Twelve playgrounds open for summer in Baker Park
Frederick launches summer program at twelve playgrounds including two for tots after ceremonies in Baker Park. Mayor Rice and Aldermen attended as Recreation Commission Chairman Smith announced upcoming band concerts. A Bolivar musician played on a Wurlitzer organ while staff provided a singing ensemble. A brief shower and a north wind shift followed a day near 90 with lower humidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
T Wo
Bme
Baker Park
Itt
Donald B. Rice
Emmett R. Bowlus
Dorsey F. Shipley
Robert L. Smith
Recreation Commission
Russell Hinds
Bolivar
Colonial Music Shop, Inc
Damascus Firemen Start Annual Carnival Plans
Damascus Volunteer Fire Department begins preparations for its annual carnival running June 20 to July 4. A brand new 521,000 fire engine is on order expected by summer’s end. Highlights include June 1 parade of visiting firemen, talent show with 30 dollar top prize, fireworks, a Ford Tudor giveaway, rides, games, food concessions, pony rides, wheels of fortune, and souvenirs, all supported by the community to fund the new engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus Volunteer Fire Department, Inc
Sugar’ Loaf Drive
Lewis Drive
Brooke Johns
B. D. Gladhill
Snyder
Ridgeville
Paul Burdette
James Perry
Brown Williams
Damascus ‘Boys
Baltimore Pool Is Fatal To Goldfish
Baltimore officials investigate why goldfish placed in the Mount Vernon Place pool die within days. Initial fish from Mrs G L Thomas reportedly died after June 1 in sparkling water, with theories ranging from water chemical changes to possible fertilizer or plant spray contamination. City park officials collect samples as autopsy plans remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ciy
West Square
Mount Vernon Place
G. L. Thomas
Limpons
Marvizad
Fredenck County
Desex LeBrun
Patterson Park
Bureau of Parks
Patterson
LeBron
Charles A. Hook
Park Bureau
Omy
Rarat
Fireworks Storage Plant Levelled near Fort Worth
Tremendous noon hour explosion levelled a Fort Worth fireworks storage plant on northwest city outskirts injuring about 20 people. No deaths. The blast damaged around 100 houses and caused grass fires near Carswell Air Force Base. Ten worked at the plant. one hurt. A $40,000 home two blocks away burned. Fire crews from eight departments, 100 policemen, and many ambulances responded after four blasts split Wilfong Fireworks Company building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Worth
Tex
Ft. Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Beverly Hills
Wilfong Fireworks Company
Beallsville Driver Fined 175 For Drunken Driving
Fines totaling 175 dollars and a six month suspended jail term were imposed on Thomas Wade Jackson of Beallsville after he pleaded guilty to drunken and reckless driving before Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. The defense urged leniency to avoid jail, noting first offense status and a dependent family. Evidence included two officers on scene, Jackson’s impaired state, and property damage to Walter Dunbar’s car on South Market Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Correction
Thomas Wade Jackson
Beallsville
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
W. Jerome Offutt
Jackson
Walter Dunbar
Frederick
Bealisville
Charles Tregoning
Denver Shook
Shook
South Market Street
Sergi
Harry Quinn
Grove
Lillie Grove
Dunbar
Marshall Howard Hackey
Monrovia
Martin Kanade
William A. Wyatt
J. Frederick
Carly
Alfred C. Rich
West Hyatts-ville
George E. van Fossen
Lindbergh Avenue
Robert E. Wilson
Mt. Airy
W. C. Staley
PLAN SOCIAL EVENTS FOR BETA SIGMA PHI MEETING
Beta Sigma Phi plan two summer social events at the president’s home Walkersville and July Wiener feast at Mrs Belle Zimmerman’s home and a August picnic at Mrs Flanagan’s home. Ten members attended and pledged $10 to the C Burr Artz Library children’s department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Siama Phi
Pauline Flanagan
Walkersville
Belle Zimmerman
Flanagan
Zimmerman
Thelma Fisher
Ruth Holland
C. Burr Artz
Dwvaan
National Art Museum
Washington
International Office
Waller Ross Endowment Fund
Byron D. White
Sorority
Frederick
Monkey seen along Potomac dodges would be captor
Local residents spotted a live monkey in trees near Weverton and Sandy Hook on the Potomac. Joe Himes of Weverton explains the animal escaped from Wildlife Farms in Egypt Massachusetts last year and has survived a mild winter while roving cabins and orchards. He owns two other monkeys and a baby, hoping to recapture before hunting season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac River
Weverton
Potomac
Joe Himes
Sandy Hook
Weverton Hill
Himes
Mr. Himes
Taneytown Hosts Historical Society Program and Kiwanis Night
