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Frederick
McCarthy probe warns of missing radar documents
Secretary of Defense Wilson calls the missing radar documents a grave safeguard failure. The McCarthy committee probes Fort Monmouth New Jersey amid claims the nation’s radar system has been compromised. Incomplete records threaten national security and raise concerns about Communist influence in government.
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Wilson
McCarthy Committee
Fort Monmouth
N. J
America
125 Members In American Legion Drive 1954 Campaign
Francis Scott Key Post No 11 American Legion starts its 1954 membership drive with 125 memberships reported at the initial meeting chaired by J Robert Edwards. Of these 25 are new members and 100 renewals. goal set at 400 by November 1 and 900+ overall. Commander George Van Tossen predicts surpassing the prior 41 member record. Visitation to Newton Baker Veterans Hospital on December 19 planned to distribute gifts to Frederick county veterans. David Kemp and Richard Graham pledge to exceed previous high totals.
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Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Post
J. Robert Edwards
Legion
Key Post
George van Tossen
Newton Baker Veterans Hospital
Frederick County
David Kemp
Edwards
Richard Graham
Hood Club Completes its 3000 Pledge To College
The Hood Club fulfills its three thousand dollar pledge to Hood College with a thousand dollar check presented at the annual dinner in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. J Harok Hooper accepts as club officers are installed. entertainment by the Smith children from Walkersville. Also showcased is Key Chevrolet Sales seasonal display by Harry Brucher featuring a corn shock scene with animals and autumn foliage.
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Hood College
Frederick County Hood Club
J. Harok Hooper
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Robert Pilgram
Pauli J. Payne
Emily Appie
H. Albert Dean
Louise Patterson
Emery £. Larson, Jr
Doris Russell
Karl Harner
Eleanor Messersey
Ronald Amd
Richard Smith
Harry O. Smith
Walkersville
Chevrolet Sales, Inc
East Patrick Street
Harry Brucher
Chevrolet
Glade Parade Stands Out As Best In Years
The Glade Valley Lions Club led a large Halloween parade in Waltersville on Friday night chaired by Lawrence Dorsey. About 150 people gathered for a square dance after, and there was little vandalism in Woodsboro or Walkersville. Walkersville Girl Scouts Cubs and Brownies won best floats with four season depictions. Woodsboro Cubs second and Woodsboro 4H Girls third. Adults best dressed went to Mrs. William Stitely. children’s best dressed to Jimmy Working. High praise for Frederick High School band, with other entries Yellow Springs Harmony bands. Judges included Chief Charles V Main, John W Morgan, and Mayor Ray Weddle.
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Glade Valley Lions Club
Hallowe'en
Waltersville
Lawrence Dorsey
Dorsey
Fire
Walkersville
Frederick Avenue
Maple Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lions Club
Woodsboro
William Stitely
Jimmy Working
Ray Dorsey
Robert Stover
Woodsboro Fire Company
Charles C. T. Stull
Frederick High School
Yellow Springs
Harmony
Charles V. Main
Frederick City
John W. Morgan
Ray Weddle
Thurmont
Ralph Zimmerman
Raymond Myers
Friendship Night at Mont Grange Celebrated
Grange News reports Thurmont and Lewistown Granges hosting Friendship Nights with Master Francis Long presiding. Fifty members attended. plan to meet at Carroll Manor Grange for Pomona meeting November 7. Programs featured a playlet, poems, songs, piano solos, and refreshments. Attendance celebrated at Community Service Contest plans and a $3 gift to the Children’s Aid Society.
