152 Receive Red Cross Certificates
One hundred fifty two students from Hood and St Josephs colleges across fifteen states plus Puerto Rico and Hawaii earned Red Cross swimming certificates this term. Twenty five earned life saver awards. Barbara Murphy of St Josephs and three Hood students from Frederick County were highlighted. Red Cross officials praised water safety and urged continued support for Frederick County programs. Fort Devens item notes Army Private Richard P Jaenss, 22, moving with the 278th RCT to Exercise Flash Burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood and
St. Joseph's Colleges
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Red Cross
St. Joseph’s College
Barbara Murphy
East Fifth Street
Hood
Frederick County
Helen Yinger
Braddock Te 5Merane
Star
AE. C. A
CMCA
Alvin Quinn
Red Cross Water Safety and
Charles Main
Red Cross Chapter
Tobias’ Zimmerman
Fort Devens
Mass
Richard Po Jaenhs
Ruth
George M. Jacobs
Frederick
Safeguards Tighten as Congress Faces Gallery Shootings
A historical piece argues Congress has neglected security by not restricting gallery access and demands passes for members after a shooting at the House. It cites fears of Communist influence and Moscow-backed conspiracy funds, urging effective restrictions to protect lawmakers during sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House of Representatives
Moscow
Washington
Industry at Risk Without Proper Defense Planning
Wartime Manhattan Project head Leslie Groves warns that much American industry remains vulnerable to disruption by war and relies on civilian effort. He notes defense needs are military and civilian, with $5 billion spent yearly on air defense and dispersed industry not fully prepared for a direct blow amid a new industrial security paradigm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie R. Groves
Russia
Polar Cap
Talk By Dr Rabstein At Club Women Meeting
Dr Louise Rabstein, local veterinarian, spoke to the Frederick Sea tion Council of Jewish Women in B n ai B r ith rooms East Church street. She discussed diseases common to animals and humans and noted research in veterinary medicine benefits mankind. She cited tuberculosis brucellosis rabies tetanus and anthrax as examples and urged public health education and preventive care. Mrs Jean Weissman presided. plans for an April 3 cabaret evening with B nai B r ith members were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Rabstein
Frederick Seation Council of
East Church Street
Rabstein
Jean Weissman
Sonia Weener
Bai Byith
Weissman
Gladys Jacobson
Federated Women’s Club
Hagerstown
Corncils
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years back items note George W Beard selling routes between city, Libertytown, and Union Bridge. Lascalleet and Fogie buy respective Libertytown routes. Uncle Hez show draws crowd at City Opera House with Devilbiss ladder act. Dennis Derr Shriner and Hamaker return from Annapolis after urging auto travel regulation to reduce horse collisions. United Fire Company engine tested on South Market bridge with high satisfaction. Chesapeake and Ohio canal to reopen for navigation midmonth as banks receive repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Beard
Libertytown
Union Bridge
H. G. Lascalleet
Albert W. Fogie
Hez
City Opera House
Clarence Devilbiss
Great Devilbiss
Frank Adams
George R. Dennis
E. Derr Shriner
P. N. Hammaker
Annapolis
Judiciary Committee
House of Delegates
United Fire Company
South Market Street
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Twenty Years Ago Fire Damages Barn Near Lewistown
The second barn of O Braden Company near Lewistown burned but the dairy building and shed were saved by independent firemen and neighbors. A second item notes mail deliveries to residences by carriers suspended for eight weeks as an economy move. Flood warnings mention spring melt with heavy rains and no immediate flood danger. Brunswick athlete James Schamel won the Frederick Brunswick human derby by snowitches heels to a field of 18 entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Braden Carr
Lewistown
Cy Carers
James Schamel
Young Brunswick Athiete
Deaths at Frederick area include several late locals
Obituaries report Horace Edgar Cutsail of 227 South Market Street dying at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a three month illness aged 73. He taught cabinet making 33 years at the Maryland State School for the Deaf and held church and Masonic memberships. Also noted are the deaths of Miss Virginia Grove of Baltimore and Frederick native Mrs. J Ruskin Loy, plus Mrs. Eva Bond of Westminster and Murray Resser of Creagerstown. Funeral arrangements list church affiliations and burial in Mount Olivet cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Edgar Catsail
South Market Street
Freddeyeick Memorial Hospital
James H. L
Lydia A. Kanode Catsail
Evangelical Reformed Church
Church School
Cutsail
