The News hires eight staff on Monday
The newspaper announces hiring eight new employees on Monday in a brief employment notice. The item lists no names or positions, focusing on the count and the date of the hiring action.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1959
Page
2
The newspaper announces hiring eight new employees on Monday in a brief employment notice. The item lists no names or positions, focusing on the count and the date of the hiring action.
Commander A J Cobham of the Porchester Sea Scouts in Portsmouth has collected about 70 cannon-balls from the harbor mud over two years. The balls are being sold for one dollar each to fund the Baden-Powell Memorial Fund, honoring the founder of the world scout movement. It is unclear if enough balls exist to fill the order.
Reverend Tom C. Akeley thanks readers for local issue editorials and urges more attention to community concerns in Frederick County. He notes national editorials are admirable but favors increasing local discourse. February 26.
Carl W. Giesler, Technical Sgt. USAF reserve, writes of his World War II memories from Aldermaston. He recounts travel from Glasgow on the Queen Elizabeth, blackout nights, Christmas dinner there, and watching air battles over London. He notes Aldermaston’s small meadow village character and its training role.
High's Dairy Products Corp announces its fourth Silver Spring outlet at 12211 New Hampshire Ave in White Oak Shopping Center opening Thursday under James Reid. It marks High's 122nd store nationwide with 38 Maryland 48 DC and 25 Virginia locations.
In Vancouver Washington two high school youths Charles Haas 17 and Darrell Jones 18 were saved after six hours clinging to a 325 foot cliff in Lewis River canyon. Rescue volunteers from Mountain Safety and Rescue Council of Oregon, aided by Clark County deputies, hauled them to safety amid icy winds and crumbling rock. They were uninjured and later drove home.
Two Southern California mothers faced heartbreak as their children were abducted. Wayne Murray Jr. was found with a suspect, while Ruth Flores’s infant Eric Leon Flores remained missing after a suspicious sitter case. Police continue seeking the baby and arrest the kidnapper.
Arch bishop Makarios returns to Nicosia to a crowd over 150000 Greek Cypriots, urging cooperation with Turkish minorities and urging unity as Cyprus approaches greater self rule. The scene reflects post exile optimism and continued ethnic tensions.
A barn on Harsey Fo Ramsburg's farm near Creagerstown burned with 23 cattle killed. The incident is attributed to an undetermined origin fire after a period of severe weather and heavy February rainfall.
About 125 residents evacuated after a freight train carrying Atomic Energy Commission chemicals derailed near Geneva Kentucky. Explosions and fires reportedly raged as crews tried to contain the cars, with occupants wary of unknown cargo. Also, Joseph M. White, famed early radio singer called the silver masked tenor, died at age seven?
Miss Fay Ellen Hartman and Grayson Wilson Mercer Jr. were married in a two o'clock ceremony at the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev. Charles F. Trunk officiated as relatives and friends attended a reception and trip to New England. The bride wore skinner satin with alencon lace and seed pearls. the groom is employed at the Frederick County National Bank. The couple will reside at 1017 North Market Street after March 9.
Annapolis AP report on proposed changes to Maryland insanity law and a bill allowing rapid humane medical intervention for dangerous mental condition cases. House Judiciary Committee will hold public hearing Wednesday after Legislative Council subcommittee recommendations. Daily US water demand noted as 200 billion gallons.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Army Missilemen postponed a Juno II launch after a power failure halted the attempt to send a satellite past the moon into a solar orbit. Officials cited technical difficulties and scheduled another try within days before a possible month delay.
Mamie Eisenhower will remain in Phoenix for an extra week after telling reporters she is a bit homesick. She spoke about her feelings during a Sunday stop at Valley Presbyterian Church in Perry Semiodsa.
State Trooper Robert B Basore and Shirley Meador wed at Zion Evangelical parsonage after arriving at Boonsboro Lutheran by mistake. Feaster had expected them at his Boonsboro United Brethren church but waited for half an hour before proceeding to Benevola. They then drove to Snyder’s parsonage where Rev Roy C Snyder married them before a weekend honeymoon.
State Police report a defective space heater sparked a blaze in a Dover house killing Robert Montgomery 33 Amy Bridle and her 2 year old brother Robert all identified as Negroes. Firemen say deaths due to smoke inhalation as fire damages the small dwelling. Martha Bridle mother was away with three other children at the time.
A Frederick News photo mislabeled a player as Warren Geisbert. Local sports fans know the senior guard as Wayne Skeet Geighert, prompting a corrected identification in the Frederick High School basketball lineup.
The weekend produced multiple fatal crashes in Maryland. Bel Air residents Gene Cul lum 20 and Patricia Chadwick 17 died when Bowser 21 crossed the center line on Maryland 22. Nearby Rich ard Fulbright 22 a Nike base soldier died in a separate high speed crash near Rock Hall with five others injured.
The Philippine navy ordered five Soviet trawlers escorted to a naval base off Luzon while authorities investigate their appearance. A Foreign Office spokesman said the probe could take another day. About 100 Soviets aboard reportedly grew impatient during detention.
Richard Hamrick of West South street is reported held at the city jail on an assault and battery charge. He was arrested at 7 55 p m Sunday by City Policemen Nathan Dorsey and Norman Trump. He is held on a five hundred dollar bond.
Algerian Nationalist rebels intensified actions over the weekend blowing up a military supply convoy, destroying two trains, shelling a town with mortar fire, and kidnapping 10 members of an Italian immigrant family. The French authorities reported 87 rebels killed in operations.
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