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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1955
Page
2
Newspaper item notes the date Tuesday March 15 with archival reference. Details are fragmentary but indicate a public notice or event listing in the Frederick Maryland edition carried from the ee News file. The exact content and scope remain unclear from the fragments available.
An U S News & World Report overview shows New York City contending with population shifts to the suburbs, rising tax burdens, and traffic congestion. Officials warn that financial strain mirrors challenges facing other aging American cities as middle incomes move outward.
Parents claim negligence after Janet Moore six killed crossing near Washington Street School. The letter argues lack of school patrols and unsafe car loading practices endangered young pedestrians and calls for stricter rules on parent parking and car pickup to protect children.
A letter from John Glassford and Mrs Katie Glassford of Frederick Md dated March 15 argues that private cars must be restricted near Washington Street School during student arrival and departure. They urge officer supervised traffic in the area, noting a junior safety patrol outside the school enclosure was abandoned and contributed to a child’s death, claiming negligence and demanding immediate action.
Mr and Mrs L Charles Stottler of Fairplay announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Jane to D Charles Flook Jr son of Mrs J D Charlies Flook Sr and the late Mr Flook Petersville They expect to wed April 9.
The Zonta club met Monday night at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with a preceding board meeting and dinner. Miss Hal Lee Ott read the collect and Mrs. E. Ken Hersperger presided. Routine committee reports were heard and Dr. Clara P. McMahon of Hood College will speak March 21.
Fifty years ago pupils at the male high school organized a cadet corps and planned uniforms for the entire unit before Maryland Day. Jay W. Toms commanded the cadets with Lewis A. Woodward as first lieutenant. A debating team was chosen by the Belles Lettres Society including Albert Holtz Herman Ordeman Jay Toms William Delaplaine and Robert Humm as alternates. Fire destroyed three Brunswick dwellings starting at R C Pearrell’s residence on Wenner's Hill, with water drawn by hand from a 28 foot well and pumped up the hill to reach the flames. two adjoining houses were saved. MRS A C McCardell was elected president of Frederick City Hospital Association. new long distance telephone and emergency room funds announced. EDGAR KENT LEGG JR resigned as manager of C and P Telephone Co Frederick County to take a clerical job in Baltimore with an insurance firm. Trinity M E Church South patrons responded by a large audience at Junior Hall for a musical evening featuring local talents.
Twenty years ago items note a Brunswick faction opposing Lynch Gross for post master at a Frederick County meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee. Other items: sugar corn growers receive a $2 per ton price rise. Stephen Horine, Burkittsville farmer, hospitalized after illness found by rural carrier. burglary at Mrs Nora Morningstar’s Burkittsville home with chickens stolen.
Washington March 15 A B 57 jet crash at Beallsville Maryland February 8 cost Air Force First Lieut Masaru Dick Uyehara his right leg. Pilot Captain William S Todd was killed. Uyehara recalls the moments before ejecting and losing his leg in the crash. He spent days in Bethesda Naval Hospital and plans to pursue dental school at USC.
Rev A Furnell Bailey exhorts readers to see the church as a living tree built from countless unseen sacrifices by members past and present. Each departed Christian adds a vital fibre to the church, ensuring its strength to serve the world as part of Christ’s body.
Two Sutton West Virginia men were fined twenty dollars and costs each by Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield in Peoples Court. Robert A. Wilson faced charges of displaying plates belonging to another vehicle and operating without a license, fined ten and ten dollars respectively. Dana Jenkins was charged with permitting an unauthorized person to operate a car and displaying plates issued to another vehicle, fined ten dollars on each charge. Twenty days in jail on default of payment was set. State Police sergeant C D Mades arrested them one mile west of Frederick on US 40.
Letters of administration issued in Orphans Court for Maurice E Gartrell estate. A brother Charles G Gartrell of Mt Airs among heirs. Four brothers and four sisters are named as heirs. No valuation listed.
Mrs Calvin Coolidge widow of the late President is listed as a patient at Cooley Dickson Hospital. Dr Hugh Tatlock reports her condition not serious. She entered the hospital late yesterday.
