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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1960
Page
4
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The Agriculture Department projects a winter wheat crop of 977 million bushels plus a spring 230 million bushel harvest. Surplus wheat could exceed needs by at least 200 million, adding to 135 billion stored. So far surpluses cost $3 billion in farm support and storage at $15 million daily, while per capita grain consumption declines from 3.8 to 28 bushels yearly over two decades.
Mexico’s Jose Becerra boxed four final rounds on Tuesday as he trains for his world bantamweight title defense against Japanese challenger Kenji Yonekura Friday night. He says the leg that troubled him after a February bout with Alphonse Halima is finally healed.
Fifty years ago on May 18 1910 the Whit Monday crowd gathered at Braddock Heights for opening day. A new porch was added at George Mull’s on North Market Street and contractors were winning state roof bids for homes on Rockwell Terrace and Dili Avenue. Incidents included Harry Schroeder’s fall from a trolley car bruising his arm and George Jacobs injuring his left hand while operating a freight car brake. Musicians Williams Fisher and L Frank Derr secured a season with a Hunton West Virginia concert band. Reverend Dr Thomas Freeman Dixon traveled to Taneytown to assist in installing Reverend S R Downey as pastor of Piney Creek and Taneytown Presbyterian Church.
Twenty years ago items from the columns mention Dr William Dekker van Ghrl a Holland native missing word of his Rotterdam sister amid Nazi threats. The State Department warns Americans to leave Europe. Sheriff Guy Anders orders 15 prisoners to work on county roads. J William Brosius of Adamstown a University of Maryland senior hires with Southern States Cooperative. A hard storm drops nearly three quarters inch rain. Brunswick bridge may close three months for extensive repairs. Antwerpfell to Germans as their wings near Paris. Maubeuge Montmedy line breached. Germanys navy mining South American ports.
In mid 1960 the economy shows a split picture with overall industrial output steady and consumer goods rising, while steel and home building remain weak. Auto sales climb in May, unemployment drops slightly but factory jobs hold flat, and steel price cuts offer relief amid continued demand slack.
Among the sick at Washington County Hospital is student J Elwood Stover of Shepherds College Shepherdstown W Va. He is improving. Also improving are Mrs Carl E Center of Route 4 Hagerstown and Mrs Monroe Stult of Harmony Grove who entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Monday after surgery. Little Susan Shank daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Shank of Doubs remains ill. Mrs Harold Devers of Hullside Apartments is reported improving.
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus resumes rail travel after three seasons by truck, marking a return to rail transportation for the traveling show.
Airman Wayne L Carty son of John F Carty of Route 1 Thurmont Maryland has been assigned to a unit of the Military Air Transport Service at Dover AFB Delaware for training and duty as an accounting and finance specialist He recently completed basic military training here A Thurmont High School graduate he completed Strayer College Accounting before enlisting.
The Lades Auntary Fraternal Order of Eagles 1067 held a Mother's Day service honoring Mrs Irene Esterley as Mother of the Year. Chaplain Mrs Lua Showe presented a corsage. A program followed with poems by Addie Harner and Mrs Margaret Seipler, music by Mrs Virginia Ross, and readings on motherhood. Refreshments were served after the service.
The Braddock Homemakers Club held its May meeting at Mrs Charles Main home with Mrs Luther Bussard presiding. talks on confidence in speaking were given, ideas shared, and a nominating committee appointed for next year. Seventeen members and two visitors attended as plans were made for June tea and fall slipcover classes.
The Hood College home economics department will stage its annual fashion show Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in Brodbeck Hall featuring Hood students from clothing construction dress design and advanced dress design classes. The theme Essence of Femme uses perfume bottle silhouettes and a Mondrian backdrop for six scenes Spicy Fruit Modern Forest Oriental and Floral Bouquet. Student designers select fabrics colors and textures to fit each scene. Assistant Prof Donna Ditty notes stores will echo the varied scents and the program includes ball gowns cocktail dresses dinner dresses town ensembles casual wear and sundresses. Junior Valane Schwarz will perform modern dance interpretations between scenes.
