Frederick High School Class of 1928 Reunion Held
Eighty eight graduates and 73 guests gathered at Urbana restaurant for the Frederick High School class of 1928 reunion. William T Fisher presided, A L Leary gave the invocation, and S Fenton Harris and Mrs Marcelene Tyson served special roles. The event featured a roll call with anecdotes, a slide show of 1928 memories, and awards for longest distance traveled, most marriages, and largest family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick High School
Peter Panton
Urbana
William T.fisher
A. L. Leary
S. Fenton Harris
Marcelene
Kefauver Tyson
Harry McDonald
Maryland
United States
Thomas Wilbur Otto
Paris
France
Frances Feiser
W. Cash Smith
Nellie Mullinix
Richard F. Kline
Ruth H Derr
Charles T. King
Mary V Mullican
Edward N. Derr
Catherine {. Trittipoe
Philip G. Seeger
Edith B. Neil
Harry C. Brachey
Evelyn I. Hooper
Francis J. Putman
C. Everett Schildknecht
Montclair
N. J
Eleanor
Paul G. Geisbert
C. Everett Schuldknecht
Pauline Yinger Boyer
G. Ross Twentey
Willard H. Markey
Eichelberger
New York
Eleanor Evans
Miriam Rhoads Lewis
Schildknecht
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
Leatherman
Eugene Archibald Alexander III
Baltimore
Mary Barnes Keefer
Thelma Barton Rhoderick
Estelle Baumgardner Leatherman
Lewis Victor Biser
Jefferson
Harry Charles Bruchey
Richard T Bruchey
Alma Burall Fleming
Bethesda
Edgar Calvin Burdette
Clarksburg
Elizabeth Bussard Stull
William W. Cole
Arianna Cramer Renn
Catharine Cramer Johnson
Garnetta Crawford Kurtz
York
Helen Daugherty
New Windsor
Ruth Derr King
Ruth Driver Foote
Buckeystown
Richard Ormond Dutrow
Eleanor Ejchelberger
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Margaret V. Engelbrecht
T. Louise Engle
Roenna Frances Fahrney
Frances Feiser Smith
Woodsboro
William T. Fisher
Catherine_ Fogle Eaves
Walkersville
Dorothy Free Putman
Earl CL. Gastley
Katherine Geisbert Cramer
Clyde E. Grove
James A. Grove
George E. Hamilton
Helen Hoffman Holter
Evelyn Hooper Putman
Isabel Jones Frye
Charles J. King
Charles Bell Kirschman
Wynnewood
Vera Klein Woods
Hyattsville
Charles Rubie Landis
Silver Spring
Anne Larkin
Hoover
Hagerstown
F. Ralston
Elizabeth Pyles Burker
Altoona
David Rains
Washington
Ethel & Ramsburg
Helen Rhoads Wachier
Roscoe E. Rederick
Carlisle
Barlston L. Rothenhoefer
Margaret Sager
James
C. Everett
G. Ross Twentes
Elizabeth
Tyson Messer
Camp Hil
Elgie Wachter
Renn
Margaret Wagner Weidman
James Henry Werking
Madeline
Wilkide
Truman Makes Unofficial Visit in Frederick to TV Audience
Former President Harry S Truman arrived in Frederick in a 1953 Missouri Chrysler with Mrs Truman, parking at Carroll H Kehne service station on West Patrick Street. Reporters and photographers waited as Truman spent about 30 minutes at the station, saying he drove from Independence Missouri. He appeared fit and greeted the press, while a prearranged plan with Washington media guided the visit. A. B. Shockley Jr. of West Third Street won Quaker Oats Aunt Jemima demonstration contest prizes for top sales results in the Baltimore office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry. Truman
Frederick
Mrs. Truman
United States
Washington
Carroll H. Kehne
West
Patrick Street
Kehne
Mr. Truman
Truman
Patrick and
Jefferson Streets
Harry Truman
Kebne
White House
A. B. Shockley, Jr
West Third Street
Quaker Oats Company
Shockley
Baliitimove
Riotous Scenes At Rosenberg Funerals In New York
In New York on June 31 crowds gathered at Wellwood cemetery for the funerals of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Grief turned riotous as supporters praised the couple as heroes and denounced the government for their execution. Sophie Rosenberg, mother of Julius, fainted while protesting across the caskets. About 2,000 attended at the burial site, with 10,000 lining a Brooklyn funeral procession. The Rev Glendin Partridge gave the final eulogy, and Emanuel Bloch defended the couple's actions as courageous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Sophie Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Long Island
Russia
Glendin Partridge
Montreal
Canada
Brooklyn
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Emanuel Bloch
Abraham Cronbach
