Waters Acres dispute settles by arbitration over exits
Odds and Ends reports a building plan dispute for Wat kins Acres in the western city section. City Engineer W Raymond Walter ruled two exits needed unless stairways and apartment doorways are fireproof. an appeal led to a compromise allowing fireproof stairs and doors in place of the second exit. The method, praised by Wanker as efficient, could influence future building code amendments. A Goodyear blimp over Frederick drew attention as a sky banner misquoted local events, illustrating era printing errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins Acres, Inc
W. Raymond Walter
Charles F. Bowers
J. Builder
Wanker
Frederick
Frederick County
Potomac
Tru
United Nations
Weather Summary for June 1947 and 1948 Readings
Daily precipitation for 24 hours ending 6 am today measured at .611 inch. June to date totals show .65 inch while normal June rainfall is 4.28 inches. actual June 1947 rainfall stands at 3.97 inches. Yearly excess in 1948 precipitation up to June 1 is 4.92 inches. Yesterday’s high reached 64, with last night’s low at 62. Moon rises tomorrow, moon sets tomorrow early morning, sun rises tomorrow, and sun sets today at indicated times.
Frederick County Observes 200th Anniversary Celebration
Local observance marks Frederick County 200 years since establishment with a Hood College event. The piece recalls county growth, the shift to dairying and mechanization, soil conservation, and the enduring value of citizen character, urging rededication to community strength for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Hood College
Frederick City
Montgomery
Wallegany
Garret
Carroll County
Maryland
The Daisy and Its Charm Across Lands
A reflection on the modest daisy's beauty as a symbol of simplicity and grace described by poets and readers. It notes Wordsworth and Barnes praising the flower while hinting at the word daisy becoming a term for something elegant. The piece closes by noting magnesium production in Germany circa 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wature
Wordsworth
Barnes
Fifty Years Ago Hems From The News Columns
A compact note recalls 1538 events in Frederick including firemen’s homecoming parade after Salisbury visit, a poetry tribute by Harry Hauer, and a Dickinson College prize recipient LeRoy L. McMaster. Also mentions a bicycle record set by Hammond Gross and a fire incident on Market Street with a Roman candle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Frederick
Salisbury
Harry Hauer
Dickinson College
Carlisle
LeRoy L. McMaster
Walkersville
McDanie
SIM
Hammond Gross
Jefferson
Fredera
Market Street
W. PL Rice
Rufus Randolph
West Church
Tideland bill derailed by Langer remark in late committee meeting
Washington Daybook reports that Senator Bill Langer’s sharp remark killed the tide lands bill amid a tense Judiciary Committee session. The oil lobby’s power, Cabinet turnover, and cross-party maneuvers shaped a dramatic, secretive path to decide legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tris Coffin
Washington
Bil Langer
North Dakota
Tidelands
Harold Ickes
Ed Pauley
National Defense
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Alexander Wiley
Biz Bollanger
AU Rehi” Langer
Homer Ferguson
Forrest Donnell
Missouri
Donnell
Wiley
Gods of
Chance For Design
Bill Langer
Capitol
John Cooper
Warren Magnuson
Cooper
Kilgore
Langevity
Fulbright
Ferguson
Eastland
Questions And Answers From The Gretel Opera Mperdinck
The text presents a garbled Q and A set about operetta Hansel and Gretel, Warren Ro Austin’s political role, and questions on Earth layers lithosphere and atmosphere. It notes Ro Austin as a US Senator from Vermont and asks about the Lang French Maginot Line’s naming, tied to Andre Maginot, minister of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Ro Austin
U. S
United States
Vermont
Andre Maginot
Truman Under Fire As West Swing Draws Mixed Cheers
President Truman harshly criticizes Congress on a Western tour though readers doubt his calls for unity. The piece notes Congress’ bipartisan cooperation on foreign policy, his failure to secure compromise, and potential harm to his nomination prospects. It compares his stump rhetoric to Roosevelt and mentions planned wedding attire details and expected guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
West
Democratic
Senator Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations
American Congress
Roosevelt
Thomas Pugh
Linwood
William Nasher
Tuckahoe
Frances E Thompson
Culpeper
Ellsworth Watkins
Hagerstown
Wedding At Calvary Methodist Church Today
Miss Shirley Pumphrey and Charles Marshall Dahlgren wed at Calvary Methodist Church at 3:30 pm in a single ring ceremony. Rev. Dr. J Franklin Haas officiates with lily and snapdragon decor. Attendants include Mrs. Robert Warren Swanson as matron of honor and ushers W Swanson and Fred Arthur Garlick. Reception at Catoctin Country Club. trip to Linwood, Pa. after.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Shirley Pumphrey
Gaither Sykes
North Market Street
Charles Marshall Dahlgren
John Dahlgren
Dahlgren
Chicago
J. Franklin Haas
Mr. Sykes
Robert Warren Swanson
Frederick
Rosalind Nasher
Thomas Pugh
Robert Erick
Adelphia
Catoctin Country Club
Philof Linwood
W. Swanson
Fred Arthur Garlick
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Het Send
Weddings Poffinberger Miller and Bollinger Baker tie vows
Multiple 1940s era wedding notices. Evelyn Frances Miller wed Frank Elmer Poffin berger May 15 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church Ellicott City. Charlotte Agatha Baker married William Glenn Bollinger at Taneytown Grace Reformed Church. Engagement announced for Clea Sanders and Felix McGlaughlin.
