Catholic Charities Drive Gifts Reported
Local contributions to the Catholic Charities drive are ahead of last year, led by St. John's Frederick with 1845 dollars and St. John's parish in Frederick totaling 2200 dollars to date. Other parish totals include St. Anthony's Emmitsburg 415.20, St. Joseph's Emmitsburg 317, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Thurmont 270.78. Funds fund a Home for the Aged and a new Orphans Village in Delaney Valley operated by the Sisters of Mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Jordan
St. John's
St. Francis of Assisi
Brunswick
St. Joseph's
Buckeystown
St. James
Point of Rocks
St. Ignatius
Urbana
St. Anthony’s
Emmitsburg
St. Joseph's Emmitsburg
St. John's Frederick
St. Peter's
Libertytown
St Tnelph’s Svukeeville
Taneytown
Our Lady of
Meadow Music In a Meadow Quiet In May Evening
An essay invites readers to seek peace in sunlit meadows on May days. It describes grasses blooming,murmuring brooks, and the background hum of insects as a primal, natural symphony. The quiet scene offers personal listening and recording serenity away from man-made noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Letters Endorse Cleanup of Public Places
R Rush Lewis of Frederick Maryland endorses a reader’s call for a cleanup of public places, praising the suggestion to address litter and related public nuisances and urging others to back the effort. The letter is dated May 20 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Rush Lewis Frederick
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News May 21 1905
At the Belles Lettres Literary Society meeting the debate on a standing army ended with a 2-1 verdict for the negative. John H Boyer, an employee of W D Bowers Lumber, cut a finger on a shaping machine. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad notes a $13.75 round trip from Frederick to Louisville for a Confederate veterans reunion. The Mayor and Aldermen plan May 22 sessions to consider a street paving ordinance for Market Street and Patrick Street blocks. A local grocery lists prices: potatoes 35 cents a bushel, flour 34 cents for 12 pounds, crackers 6 cents, beans 24 cents a pound, boneless bacon 1244 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belles Lettres Literary Society
L. Woodward
L. D. Humm
I. Thomas
M. Rice
John H. Boyer
W. D. Bowers Lumber Company
Baltimore and Ohto Railroad
Frederick
Louisville
Sind
Market Street
Church
Third Streets
Patrick
Market
Middle Alley
California
Jean
Twenty Years Ago From The News May 21 1935
Board of Aldermen would study a 14 hour police work day once arranged. Alton Whitmore Jr. suffered a broken nose after being struck by a bat at a Walkersville school game. Direct relief to be cut by half for rest of May per Frederick County Welfare Board. Ralph Higdon’s son was struck in the ear by a rock on East Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Aldermen
Alton Whitmore JR
Alton C. Whit,more
Walkersville
Pauline Miller
Frederick
Women's Clubs Plan June Picnic and September Meeting
Health department tour noted with Miss Nellie Smith leading. Braddock Homemakers president Mrs Edward Tobery chaired. Dorothy Keller trip funded by $10 to the IFYE. Adamstown Homemakers Club wrapped season with Mrs Ross Mills hosting. 21 attendees. Next gatherings set for May 25 picnic and September 7 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sulGom Sea
Health Department
Braddock Homemakers
Nellie Smith
Edward Tobery
Charles Main
Dorothy Keller
France
Elmer Meltzler
Baker Park
Adamstown Club
Adamstown Homemakers Club
Ross Mills
Rhaelia Zimmerman
Palmer Snook
Eric Biser
Walter Myers
Calvary Methodist Church
Frederick
High Knob
Sick residents and traffic court notes from Thurmont area
Local hospital updates list patients improving at Frederick Memorial and Memorial Hospital including Charles Stitley Lee Pryor Jr Arthur Lowman and others with surgery plans. The court docket reports collateral forfeiture and multiple traffic fines across U S 40 and U S 340 with amounts around 11 45. A stolen Chevrolet found on West Church Street leads to further investigations and parking tag observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Stitley
