Welfare chief Geneva Barthel named Frederick board director
Mrs Geneva Barthel, longtime social worker and Prince George s County welfare employee, is appointed director of the Frederick County Welfare Board, to take office June 2. She succeeds Francis J Connolly who left November 15 for a Washington County post, and will be overseen by Rev Ralph H Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva v. Barthel
Prince George's
Barthel
George J. Barthel
University of Maryland
Mary Lee
Donald George
Washington Area
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Catholic University
Washington
Near Accord To End Strike At Last Minute Deal
Washington negotiators and union leaders reached a basis for arbitration to settle the 55 day Louisville and Nashville pay dispute and health welfare issues. The 25000 workers and management had worked through the night with the National Mediation Board as details remained to be ironed out. The strike, the longest in 33 years, crippled transportation across 14 Southern states and disrupted coal. Both sides had agreed to arbitration but disagreed on process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisville & Nashville
National Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill
L&n
Night Temperature Drops to 35 at Airport
Freeze warnings show 35 degree reading at the airport weather station with no frost or damage reported. Orchards report peaches and apples formed and safe from above freezing. Forecaster notes warming trend and possible downgrade by Sunday afternoon. Scattered showers or thunderstorms expected, then cooler later. Street Fair sponsored by Frederik County Hand Club draws crowds at Hood College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orght
Frederik County Hand Club
Hood College
Birthplace Mystery Ties Dionne Quintuplets to Callander Canada
Dr Lebhers and partner won 1,500 on the Croucha Marx program for a record delivery claim at Corona Naval Hospital. Dr Lebherz, son of Mr and Mrs William B Lebherz, stationed there, was a contestant with a 24 babies in 24 hours record. His Canadian partner also won 44. The Dionnes were born in Callander Canada, the note notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Lebhers
Labherz
William B. Lebherz
East Second Street
Corona Naval Hospital
Naval Hospital
Arbhert
Canada
Dionne
Callander
Young Man Dies Here After Rheumatic Fever Struggles
A Frederick youth died after long illness with rheumatic fever. He spent years in hospitals in Washington Baltimore and Frederick Memorial. Once an Honorary Hustler No 1 he worked as a carrier for the Frederick News-Post years ago and attended school intermittently. He survived by parents Mrs and Mr Ramsburg and grandmother Mrs Claggett E Ramsburg with siblings in several cities. Funeral arrangements set with S R Etchison and Son.
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Washington
Baltimore
Jesse C. Ramsburg
Frederick
Children’s Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Frederick Memorial
Young Ramsburg
Frederick News-Post
United Fire Company
Ramsburg
South Market Street
Claggett E. Ramsburg
Claggett E
Miami
Fla
Robert E. Ramsburg
Gertrude Burke
Wilbur Huddieson
Abs
William Martin
Champaign
Regulatory Bodies Must Approve Sale
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the sale of Blue Ridge Transportation Company and White Star Lines to Greyhound Lines. Blue Ridge president R Paul Smith says fuel approvals from state regulators are still pending, with ICC approval valid for 180 days after June 3 1955. Maryland and West Virginia action absent. earliest Greyhound operations could start as late as last summer or early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
White Star Lines
Greyhound, Lines
Greyhound
R. Paul Smith
Blue Ridge Lines
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Two Small Woods Fires Extinguished
Two small woods fires were extinguished in the area on Friday with no serious damage. A fire near Victor Cullen State Hospital in Sabidlasville burned about an acre of timber before Blue Ridge Summit Fire Company controlled it around 4 p.m. Forester Donald Kendall alerted crews. A second fire two miles west of Weardshoro on Sterling Lenhar’s property burned about an acre. Walkersville and New Midway fire teams reported it under control. Cause suspected to be a careless match or cigarette.
