Prosperity At Its Peak Across Government Reports
Washington reports a boom in business with civilan employment rising by 232000 to 59204000 in October, plus a total including armed forces near 60000000. Unemployment fell 225000 to 1687000, factory pay averaged 4921 weekly in August, and soft coal miners earned 71.49. Manufacturers’ sales jumped by a billion dollars, September retail sales hit peak after GI bond cashing, and October department store sales rose. Credit for retail buyers reached a record high in September, while installment credit growth slowed as credit controls loom at midnight tomorrow. Exports declined in September for the fourth straight month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
G. I
Federal Reserve Board
County Farm Entries Highlight 1947 International Livestock Exposition
Maryland entries Tyrconnel Farm Knoxville and Cold Saturday Farm Finksburg will exhibit purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle at the 48th annual International Livestock Exposition in Chicago November 29 to December 6. The event at the International Amphitheatre expects 12 000 head of cattle horses sheep and swine. Also noted is the 25th International Grain and Hay Show with higher cash premiums entries accepted until November 10. A Hybrid Corn Show at Southern States Frederick Service opens with judging November 29 and district competition in January. Samuel F B Morse’s first telegraph instrument used an old picture frame in 1836.
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Chicago
Maryland
Knoxville
Frederick County
Finksburg
Carroll County
G. Porteous
Tyrconnel Farm
H. H. Hackney
Dock Yards
Southern States
Frederick Service, Inc
Frederick
Future Farmers of America
H Club
Union Bridge church meetings wrap in early November
Reports from Union Bridge note the Pipe Creek Church of the Brethren special evangelistic meetings began Monday night October 26 and run through Sunday November 2 with various church groups providing music and nightly stories for children. Rev Sam ut A Harley leads talks on Are Ye Able Tonight a group from IneY Creek Church of the Brethren will sing. Sunday features Westminster Church of the Brethren choir and a sermon Thinking Things Over. Other local notices include birthday party for Sharon Wheatley Bowers and attendance of State Teacher's Convention in Baltimore by Mrs Arintha Marsh, plus several families visiting relatives in Beltsville Frederick York Wilmington and Minneapolis listed among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Church of the Brethren
George Crawmer
Arintha Jayne Crawmer
Union Bridge
Arintha Marsh
Sharon Wheatley Bowers
Evan Bowers
Lincoln Road
Elmer Wolfe School
Baltimore
Clifford Sykes
John F. Kelly
Mark Wolfe
York
Wolfe
Stella Topper
Stanley O'Brien
Donna Lee
Wilmington
Del
Paul Valentine
Faul Goulden
Ida Goulden
Pius E. Kelly
Newry
Kelly
John F.] Kelly
Kenneth Adams
Earl Adams
Norfolk
U.S. Navy
Edward O'Toole
Waynesboro
Edward Rosensteel
Catherine Silverton
Minneapolis
Mr Pleasant Family Furnace Install Event
Callers at the home of Mr and Mrs August Monath during the week included Mrs Mary Ecker and grandson Charles Brown on Wednesday Mr and Mrs Laurence Winpigler and daughter Charles W Barrier Jr and Roscoe Hoit in attendance plus the family of Roger Reese installing a hot air oil burning furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pleasant
Birs
Roger Reese
August Monath
Mary Ecker
Charles Brown
Laurence Winpigler
Charles W. Barrier, Jr
Roscoe Hoit
Emmitsburg
Mary Lou Miller
Harriet Stinson
Joseph Kerrigan
Baltimore
Clarence Wachter
Seton Avenue
Dave Geesman
Waynerboro
Reading
Geesman
Charles D. Gibsan
Jerome Peters
Guy A. Baker
George H. Riggs
Leonard Sanders
George Rohrbaugh
Paul Freshman
Thurmont
J. Clarence Sanders
Owens Sanders
Clarence Sanders
Raymond
Stella Topper
de Paul Street
Local Social Notes and Club News Preview
The courtesies cover engagements and moving plans as the Princess and her fiance Tan, and Miss Mary C Fogle, are noted. A family group plans to relocate with David O. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, while Mrs. Mary C Ecker attends a district women’s conference near New Windsor and visits Baltimore. Several families enjoy outings to Gettysburg, and Mt. Pleasant Women’s Club marks its 25th anniversary with a church supper and program. Westminster hosts a DAR tea for Maryland society leaders with local club leaders in attendance.