Maryland State School For the Deaf
L. C. Culfur
Lynch Lodge
A. Masons
Enoch Chater
Royal Arch Masons
Mountain City
Lodge
J. Alfred Cutsail
This City
Lewis M. Cutsail
Adamstown
Mars. Grate
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
J. Ruskin Loy
Mary Myers Loy
Yellow Springs
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George Edward
Mary E. Stewart Myers
First Baptist Church
Frederick
Order of Eastern Star
James Stewart Loy
A. 5
Army
Germany
Charles H. Ford
Yellow Spring
Herbert
Hahn
Frederick Myers
Walkersville
Edward J. Myers
Russell Myers
Akron
East Church Street
B. Etchison and Son
Eva E. Bond
Eva Elizabeth Bond
Bond
Westminster
Slade Bond
Ow- Wigs Mills
Art
M. R. Kenneth Bond
USN
Fort Meienry
Murray David Resser
Murray David Keyser
Creagerstown
Charles D
Sarah A. Wiles Keyser
Lica
Grafton
Beeson Nomination Attack Spurs Call For Decency
Washington editorial laments Democratic senators publically assailing Albert Beeson during the National Labor Relations Board nomination. It cites alleged falsehoods about Beeson’s resignation and pension rights, notes AFL CIO opposition, and urges a code of decency from Senate members while defending Beeson’s integrity and urging fair treatment for nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence Washington
United States Senate
Harry Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
Senate
U. S
Albert Beeson
National Labor Relations Board
Congressional
Beeson
AFL
CIO
Senate Labor Committee
Mr. Beeson
Amersched
Leeson
San Jose
Calif
Senate Committee
Paul Davies
Beenson
Davies
Congressional Record
Washington
Frederick Council to Attend National JCW Meeting in Richmond
Representatives from the Frederick section of the Council of Jewish Women will attend the National Council of Jewish Women Mid-Atlantic conference in Richmond Virginia from March 21 to 24. Delegates include Mrs. Gladys Jacobson Miss Rose Stern and Mrs. Sonia Weener with Mrs. Jean Weissman as president. Noted speakers include Mrs. Harold Levin and Mrs. Irving Enge national president Mrs. Hortense Goldstone and others. Headquarters will be at the Jefferson Hotel with Mrs Theodore Pevser of Washington as conference president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Jewish Women
Mid-Atlantic Comieme
Richmond
Jean Weissman
Frederick Couneil
Gladys Jacobson
Rose Stern
Sonia Weener
Harold Levin
Nulley
N. J
Third National
Irving M. Enge
Hortense A. Goldstone
Council
Department of Overseas Services
Eon
Jefferson Hotel
Theodore E. Pevser
Washington
Auxiliary Meets at Amvets Home on West Patrick Street
Members gathered Monday night with 48 in attendance as President Catherine Hoffman led the meeting. Reports were read, the group will partner with Amvets to sponsor an Easter egg hunt, and awards were presented including a blue box to Dar Tene Routzahn and an orchid to Tila Devilbiss. New members welcomed: Ann Fout, Betty Blumenauer, Evelyn Stimmel, Mamie Stimmel, Dorothy Ann Sell, Mary Hockensmith, Alice W. Smith, Eleanor Elworthy, Hilda Engle, Helen Thoresen, Helen Surkiewicz, Grace Wilson, Doris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
Amvels
Patrick Street
Catherine Hoffman
Amyets
Dar
Laws Lilley
Tila Devilbiss
Ann Fout
Betty Blumenauer
Evelyn Stimmel
Mamie Stimmel
Dorothy Ann Sell
Mary Hockensmith
Alice W. Smith
Eleanor Elworthy
Hilda Engle
Helen Thoresen
Helen Sur-kiewicz
Grace Wilson
Doris
Obituary Notices For Zeller Hamburg Zimmerman Clarkson Marker
Funeral services were held for Annie Zeller at St Johns with a Low Mass of Requiem at nine o clock. Orville Hamburg died March 1 and funeral services were at Taneytown with Rev Hoch assisting. Ida Lee Zimmerman funeral services were at East Church Street with interment at Mount Olivet. Downye Clarkson Marker funeral at Locust Valley with interment at Boonsboro cemetery. Gladhill Company directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Zeller
St. John’s Church
R. C. Mitchell
Funeral Home
St. John’s Cemetery
C. E. Chine’ S and Son
Orville B. Hamburg
Uniontown
Taneytown
John H. Hoch
Donald Warrenfeltz
Laverne Baust
Raymond Dayhoff
William Dickensheets
Clarence Dingle
Hugh Heltebridle
John Heltebridle
C. QO. Fuss and Son
Ida Lee Zimmerman
Lester C. Zimmerman
Ballenger Creek Road
East Church Street
A. Roger Gobbel
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Church Hill
Atlee Compher
Alvin Fry
Howard Fry
Murray D. Shook
J. Melvin Cook
G. Edgar Hawker
Mount Olivet Cemetery
R. Etchison and Son
Downye Clarkson Marker
Locust Valley
Gerald Carbaugh
Claire Ebersole
Ferg Norris
Edwin Freed
Flossie Beachley
Austin
Howard Marker
Cecil Burtner
Donald Ray
Howard Weddie
Boonsboro Cemetery
Gladhill Company
Secret sisters revealed names and drew new ones
Pauline Van Fossen Naomi Long Mary Kemp Louis Miller Marie Grove Katherine Eicholtz Betty Stockman Pauline Weddle Helena Boyer Ada Bradley Miriam Ramsburg attended a covered dish supper as part of a church or community event.
