales and a Mother’s Circle picnic.
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Frederick
Braddock Heights
Ken ‘Caney
Washington
Russell L. Michael
Ralph Soyer
Herbert R. Eiker
Meredith Alexander
Braddock Heights Pandilion
Bill Krantz
G. Wilson Mercer
William M. Moore
N. Edward Lightner
Austin F Kemp
Mercer
Moore
Lightner
Wayne Mullican
Calvary Methodist Church
James Lightner
M. C
Grayson Mercer Jr
S. C
William M. Moore Jr
J. C
James Fox
Delaine Hobbs
Eugene Kemp
Edward Fisher
E William Hall
Liamsville
Maryland
Summer Camp for Retarded Children Brings Joy to Carroll County
A three week summer day camp in Carroll County served 32 disabled children in two groups at Mt Aury and Westminster East End Elementary. Activities included singing crafts a circus parade and gym skills with swimming lessons for older kids. Red Cross cooperation helped organize the water program and foster progress. In a separate note a decree grants Felisa Greenwood an absolute divorce from Richard A Greenwood with custody to Mrs Greenwood and 100 monthly alimony plus costs.
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Carroll County
Mt. Aury
Mary Myers
Arthur Shipley
East End
Westminster
Helen Lindsay
Ras LeGore
James R. Langdon
Meadow View
Red Cross
Red Cross Cooperaton
Rnquity
W Mirs. Wands Felisa Greenwood
Walkersville
Richard A. Greenwood
Greenwood
William M. Storm
Iton VY Bennett
Birth notices and birthdays for Lebherz Davis Burker Fairchild Hawling Zepp
Birth announced for Joseph Lebherz son of Mr and Mrs James E Lebherz in New York Hospital. Birthday notices for Mrs Raymond Davis Mrs CF Fairchild Ted Burker and Mr George Burker Pleasant and Mrs Bessie Turner. 77th birthday for William T Zepp celebrated with family and out of town guests. Also notes on filing Form 2265 floor stocks tax return due October 15 under the Highway Revenue Act and Form 720 usage for excise taxes.
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James E Lebherz
Long Island
N. Y
Joseph Lebherz
New York Hospital
Lebherz
Harry J. Lebherz
West Second Street
Raymond Davis
Doubs
George
Ted) Burker
Pleasant
CF. Fairchild
Collings- Symae Atte Ee
Arthur T. Rippeon
Rfd
Turner
Rippeon
Hawling
William T. Zepp
Rt 6
Frederick
Russell O'Brien
Rusell ‘O'Brien
Alice Wise
Frank Zepp
Bernard Sier
Frank Zepp Jr
William Yenp
Joe Orndorff
Melvin O'Brien
Russell O'Brien Jr
Tom Andrews
Arineton
Walter Offutt
Gaithershuis
Internal Revenue
Baltimore
Fox
Custom House
Maryland
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Teeaday
Tees
Frederi
Gage
Cartier
Monus
Pear
Iet
Grenatore
Associatedsociated Press
Kaca
David Lawrence
Congress
Everstici
America
Gach
TVA
Hell's Canyon
Snake Rover
Idaho
Calorado River
Socialist Party
Britain
Senate
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
Jhas
Secrretary Dulles
Foreign Relations Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Democratic Congress
Democratic Party
Aco
Saiai
Owever
Sam Rayburn
Joe Martin
House
William Knowland
Lyndon Jonnson
Knowland
Nellie Thrasher
Jefferson Farm
George E
Doe
Sie
Wey
Fexen
White House
Alk Enzens
Supreme Court
Convrig
New York
Herad Fribung, Ing
Vauiv
George Edward Thrasher
Mrs. Thrasher
Theodore Wolf Jr
Emmitsburg
Annie Warner
Gettysburg
Mothers’ Circle
E. B. Shipley
Hall
Officcer
Wilbur Rippeon
Lewis B. Reed
Uartsville
Frederick County
College Avenue
Lily Pence
Allby & Vetocie Wind. Regis
Claude
Not Evans
Manon F. Kline
Re Biggs Avenue
Robert G. Ford
Taney
Chapel Alley
Benjamin Phebus
Sue G. Payton
RED 2
Fred Frederick
Martin Kanode
Wilbur Bevis
BP. Smeliemur
Payton
West All Saints Street
Kanode
H. E. Saylor
Henry L. Lake
Harry W. Carty
George Bender
Green Valley Inn
Remy Seaege
Denver Shook
Sheffield
Jessups
Upper Darby
Richard C. Davis
Virginia
Bere
Dorsey
North Market Street
Davis
Davisecame
Peoples’ Court
Shewa
Shefferd
Knoxville
James L. Myers
Myers
East South Street
Sgt
Robert L. Rice
Biggs Avenue
ARS
Tim
Re Bya Om ‘Saeen Ie
Oueney
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