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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1949
Page
7
Smithsonian scientists measure sun radiation effects on textiles at 9,500 feet on Mt Montezuma Chile. Isolate moisture and dust factors and test fabrics under full sun and filtered narrow spectrum bands. Findings may guide fabric choices for clothing and tents in high sun exposure.
Rev Takuo Matsumoto DD Dr will offer the 11 oclock Sunday service at Calvary Methodist Church. He survived the Hiroshima blast and was principal of the Hiroshima Girls School where 350 girls were killed and many injured. He endured burns and long hospital care and now travels to aid education in Japan. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Drew Theological Seminary and is known for religious writings and translations.
Mr. Glenn H Worthington received a 100 piece decorated china dinner set for his wedding anniversary. Donald Rouce of Smoke Town collected hail from last week’s storm to freeze a can of ice cream. A musical and literary entertainment was held at City Opera House by Miss Kathrine Eisenhauer and Bertie Miller. Braddock Heights will open Monday for the first picnic season by the Independent Drum Corps. Mrs Nellie Blessing Eyster, noted author, visited the Frederick Art Club and was presented a bouquet of carnations.
The Blue Ridge Conference of Bank Auditors and Controllers met at Calvary Cave Mount Airy with 45 guests from 14 banks. Gerald G. Remsberg was elected president and the roster named officers including L Rayhu Specht first vice president and Nevin Baker secretary treasurer, with a panel on liability ledger led by Frank A. Conaway et al.
Mason W. Gray announces final plans for the second annual fireman's carnival May 20 to 28 at Beallsville. 42 fire companies from Maryland and nearby Virginia invited to the Saturday parade forming in Poolesville and moving past Beallsville fire house. Cups awarded for best appearing company and largest in-line turnout. Judges include John Paul Jones Jr. and Leslie B. Thompson among others. In case of rain the parade shifts to Saturday May 28.
A leaked confidential study by Louis Wyman, sent to Greece by the Joint Watchdog Committee, critiques Greek government waste and guerrilla aid. State Department and ECA officials deem it emotional, while Washington insiders debate its implications for U.S. policy and aid. The piece also notes Senate leadership jockeying, including Scott Lucas, Fran Myers, and Milard Tydings, amid hospital absences and political maneuvering.
The last Hood College vesper of the year will be Sunday May 22 at 6 30 p m in Brodbeck Hall Rev Lavely W Gruber of Rognel Heights Methodist Church Baltimore will speak William Sprige college music instructor and organist will perform Variations on a Dutch Chorale and Trumpet Tune and Air The choir will sing Ora Pro Nobis In other news Johnnie Kline 19 of 128 West Third Street was convicted in Peoples Court Tuesday morning of tampering with an automobile and began a one year term at the House of Correction Deputy Sheriff George Crouse escorted him to custody. his address had been misreported as 128 East Third Street
The Poolesville band will hold a Friday dance in the fire hall with prizes to be distributed on Saturday May 28. The event takes place at the carnival grounds beside the new 62000 dollar Beallsville fire house on Route 28 near Rockville.
Hood College clubs closed the year with picnics. Science club and Beta Beta Beta shared a picnic at the Chimney at 5:30. Dance club and workshop at the Y Hut at five. Town Hall barbecue at Fishing Creek park. Several members received pins and a gift was given to a staff member.
Clinton Wetzel of New Windsor age 59 died at his home from a heart condition after two weeks illness. He leaves wife Pauline Flickinger Wetzel and children Herbert Guy Wilbur Mrs Sterling Fritz Miss Elizabeth Wetzel and Clinton Woodrow Wetzel plus two brothers and a sister and six grandchildren. Funeral at New Windsor Sunday 2 pm. Interment Green Woods cemetery. Mary Costley wife of Horace J Costley 86 Lincoln Apartments died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a one week illness aged 36. Survived by her parents and husband. Funeral from 106 East Church Street Monday 1:30 pm to New Market Methodist Church for 2 pm services. Interment in church cemetery. M R Etchison and Son directors.
Funeral services were held for Charles R. Victor Fox in Sabillasville and Cascade with choir songs and multiple pallbearers. Burley Vernon Smith, of Fountain Rock, and Harry LeRoy Marsden, Lewistown, were also interred following services in Walkersville and at Zion Reformed Cemetery. Additional rites for Mary Maud Daugherty were conducted at 106 East Church Street with a strong floral showing and interment in Mount Olivet. Olin L. Molesworth directed the Damascus service for Dora Ann Depew.
The Maryland State Council of the Knights of Columbus will meet in Ocean City on Saturday and Sunday with delegates from 36 councils. Most Reverend Edmond J. FitzMaurice will deliver the banquet address at the Royalton Hotel, and James J. Lacy will serve as toastmaster. Frederick attendees include W. Jerome Offutt and multiple couples, with Rev. William F. Sauer coordinating Mass and Communion plans. The Louisiana state flower is magnolia.
The House Armed Services committee seeks Defense Department tests to verify if billions spent on the B-36 bomber are justified. Navy claims jet fighters can reach 40,000 feet in seven minutes and intercept the bomber 100 miles out, challenging Air Force primacy. The piece argues for open testimony, inter-service cooperation, and avoiding a one‑service monopoly, noting past contract terminations and unification debates.
Multiple notices report marriages in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Althoff and Fry wed at Emmitsburg Lutheran Parsonage. Spiridonof and Hooper marry in Union Bridge Methodist Church with family attendance. Shilling and Kline wed in Hagerstown parsonage. Engagements announced for Adrienne Marie Ahalt and Fonda Mae Boyer. Storer College graduation lists area graduates and degrees.
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