Cronbach
Hebrew Union College of
Cincinnati
Ohio
Julius Rosenberg
Committee To Secure
Rennberg
Four Plane Crash Victims To Be Buried
Funeral arrangements completed for Romaine Sanders George Yost and Sara Mitchell with services planned in Bethesda and burial at Fort Lincoln and Rock Creek cemeteries. George Ackerman’s arrangements incomplete as divers recovered bodies eight days after disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cambridge
Romaine Sanders
Rock Creek Hills
Bethesda
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
George Yost
Chevy Chase
Io Rock Creek
George Ackerman
Washingte
Salisbury
Sara Mitchell
Ackerman
Standardaville
May Reduce Security Tax Faces Senate Skepticism
Washington June 21 lawmakers voiced doubts that Congress will cancel a scheduled rise in social security taxes. Republicans and Democrats warned the plan could weaken the system that funds retirement and survivor benefits for about 60 million workers. Eisenhower said reserve funds total about 16 billion, urging postponement of the 2 percent payroll tax rise due next Jan 1. Congress debate focuses on whether postponement is justified and whether enough facts exist to back it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Reputi
House
Ways and Mean
Curtis
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Kean
R-Nj
Maryland payrolls go mechanized next month
Maryland state payrolls will be handled by a new Central Payroll Bureau in the State Office Building. Gov McKeldin and about 9,000 employees will receive their first two paychecks late due to the switch, as automated machines print checks totaling over 31 million dollars semi monthly. The system cuts payroll time from many offices to a single site, with emergency funds financing the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
McKeldin
Central
Joseph O.C. McCusker
Board of Public Works
Comptroller's Office
McCusker
Robert Serviss
Bureau
Leiter Named State Commander of W VFW Encampment
Joseph E. Leiter, former Baltimore traffic court magistrate, is named state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the close of the 33rd encampment in Baltimore. He defeats Giles G. Jump. Jump moves to unanimity. Leiter, a World War II naval officer, succeeds Frank R. Wedd. other officers named include Griffin, Tatman, Gamber, Cole, Maddock, Dr Powell, with Powell and Cole reelected and Gember named to a fifth term as department adjutant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Joseph E. Leiter
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Leiter
Giles G. Jump
Sh Hardware
Faston
Jump
Frank R. Wedd
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Corp
VFW
William Earl Griffin
Cheverly
Edward Tatman
Salisbury
Roy C. Gamber
West
Minster
Charles W., Cole
Havre
de Grace
Wells Leroy “Maddock
Jeate
Jerome M. Powell
Powell
Cole
Gember
Brunswick Rotary To Hear S K C Kopper Tale
The Brunswick Rotary Club will hear Samuel Keene Claggett Kopper of Alexandria Virginia speak. Kopper recently resigned as consultant to the assistant secretary of state to enter private law practice. He served in the Navy 1942 45 and has held key State Department posts including Near East and UN affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Rotary Club
Samuel Keene Claggett Kopper
Alexandria
Joseph Frank
Lovettsville
Kopper
Genevieve Claggett
Petersville
John M. Kopper
Frederick County
Navy
Coffman
State Department
United Nations
Near East
Turkey
Greece
Beallsville Driver Rescued as Car Hits Parked Vehicle
South Market Street residents pulled Thomas W. Jackson from his Beallsville automobile after it struck a parked car on US 15 in Frederick and mounted the sidewalk near a housewife. Jackson was arrested about 10:30 p.m. on drunken and reckless driving charges and held for a $1,000 bond pending a People’s Night Court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Market Street
Beallsville
Thomas W. Jackson
Harry Quinn
Tregoning
Jackson
Frederick
Walter Dunbar
Baltimore Ends Century Old Policy On Negro Firemen
Baltimore Fire Board announced a new policy allowing qualified Negroes from city service to be appointed as city firemen and potentially promoted to officers. The move follows the Baltimore Urban League urging racial equality in hiring. The board stressed discretion in initial appointments and anticipated broader acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William M. Passano