Thurmont
Teewu
Lee
Pateerick Memorial Hospital
Pryor Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Arthur Lowman
Airy
James Dunn
Frederick
Woodrow W. Weddle
RFD
Middletown
John Jamison
East Second Street
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Thal
Clyde D. Hoffer
Springfield
Harry Phillips
Berwyn
U. S. 40 West
le Clyde B. Turker
Harold H
Daugherty
Baltimore
E. L. Batiin
Albert Mismer
Grove Road
Thomas R. Williams
Mansfield
U. S. 40 East
Irvin F. Crouse
East Patrick Street
Frank Cuda
Pittsburgh
U. S. 401
Ray G. Boucher
Sgt. C. DB. Mades
Arthur C. Lampus
West Church Street
Richard Ruthvin
Frederick Tailoring Company Honors 22nd Anniversary Banquet
Nearly 500 attendees at the Frederick Tailoring Company anniversary banquet in Urbana. President Stanley Sagner presented awards to fifteen-year plus employees, with Nellie Savior and Ernest Sperks specially honored. Retirees Carrie Moore and Alta Raines recognized alongside a long list of staff. Guests included local officials and visitors from Frederick and Baltimore, while Arthur Rickell served as emcee and Pat Patterson’s orchestra provided music for dinner and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Tailoring Company
Peter Paninn
Urbana
Stanley Sagner
Nellie Savior
Ernest Sperks
Mr. Sagner
Isidore Honikberg
Arthur Brean
Arthur Hickell
Harald L. Torr
Herman Kandel
Alice Bussard
Samuel Sagner
Sidney Schwartz
Howard Mull
Marie Stine
Ethel Crum
Helen Gaither
Edith Stewart
Blanche Toms
Sylvia Reister
A. Guldman
William Swomiey
Erma Dinterman
Margaret Hamilton
James Garrett
Viela Gaither
Mamie Kline
Carmen Holtz
Frank James
Hazel Horne
Helen Mullican
John James
Orville Holtz
Katherine Adams
Andrew Schiaffiro
Sallie Drummitt
William Gouker
Edna Bell
Edith Hamrick
Mildred Shoemaker
Virginia Rhoderick
Guy Ernest
Efva Crutchley
Vivian Bachman
Walter Danner J
Carrie Moore
Alta Raines
Arthur Greenhut
Greenhut
Frederick Tailoring
Gary
John A. Derr
Charles V. Main
Charles Magaha
State Police
Magaha
Lloyd C. Culler
House of Delegates
Charles Smelser
Clifton Wirts
Irving Weir
Meredith Young
Charles Taylor
Louis Mancini
Arthur Rickett
Michael Croghan
Frederickelty
Sarah Barron
Jack Blum
Karl Bussard
Sandy Frank
Christine Hoffman
Herward Honick
Nat Wagner
Dave Wendell
Baltimore
Samuel Almy
John Keane
Atenat Vee
Carl Wall Frank Kelly
A. J. Meyerson
Ervin A. Schutz
New York
Arthur Rickell
Pat Patterson
Police Chief Charles Main Speaks at B Nai B Rith Meeting
Chief Charles V. Main addressed a B Nai B Rith Ridge Rooms gathering on East Church Street Thursday evening. He outlined FBI training programs and the agency history, noting J Edgar Hoover started the schools in 1984, and described agent training as rigid and strenuous. The group also cited a local police record arresting an armed robber in three minutes, breaking the prior three hour benchmark, and McMann recounted fingerprinting, Hood relativity, markings and ballistics in policing. Ex-presidents Joseph Blum and Alex Smallberg led the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. Main
B’nai B'Rith
Ridge Rooms
East Church Street
Main
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edcar Hoover
Maine
Iwan Company
McMann
Hood
Crome
Joseph Blum
Alex Smallberg
Marriage of Ethel Miller to Martin Rohrback announced
Mrs Georgie C Creager announces the marriage of her daughter Ethel C Miller to Martin N Rohrback of Hagerstown son of Mrs Alice Rohrback and the late Allen Rohrback Braddock Heights. The ceremony took place in April at the Reformed Church Hagerstown with Dr Foster. After a trip through Virginia the couple will reside at 121 Woodland Way Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie C. Creager
Thurmont
Germany will never be a military power on its own again
In Bonn the Adenauer cabinet plans a Western aligned defense for Germany after rebuilding a national army. Franz Josef Strauss argues for disciplined democratic reform with separate services under civilian control, warning against militarism from civilians while noting 1400 WWII generals remain and unemployment fed extremism.
