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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1952
Page
4
An auction entry lists seat sales entered at Boston Massachusetts for Monday May 10 1953. The notice records an amount of 83.50 for a seat and repeats the entry line with similar details.
The Camp Detrick Woman's Club met May 15 with 85 members and guests as Maypole and flower basket themes decorated tables. After a luncheon, Mrs Oram Woolpert received a farewell remembrance before leaving Frederick for Columbus Ohio. Nine tables of bridge followed and a June 5 bridge party was announced with hostesses named for June 19.
The locust scourge stretches from Egypt and Sudan across Arabia into Iran and Pakistan, threatening cotton, grain, and rice. FAO directs control from Rome as the Soviet Union joins to prevent invasion into its eastern breadbasket.
The Money Goes study finds that a $3000 earner could buy a wife a washing machine with half their income tax, while a $4000 earner could buy a TV with half taxes. Families often pay more in taxes than food costs, and corporations could raise pay and stockholders if taxes were retained. It notes many firms see 82 percent of profits go to government expenditures, prompting questions about sustainable business operation.
A delegation from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals met with County Commissioners to discuss upgrading the stray dog pound. They proposed moving facilities to Dr. Donald R. Lynch’s nearby property, cited sanitary concerns, and sought funding, noting SPCA funds may help with improvements and county GOG funds could supplement.
The Leaders Bible Class at Meth dist Church met with Edward S. Rice presiding and Rev. Melvin Tabler delivering opening prayers. Dr. Grant Hagan spoke on child learning at home and Christian family participation. Attendance reached 425 with 31 Reds, 57 Blues, and 17 visitors. contest ends next week with Reds at 770 and Blues at 750. Next speaker is Shennan P. Bowers. In a separate item, the Navy transport Gen Nelson M Walker docked with 3,830 Army troops from Maryland including Pfc Melvin Brown Westminster and Cpls Clarence V Favorite Emmitsburg Raymond E Gray Clarksburg John R Mart Big Pool Louis C Jacobs Frederick and Clarence S Jewell Frederick.
Washington May 1 President Truman rebutted Frank E McKinney s bid for a civil rights compromise and urged ADA support for his proposals to Congress. Senate voices split over FEPC. two Southern senators doubt McKinney s conciliatory stance will win. Also, state police logged two minor weekend crashes along Route 15 and Route 340 with minor damage and no charges.
Locusts swarm Frederick this morning with full fledged 17 year locusts seen first time this year. John L Young, son of W Nash Young, a freight brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio, was knocked from a train top near Martinsburg but escaped serious injury. Braddock Heights opened for the season today with crowds and dancing from 7 to 11 pm. A ground hog settled in A D Willard’s yard and tunneled under fences, wandering into neighboring yards after escaping captivity. The Gettysburg College Musical Clubs will give a concert at the Opera House on Friday evening.
Eugene W. Pruitt, Talbot County superintendent, is chosen to head Frederick County Education starting August 1, succeeding the late G. Lford Palmer. A 50 acre fire near Thurmont is extinguished with scout help. Warner Bros theater company activity prompts a $6 refund at City Opera House. Master Edward Etchison, son of Mr and Mrs Hatt Etchison, shows improvement from illness.
Boyle argues that television acts as a wife educator, altering household dynamics. He recalls his own home where his wife turns to Little Miss Cyclops for knowledge, challenging his authority. He notes political talk, cigarette testing, and crime show fascination raising concerns about domestic power shifts.
Los Alamos New Mexico pastor Dr Fred E Luchs of United Church spoke at Hood College last night urging Christians to give Christ full loyalty not second rate. He warned that lax faith aids fascists and communists and urged churches to oppose nihilism and denial of God. Hood College Choir performed two anthems under Dr Earle Blakeslee with organ by William Sprig.
Reverend A Purnell Bailet argues that true fruitfulness comes from disciplined living and carrying a light spiritual load. He compares spiritual pruning to Caesar era baggage avoidance, urging believers to deny self and shed material encumbrances to grow in faith and serve God's glory.
