Mother's Day Kitchen Tale of a Irish Immigrant’s Love Story
In a Lewistown column, HAL BOYLE recalls a family ritual where children coax their mother to share her life. She narrates emigrant years from Ireland to America, meeting a frugal first beau and, finally, her future husband in Kansas City, ending with a tender memory of their life together.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Mother
Mama
Ireland
County
Mayo
America
Jay
Philadelphia
Nickel Miser
Cinderela
Kansas City
Dad
Bridget
Mami
Tve
Margaret
Mama Margaret
Wyoming Tourism Booms as Yellowstone Draws Crowds
Tourists flock to Wyoming for summer travel with Yellowstone National Park as the main lure. The state expects a record season despite roads still snowbound until June 1, while other attractions also see rising visitor interest.
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Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
Ample Means Woman Renounces Large Chicago Estate
Mrs. Adelaide V. Duncan of Chicago, aged 88, rejects a $1,307,567 life estate from her husband’s legacy. She takes only personal belongings and a widow’s award of $29,000, directing the bulk to institutional legatees. Her choice aims to honor her husband’s benefactions during her lifetime.
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Adelaide V. Duncan
Chicago
Legaties
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
The United Brethren general conference members traveled to Baltimore on a special train to visit Bishop William Otterbein’s tomb, with 356 attendees. business sessions set for City Opera House. Braddock Heights gravity railroad rampage. Ridgeville house fire. census work completed in Braddock. Thurmont mill hand injured by a belt accident.
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the News
United Brethren General Conference
Fiere
Baltimore
Bishop
William Otterbein
Frederick
City
Braddock Leights
Middletown
Charles
Grove
Braddock District
Ridgeville
Gee. Berratt
M. J. Grave
Thaddeus Creacer
Excelsior Works
Thurmont
Twenty Years Ago Of The News May 14 1951 Deaths And Drowning
Twenty years ago reports include the death of Harry B Witter a retired farmer and former County Commissioner at age 61 in Baltimore area The Episcopal service ordination of William Owings Stone and Rev Charles Bayard Tratt occurred All Saints church Harpers Ferry drowning of Spencer Weaver after his car fell 20 feet into the Chesapeake and Ohio canal a dog survived Theft from the Commercial Bank apartment of Mr and Mrs George W Jeine rein of Sowih Markel sired with a small missionary box contents taken
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the News
Harry B. Witter
Pennsylvania Avenue
William Owings Stone
Emmitsburg
Charles Bayard Tratt
All Saints Church
Edward T. Helfenstein
Maryland
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Harpers Ferry
Spencer Weaver
Peity
Commercial Bank
George W. Jeinerein
Sowih Markel
Bible Thought on Christ’s atonement and healing
A religious reflection from Thomas Brooky discussing atonement and salvation. It cites Christ bearing sins on the cross and the healing by His stripes, stressing that only Christ can pay the debt of sin and save from eternal imprisonment.
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Christ
Thomas Brooky
Cinderella Story Told at Hood College May Day
A horse drawn pumpkin coach ballet dancers and courtly splendor opened Hood College May Day ceremonies on May Day. Miss Diane Bruhner was crowned May Queen by Prince Hood as Miss Betsy McCain served as a princess. Barbara Coleman narrated the tale retelling Cinderella with Miss Nancie Stewart as maid of honor. The court featured Miss Bruhner s ladies in waiting and a Gus Gus jester. Ballet soloists included Doris Rencken Linda Willard and Alice Avanozian with The Dance Club performing modern numbers. Hood Odello supplied the music for the program and a semi formal dance followed in Cambridge gymnasium with Bob Hessenauer and his orchestra.
