New Books at Artz Library and Easter Hours
The Artz Library lists new titles including God So Loved im a World by Elizabeth Goudge, What You Should Know About Biological Warfare, Handbook of Early American Decoration, Musical Comedy in America, Your Body How to Keep It Healthy. The library closes Friday and Easter Monday but opens Saturday 1 6 and 7 2 p m with usual hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Goudge
Jesus
God
Miss Goudge Beleves
Palestine
Mary
United States
Frederickton
Lans
Camp Detrick
Edith Cramer
America
Cecil Smith
South Pacific
John W. Tebbel
New Yorkers see televised inquiry into city corruption and Costello
New Yorkers watched a Senate crime committee session exposing city figures, including Frank Costello, as faces on screen limited to his hands while the drama of the inquiry unfolded. The broadcast drew shopkeepers away from sales, signaling a collective reckoning with governance and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Frank Costello
Tammany Hall
Costello
New York
Need To Know When General Bundley Warns On Unpredictable War Outcome
The piece argues for complete truth from public figures during war and economic swings. It says citizens deserve full facts to judge, express opinions, and adjust actions, criticizing leaders who shield or mislead during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bundley
Kores
United States
Semester Recital At Hood Well Received
Hood College music students performed a semester recital in Brodbeck Hall featuring piano organ violin and vocal pieces. Thirteen students participated including Detis Simpson and Sally Bowers of Frederick with selections by Grieg and Invention in D Minor. Also listed are Lorraine Ilan Joann Raubenhold Mary-Lou Springhorn Dorothy Rost Lavinia Hussey Ruth Jackson Mitzi Weil Ruth Matthews Francine Dondershine Marilyn Koch and Margaret Whitmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Detis Simpson
Sally Bowers
Frederick
N. J
Joan Raubenhold
York
Mary-Lou Springhorn
Bogota
Dorothy Rost
Maywood
Lavinia Hussey
Presque Isle
Ruth Jackson
Jamaica
N. Y
Mitzi Weil
Garden City
Ruth Matthews
Cambridge
Francine Dondershine
Irvington
Marilyn Koch
Union
Margaret Whitmore
Woodstock
The Glory of the Cross Poem by G Rexford Raymond
Palm Sunday hymns and the Last Supper are evoked as the cross looms in stormy skies. The speaker rejects death, quoting I have overcome the world, and portrays Christ as savior whose love spreads worldwide. The poem emphasizes repentance and transformation through the crucifixion sacrifice.
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Christ
God
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News March 21 790
Local column summary notes decisions by the mayor and aldermen to pay semi annual $200 stipends to Junior Independent and United firemen. Water rents adjusted by ordinance. Harry C. Keeler elected Frederick library trustee replacing the late James M. Hood. Frederick election bill under Senate approval 14 to 11, House next. Rumor of another jeans factory. not operating this summer, ready next year. Woodsboro Savings Bank bids opened soon. Lorraine Hollis Company continues Opera House. last night Mr Barnes of New York melodrama drew a small crowd.
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Harry C. Keeler
Frederick
James M. Hood
Senate
Cty
Woodsboro Savings Bank
Lorraine Hollis
Opera House
Mr. Barnes
New
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News Columns
Twenty Years Ago Of The News for March 21 1931 notes the death of EARLE B WOOD a Frederick native educator and lawyer aged 49 at his Burdette Montgomery County home. He formerly served as Montgomery County superintendent of schools. A delegation including County Commissioners and School Superintendent Palmer met Gov Ritchie to seek extra state funds for public schools. Mr and Mrs John F Danner sold their 108 Eighth Street property to Mr and Mrs Irving Ramsburg who will reside there. Community Lenten services are planned daily all Holy Week from 12 30 to 1 p m Evangelical Reformed Church Rev Thomas Guthrie Speers to be the first speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle B. Wood
Frederick
Burdette
Montgomery County
Board of County Commissioners
Palmer
Ritchie
Frederick County
John F. Danner
Eighth Street
Irving
Ramsburg
Evangelical Reformed Church
Thomas Guthrie Speers
May December romance and Dutch treat guidance
Dorothy Dix advises that a 18 year old in love with a 50 year old faces a tough odds but calls the match unusual and notes potential lifelong adjustment issues. She suggests couples resolve living, finances, in laws, work, religion, politics, and babies before marriage, then offers Dutch treat guidance for girls and peers.
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass D D
An essay on automatic retribution argues that harming others harms the doer. Hatred and jealousy injure the hater, while a malicious scandal erodes the perpetrator's own peace. Evil acts erase parts of one’s own character, leaving a hurtful mark and loneliness as natural consequences.
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Babson Newspaper
Retail trade in Frederick county 1948 receipts total 50 million
The 1948 U S Census of Business shows Frederick county retail receipts from customers at 757 establishments reached 50 139 000 with payroll 4 055 000 and 2 483 workers. Frederick city had 331 establishments and 31 644 000 in sales. Brunswick 53 and 3 653 000. Details by group include food stores, automotive, apparel, and general merchandise with county totals and city breakdowns.
