Election results affirm majority rule and change in county board
The Tuesday canvass confirms state and county contest outcomes with mixed party gains and losses. Three new members will join the Board of County Commissioners, bringing fresh leadership as the county advances with voter choices. The piece commends worn candidates and notes delays due to long ballots, urging modern voting machines for Frederick county.
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Board of County Commissioners
Frederick County
Health and happiness tied to work and home life
Two physicians report on 287 female telephone operators and 1327 male craftsmen showing healthy workers average far fewer sick days and accidents than ill workers. Health correlates with environment, home life, and job satisfaction, with the maladjusted one third costly to society and in need of causes and remedies.
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American Public Health Association
Buffalo
Lawrence H. Hinkle
Norman Plummer
Car collision at Record and West Church streets
A sedan was damaged about 75 dollars in a Thursday morning collision on Record and West Church streets. Officer W C Staley reports Charles F Lum in of Sharpsburg backed a truck from Church street into Record street and hit the parked car of Benjamin R Benson III of Baltimore, causing the damage. No charges were filed.
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Record
West Church Streets
W. C. Staley
Charles F. Lumin
Sharpsburz
Church Street
Record Street
Benjamin R. Benson
Baltimore
City Bicycle Inspection Planned Saturday Afternoon
Chief of Police Charles V. Main announced a bicycle inspection Saturday from 1 to 3 30 p m at the market house rear City Hall. The event targets bicycles not yet licensed for the current year.
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City Hall
Charles V. Main
Marks Birthday of Miss Daisy Miller in North Market
Miss Daisy M. Miller, longtime cleaning business owner on North Market Street, celebrated her 75th birthday with a surprise party hosted Sunday by her godchild Mrs. T. Frederick Fleming at the Flemings’ Biggs Avenue home. More than 100 family and friends attended including Rev. Charles Trunk and Rev. Ralph E. Greiman, Pythian Sisters, and members of class 55. Acknowledgments arrived from St. Louis, Williamsport, Alexandria, Philadelphia, Silver Spring, Laurel, