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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1949
Page
9
A brief note discusses a defensive approach and strategy tips for improving play. It references a dealer and includes cryptic codes and numbers without clear context. The readable portion centers on practical guidance rather than reportable events.
William E McKenney summarizes Alfred P Sheinwolds Practical Bridge approach from The Bridge World. The piece presents a hand where a player can mislead declarer by signaling and misplaying to defeat an ice cold contract.
A Lovettsville Virginia program honored three high school graduates. The Glee Club performed as Rev. William A Wade DD delivered the address entitled Outstanding Men urging the graduates to do their best. Diplomas were awarded to Fred Lee Geerre Jr William Americus Mann and Henry Attee Sandbower. Other notes include new agriculture teacher Frank Robinson appointment and various local visits and travel anecdotes.
Excerpts list visits by Dr. Wade former parishioners of Holy Comforter Baltimore. Leo Reed and family visit Hess in Frederick. Nannie Wiley of Gaithersburg visits L D Hickman family. Rev R R Richard from Shanksville Pa visits Wade and Beatty sisters. Mrs Edmund Tyler Jr and Susannah of Raleigh visit Potterfield parents. Walter Myers and son Eddie of Arington spend weekend with Bertie Potterfield. Children’s Day services set at New Jerusalem Lutheran Sunday morning EST and Mt Olivet Methodist Sunday evening EST.
The 26th graduation exercises at Sykesville High School were held in Springfield State Hospital auditorium with 41 graduates. Ellen Bevard, valedictorian and editor of Green and Gold, received honors. Theodore R. McKeldin and S. M. Jenness participated in presentations. Awards went to Christine Bennett and Donald Pickett, with Keefer and Doris Fleming earning good citizenship honors.
A word puzzle grid lists horizontal and vertical clues for a themed crossword style, with entries including butterfly, mountain nymph, compass, tantalum symbol, and Egyptian sun god. Answers align to a classic grid, suggesting a mixed science and mythology vocabulary.
A series of marriage licenses and divorce actions are listed for residents from Mechanicsburg, Libertytown, Myersville, Leesburg, Elmira and Frederick. Couples include Mack S Gray and Helen J Getz, Thomas E Joy and Virginia Abrecht, Austins E Cartee and Hilda E Kline, Rosier W Chinn and Beulah M McDaniel, Ernest K Easton and Jennie May Walter, and Robert E Fauble and Betty J Little. Property transfers show Covell to Kemp and Burke to Reader with county values of 10 dollars each. A note mentions historic tiles found in an ancient Egyptian palace shrine of Amenhotep IV.
A dense listing of radio program times and show titles across several stations including WEMD WRAL WMAL WOR UBS NBC ABC MBS. It enumerates news broadcasts music dramas comedies sports and variety shows with hosts such as Marty Wismer Mel Allen and Vic Damone, plus theater and quiz programs. The dense OCR-like item catalogs weekday and Sunday offerings with approximate times and program names.
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