Chestnut Tree Project Continues in Frederick County
The American Chestnut Rehabilitation Project, led with Northeastern Forest Experiment Station cooperation in Beltsville, carries on grafting Americ an and Asiatic chestnuts. Since 1957 grafts have grown to 53 inches, with 15 trees released in 1960 and 5 lost in winter. About 550 Asiatic seedlings distributed locally and several two acre orchards planted for future graft stock and wildlife food.
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Frederick County
Jesse D. Diller
Northeastern Forest
Beltsville
War. Bell
Izaak Walton League
Lewis Rudisik
State and Game Inland Fish Commission
Donald Kendall
Arlington
Charles County
Barbour County
West Virginia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Parks
Mountaindale
Kendall
L. Nusbourn
A. Hewitt
Caicolm Furnace
W. Renner
Oak Orchard
Jules Smelser
Urbana
Norris Shane
P. Wade
Cascade
Eisenhower Ends Most U S Aid To Cuba In 150 Days
President Eisenhower ordered the end of U S economic aid programs in Cuba within 150 days in a move aimed at pressuring Fidel Castro. Two small projects, totaling about 150 000 to 200 000 dollars annually, cover civil aviation and agricultural experiments with a handful of American technicians and experts. The sugar act subsidy to Cuba remains intact, with current proposals to adjust Cuba’s quota.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Cuba
State Department
Fidel Castro
U.S
Castro
Corpus Christi
Tex
Naval Air Station
Congress
4 H Dairy Judging Contest Is Today
The annual 4H county dairy judging contest gathers about 90 4 Hers to tour four Frederick County farms to judge four cattle breeds. The tour began at the Holstein farm of George C Stauffer near Wilkersville, with two differ...
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Frederick County
George C. Stauffer
Wilkersville
Four 4H Cattle Judging Tours and Lewistown Girls Club Meeting
Cattle judging stops covered Guernsey Ayrshire and Jersey classes at local farms with University of Maryland judge John Morris and score keepers. Luncheon at Libertytown Methodist Church Hall. Other locals aided by David Eigenbrode and Kenneth Shiffler. Lewistown Junior Girls Club met at Jan Barber's home with nine members, discussing kitchen care and plans to visit Washington July 16 and to deliver flowers to Montevue.
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Nest
Guernsey
Donald Barnst
Libertytown
W. H. Kent
Ayrshire
John Stiles
New Market
Jersey
John Morris
University of Maryland
Arthur Cook
Robert Kemp
Paul Spurrier
Libertytown Methodist Church Hall
Frederick County
David Eigenbrode
Kenneth Shiffler
Richard Grossnickle
Howard Stiles
Clifford Stiles
Earl Nicholson
C. Lester Dudrow
Lewistown
Jan Barber
Sarah Ramsburg
Frances Biddinger
Washington
Montevue
Evangelical Reformed Church
Local Frederick Event Names Attendees and Hostess
In Frederick the gathering listed Terrena Enyder Kaye Koulenberg Cindy Ramsburg Bonnie Ramsburg Sandra Hoffman Jan Barber and Beverly Clark as attendees. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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Frederick
Terrena Enyder
Kaye Koulenberg
Cindy Ramsburg
Bonnie Ramsburg
Sandra Hoffman
Jan Barber
Beverly Clark
Frederick educators study bright students underachieving
Educators from Frederick County met with State Health officials in Baltimore to discuss why capable students lag in school work. The study involves 150 birth-competent students referred by schools and aims to identify common problems and improve diagnosis, treatment, or teaching approaches locally.
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Baltimore
State Department of Health
Herman Haver
Frederick County
Forbes Burgess
Dorothy Nelson
Edward Lomaszeussi
Paul Fogle
Louise Thompson
Alice Love
Frederick
Caroline A. Chandler
Child Health Department
Frederick Coun
Maryland counties join study on low achieving students
Ty and two other Maryland counties Cecil and Montgomery cooperate with the State Department of Health in studying high potential low achievement students in their respective counties.
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Maryland
Cecil
Montgomery
State Department of Health
Sermon on Soil Stewardship by Swartz at Local Church
George T. Swartz, a work unit conservationist and Soil Conservation Service chief in Winchester Hall, delivered a sermon at Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ for Soil Stewardship Sunday. He warned that 300 million of 300 million acres are eroding faster than recovery and urged action to protect and rebuild lands through conservation practices.
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George T. Swartz
Soil Conservation Service
Winchester Hall
Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ
Swartz
Soil Conservationists Warn Urgency in Vital Matter
The Soil Conservationists stressed immediate action in a matter of broad concern, declaring lack of time to delay and underscoring its importance to all.
Body found in Cheat Lake car 10 feet deep
The body of John E. Wise, missing since November 1857, was recovered Friday from a car submerged in 10 feet of water at Cheat Lake near Mont-Chateau Lodge. Acting Coroner Don Rennie ordered an autopsy. The damaged auto involved in the incident was located by skin divers.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Pennsylvania Automobile Agency
Cheat Lake
Don Rennie
John E. Wise
Smithfield
Rennie
Mont - Chateau Lodge
Two-vehicle collision near Gettysburg causes no injuries
State police reported that two cars, the Selby and Swisher vehicles, collided on Taneytown Road about a mile and a half south of Gettysburg Wednesday as Swisher pulled from a store to cross toward a driveway at his home. Each car sustained about $500 in damage.
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D. 2
Taneytown
Gettysburg
Swisher
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