The Emmitsburg V. F. W. Auxiliary held its regular May meeting at the Post Home with 24 members present. Initiates included Nancy Danner Norma Nusbaum Rachelle Lee Emitch Ethel Baumgardner Dorothy Ohler and Mary Sanders. A food booth plan for the May 30 block party and ambulance fund collection was set with Rosalie Bond chairing. Others serving refreshments were Rosalie Bond Joan Keepers and Helen Keepers.
A compact reflection cites Habakkuk 1 7 on terrible dreadful judgment and dignity, urging self judgment with sincerity so one may judge others with charity. It includes a fragmentary Latin attributed line about judging oneself first.
Emmitsburg garage owner Sperry 64 dies Sunday afternoon in Frederick after a heart attack while driving. Found slumped at the wheel on South Jefferson street. Medical examiner rules natural causes. Survived by wife Ada M. Hollinger Sperry and siblings. Funeral set Thursday at Baumgardner home with Masonic services at Mt. View cemetery.
Mrs. Ralph M. Ray of Washington Grove dies at 25 at Montgomery County General Hospital. Survived by husband two sons and two daughters plus five sisters and grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 pm at local funeral home. Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Also notice of Joseph Henry Stambaugh 74 of Bark Hill Union Bridge who died after extended illness born April 5 1878. survived by wife Anna and multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 1 pm at Union Bridge funeral home. burial United Brethren Cemetery Thurmont. And John E Yourtee Brunswick resident died at 77 after extended illness survived by wife Catherine and two sons and sister Edith. Services Tuesday 10 am at residence. burial Brethren Cemetery Brownsville. Funeral directors C H Feete and Bros.
The funeral for George G. Moser who died last Thursday at Foxville was held Sunday at 2 30 pm at Mt Bethel Methodist Church Foxville with Rev O T Carroll officiating. Full military honors were rendered at the graveside by Edwin C Regger Jr Post American Legion of Thurmont. The firing squad under Len nis Pittinger and color guard members performed. Taps by Eddie Hobbs. Pallbearers named. Interment in church cemetery.
Mrs Addie R King of Purdum died Friday. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Mountain View Methodist Church with Rev Don Griffin officiating and Ritchie Lee Harney singing. Pallbearers included Irvin Hurley Elwood Earl Bernard Wright Kenneth Beall and Roby Beall. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
The New Windsor W C T U held its annual mothers and daughters gathering at Mrs. H C Roop’s home. A bake sale raised 41.57 to fund sending two youths to camp at the Rocks in August. The program featured scripture, songs, poems, and a guest speaker Mrs. Murray Titus. Guests came from Westminster Walkersville Indiana Ohio and Washington state. Frederick will be saluted on radio station WCBM with an interview featuring William E Hardy of the Frederick Chamber of Commerce discussing summer attractions.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Pritchett announce the birth of a daughter Linda Sue at Frederick Memorial Hospital on May 15 weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Mr. Vincent Bealle of Hyattsville will visit relatives in Gaithersburg and join his family in Columbus later this month. Mrs. E. O. Brown returns to Poolesville from California. Rev. and Mrs. Carter Gillis return from Philadelphia. Emma Hodgson returns from Middleton, Virginia. Lt. Fred Hays of Fort Benning is at home in Barnesville. Mrs. Henry Griffith and Vashti Bartlett return to Laytonsville from Florida. Mrs. Kyle Ruble and son Jerry visit Poolesville. First Lt Louise V. Roberts serves at Chanute Air Force Base. Renner anniversary and birthday celebrations at Buckeystown. John R. Pegan and Juanita Blumenauer welcome son John R. Jr. Marion Carmack announces second daughter Nancy Lee at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Carmack is the former Eileen Steiner. Rev W C Royal of First Baptist, bed confinement and illness, attends evening service showing improvement.
The article by the Rev and Mrs Newton Learing of Brownsville offers planning guidance for a meaningful wedding ceremony. It appears in a current issue of a national religions magazine and cites Mr Poting as pastor of the Church of the Brethren in Brownaville.
Among the sick Margaret Virginia Peggy Stauffer aged 23 and others from Samsville to Baltimore and Washington are listed as undergoing or recovering from surgeries and treatments at Kernan Hospital Johns Hopkins Sibley Frederick Memorial Hospital and Washington facilities. Notices include Lang entries on Gail Catshall Mamie Lipps Olvey McBride Emma French and Kenseth Crampton with transfers and assignments to training units.
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