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Germany
David Lawrence Bonn
Europe
Franz Josef Strauss
Adenauer
Ae Tn
Strauss
Soviet Russia
United States
Eusope
Air Force
Navy
Civi
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Armed Services
Mr. Strauss
Schiller
Goethe
Heine
Luther
Weimar Republic
Hitler
Russia
New York Herald Tribune Inc
Damascus Chamber of Commerce Formed in Damascus Area
Damacus area business and professionals form The Damascus Chamber of Commerce Inc with charter granted. Membership at 33, annual dues 3.19, nine member board including Jerry Tank and B M Woodfield, with Rev A P Kester as honorary member and officers Jerry Conk president and William Lambert treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Chamber of Commerce
Damascus Cham of Commerce, Inc
Damascus Area
Chamber
Lions Club
American Legion
Compittee On
Terry Cook
B. M. Woodfield
James Kerr
Willard Woodfield
Donald R. Byrnes
William Lambert
Raymond Selby
Henry Runkles
Herbert L. Cain
Robert L. Davids
Watt
Glidewell
Adrian van Oss
Dol. Lee & Martz
Robert L. McClosky
Joseph Papiermeister
Genrer Saver
Willis S. Campbell
Henry O. McDaniel
Robert Haves
George R. Earl
William D Vernon
Bernice Gering
Alfred R. Frevsz
Clarence Counts
James Vineling
Walter E. Johnson
Druid Clocketer
Purdum Poole
Dr. C. R. Bible
Noah King
Farl Pane
Damascue Fleetre Paowany
J. W. Lambart
Western Auto Associates
A. P. Kester
Jerry Conk
Rom Woodfield
Presbyterians Seek Ban on A and H Bombs
The 167th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States authorized its clerk to urge a stronger Refugee Relief Act and a world ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs. The written appeal will go to President Eisenhower, Secretary Dulles, and refugee chief Scott McLeod. The church reports 470 job assurances for refugees and 56 Presbyterian-sponsored arrivals, with plans to greatly increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tas Angeles
167Th General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Eisenhower
Dulles
Scott McLeod
Glenn Ogden
Queen of
San Francisco
Western Area
Church
World Service
New York
Memorial Day Services Honor Middletown War Dead
Tribute will be paid to Middletown war dead Sunday after noon May 29 by Everhart Post No 51 American Legion and Valley Memorial Post No 8 AMVETS. Services begin 25 m in Lutheran cemetery with Rev Raymond L Markley leading. A firing squad and bugler from AMVETS will salute graves. After rites, ceremonies continue at the Reform cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Everhart Post No. 51
American Legion
Valley Memorial Post No
Amvets
Lutheran
Raymond L. Markley
Myersville Lutheran
Middletown Legion Post
Willing Workers Meet at Yellow Springs Community Hall
Wilting Workers Class of Brook Hill Methodist Sunday School met Wednesday evening in charge of Mrs Gloria Horst president. Lenora Keyser read Scripture and each member recited a verse. A sale preceded the meeting. Prizes went to Hazel Korrell Grove Green Keyser and Catherine Covell. Grace Green won the guess box. No meeting in June. July committee includes Korrell Green Doggett Rothenhoefer Horst. Refreshments served.