Taneytown and nearby districts host a Carroll County Historical Society program at Taneytown High School at 8 p m on June 25 featuring diary excerpts read by Elizabeth Crapster Waltershorf and Elizabeth Annan. Antique box exhibit runs 2 to 9 p m, with committees led by Amelia Annan and others. Also noted are Kiwanis Family Night at Memorial Park with officers elected to the International Kiwanis convention, and the Taneytown Vocational Bible School opening at the elementary school for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taney Town
Anagieuarg
Taneytown
Historical Society of
Carroll County
Taneytown High School
Elizabeth Crapster Waltershorf
Elizabeth Annan
Motworthy Birnie
Amelia Annan
Lioyd Wilhide
Clyde Hesson
Ernest Dunbar
Buelah Engiar
Middlebury
Francis Scott Key
Monocacy Lodge
A. F
A. M
Taneylon
Thomas J. Albaugh
J. W. Smith
Baltimore
Taneytown Kiwanis Club
Memorial Park
Joseph Wagner
Airy
Norman Graham
Edward Reid
Helen Bankard
Nancy Pennington
Ruth Ridinger
Ocean City
M Bankard
Salisbury
Hastings
Mark Mohaney
Grace McCrea
Washington
Mohney
Miss McCrea
Warren
Ohio
Raymond Perry
Columbia
Joseph Weisser
Christian Endeavor Society of Grace Reformed Church
George Fream
Harry Arbaugh
Wide Beaver
Rev Dr Thorning to Observe 25th Priest Anniversary
Reverend Dr Joseph F Thorning pastor of St Josephs Carrollton Manor and associate editor of The Americas will celebrate his twenty fifth anniversary of priestly ordination on Sunday June 28 A solemn Mass of thanksgiving will be offered at 11 AM in Carrollton Manor Church presided by Archbishop Paul Yu Pin of Nanking China with a sermon by Very Reverend Philip J Brown Thorning educated at Marquette Holy Cross Georgetown and Catholic University of America has held teaching posts at Georgetown Loyola St Louis University Mt St Marys and more He has been cited for inter American affairs work and served as Latin American editor of World Affairs and The Americas He has advised US lawmakers and led diplomatic missions to American Republics and Spain receiving awards from Spain Ecuador Colombia and others The biography notes multiple publications and a 1952 University of Florida Press work Missives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Thorning
St. Joseph's
Carrollton Manor
Nanking
China
Philip J. Brown
Baltimore
St. Mary's Church
Bryantown
Archdiocese of Washington
Thorning
Wisconsin
Marquette Academy
Holy Cross College
St. Louis University
Georgetown University
Oxford University
England
University of Santo Domingo
National University of
Costa Rica
Latin America
Washington
American Peace Society
Society of Friends
Americas
Father Thorning
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Spain
Alfonso the Wise
Ecuador
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Cuba
Venezuela
Catholic University of America
Miranda
University of Florida Press
New York Times Book Review
Apostle of
Liberty
Jose Marti
Rural Women Short Course Attends Week at College Park
Fifty two county homemakers completed a week long Rural Women Short Course at the University of Maryland College Park campus. Courses ranged from art and journalism to public speaking and flower arranging. Miss Beatrice Fehr praised the event, noting diverse sessions and a standout chorus performance of America Sings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
College Park
Beatrice Fehr
Fehr
Donald Sullivan
Miss Fehr
State Home Demonstration Agents Association
J. Homer Remsbei
Middletown
National Home
Prosecutor Speaks at Zonta Club Meeting on Justice for All
Charles Urner Price Annapolis State's Attorney spoke to the Zonta Club at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He presented a flag day message on liberty and justice to all and explained the conduct of jury trials. Betty Moss attended as guest. next meeting hosted by Mrs. Nan Roderick at Spring Plains near Weedsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Urner Price
Zonta Club
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key
Price
Hal Lee T. Ott
Betty Moss
Annapolis Zonta Club
Camp Detrick Award Winners and Military Notes
Nine civilian employees received checks and awards for the 1953 Camp Detrick suggestion program. Names include Roelke, Smith, Buckner, Hiltner, Butcher, Morgan, Stern, Freed, and Willard. Lt. Col. Fitzpatrick presented the awards. Dr. Schwab announced other contributors. Also listed are promotions, leaves, an NCO election, swimming lessons for children, and assorted local notes about church baptisms, heating bids, reunions, and residents traveling or visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Detrick
Earl U W. Roelke
Merkle D. Smith
Harold 5. Buckner
Bernard T. Hiltner
Wade C. Butcher
Post Engineers
Luther E. Morgan
Sidney Cc Stern
Carol R. Freed
Comptroller's Office
Rodney E. Willard
John W. Fitzpatrick
Roelke
Smith
Buckner
Hiltner
Butcher
John L. Schwab
Biological Laboratories
Sykesville Community Notes: Church Elders, Graduates, Clubs
Sykesville Springfield Presbyterian ordained William F. Church as ruling elder and Robert Watkins as deacon. Local graduates include William Bevard Dulany and Joel Steeps Webster among University of Maryland 2000. Republican committee names DeVries R. Hering for Carroll County School Board. Woman's Club installs officers and Little League opens with Yanks vs Red Sox and Terps vs Cubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sykesville