Washington editorial notes McClellan and McCarthy accuse United Nations members of shipping jet fuel to Communist China via Hong Kong firms like Far Eastern Enterprises. The piece labels Britain’s Hong Kong policy as undermining U.N. unity and suggests Anglo American tensions could threaten the UN’s future and global stance on Korea.
Senator Beall says an order deporting 66 year old Baltimore grandmother Matrona G. Karpuk should be reversed soon. He plans to reintroduce a bill to allow her to stay in the United States after her 1960 McCarran act deportation for alleged subversive group membership. Attorney General Brownell had ruled unwitting membership not enough to deport.
The Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Economy today criticised the financial program presented by Gov. McKeldin to the General Assembly in Annapolis. It warns the plan would produce a surplus of nearly 1 million dollars next year.
State officials hold approval until fire safety upgrades at the Frederick County Chronic Hospital, formerly Emergency Hospital, are completed. The building must install fire doors at both ends and a fire warning system before admitting new patients after a November 30 closure and service removal.
Security police said more arrests may be made in Sweden's latest roundup of Communist spy suspects. Unconfirmed reports indicated the espionage net might extend into other Scandinavian countries. Turns to courts Louisville and Nashville Railroad seeks legal relief to bolster passenger and freight service crippled by a 25,000 nonoperating employee strike.
Dr Edwin P Jordan notes many young women unhappy with breast size, often postchildbirth, with limited remedies. Hormone treatment may enlarge some cases but only when natural hormone is deficient and not widely advised. Includes reader questions on smoking, blood pressure spikes, tuberculosis care, and mucous tumors with medical guidance.
Mr and Mrs Orvis Staley of East Third announce Olivia Mary born Monday at Frederick Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds eight ounces. Mrs Staley is Mary Routzahn daughter of Charles Routzahn Rosemont avenue. Ezra Blank Jr formerly of this county now in Jacksonville Florida with U S Navy announces Debra Ann born February 24 at Main Side Hospital Jacksonville. They have a son Jerry. Mr Blanks foreign service ends in April after a four year enlistment. rest of service spent at Cecil Field and Bainbridge. Holmes Dutrow of Grant street announces Kathleen Elizabeth born at Frederick Memorial Hospital Saturday. Mrs Dutrow is Regina Davis daughter of T Marshall Davis Grant street.
Among the ill, Donald Shrewbridge of East Third Street returns home from the Veterans Administration Center in Martinsburg West Virginia after surgery on February 2. Arthur H. Cook of Ballenger Creek Road enters Church Home and Hospital in Baltimore for surgery Sunday. Mrs. Charles Bowman returns to Buckeystown after two weeks at Frederick Memorial Hospital where she had surgery and is improving. Barbara Barker nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Loraine Barrier of Mt Airy is admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital with rheumatic fever. Alvie O Zimmerman of East Sixth Street returns home from Frederick Memorial Hospital after surgery and is in satisfactory condition.
Carlos Myers of Brunswick spoke to the Jeffersonian Democratic Club at the Brunswick Moose Home on Monday evening outlining the party's role since Jefferson and the esteem of Democratic administrations. President Philip Beard announced committee appointments including Publicity and Membership and the meeting ended with a social hour.
A reflective piece on rising delinquency among youths, questioning what is wrong and whether the hopeful rules have been broken, amid concerns that early years are being stretched by troubling behavior. The writing invokes readers to consider societal impacts and guidance for younger generations.
A brief note suggests not everything has gone awry, hinting at partial progress or restored order in a broader situation. The text implies resilience and ongoing efforts without detailing specific events or actors.
The fourth annual Christian Citizenship contest sponsored by the International Society of Christian Endeavor and the Maryland Society closes with five entrants from the state. Judges will review each service record and a “Letter to My Congressman” from Beverly Priest, Keymar. Carolyn Dicker, Silver Springs. Joann Hollinger, Manchester. Madeline West, Berlin. and William Higgins, College Park. George P. Williams chairs, aided by Myron L. Bloom and others. a state winner will be chosen soon. A habeas corpus petition by Charles S. Tucker was dismissed by Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer.
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