Hood College Alumnae Day marks year end and events
Alumnae Day signals the close of Hood College's sixty second academic year with Sunday commencement at Coffman Chapel at two. Saturday features Class Day in Hudson outdoor theater with gifts, memories and the Big Sister swap. Luncheon for 250 to 390 alumnae in Coblentz Hall will feature Leah Rosenblatt Camp M D class of 1942 speaking on career and marriage. The Alumnae Association meets at Gambrill Gymnasium at ten, reunion dinners, a senior reception at the president's home, and the senior dance at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Sunday morning baccalaureate in Hudson theater at 9 30 with Dr Mary Ely Jayman of Leation Theological Seminary.
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Hood College
Coffman Chapel
Hudson Outdoor Theater
Hood
Coblentz Hall
Leah Rosenblatt Camp
M. D
Gambrill Gymnasium
Andrew G Hotrod
Fair Home
Fare No
Francis Scott Key
Naval Academy Greets 115th Class of 740 Graduates
The Naval Academy at Annapolis released 115th class graduates who, in a ceremony in Dahlgren Hall before about 10,000, received diplomas and were sworn into the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps after a cap toss. Secretary Thomas urged the new officers to lead with fairness, firmness, and accessibility, and to keep their subordinates informed while granting them authority and responsibility.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy
Thomas
Air Force
Marine Corps
Dahlgren
Alabama Methodist Conference Faces Integration Clash
A northern Methodist leader, Bishop John Wesley Lord, denounced Alabama Methodist Conference measures to keep separate white and Negro churches. Speaking at Manchester, Conn, Lord called the proposal a “black mark” and said the church should lead in ending discrimination despite delegates’ hangover from the Supreme Court ruling. The Montgomery conference urged the General Assembly to avoid any law interfering with segregated racial customs within the Methodist Church.
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Alabama Methodist Conference
Montgomery
General Assembly
Methodist Church
Five Day Forecast Warm Spell With Temps 3 to 6 Above Normal
A five day outlook indicates a gradual warming trend into the weekend and early next week, followed by cooler conditions around Wednesday. Scattered showers or thunderstorms are likely late Monday or Tuesday. Daytime highs will be about 3 to 6 degrees above normal, with normals ranging from the mid 70s to low 80s and early mornings from near 40 in the mountains to the low 60s along the coast.
Ordination service for William Simpson in Emmitsburg
On Sunday June 12 at 7 30 p m in the Evangelical and Reformed Church Emmitsburg William Simpson will be ordained into the Christian ministry Rev Edmund P Welker assisted by Rev John C Raezer of Lancaster Pa will be liturgists The ordination sermon will be by Rev Porter W Selwell of Littlestown Pa Rev Paul V Helm of Westminster representing Potomac Synod After licensure and ordination he will be installed as assistant pastor at St Andrews Evangelical and Reformed Church Lancaster
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
Emmitsburg
William Simpson
Edmund P. Welker
John C Raezer
Lancaster
Porter W. Selwell
Littlestown
Paul V. Helm
Westminster
Potomac Synod
Simpson
Kids Talk Blue Streak After Bluing Tongues
In Brooklyn, numerous children ages 3 to 12 developed blue tongues after tasting blue ink powder containing methylene blue. Mothers panicked as the kids caused minor traffic disruption. 25 children were taken to Cumberland Hospital where they were kept overnight for observation despite the substance being deemed harmless by tests.
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New York
Brooklyn
Cumberland Hospital
Navy Yard
Board Prepares for Integration Debate in Frederick County
The Frederick County Board of Education will mull desegregation at its next meeting. Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt says desegregation in county schools by fall 1956 is unlikely. New buildings like the junior high on Frederick High grounds and Yellow Springs elementary aim to ease crowding, but none ready this fall.
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Frederick County
Associated Press
Pruitt
Frederick High School
Yellow Springs
Frederick
West Point Cadet Olvey Tops Academic And Military Honors
N Yoh A Genrcia cadet earned ratings at the U S Military Academy unprecedented in 150 years, joining six others including Gen Douglas MacArthur. Lee D Olvey of Hinesville Ga is this year’s top honor man, first captain and brigade commander, son of Mr and Mrs A B Olvey, after Georgia Military Academy. Market advances in New York followed three uncertain sessions.
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West Point
N. Yoh
Genrcia
U. S. Military Academy
Douglas MacArthur
Lee D. Olvey
Hinesville
Olvey
Optimist Head To Be Speaker At Rotary Birthday Dinner
Dr Walter A. Reiling of Dayton Ohio past Optimist International president will speak at a joint Rotary service and civic club dinner at the Peter Pan Inn Urbana Monday night. The event marks Rotary International's fiftieth birthday with plans by Optimist Lions Zonta Kiwanis and Civitan members. Tickets opened beyond 350 and extra room was added.
