State's Poet Laureate Is Known Here
Mrs. 3. B. Croker, aged 84 and Maryland's poet laureate, is admired locally for her poetry and roots in St. Mary's County. She modeled after Alfred Lord Tennyson, with ties to Braddock Heights and Charlotte Hall. Her work includes Vision and Variety and Tales of Old St. Mary's, and she wrote the foreword for Maryland Poet. She was named laureate by Gov. Tawes and has been recognized as Gold Star Mother after losing a son in World War II.
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3. B. Croker
Maryland
Braddock Heights
Ronald Kling
Braddock
Croker
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Victorian
England
Tennyson
St. Mary's
Maryland Poe
Maria Beer
Edward Tayloe Briscoe
Sallie Ferguson Vaughan
Briscoe
Charlotte Hall
Sit. Mary's County
Philip Briscoe
Charlotte Hall Academy
Francis Scott Key
Edward Bates
Abraham Lincoln
St. Mary’s Seminary
State Normal School
Edward Joseph Croker
Mrs. Cortelyou Honored As National Science Leader
Ethaline Cortelyou national president elect of Sigma Delta Epsilon visits Chicago area events. She spoke on preparing technical papers and discussed the National Council on the Participation of Women in Science. She is noted for 40 chemistry publications and editor roles.
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Ethaline Cortelyou
Atlantic
Frederick
Aerojet-General Corporation
Universal OF Products Company
Des Plaines
Bridesmaids Favor Short Organdie Dresses for 1950s Weddings
The bridesmaids will wear short, bouffant organdie dresses in pale pastels with removable jackets or fichus for versatility. Bridesmaids’ outfits contrast with the bride’s full cascading gown while emphasizing wearability and fashion practicality. The trend includes white cotton organdie options and color accents like olive green cummerbunds.
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Pasccla
Boston
Sui
Fourth annual mother daughter banquet in Lutheran church
Evangelical Lutheran Church Women of Maryland held a hat themed event with mothers and daughters from Warren C. Smith to Mrs Ralph Harrison. The program featured hat trimming, solos, and a birthday cake hat for Mrs Charles F Trunk Jr. The group raised praise for hospitality as Robert L Smith oversaw kitchen service and O Wilson Cook directed. A $10 gift funded a new hat for the vice president.
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Evangelical ‘Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church
Robert L.‘Smith
O. Wilson
Harry Zimmerman
Yesteryear
Lois Baumgardner
Robert L. Smith
William M. Millhouse
Ralph Harrison
Diane
James Marks Jr
Sandy
Dorsey F. Shipley
Ann
F. Russell Young
Jan
Zimmerman
Millhouse
Charles F. Trunk Jr
Trunk
United Lutheran Church Women of Maryland
W. Barigis Storm
Raymond E. Bowers Jr
Ul.c.w
Carlton L. Baumgardner
Edward
Kefauver
Kenneth Stull
Ralph Betson
G. Wilson Mercer
Henry Lochner
Frederick Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Holds Record Luncheon
The Women's Auxiliary of Frederick Memorial Hospital held its annual meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with 120 members attending a fashion show and officer installations. President Mrs George B Douglas noted 371 members contributed 14 416 volunteer hours. a dolls display titled The Tie That Binds highlighted the event.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Brron D. Winte
Hspital
George B. Douglas
Arthur G.schuettinger
Joseph Turner
Casper E. Cline Jr
Clyde M. Roney Sr
Walter Crowther
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Frederick High Spring Fashion Show by Home Ec and Dramatics
Frederick High School hosts a Wednesday spring fashion show in the auditorium with a 75 participant mix of clothing students and drama students. David Hagan Jr. plays piano as two daytime shows and an 8:15 pm public finale occur, with Mrs Anna Mae Hughes and Mrs Grace Eng directing. Parkway School Carnival Saturday features a 5 20 pm dinner, pony rides, car rides, tractor rides, games, movies, grab bag, cake and candy, with Meyer Chertoff as FTA chair.
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Frederick High School
Home Economics
Dramatics
David Hagan
Atde
Anna Mae Hughes
Grace Eng
Parkway School
Meyer Chertoff
Parkway Fta
Insects and Pets Stirring Home Memories
A lighthearted column recalls creatures found in the home during spring and summer. The writer details jars of crickets grasshoppers worms toads and more kept by children as pets and the chores and chaos they cause around meals laundry and gardening. The piece ends with a note on lightning bugs and growing up.
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Mother's Day Observed by Zonta Club of Frederick
A Mother's Day program at the Zonta Club of Frederick featured poems read by Mass Nera Wise and Mrs. Virginia Thomas. The Hoodoo Octette performed songs directed by Peter Flanders with student director Marletz King and Phoebe Adams at the piano. A special guest and club officers attended as members honored mothers with carnations and a Mother’s Day prayer.
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Zonta Club
Frederick
Francis Hotel
Helen Collis
Mass Nera Wise
Grace Noll Crowell
Beau Shop
Marcia King
Diane Dickey
Karen Nordberg
Hilda Koontz
Joan Jacobson
Ellen McDougell
Betsy Bennett
iMary Ann Brush
I Peter Flanders
iDepartment of Music
Hood College
Maretz King
Phoebe Adams
Virginia Thomas
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Korea
Charles Thomas
Charles Brosnis
Thomas
Grace Stickell
Ruth Kinsey
Alice Barker
Forfeitures in Magistrates Court Reported
Forfeitures recorded in the Mag istrates Court last night include Albert Clinton Detwiler age 40 of Route 6 Frederick charged with reckless driving with a fine of 11.45 William Norman Dorsey age 39 of Route 1 Mount Airy charged with reckless driving fined 86.45 and Vernon Lamar Roderick age 56 charged with intoxication fined 25.80.
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Albert Clinton Detwiler
Frederick
William Norman Dorsey
Mount Airy
Vernon iLamar Roderick
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Charles Flora
William Nusbaum Sr
Mt. Pleasant
Mary Nusbaum Jr
Church of the Brethren
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Glenn Lare
Gene Lare
Harvey Lare
Frank Darhoff
Margaret Wright
Andy Cashour
Louise Brucher
Patsy Bruchey
Howard Pearl
Howard Nusbaum
William Nusbaum
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Patsy Fogle
Preston Fogle
Judy
Charlene Flora
Union Bridge
Union Bridge Fire Co
Maryland Fire Underwriters Rating Bureau
Aida PE
Gaile Dugas
NEA
NEW York
Celia Phillips
M.S
Sartineat
Franklin Priceland
Bers
Warren C. Smith
Andrea Doria
John W. Clancy
Nantucket
Stockholm
Angela Browning
Frank J. Keefer
Warne Rhoderick
Frederick High
Berger
Market St
Society — Women’s Clubs
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Wiley South Lourrer
STORK
Rosedale Communiy House
Beatrice Ster
Holster Department
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Helen Stup
Madeline Null
Adaline Jones
Leona Harp
Lee Null
Beatrice Sier
Albert Sier
Myrtle Winson
Louie Rice
Catherine Phelps
Marceline Haller
Frances Barnes
Carol Barnes
Mary Ketterman
Blanche Heffner
East Frederick
Patricia
Linda Hart
Hamilton Avenue
Jackie Fox
Gayle Blum
Paul Crum
Pegey Rice
Annapolis
High Court
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Salisbury Times
Court of Appeals
Jesse M. Pollitt
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Efoples Drug Stores Service
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