Frederick Fourth Edition May 3 1956 News Briefs
The Frederick News of May 3 1956 reports daily publication details and circulation notes for The News newspaper. It lists subscription rates by mail and carrier and notes Associated Press affiliation and reprint rights. The issue is archived at the Frederick post office as second class matter.
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the News
Frederick
Great Southern Pig. & Mfg. CO
North Court St
Frederick, Md
Associated Press
Army Losses Highlight 1955 Accident Toll Worldwide
The Army reports 1955 accident losses across all stations total 1,600 killed and 45,000 injured with an estimated 80 million dollars in economic loss. The safety division warns further caution as thousands deploy to summer encampments, noting sickness injuries and deaths impair readiness and effectiveness.
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Army Safety Division
Engagment Announced for Shirley Ann Miller and John V Wilhide
Announcement reports the engagement of Shirley Ann Miller daughter of Vic and Mrs Donald B Miller of York Pennsylvania to John V Wilhide son of Mr and Mrs Merle Wilhide of York. Miller a 1953 graduate of William Penn High School York works at Bachelors from hosiery company. Wilhide a Union Bridge High School graduate now employed by Wilhide and Brenneman Mason Contractors. No wedding date set.
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Shirley Ann Miller
Vic
Donald B Miller
South Penn Street
York
John V. Wilhide
Merle Wiliide
RFD
Taneytown
Miler
William Pemnthick Behoal
Bachelors
Frena Hosiery Company
York Pari
Willide
Sick and recovering in Frederick Memorial Hospital
Charles C. Masser and Mrs Edward Worthy along with Mrs Robus J Atkinson Sr underwent surgeries at Frederick Memorial Hospital with varying recoveries described as satisfactory or fair. Claude Larry Clemson aged 12 remains in fair condition after a severe encephalus incident. Jack M. Kling of Clarksburg has been promoted to Specialist Third Class and is serving in Germany with the 10th Division in Operation Gyroscope.
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Charles C. Masser
Motter Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Edward [Sworthy
East Patrick Street
Claude Larry Clemson
Paul Clemson
New Design Road
Robus J Atkinson Sr
East Fifteenth Street
Jack M. Kling
Clarksburg
Germany
10Th Division
86Th
Jack M Kning
U. S
86Th Inf. Reg
A.P.Q
New York
N. Y
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News May 3 1906
The May 3 1906 column notes the Business Men's Association banquet at City Hotel honoring Admiral Winfield Scott Schley with a menu of shad, chicken, and tenderloin. Charles Klipp wins the contract to grade a new road between the Baltimore and Frederick pike and the Carlton Dean place at Braddock Heights, starting next week. Choral Society elects officers for the year led by Rev Thomas Freeman Dixon and Judge R E Lighter. Miss Mary S Maulsby as secretary. Gray son H Staley treasurer. Mast ers Ames and Carroll Hendrickson librarians. Chauncey Keiffer Stock Company performs Du Barry at the Opera House, with Jesse James on the program tonight. G Qynn and Company advertises eight-foot stepladders from 51 cents to 1.36.
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Business Men's Association
City Hotel
Winfield Scott Schley
Frederick County
Charles Klipp
Baltimore
Frederick Pike
Carlton Dean Place
Braddock Heights
Choral Society
Thomas Freeman Dixon
R. E. Lighter
Mary S. Maulsby
Grayson H. Staley
Masters Ames
Carroll Hendrickson
Chauncey -Keiffer Stock Company
Jesse James
G. Quynn and Company
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Disgruntled mountaineers opposed to Catoctin development are blamed by wardens for wildfires burning nearly 1000 acres. Funeral services for Rev. John S. Adam of Middletown were held with 42 ministers attending. A A Radcliffe Jr of this city and Max McCardell of Frederick won a doubles match for Richmond University. The Frederick Hustlers opened their season at McCurdy Field with a 54 win over the Washington Red Sox, Frank Fraley delivering the victory as Mayor Culler and City Engineer Maxwell participated.
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Catoctin Mountain
Thurmont
Middletown
John S. Adam
Christ Reformed Church
A.A. Radcliffe
Washington and Lee University
Max McCardell
Frederick
Richmond University
McCardell
Radcliffe
Personal notes from families in Frederick area gathering
Mr and Mrs Emmett Pearre and others from Kemptown and Frederick visit relatives including the Rippeon and Moore families. A fiftieth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Harry S Barthlow is noted along with birthday celebrations for W C Con and Harald Cox. A Selective Service College Qualification Test will be held May 17 for students unable to take earlier tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Pearre
John McElfresh
Kemptown
Jesse Rippeon
Frederick
Lester Holtman
Old Tappan
Noo Vrs Hofman
Rippeon
Kenneth Mellfresh
Wendrie Moore Jr
James 8. Cox
Steve
Brunswick
Carter Cox
Falls ‘Church Va
W. C. Cox
Virginia
West Virginia
Henry C Stanwood
Maryland Selective Service
Science Research Associates, Inc
Chicago
Maryland
First Of Two Weekend Drills For Frederick Company A
About 124 Frederick Maryland National Guard soldiers of Company A traveled to Fort Meade for the first of two weekend drills on range firing. They completed a practice course, with weather winds challenging positions but yielding praise for overall fire discipline. Recent enlistments and promotions at the unit were noted, including several privates and specialists advancing in roles, and the Small Bare Rifle Team earning a third place in the Second Army Indoor Postal Matches.