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Victor Cullen State Hospital
Sabidlasville
Blue Ridge Summit
Donald Kendall
Forestry Guard
Dublin Road
Weardshoro
Sterling Lenhar
Walkersville
New Midway
Jack Karnig
Fewer Accidents Reported In First Four Months Of Year
Police headquarters show January through April totals down from 1954 with 2 fatalities and 71 injuries this year versus 5 deaths and 29 injuries last year. April traffic injuries dropped to 27, and 37 drivers in accidents were male aged 25 to 34. three had been drinking. Baltimore talks on port development to be held by Mayor Diasandro and Gore Neldin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse C. Ramsburg, Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Young Ramsburg
Freger
Sielatien
Firebug Threat Sparks Alarm Near Frederick Farm Barn
Daniel E. Wight’s farm on New Design road four miles from Frederick escaped major loss when a fire in a bank barn was spotted by Paul Zeigler and his wife arriving from Virginia to visit Ward Zeigler. Sheriff Horace M. Alexander urged farmers to watch for suspicious late night activity and report incidents promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Wight
New Design
Frederick
Ward Zeigler
Paul
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Paul Zeiglers
Sheriff's Office
Horace M. Alexander
No Effect on Plans For Next Inoculation
Announcement of a temporary nationwide halt on antipolio vaccine distribution will not change Frederick County vaccination plans. County health officer Dr. Forbes Burgess said the next round will not occur before May 18, and the office will await further word from the surgeon general and the physicians board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Forbes Burgess
Burgess
Surgeon General
Truman To Observe 71st Birthday Sunday
Harry S Truman, on the eve of his 71st birthday, says he will keep working and that something always turns up. He hints at no plans to retire and jokes he may run for president again in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Kansas City
Harry
May Day Weekend At Hood College Queen Coronation
Hood College hosts May Day weekend with events on May 13 and 14 including the 1955 May Queen coronation for Mrs. Richard Kline of Frederick. The Saturday pageant features Queen coronation by Princess Hood and a Lewis Carroll adaption. A reception follows in Hudson garden and an outdoor dance in Coffman chapel lot. Lee Maxfield’s orchestra provides music for the dance.
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Hood College
Richard Kline
Frederick
Hudson Theater
Princess Hood
Lynne Carleton
Foxboro
Mass
Lewis Carroll
Hudson Garden
Coffman Chapel
Gambrill Symposium
Time
Meyran
Alwanae Hall
Charlotte Moran
Houtzdale
Alice
Kathleen Kerr
Hastings
Nebr
Muriel Chait
Great Neck
Rebecca Eppers
Aberdeen
Ruth Towin
Bala Cynwyd
Katharine Crook
Baltimore
Mary Ate Connell
Sharon
Sliss Jeanne Williamson
Mass Grace Solomon
Annapolis
Stephanie Lands
Philadelphia
Carole Oswald
Scranton
Flowers
Ivah Mutch
Montclair
Boy Scouts District Annual Meeting And Explorer Expedition
The Francis Scott Key District Boy Scouts hold their annual meeting at Camp Baker Brad dock Heights on May 18 at 430 p m with district officer elections and brief reports followed by a picnic chicken dinner Fred Maise will be the speaker A special Explorer Scouts expedition to Rickett's Glen Pa May 20 21 22 departs Eberts Restaurant at 4 p m May 20 with base at Camp Brule Pennsylania council district staff in charge Court House sale today nets 3875 to Lewis Rice Haller for a six room residence owned by Charles E Bussard and late Katie A Bussard auctioneered by Emmett R Bowlus trustees William M Storm and Ralph Q Koontz executors
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Francis Scott Key
Boy Scouts
Camp Baker
Braddock Heights
Fred Maise
Explorer
Francis Scott Kes
Rickett's
Court House
Panel of Doctors Discuss Fees and Patient Roles
A six member panel of county physicians answered more than 18 questions at Calvary Methodist Church Parish Hall. Topics included fee-splitting, hospital deposits, house calls, doctor patient relationships, and the use of patent medicines.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Beatrice Fehr
Miss Fehr
Thomas H. Quill
Frederick
Russell Guest
Forbes Burgess
Dr. Quill
County Medical Society Board of Censors
Comrarison
Nominations Made For MSTA Posts In Maryland
Baltimore report notes teacher nominees for Maryland State Teachers Association posts for 1956 including Miss Violet Davis for president and Miss Naomi Brewer and Miss Jean Moser for executive committee seats. Davis leads voting over Conlon and Trice. committee names also include Willard Newton Starker Fletcher Linxd among others. Davis is Dublin Elementary principal with Towson and Maine degrees. Silvester to continue as treasurer.
