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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
5
European leaders in principle back a French plan to pool steel and coal industries among six nations. Russia could object, Britain may block or join, while Americans hope for a new Europe that reshapes postwar power balance and peace prospects.
A Buffalo Evening News discussion distributed by Readers Digest argues highways degrade faster than funding to rebuild. Heavy trucks, congestion, and illegal operators raise pavement damage and safety hazards, with legal violations compounding highway preservation challenges.
A reader voices a 19 year old Sam self supporting and chafing under parental control. Dorothy Dix reframes the issue noting parents act from motives of care yet restrict independence and liberty. The column contrasts youth want for freedom with parental insistence on guidance and surveillance.
A reader laments how affection can trample youth autonomy and privacy, arguing that growing children deserve space to make their own life choices. Dorothy Dix counsels prioritizing the couple’s happiness, urging a husband to overlook his wife’s mother’s opposition to preserve marital harmony.
Fifty years back in The News columns June 6 1960 reports Demovratic State convention in Baltimore where Victor Baughman was elected a national delegate at large. Delegates favored various candidates, with names tied to Kansas City. Nearby notes describe a machine plant fire in Reamersville West Virginia owned by Frederick and Buckersinien interests. Frederick and Middleton Electric Railway head Geo Smith reports about 1 700 people at Braddock Heights Monday. The annual concert by Woman’s College music department drew a large audience in College Hall. Class Day exercises were held, garden party planned. Vowenstein and Wertheimer advertise woo n pairs of men s bicycle pants at 25 cents a pair.
A June 6 1930 feature recalls elementary school commencement at Tivol theater with about 1600 students parents and friends as certificates are awarded and dozens of students become eligible for high school. A brush fire near Camp Baker at Brad dock Heights burned about an acre but rain ended it. Lions Club elected Roger Wolfe president with Charles Seeger as outgoing chief. Aldermen learned two men were caught setting fire to the city dump at Frederick Brick Works but no applicable law could hold them.
In Blaine on June 8, Republicans discuss dissension over Guy Gabrielson's chairmanship. Eastern and Midwestern conservatives clash, with Midwest members demanding a program favoring private ownership. A Chicago rally may reveal the split as leaders push for a nonbinding platform and independent thinking among rank and file.
General Douglas MacArthur ordered a purge of 24 Communist Party central committee members amid Japanese Red attacks on American troops. Seven to vacate parliamentary seats, all barred from party membership or political activity. Government telegrams notified Reds through the cabinet and police moved to prevent retaliation, with arrests of two union trainers linked to a May Day demonstration.
Fragmentary notes describe a squirrel darting across a sunny street as a car swerves to avoid it. The vivid, jumbled writing captures a fleeting street moment with unclear attribution or context.
Dr Edwin J. Jordan explains epilepsy as a hereditary tendency not a guaranteed fate for offspring. He notes most cases arise before marriageable age and that EEG testing helps gauge risk. Statistics from 12 000 relatives show about one in forty children of epileptics may have seizures, higher than the general population, guiding individual marriage decisions.
A quiet but impressive wedding was solemnized at the home of Rev and Mrs Samuel B Myers of Le Gore on Saturday evening when Miss Margaret Louise Fogle Frederick Route 4 became the bride of William Z Beard Woolshorn Route 1 Rev Mr Myers read the Church of God ceremony. Their only attendant was Mrs Luther Beard.
Hal Boyle counsels the class of 1950 to relax and pursue work boldly. He notes job prospects improving, with salaries from low to mid four figures yearly, and urges alumni to beat the bushes for opportunities, face fear, and strive with steady effort. The message emphasizes courage, resilience, and a hopeful, proactive mindset in a shifting economy.
Mrs. Daniel Landes of Lee Place hosted the Ballenger Homemaker's Club with Mrs. Chester Young presiding. Members reported on the Lady Tanehean event and invited participation in Achievement Day on July 24 25. A June 28 chicken supper festival at Community Ball was planned with committee members named. Recreation activities honored with a winner in Wiles. The next annual guest meeting will feature a covered dish luncheon on July 27 at 1 p.m. Holland exported $7 300 000 worth of flower bulbs in 1949.
Twelve year old Hubert Weigler wins the top prize in a local pony-naming contest with the choice Onim, a four year old black Shetland pony named Gene Autry Melody Ranch. The award caps a two month contest. Hubert shares pony rides with siblings and celebrates the family achievement.
By Mary Otto and team in Washington, the sewing prize draws honored Barbara Ensman with honorable mention while Mary Frances Grove drew the winner. Mary Otto, Rose Marie Cappello, and Virginia Blinzler earned prizes for neatness. Mary Frances Grove was noted for drawing.
A brief reflection notes that riches perish and garments decay with James 5 2 and Barnett quote contrasting earthly wealth with dreamlike futility, urging spiritual focus beyond material wealth.
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