North End fights for park and citywide bond plans
City leaders and North End Civic Association met to discuss Staley Park and expanded recreational facilities for north and northwest neighborhoods. The session included officials and residents, with the police chief’s resignation noted and a schedule of four upcoming meetings before March. Separate $600,000 bond bids to fund sewer, street, and water projects and a water tank were outlined with instructions for independent bids tied to the two bond issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End Civic Association
NECA
Staley Park
John Morgan
James A. Grove
Alton Y. Bennett
Charles P. Staley
Stephen S. Langley
Arthur H. Lambert
H. Douglas Stup Jr
Police Department
Chamber of Commerce
McCurdy Field
East Street
Agor
Linden Hills
Catoctin Avenue
Bids on bonds and assault case headline update
The city requires combined bids with a $12000 certified check to secure bids on two bond issues. If bids tie on both issues, apportionment or selection by mayor and aldermen applies, with the mayoral discretion ensuring both issues go to one bidder. Also reported is the arrest of Kenneth Blizzard for assault and a civil suit by Roger B. Fout Jr seeking $1500, alleging a December collision with a parked truck on Jefferson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Zimmerman
Niles, Barton, Morrow and Yost
Baltimore
Roger B. Fout, Jr
Rivervale
N. J
B. W. Thompson
Jefferson Street
Frank Savaulla
John McCabe
McCabe
High School Dept Abandoned by Frederick Academy
Frederick’s Academy of the Visitation announced this week it will drop the High School Department starting next September. Only elementary and intermediate grades will be offered, with the Class of 1950 allowed to finish there. Future students must seek high school elsewhere, though day and music programs will stay in the elementary track. The academy, with 62 boarding capacity and 120 total, cites abundant Catholic boarding schools for high school and steady demand for elementary education.
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Frederick Academy of the Visitation
Frederick
Non Catholics Across America and Abroad
A fragment notes widespread non Catholic presence across many U S regions and foreign countries, reflecting religious diversity and influence beyond Catholic communities. The sentence underscores broad geographic spread without detailing events or figures.
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America
Alleged Train Robber Sues B and O for Damages
Washington March 1894 One of two young men charged with a Baltimore and Ohio train holdup filed a $50,000 damages suit against the railroad claiming intoxication and negligence. George L Duke Ashton aged 20 says the Ambassador Limited crew served him drinks and an agent provoked an argument over drinks near Martinsburg West Virginia. Ramsdell 22 wounded in capture, is hospitalized. Robbery victims report about $1,000 taken from passengers and crew.
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Washington
Baltimore & Ohio
George L. “Duke” Ashton
Ashton
Lyman
Skip” Ramsdell
West Virginia
Martinsburg
W. Va
Webster
West Virginia Robbery Indictments Tie Ohio Pair to RICO Case
Ashton and Ramsdell, both from Youngstown, Ohio, are indicted in West Virginia under the Federal anti racketeering statute. The maximum penalty for robbery in West Virginia is life imprisonment, though other charges cap at 20 years. They are to be transported to Fairmount, West Virginia, for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ashton
Ramsdell
Fairmount
W. Va
Trek
Youngstown
Ohio
Middletown Water Rents Increased
The Burgess and Middletown Commissioners announce a 25 percent across the board rise in water rents due to higher operating and maintenance costs. Effective April 1 1949, rents for within corporate limits rise from 12 to 15 annually. outside limits from 1500 to 1975. commercial and single faucet users also face a 25 percent increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess and Commissioners of
Middletown
Former Bank Official of Annapolis Sentenced
Baltimore reports that John Benjamin Holliday Jr., a 49 year old former vice president and treasurer of the Annapolis Banking and Trust Company, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for embezzlement and account manipulation. The offenses occurred in 1946 totaling about $11,900 in shortages amid bond redemption schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John Benjamin Holliday, Jr
Annapolis Banking and Trust Company
W. Calvin Ches Vt
Annapolis
Holliday
Holliday not indicted by Anne Arundel grand jury
From Annapolis reports, several residents urged leniency and probation for Holliday. Judge Chesnut noted the county grand jury had not acted and criticized Annapolis attitudes. In a separate item, Dr Karl J McGrath, new U S Commissioner of Education, said sex education should be taught in secondary schools and colleges with more focus than standard biology courses.
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Holliday
Annapolis
Chesnut
Anne Arundel County
Washington
Karl J. McGrath
U. S
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Frank J. Tyeryar
East South St
Eernae
Nicodemus Paint Store
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Meatthuark
Storm & Shipley
Market & Second Sts
The
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Verdi
E. Patrick St
Stoffer Insurance Agency
Williamson's Drug Store Prescription Service
Frederick, Md
Levy
Ake
Better Homes Equip. Co
Pittsburgh Paint Products
Texolite
Frederick City
George M. Chapline
Chapline
Patrick St.fred
P. B. Roop
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Gordon W. Spurrier
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Carroll Theatre Bldg
Westminster
Manhattan Cleaners
North Market St
Frederick, Maryland
A. A. Lough
Ahea
Trucks Cour
Nash
Ford
Dodge
Lawson Motor
Sales New Market, Md
Walter Snow
Optometrist
Garfinckel’s F St
Washington, D.C
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Proiral Meterve System and
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