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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text shows publishing house contact lines and subscription prices. Mentions Berth Court Si Phase Prose MO 21177 and payment options including three months and six months. Indicates Associated Press and postal details. Date reads Monday June 3, 157.
The piece traces aviation history from Orville Wright’s 12 second Kitty Hawk flight to early transcontinental and Atlantic crossings. It notes progress over two decades since regular passenger flights began and references the Wright Flyer as the ancestor of modern air travel.
A horse driven by Misses Eva and Carrie Harshman was frightened by an automobile between Boonsboro and Keedysville, throwing them and injuring them. the buggy was demolished and the horse caught later in a field. The Clover Leaf Literary Society debated whether the western continent is more richly endowed for human use than the East. Mt. St Marys College near Emmitsburg to illuminate its front with arc lamps. Property of the late Wm J Worman sold at public sale. multiple houses and parcels changed hands at various sums. Eggs price 15 cents per dozen. butter 20 to 25 cents per pound. strawberries 13 to 15 cents per box.
Twenty years ago items from the June 3 1937 issue recount a trolley car crash near West South Street in Hagers town injuring no one seriously, a large Dahlia Gardens fire near Braddock Heights, a 1 inch copper bead snakebite incident at Gambrill Park affecting Major Bolte’s son, a boy rushed to Frederick Memorial and Walter Reed Hospitals, a public auction of lots in Rose Dale Frederick selling for about 350 dollars, and crowds at the sale.
Miss Josephine Mae Pratt and James L. Lamb Jr. wed at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. Harold Ammons officiating. The bride wore a ballerina length nylon net gown over satin. pink accessories and a white rosebud corsage. Attendants included sister of the groom Mrs. George A. Fry. usher Charles E. Anglebower. reception followed in church social rooms.
Among the sick Dr J D Dave of Rockwell Terrace returns home from Washington County Hospital and remains bedbound. Irving Shuffler Sr moves to Frederick Memorial for treatment after eight weeks ill. Rev Roger E Keech improves at home after hospital care in Waynesboro and hopes to preach next week. Mrs Bruce Roosie hospital care for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Lorenzo M Reeder undergoes surgery in Hagerstown and improves. Frank E Brandenburg returns home after nine days at Frederick Memorial Hospital with improving condition. Virgil W Doub ill at home with a virus infection. Clyde R Barber progresses at Frederick Memorial Hospital as a cardiac patient for ten days. Local wedding: Mrs Lamb and Mr Lamb wed and plan to reside at 333 Madison Street. Bride, a Frederick High School graduate, worked at Price Electric. groom also an alumnus. Bride wore lace veil with seed pearl tiara, carried white Bible and floral arrangement. groom wore uniform. Attendant wore pink.
The June lineup lists events at the Francis Scott Key Hotel including club dinners by Zonta Interclub Soroptimist and Newcomer’s Club, Hood Commencement, Garden Club, Elks and Eagles crab feasts, Moose Convention all day sessions, and the B and O Railroad Luncheon at 12:00 p.m.
About 100 Girl Scouts and families attended a capping ceremony in Parkway school auditorium marking graduation from intermediate to senior scouting. Peggy Jenkins presided as Miss Schroeder and Mary Storm led officers. certificates were presented by Mrs. Henry Eigelsbach. Names of graduating intermediates were read, and mothers capped their daughters with senior batons.
A list of Senior Scouts set to graduate this year includes Troop 3 led by Mrs Emerson Gray with Marjorie Atkinson Barbara Brown JoAnie Derr Pegsy Jenkins Gwen Jordan Martha Ramsburg Constance Shankle Pat Stros snider and Troop 37 led by Mrs Louis Hartman with Nancy Jackson Also noted are intermediates of Troop 5 led by Mrs Charles F Trunk Jr who will hold a capping ceremony at a late court of honor as announced
Billy Graham announces tonight’s Madison Square Garden talk on The Seventh Commandment The Moral Problem. He warned last night that you cannot run up to Jesus and be saved, addressing a crowd near capacity. Blair, 17 000 in attendance, heard the evangelist discuss adultery and salvation.
Barbara Ann Klipp daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert F Klipp of Lewistown wed Edward Eugene Rice son of Mr and Mrs Charles L Rice of Mountaindale at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church Utica The bride wore Chantilly lace and nylon tulle gown with seed pearls and carried white gardenias and roses A reception followed in Lewistown Community Hall with pink and white decor The couple will reside at 727 North Market Street after a wedding trip through southern states The bride is a Frederick High School 1935 graduate and secretary at Jenkins Brothers Inc The groom served in the Navy and works for Sears Roebuck Attendees from several nearby towns.
The engagement of Patricia Woodward Vauthier Seitz of Ridgeville Maryland to Arthur Paul Hartel Jr son of New York is announced after a Ridgeville supper. The bride to be attended Washington College and UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University graduate Hartel is a Duke Law student and Phi Delta Phi member. An August wedding is planned. Ben-Gurion asks Parliament to approve Israel's acceptance of Eisenhower Doctrine principles.
Six injured when two cars collided four miles east of Hancock on Route 40. Gale Miner, 35, Frederick, and Dorothy Hart, 18, Big Cove Tannery, led list of hurt. several with possible fractures. John Barnhart of Hancock drove the car that rear ended the truck. State Trooper Alan Martinas investigated the crashes.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stockman plan their seventeenth wedding anniversary celebration on Tuesday. Rev. George H. Klinefelter, new Christ Evangelical pastor, has moved to the parsonage with his family. Dayton visitors, Thurmont residents, bank staff, and local college students appear in a string of social updates and family events across Thurmont and Emmitsburg.
The Oct 2 market sheet from Alex Brown & Sons shows bid and asked ranges for local securities in Frederick Maryland. Listings include F and M Citizens Bank Fredericton Law Potomac Edison Tweestorgene and noted items such as a Roman clothing reference and bikini bathing suit origin mention with life membership value.
The wedding at Epworth Church united Miss Sara Elizabeth Welsh and Allyn H Myers Jr in a ceremony described with blue gown and tulle lace details. Attendants included Sandra Hersberger and Jane Ward with bridesmaids in aqua and white organdy. The reception followed in Gaithersburg with officiant Reverend Paul Myers presiding.
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