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Hudson
Hood College
Cinderella
Prince Charming
Diane Bruhner
Jamaica
N. Y
Prince Hood
Betsy McCain
Frederick
Barbara Coleman
Wyncote
Bruhner
Nancie Stewart
Scarsdale
New York
Gus Gus
Betty Feldman
Brooklyn
N.Y
Doris Rencken
Demarest
N. J
Linda Willard
Aberdeen
Alice Avanozian
Manchaster
Beth Clapp
Hood Odello
Ruth Matthews
Cambridge
Nas
Cambrill Gymnasium
Francine Dondershine
Irvington
Betty Bittick
Hingman
Mass
Bob Hessenauer
Personal notices of travel and local engagements
Mr Edward Jv Thomas of this city plans to return home this afternoon after a ten day visit with his son in law Dr Denton Cooley and family in London. Dr Thomas crossed the Atlantic by plane landing in New York this morning with Mrs Thomas remaining in England. Lieut Truman Moon and First Sergt Woodrow W Corbin return from a three week course at Northwestern University Traffic Institute. Mayor Elmer Mun shower hosted guests Mansfield Clement of Germantown Pa. R Wayne Stevens posted new barracks address in Jacksonville Fla. Mrs J P Fraser and Mrs W Roderick of Woodsboro spend week in Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs Harry J Lipps celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary.
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Edward Jv. Thomas
Denton Cooley
London
Thomas
Atlantic
New York
England
Truman Moon
Waterloo
Frederick
Woodrow W. Corbin
Frederick Barracks
Maryland
R. W.stevens
T.C
Jacksonville
Fla
J. P. Fraser
Social Work
Harry J. Lipps
Last Sixth Street
Hospital transfers and home returns in Frederick area
Among the sick Mrs. Gertrude Bowers was moved from 429 West South to Frederick Memorial Hospital by C. E. Cline and Son ambulance for observation and treatment. Elmer I. Eshleman at Kemp Hall apartments underwent surgery Saturday at Church Home and Hospital in Baltimore and expects to return home Thursday. John S. Sullivan moved to the Marine Hospital in Baltimore for treatment, with his condition unchanged. his wife will stay with relatives during his hospital stay. Mrs. Atlee Haines was operated on at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is recovering. G. Plitt Von Eiff Jr. is recuperating at home in Urbana from pleural pneumonia. Walter Smith, Camp Airy caretaker, was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital Sunday by M. L. Creager and Son ambulance. Mrs. Frank H. House, previously at Frederick Memorial Hospital, returned home at 416 Sherman Avenue and expects months of bed rest for a heart condition.
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Gertrude Bowers
West South Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C. E. Cline and Son
Elmer I
Eshleman
Kemp Hall
Church Home
Baltimore
John S. Sullivan
East Second Street
Marine Hospital
Sullivan
Atlee Haines
West Fourth Street
G. Plitt von Eiffl, Jr
Unionville
Walter Smith
Camp Airy
Thurmont
M. L. Creager and Son
Frank H. House
Sherman Avenue
House
Reverberation Amplifies Voice Between Closely Spaced Buildings
Question asks what causes voice amplification in a space about 30 feet between two buildings. Answer: likely reverberation, a form of echo. Sound reflects off building walls within a hundredth of a second, returned so quickly there is no noticeable delay like a typical echo.
Panama Budgets Plans Call Special Assembly Session
Panama's new government announces plans to call no five day special session of the National Assembly to balance the budget amid fiscal pressures in the country.
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Panama
National Assembly
Hood College Mothers Club elects officers in Coblentz Hall
About 200 mothers attended Hood College Mothers' Club organization dinner in Coblentz Hall. Mrs W Merval Weaver elected treasurer. Mrs Andrew G Truxal named project chairman. Mrs Henry L Froechtemeyer, Baltimore, to be first president. Other officers include Mrs Lawrence C Warren, Mrs Paul A Seltzer, and Mrs Howard I Crook Jr. Regular meetings set for May Day and Campus Day in October. Club aims to support students and redecorating infirmary with first project.