Springfield Presbyterian Church
William F. Church
Robert
Watkins
Claude Bossom
Woman's Hospital
Donald Clarke
Clarence Clarke
Harvard Law School
Hélen Burdette
Sykesville Homemakers Club
University of Maryland
William Carter Stone
Maurice Hanford Day
Joel Steeps Webster
Bettie Lou Hering
Roy Emery, Sr
University Hospital
Republican State Central Committee
DeVries R. Hering
Theodore R. McKeldin
Carroll County School Board
Tickets Over Fifty Years Old Still Good
In Elm Grove West Virginia on June 22 an 89 year old woman Mrs Jesse Baird plans to board a Baltimore and Ohio train with two tickets over 50 years old. The tickets dated September 4 1902 are still valid and legible and she will travel with a B&O official to Wheeling to give her two grandchildren their first train ride. The railroad found the tale true and confirmed the tickets usable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove
W. Va
Jesse Baird
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Shaulis Held Without Bail in Maryland Slaying Case
In Ferndale Maryland Francis Shaulis Jr is ordered held without bail by Anne Arundel County jurors in the death of his 71 year old wife May Ann. The former Army Ranger pleaded not guilty and authorities say she was found dead at the couple’s Harundale home. He later fled with their five children before surrendering in Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferndale
Francis Shaulis Jr
Anne Arundel County
May Ann
Shaulis
Harundale
Glen Burnie
Shanks
Detrick Fence Relocation Clears Path for Street Upgrades
Mayor says Camp Detrick will move the fence along Military road to the government line early July. Relocation enables curb and gutter on both sides, creating a 28 foot wide street with two way traffic and parking on the east side. Work aligns with east street progress and minor severing of walls anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. Rice
John W. Fitzpatrick
Camp Detrick
Detrick
Military Road
Rosemont
Seventh Street
Rice
W. Raymond Walter
Board of Aldermen
Wilson Avenue
HL. Frank,Foland and Son
Meade Avenue
Seventh Street Pike
Col. Fitzpatrick
East Street
Eighth
Ninth
Squirrel Population of Baker Park Cage Increases
Four young gray squirrels, born about six weeks ago, emerged from the Baker Park cage Friday night. Harvey Cramer, longtime caretaker, notes third generation born in the cage since it began near Carroll Parkway. He observes daily activity and places origin from a farm near Union Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Park
Harvey Cramer
Carroll Parkway
Frederick Sportsman
Cramer
Mr. Cramer
Union Bridge
More Severe Tests For Drivers Suggested
Ocean City report on June 22 cites Major Ruxton M Ridgely of Maryland Police Association urging tougher driver tests to cut accidents. He calls for a half hour reading list a written exam a thorough medical check and a detailed driving test beyond the current quick spin and eye test. Licenses currently renew with no ongoing review. Ridgely criticizes existing tests saying warmth and the ability to stop and start a car are not adequately assessed and contribute to fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean City
Maryland
Ruxton M. Ridgely
Maryland Police Association
Ridgely
Police Association
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Damascus
Orchive
Dr. Thorning
Public Information Office
William O. Evans
George E. Hedstrom
Norman D. Folts
Robert E. Hughes
Richard J. O’connor
Alfonso J. Passers
Roy L. Schrager
Phillip A. Studer
Hamilton D. Warfield
Kenneth F. Burns
Brooke General Hospital
Raymond N. Wagner
Donald Drakenmiller
Robert D. Shafer
Stephen E. Hudak
Jimmie C. George
John K. Hale
Jesse F. Hunsberger
Robert Katz
James A. Blaine
Marion T- Alexander
Charles R. Stiefel
George M. Harmon
Levittown
Robert E. Rindfleisch
Peoria
Ezra Williams
Asbury Methodist Church
Robert Woodward
First Baptist Church
NCO
Walter J. Pencola
Berlin F. Green
Sfc
Stephen*z. Hudak
Dexter G. Cann
Harold R. Trout
SKC
Harold R. Blake
Anthony J. Golaszewski
Kay Oden
Monument
Tots
Ruth
Ivan
Rudolph Jordan
Centerville
St. Joseph's Church
Mary Davis
John Malinowski
Eddie Gallagher
Scranton
Riccardo Broulette
Eddie
Capt. B. T. A. Bliss
Derwick
Jack Kennedy
Indiana
Cis X
Elder
American Legion
Emmitsburg
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Leonard T
Thompson
James W. Titus
Police
Bradley M. Gerwis
Gerwig
Provost Marshal General's School
Camp Gordon
Sidney
Leopold
John T. Gouker
Lawrence Gouker
Mii
Patrick Sireet
Korea
Seventh. Infantry
Pui
John Gouker
Tah Ener
C'O
San Francisco
Cal
MINON
Lloyd Staup
Gotawist Club
Fidetik
Richard M. Nixon
Listie
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown
Walker
Clovis D. Walker
Agriculture Department
Stewspar
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