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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1958
Page
2
A regional notice urges drivers to watch increased daylight hours and protect children as days lengthen. Abby column letters discuss tipping waitresses, family meals for a toddler, and a 25th term for Keedys mayor with local election notes.
Items from the columns report a thief at Grace Reformed church taking part of the pastor salary box, estimated 10 dollars to 50, a YMCA circus draw turning away a crowd, the Rube band led by Harris Schroeder, and receipts aiding a boys camp. Murial Insurance Co directors elect Charles Trail president and G Erner Sr attorney. City Hotel meals resume under E B Cahan with new dining room. Builder Lloyd Culler advances extensive alterations. Baseball signings include Ruhrman as manager, Anderson, Peloquin, Gree, Eberi. practice to begin when weather clears.
Twenty Years Ago In The News columns dated May 6 1538 list notable anniversaries births and deaths including Chaplin Harris Phoebe Hanaford Abraham Jacobi Philander Knox Robert Peary John McCutcheon and James Gordon Bennett. It notes historic events from 24 to Ideals and mentions births of John A Hill Orson Welles Stewart Granger and others. It cites local items on road plans glass works sale humidity a convention and hospital births with Frederick Memorial Hospital births listed.
The Frederick News Post offers cash prizes for local news tips in March. Tip hours: weekdays 8 p m to midnight, Saturdays 9 a m to 6 p m, Sundays 4 p m to midnight. First caller on each story wins. prizes range from 5 to 1 dollars for top six tips. Call Monument 2 1177 to report.
Roper t Coker of Harsville South Carolina was named American Mother of 1958 at the Mothers Conference opening in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The 68 year old widow of a noted farming leader is honored for race relations work and will receive the award at Friday luncheon with mothers from each state. She is daughter of Daniel C. Roper former assistant postmaster general and commerce secretary.
Voters in Ohio Indiana and Alabama cast ballots in primary elections with contests for governor and other offices. Turnout was expected light in Ohio and Indiana while Alabama faced a heavy vote as 14 candidates sought the Democratic nomination for governor. School segregation featured as a major issue with contenders offering varied approaches.
Two Hood College seniors Miss Mary Elizabeth Hall of Falls Church Virginia and Miss Lois Chapman of Washington presented their honors papers Thursday. Hall analyzed French dramatists adoption of Greek tragedy themes with Orestes Oedipus and the Trojan War as vehicles for philosophy. Chapman studied the Booker's Magazine editorial policy under Lewis G Clarke and examined Poe and Simms in the context of sectional literature and Clarke's literary criticism.
Personal notes include E. Allen Cramer turning 55 on Wednesday at Franklin Street. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zimmerman of Braddock Heights returned home after visiting their son in Atlanta. Elwood Harold Furr Jr. and wife receive congratulations on the birth of Teresa Kay on April 21 at Montgomery County General Hospital. Baby weighs pounds 2 ounces. mother is Doris Gue of Dickerson. Della Nusbaum of Walkersville leaves May 5 for San Francisco to visit her brother in Dallas.
Dr. John J. Dillon treated for lacerations after a lawn mower incident. Jill Frock, daughter of Mrs. Thelma Frock, shows improvement after five weeks with yellow jaundice. Daisy Kline and Miss Cline seek care, while Mrs. Howard Barger and Mrs. Frank Draper receive treatment. Elmer Hartman and Walter Bidle recover from heart and surgery. Numerous others, including Mrs. Donald Glass and Philip Beard, remain under observation or undergoing treatment at the Frederick Memorial Hospital.
Mrs Lida Kelly Muir wife of Newsweek president Malcolm Muir died of a heart attack in New York. Marguerite Temple O Neill Taft widow of William Howard Taft II died in New York. she had served on the Society of Memorial Cancer Center board. Elizabeth Overton Busch, 63, ex-wife of August Busch Jr., died after a cerebral hemorrhage in St Louis. Jacob M Roth, 88, former Pennsylvania industrialist and first Copperweld Steel president, died in Pasadena after a heart ailment.
Washington Republicans dismissed Democratic National Chairman Paul M Butler’s prediction that Eisenhower will resign before his term ends as speculation. Meade Alcorn called it nonsense while Butler suggested Eisenhower might turn over to Nixon due to physical inability. Sen. Knowland defended Eisenhower’s vigor and commitment, saying he shows no sign of resigning.
Frank W. Abrams former chair of Standard Oil of New Jersey told Maryland college leaders that average alumni gifts of 35 dollars yearly would lift total annual giving to 280 million dollars. He argued business could add 344 million, totaling 786 million to solve problems and reduce federal control.
Chester woman Emily Taylor, 39, fractured collarbone after her husband Carl Taylor and Deputy Austin Murray collided on East Patrick Street Frederick City Police said. Emily Taylor was treated and released. Deput y Murray’s car sustained $200 damage, Taylor’s car $200. Taylor charged with failing to grant right of way.
George D Stull 67 formerly of Frederick Md died of a heart attack after a motor trip from York Pa to Frederick Monday afternoon He served in WWI with the 04th Motor Supply Train was wounded in Meuse Argonne and overseas 1918 1919 He was active in VFW Disabled American Veterans American Legion and 29th Division Association Surviving is an uncle George Kolb Frederick Md The body lies at East Patrick Street funeral home services Thursday at 3 pm with military rites at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Forty seven of the $2 tickets sold plus four of the $5 tickets. Walter E. Crismer’s Quid opened the double by winning at straight $2 odds of $38.20 and Charles W. Knox’s Sannie finished it at $48.20.
Funeral services were held at Visitation Convent Chapel with a requiem mass at 9 a.m. Monday conducted by Rev. James Hogan of St. John's Catholic Church. Pallbearers included Millard Cooley Hugh Simms George Clendaniel Paul Bruener Paul Rhoads and Robert Bailey. Interment followed at Visitation Convent Cemetery. Funeral director EH EL Carty.
Elmer Eugene Dixon a Frederick resident died Monday at 6 45 PM at Wayside Apartments 423 East Patrick Street after a six month illness. He was 81 and had worked with Besant and Knott and co founded Colt and Dixon Canning Company. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM at Mt Olivet Cemetery with services at the funeral home after 7 PM. He leaves a daughter Mrs F Russell Young a sister Mrs May Ogle and three grandchildren.
Obituary notices record deaths and funeral details across Adams and Frederick counties. Frank B McClear 63 died of a coronary while working at a Fairfield fruit stand. survived by widow Annie Hovis McCleaf and several children. George S Zimmerman died at 28 on a Hancock farm. services held at Enion Bridge with multiple survivors listed. Cremation and interment details appear for Bernice Belser Morrow and Orville Fuss along with other local funeral arrangements.
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