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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1959
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes show a local Frederick Maryland newspaper page dated Friday March 2 1956. The text references circulation rates subscriptions and Bureau of Circulation statements with partial lines about memberships and rates. It provides no clear incident or event.
A survey shows embezzlers average 35 year old married with children and rising to positions of authority. Billions lost yearly raise prices, and 20 businesses fail annually due to theft while some firms accept risk for publicity.
The article notes a Purim observance at Beth Sholom synagogue with services starting at 6 30 pm. It discusses Treasury finance, rising deficits, and bank lending trends as Uncle Sam seeks funds from taxes and new money issues amid a slack business climate. A subsequent court change of venue and a deed recording are also mentioned.
From the March issue of the Old Town paper: an electric alarm on the Independent automobile engine sounds loudly to warn pedestrians. A Helles Lettres Society debate voted 2-1 affirmative that the world is growing better. Rick Taylor defeated Jack Fichtner in wrestling. A preliminaries match featured Kid Rogers vs Donz Houck. Trustees advertise a Reich and Co sale with pocketbooks, baseball bats, wallets, and postcards on sale.
A 1939 roundup notes wrecks near Point of Rocks with two Baltimore and Ohio trains derailed and about 400 young chicks burned in a brood house fire on the Seventh Street Pike near Frederick. Other items include Purim observances at Beth Sholom, a Willing Workers class meeting at Brook Hill church, a Juvenile Court hearing in Urbana, and an Ornithologists meeting in Frederick with Dr. Robert Holdenried presenting ecology studies.
The column discusses Holy Week from Palm Sunday to Easter, with religious reflections on Gethsemane and sacrifice. It recalls historical Fridays rich in significance, listing notable dates and events linked to Fridays. It also reports the Misherry Memorial gym project at St. John’s High School funded by the McSherry family.
A Frederick community notice recalls Easter traditions and laments graveyard thefts of flowers. It cites Maryland law penalties for trespass and defacement and urges public vigilance to protect burial lots and community memory.
Graceham Moravian Church hosts Palm Sunday services with a morning litany and choral singing including The Hosanna, Jerusalem, and other selections. An evening Sacred musicale features pieces on Saviour events from Maundy Thursday to the Ascension under James L. Fisher. Passion readings precede nightly Holy Week services at 7:30.
The Fort Detrick news column outlines preparations for a May 9 gala with exhibits led by Captain Jerome E. Taylor and Colonel Rechtold. It also covers the Fort Detrick Ladies Club Mad Hatter contest winners, floral demonstrations, a Do It Yourself table arrangement event, and plans to send scientists to the American Bacteriologists meeting in St. Louis. Basketball and bowling results, honors for staff, and new arrivals are listed, including births at Frederick Memorial and Walter Reed hospitals.
Fort Detrick social column reports Dr. Edwin V. Hill returning from Naval duty at Bethesda and Frank Wagner on active duty in Pensacola. It notes birthdays, weddings, new cars, moves, and illness among local residents with brief notices, plus a March 28 officers’ social planned and a science meeting set for April 3 at Hood College.
Joseph T Carey Sr 37 of Brunswick died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by widow Frances Taulton Carey son Joseph T Carey Jr brother Vernon C Carey sister Jean E Huff. Funeral at Brownsville Church of the Brethren led by Rev Newton Poling. Interment in church cemetery. Philip T Hoover 88 of Wolfsville died at home after two days illness. Survived by brother Samuel L Hoover sisters Sarah L Unger Ura L Hoover Haven Horne. Summnel held at Minnith funeral home Smithsburg. Interment in United Brethren cemetery Wolfsville.
Mrs Cora Mas Repp 7 year widow of William O Repp of Johnsville died Thursday at 9 15 am in the Alexander Nursing Home Union Bridge after a long illness. She was born in Frederick County daughter of the late Jacob H Diehl and Clara Snook Diehl. Surviving are Harold F Repp Lenore Rupppert and Clarence W Repp. She belonged to Old Order German Baptist Church of Beaver Dam. Body at Union Bridge funeral home. Services Sunday at Beaver Dam Church at 2 pm. Interment Beaver Dam Church Cemetery. Flowers omitted per request.
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Irene Gallagher widow of Joshua T Gallagher formerly of Baltimore were held at the Maryland Odd Fellows in the city Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev E William Wall officiated with pallbearers Maurice A Ramsburg Charles Peddicord William R Zimmerman and F R Smith Jr. Interment followed in Druid Ridge cemetery Pikesville. M R Etchison and Son funeral directors.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. celebrated its centennial in Baltimore with the Tri-State Packers Association presenting a plaque to William F. Leach, president of A P's Atlantic Division, praising leadership in food retailing. Edward F. Mull of the Frederick News Post attended. The luncheon noted the public will spend about 70 billion dollars on food this year.
Hampstead Youth for Christ hosts a showing of The Crimson Shadow next Saturday at Greenmount Church one mile north of Hampstead. Dr Frederick C Schwartz, a leading analyst of Communist ideology, explains the philosophy while Earl W Schattz Jr, Hampstead UFC director, meets with nine youth leaders from across the nation. Senator Frank Carissa in Kansas coordinates the event.
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