Red Letter Days in Frederick Show Busy Civic Life
Frederick residents embrace three major community events. A July 21 soap box derby brings together youths from Frederick Carroll and Montgomery counties. August 3 marks the 50th anniversary of Francis Scott Key monument unveiling with commemorative exercises and the first sale of a Key postage stamp. August 18 showcases a statewide farm demonstration turning a Jefferson-area farm into a model of soil-saving methods for a 25 000 attendance.
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Frederick
Carroll
Montgomery
Francis Scott Key
Mount Olivet
Frederick County
Jefferson
Unity and Unity of the World Across Two World Wars
The piece argues that while nations often divide by nationalism and rivalries, global events bind them as actions in one part affect all. It notes Americans hoped to avoid both World Wars, yet rights violations and the aim to end war drew the United States into conflict, proving world unity across eras.
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Europe
Conference at Hood College Draws 150 Youths
About 150 young people attend the West Minister Fellowship conference at Hood College. Themed Jesus Christ is Lord, the program includes Faith and Life classes, outreach, stewardship, and fellowship. Rev. Lloyd G Brown addresses creation at the outdoor Hodson theater.
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West Minister
Synod of Baltimore
Jesus Christ
Lord
A Hodson
Lloyd G. Brown
Washington
Dar
Faith and Life
Men Embrace Grooming As Path To Happier Homes
Dorothy Dix notes rising interest of men in grooming with millions spent yearly as wives urge tidier appearances. She argues shared efforts improve marriage and reduce divorces, while praising a Presbyterian church picnic at Mrs. Robert McCutcheon’s Braddock Heights home.
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The
Presbyterian Church
W. Merval Weaver
Robert McCutcheon
Braddock
Box sent to Fort Monroe soldiers and local notices
Mayor Chilton shipped a 100 pound box to Company A at Fortress Monroe containing bread crackers preserves pipes tobacco and other items donated by citizens. Prof Amon Burgee hosted a graduation class at his East Patrick street home with music and attendees listed. Bass fishing at Furnace Ford yielded 12 fish. Residents praise Kinneharts Alley sidewalk replacing rough flagstones with bricks.
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the News
Chilton
Soldier Boys
Company A
Fortress Monroe
Stanley C. Smith
Groff
North Market Street
William B. Dell
Baltimore
Amon Burgee
East Patrick Street
Grayson Mercer
P. A. Richardson
Allee Radcliff
Jacob H. Gorman
Thomas T. Hershberger
Keefer D. Williams
Keefer S. Toms
R. H. L. Reich
Warren Taylor
Lawrence Falk
Howard Kussmaul
Roger Young
Furnace Ford
Kinnehart’'s Alley
Court Street
Third Street
Twenty Years Ago Local Hem and Wedding and Theft
Twenty years ago in June 1928 heavy rains forced county streams over banks. A wedding in the Lutheran church joined Miss L Eileen Cubitt and Mr J Lewis Fleischman both local residents. Thieves broke into the American Express office at Brunswick stealing about four dollars from a cigar box belonging to Melvin Joy, the express truck driver.
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News
Pita
L. Eileen Cubitt
J. Lewis Fleischman
American Express Company
Brunswick
Melvin Joy
Express
The Washington Daybook on Joe Martin and 1948 hints
TRIS COFFIN assesses Joe Martin as a key Republican power broker shaping dark horse prospects for president. The piece notes his access to reporters and influence with Representatives, while detailing Eisenhower’s cautious stance and potential labor secretary suggestions amid Philadelphia convention chatter.
Dewey Leads at Philadelphia Convention Momentum Builds
At the Philadelphia convention June 22 Governor Dewey shows cohesive strength and may win by the fourth ballot. Vandenberg looms as possible compromise if Dewey stalls, while Taft and Stassen recede. Michigan delegates keep Vandenberg as second choice but back Dewey if he strengthens early ballots.
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Philadelphia
Dewey
Senator Vandenberg
Taft
Stassen
Jbe
Vandenberg
New York
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Col. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Social Roundup and Local Notices From Garfield Area
Recent visitors to the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Lewis included Mrs Charles Caufman and Mr and Mrs Lester Harbaugh with son Wayne of Hagerstown. Leon Hays has returned from Frederick Memorial Hospital after appendicitis surgery. Mr and Mrs Ralph Weagley moved to a new home near Foxville. Weekend guests at Mrs Bessie Wolfe's home were Homer Lewis Jr of Hagerstown and others from Myersville and Hagerstown. Ralph Lewis and daughter Ellen visited the Drapers in Harmony. Mrs Samuel Draper returned from a West trip and visited her sister Bertha Stottlemyer near Wolfsville who has been ill. Ada Wetzel of Rockford Ill is visiting. Sunday visitors at Harry Hays' home included Otho Stottlemyer and daughter Jean and Mrs Otho Stottlemyer Jr. John Lewis spent Friday night with his mother Mary Lewis. Bethel Methodist Sunday School held its Children's Day service. Gail Lewis and children Jane and Martha visited Hallie Lewis. Martin Draper hosted William Miller and son George and Isabelle Draper of Frederick. In state news, Col Henry C Stanwood noted Maryland's draft system will reactivate after Truman signs new act. A court released Earl J Kaufman on bond after a domestic assault case. Edward C Johnston qualified as administrator of Clarence A Johnston's estate.
