Homemakers Meet Sets Leadership Theme At Hood College
The 37th annual Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs meets at Hood College on Wednesday with guest speakers Miss Margaret Oliver and Mrs. J Homer Remsberg. A luncheon draws a large crowd. a tailoring class fashion show, choir, and exhibits follow. Committees named for program, luncheon, and tellers, with officers to be elected from among 35 clubs and over 1,200 members.
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Frederick County Council of Homemakers’ Clubs
Hood College
Margaret Oliver
J. Homer Remsberg
National Council of Homemakers Clubs
Remsberg
Middletown
Andrew G. Truxal
Beatrice Fehr
Mary A.’ Thomas
Robert Kline
Russell Strube
Urbana Club
E. Earl Remsberg
Buckeystown
Paul L. Althouse
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Austin Kemp
Gambrill
Kemp
Millard Eiler
Johnsville Club
Jack McGolerick
New Market
Arthur Hightman
Brunswick
Gardner Gremilion
Ray H. Smith
Homemakers
Donald Sullivan
Park Club
Sperry Storm
Frederick City
Kenneth Bullivant
Brodbeck Hall
Coblentz Hall
Gambrill Gymnasium
McGolerick
Charles Putman
Charlesville
Carroll Harp
Johnsville
Warren Grushon
Thurmont
Vincent Biser
Rosedale
Bullivant
Myersville
Luther Bussard
Braddock
Robert Daugherty
Emmitsburg
Lavema Hood
Father Remshore Jefferson
Marion Lawson
Pleasant Grove
Wiliam Haugh
Harmony Grove
Alan Larsen
Jean Crampton
Pope John XXII to Wash Feet of 12 Poor Men Thursday
Vatican City AP reports Pope John XXII will revive the ancient practice by washing the feet of 12 poor men this Thursday in emulation of Jesus at the Last Supper. The ceremony underscores papal humility and is expected to draw public attention across the faith.
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Pope
Vatican City
John XXII
Jesus Christ
Penn State honors Mrs Keeler with alumna award
Dr Ene A Walker university president says the award was established by the Penn State board of trustees to honor a woman whose life achievements exemplify the alma mater. A medal will be presented to Mrs Keeler at the Alumni Institute on June 13. Keeler, born in State College, is editing a revision of the Stuart Period for a Bibliography of British History. Her father Dr William Frear headed the university agricultural department 1907 1922 and Frear Laboratory bears his name.
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Ene A. Walker
Penn State Board of Trustees
Keeler
Alumni Institute
State College
William Frear
University Agricultural Department
Frear
Assessor Bill Moves in General Assembly to Redefine Frederick County
A bill to abolish Frederick county’s two assessors requirement and switch to state rules advanced to the Governor for signature. It would allow up to more assessors on State Tax Commission advice, with costs uncertain. The session also saw bills on contempt testimony, county secretaries to state delegation, farm vehicle tax exemption, and school proximity speed limits. A fire on Pennsylvania Avenue prompted a fire alarm responses as one razed house caught fire.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
Samuel W. Barrick
Senate
House
Charles McC. Mathias
State Tax Commission
Barrick
Malkcm
Ity
Carroll County
State Roads Commission
Uniteds
Pennsylvania Avenue
Palm Sunday Weather and Week Ahead Notes
Palm Sunday saw cold winds and frost with temperatures in the thirties. Forecasters predict warming through Tuesday and Wednesday, with Holy Week services and Easter plans continuing despite the chill. Schools close Wednesday for a five day break and offices observe Maryland Day and Good Friday holidays. Legislative items include river compact considerations, movie censorship debates, and wage laws for state projects, with hearings set on several public matters.
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Palm Lundy
Fanny
Mercury
Keele Sping WA
Brace Reading
Mos
Maryland
Court House
Markus
D- Dutches
Virginia
House
iSenate
Tidewater
Senate
State’ Censor Board
Major Bills To Show Up This Week In Maryland Legislature
The 1959 Maryland Legislature moves toward its final 15 days with key measures emerging from committees. Gov Tawes' supplemental budget around four million dollars funds a long range teacher pay raise and greater hospital aid. also aims to set a driver point system and permit chemical tests for alcohol. Fisheries reforms and a Potomac River compact with Virginia may head to floor debate. Night sessions join regular ones as House and Senate push bills, including the pay raise for 18 000 state employees after hearings midweek on a seven percent raise plus longevity allowances, while finance committees race to report the budget balance with no tax hikes. Maryland Day holiday boosts attendance at hearings.
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Annapolis
Assembly
Tidewater Fisheries Committee
Virginia
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Maryland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Man Held On Three Charges In Brunswick Affray
A Brunswick man, Robert Magaha, faces assault and battery destruction of property and disorderly conduct charges after an affray at the American Legion Home Saturday night. He allegedly struck a special deputy, Raymond Frock, with a beer bottle and rammed a window glass. Both men were hospitalized. Frock required stitches. Magaha was jailed on $500 bond and a magistrate court hearing was planned for Friday. Brunswick officers Brum and Brawner arrested him.
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Brunswick
Sherriff
Robert Magaha
Raymond Frock
Magaha
Frock
Frederick Memorial Hospital
William Abrum
Brawner
Traffic Accidents Claim Three Lives In Maryland Weekend
An elderly Cecil County man died at Union Hospital Elkton after being struck by a car on Maryland 445. James G Ruth 77 of Elton was hit from behind by Emlyn T Buffington 21 of Newark Delaware while walking near the road. A Baltimore child Francis J Bracken 6 was fatally injured crossing a Baltimore street Saturday night.
