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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1959
Page
2
Letters to the Editor discuss a Brunswick school project and a sample fair fundraiser for its playground. Citizens protest milk control laws and describe dairy industry impacts on producers and consumers. News item notes a wage-boosted police response to unrest near Henderson Cotton Mills.
The Russell will leaves most of the estate to living descendants with a marital trust for the widow Nina Russell and specific bequests to Calvary Method Church, Frederick Memorial Hospital, Nina, and William F Russell. Executors are Dr T Edgie Russell Jr, Robert W Russell, and Donald R Russell. Also probated are Andrew Norris will with cash gifts and residue. Bruce G Roogle will involving four children and farm provisions. and Rachel Keeney estate with Suzanne Bare as administrator and five heirs.
A proposal to raise the federal gas tax to fund the US 41 Aeostate highway project meets resistance in Congress. Democratic leaders oppose it as senators debate the plan amid state tax variations from three to seven cents per gallon and pressure for higher state contributions to highway spending.
The city’s Major and Aldermen announced a $200 reward for the arrest and conviction of arsonists who set fires to two different properties in the city. Officers James Aones and Dudley Strasberger earned the award for detective work leading to two arrests, plus a prior $100 reward from Dr. E. H. Walter for burning his residence.
Support behind Thomas E Cook head of local chemical firm for county liquor license commission Er The Strath Lanten Mommie ter's first choice was Paul M Little of Thirmant What should be allowed in residential city areas debated by the Board of Aldermen with little progress There is a sinister attack not on Jews alone but on Christians as well Rabbi Adolph Coblentz Baltimore told Rotary A legacy of 1000 was left to Centennial United Brethren church by wife Charis H Fak
Washington county lawmakers press for a new 100 acre lake at a proposed park near the Washington Frederick county line. They seek removal of a 50 cent parking fee at Boonsboro's Washington Monument Park and urge faster development of recreation facilities including a 100 acre lake for swimming and heating at the park site.
Barbara Lane Nagle and Jolia Milton Creager announce their engagement in Frederick. Barbara, a Hood College junior, and Creager, son of Mrs. John Milton Creager, are both connected with local colleges and communities.
Local court records show administration accounts filed for three estates the Manion McKay and Summers estates totaling 579 206 20. The Manion estate net 329 662 45 after 6838 55 disbursements distributes one eighth shares to eight heirs. The McKay estate net 28 372 79 after taxes and 29 070 06 distributed to Grace E McKay widow and three children. The Summers estate net 3 395 14 after an inheritance tax and distributes among five heirs with C Albert Summers and Margaret Bowlus as administrators.
A Middletown man was fined 160 and costs for operating under the influence and reckless driving in magistrates court. Howard E Bowie paid 150 for drunken driving and 10 for reckless driving plus costs. Trooper Snyder testified Bowie drove slowly amid a line of cars with a strong alcohol odor and a whiskey bottle found in the car. Also, George Stone Jr. was fined 5 and costs for failing to obey a traffic control device after a Feb 23 collision at East and Fourth.
Obituaries list George E Cohens of Damascus wife Amaie and son Joseph Cohens the service set at Friendship Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Other notices include Mrs Freakie L Goodman of Washington Street death at 70 at home and interment Mount Olivet. Also Daniel P Knode Sr of Hagerstown died at Washington County Hospital aged 89 with service at Minich Funeral Home and Elmwood Cemetery burial. Aubrey Paxson of Marion Pa former Lovettsville resident died after illness. Benjamin Volluse of Baltimore former county resident died February 3 with earlier funeral and interment in St John s Cemetery.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 AM from the Thurmont funeral home for MSgt Robert H Springer who died from injuries in a Germany automobile crash. He would have 20 years of Air Force service by November and planned retirement. Interment in Creagerstown cemetery. Rev Eugene R McVicker will officiate. Friends may call Friday evening.
Funeral services for George William Kimmell who died suddenly at his Brunswick home were conducted at 2:30 PM Monday at the 106 East Church street funeral home with Rev. E William Hall. Interment followed at Mount Olivet cemetery. Pallbearers included A C Strup and others. Funeral directors were M R Etchison and Soo. Funeral services for Louis Edward Twentey of Yellow Springs also took place Monday, with Rev Dr Raymond E Wilhelm officiating and many floral emblems present. Pallbearers were business associates at the Frederick News and Post. Interment was at Mount Olivet cemetery. Funeral directors were M R JEtchison and Son.
The Masuan Islands face the aftermath of the strongest typhoon in four years. Some 400 homes were destroyed and crops like coconut, breadfruit, and banana lost for at least a year. Wind felled three villages and injured many, with new deaths reported as dispatches from Pago Pago arrive in Honolulu. A separate Taneytown incident leaves one man hospitalized after gunfire. Sterling Richard Stambaugh, 35, faces assault charges following an early morning attack on his wife and a friend. The case details include a car confrontation, two shots from a .25-caliber pistol, and Stambaugh’s hospitalization before authorities pursue charges. In New York, retired general William E. Chickering, 84, former divisional vp and admin head of an international group, dies after a fire at a residence connected to Edgar Bussard Foundry Co.
The column reports numerous local residents admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital for surgery, observation, or medical treatment. Notable entries include Clark E. Davis improving at Washington County Hospital after an accident, Mrs. Dessie J. Wagner and Mrs. Ella Campbell discharged, and Master John Wesley Baugher Jr. beginning medical care.
Grove City College announces 276 students named to the Dean's List for the 1958 fall semester for maintaining a 3.1 or B plus average. Among them is Maryanne White, daughter of Mr and Mrs W Marshall White of Ticklerown Maryland, a member of Sigma Delta sorority and a 1965 Poseatorine High School graduate.
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