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Baltimore
Violet Davis
Harford County
Maryland State Teachers Assn
Naomi L. Brewer
Germantown
Annapolis
Jean Moser
Queen Annes County
MSTA
Gva~ Cant
Miss Davis
BISTA
Paul B. Stevens
Baltimore City College
Thomas C Conlon Jr
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Otis M. Trice
Cambridge High School
Dublin
Street
Towson State Teachers College
University of Maine
Msta's Representative Assembly
Representative Assembly
Charles W. Silvester
Heart Association Annual Meeting on Tuesday
Dr. William S. Love of the State Heart Association will be guest speaker at the Frederick County Heart Association annual meeting. The event at the Francis Scott Key Hotel includes an officer election and the annual business meeting with Donald B. Rice presiding. Proceeds aid Heart Association work for those caring for by Teeal persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Love
State /Heart Association
Frederick County Heart Association
Francis Scott Key
Love
Donald B. Rice
Heart Association
West leaders meet in Paris discuss Far East crisis
In Paris Western leaders gather to align on the Indochina crisis and Formosa dispute. Dulles arrives from Washington to push a joint U S French American policy and seek an Austrian peace treaty. Diem and Bao Dai face a Monarchy versus Republic question as the WEU begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
West Germany
Free World Alliance
Dulles
Washington
Europe
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Indochina
Harald Macmillan
Formosa
Bao Dai
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Binh Xuyen
Viet Nam
Saigon
Ban Dai
Bit Three
United States
Organization of the Western European Union
WEU
France
West Germans
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Bonn Republic
Report To Be Made Sunday On Polio Vaccine Safety
The government urged halting all polio vaccination programs until a Sunday report on the safety of Salk vaccine is released. Surgeon General Scheele announced after a six member panel studied manufacture and testing. Some states paused inoculations while California kept vaccinations suspended pending the Sunday finding. Kansas and others weighed continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Public Health Service
The
Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Jonas Salk
Pittsburgh
California
Kansas State Board of Health
17 Buses Carry Local Children
A caravan of Frederick school children left the high school at eight this morning bound for Washington to join 30 000 safety patrol marchers for the 11th annual parade on Constitution Avenue. State Police city guards and a city officer escorted the convoy. In Washington the Frederick group will compete for prizes awarded by the Maryland Automobile Club and the AAA during the three day 18th annual safety patrol meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Washington
AAA
Constitution Avenue
Capitol
Maryland Automobile Club
States
District of Columbia
American Automobile Asso
Injured in fall at Walkersville woman in hospital
Mrs. Effie Elder of Walkersville was reported in good condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a hip injury suffered yesterday in her daughter’s home. She fell in her room and was treated at the scene by Dr. B J Plunkett Jr before being transported by G C Bartow ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Rlder
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Dionne Quints
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
S. R. Etchison and Son
ICC
Blue Ridge
Baltimore i
Thomas Dmesandro
Gore Neldin
Madison and
Broadway
Richard D. Sherck
Green Springs
Madison
Paul W. Rice Jr
Patrick Street
Rice
Sergt. Denver Shook
TIN
Cumberland
Circuit Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
Atomic Test Site
Nev
Alvin Graves
Mike
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Defense
Graves
Ely
Lake Superior
Willard Newton
Williamsport High School
Jesse LT. Starker
Mount Airy High School
Charles William Fietcher
Princepal
Solers Point
Baltimore County
Robert C. Linxd
Baltimore City
Heart Assn
West
Germany
Estes Motors, Inc. Bankrnpt
Maryland Chick Hatchery
West South Street
Jerome Offutt
John L. Ponton
U.S
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