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Brook Hill
Korrell
Green
Joanne Doggett
Catherine Rothenhoefer
Horst
Benefit Card Party Planned For Wednesday
Mrs M J Croghan and Mrs Robert Hartman will co chair a card party on Wednesday evening at eight at the Hotel Frederick for the benefit of St Johns Athletic Association. Committees include cakes and candy refreshments prizes and other helpers. Over 300 tickets were distributed at a recent meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Croghan
Robert Hartman
Hotel
Frederick
St. John's Athletic Association
Harry Shipley
Arthur Greenhul
Philip Robert
William Reynolds
Joseph Worster
John Fitzpatrick
Arthur Rickett
Robert Leichert Jr
Jean Cook
Dorothy Crutchley
Mary Rice
Thomas Quill
Louis Leihert
James Hh, Grove Jr
William Simms
Jammer Vo Ronzhan
Clarence C. Carty
W. Jarhoe Grove
Alton Lipps
St. John’s Association
Local notes and military family updates in Frederick and Baltimore
In Frederick, a woman registered at the Francis Scott Key Hotel while HMS Clarence F. Smith sails to Camp Pendleton after a 30 day leave with wife and young son on West Second street. Smith returns from Korea where he served with the 1st Marine Division as a Navy Corpsman. Mrs. Lee Greenwald and infant Borits of Baltimore visit Mrs. Greenwald's parents near dug Bridge. Mrs. Annie E. Barker marks her 90th birthday at 736 North Market Street.
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Barker
Delaplaine
Elizabeth Barker
Hood College
George B. Delaplaine Jr
William T. Delaplaine
Dill Avenué
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
HMS
Clarence F. Smith
Camp Pendleton
Calif
West Second Street
Smith
Korea
Navy
1St Marine Division
Lee Greenwald
Borits
Baltimore
Annie E. Barker
North Market Street
Four Who Robbed Bank Still Being Hunted
Four armed bandits robbed a Jacksonville Alabama bank taking 86727 dollars and 12 cents. Jesse Wood, a 30 year old cashier, was forced to help as the robbers held his wife and two daughters as hostages. Bank employees were tied and the vault opened at 8:30 a.m. with money covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ala
Jesse N. Wood
First National Bank
Alabama
Lee Phatols
Wood
The
Anniston Star
Manchester freshman receiver of $100 scholarship
Joan Rinehart, a Manchester College freshman and Westminster native, has been granted a $100 scholarship for academic achievement as one of seven freshmen in the upper about three percent of their class. Rinehart, a 1954 Westminster High School graduate, majors in math.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Manchester
Joan Rinehart
Manchester College
Carrell S. Rinehart
Westminster
V. F. Schwalm
Westminster High School
Miss Rinehart
Memorial Postponed for Albert Einstein Tribute at Carnegie Hall
A postponed memorial for Albert Einstein at Carnegie Hall was rescheduled to June 26 after withdrawals by listed speakers and sponsors. Dr. Harry Cohen cited last minute attacks by groups as making the tribute unwise on the original date. Bernard Baruch, Financier, will not attend despite being listed as a speaker.
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New York
Albert Einstein
Carnegie Hall
Harry Cohen
American JewishLiterary Foundation
Cohen
Dr. Einstein
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Finstein
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Daniel Gutman
Averell Harriman
Gutman
Surgeons Gather for Veterans Administration Meeting
Martinsburg West Virginia hosts a three day VA surgeons meeting May 25 26 27 with about fifty chief and thoracic surgeons from West Virginia Ohio Indiana Kentucky Virginia Delaware New Jersey Maryland and the District of Columbia plus guests from Tren ton and Washington DC The agenda covers clinical surgical papers and hospital administration issues marking the first extensive VA surgical meeting of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration Center
Martinsburg
W. Va
Veterans Administration
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Virginia
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland
District of Columbia
Br. T. M. Arnett
Louise Gonzales
Veterans Administration Area
Trenton
N. J
Paul Ireland
J. A. Kennedy
Veterans Administration Central Office
Washington
Frederick man treated after fall into glass window
Harry T. Fritz of 258 West Patrick Street was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for lacerations of the right shoulder Friday afternoon and discharged. He reportedly sustained the injury in an accidental fall into a glass window.
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Harry T. Fritz
West
Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Fritz
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