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Frederick
Maryland National Guard
Fort Meade
National Guard
Kenneth L. Keeler
Robert M. Hess
Guilford L. Krepps Jr
Charles C. Masser Jr
Howard ‘T Dinterman Jr
John F. Knipple
Robert FP. Davis
Richard W. Phillips
Harry T. L. Lawson
Carl L. Culler
SFC
Norman H. Tyergar
Richard L. Brown
Maurice G. White Jr
Cook
James E. Rinehart
Bernhart A. H.brustell
Downye L .Smith
Ralph E. Tracey
Calivin M. Geishert
Kenneth L May
James F. Walsh
Community notes from Rocky Ridge weekend visits
Rocky Ridge correspondent reports visits from Maud Simpkins Graceham to Fox home and a Sunday call by Wad Harn er daughter Beverly to the Fox residence. Cascade visitors Roscoe Pryor spent Saturday with Harvey Stambaugh. Stambaughs and Maud Stambaugh visited Mary Orndorff Sunday. Welty Shorb visitors Burkittsville and Knoxville guests to Hahn home. Welty and Reck families hosted weekend guests at Reck home. Rocky Ridge Volunteer Five Co. members completed basic firefighting training and were honored at Bucher’s in Emmitsburg with merit cards and a certificate. Maud Stambaugh and Lutcher Stambaugh made a Baltimore business trip.
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Jon Uwnaas
Rocky Ridge
Maud Simpkins
Graceham
Leslie W. Fox
Wad Harner
Beverly
Tancytown
Fox
Roscoe Pryor
Cascade
Harvey Stambaugh
Franklin Stambaugh
Eugene
Maud Stambaugh
Western Maryland College
Ralph Reck
William Reck
Webb
Richard Stine
Airy
Reck
Charles Mumma
James
Leon Stover
Ernest Staub Jr
John and
William Kaas
Kenneth Mathias
Raymond Etheridge
Graydon Clem
Kenneth Mumma
Karl Smith
Richard Saylor
John Hahn
Rocky Ridge Volunteer Five Co
Bucher’s
Emmitsburg
John Bryan
University of Maryland
Tire Company
Candidates For House In State Primaries May 7
Maryland's six House members seek renomination in the May 7 primaries. Republicans Miller Devereux Hyde hold solid districts, while Democrats Failon Garmatz Friedel Boone and others face contested paths. The article outlines district by district bids and past alignments as the general election looms.
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Louis Panos
Baltimore
Richard £. Lankford
Maryland
Free State
Edward T. Miller
Eastern Shore
DeWitt S. Hyde
James P. S. Devereux
Carroll
Harford
George H. Failon
Edward Garmatz
Samuel N. Friedel
Miller
Hamilton P Fox Jr
Wicomico County
William D. Hill
Easton
Fox
J. Millard Tawes
Hill
Edward Turner
Maryland Politics Heats Up in 1956 Primary Race
The piece surveys Maryland political scenes with Lankford vs Sothoron for Fifth Lankford seat, Prendergast Taussig and Clevenger vying for Republican nomination, and local contenders in Montgomery and Baltimore districts. It notes debates over foreign aid strings and UN roles, plus profiles of Foley Walker Friedell Halley Machovec and others.
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Lankford
Harold Sothoron
Frank R. Small Jr
Annapolis
House of Delegates
Rone Arundel
Howard
Sotheron
Prince Georges County
Lansdale G. Lasseer
William D. Prendergast
Joseph K. Taussig
Clifton L. Clevenger
Prendergast
Naval Academy
Joseph Alton
Small
Gov McKeldin
Taussig
Navy
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
America
Sturn
Uncle Sam
United States
Hyde
Europe
Robert W. Cremins
Chevy Chase
John R. Foley
Kensington
J. Grahame
Baltimore
David A. Halley
Frank J. Machovee
Halley
McKeldin
Anti- MccKeldin Maryland Federation of Republicans
Machovec
Brunswick Flying Club Names Officers
The Brunswick Flying Club elected officers at the first meeting held Tuesday night in Jimmies Food Market. President James Ridgeway. vice president Mark Baxter. secretary treasurer Paul Harrison. Committees named for Ways and Means Baxter. Building Charles Haley. Membership Baxter. Publicity Major Ric Rainard. Attendees included Ridgeway, Baxter, Rainard, Harrison, and others. Funds were allocated for a training plane with plans for a hangar and club rooms at Brunswick airport. Meetings will be 8 30 p.m. ESP on the first and third Mondays at Jimmies. Skip to next charter night meeting for new members. A 40th anniversary party committee was named with Marguerite A. Grabenstein chair and other volunteers.