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Frederick County
U. S
Frederick City
Brunswick
Myersville Good Friday Hymn Sing Planned
Myersville Evangelical United Brethren church will hold a Good Friday hymn sing at 7 53 p.m. with the theme Hymns of the Cross. Sponsored by the Women's Society of World Service for the Youth Fellowship the program includes congregational singing and special music by mixed and male quartets a solo and a duet.
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Myersville
Blair crosses Atlantic in 7 hours 48 minutes in Mustang flight
Q How long did Charles Blair Jr. take for his Atlantic crossing The answer states he piloted a converted Mustang from New York to London in 7 hours 48 minutes at 17000 feet covering about 450 miles per hour The quiz also covers Lot's wife the slash pine growth Arkansas Traveler origin and a Homestake mine gold figure.
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Charles ¥. Blair Jr
Atlantic
Blair
American Airlines
New York
London
Easter Communion Service At Hood College
Miss Dorothy Handley will sing Were You There at a special Easter communion service in Brodbeck Hall Hood College with YWCA sponsorship. President Andrew G. Truxal presides, Sarah Parker in charge, Ruth McKean publicity chair. Also listed are altar workers Barbara Weaver Betsy Zelt organist Myrna Hays and others. Spring vacation begins Thursday noon. Classes resume April 4.
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Dorothy Handley
Charles M. Handley
Madison Street
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Andrew G. Truxal
Sarah Parker
Ramsey
N. J
Ruth McKean
Pittsfield
Mass
Dee Smith
Pittsburgh
Barbara Weaver
Frederick
Betsy Zelt
Blanche Boniface
Atlantic City
Myrna Hays
Greensburg
County Child Killed By Auto
Five year old Richard Wayne Wisner son of Frances Webb of Thurmont died after being struck by a northbound car on Route 15 near his home. The driver Joseph Waddell Stevenson 49 of Frederick said the child ran into the road. The boy died at Frederick Memorial Hospital from severe shock about three hours later. Survived by mother and half brother Larry Haines with grandmother Mrs Esther Webb Thurmont. Funeral at Thurmont United Brethren Church Friday at two. Interment in Thurmont cemetery. Funeral directors M L Creager and Son.
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Richard Wayne Wisner
Frances Grace Webb
Thurmont
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick Man
Joseph Waddell Stevenson
West Third Street
Frederick
Maryland State School For
Kenneth Bond
Wisner
Eyler
Bobby Bond
Bobby
Route 15
Bond
Larry Haines
Esther Webb
Thurmont United Brethren Cemetery
Ivan G. Naugle
M. L. Creager and Son
Deaths and obituaries appear in Maryland area notices
Several obituaries and death notices list Dr George S Crawford Mrs Emms Frances Huffer Leonard L Mitchel and others. The notices provide ages addresses dates and family survivors with funeral arrangements and burial details across Frederick Emmitsburg Middletown and Rockville communities.
Bettie W. Haines Dies at Home in Virginia
Bettie Williams Haines widow of D. Bruce Haines and native of Fountain Mills died March 14 at her home near Winchester Virginia aged 93. Survived by two sons Lester C. Haines Capon Bridge WV and Bryan Haines Winchester and a daughter Blanche Lovett Capon Bridge. Funeral services were held at the late residence with Rev. W A Wright officiating. Interment Mount Hebron cemetery Winchester. C M Waltz funeral director. Side Glances friends may call after 4 p m today. Funeral services Thursday 2 p m at Marvin Chapel church with final rites at 2:30 p m. Rev James C. Haskin will officiate. Interment in church cemetery.
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Emmzt F. Huffer
Emms Frances Huffer
D. Carlton Huffer
Broad Run
George and
Elizabeth Walth Jones
Stella Jones
Ohio
Cecilia Lutman
Nellie Boyer
Middletown
Harry Huffer
Brunswick
Paul Huffer
Knoxville
Calvin Huffer
Sarah Sigler
Boonsboro
Burkittsville Lutheran Church
Martin L. Zirkle
Middletown Lutheran Cemetery
Gladhill Co
Leonard L. Mitchel
Leonard Leo Mitchell
Route 1
Emmitsburg
Frederick Emergency Hospital
Robert
Annie Craig Mitchell
Catherine Johnson
Chester
Henrietta Mitchell
Mercersburg
Ruth Mitchell
New York City
Fred Ivey
St Anthony's Catholic Church
Allison Funeral Home
Stanley Scatft
Mountain View Cemetery
Joseph E. Cain
Mary Viola Cain
Frederick County
Henry
Virginia Skeggs
John ©. Cain
Taft Pickett
Randallstown
Emory J. Cain
Airy
Lester E. Cain
Frederick
Ada Hoffman
Baltimore
Clarke Skeggs
Woodlawn
Clarence
Roy
Prank
Roy Skeays
Mt. Airy
Ssate Residence
Marvin Chapel Church
James C. Haskin
C. M. Waltz
Bettie W. Haines
Bettie Williams Haines
D. Bruce Haines
Fountain Mills
Winchester
James H
Eveline Williams
Lester C. Haines
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Bryan Haines
Blanche Lovett
W. A. Wright
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Funerals for three local residents held this week
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Janet Cassell formerly of Thurmont who died in Philadelphia. Clay Lester Bittle of near Middletown had services at Grossnickle Church of the Brethren with multiple nieces as pallbearers. Ada Grace Derr died Sunday and funeral rites were held at the East Patrick Street funeral home with interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Interment for Cassell and Derr occurred at their respective cemeteries.
