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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1954
Page
2
The piece notes Lent begins Ash Wednesday with 83 million Christians in the United States observing a 40 day fast and preparation for Easter. Archbishop O'Hara proposes a modern self discipline by shutting off radio and television to restore family conversation and contemplation.
A reader from Frederick Maryland endorses The News article by Mel. Lilia Smith Richardson about her father George William Smith. He is praised as a man among men and his memory blessed. The letter closes with a blessing and a March 1 date.
Taw Paddy DeMarco tries to upset light weight champion Jimmy Carter in Madison Square Garden. Carter, favored 3 to 4, seeks another KO win after three straight championship knockouts. DeMarco, 26, vows to outlast and counter, predicting a body banging battle.
Fifty years ago items report MRS MARY JANE BAUGHMAN death at 88 on East Second Street widow of John W Baughman. CLARENCE COOPER of B and O Railroad from Knoxville fell before a westbound freight. engineer halted train. ROGER B WOOD of Frederick elected president of the Maryland Club at UVa. J Alfred Ritter Jr named treasurer. In the House of Delegates a bill to incorporate the Catoctin and Pen Mar Railway, route Myersville to Pen Mar, capital stock $30000. Jonathan Rickards near Frederick named deputy game warden by Governor Warfield.
Multiple 1950s era weddings described. Thomas and Byrne wed at Church of the Ascension in Halethorpe with a nuptial mass, reception at the bride’s home, and a San Francisco residence planned. Harbaugh and Topper wed at St Joseph’s in Rocky Ridge with attendants and a Thurmont residence plan. Addison-Delauter wed in Grossnickle Church of the Brethren with a navy blue outfit, and both couples plan to reside in Thurmont or nearby areas.
Still and cents a cup debate spills from a panel at Koffee Kup on 44 East Patrick Street. Margaret Seipler notes her prices unchanged, February snow and a heavy coffee pile influence claims. Also reports tireless local incidents including a near fire, injuries from a crash at Meet Patrick and Jefferson, and a Caracas conference update.
President Eisenhower voiced defense of mutual respect toward executive witnesses and armed services personnel while honoring gallantry in the field. He reaffirmed that administrative assignments remain the sole responsibility of department heads, signaling a critique of McCarthy era interference and reaffirming loyalty to officers and enlisted personnel.
The Dance Group at flood College will hold its annual concert on Friday March 5 at 8 p.m. in Gambolh Gymnasium. The program features dance pieces such as Back Alley Love Song in Primitive Sleep Walker's Interlude Obsession and Carrida de Los Toros with excerpts from a Perfume Shop You Are a Part of All That You Have Met set to Gershwin. Choreography by Miss Alice Avanozian Doris Rencken Joan Van Tassel and Nancy Wilner. Tickets at the door.
The Evangelical Reformed church groups Chimes Voluntas Young Men s and Trinity plus their families met Monday for a covered dish supper and reciprocal entertainments. Richard Best led a general games program while Mrs Garst Mrs Dorsey and Mrs Emge guided the Chimes sponsor. Over a hundred attended in the church social room with highlights including Trinity s 1890 fashion parade and a barber shop quartet under Sperry Storm.
The Maryland Bankers Association announced a two day conference for young bankers in Baltimore on April 7 and 8. The first such event in Maryland is chaired by Robert O. Donnell of Fidelity Trust and Joseph F. Matthai of Baltimore National Bank. Other committee members include Nevin F. Baker Jr Frederic Owen Dally Stevenson Peck and Benjamin L. Shuff among others from Farmers and Mechanics-Citizens National Bank Farm ers National Bank Mercantile Deposit & Trust and Union Trust Company of Maryland. Conducted by the association educational and public relations committee the event aims to foster professional development in the banking sector. World Day of Prayer services are set for March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Utica Lutheran Church with performances from local choirs and participation from Lewistown Methodist Allies Reformed Utica Lutheran Bethel Lutheran Charlesville Reformed and St Johns Lutheran in Craerstown. The program, titled World Day of Prayer Around the World, will include special music led by Miss Louise Stull and a vocal number by Miss Ruth Stull.
Washington dispatch reports that Communist linked agents used Puerto Rican extremists to plan assassinations of President Eisenhower and J Edgar Hoover. The disclosure links Puerto Rican Nationalists with Communist guidance and funding, noting past statements backing Puerto Rican independence and the goal of unifying all Puerto Ricans. The incident prompts renewed security focus on Congress and calls for tighter movement controls against Communist infiltration.
