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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1955
Page
2
Established 1833 Pabtened Every Afternoon Except Sunday by the GEFAT SOUTHERN PTG. & MFG. CO. North Court St. Frederick Maryland. Subscription rates show prices for single copies and prepaid periods. Entered at the post office in Frederick Md as second class matter. Monday May 9 1955.
Predictions from the United States Chamber of Commerce foretell 1975 life with glass walls in houses, interiorless rooms, automatic lighting, atom-powered cars with self-parking, emotional weather-responsive windows, and groceries heated or frozen in packets for instant cooking or cooling. The vision hints at widespread automation and new consumer conveniences.
The Frederick Bird Club will meet at 745 p.m. Wednesday in the YMCA. Dr Richard Robins will discuss Factors Affecting the Distribution of Birds comparing studies in Maryland and Mexico. Two films will be shown Wildlife of the Aleutian Islands and Western Grebe featuring a grebe courtship dance on water.
The Rev Gordon Hite, assistant pastor of Tivel Tuthaean Church Norfolk Va will be installed as pastor of Manor Lutheran Church Frederick County next Sunday The Rev Dr J Frank Fife Baltimore president of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland will officiate Hite was ordained in June 1953 a month after graduating from Lutheran Theological Seminary Gettysburg Pa
Local notes recount a sod ducking after a boat capsized on the Monocacy near the Gas House road bridge. Wrestler Kid Taylor defeated Prof Charles Willard at the City Opera House with Willard showcasing boxing fencing and bag punching. Yellow Springs Band to escort the United Fire Company to the State Fireman's convention in Havrestown. Edward S Lamant of Frederick to graduate from Lancaster Theological Seminary and lead the Reformed churches in Williamson Lemaster Pa. Charal Society officers elected at a college hall meeting. Wood residence in College Park sold at public sale to Clarence A Bursard for 10550. Sam W Maples elected Rotary Club president with J Walker Carty as VP and John A Shires secretary. James Linton pitched the first no hit no run game in the City Speedball League at Baker Park. 311 prospective high school graduates in the city and county. Freder ick Rugh leads with 138.
World War 1 medicinal hero Sgt William Slemmer honored as a flag flown over Camp Gordon in his father's memory. Post commander Brig Gen Francis E Howard approved the gesture. Slemmer received Silver Star and Purple Heart for actions with the 3rd Division during WW1. He later served as a First Lieutenant in the QM reserve. Survived by widow Martha Keny Simmer and SFC William R Slemmer Jr. Details of his service include battles Aisne Chateau-Thierry Meuse-Argonne St Mihiel Marne and other campaigns with the 7th Medical Station. The family ties and Legion memberships noted amid local remembrance.
MOSCOW The reunion of Soviet and American veterans of the 1945 Elbe linkup began with a midnight airport reception and a banquet of caviar steak and vodka. Nine American World War II veterans arrived for a five day stay as guests of the Soviet Union, greeted by Col. Evseny Parfiriev and James Leonard.
Miss Kathryn Josephine Oden and Albert S Mullican Jr wed at St John’s Catholic Church with Rev Herbert Jordan officiating. The bride wore nylon over taffeta, carried a white orchid Bible, and was given in marriage by her uncle Donald Rice. The couple will reside at Alexandria Air Force Base after a honeymoon trip south.
Formosa premier C. K. Yui says no retreat and vows to fight to hold Quemoy and Matsu, tying defense of the offshore islands to Formosa and the Pescadores. He rejects a cease-fire and accuses the Communists of aggression. Local police filed a string of charges over the weekend against multiple suspects for offenses including reckless driving and operating without a license.
Mr and Mrs Louis 4 Leichert return from Atlantic City at Hotel Dennis. Mr and Mrs M J Croghan Sr attend New Jersey Hotel Convention at Ritz Carlton Atlantic City. Claude Miller Jr Locust Valley welcomed first child daughter Sandra Mae born May 4 weighing 7 lbs 15 oz. Mrs May S Kefauver and daughter Edna return to East Third Street. Monocacy Garden Club meet at Mrs A M Thomas Sugar Loaf Mountain for luncheon and mountain history tour.
Among the ill are Carol Lee Summers of Harpers Ferry taken to Hagerstown Hospital on Friday and Mrs Mary Barker Grimes Walkersville entering Ohne Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for major surgery this morning. Dee W Schaeffer Urbana is listed as satisfactory at Frederick Memorial Hospital as a cardiac patient. Dr Elinor Ware Hood College professor fell at the college last week breaking two bones in her right foot and has resumed teaching after treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Henry Davis local taxi operator 614 North Market Street is satisfactorily recovering at Church Home and Hospital Baltimore after surgery Friday. Miss Mabel Nicodemus Thurmont remains unchanged at University Hospital Baltimore after surgery months ago and ongoing care.
Wedding announced for Rodgers Tul Smith son of Mr and Mrs John A G Smith and Miss Seeehtae Acataida of Oxford with ceremony at Chestertown July 31 1954. Groom to join US Marines at Quantico June 20 to receive second lieutenant commission. Engagement announced for Nancy Lou Swearingen and Earl Walter Davis with wedding set for July 9 at St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Thurmont.
Over 250 players coaches and managers from Frederick Little Leagues and Babe Ruth League will watch the Washington National Cleveland Indians game in Griffith Stadium. Buses will depart Baker Park band shell at 11 30 a m. Austin Whitehill s hosts a presidents committee says the trip will teach boys on field technique teamwork and strategy.
A four even ing religious campaign led by Rev James Bridgman will be held at the American Lesson Hall in Damascus from May 12 through 15 starting nightly at 7 30 p m The meetings feature music and sermons including Why Everyone Should Serve God How to Come to God Gods Call to Humanity and Gods Plan for Your Life
Construction begins this month on a nearly 300 mile fuel pipeline from Cadiz to Seville and Madrid to supply American and Spanish bases. The US Navy oversees the project with Spanish contractors, costing about 10 million dollars for labor and materials and slated to finish in 435 days in late 1936. The line, three feet underground across two mountain ranges, improves military logistics and boosts Spain’s economy amid broad defense aid figures in Europe.
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