Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Columns
Fifty years ago notes from the News columns recount William F P DelapOf as a class act debater on a Tennessee University discussion. A Braddock Heights project starts placing basement alleys under a skating floor. Market activity shows rising patronage with spring vegetables like asparagus at 13 cents a bunch and lettuce 30 cents a head. Margrete Dill Belle Zimmerman and Elizabeth Worman travel to Knoxville for a house party hosted by Loretta Willard.
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Lvien William FP. Delaplof
Frederick
Universi
Uniof
Tennessee
Delaplane
Cachino Mt
Braddock Heights
Elizabeth Worman
Knoxville
Loretta Willard
Steelworkers and Big Steel Seek New Wage Pact
The steel industry and United Steelworkers begin crucial wage talks after a three year contract that raised wages to $1 an hour and spurred price increases. With a June 30 expiry, negotiators aim for a broader agreement to avert a protracted strike and set industry pattern for the year. The negotiations involve government input and potential production shifts to avoid backlog.
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Ito
Letters to the Editor Corrects Purported Quotation
A letter from F E Clapp Jr corrects a May 6 1959 newspaper article about a zoning hearing on May 5 1959. The writer clarifies the zoning plan favored residential use near Scotstown Road and criticizes misquoting by the article.
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Board of County Commissioners
Scotstown Road
Ereas
Onr Gaal
Twenty Years Ago in The News May 1939 Heat Wave and Derby Defeat
The column notes a warm spell the hottest since August with temperatures reaching a peak of 2 degrees, Frederick residents see brazen Derby defeat of W L Braan's Challedon by Johnstown. Fire destroys E Dorsey Lawson ten room home between Green Valley and Yiamsville with about 3000 loss. Charlie Keller goes 4 for 4 with two singles as the Yankees defeat the White Sox 15 to 4. Also mentions freight car capacity at 976 tons per mile.
Brunswick Firemen Elect Virts and Cannon in Election
Brunswick volunteers reelect Virts as president and Cannon as chief after a high turnout at the fire hall. Ebersole loses to Cannon for chief. Virts defeats Tritape for company president. Directors include Strickler Nice Sean sel and McMurr. Delegates to the Ocean City state convention are Virts Cannon Strickler Migho and Clinton Harrison.
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Cannon
Hamey E
Sonns
Brunsu
Ebersole
Jam
Virts
Paul Tritape
Cade
Strickter
Nice
Sean Sel McMurr
Frank Migho
Richard Snoors
Richard Magalis
Calvi
Harry E Auehoison
Harwood Watson
Benny H. N
Ocean City
Wirts
Strickler
Migho
Clinton Harrison
Backing Wage Standards Bill Backed by Frederick County Residents
Frederick county residents among 66 AFL-CIO members who urged Maryland’s Congressional delegation to support Kennedy Morse Roosevelt wage standards bills. Maryland congressmen pledged no legislation, says Ed Aliiano of the National Ladies Garment Workers Union. Also notes several deed transfers in Frederick County with prices ranging from about 14,600 to 525,000 for properties in Emmitsburg Urbana Petersville Thurmont and Langley area.
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Frederick County
Afl-Co
Maryland
Washington
e@ state
Ed Aliiano
Upper South Department
National Ladies’ Garment War Union
Frederieck County
Eileen Toms
Lantz
International Ladies” Garmentakers Union
Obert Allen
George H. Trail
Plank Road
Emmitsburg
Russell S. Strube
Albert Strube
Urbana
August E. Selckmann
Melvin V. Lioyd
Joseph F. Gordon
Brunswick Point
Racks Road
Petersville
Margaret Brown Thompson
Gathersburg
Fla
Le-Rae Shop, Inc
East Maint Street
Thurmont
Frederich Notebook and Local Civic Notes Column
Frederich Notebook by Joe Eisenhauer reflects on appreciation and a Mother’s Day message. It includes a discussion of Thank-L Gram, signs along Frederick Freeway, and a plea to improve downtown cleanliness projects. Community groups urged to beautify Seventh Street fountain as a civic project.
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Seventh Street
Fort Detrick Scientists Set for SA Bacteriology Meet in St Louis
About 50 Fort Detrick scientists attend the 59th annual Society of American Bacteriologists meeting in St Louis, led by Dr. Riley D Housewright. They depart this weekend and will present papers. Housewright chairs the society program committee and will oversee a week of technical sessions. Also noted are spring formal plans at the Officers Open Mess, staff activities, promotions, retirements, and various personal notices at Fort Detrick.
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Fort Detrick
Paris
Francis Cox
Velvetones
N. G. Fanos
R. M. Clendenin
D. W. Falconer
L. D. Fothergill
D. Glick
H. McAlpine
P. H Teare
D. H. Saenderson
R. W. Swanson
Side Glances Spotlight Fishing Film and Club Members
The monthly film Fishing for Fun is viewed by the outdoor SOX club, listing ringsiders Al Kime Milt Frank Bud Rice Charley Harner Tom Rip peon Wally Pannier Charley Bell Karl Brown Clarence Orndorff George Vayvada and John C Mal inowski. Gerald Huff visits relatives in Alabama and Georgia. Hubert Kaempf Julian Harris and Harvey Whipp Jr fish in Santee Cooper waters in South Carolina. Condolences to Mary Grace Castle on her father’s death Tuesday. Woodrow Weddle is a patient at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia. Ed Young is on the sick list. Lieutenant Jim McFall set a course record last Saturday at Hagerstown golf course with 26 on the third hole. companions were Billie Walter Wayne Shober and Bob Willard. Mrs Macy Drukenmiller attended the Presidents Committee for Employment of the Physically Handicapped meeting by special invitation from the President, with other charter Frederick Chapter members invited. meeting held in Departmental Auditorium Washington. Frank Hart attends the 15th annual conference of the American Society of Training Directors in Detroit.