Frederick County Red Cross reports an 11 percent rise in requests for direct contact with service members abroad as leisure time grows since Korea. In 152 such requests this year, families worry about sons and daughters in service while a small drop occurs in requests for financial aid. The organization notes 9,667 county residents are enrolled or active in Red Cross programs, about one in six county residents, with a forthcoming breakdown of services and volunteers.
Albany New York state legislative committee reports a clean bill of health for the radio and television program Strike It Rich. The Heart Fund donations reached needy contestants while the administrative cost stayed under 2 percent. The panel said it does not judge taste or propriety of the show.
Rev and Mrs John Bowlus near Jefferson hosted a dinner on Sunday February 28 to honor Mrs Portia Arnold eighty first birthday. Arnold widow of County Commissioner George Arnold. Also present were siblings and relatives aged 1 to 86 including Edgar Rowland Otela Rowhard Harmey M Rowland and Grace Kneessi. A roast turkey dinner and a large birthday cake baked by Mrs Bowlus were served.
The Girl Scout Association Board of Directors met at Winchester Hall with Mrs. Joseph Yona presiding. Betty Bolger will train at Berea College from March 14 to April 10. Mrs. Franklin Reese will oversee the office during her absence. Plans for Girl Scout Week and committee programs were set.
A sequence of obituaries from Frederick and surrounding towns notes the deaths of Adah M Delauter of Braddock Heights at 82, George H Willet of Littlestown at 63, William Thomas Shuff of Catoctin Furnace after a stroke, Howard Barger of Brunswick at 84, Howard S Craver of Poplar Springs at 86, Annie Zeller a Frederick County resident, Miss Elizabeth Cole of Frederick and other local figures. Survivors include siblings, spouses, and children. services are arranged across Middletown, Littlestown, Brunswick, Charlesville, and Frederick Memorial Hospital with local funeral directors.
James Edgar Summers 74 formerly of Warfieldsburg Carroll County died Tuesday in Berreal where he resided the last year He was a native of Carroll County son of the late James P and Tabithia Summers He never married Surviving a brother Harry B Summers Freedom Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm at the funeral home near Winfield with Rev E K Sawyers officiating Interment Stone Chapel Cemetery near Warfieldsburg C M Waltz funeral director Side Glances East ifriends may call after 7 pm today Funeral services Friday at 10 30 am at Pred erick Memorial Park Interment in Pred erick Memorial Park.
Funeral services were held for Albert G. Biddinger at a Walkersville funeral home with Rev. H C Kettler officiating. Interment followed at Chapel Hill cemetery near Liberty. Pallbearers included John Gilbert John Smith Elmer Zimmerman and Ray Zimmerman. M R Etchison and Son supervised. Funeral notices also report Addie Wachter of Hansonville and James Crawford Hobbs both with services led by local clergy. Interments were at Zion Reformed Cemetery Charlesville and Mount View Cemetery near West Friendship.
A Zonta board meeting and supper preceded the monthly session in the Blue and Grey room at Francis Scott Key Hotel. President Catherine Johnson presided, Mary Rhodes read the collect, and committee chairs reported. A supper and fashion show is set for March 8 at 4:30PM in the hotel ballroom and mezzanine with Mrs. Alice Barker as general chairman.
Mr and Mrs James E Rages of Sherman Avenue announce the birth of a daughter at Frederick Memorial Hospital this morning. Mrs Catherine CC Graham of Braddock observes her 82d birthday Thursday. Numerous relatives and friends visit at the home of Mrs Charles Siess near St Anthony's over the weekend, including Aly and Mrs Charles A Siess in Washington and many others from York Pa Thurmont Taneytown Waynesboro and Jefferson. Mrs Mary Condon Hodgson and Mrs Justus Dave to attend Maryland State Hospital Auxiliaries meeting with Mrs Eisenhower at the White House Thursday morning. Lunch in the Capitol to follow with Senators Butler and Beall and Representative Bolton, then attendance at the Senate session with gallery seats reserved.
Among The Sick vonn Jacops, this city, who has been a patient at University Hospital, Baltimore, for the past month, recently underwent heart surgery there. Mrs. Minnie Jacobs, Center Street, who has been ill at her home for about four weeks, is able to be up and around. Mrs. John Wilcox, 235 East Church street, was admitted to the Frederick Memorial Hospital, Monday for observation. Her condition was reported satisfactory. Mr. Amidee Eckard of Middletown has returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital and is improving nicely. Mr. Claude Stull, Walkersville, Was admitted to the Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Mr. Augustus Mullinix, near Mt. Airy, has returned home from Montgomery County General Hospital after treatment for injuries he suffered December 9, when struck by a stone truck on Route 80.
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