Two Weddings in Emmitsburg Area Church Ceremonies
A double wedding at St Joseph's Emmitsburg joins Agnes Haley Gillespie and Mary Elizabeth Stouter as brides. Agnes is tied to William Gillespie of Taneytown. Mary Elizabeth to Thomas Fogle of Taneytown. Attendants include relatives Kas Stonesifer and Luella Lan singer. The couples plan homes in Westminster and Emmitsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Emmitsburg
Agnes Irene Haley
Lawrence Haley
William’ Martin Gillespie
Luther Martin Gillespie
Taneytown
Mary Elizabeth Stouter
Martin Stouter
R. D
Thomas Brady Fogle
Harry Fogle
Charles Stouter
St. Vincent's House
Joseph Hobbs
Gillespie
Luella Lansinger
Satisfactory and fair conditions at Frederick Memorial Hospital
A parade of local patients at Frederick Memorial Hospital reports mixed statuses after illnesses and injuries. Names include Mrs A Grant Hooper Dill Avenue in satisfactory, Mrs Hattie Smith North Market Street in fair, Mr Harry G Smith Frederick High School principal in satisfactory, Mrs C William Hanna 356 Park Avenue slightly improved, William A Miller 901 Rosemont Avenue in critical after paralytic stroke, Robert Fahrney Vindobona Braddock Heights improved after transfer to Bethesda Naval Hospital, Mr M John Wilson 509 Magnolia Avenue resting comfortably, Joyce Misner Woodsboro injured in a Sunday auto fall much improved, Mrs Arthur Stull recuperating at home, and Fon Jacobs undergoing heart surgery in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Grant Hooper
Dill Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hattie Smith
North Market Street
Harry G. Smith
Walkersville
Frederick High School
C. William Hanna
Park, Avenue
William A. Miller
Rosemont Avenue
Robert Fahrney
Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Bethesda Naval Hospital
M John Wilson
Magnolia Avenue
Joyce Misner
James Misner
Woodsboro
Jan
Arthur Stull
West South Street
Fon Jacobs
University Hospital, Baltimore
Birth of six pound twelve ounce daughter Sherry Ann
Mr and Mrs Ruby Hoffman formerly of this city now in Baltimore announce the birth at Mercy Hospital Baltimore of a six pound twelve ounce daughter named Sherry Ann Wednesday morning Mrs Hoffman is the former Delores Hupka of this city Both mother and baby are reported getting along fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Hoffman
Baltimore
Sherry Ann
Mercy Hospital
Hoffman
Delores Hupka
Sugar Loaf Mountain an object lesson in park development
In a Baltimore Morning Sun piece by E. V. B. honors Col Gordon M. Strong for developing Sugar Loaf Mountain into a public park. The article notes his hands on work, inviting public use, and a legacy of trust to maintain and improve the site for Maryland’s park system beyond legislative funding, offering an enduring example of good park management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caiunei Strone
Baltimore Morning Sun
Omeree
Gordon M. Strong
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Monocacy
Potomac
Sugar Loaf
Colonel Strong
Sugar
Maryland
Medoo
Elk Neck Park
Gambrill State Park
Washington Monument State Park
Frederick
Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty After Six Beers On Mountain
Floyd Hail Jr of Philadelphia pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while under the influence and reckless driving after a mid night collision on Bratdock Mountain with eastbound State Police Tr. J. W. Hardy. Magistrate fined 150 for drunken driving and 50 for reckless driving, plus 45 days in county jail in default. Companion William Mc Comas Lee of Sykesville faced a separate charge of being drunk on a public highway and forfeited 25 collateral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Mountain
J. W. Hardy
Floyd Hail, Jr
Philadelphia
Bratdock Mountain
Frederick
Hall
Dr. Hardy
W. L. Guilmino
Tr. Hardy
Lee
Baltimore
U.S. 40
Sheffield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Rabstein
the News
Ems
Virginia A. Grove
Maryland Avenue
Union Memorial Hospital
Lin Badaick
John R
Virginia DeLashmutt Grove
St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church
John R. Grove
Centreville
East Patrick Street
C. E. Cline and Son
Horace E. Cutsatl
David Lawrence
HS. T
Stevenson
Inplica Cemetery
M. al, Creager and Son
Miss Baumgardner
Kas. Stonesifer
Keysville
Elwood Baumgardner
York
Emmitsburg High School
G.C. Murphy Company
Gettysburg
Vatican City
Vatican
Pacar
Nea Rees Lie
Junior
High Knob
Catoctin Mountain
Mountain Knob
South Mountain
United States 40
Sugar Leaf Mountain
State Heads Commission
A Webster
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