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SOX
Ringsiders
al Kime
Milt Frank
Bud Rice
Charley Harner
Tom Rippeon
Wally Pannier
Charley Bell
Karl Brown
Clarence Orndorff
George Vayvada
John C. Malinowski
Gerald Huff
Alabama
Georgia
Hubert Kaempf
Julian Harris
Harvey Whipp Jr
Santee Couree
South Carolina
Mary Grace Castle
Woodrow Weddle
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Wva
Ed Young
Jim McFall
Hagerstown
Billie Walter
Wayne Shober
Bob
Willard
Macy Druken- Miller
Frederick Chap
Washington
Frank Hart
American Society of Train
Ing
Detroit
Funeral Rites for Col Thomas J Frailey Held at Emmitsburg
Funeral services for Col Thomas J Frailey 66 of Emmitsburg were held at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev Cameron W Johnson officiating. Interment followed at Mt Viex Cemetery Emmitsburg with pallbearers Clarence Frailey Carson Frailey Jr Carl W Cruz HP Freeman Ralph Smith and Robert Kemp. Wilson Funeral Home of Emmitsburg supervised arrangements.
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Trinity Methodist Church
Emmitsburg
Thomas J. Frailey
Maguire Hospital
Richmond
Cameron W. Johnson
Mt. Viex Cemetery
Clarence Frailey
Carson Frailey Jr
Carl W. Cruz
HP. Freeman
Ralph Smith
Robert Kemp
Wilson Funeral Home
Pine Groves
Chapel
Mt. Airy
Pearli M. Baumgardner
Harrisville
Herbert S. Harrison
West Falls
Methodist Church
Pine Grove
Murray Beumgardner
Daniel
George Wilson
Raymond Aldridge
I. Edward and
Monroe Cnaner
Foard Hood
C. M. Waltz
Prospect, Methodist Church
Nellie M. Runkles
Plane No. 4
Wilbur
Woodbine
Jess Clay
Norman Brashears
William Reader
O. J. Layton
Francis Runkles
James Spalding
Deaths and notices from Thurmont and nearby towns
Obituaries report William Fleet Harbaugh of Thurmont ageing 78 at Hawn Convalescent Nursing Home. Also listed are Nathaniel Herbert of Hope Hill, Grant Hann of Union Bridge, Mrs Clara M. Roop of New Windsor, Mrs Pearl A. Shorb of Taneytown, and Mrs Wilbur L. Sher. Details include survivors, funeral homes, call times, and interment plans. A Havana AP brief notes 22 arrests at El Cajio amid a Cuban revolution push toward Nicaragua.
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William Fleet
Harbaugh
William Flee
Thurmont
Hawn
Hight
Walter S
Sarah J. Harbaugh Harbaugh
Dorothy M. Manahan Harbaugh
Western Maryland Railroad
Ray Nogle
Thurman
Roy Moore
Highfield
Murray Harbaugh
Mo le Creager and Son Fieral
Taurmont
Hev
Samuel A. Morer
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Grant Hann
D. Grant Hann
Wilbur Fawble
Union Bridge
Mr. Hann
Fredericks County
Eli
Deborah Stein Hann
Harry F. ‘Hann
Fanladelphia
Thhe Artisans Germantown Assembbly
Lodge 54
Philadelphia
D. D. Harzler and Sons
Donald Brake
Mountain View Cemetery
Howard C. Roop
Clara M. Roop
New Windsor
Hanover General Hospital
Taneytown
Charles
Minnie Bord Hockensmith
Guerrieri
Escondido
Calif
H. Cassell Roop
Austin Cooper
Riate
Pipe Creek Cemetery
Wilbur L. Sher
Pearl A. Sherb
Wilbur L. Shor
Tanextown
John W
Susan Alice Althouse Eckard
John Edward Shorb
Paneytown
Clarence
Russell Eckard
Grent
Havana
Revolucion
el Cajio
Nicaragua
Middletown PTA Fun Night and WAC enlistment notes
Enlistments in the Women’s Army Corps may be arranged through Master Sergeant Robert at 27 East Patrick Street. The Middletown Elementary School PTA plans a Fun Night with games, pony rides, hayrides, refreshments, and a country store on Saturday at 6 30 p.m. The Eugene O’Neill Pulitzer play Strange Interlude opened on Broadway in 1928.
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Army
Joanairs Bineele
Bizzeille
Conta
Rober HS
East Patrick Street
WAC
Eugene O
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Herman Ratner
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Frank H. Dowell
Langley Air Force Base
Charles F. Maloney Sr
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Ft. Sill
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Rostindale
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George H. Smith Jr
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Albert Burkhardt
Wiliam Adams
Dillard
Grove House
Henry Haupt
Roemer Toms
Roscoe Geil
Harmony Cemetery
Russell
McAlister
B. Dorsett
Poolesville
General Services Administration
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Taylorstown
Charles Santalti
Ransom R. Lewis Jr
Nathaniel Herbert
Hope Hill
Mr. Herbert
C. E. Hicks
Women’s Army Corps
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PTA
Eh Weil Pe Reid
Shah Mo
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Hammed Reza Pahlew
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