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Hood College Mothers’ Club
Coblentz Hall
W. Merval Weaver
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood
Henry L. Tfroechtemeyer
Baltimore
Lawrence C. Warren
Hingham
Mass
Paul A. Seltzer
Lansdowne
Howard I. Crook, Jr
Catonsville
May Day Hood College Spring Horse Show crowns Blumenthal winner
The Hood College Spring Horse Show during May Day festivities awarded the championship to Barbara Blumenthal of Beverly Hills. Joanne Grahame took the reserve title. Judges were W. Cash Smith and Gert rude Giessler. The event also featured a father daughter baseball game ending 7-6 after extra innings with the fathers losing. Rev. Orris Robinson captained the fathers.
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Hood College
Barbara Blumenthal
Beverly Hills
Calif
Joanne Grahame
Poughkeepsie
N. C
Miss Blumenthal
Diane Bruhner
Jamaica
N. Y
May Queen
W. Cash Smith
Frederick
Gertrude Giessler
Oldfields School
Glencoe
Rev
Orris Robinson
Joan Robinson
Washington, D. C
Montgomery Barn Wrecked by Sudden Storm Near Boyds
A dairy barn on James Schamel’s Montgomery County farm near Boyds was a total loss after a brief severe wind and rain storm Friday afternoon. The cement block foundation failed, sides collapsed, roof rests on stanchions, and two silos were blown down. Portions of the Schamel home roof also blew off. This storm caused the most extensive damage reported in the area, with another farm nearby having a bank barn moved from its foundation.
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James Schamel
Boyds
Montgomery County
Schamel
Draftees Guide on deferments and exam choices
Major Thomas M. Nial explains how student deferment may hinge on class standing or test scores, urging eligible students to take the draft exam now. He notes potential future changes, where testing could be required or narrowed, and details where to obtain applications and exam dates. Burdetic incident mentions damaged buildings and uprooted trees causing service disruption.
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Thomas M. Nial Washington
Congress
Reg
The War Vets Gap Between Korea and World War II Benefits
The Nation Today examines how Korea veterans lack many benefits granted to World War II and other war veterans due to no formal war declaration. After a Tucson case highlighted the discrepancy, Congress quickly passed limits correcting some gaps, including VA treatment for non service connected illnesses and burial expense for next of kin.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Soo
Veterans Administration
Tucson
Ariz
Truman
Phillips Draws Up Move to Oust Acheson
Rep Phillips of California unveiled a new tactic for House Republicans aiming to remove Dean Acheson as Secretary of State. The amendment would bar use of State Department funds to pay anyone in the department who in the past five years was connected with a business or professional office serving foreign governments, a clause Phillips says would target Acheson due to his former law firm representing foreign clients.
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Washington
Phillips
Calif
House
Dean Acheson
Appropriations Committee
Acheson
State Department
United States
Population surge and non-farm households rise in the 1940s
U.S. population grew about 1414 percent from 1940 to 1950 while non-farm households increased 22 percent from 27,748,000 to 36,628,000. This reflects major demographic shifts as urban and suburban living expanded alongside the postwar economy.
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United States
Mothers and Daughters Banquet at U B Church
More than a hundred mothers and daughters gathered at Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church for the annual banquet hosted by the Woman's Society of World Service and the Christian Guild. Co-chairs Mrs. Martha Crutchley and Mrs. Naomi Gearinger organized the event with remarks, songs, readings, and a sermon by Rev. John W. Fisher of Temoyne Pennsylvania. Floral prizes were awarded for oldest and youngest attendees and most daughters, before the Mizpah benediction ended the program.
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Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church
Woman's Society of World Service
Christian Guild
Martha Crutchley
Naomi Gearinger
John H. Ness, Jr
Gearinger
Elaine Fogle
Patsy Rice
Alvin Rice
Edgar A
Helen Williams
Helen Summers
Lizelte Knorr
Youman
Lucille Ness
John W. Fisher
United Brethren Church
Temoyne
Fisher
Frederick
Crutchley
Rhoda Yinger
Jackie Fox
Della Hamilton
Social Etiquette for Gift Receiving
Acknowledging a gift with gracious acceptance without invoking guilt or apology. The giver expresses thanks for a favor, and the recipient should simply thank them and acknowledge the gesture, avoiding a return gift expectation.