Baltimore Urban League
City Fcremen
Fire Board
Urban League
South
McCarthy Hearings Hear Recount Of Plot To Kill Senator
Former FBI undercover operator Mazzei testified at a Senate investigations hearing that Lou Bortz boasted of orders to liquidate Senator McCarthy in a secret Communist meeting in Pittsburgh last December. Bortz refused to confirm. Mazzei said Bortz seemed proud of the assignment and the accused described him as a Red underground leader involved in riot and bomb-making activities. Bortz listed as unemployed with past work in laundry, shoe factory, and filling stations. his current address given as Butler, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Senate
Geen
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Joseph D. Maxter
Communist Party
Lou Berts
Pittsburgh
Borte
Marzel
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Mazzei
Bortz
McClellan
Hertz
Millvale
Mazrei
Red
Red Underground
Butler
Baltimore Doctor Opposes Skimmed Milk Sale Ban
Baltimore physician Dr. Gibson J. Wells urged the City Medical Society to adopt a resolution opposing the 1853 law restricting skimmed milk in powdered, condensed and evaporated form. The Health Department proceeds with enforcement while defending the ban as a public health measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
City Medical Society
Gibson J. Wells
Maryland General Hospital
Maryland Health Department
Attorney General's Office
Wells
Grass Roots Ambassadors Prepare for Farm Youth Exchange
Thirty young men and women will be commissioned as grass roots ambassadors to work with farm families in Europe. Russell L. Riley will officiate at the 23rd National 4-H Club Camp assembly before the group prepares to sail from New York aboard the Georgie. The participants include John H. Magness of Selair Maryland and Eleanor R. Pearce of Sparks Maryland, bound for the Netherlands and Luxembourg respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Russell L. Riley
State Department
Educational Exchange Service
International Farm Youth Exchange
Agriculture and State Departments
National
New York
Ford Named Commander of 29th Division Association
In Baltimore on June 21 Harry Ford from Silver Spring, a civil service worker and former infantry commander in the Normandy landing, was elected commander of the 29th Division Association to succeed Benjamin F. Cassell. Delegates set the Maryland Department’s 1954 convention for June 5–6, marking ten years since D-Day. Ford lost an eye in the Battle of the Bulge and later served with the 301 Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Harry Ford
Silver Spring
Normandy Landing
29Th Division
Ford
301 Infantry
Benjamin F. Cassell
Associaation
Maryland
Normandy
Europe
Commissioners Seek Bids for Court House Winchester Hall Painting
County commissioners announce openings for exterior painting bids on the Court House and Winchester Hall, due Monday June 29 at 11. Work includes cornices, windows, doors, screens, gold leaf on the cupola, metal roofs, porch ceilings and floors, pillars, fences, and fire escapes, with completion required by October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester Hall
Beetle Battle In North Area in Frederick County
Frederick County gears up for the annual beetle battle focused on northern districts. County Agent Henry Shoemaker notes no beetle reports yet in the county, with some sightings in neighboring counties. Infestation likely lower this year. six parasite colonies released and spore dust soil injections planned to curb grubs. Traps and sampling to monitor changes, with spraying advice for lightly infested areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Henry R. Shoemaker
Washington
Montgomery
Shoemaker
Mr. Shoemaker
Cresgerstown
Rocky Ridge
Emmitsburg
O. W. Anderson
Montgomery County
Bethesda
Cameron Street
Silver Spring
Rorkville
Anderson
Supervisor Named For Restaurant Sanitation In Maryland