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Garfield
Ralph Lewis
Charles Caufman
Lester Harbaugh
Wayne
Hagerstown
Leon Hays
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ralph Weagley
Claude Lewis
Foxville
Bessie Wolfe
Homer Lewis, Jr
Willie Wolfe
Myersville
James Horne
Miriam
Meredith
William Zajic
Ellen
Thomas Draper
Harmony
Samuel Draper
West
Draper
Bertha Stottlemyer
Wolfsville
Ada Wetzel
Rockford, Ill
Harry Hays
Otho Stottlemyer
Jean
John Lewis
Mary Lewis
Bethel Methodist Sunday School
Gail Lewis
Jane
Martha
Hallie Lewis
Martin Draper
William Miller
George
Isabelle Draper
Frederick
Emmitsburg
Truman Hehn
Taneytown Road
Connie Lee
Afr
Roy T. Hahn
Robert Stonesifer
Ars
Carl Angell
Robert W. Koons
John Krenzer
Berle Eckard
Robbie
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Sewickley
Michael Bobanic
Bobanic
Jeanie” Warthen
Eugene Warthen
James Bouey
Isabelle
William Smith
Cumberland
Harry S. Boyle
Visitation Academy
Dorsey Boyle
Patricia Cole
Baltimore
Jeanne Slonaker
Gettysburg
C. G. Frasler
International Catholic Federation of Women of Baltimore
Mother Seton
St. Joseph's College
Robert Kreyche
Chicago
C. G.frailey
Kreyche
St Joseph's College
D. L. Beegle
Union Memorial Hospital
Andrew Keilholtz
Airs
Keilholtz
Nardo Keilholtz
Raymond Reynolds
Harney
Harpers Ferry
Truman Bohn
Union
Mollie Reynolds
O. H Stinson
George Johnson
Patricia Beall
Thomas Beall
Miss Jones
Westminster
Mi Phy Beall
Frederi Frances Beall
Jane Fitzgerald
Carroll Meatlin
Roy Maxell
Robert Daugherty
Thomas Bittle
Harriet Stin
J. Ward Kerrigan
Stinson
G. Howard Gilleian
Harry Smith
Live Ridge Summit
Andin
William Busman
Baton Rouge la
Lulu Bushman
Labor and CIO leader clash in early political moves
Walter Reuther, head of the CIO United Auto Workers, is urged forward with reluctance as he eyes a liberal anti-Communist party. RL Metcalf Walling, former Wage-Hour Administrator, seeks the post via Senator Green of Rhode Island after Tate Lew Scwellenbach became Secretary of Labor, and their temperaments clash.
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Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
RL Metcalf Walling
Senator Green
R. I
Walling
Tate
Lew Scwellenbach
Globe Synd
Guilty Plea in Watch Theft Case Leads to Prison Term
Marion Russell Gilbert of Woodville district pleads guilty to larceny of a watch belonging to Daniel Wilson and refuses to testify about the theft. Magistrate Alton Bennett sentences him to three months in the Maryland House. Carl L Hallberg of Seattle receives a suspended three month sentence. Gilbert’s mother testified about the missing watch after Daniel Wilson swam near home.
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Daniel Wilson
Marion Russell Gilbert
Woodville
Maryland House of [Correction
Alton ¥. Bennett
Peoples Court
Carl L Hallberg
Seattle
Wash
Wilmetta L. Wilson
Daniel
Gilbert
Washington
W. A. Mutchner
Charles O. Brown
West Patrick Street
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Hagerstown Moose Vote to Buy Hager House Property
By a 63 to 5 vote the Hagerstown Loyal Order of Moose approved purchasing the building owned by Hager House, Inc. The price is to be determined and plans call for converting the property into Moose club and meeting rooms in Hagerstown.
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Hagerstown
Hagers‘town
Anniversary births list spans notable figures and events
Today in history and birthdays feature figures like Luther S. Cushing born Worcester County Massachusetts and 1959 Frank H. Damrosch born in Germany. Also noted are historical events from 1898 Spanish forts to 1942 coal strike end and 1944 Cherbourg isolation with horoscope and societal hints.
