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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1951
Page
4
The Frederick News of June 27 1951 shows 3 cent single copies and discounted subscription rates for 1 month 2.00 six months 3.50 and a yearly 5.50. The publication is printed by the Great Southern Printing Co. with postal details and circulation note.
A Baltimore Synod committee recommend establishing a chaplain on or near the University of Maryland campus by September 1 to aid denomination students. The assembly also elected Rev. Robert Moore and Rev. Albert Lenz as recording and enrollment clerks for the coming year.
The Upkeep highlights Congress attention to a National Industrial Conference Board report urging 1956 budget cuts. It warns departments may seek phased funding, expanding projects over years, and urges lawmakers to resist creeping increases by recalling past overreach.
The article explains that the armed forces casualty total includes deaths, wounded, prisoners and missing, with duplicates and non battle losses skewing the 70 000 figure. General Bradley notes Korean casualties are undercounted, while non battle losses like frostbite and illnesses are excluded from war casualty totals.
A roundup of new library titles including How About the Weather by Robert Moore Fisher How to Build 78 Radio and Television Sets by Popular Science and Glass the Miracle Maker by C J Phillips plus The MacArthur I Know by George C Kenney and ART TODAY by Ray Faulkner. The notes profile content on weather art glass and military history with blurb-like summaries and illustrations.
A devotional note cites Luke 23 35 about Jesus being mocked as savior yet forsaken. The writer J BH Vincent reflects that Christ endured loneliness so his followers might heed his cry and find salvation.
The Board of School Commissioners ratified contracts for public school principals including Roger Harley Middletown John C Lanty Graceham C A McBride Jefferson George R Stottmeyer Wolfsville Bertha Weiner Lime Kiln C M Phreeger Brad dock Rose T Yingling Linganore and high school principals Thurmont H D Beachley Frederick Male Amon Burgee Watkinsville Franklin Harshman G L Palmer Middletown Oscar B Coblentz Frederick Female M M Robinson Brunswick H H Murphy No action on establishing a manual training school Egg prices 18 cents a dozen and fruit crops noted Mrs J W Markey moving to Braddock Heights Commencement exercises at St Johns Institute with a Mother Goose play and diplomas followed by a stone-throwing incident. several ladies injured lightly One Frederick bicycle rider trains for an 18-mile race at Hagerstown on July Fourth with a ten-pound bag of feathers on his back.
Heavy storm hits the Point of Rocks station of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad causing a $5,000 fire. Lightning also hits the Brunswick Odd Fellows hall chimney and a Virginia farmhouse burning across the Potomac. Flooding disrupts the Point of Rocks Doubs road.
Column riffs on a modern Lady Godiva ride to cut taxes as Congress passes a 7.2 billion dollar bill. Frank Tripp imagines 49 Godivas riding to capitals to protest high levies, while noting public appetite for dramatic action and skeptical husbands.
Questions explore whether cardinal the color relates to church rank and when the Wanderer last carried slaves to the United States. The Wanderer landed at Jekyll Island Georgia in November 1858 after direct slave import from Africa was ended.
Congress approves a provision shielding military personnel from discipline when communicating with members of Congress about any subject unless it violates security regulations. The measure, tied to the manpower bill, requires clearance only for statements not directly affecting national security. Senator McCarran advances an amendment to protect witnesses in inquiries, with penalties for demotion or dismissal tied to testimony.
Miss Josephine V. Goode of Brunswick wed Corporal George D. Woodruff of the Air Force in a double ring ceremony at New York Hill Methodist church. The couple plan to live in Arlington Virginia after a New York City honeymoon.
Two weddings depicted in Emmitsburg and Frederick feature Miss Shirley Elizabeth Bowers and Karl Robert Brown at Grace Lutheran Church with a single ring ceremony. Attendants included Betty L. Bowers and Charles M. Brown. The couple plans to reside in Thurmont. A second ceremony at the Frederick Church of the Brethren united Janet Marie Smith and Clarence Daniel Shafer with a reception at the groom’s kin home. The bride wore white organdy and a bonnet, and the couple journeyed to Columbus, Georgia after the wedding. The notices also announce Betty Virginia Adams and Leo Thomas Duvall’s engagement for a November wedding.
Mrs. Hattie L. Stone of Lovettsville aged 67 died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a year of declining health. Survived by husband John Stone and siblings Mrs. Lula Jacobs, Mrs. Harry Lemon, Mrs. John Baker, Mrs. Fred Frye, and Herman Painter. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Lovettsville funeral home with Mt. Olivet rites. Interment Mt. Olivet cemetery. Andrew Cole, 74, of Pearl area died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after three years illness. Survived by wife Isabelle Wagoner Cole and children Ethel, Dewey, Sears M., Crouse, Clarke, and O'Brien. fourteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. from Mount Carmel Church. Robert Weil, Barnesville area resident, died of heart attack near Columbia Theater in Washington. Survived by brother Charles Heil and two sisters-in-law. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Barnesville funeral home. Interment Monocacy Cemetery Beallsville.
Equity Court signed a partial divorce for Mrs. Theo Arch Brewster of Washington from Kingman Brewster a prominent Frederick landowner. The decree grants $400 monthly alimony $100 monthly child support custody of Barbara and allows visitations. Division of personal property reserved. Brewster claimed Arkansas litigation and financial strains. National Geographic notes Sarajevo Yugoslav capital becomes a manufacturing center.
Funeral services were held for Maggie Virginia Carey wife of James F Carey at a local funeral home with Rev John W Briscoe officiating. Interment was at Mt Olivet in Frederick. Marian Brooks colored died near Bryn Mawr Hospital and was buried at Mt Joy near Uniontown after services at Union Bridge funeral home and Bark Hill Methodist church. Walter Brown colored husband of Mary E Brown of Washington died June 18 with services at Hope Hill Methodist church and interment at Hope Hill cemetery. Bearers named for Carey and Brooks included Meredith Hickman and Charles Hickman among others.
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