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Maryland
Cecil County
Union Hospital
Elkton
James G Ruth
Elton
Emlyn T. Buffington
RD 2
Newark
Del
Rugh
Francis J. Bracken
Baltimore
Turday
Stocks Decline as Metals Lead NY Market Slide
New York stocks fell with steel and copper issues leading the decline while aircraft stocks gained against the trend. Trading was heavy but eased somewhat late in the session.
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New York
API
Canal Park Bills Up For Hearing Today
Washington AP reports two Maryland Democrats Reps Richard Lankford and John Foley file identical bills to halt park development for six months after Army Engineers release a Potomac River basin plan. A 25 mile parkway from Paw Paw WV to Woodmont MD would run above Great Falls to near Cumberland. Hearings slated before the House Interior subcommittee, with ongoing debate over river development needs.
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Washington
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Richard FE. Lankford
John Ro Foley
Maryland
Army Engineers
Great Falls
Brunswick
Rockville
House
Intenor Subcommittee On Public Lands
Foley and
Lankford
Cumberland
Paw Paw
W. Va
Long Ridge Road
Woodmont
Senate
Gracie Post
Ida
Injured Pedestrian Struck On East Church Street
Roy R Gosnell of East Church Street sustained an abrasion and chin laceration after being struck by a 1957 Ford driven by Ray D Skegges on East Church Street near East Street at 8 03 a.m. He received first aid at Frederick Memorial Hospital. no charges against the driver. Cpl William Mutchner investigated.
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East Church Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
East
East Church Streets
Roy KR. Gosnell
Gosnell
Ford
Skeres
Skeggs
William Mutchner
Oil stove blast injures family. two children die
Mrs. Lillian Williams and her three other children were burned when an oil stove exploded. Florence Louie 4 and April Mae five months died at Suburban Hospital. Sister Uelon Maria 3 was in serious condition. Mrs. Williams and a two year old son received superficial burns, she carried them from the blaze as firefighters rescued the others.
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Lillian Williams
Florence Louie
Mae
Uel |On Maria
Williams
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures will trend near normal with warmer conditions Tuesday and Wednesday, colder Thursday, then warming again by Saturday. Rain possible Thursday with total precipitation near a quarter inch. Afternoon highs generally in the 30s, with early mornings from the upper 20s in Western Maryland to 30s and near 40 in Eastern and Southern Maryland.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Civil War Centennial HQ May Sit In Frederick County
Frederick County delegates seized a legislative move to back a resolution recognizing the county’s Civil War role and to urge Governor Tawes to appoint a state centennial commission. The effort aims to locate the centennial headquarters, with Frederick noted for Monocacy Battlefield Kemp Hall and related sites, and to boost Maryland tourism as plans unfold.
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Nave
CIA War Centennial Commission
Frederik
Frederick County
Charlies McC Mathias Jr
Frederck County
Monoccacy
Kemp Hall
Annapolis
Union
Spokane
Barbara
Fritchie
Roger
Candy Rogers
Brooke Taney
Woods
National
Cal War Centennial Commission
Gen LS Grant
St 18
Maryland
Frederick
Mimmecasta
Three-Point Approach Is Adopted For Summit
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan propose a three point plan for a Western summit with Khrushchev this summer. The plan includes a foreign ministers meeting in Geneva May 11 to agree on German issues, narrow East West differences, and prepare proposals for a later summit. The heads of government would meet when justified by foreign ministers progress, and ministers would set the time and place of the summit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Geneva
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Berlin
Ourer Aly Ewenhower
Macmilly
Jackson
Ard Tan
Susan
Ann
Gambrills
Here
Dr. Fisher
Wade
Roy Hudson
Mrs. Harold
Family Slayer Sought in Maryland After Virginia Slayings
Anne Arundel County police pursue a theory that an itinerant saw mill worker may be the killer of a Virginia family. Carroll V. Jackson Jr., 29, whose wife and two daughters vanished the night they drove home, is a suspect. The bodies of Jackson and his 18 month old daughter Janet were later found near a lumber mill pile in Spotsylvania County, two miles west of Fredericksburg.
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Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Virginia
Wilbur Wade
Mineral
Fredericksburg
Gam
Hills
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
Jane
Jackson
Janet
Spotsylvania County
Nine Lives Lost In Home Fires Across Three Areas
Fire swept through dwellings in three widely separated areas Sunday and today, killing nine people including a mother and three children in Dallas, a mother and two daughters in Groton Vermont, and two children in Rockville Maryland. The Dallas family’s survivor, Evan Wilbanks, 14, was in serious condition. In Groton, Norman Whitehill’s wife and two infant daughters perished as the husband suffered facial and hand burns while trying to save them. In Maryland, Florence Louise Williams, 4, and April Mae, 1, perished in an apartment fire, with sister Helen Maria, 3, seriously hurt and the mother and a year-old son treated for burns.
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Dallas
Tex
Bertha Wilbanks
Donnie
Melvin
Linda
Evan Wilbanks
Groton Vt
Norman Whitehill
Mari
Tina
Washington, DC
Rockville
Florence Louise Williams
April Mae
Helen Maria
Puzzle swindle arrests sweep across states
The FBI announced arrests of 11 people in a nationwide puzzle contest scam stretching across the US border with Canada. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said agents captured four in Oregon, three in Michigan, two in Pennsylvania, and one each in Indiana and Wisconsin.
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Washington
FBI Today
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
Oregon
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Wisconsin
Eight Miners Die in Explosive Incident
Tess Robbins reports an AP breakdown of a mining disaster where an explosion killed eight miners. Authorities probe cause as rescue teams search for survivors amid dangerous conditions and shifting mine ventilation.
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Pennsylvania State University
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Jg Senyy
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Chrisian Herter
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