43 000 For Gath Hall Restoration
Governor McKeldin approved a 43000 appropriation in the State capital improvement bill for alterations and additions to Gath Halls at Gathland State Park near Gapland. A community committee led by Burgess Garland Guyton pushed the project amid support from local figures and organizations. The site houses the Civil War Correspondents National Monument, often cited as the world’s only monument to war correspondents, rededicated at a recent ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore R. McKeldin
Gath
Gathland State Park
Gapsland
Jacob R- Barost
Ramsburg
Burkitsvilles
Burgess Garland Guyton
Piuvou. Gathland State Park
Ceremon
Hood Students Leave On Spring Vacation
Hood College hosts a busy break with 325 students departing for a week long spring vacation and planned return next Sunday. The campus will see activity as 600 teenagers arrive Monday for the Maryland Council of Student Library Clubs Spring Convention welcomed by Hood admissions director Crystal Gercken. Tuesday provides a Homemakers club annual meeting with Herbert N. Heston welcoming attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food College
Maryland Council of Student Library Clubs
Crystal Gercken
Hood
Cannell
1955 Frederick County Audit Ready For Distribution
The 1955 Frederick County audit has been prepared and sent to the County Commissioners for distribution to the public. The document outlines funds including Roads Board, Education, and Sheriff, and notes that 1956 audit may be completed earlier. It covers methods of recording revenues and expenses and mentions presentations at a county meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Cnmmic
James L. Rimler
Alocal Certified Public Accountant
Wor
Amincus
Yyorbert N. Heston
Jrepart
Andrew G. Truxal
Suate
Hood
Ralph
Grinner
James Werkfund
Roads Board Fund
Board of Tice Treacher
Tax Agency
Sheriff's Office
Monteigne and
Fredrerick County
Fined $100 For Taking Car In Baltimore Adolescent
A Baltimore youth was fined $100 and costs by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr for unauthorized use of an auto owned by Herman Brown of Rosemont Avenue. The case involved a March 16 incident with the Browns’ vehicle driven toward Frederick and Cumberland before returning near Baltimore. The narrative includes an auditor’s review of county expenditures and a list of local club members in Frederick County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Herman Brown
Rosemont Avenue
Edward Eugene Hamilton
Frederick
Cumberland
Hagerstown
U.S
Hamilton
Taj
Wolf
Robert T. Storer
Homemakers Rally Held At Hood College Meeting
About 50 homemakers from Frederick County are expected at Hood College for the annual gathering of the county council. A morning business session includes officer elections, followed by lunch at Coblentz Hall and an afternoon program headlined by University of Maryland professor Mrs. s Hester Beall Provensen. The Homemaker's Chorus, directed by Mrs. Donald Sullivan, will perform, and Rev. Clarence L. Beard will give the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs
Llunch
Coblentz Hall
S Hester Beall Provensen
Department of Speech
University of Maryland
Homemaker’s Chorus
Donald Sullivan
Sperry Storm
Bach
iWorld
E. J. Lorenz
Paul Willard
Clarence L. Beard
Brunswick Methodist Church
Light Snow On Catoctin Mountain Reported
Snow fell for about three quarters of an hour on parts of Catoctin Mountain Friday afternoon but did not lay. Heavy near the A T and T tower north of Gambrill State Park. no snow northward toward Foxville. Thick fog covered most mountain areas overnight. Temperatures fell below freezing in Frederick with a 30-degree minimum at the State Police barracks and a heavy frost this morning. Forecaster predicts cloudiness tonight and rain or showers by Sunday morning. Temperatures expected to rise milder on Sunday. Also reported a gold smuggling racket case in New York with Guy Vincent and four others pled guilty in a multi million dollar operation. Vincent is married to Betsy Von Furstenberg with a two year old daughter. Others sentenced: Joseph J. Boyle Cedric Janine and EB Ray Trenary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Louisiana
Detroit
Ford
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Mercury
Tme
U.S. Treasury
Wall Street
William McChesney Martin
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Catoctin Mountain
Herman Toms
Gambrilla State Park
Foxville
Frederick
Guy Vincent
Betsy von Furstenberg
Vincent
Thomas F. Murphy
Joseph J. Boyle
New York State
Cedric Janine
Man Shattan
EB. Ray Trenary
Day-Long Talks Between Day and Nasser in Cairo
In Cairo Day, Dag Hammarskjold and President Nasser opened a daylong set of negotiations on the Middle East dispute. Egypt favored creating an advisory body to arbitrate canal disputes while debates covered the Suez Canal, Gaza, Gulf of Aqaba, and GUNEF deployment. Nasser urged full canal tolls to Egypt, hinted at a maintenance fund, and consideration of user involvement. Legal holiday Maryland Day to close courts. London drug murder trial recess until Monday.
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Cairo
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Nasser
Middle East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Canal
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
GUNEF
Hammarskjold
Mahmoud Fawsi
Nasser l
Eayot
Yellow Springs School Dedication March 31
Eugene W. Pruitt former superintendent of schools will be guest speaker at the Yellow Springs elementary school dedication ceremony Sunday afternoon March 31. The eight room school opened in September and completed in January serving 250 students with principal Dwight Roy and seven teachers. Local officials and educators will attend as flags are presented by Legion and Amvets affiliates. The program includes remarks by Board of Education president Joseph F. Rhoderick and Superintendent James A. Sensenbaugh, with Rev. Harold A. Ammons giving the invocation and Rev. J. F. Myers giving the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene W. Pruitt
Yellow Springs
Dwight Roy
Roy
L. J. Keller
Joseph F. Rhoderick
Board of
Electronic Pigeons Go on Sale as Army Replaces Messengers
The Signal Corps auctions 2000 retired pigeons at 5 dollars a pair with a ten pair limit. Shoes of fame like G I Joe Yank and Caesar are being sent to zoos or museums. Postal birds had served since 1878 with 54 thousand during World War I. Joe flew 20 miles in 20 minutes to cancel a bomb plan in Italy. Yank served Gen Patton and Caesar logged 44 combat flights in North Africa.