Tressier Sidoti Marriage in New Jersey Ceremony
Gloria Ebaugh Tressier and Daniel R. Sidoti wed at Grantwood Congregational Church Cliffside Park New Jersey on March 24 at 3 30 p m. Maid of honor Jeanette Tresslee wore pink and blue net. They celebrated with a dinner and reception at Villa Esposito and honeymooned in Florida. Mrs Sidoti is a Frederick High School graduate and General Foods employee. Mr Sidoti is Union College graduate and chemist at General Foods central laboratories.
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New Jersey
J. W. Tressier
le Gore
Gloria Ebaugh
Daniel R. Sidoti
John Sidoti
West Newark
N. J
Grantwood Congregational Church
Cliffside Park
Jeanette Tresslee
Villa Esposito
Florida
Something Big In Wind in Korea Becomes Focus of Senate Hearings
Senators Flanders and Kefauver, members of the joint Armed Services and Foreign Relations committee, voiced optimism about a plan for Korea after six days of questioning General Marshall. They hinted at a likely enduring inquiry into MacArthur's firing and Far Eastern policy, noting uncertainty about when the probe ends.
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Washington
Flanders
R-Vi
Korea
Marshall
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Joint
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Gillette Dlown
Senate
MacArthur
Reception Honors Maryland Eastern Star Leaders in Frederick
More than 400 attendees including Grand Chapter officers from Maryland and the District of Columbia and friends gathered at Frederick High School to honor Mrs. Clifford M. Yinger of Frederick and Maurice Bloomberg of Baltimore. Yinger named Worthy Grand Matron and Bloomberg Worthy Grand Patron. A prior program featured welcome by Mrs. J Robert Edwards, solos by Mrs. Donald Sullivan, readings by Mrs. Grace Hummelbaugh Sponseller, and songs with accompanist Mrs. Shorrow.
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Order of Eastern Star
Maryland
District of Columbia
Frederick High School
Clifford M. Yinger
Frederick
Maurice Bloomberg
Baltimore
Yinger
Eastern Star
Bloomberg
J. Robert Edwards
Donald Sullivan
Carroll Freed
Grace Hummelbaugh Sponseller
Jack Shorrow
Council of Jewish Women Donates Books at Urbana Meeting
The Frederick council of Jewish Women announced a book gift to the C. Burr Artz Library at its final gathering of the year, held at the Peter Pan Inn in Urbana. Books were selected by Ernest Berger in memory of Miss William Berry from the library shelves. New officers for the coming term were installed by Mrs. Leo Weinberg, including Mrs. Herman Weener as president and Rose Stern and David Gordon as vice presidents. Four charter members attended: Weinberg, Gordon, Stern, and Jacob Rosenstock.
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C. Burr
Herman Weener
Rose Stern
David Gordon
Nathan Wine
Ters
Nathan Jacobson
I. J. Wolberg
Weinberg
Mise Rose Stern
Jacob Rosenstock
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Greenhorn
Lewistown W
Luther Mariinon
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Lewistown
Archie Fogle
Allan Powell
Lafayette Wastler
George Green
Eli Green
Roscoe Martin
Staley Grimes
Harry Haines
Asia
Raymond Stull
Mt. Zion Church
McKaig
W. Calvin Rice
Jesse Marshall
Jiarry Lohrv
Alton Powell
Rean
Airland
Seoul
Hood Mothers
Montgomery
H. T. Webster
ME Share
Soe
Veterans OF
M Rede
U. B. Church
Mrs. Yinger
Council of Jewish Women
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