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Walter A. Ressing
Dayton
Optimist International
Rotary International
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Reiling
Hav
Optimist
M4 Service
Citie
Ruth Kinsey
Crvinettes
Frederick Gas Company
East Patrick Street
Gus Kelly
Joseph F. Thorning
Charles K. Taylor
Kiwanis
Herbert Taylor
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
John A. Deve
William Hardy
Rotary
Man
Rotary Club
Roger H. Willard
LeRoy Blumenauer
Crvitans
Four Gunmen Rob Cleveland Trust Co. Branch Bank
Four armed bandits robbed a Cleveland Trust Co. West Side branch minutes after opening. Police report initial loss around 50100 with tellers and a bookkeeper present. One thief vaulted the cage, took cash from several drawers, loaded two drawers into a waiting car. Teller Lisa Zieba, 21, said 15500 missing from her cage and 30000 overlooked.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Co
West Side
Lisa Zieba
Ford labor talks focus on jobless pay plan limits
Detroit auto industry negotiators debated how much Ford would pay to support workers during layoffs under a supplementary plan. Ford reportedly accepts the idea of partial payroll support, but limits weekly payments to 26 weeks, risking a broader dispute with UAW chief Walter Reuther over a full 52 weeks.
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Detroit
Ford
CLO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reother
Msgr. Sheridan Re-Elected Mount Saint Marys College Head
At the annual Mount Saint Marys College meeting presided by Archbishop Keough, Monsignor John L. Sheridan was re-elected president for his eighteenth term. Officers returned include Monsignor William F. Culhane as treasurer and Rev. Carl J. Fives as secretary, with Rev. Hugh J. Phillips. Also returning were Rev. Francis Kearney as dean of studies and Rev. William D. McGonigle as dean of men.
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Corporation of
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Francis P. Keough
Baltimore
John L. Sheridan
SEC
William F. Culhane
Carl J. Fives
Hugh J. Phillips
Sheridan
Bernard J. Bradley
Francis Kearney
J.C.D
William D. McGonigle
Two Men Die as Scaffold Collapses in Shipyard Accident
In Baltimore last night at Marsland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co, a scaffold collapsed inside a tanker under repair. An acetylene torch cut a support, sending three workers over a 31 foot drop. Leslie Clevenger, 62, and William Coustas, 41, were killed. Charles Thomas, 31, suffered broken injuries and was in fair condition. A fourth man escaped.
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Baltimore P
Marsland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Leslie Clevenger
William Coustas
Charles Thomas
Armed Guard at Kern River Canyon Clash Sparks Camp Onrush
About 200 men including deputies and armed civilians camped near Kern River Canyon as rain threats buildup. A Kern County sheriff posse of 43 heavily armed men with horses rifles and radios arrived to guard claims near Hobo Hot Springs. Four men were arrested in Lancaster in separate raids on conspiracy and liquor traffic charges.
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Hobo Hot Springs
Kern River Canyon
Kern County
Lancaster
Patl Caty
Lancaster County
Synod Opens Sessions On Wednesday
The Potomac Synod sixteenth annual meeting opens Wednesday at Hood College near Frederick. Representatives from about 10 congregations in Maryland Virginia the District of Columbia and West Virginia attend. Final action on appointing a full time president is expected with reports from a committee formed last year.
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Potomac
Frederick D.' 'Buster
Hagerstown
Henry C. Roth
Washington
Frank K. Bostian
Baltimore
Henry W. Schultheis
Synod
Koch
Richard R Gross
Cambridge
Andrew G. Truxal
Hoad
Coffman Chapel
John R. C. Haas
Evansville
Christopher Noss
Silvey Ram
Haas
General Council
Frank L. Fesperman
Jackson
George R. Snider
Middletown
Africa
Camp Michaux
Kenneth B. Wentzel
Rockville
Kenneth E. Bishop
Woodstock
Christian Higher Education
Women’s Guild
Churchmen's Brotherhood
Potomace Synod
Carl K Marks
Hetzer Low On Road Bid For South Mountain Entrance
C William Hetzer of Hagerstown submitted the apparent low bid when bids were opened for a new entrance from US 404 to Washington Monument State Park on South Mountain. The contract covers grubbing grading drainage and bituminous paving along about 4607 feet with a right of way cleared.
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C. William Hetzer
Hagerstown
Maryland Department of Public Improvement
U. S 404
Washington Monument State Park
South Mountain
Hetzer
Frederck County Contraviers
Law
Richard F Kline
Frederick
Ro Wangse
Teenagers Die In Early Morning Car Crash In Branford
Four teenagers including two Yale freshmen were killed when their convertible collided with a truck on U S 1 in Branford Connecticut. Victims include John P Flanagan 18 of Bridgeport Nancy Kneen 18 of Hamden Walter H Armor 19 of Wellesley Hills and Nancy Kneen died after surgery at Grace New Haven Community Hospital. Truck driver Eugene Oldnem 42 of Plymouth Mass is hospitalized with spine and rib injuries. The crash occurred on a curve and rescuers took an hour to extricate Flanagan’s body. Armor’s father G Max Armour is a former Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co supervisor.
