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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1953
Page
7
Washington reports the consumer price index fell four tenths of 1 percent from mid January to mid February driven by lower food prices. The index reached 115.4 percent of the 1947-49 average, unchanged from last June, with housing and personal care rising slightly while most major items declined.
ANNAPOLIS March 26 Allegany County today sold the General Assembly a good bargain described by Del Whitworth as an eight million dollar parkway on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal for 350000 The House voted 86 15 to authorize the state to buy rights of way for the parkway The final step is signing by the governor The project faced opposition from several counties and would run 57 miles from Cumberland to Hancock with federal funds The canal’s transformation into a parkway has been debated for years with strong opposition from nearby counties and some lawmakers Unsure if Congress will lift federal jurisdiction
Union Bridge multiple short notices document hospital patients visitors and community events. Florence Birely at Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore is listed as satisfactory. Local families visit ill friends, and community groups meet including the Union Bridge Homemakers Club and the Frederick County WCTU.
Rev. Gideon Galombos, a Czechoslovak escapee now a Presbyterian minister serving Emmitsburg Taneytown and Piney Creek, warned Frederick Lions Club that under Malenkov Russia could rule 800 million people through terror. He recounted two arrests by Soviet secret police and perilous escapes across the Iron Curtain, describing Red soldiers as automatons bound by fear and harsh shortages. The talk highlighted Europe's fate after postwar expectations of peace faded and Eisenhower’s Prague visit contrasted with looming slavery claims.
The couple married at Mrs Shafer’s home on March 11 1993 by Rev Dr E S Tord of the Methods Episcopal church. The bride Rebecca G Davis daughter of the late Franklin H W Davis of Middletown and later city resident, left her post as chief operator of the Old Frederick County Telephone Exchange upon marriage. Shafer born on the old J Edward Shafer farm south of Middletown and was a carpenter, later involved in Shafer Brothers plumbing and heating, and now connected with S Leshie Shafer and Sons in Middletown.
Mrs Evelyn Wickham of near Kendall Florida died in a Friday night automobile crash south of Miami. Her husband Fred 33 and children Fred Jr 10 Wendy 7 were critically injured and hospitalized in Dade County. The driver of the other car, a Negro man, was jailed on drunken driving and manslaughter charges after his Cadillac passed another vehicle and struck Wickham's smaller car head on.
Emmitsburg area residents spent weekends with relatives and friends across towns including Frederick Baltimore and Waynesboro. Births engagements army moves and college events are listed with dates and locations such as Warner Hospital Sampson Air Force Base Fort Jackson and Mount St Marys College events in Taneytown and Longview Nursing Home. Community updates include road repaving plans along State Route 32 and U S Route 15 and a plan to replace blinker center square with a traffic light.
Lovettsville settlers report candidates for mayor and town recorder along with several council hopefuls. Other items note travel, family illness, nursing education, a Wilmington trip, hospital stays, a serious gasoline fire injuring Mr and Mrs Wilklow, a public sale attendees and social visitors from several towns. A Baltimore survey sparks parent backlash over privacy.
Mr Roy Lind of York Pa visits relatives in Ladlesburg and numerous guests attend birthdays and weekend gatherings. Washington Lee Chapter 5 DAW entertains veterans at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg WV with an all ages variety show featuring Accordian Swingsters and local performers. Three thousand white pine trees will be planted at Camp Kanawha by Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association members and Boy Scouts.
Federal move starts in House as Rep Edward T Miller proposes a bill to grant voting rights to civilian residents on government property in Maryland. State law and an equity court opinion say Congress must grant jurisdiction first. About 300 civilian families face an appeal after Judge Schnauffer’s ruling.
The Frederick county delegation in the House proposes a bill requiring Middletown bond issues to go to voters. A separate bill would legalize the 1953 Frederick city code edition. Mayor Donald B. Rice notes a request to extend municipal limits 150 feet along Seventh street pike to include the George W. Young farm area, with Camp Detrick officials also endorsing the small extension.
The Baltimore Department of Education endorses the closeup shot as a major educational aid. Superintendent John H. Fischer notes television and radio instruction during January maintenance strikes showed both benefits and limits, citing immediacy and access to demonstrations while acknowledging individual differences and a lack of interactive questions.
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