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Mary Janet Cassell
Thurmont
Philadelphia
Creager
Clay Lester Bittle
Middletown
Ada Grace Derr
East Patrick Street
Paul L. Althouse
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Evangelical Reformed Church
Lee Sanders
Luther Bell
Millard Brust
Russell Rhinehart
Edward Boyer
John Grice
Ill says multiple patients undergoing surgery in Baltimore and Frederick
Several local residents are listed for hospital care and surgeries. Mary Anna Creager Sands underwent an appendectomy March 16 at Bon Secours Hospital Baltimore and plans to return home Wednesday. Maurice Blank had major surgery March 12 at Church Home and Hospital Baltimore and is progressing satisfactorily. Mrs. C Wilbur Stup remains under observation after injuries from a November auto accident. Joyce Crouse and Thomas Hood are in Baltimore and Martinsburg hospitals for observation and planned procedures. Mrs. Blank stayed with Stockman family in Baltimore last week. C E Wisner transferred to Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation. Luther Gilbert of Braddock is treated at Frederick after a heart attack at the Ox Fibre Brush Co. plant. condition satisfactory.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Blank
Raymond Stockman
Baltimore
Wilbur Stup
Frederick
Route 3
Joyce Crouse
Irvin Crouse
University Hospital
Allen Woshell
Thomas Hood
East South Street
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. E Wisner
West South Street
Luther Gilbert of
Braddock
Frederick Erick Memorial Hospital
Tuestaken
Ox Fibre Brush Co
Maryland Adds Seventh Congressional District in Baltimore City
Governor McKeldin signed the bill creating Maryland's seventh district, officially establishing it in Baltimore City. The action was announced from Annapolis on March 21, detailing the reorganization of the state's congressional boundaries.
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Annapolis
Maryland
McKeldin
Baltimore City
From the Potomac to Washington March 21
Representative J Glenn Beall reports in Washington that the Senate passed universal military training and drafting for 18 year olds by 79 to 18. House bills would set the age at 18 to 44, while President Truman’s emergency powers plan to reorganize defense agencies was rejected in the House by 227 to 167. The piece notes concerns about executive overreach and RFC reforms, plus wartime shortages and rising costs impacting soldiers and sailors amid ongoing conflict. A separate Milan windstorm kills 13 children and injures 29 as a garden wall collapses in Italy.
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Washington
J. Glenn Beall
Congress
6Th
Maryland
Senate
House
Army Services Committee
Truman
House of the
REC
Maki
Agen
Re Canfield
New Jersey
Army
Navy
Ridgway
Korea
38Th Parall
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Robert H Ola
Mr and Mrs Robert H Ola of 242 East Third Street announce the birth of a son Robert ward on March 13 at Frederi Memorial Hospital. Miss Mary E Mather a Hood College home economics professor spoke in Washington at a National Conference of State Home Economic Supervisors reporting on the Teach Education Conference held in Washington. She noted educators met to discuss teacher education. On March 31 Miss Mather will attend the Maryland State Home Economics Association meeting at the University of Maryland Park.
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Robert H. Ola
East Third Street
Robert Ward
Frederi Memorial Hospital
Mary E. Mather
Hood Colle
Washington
Mi Mather
Maryland State Home Econoics Association
University of Maryla Park
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Heaven
The
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Curier and Ives
Homestake
Lead
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College
Dopey Sisters Club
Rose Bowl
Hagerstown
Josephine Cody
Dorothy Wilhide
Oklahoma City
William E. Cook, Jr
Alcatraz
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Illinois
B. T. Webster
Shorty
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Crawford
George S. Crawford
Locust Street
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Frederick and
Braddock Heights
Hollywood Hospital
Hollywood
Fla
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Lulu L Sweeney
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York, Pa
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Edward WH
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R. R. Griffiths
Grandview Cemetery
Grandview Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Battleship Maine Council No 45
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Frank A. Tyler
Rockville
Margaret L. Tyler
Julia O'Hara
Upperville
Rockville Methodist Church
John
Jackie
Milan
Italy
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