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Tourmont Grange Shaddock Grange
Thurmont Grange
Francis Long
Pomona i
Carroll Manor Grange
O'Tooles
Grangera
Mary Louise Covell
Cleo Cline
Martha Jane Layman
Shirley Wetzel
Alta Cline
Grace Stone
Carolyn Roberts
Lewistewn
Lewistown Grange
John D. Leatherman
Ross Stull
Frederick Fair
Children’s Aid Society
Walkersville Fire Hall
Louise Stull
Little Gray
Maggie
W. A. R. Bell
Mrs. Bell
Miss Stull
Monocacy Village
Ross Stuil
India
Mary Kathryn
Genevieve Schildt
Jefferson Grange
Nurses Alumnae Bazaar At Frederick Memorial School
The Nurses Alumnae Association of Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing will hold its annual bazaar on Thursday December 3 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Georgianna Houck Simmons Nurses Home. Mrs. Raymond Putman is general chairman, with Mrs. Rita Gordon as association president and Mrs. Raymond Powell as advertising chairman. Light lunches and snacks will be served, with committees handling the fancy table, flower mart, and food table.
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Nereses
Nurses
Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Georgianna Houck Simmons Nurses Home
Raymond Putman
Rita Gordon
Raymond Powell
James Kline
Pearl Eader
Mary Poole
Flower Mart
Louis Twentey
Clyde Kefauver
Farewell and Birthday Event at Emailshors Club
The Over The Teacups Selling Club held a Monday evening farewell for Mrs. Harry Boyle who moves to Baltimore and celebrated Mrs. Anne Thompson's birthday with a dinner at Green Parrot Tea Room. Gifts and bouquets were shared. The event included socializing among members and families.
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Emailshors
Anne Thompson
Harry Boyle
Baltimore
Green Parrot Tea Room
James
Liberty town Homemakers Meet Plans and Elections
The Liberty town Homemakers met October 28 at Mrs Artie Kemp's home with co hostesses. President Mrs Charles Jones led talks on the American Creed and aging. Talks on the United Nations and a West Coast trip showed slides. Officers for 1954 were elected. bake sale planned for October 31.
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Libertytown
Artie Kemp
Otto Gertz
Charles Jones
John Smith
Monk
Charles Riordan
United Nations
Ridgely
U. N
New York
Childrens’ Aid Society
Home For the
Frederick
Charles McA. Jones
G. W. Poole
Raymond Keller
Fred Ward
Oscar Joy
Betty Jane Reese
West Coast
Church Hall
Parents and Teachers Meet at Urbana School
The Urbana School Parent-Teacher Association held a well attended meeting Tuesday in the school auditorium with Marion Lawson as new president. Plans were made for a Halloween party and fund raising for the year. Mrs. O Taft was elected secretary to fill a vacancy. After the meeting, first grade room mothers served refreshments as parents visited classrooms and admired student work and seasonal decorations.
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Parent-Teacher Association of Urbana
Marion Lawson
O. Taft
Women’s Society Meeting in New Market
The Women’s Society of Christian Service met October 21 at Mrs. Howard Scheel’s home in New Market. Twenty-one members attended as Mrs. George Croneburg led worship and the program on “Lower Goes Forth” was prepared by Mrs. Rodney Rippeon and Mrs. Ralph Leahart. Clothing for Keren was collected and the group planned to meet November 18 at Mrs. Elmer Roderick’s home.
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S.C
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Howard Scheel
New Market
Scheel
George Croneburg
Rodney Rippeon
Ralph Leahart
Keren
B. F. Hartley
Elmer Roderick
Evangelical and Lutheran Church
Beatrice Hoffman
Mary Alice Marks
Evelin Taster
Mary Ann Wachter
Kay Fagan
Grace Despeaux
Marks
Mary Holdcraft ' J
Genevieve Garrett
Helen van Fessen
Jase Fagen
Catherine Mills
Hoffman
Louise Wiles
Anne Smith
Court News Court proceedings unaided by plea deals and divorces
Equity cases include Dorothy M. Clark vs Paul F. Clark with a bill for absolute divorce. Fink vs Fink with bill for divorce. Stevens cases for divorce. Gannon vs Gannon seeks absolute divorce. Debold vs Debold seeks absolute divorce. Marriage licenses list applicants from New Oxford Emmitsburg Baltimore and surrounding towns. Property transfers detail deeds to the State Roads Commission and individuals with nominal sums in Frederick County and surrounding areas.
