Certificates For 125 Women At Rural Short Course
About 125 women are set to receive 4 year certificates as graduates of the 26th Rural Womens Short Course at the University of Mayland June 16 to 21. Dr H C Byrd presides. commencement Friday June 20 features Mayor Thomas D Alesandro of Baltimore. Former graduates will attend sessions including lectures on kitchen planning and Korea. Field Day set for June 19 at College Park showcases weed control and crop tests. The Rochester parade notes Civil War veteran James A Hard at age 110 attending Memorial Day events.
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Rural Womens
University of Mayland
H C Byrd
University
Thomas D'Alesandro
Baltimore
India
Arabia
Elizabeth Beveridge
Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home “Economics
Leutenant
Boyd T Whittle
University of Maryland Extension Service
Korea
State
University of Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station
College Park
Yellow Springs Homemakers Club Hosts and Plans Events
Mrs Mary Long hosted the Yellow Springs Homemakers Club with eleven members and one visitor. Presiding, Mrs Arthur Scheutzinger led devotions and discussions on Culture in Family Living. Garden shows, health talks, and a June 26 picnic were planned. several members were assigned tasks. A separate Gambrill Park meeting featured discussions on composers and poets, a window display, treasurer reports, and a May trip to DuPont Gardens.
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Yellow Springs
Mary Long
Gambrill Park Club
Dorsey Burdette
James Keyser
Walker
Chapman Gambrill Park Road
Leslie Masser
Christ Schmitt
Earl Funk
Richard Masser
DuPont Gardens
Reginald Bisers
Ridgway Takes Over Command In Paris Ceremony
In Paris on May 30 Gen Matthew Ridgway assumed command of Allied defenses in Europe, succeeding Gen Dwight D Eisenhower who departs for the United States to pursue the Republican nomination. The handover occurred before SHAPE leaders and a French delegation, amid Communist unrest in Paris and broader tensions with the Soviet Union. Ridgway pledged defensive resolve with no aggression toward any power while resisting aggression from any source.
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Paris
Dwight D Esenhower
Europe
Matthew B Ridgway
Supreme Headquarters
Rene Pleven
Shapes
Eisenhower
United States
Ridgway
France
Germany
Glade Valley Grange Holds Meeting in Walkersville Hall
Glade Valley Grange met Tuesday night at the Walkersville Fire Hall with Worthy Overseer Edgar VanFossen Jr presiding. Opening song was Melody of Spring. The group planned a Memorial Day parade float, with Ralph Kehne reporting on committee plans. Dr and Mrs Donald Lynch led square dancing. refreshments followed. Next meeting is June 10 with Dr Hoffmeier and Rev Charles Price leading the literary program.
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Glade Valley Grange
Walkersville
Edgar VanFossen Jr
Ralph Kehne
Donald Lynch
Hoffmeier
Charles Price
Dead End Roads Warn of Life’s Dead Ends
Eerl L. Douglass cautions readers about dead end streets in life. He cites a magazine article showing a wreck with dead and mangled teens, a midlife pair, and a crashed car after alcohol. Narcotics are described as a road to addiction, with warnings that four doses lead to addiction, twenty to a life ruined.
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Eerl L. Douglass
Tivoli and Frederick theatres announce week film lineup
The Tivoli schedules for the week start Sunday with MarLino starring Jane Russell and Robert Mitchum, continue Tuesday. Wednesday to Friday feature Big Trees in color with Kirk Douglas Eve Miller and Patrice Wymore. Saturday presents About Face with Gordon MacRae Eddie Bracken Dick Weston and Virginia Gibson. The Frederick Theatre lists Sunday to Tuesday Howard H. King of Archers in Ansco color, Wednesday and Thursday Bend of the River with James Stewart in Technicolor, and Friday to Saturday a double feature Road Agent and The Big Cage with Clyde Beatty. Chapter No 2 of Junior G Men is noted.
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Tivoli Theater
Malino
Jane Russell
Robert Mitcham
Technicolor
Kirk Douglas
Eve Miller
Patrice Wymore
James Stewart
Tim Holt
Clyde Beatty
Aleo
Shrinkage of the Dollar Asks Reaction from Locals
In a note from Lufburrow, the dollar’s value is described as shrinking this year. The piece questions who welcomes the decline and who endures the loss, portraying the faded pride of former dollar bills and the mixed public mood.
Return of Korea Vets Signals Homeward Hope
Navy transport Gen M C Meighs arrives from Korea docking in San Francisco with Maryland soldiers aboard Cpl Charles R Bosley of Westminster Pfe Floyd Frye of Thurmont and East Street. The note suggests starting over to move forward.
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Navy
M C Meighs
Maryland
Westminster
Cpl
Charles R Bosley Thurmont
Floyd Frye
East Street
Opera House presents Skirts Ahoy color by Techni color
Starting Sunday the Opera House will show Skirts Ahoy color by Technicolor starring Esther Williams Joan Evans Vivian Blaine and Barry Sullivan. For Friday only the WWVA Jamboree brings Wilma Lee and Sonny Cooper and his Clinch Mountain Boys to the theater.
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Opera House
Techni+color
Esther Williams
Joan Evant
Vivian Blaine
Barry Sullivan
Wilma Lee
Sonny Cooper
Clinch Mountain Boys
Imposters and Misspellings in Language Lesson Notes
A fragmented English lesson discusses misused terms an impostor and imposture noting pronunciation emphasis and common misspellings blase and mispronounced forms. The fragment covers syllable stress and spelling quirks in brief instructional cues.
Parsimonious as a Despised Thrift Word Study Note
A May 21 vocabulary feature defines parsimonious as excessively thrifty and stingy, contrasting admirable thrift with despicable parsimony. The note uses a playful tone to illustrate word learning and cites a humorous estimate about all United States passenger cars bumper to bumper forming a 125,000 mile line.
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United States
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