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Poffinberger
Miller
Evelyn Frances Miller
Air
George D. Miller
Middletown
Frank Elmer Poffinberger
Myersville
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ellicott City
Herbert Payne
Clea Sanders
Blue Ridge Summit
Felix McGlaughlin
Emmitsburg
Miss Sanders
Roy Sanders
Mr. McGlaughlin
Howard MecGraughtin
Picnic Dinner Honors 324 Birthday At Shafer Home
A Sunday picnic on the lawn at Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Shafer in Sheokstown celebrated the 324th birthday of Mr. Reuben Grove with a large gathering. Guests included the Groves, Zimmermans, Shafers, and many relatives and friends. Separately, LeRoy Davis earned a Bachelor of Science at Westminster College, while other items note births, anniversaries, and wedding preparations among Emmitsburg and surrounding families.
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Glenn Shafer
Sheokstown
The
Reuben Grove
Homor
Brie
Harry Grove
John Zimmerman
Clyde Grove
George Shafer
Paul Shafer
Kenneth Harsher
Melvin Wetzel
Paul Tagliaferro
Helen Favorite
Ruby Zimmerman
Deanna Fogle
Cynthia Shafer
Roy Grove
Robert Shafer
Masters James
Ronald
Philip Grove
David Zimmerman
LeRoy Davis
North Market Street
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Syracuse University
Lufs Stuft THIS 35 LIFE Reflects on Duty and Serenity
A reflective excerpt by N A Lufburrow urges sincerity and a clear sense of duty as life should guide us toward serene days. It emphasizes keeping grievances and murmurs in check and pursuing effort with calm resolve.
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Luf’s
Efort
N. A. Lufburrow
Bible Thoughts And the Gates Of It Shall Not Be Hut
A compact verse fragment reflects on heavenly realms beyond death with imagery of peace and eternal bloom. It contrasts Christ's tears and gentleness with divine pity and love, citing Hemans and Maclaren in devotional tone.
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Dar
Drea
Felicia Hemans
Christ
God
Jesus
Father
Alexander Maclaren
Williams History of Frederick County a prized library treasure
Betty Sullivan reports that Williams History of Frederick County is the library’s most popular book. The 1919 two volume set, 1,635 pages, records settlers to 1910 with genealogical data. Holdcraft’s index aids tracing surnames. copies sit in several major libraries and demand remains high among researchers and tourists.
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Board of
Alder
Brust
Gee
Winfey
John S. Bean
Major F. Iseer
G. H
Frederick High School
Romeo and
Jane
Opera House
W Fisher i Baumsardner
Harris Stauiter
Thomas Otto
Rooeenna Fabrney
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
E. Ellis Williams
Kiwanis Clu
Betty Sullivan
Mothe C. Burr
Williams
Frederick County
Josephine P. Etchison
Maryland
Frederick Dyeopie
T. JC. Williams
Folger McKinsey
Beniztown
Bard
L. RB. Titsworth & Co., Publishers
C. Burr
Frederick
Folger McKinser
Mehmiing Holdcraft
Frederick Nan
Baltimore
Willams
Milliams
Etchison
Holécraft
Enoch Pratt Liwe
Peabody Library
Marrland Historical Society
Holdcraft
Callifornia
Ohio
Kentucky
New Jersey
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass
A farmer dismisses a book set on agriculture, claiming he only needs stimulation not information. The piece argues most people are capable of more but lack internal drive and purpose, needing to stir inner life and religion to begin using existing resources.
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Babson Newspaper
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Odds and Ends
Daisy
Germany
Newspape
Washington Daybook
Joe O'Mahoney
Battler
Beilding
O'Mahoney
North Convent West
Globe Sind
Gretel
Mperdinck
Hansel
Congres
David Lawrence
Bollinger—Baker
Grace Reformed
Taneytown
Charlotte Agatha Baker
Charlies A. Baker
William Glenn Bollinger
Percy Bollinger
Guy P. Breads
Xuss Pearl Bollinger
Rich Boilinger
Niagara Falls
Canada
New England States
Taneytown Hich School
First National Bank
Bryant
Inteveeter Company
Phil Guarino
Ngton
D. C
Afr
Glenn Pounds
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Pounds
Emmitsburg High School
M. F. Shuff
Yakame
Mr. Shuff
M. PF. Stiff, Jr
Near
Charles Warfield
North Bentz Street
Joan Metcalf
Braddock Heights
Margaret V. Nicodemus
H. Fulton Nicodemus
East Patrick Street
Richard M. Metcalf
Kenneth L. Metcalf
Nicodemus
Mr. Metcalf
Buckeystown Methodist Church
Miss Metcalf
Agnes Favorite
East Seventh Street
Bir
Glen Favorite
Floyd Pressler
Agnes Eyler
Sue McCleary
William Dronebure
Agnes Zimmerman
Lena Potteroff
Cora Burns
Edward B. Rawson
A. J. Rawson
Swarthmore College
Phi Beta Kappa
Rawson
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Camera Club
Math Club
Lester L. Renner
Oceanside
Calif
Lester James
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Prim. Renner
States
Pacific
China
Herbert L. Renner
Creagerstown
Ren
Wesley Schaeffer
Buckeystown
California
Renners
Paul E. Renner
Dennis Wayne
Starke, Fla
Paul E.renner
BM i
Pri Harbor
Fr Wea Gerytce
Minnie
Artz Library
Earl L. Douglass
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