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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1950
Page
11
The U S Office of Education notes country one room schools have vanished at about twelve per day for thirty years. Remaining schools are mainly in the Middle West where tax resistance and tradition slow consolidations. Once essential for rural access, they declined with population shifts, yet those little red school houses built the foundation of early education.
A compact slice of history and birthdays listing notable figures such as Emanuel Leutze and Benjamin Cardozo with birth and death years, followed by Today In History events including Morse's telegraph message and U S Army actions. Also includes Today s Birthdays and a Horoscope noting a Bohemian, roaming temperament and fluency in speech.
A view of improving U S relations with Russia notes Moscow is fulfilling wartime lend lease, returning 36 ships over three years and promising to return two icebreakers. Progress on patent claims for war use is seen as modest, not exceeding 20 million dollars, with payment on a refining lubricating oil patent near.
W Carroll Mead, state campaign chairman, writes from Baltimore on May 19 praising Maryland for meeting its Cancer Crusade quota, noting Maryland ranked second in national percentage and thanking readers for cooperation that helped reach the victory and the hope of eradicating the disease.
Twenty four seniors seven staff members and one guest attended Emmitsburg High School’s senior banquet at the Lutheran parish house on May 18. Ruth Neighbours welcomed the group and Gary Troxell presided. Songs referenced crossing the bay and the ocean beyond. Rev Philip Bower and Arvin P Jones spoke as the class song and the evening ended with a turkey dinner.
Fifty years ago on May 24 1900 local items note the sale of the Lats property at West Church street to the Masonic Temple Association for 7000 dollars the site to measure 63 by 135 feet and designated for the temple. Workmen began dismantling the old female High School building under contractor Mr Bowers. The Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men nominated J Henry Lampe of Frederick as Great Sachem. Austin Z McDevitt the seven year old son of the courthouse janitor fell from the courthouse belt fry steps a distance of 16 feet bruised but without a broken bone.
In 1950 Frederick County reported a birth rate of 23.3 per 1000, ahead of Maryland's 18.5 average per 1000, per health officer Dr. F. E. Kefauver. The report notes county health conditions while also mentioning Frederick’s first miniature golf course opening on the R. R. Lewis farm near Washington Pike. Fourteen runners departed in drizzle for the Frederick-Ridgeville marathon with $327.50 in prizes. A Brunswick safe-robbery shot threat ended with an escape before capture. County field meet saw 93 degree heat as Braddock Heights pool opened for summer.
Washington Daybook reports about eighty percent of U.S. producers oppose tariff cuts for the Torquay conference, with objections filed to the Tariff Commission and State Department. Hearings begin May 24 as labor joins in opposition, while Carl D. Corfe may lead the U.S. delegation of 60 plus experts seeking flexible escape clauses to shield American industries. Local impact warned as debates frame 1950 politics and economic forecasts.
A Washington editorial urges creating a nonpartisan national commission to survey internal threats, defense needs, and economic policy as distrust in Congress and leadership deepens. It cites China losses to Communists, political scandals, and calls for constitutional recall powers if a commission is formed.
Baltimore May 24 The Washington monuments in design of a cadet cachet will be used on first day covers for the Friendship International Airport dedication on June 24. Sol Glass, postal arrangements chief for the airport dedication committee, said the cachet features the Washington monuments symbolizing Baltimore and Washington. Collectors may mail covers to Airport Dedication Committee Room 401 City Hall Baltimore Md with airmail stamp attached. Steamboat Springs Colorado has 99 varieties of hot springs duplicating every spa in Europe.
A fragmented OCR listing presents scattered terms and indices across subjects, with no coherent event or narrative. It mentions marine mammals, vendors, habitat, and various stray words, lacking readable context or clear relationships between items.
A compact list of crossword style clues and partial answers. Includes entries like Bombay town Ray It lives in the Atlantic Worships Turned Compound ether Barley beards Be quiet Foreteller Sea eagle Rents Constellation Playing card To prefix Pronoun.
Washington May 24 Congress debates post office cutbacks aimed at reducing daily home deliveries and speeding up service. Postmaster James A. Donaldson seeks 2.235 billion for next year but is urged to economize, with an April 18 order reducing city home deliveries to one per day and closing offices earlier. Union leader William C. Doherty calls the plan inhumane. senators threaten action, while the House remains quiet as Donaldson defends the move and its impact on mail processing.
About thirty members attended the Junior Civic Club annual dinner at the Southern Restaurant. Mrs. Anna Mae Hughes presided over the business meeting with reports, including a state convention note from Baltimore on May 7. Officers elected: Mtilda Shon president, Virgina Messick VP, Sara Drenning recording secretary, Ellen Lillard corresponding secretary, Doris Carpenter treasurer, Jane Crittenden publicity director.
The Frederick Art Club held its last meeting of the 1949-1950 season on May 18 at Mrs. C Howard Young’s home. A buffet supper served to 35 followed a business session noting outgoing officers. Mrs. Howard W. Ash showed color slides of Mexico, Key West, and Havana. Meeting adjourned until autumn.
The column lists Mrs. Rufus Gilliam hosting the Women’s Missionary Society on May 18 with visitors from Sparta, N C. It notes a May 14 Mother's Day program by the Boyds Sunday School and updates on residents visiting, hosting, or returning home including Mrs. James Norris in Chevy Chase, Dr and Mrs Kerr of Damascus hosting relatives, Mrs. Nicholson at Earl Nicholson’s birthday dinner in Clarksburg, and the Ladies Aid spring supper planned for May 27. It ends with four year old Susanne Schaum’s first airplane ride and a travel mishap followed by a safe train arrival.
Emmitsburg area residents visited relatives in Waldorf and Baltimore over the weekend. John Koontz and Paul Goulden joined Mrs Ida Goulden in hosting. Miss Barbara Baron’s engagement to Carroll Frock Jr. is announced by Fairfield pair A F Karlquist and wife. several Johns Hopkins nursing students and Navy family members spent time with kin.
A Brunswick couple hosted a surprise bridal shower on May 22 for Jo Ann Brown who will wed Walter Comer Jr of Frederick on June 3. Guests enjoyed gifts and refreshments as several locals attended. The Mother's class at Evangelical Lutheran Church met with 21 members and three guests, opening with devotion and hosting an auction with prizes. June 27 co-hosts were announced. The Gold Coast of Africa yields over half a million ounces of gold annually.
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