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Branford
Conn
Yale
U. S
John P. Flanagan
Bridgeport
Walter H. Armor
Vror Warda
Bolster
Wellesley Hills
Wmass
Nancy Kneen
Hamden
Kneen
Grace-New Haven
Eugene Oldnem
Plymouth
Mass
Young Flanagan
Armor
G. Maxwell Armour
Chesapeake and Potomac’s Telephone Co
Mr. Armor
Frederick
Infant presumed dead found alive in mortuary
In Houston a premature four month old girl reportedly declared dead at a funeral home showed heartbeats and improved after artificial respiration. Dr. Kelley said the infant weighed 2 pounds 2 ounces and was given extensive resuscitation before being pronounced dead. Police tracked a decorated truck hauling a large coffin like load along U.S. 240 with permits questioned. authorities monitored the vehicle’s path through Frederick and Montgomery County.
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Houston P
Barjy
M. C. Dupree
Dupree
J. Robert Corrs
Robert P Kelley
Kelle
U. S. 240
Ganmysston
Westmiaster
Frederick
Montgomery County
Khrushchev Leaves Yugoslav Party After Visit
Khrushchev staggers from a farewell party in Belgrade as he invites all to visit Russia. He and Bulganin met Tito and officials for six hours in a private Yugoslav Parliament room, with hundreds dancing nearby and Soviet singers from Moscow. Khrushchev ends the event with kisses and greetings to officials and their spouses.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Tito
Moscow
Bulganin
Stalin
Soviet Bloc
Khrushchev
Edward Xhardelj
Moshe Pijade
A. I. Mikoyan
General Conference Delegates Are Named
The Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church elected six lay and three clerical delegates to the 1956 General Conference meeting in Minneapolis, naming E Stewart Patterson and others as lay delegates from Washington DC Hyattsville Baltimore and Montgomery County. Clerical delegates elected were Norman Trott Philip C Edwards and Asbury Smith. Two more clinical delegates were to be picked this evening.
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Westminster
Baltimore
the Methodist Church
Minneapolis
E. Stewart Patterson
Washington, D. C
W. Carroll Beatty
Hyattsville
J. Harry Grace
Stella Werner
Montgomery County
Charles W Woodward
Flurrayo Benson
Norman Trott
Westminster Theological Seminary
Philip C. Edwards
Washington, DC
Asbury Smith
Clincal
Fire sweeps Seat Pleasant Lumber Yard in early blaze
Fire crews from ten communities battled an extra alarm fire at the F. L. Watkins Lumber Co warehouse near the DC line in Seat Pleasant. The blaze forced crews to remain on scene nearly five hours. damage undetermined and cause not yet known. Also reported a separate warehouse fire on East Church Street quickly extinguished with minor damage.
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Seat Pleasant
F. L. Watkins Lumber Co
District of Columbia
District Heights
Camtol Heights
Hyattsville
Kentland
Wasedo-Cheverly
Chapel Oaks
Hillside
Heigts
Cottage City
Seniors In Assembly At Frederick High School
One of the largest Frederick High School classes will receive diplomas Thursday morning completing year end activities. At the Wednesday senior assembly 268 members received awards for scholastic and co curricular achievements. The bacalaureate program Saturday will feature Rev Kenneth Tyson, with Dr Wilson Elkins delivering the address Thursday at 10 30 a.m. marking a historic big class.
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Frederick High School
Kenneth Tyson
Lingapore
Libartstown
Wilson Q. Elkins
University of Maryland
Dlaxine Elliott
Roger Denny Jr
Miss Elliott
Homer Brooks
Donald Koons
Mary Rhoads
Wayne Mullican
Robert Ramsburg
Seymour Stern
Dream Valley
John Ramsburg
Charles Gearinger
Bill Rice
James Shafer
Richard Fisher
Girard Gallup
Crace Andana Bine Palnatinn
Pat Lescafleet
Fred Barkier
Janet Day
Mary Lease
Catherine Engle
Shirley Himes
Tobi Kemp
Betty
Darlene Summers
Fred Buzzerd
Pat Lescalleet
Pat Brendle
Barbara Derr
James E. Lightner
Future Teachers of America
Lightner
Reader’s Digest
Gallup
Eugene Dixon Young
Peter Fahrney
Planet Louise Day
Charles Palmer Davis
James Harper
Robert Groff
Patricia Uaha
Mary Baker
Shields
David Brenneman
Nelda Shuff
Darrene Summers
Doris Baumsardner
Fred Barker
Roger Denney
Carolyn Dodson
Pete Fahrney
Charles Grabill
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Walter A. Reiling
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Msgr. Sheridan
Mount Head
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