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Teddy
Luther S. Cushing
Mass
Worcester County
Paul C. Murphy
New Orleans
James B. Ames
Harvard Law School
Boston
Frank H. Damrosch
Germany
Caroline O'Day
Rye
N. Y
Perry
Alan Seeger
New York
The
Somme
Alexander Mackenzie
Pacific
Lieut
Adolphus W. Greely
Arctic
U. S
Schley
Santiago
Cuba
Hay
Sultan of Morocco
Perdicaris
Raisuli
Hoover
Russia
Cherbourg
Normandy
Oki Hawa
Pravda
Sykesville Woman's Club Holds 10th Annual Tower Show
The Woman's Club of Sykesville held its 10th annual tower show at St Pauls Social Hall. New member Cyrus Kearney joined. judges named for flower displays and ribbons awarded to entries in song titles dinner table and various floral categories. A youth center project was discussed for future community service.
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Sykesville
Woman's Club of
St. Paul's
Donald Belt
William Lawson
D. W. Cauthorn
William Shipley Classifications
Ray Brown
Cyrus Kearney
DeVries Hering
Horace Jefferson
Celius Brown
Bonnettes
R. JL. Fox
Brown
Guesis
RL Samuel Jett
Homewood
Edward Brillhart
Lutherville
Frank Barnes
Joan deLashmuti
Raymond Beck
John deLashmuti
Arthur Brown
Donald Bett
Harry Houck
Ellis Margolin
John deLashmutt
Carlton Allison
Harvey Houck
William Shipley
John de Lashmutt
Emmitsburg Socials and Births Highlight Local Notes
A June 16 birthday party for Connie Lee Hehn at the Taney Town Road home honors her first year. Numerous local families attended and gifts were exchanged. Also reported are visits, hospital news, a June 14 birth in Sewickley Pa, and various social events including a sewing club meeting, a pilgrimage, and a wedding shower.
Merryland Tract Homemakers Club Meeting Noted
The Merryland Tract Homemakers Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Charles Flook on July 28. The notice advises attendees to await formal news from the hosts and respects personal privacy regarding pregnancies.
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Merryland Tract
Junior Follies Of 1948 At Frederick High School
The Evelyn RK White Studio presents the Junior Follies of 1948 at Frederick High School auditorium Thursday at 8 15 p m. The show features 71 students ages 3 to 16 in a two act revue with ballet chorus and musical numbers. Notable cast members include Bunny Cramer Edith Whisner Jamele Faust Marcia Weissman Nancy Pfeiffer and Kay Kerchner among many others guided by Dance Director Thomas Goldsborough and overseen by Evelyn R White. The program includes Kreisleriana and Tambourin Chinois dances with costumes from Gwen of Dazian New York and props by Baums Theatrical Co Philadelphia.
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Evelyn RK. White
Frederick High School
Follies Dollies
Bunny Cramer
Edith Whisner
Jamele Faust
Patsy Mehaffie
Jane Keeney
Patti Godbee
Priscilla von Eiff
Norma Koontz
Louise Clark
Marcia Weissman
Nancy Pfeiffer
Thomas Goldsborough
Bernice Weissman
Don Johnnie
Dannie Chesley
Kay Kerchner
Sorya Rovin
Dana Pitts
Margaret Rose Kreh
Mary Angela Hull
Susan Auliffe
Susan Jacobson
Patricia Wagner
Earline Easton
Dutch Babies
Cynthia Ann Maxwell
Ann Wire
Charlene Steinberg
Barbara Duvall
Mary Margaret Karn
Bary Allen Lanier
Sandy Steinberg
Blues Chasers
Fay Hartman
Carol Ann Dorsey
Mai Louise Chesley
Mary Ruth Johnston
Barbara Hoskins
Doris Crum
Constance Blair
Joyce Neal
Audrey Bowers
Patricia Robinson
Corus de Ballet
Gretchen Beckhelm
Kreisleriana Ballet
Janele Faust
Mimi Warfield
Patsy Smith
Patsy Shaw
Eleanor Fraley
Max Ian Pannill
Martha Bond
Nan Havwse
Wilhelmina Waddell
Patricia Cornwell
Jacqueline McClung
Peggy Jones
Joanne Stup
Penny Storm
Mary Louise Chesley
Nancy
Czardas
Patti God- Bee
Mimi Warfeld
Delores la Paisy Mehaffie
Maria Weissman
Marion Wolberg
Patsy Menaffie
Mma Koontz
Priscilla Ven
Central
Charles Thomas
Jamele
Medier
Eqiin Whisner
Michael Hess
Thomas Go’ Borough
Yank Bobbie Smith
Warfield
Pe Smith
Eleanor Fraed
Marian Pannili
Neney Hawse
Ann Copes
Wilhelmina Wadd
New York City
Baums Theatrical Co
Philadelphia
Gerwitz and DeShields
Baltimore
Grace Oame
Vof
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Dance Troupers of America
Evelyn R White
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Tom Deweux
Bob Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
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National Association of Mach
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Brotherhood of Eletric Workers
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Tracy
David Lawrence
Henry C. Stanwood
Maryland
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Mountaindale
Edward C. Johnston
Orphans Court
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Morris Willhide
Thurmont
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Cpl. C. Russell Brice
George Brice
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Anna Spencer Morrow
Lindbergh
Joseph F. Farley
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Mayo Clinic
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William S. Gilmore
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