Mr and Mrs Hammond Clary return from a six week Fort Lauderdale trip with a Nassau side trip. Kimberly Grace Cramer turns one on Thursday. Denzel Goins and Paul Vollmer families return from St. Petersburg. George E Bankies and Walter Keeney families hear Sgt Calvin Keeney and Curtis arrived in Waiting, Hawaii with new assignment. T W Dillon family visits Pont of Rocks Mary Frye. Sharon Hebb of Brunswick to celebrate her 14th birthday Sunday.
Tony Reavis, 12, watched in tears as his twin Tommy and younger brother Eddie, 8, drowned in a six foot deep pool at the foot of an abandoned lead mine shaft in Galena Kansas. The brothers were playing around the shaft when rocks were dropped, causing Tommy and Eddie to slip and fall forty feet into the water. Tony crawled to the water level but could not pull them out.
Mrs. Susan Fogle, 78, of Union Bridge, wife of Henry T. Fogle, died at home after an illness. She leaves four children and many grandchildren. services will be at Winners church with interment nearby. Mrs. Mary E. Lightner, 33, widow of Edward M. Lightner of Gettysburg, died at Warner Hospital after a stroke. She leaves three children and three grandchildren. funeral arrangements include Memorial EUB Church in Gettysburg.
Funeral services for John William Ball retired farmer of Buckeystown were held at 106 East Church Street. Rev Charles A Bryan officiated with pallbearers Maurice Dade John B Dade Lawrence Fry Walter Poole David Adams Harry Ranneberger. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery conducted by M W KR Etchison and Son. Funeral services for Joseph J Nestor credit bureau official and sportsman were held at St John s Catholic Church. High Requiem Mass by Rev Herbert Jordan. Burial Arlington National Cemetery with military honors Fort Myer. Pallbearers from Fishing Creek Rod and Gun Club and Francis Scott Key Post American Legion.
Maryland Democratic Chairman Thomas B Finan announced the state convention will be held in Baltimore May 31 at the Hotel Emerson. Delegates elected yesterday will choose Maryland's 24 member delegation to the Democratic National Convention opening July 12 in Los Angeles. Finan praised the primary for boosting enthusiasm and urged Democrats to unite to elect seven congressmen and a Democratic president in November.
Washington AP John S. White 64 former speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates died Sunday of a heart attack while vacationing in the Bahamas. A Colmar Manor resident and Prince Georges County attorney for 37 years he was elected as a delegate in 1935 and became speaker in 1945 serving until leaving two years later. Oscar Wilde quote included.
David Stockwell of Barley Mill House in Wilmington shows eighteenth century furniture legs as key clues to style and region. He highlights Queen Anne and Chippendale pieces and cites Philadelphia New York and Massachusetts makers. the talk notes how exposed secondary good tells a story and features Winterthur rooms.
Tokyo reported Communist China called Eisenhower a warmonger while Nationalists claimed Reds are moving war materiel toward mainland areas near Nationalist held offshore islands. Peiping said Nixon used aggressive language defending U.S. espionage. Reds may revive Quernoy assault to draw the United States into limited hostilities.
Police raided a firehouse in Laytonsville Maryland arresting seven men on poker playing charges. An eighth 17 year old was in his parents’ custody. All posted 27.50 collateral each pending a Rockville People’s Court hearing next Monday.
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports births from May 13 to 16. Couples include Earl Davis Germantown with first daughter Angela Eariene, Elizabeth Dorsey Broadway with Susan Yvette, Maynard Hamilton Carroll Street with Mary Marie, Russell Bassett Gambrill Park Road with Frances Coralee, Francis Schwartz Union Bridge with Jalie Ann, Wilford Dudderar Thurmont with Richard Allen, Allen Burges 244 Dil Avenue with Gary Lee, Charles Hartmen West Fourth Street with Patti Lou, and Elmer Smallwood Carver Apartments with Anthony Aaron.
Charles J. Ellett, aged 65 from Cohoes, New York, became a licensed insurance agent after losing sight in 1953. He passed the licensing exam using Braille texts and finished his Siena College course in Albany, ranking in the upper part of his class, marking a new career move rather than retirement.
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