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FT. Monmouth
Jnf
Corns
Union
Canada
Cuba
Signal Corps
Colvivecchia
Italy
George. Patton
Caesar
North Africa
Yellow Objects May Signal Fate of 67 Aboard Plane
The missing Boeing C97 bound from California to Japan prompts a wide search after reports of yellow life gear and dye markers sighted off Japan. Authorities caution objects may be seaweed mistaken for gear. The plane carried 57 aboard including 10 crew and one female dependent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Straver
Japan
Trora
Far East
Jeoast
California
Air Force
Pacific
Million Get Orders To Quit Work
London reports a snowball strike by industrial workers as one million men receive orders to walk out on the first day. Unions aim to broaden the action to 4,300 plants by April 6 unless settlements occur, seeking a 10 percent pay rise. Railways and shipyards show signs of negotiated settlement, with a 5 percent wage rise agreed for 370,000 railwaymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
National Union of Railwaymen
Government Commission
Four Teens Die In Speeding Car Crash In Baltimore Area
Four teenagers James Jackson 17 Robert Craig 18 both of Owings Mills Martin Wesley 16 and Chester Lee Joy 15 both of Reisterstown were killed when a speeding car left a two lane highway struck a tree near a suburban Baltimore stretch. Officers said speeds caused the crash and noted the other vehicle involved was unharmed. Jackson likely drove the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James Jackson
Robert Craig
Owings Mills
Martin Wesley
Chester Lee Joy
Reisterstown
Jackson
James McIntyre
Merrill Tarbert
McIntyre
Tarbert
Fire Tax Bill Heads to House For Middletown Vote
In Maryland a measure to allow a first fire tax for Middletown would require voter approval at the 1958 general election. The bill, backed by local groups and State Senator Ramsburg, passed third reading in the Senate and moves to the House of Delegates. Three Carroll county bills also cleared the Senate, including county manager appointment, medical scholarships with service clauses, and trainer property assessment exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
State Senate
House of Delegates
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Middletown
Carroll County
House
Senate
Frisco Area Jolted By New Quake Aftershock
San Francisco and the bay area were jolted by a 12 14 a m aftershock following yesterday’s big quake. A midtown fire worsened by the tremor left fifty displaced and three slight injuries while seismologists labeled the event unknown in cause pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bay Area
Bur Asst
Bruno Bassi
Bassi
John Weber
S. J
Santa Clara University
Golden Gate
Daly City
University of California
Berkeley
Sacramento
Hollister
San Jose
San Andreas
Conference Ends Today in Bermuda Aims for Final Accord
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan moved to conclude the Bermuda conference with signs that British American rifts are healed and a working world partnership is restored. A final morning meeting may occur, with Eisenhower planning a Washington departure tomorrow and Macmillan staying to confer with Canadian PM Louis St Laurent. secrecy governed the day as leaders discussed military defense and global economic issues and potential U S countermeasures to counter Soviet power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker's Town
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Washington
Canberra
Louis St. Laurent
Eilsenhower
Britain
U. S
Free World
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Gath Hall
Maryland Assembly
Pote
General Assembly
Ap Menead
PME AC Ueeier Wuncey
Herbert N. Heston
Pige Eens Rae Gern
Beatrice Fehr
Frederick City
Lewistown
Fort Detrick
George Alfred Townsend
Crampton’s Gap
Frederick County Historical Society
State Department of Forests and Parks
Aj Sioners
Joseph F. Kaylor
Haa
Govi Fund
Guyton
Charles F. Bowers
Charles K. Tay
Paul McAuliffe
Joseph. F
Rhoderick
Fred Said
Erick County
Washington County
Gov
Bowers
Department
Townsend
War Correspondents
Dullamycumuly
James Barnes
Emory Comer
Edith Flanigan
Woodsboro
Edwin Free
Thurmont
Frank Gladhill
Lacey Gladhill
Gardner Gremillion
John Harris Jr
Gambrill Park
LeRoy Hildebrand
Woods‘boro
Bryce Hopkins
Freder
Ick City
Austin Kelly
Earl Kelly
Pleasant
Sotie Warn
Famhill
Saul
Auugust Seickmann
Urbana
Henry Sheffler
Mirs Peter Sicilia
G. Palmer Snook
Adamstown
Harry Staley
Charlesville
Herbert Staley
Rosedale
Howard Stup
Gameril Park
Phillips D. Thayer
Richard Wenzel
John Cramer
East Frederick
Homemakers
Dorothy Lassetter
Maryland
John Bodkins Adams
U.ss.r
Aleutipn
MATS
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Ralph S. Fitez
Carrie Eshuff
Emmitsburg
Shelbyville, Tenn
Sovearold
Simon Warder
Alabama
Warner
Pocomoke City
Pennsylvania Railroad
U.S. 13
Frisco
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