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Bertha E. Delawier
Welty Wastler
Richard
Gettysburg
Lutheran Church of
Frederick
Women's Club of
Mt. Pleasant
Reformed
Emmitsburg Area Social News Highlights Local Visits
Residents from Emmitsburg and nearby towns spent weekends visiting Baltimore Reading and Phoenixville. Families and groups attended church events, hospital visits, and a Grange Booster Night. The St Josephs church Fall Bazaar is planned for November 15.
Donation Day Plans Highlight Frederick Aged Home Card
A card from the Home for the Aged in Frederick asks the Club to remember Donation Day. The next afternoon of games is set for November 13 at Mrs. R. M. Zacharias’s home, with all donations received then. Next month an officers election for 1948 is planned. A nominating committee includes Mrs. Lewis Higbee, Mrs. Lewis Topper, Mrs. E. Ro Shri ver, Mrs. Roy Wagermen and Miss Louise Sebold.
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Home For the
Frederick
R. M. Zacharias
Lewis Higbee
Lewis Topper
E. Ro Shriver
Roy Wagermen
Louise Sebold
Charles Sharrer
Raymond Baumgardner
Mervin Tate
Edwin Chrismer
Vocabulary Tips From A Daily Word Lesson
A compact note on correct usage and pronunciation of common words. It highlights preferences for polite phrasing and builds vocabulary by focusing on one new word daily. Mentions misused terms, pronunciation clues, and a curious fact about a Babussu palm tree producing about 800 nuts yearly.
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Seattle
Philippine
Islands
Next Week at Tivoli and Opera House Shows
The Tivoli Theater screens Dark Passage with Bogart and Bacall for three days starting Sunday, plus Universal News. The week features Carnegie Hall musical show and Universal News, Great Expectations with Warner Pathe News, Morton of the Movies with Short features, House Hunting Mice, and Kingdom of the Wild at the Opera House. Tim Holt in Under The Tonto Rim with cartoons and Warner Pathe News follow on Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Tivoli Theater
Universal News
John Mills
Valerie Hobson
Warner Pathe News
Morton
Red Skelton
Virginia O'Brien
the Opera House
Zane Grey
Tonto Rim
Tim Holt
John Hodiak
Kent Taylor
Oddity
Warner Pathe
Oregon Trail
Monte’ Hale
Adrian Booth
Easter Yeggs
Frederick
The
Sierras
Roy Rogers
Trigger
Jesse James
Hobo Bobo
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Samuel F. B. Morse
Elizabeth
Philip
Windlesham Moor
Elzabeth
St Philip Mountbatten
London
the Princess
Westminster
Charles O' Clemson
Maryland State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
William Winchester
D. RR
Ernest Henry Fiorichs
Ruxton
Hinrichs
Washington Custis
George W. P. Whip
Britain
Philip Mountbatten
Buckingham Palace
WM. Warner, Jr
Keymar
Flagstone
Blue Ridge
Rose Tavern
Charles Marino
Cranky
Harry Wy Rou Warfield
Solitt
Ppkroug
Bie Frederick Motor Co
Papiefrrhiye
W. Patrick Street
St Joseph's Church
William Topper
Mondorit Apartments
Genevieve Elder
Belva Dinterman
Donald Dinterman
Rocky Ridge
Emtmitsburg
Annie BL Warner Hospital
William C. Smith
Annie ML Warner Hospital
Emmitsburg Grange
Ruth Naylor
George] Martin
Clara Hatner
Robert Simpson
Miss Helenarin
Ray Kincaid
Thur
Mont Grange
Grange
Joseph Ash
Ash
Phoenixville
Kenneth Wagaman
Salisbury
Crumlish
Route 15
A. W. Eckenrode
Edward Eckenrode
Hanover
Woman's Club of
RM. Zacharias
Joshua Reynolds
Robert Daugherty
George Paxson
Bremerhaven
Ger
Shirley Ann
Los Angeles
Seiberling
Philco Radios
Motorola Radiog
Melvin M. Engle
Frederick, Md
Dolls Jewelry Store
South Market ST
Straight Bank
G. L
F. H. A. Mortgages
FREDERICKTOWN SAVINGS __INSTITUTION
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U. S
P. L. Carter
East 3Rd
Nicodemus
N. Court ST
Kathleen Dorsey
Agatha Buzzard Fowell Vivien Sincendivier
Leola Clevenger
Vanity Fair
Beauticians
North Market St
Rusco
Brosius Engineering & Supply Co
West Church ST
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