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Brunswick Flying Club
Jimmies
James Ridgeway
Mark Baxter
Paul Harrison
Ways and Means
Baxter
Charles Haley
Ric Rainard
Hidgeway
William Weller
William Care
James Cummings
Major
Rainard
Francis Barker
Harrison
Lee B Feete
Brunstwick
Bible Classes To Meet Mother Daughter Dinner At Cumberland
Cumberland May 3 The Maryland Federation of Men s Bible Classes convenes Saturday at Kingsley Methodist Church with 10:30 a.m. business session led by Adams town s Austin P Renn and a 2 p.m. keynote by Dr Edgar C Powers Timonium on The Bible in a Changing World. The Civinette Club Mother Daughter Dinner followed, with spring flowers, magic by Randall Higinbotham, and plans for a bake sale May 19 and a June progressive dinner.
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Cumberland
Maryland Federation of Men’s Bible Classes
Kingsley’ Methodist Church
J. Walter McKee
Austin P. Renn
Adamstown
Roy W. Eves
Edgar C. Powers
Timomium
the Federation
Edward 5. Rice
Leaders
Calvary Methodist Church
Frederick
J. Walter Rock
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania Federation of Men's Bible Classes
Federation
Civinette Club
Francis Scott Key
Randall Higinbotham
Daughters
Connie Staley
Preston Best
Irvin Ramsburg
T. E. Jackson
Ruth Eyler
Peggy Koontz
Fay Hartman
Connie Myers
Mary Lynn Englebrecht
Ann Zimmerman
Catherine R. Best
Susan Harley
Lana Rhoderick
Maralita Lipps
Nancy Kilke
Judith Pease
Donna Jean Darby
Barbara H. Falk
Trooper Candidates Get Field Training at LaVale Barracks
Two Maryland State Police trainee troopers, David F. McGowran of Waldorf and William F. Davis of Frederick, are four weeks into field training at LaVale Barracks under Lt. William E. O’Hara. After this phase they will return to Pikesville to finish their course observing veteran troopers and practicing communications and routine duty.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Sfuture
LaVale Barracks
William E. O'Hara
Focal Barracks
David FE. McGowran
Waldorf
William F. Davis
Frederick
Pikesville
25th Anniversary Of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Beta Sigma Phi observed its 25th anniversary on April 30 with a meal at the VFW Home. A Ritual of Jewels ceremony followed, honoring Mrs. Ginny Mack with her pin, as new officers were installed: Jackie Hockman president, Skippy Beveridge vice president, Mary Ann Clark corresponding secretary, June Trevena recording secretary, and Ginny Mack treasurer.
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Ginny Mack
Jackie Hockman
Skippy Beveridge
Mary Ann Clark
June Trevena
Three Accounts Returned To Orphans Court
Three administrator accounts were returned to the Orphans Court and approved by the court and Register of Wills Harry D. Radcliff. The accounts for John McE Wilson and Lowie G. Rhoades as administrators of Ann Sophia Wilson show disbursements of 3,128.52 and a net of 3,419.97, with distributions to nieces and nephews in sums from 21.37 to 158. li.
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Orphans’ Court
Court and Register of Wills
Harry D. Radcliff
John McE. Wilson
Lowie G. Rhoades
Ann Sophia Wilson
Maryland Court To Observe Catholic Daughters Anniversary
Court Maryland 278 of the Catholic Daughters of America of Frederick marks forty years in the community with a large new member class and social events. A dinner dance with cocktails will precede the event, held in the Francis Scott Key Hotel ballroom on Saturday.
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Court Maryland
Catholic Daughters of America of
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Satur
Benefit Play At Woodsboro This Week
The Woodsboro Athletic Association hosts a two night benefit play at Woodsboro elementary school starting at eight. Entitled Pisjul Pete, a three act western comedy directed by Mrs. Jean Bateman, with cast including William Young James E Stoner 8 Pat Dienning and others. Proceeds aid Pony League Linde League and Babe Ruth League baseball programs. refreshments available.
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Woodsboro Athletic Association
Woodsboro
Mickey Moran
Jean Bateman
William Young
James E. Stoner
Pat Dienning
Aney Jlildebrandasine
Ellen Lenhart
Glen Lenhart Jr
Freddie Farva
Ethel Catshall
Kay Brennerman
Doris Dorsey
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Bill Holden
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del. A. Gordon Boone
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Democratic Organization
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John Grason Turnbull
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Birmingham
Oll
Congress
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Garmatt
Thomas D’alesandro
Washington
Harry Kemper
East Baltimore
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James W. Muller
Hubbard
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H. C. Byrd
D'Alesandro
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U.S
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the Koogle
Betty Figelsbach
Pythian Sisters
Hagerstown
Keedysville
Smithsburg
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Thuryl Bell
Catherine Shank
Mary Hartman
Catherine Tuff
Juia F Rissler
Lanyse Michael
Ruth Bowman
Latella Shipley
Ervland
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North Atlantic’ Treaty Organization
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Ferdinand Mr. Dulles
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Bud) Smith
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Jane B. Haffner
Ray H Smith
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John Mr. Fuss
Vernon G. Keilholtz
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Rolling Acres, Inc
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Meadow Lane
Thirmoant
Clarence W. Lantz Jr
Eugene M. Smuath
Paris
Britain
North Avenue Treaty Organization
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