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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1954
Page
2
The Frederick newspaper issue dated Friday March 3 1954 covers local notices and advertisements for The News established 1881 by the Great Southern Pig and Mfg Co including subscription rates and postal details.
The machine tool industry, key to U S industrial output, is recovering from Korea war strain. Backlogs have shrunk from over a year to about three months as civilian production resumes. Advances in machinery automate work, turning engine blocks and other tasks into faster, cheaper processes.
Historians note major highway growth amid expansion of toll roads and rising revenues. New Jersey Bondholders push total to 288 million while New York Thruway shifts from 50 to 50 million plus. Indiana Connecticut and West Virginia shows higher costs. bondholders remain confident despite delays and bottlenecks.
A 1904 item notes a bill in the Legislature to add an official in the Clerk of the Circuit Court office. Thomas S. Lipps sold two brick houses at 10 and 72 West Patrick Street for 1600 dollars to Granville J. Michael. George A. Shank of Myersville plans a large pigeon-raising operation with 500 to 1000 pairs. Elmer Raymer of Myersville became a conductor on the F and W Railway, replacing Samuel L. Green who resigned. Milton H. Stup, Braddock contractor, and Samuel Stine were badly injured when scaffolding broke while they were boxing the gable end of a cottage on the Ross and Williams lot near Braddock.
Twenty years ago in March 1934 the county faced a thin peach bloom season as buds were kulled by cold weather. In river fishing near Carroll Creek three locals Raymond Bightwell Ernest Brightwell and Charles Carter netted 332 suckers. Warm spell reached 67 degrees, highest of the year. A Brunswick Baltimore freight train uncoupled near Mt Airy derailed three cars, blocking two tracks for hours with no injuries.
William Allen Miller 49 of 901 Rosemont avenue died at 3 45 p m Thursday at Frederick Memorial Hospital after cerebral thrombosis suffered at Camp Detrick He worked for seven years as a civilian electrician with the Army Chemical Corps He formerly ran a restaurant at Third and Market streets for 18 years and later did wartime electrical work at Bethlehem Shipyard Fairfield He is survived by his widow Amelia Lewis Miller a son William Lewis Miller a granddaughter Kay Elizabeth Miller a brother Alonza G Miller and several nieces and nephews Funeral services Sunday at 2 p m at 106 East Church Street with interment in Frederick Memorial Park
Obituaries for Mrs. Mary Myers Loy of Yellow Springs Mrs. Minnie M Early and Mrs. Bessie V Weddle of Thurmont are also reported with funeral details at East Patrick Street Alt Olivet Mount Olivet and Thurmont United Brethren Cemetery cited Funeral directors listed for each service including Etchison Cline and Son and Creager and Son and officiants named where available
Among the sick at Frederick Memorial Hospital and Baltimore facilities are Mrs Raymond Shank returning home from observation, Homer C Mitchell Sr entering Church Home and Hospital for surgery, Sally Dodd aged year undergoing tympanoplasty, Annie Zimmerman recuperating after recent operation, N Isho Winson at University Hospital for observation, Donnie Spechtson and family home after burns treatment, William W. Eader visiting Middletown convalescing, and Luther Bussard recovering from a fractured pelvis. Fire at Spring Grove Hospital housing for the criminal insane briefly displaced about 71 patients. The U S Commerce Department notes one third of the nation’s 3 706 412 commercial farms produce three fourths of all farm products sold.
Miss Margaret Ro Motter, president of the Frederick District Clothing and Supply Committee, outlined committees for the Grentell Association Ingathering and tea at a Dalune y avenue home. The event is set for April 21 at 2:30 p.m. in the Evangelical Reformed church to distribute items to hospitals and care facilities. Miss Audrey Bostwick will speak. chairs include Mrs George Taollenger, Mrs John Shaw, Miss Grace Netlig. other members: Miss Motter, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Hart Etchison, Miss Lilanschtey, and Edith Miller.
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club presents a March 10 fashion show at Winchester Hall to benefit the hospital fund. Miss Clara Gibson will direct, Mrs Norman Roberts narrates, harp interlude by Mrs Reuben Caplan, and Wayside Radio provides music. Tickets from chairmen Walter Grebe Donald Johnston and club members.
Fort Meade reports Lieutenant Commander Melville C. Stockwell of Frederick, president of Arcticaire Inc., is at the Fort George G. Meade two week National Resources Conference. The British aircraft industry employs about 224000 people.
Notices report the deaths of Mrs. Mary Snider of Harney aged 80 from cerebral hemorrhage with 3 sons and 12 grandchildren among survivors. funeral plans by Taneytown funeral home. Additional obituaries include Charles T Reifsnider of Baltimore age 85, Charles Bowers of Emmitsburg age 83, and William W Parsley of Etchison age 70. services and interments noted. Also lists Mrs. Russell King Sr wife of Russell King of Washington age 54 and Mrs Agnes G Burrows of Rockville, plus Mrs Harriet Whiten of New York City and local church news items.
Thirty four members of Frederick Memorial Hospital's Women’s Auxiliary were honored for over 100 hours each in volunteer work. Awards covered 100, 200, 400, and 500 hours, with out-of-town panel discussions and a Baltimore guest speaker praising volunteer ideals and public relations. A related note covered the Hagerstown Auxiliary’s six decade-old work, including a snack shop fundraiser and a recreation space for hospital staff, plus a teenage dance recap and St Patrick’s Day planning.
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