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Equity
Dorothy M. Clark
Paul F. Clark
Howard
Fink
Mary E. Fink
Betty Jane Stevens
Robert L. Stevens
Charles Franklin Gannon
Clara Elizabeth Gannon
William Debold
Katherine Matilda Debold
Richard P. Mummer
New Oxford
Dorothy L. Cool
Emmitsburg
Hiram J. Taylor
Edna R. Hurlock
Baltimore
Donald Lee Eyler
New Windsor
Caroline J. McDonnell
Harry
Coddington
Buffalo
N. Y
Ard
Dorothy Coughlin
Kenmore, Ey
Sammy K. Graszer
Flintstone
Bessie Marp
Mt. Airy
Richard A. Shambe
Cementon
Jane E. Bergerstock
West Catasauqua
Floyd Raymond Rose
Sylvia Virginia Hays
Germantown
Ernest P. Soliday
Maria Glanoules
Lebanon
Aod
Library cat goes missing leaves children worried
The beloved library cat of the C. Burr Artz Library, known for greeting readers and befriending the children after school, has disappeared. The gray and white pet owned by Dr. Charles R. Phillips was a familiar sight near the Children's Room, often seen with a bell around his neck. Despite a neighborhood search he has not been found, leaving the youngsters hopeful for his return to fairy tale days.
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Kitty
C. Burr Artz
Charles R. Phillips
Wanda Gay
West Secondstreet
Mayor asks state to furnish barricades and overhead sign
Mayor Donald B. Rice announced he has written District Engineer Thomas G. Mohler of the State Roads Commission requesting four reflectorized barricades for the Ninth and Market streets intersection and an overhead sign on the Market side south of Tenth. The aim is to guide southbound traffic at the Market Ninth light as Market nears two way operation. State Police Superintendent Munshower backs the request, with City Engineer Walter and Police Chief Main concurring.
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Donald B. Rice
Thomas G. Mohler
State Roads Commission
Ninth
Market Streets
Market Street
Tenth
Market and
Market
East Ninth Street
Rice
Roads Commission
Elmer F. Munshower
W. R. Walter
Charles V. Main
Ladies Night Features Lions Club Event at Key Hotel
Frederick Lions Club hosted a Ladies Night at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with 140 guests. Committee head Mrs. Noel H. Gross and Dawson J. Horine presided, while Max and Mrs. Hall spoke on art and government work. George A. Ruppersberger sang, and Dorsey F. Shipley led tailtwister duties plus a fruit basket prize went to Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Morris.
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Frederick Lions Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Noel H. Gross
Dawson J. Horine
Myersville Club
Max Hall
Washington
Clinton J. Morris
Herman C.gubisch
A. I. Ellin
Robert W. Ziem
Paul Simpson
Elsie Summerfield
Emory L. Coblentz
Frederick J. Godloe Jackson
Cumberland Lions Club
Turner
Present Cancer Research To Be Described Tonight
Dr J R Heller director of the National Cancer Institute will discuss current cancer prevention and control research tonight at Hood College in Room 35 Administration Building. The talk is the final in a two part series on the nations No 2 killer drawing about 100 attendees. Questions remain for consideration at the next session. Classes begin at 7 45. TRAPP FAMILY SERE A large audience attended a Trapp Family Singers concert at DePaul Auditorium Emmitsburg sponsored by Mount St Marys College and St Joseph College. The group, directed by Msgr Franz Wasner, traveled home Friday stopping in Frederick Bagate at the Francis Scott Key al.
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J. R. Heller
Hood College
Heller
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
Trapp
DePaul
St. Joseph College
Mitsburg
Mount St. Marr's College
Msgr
Franz Wasner
Emmitsburg
Frederick Bagate
Bids Sought for Air Conditioning at Army Theaters
The Department of the Arms Purchasing and Contracting Branch in Baltimore invites bids by November 20 at 1:00 a.m. for installing air conditioning systems in nine Army post theaters, including Theater No. 1 at Camp Detrick.
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Department of the Arms
Baltimore
Cama Detrick
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