In Maryland the first statewide restaurant sanitation supervisor was named by the State Department of Health. W. W. Marshal, the new supervisor, will begin this month with Ocean City as his first assignment and will survey counties to improve sanitation standards. He will assist Worcester County Surgeon Miss Alice Schoolfield and help train county food handlers while fostering a uniform state program across about 18 000 restaurants with 75 sanitarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland State Department of Health
Robert H.riley
W. W. Marshal
Ocean City
Worcester County
Alice Schoolfield
Marshal
Riley
Mar ‘Shal
Frederick native, Pan Am dispatcher, tours Peru and Bolivia
Richard W. Walker, once of Frederick and now a Pan American Airways flight dispatcher in Rio de Janeiro, toured Lago Titicaca in Bolivia and visited Cuzco and Lima before returning to Huntsville and Frederick. He noted coffee exports from Brazil and described ancient Inca agricultural terraces and sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Richard W. Walker
Frederick
Walker
Pan American Airways
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Richard Walker
Huntsville
Ala
Col Walker
Ijamsville
News-Post
United States
Lago Titicaca
Bolivia
Island of the Sun
Cuzco
Peru
Lima
Miami
Miss Hood Weds William Leatherwood at Prospect Methodist
Betty Marie Hood and Howard Stanley Leatherwood wed at Prospect Methodist Church Mount Airy in a candle lit ceremony. Rev Clyde Lindy officiated. Attendants included Elizabeth Hood and Gwen Leatherwood. Reception followed and couple resides in Ridgeville. A cooking note on flavored meat loaf follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Methodist Church
Mount Airy
Betty Marie Hood
Howard E. Hood
Howard Stanley Leatherwood
William ©. Leatherwood
Sykesville
Clyde Lindy
Miss Elizabeth May Hood
Miss Hood
Qwen Leatherwood
Ellis Hood
John Magee
Brownell wins Charlottesville Middle Atlantic Amateur title
Bobby Brownell of Chevy Chase Maryland became the first player to win the Middle Atlantic Men's Amateur Championship four times by defeating Ray Buddy Loving of Farmington Country Club 3 and 2 after 36 holes, finishing par on the 34th hole. Brownell, a 34 year old Washington insurance man, closed out the match at Farmington Golf Club in Charlottesville Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownell
Charlottesville
Bobby Brownell
Chevy Chase
Ray Buddy Loving
Post Farmington Club
Washington
Loving
Farmington
Park Dedication at Taneytown Honors Troops Memory
About 200 residents attended the dedicatory ceremony at Taneytown Park. The Yellow Springs Band performed a two hour program led by master of ceremonies Glenn L. Stahl. Robert Smith, a park founder, summarized its history. Mayor Raymond Perry formally dedicated the park in memory of Taneytown residents who served in wars. Ernest Dunbar delivered an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneytown
Yellow Springs
Glenn L. Stahl
Robert Smith
Raymond Perry
Ernest Dunbar
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Frederick High
Ann Traill
Carrie J. Weller
West Second Street
University of Wyoming
Bowers
Annie Witter Hawker
Paulie Yinger Boyer
Russell HL. Yinger
Paul A. Zimmerman
New Market
E. A. Alexander
III
Oliver H. Keefer
Roy L. Rhoderek
Donald E. Leatherman
Lewis Biser
Richard T. Bradhsey
Clarence C. Fleming
Calvin Burdette
Clarksville
G. Bernard Stull
Wiliam W. Cole
R. Lee Johnson
John S. Kurtz
Walter Poole
Ormond Dutrow
Clarence A. Eaves
Ralph A. Putman
Earl L. Gastley
Vernon Holier
Alvin Frye
Charles B. Kirschman
Mark Woods
C. Rubie Landis
Darlene Landis
Arthur Hauver
Ralston LeGore
Sherwood Mackenzie
T. Bramwell Magada
Alan W. Leng
Clifton Wightman
Gaithersburg
Meredith Hickman
James D. Moberly
Harold Menshaw
Savage
Foster Kline Burker
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Frank H. Lewis
Roscoe E. Roderick
Earlston L. Rothenhoefer
Carrell James
Pascal Renn
Karle W Bowers
Marion D. Boyer
Linda Kay Boyer
Russell H. L. Yinger
Hilda Haller
Albert Scott
Bronx
Estee Siegel
Joseph Aromica
George Sabei
W. F
Pvt
Pau Wiles
Oneida Wiles Warfield
Flint Hill
Camp Breckinridge
Brunswick Rotary
S.K.C. Kopper
Trate
Old Fire Dept
M’carthy
Young Women
Grass Roots
North
South America
William Leatherman
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