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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1958
Page
2
A reader asks about dating a neighbor who won’t kiss him after a note suggests walks and movies. Abby advises to look elsewhere if a permanent relationship is desired. The column also addresses loving two people and hints that true love lasts beyond four months, suggesting moving on.
The News reports on federal plans to raise public assistance funding and broaden aid to the elderly blind and dependents amid rising costs. It also covers Beall's bill to aid displaced small business renters under urban renewal and excerpts a Dear Abby column addressing pension concerns and personal queries.
Visitors to Fort Detrick on Armed Forces Day view a scale model of modular design safety cabinets developed by the Fort Detrick Plants Division and Aerojet General Corporation. The display shows standardized cabinet layouts, cost and time savings, and enables competitive bidding. the project aims to broaden use beyond Fort Detrick to other labs.
Ollie Afar Bowen of Ridgeville dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital at age 8. Survived by son J William Bowen. funeral Thursday at 2 PM in Damascus with interment at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Mocrovia. Eli Armesius Wolfe of Lewistown dies at home aged 75. survived by wife Mae Ambush Wolfe daughter Mrs Markle G Holiday granddaughter Patricia Holiday brother Harry Wolfe and several sisters and nieces.
About 250 parents from across the region helped celebrate May Day at Hood College. Events included Spring Horse Shows, banquets, and a May Day pageant led by May Day queen Miss Marthanne Stephens. Katherine Myers of Snyder, New York won the grand riding championship with Carole Kenyon of Greenwich Conn. as reserve. A large crowd viewed the events while 410 mothers and daughters attended the Mothers Club banquet in Cobleniz Hall.
Mothers and daughters of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation gathered for the United Lutheran Church Women annual banquet. Husbands and fathers from the Men’s Club served, with lively dish crashes noted. Rev. Charles F. Trunk Jr. displayed church pictures while Mrs. W. Bartgis Storm presided and honored Rev. Trunk with birthday roses.
Mr and Mrs Charles Mullican of East Eighth return from visiting Dr and Mrs William Ray at State College PA. Lloyd Cooper Sr of Lander observes 25th birthday. George William Smith of New Midway celebrates birthday Thursday. Lewis E Leather of Buckeystown turns 72 Thursday. Bessie Hoffman of Woodsboro to be 77 Thursday. Stanley Mumford and wife on South Catoctin Avenue Frederick mark 50th wedding anniversary today.
A fragmented table shows district by district voting totals for Democratic and Republican candidates across Maryland counties. It lists precinct groupings within Baltimore City and surrounding counties like Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Howard, Prince George's, St. Mary's, and others, with partial sums and references to included regions.
Fifty years ago in May 1968, a detachment from the War College in Washington traveled through Frederick to study Civil War battlefields. They stopped at the Monocacy site, where a large plate glass window in Eaton Brothers store room was cracked and damaged by a break in. Also noted are local real estate changes on Rockwell Terrace, ore prospect hints from Mrs Molle Baxter’s farm, and a Singapore Copper Co inspection by Thomas Dunshee.
Three post offices in this projecteffector community chest drive went over the top with fifteen thousand dollars reported, or fifty-two more than the goal. Seventeen firemen including eleven from this city enrolled for a twenty week training course by Simon Clopper regional instructor of the Fire Service Extension University of Maryland. A pageant entitled Our Heritage will be given by ten and women of the Evangelical Lutheran church next week as a feature of the church bicentennial in progress this year.
Washington seeks evidence of Communist influence behind rioting in Caracas against Nixon while noting political and economic factors fueling anti U.S. sentiment. French unrest and Algeria crisis fears raise alarm as Dulles weighs boosting Lebanon aid and security forces amid anti government turmoil.
Mr and Mrs Sherod L Earle of West Street Annapolis announce the engagement of their daughter Joan Terrett to Hubert Sylvester Mattie son of Mrs Sylvester A Mattie Frederick and the late Mr Mattie. Miss Earle a University of Maryland graduate engineer is employed by Whitman Reynardt and Associates in Baltimore. Mr Mattie Cornell graduate and Cornell Club of Baltimore president is an engineer with Whitman Reynardt and Associates. A summer wedding is planned.
Richard Skelton, 16 month illness death from leukemia, lay in state at a simple funeral in Hollywood IA. Celebrities Fess Parker Vincent Price Hugh O’Brien Johnny Weissmuller and Max Baer attended the private ceremony. Pope Pius XII sent a crucifix. the Skeltons are not Catholic.
Firefighters rang the doorbell at Mrs. Charles Brown asking for contributions to the Marieville Volunteer Fire Co. Her TV had just caught fire and she was dressed to greet them. In another item, UN asked to assist Calaveras County frog jumping meet by sending two translators to manage incoming letters from foreign countries. In Huntsville Texas lights failed townwide. Inmates at the state prison behaved well while Houston students raided girls’ dormitories prompting a pep rally to restore order.
Among the sick is Mr. C. Scott Cramer of Frederick who is in Maryland University Hospital Baltimore for observation. Mrs. Harry Leamley of Emmitsburg treated at Warner Hospital Gettysburg for a fracture of her right arm from a fall at home. Dr. Harling Sponselier of Chambersburg treated at Chambersburg Hospital after a fall while cutting grass. Mrs. Carrie L. Roderick of Ro semont transferred from Frederick Memorial to Vindobona Convalescent and Rest Home Braddock Heights in fair condition. Mrs. Ela Plunkard of Pearl Street hospitalized at Western Maryland State Hospital Hagerstown. Mr. Arthur Hidgrov of East Fifth Street underwent surgery Tuesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is recovering well.
Fred L Mollenkopf aged 70 longtime city editor of the Toledo Blade from 1926 to 1949 and former Toledo News-Republican editor died after strokes. He had written the column Among the Folks for the Blade. Lewis St George Stubbs Manitoba surrogate judge who was removed in 1933 after misconduct findings died Monday. Born in Turks Island he built a noted Canada legal political career.
Funeral services and interments were held for Eve lyn Marie Defauter near Lewistown at 11 a m. Rev. Raymond E. Wilhelm of Grace United Church of Christ presided. Interment at Rocky Springs Cemetery. Also, Martha Jane Bankard wife of Keener E. Bankard died Saturday with services at New Windsor funeral home. Purdum Poole of Damascus died Sunday with services at Damascus funeral home. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery Frederick. Luther H M Wachter died Friday evening in Frederick Memorial Hospital with services from R E Dailey funeral home North Market street.
Frederick area residents Wayne V. Holter Pfe Robert A Gosnell Robert H Cole Philip L Sibert were honored at ROTC Battalion parades at Western Maryland College Westminster Holter received PMST in Exercise Fort Polk Louisiana Sgt Clarence W Hamilton Jr participated in Exercise Strong Arm near Fort Polk Louisiana under Continental Army command with parents listed in Frederick Maryland notes
Fort Detrick hosts Armed Forces Day events with a closed circuit TV link, two cameras, and a field house display supervised by Captain Humphrey. Major Barattino leads MP staff for up to 2,000 visitors, with Mayor Derr delivering the event speech and bands from Frederick High and Middletown High. A simulated A bomb blast and various lab exhibits will highlight the day, concluding with demonstrations and safety displays.
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