Fragments from March 11 1957 edition
Fragmentary OCR note from a Maryland paper dated Monday March 11 1957. It mentions second class material and a personal name incomplete.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1957
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR note from a Maryland paper dated Monday March 11 1957. It mentions second class material and a personal name incomplete.
Philip D. Reed, chairman of General Electric, explains at a public affairs luncheon that big business is a political epithet because it lacks a clear role. He urges industrialists to decentralize and explain their philosophy to grass roots communities to gain responsive votes.
Commander William H. S. Miller leads a large Legion contingent at 11 o clock morning services at Evangelical Lutheran church for the annual Go To Church observance. Rev. Charles F. Trunk Jr. delivers the sermon on Christ's Plan For Living assisted by Rev. Dale E. Burrington with acolyte Joseph H. Holdcraft. Girl Scout Sunday and auxiliary members participate as part of the post event.
Mary Jane Shockley married Harry R. Sanders Jr in a Calvary Methodist ceremony. The bride wore Chantilly lace with beige suit later, and Rev. E William Hall officiated. Out-of-town guests attended from Baltimore and Washington as the reception followed at the Parish Hall.
Fifty years ago this column recalls a judge James McShery leaving for Johns Hopkins Hospital after illness. It also mentions a fire on West Second Street and a discussion of international policy under the Eisenhower Doctrine, comparing past U.N. actions, Monroe Doctrine, and current U.N. resolutions. The piece mixes local events with global commentary.
Twenty five cadets from the Washington area were rescued after a 4 hour Coast Guard search for a 50 foot cabin cruiser bound from Norfolk to Washington. The vessel found in the St Marys River near the Chesapeake Bay mouth with seas rough and winds to 45 miles per hour. The cadets under Lt Cmdr W L Quilliber were aboard on loan from the Navy and will bring the boat to Alexandria next weekend.
Margaret Rudkin, once a Wall Street buyer and aspiring journalist, built Pepperidge Farm from a kitchen loaf to a nationwide bread and baked goods company. She hired neighbors, expanded to seven plants, 500 workers, and a projected 15 million dollar annual business, arguing middle aged women can start ventures with cooperative spouses and strong people skills.
March 17, 1937. Weather notes report snow in northern county and Frederick reached by squalls. Local high school sports saw Frederick beat Hagerstown 18 15 in OT to advance in PAL tourney. Legion group supported building a new high school. Crimes include a man sentenced to six months for carrying a concealed weapon and youths convicted of auto theft and breaking and entering. Several traffic fines listed with names and ages.
A Frederick reader criticizes the mayor over parking meters and warns the town may become a ghost town after the bypass. E Barthlow argues meters harm welfare, while Exely Yingling thanks the Jaycees for the Hometown Home Show and community spirit in Frederick.
Lesson style column covers misused words and vocabulary growth. Kings Daughters Bible class met March 3 at Mr and Mrs Holden Felton with 17 members and 4 visitors, a covered dish supper, a rummage sale planned for May 10, and a group recited the Lord's Prayer in unison. A brief note mentions Bolivia gaining sea access with a 200 mile oil pipeline to move crude from landlocked lands to Chile.
Miss Bowers is to wed Dr. Dolan this Saturday in Memphis Tennessee. The families announce the wedding and set preparations in the approaching ceremony.
Lawrence discusses the engagement of Betsy Firestone Bowers daughter of Dr and Mrs Ralph Firestone Bowers of Memphis and Nashville. Dr Daniel L Dolan of Vanderbuilt University and Tullahoma is a grandson of Mrs E C Axline Richmond Heights Missouri. The couple plan marriage after Vanderbilt nursing and medical degrees.
Mr and Mrs George E Moser of Woodsboro announce the engagement of their daughter Catherine Virginia to John Franklin Stone son of Mr and Mrs Frank Stone Jr of RFD 3 The wedding is planned for late this month
James Ely of West Fifth Street narrowly escaped losing his right eye after a stone rolled from a cart and struck him at the East Street brickwork yard operated by Frank Brooker. The blow caused profuse bleeding and immediate concern for injury.
Miss Ellen Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs C Edward Smith East Eighth street has returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital where she was a surgical patient. Also noted is Martin Hartenck 226 Wact appears in the text.
ENTEBBE Uganda March 10 Nixon said the Hungarian events caused revulsion among Africa's educated and set back Communist movement. The press conference noted a strengthened anti communism in Morocco Ghana Liberia and Uganda. Also mentioned were local birthday notices and visits by officials as part of a North Africa Africa tour. Eisenhower aims to leave for Florida to recover from a cold.
fragmentary notice reports Mrs J William Strine improving after hospitalization at Frederick Memorial Hospital while Mrs Homer D Kepler returns home. scattered data shows stock quotes from Alex Brown and Sons with bids and asks, mentions of Frederick Memorial Hospital and local residents’ health statuses amid garbled OCR.
At the midpoint of his Africa tour President Nixon announced Indiana became the first major industrial state to prohibit labor-union shop contracts. The move brings 18 states with right-to-work laws, as Indiana eyes two more states this year. Governors and unions react as lawmakers debate the labor issue nationwide. Nixon also discussed Liberia Egypt Sudan and Nile waterpower plans.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the French that Britain aims to move closer to Europe not withdraw. He spoke in Paris with Selwyn Lloyd after talks with Prime Minister Guy Mollet and Foreign Minister Christian Pineau about reorganizing forces in Germany to be more efficient and less costly.
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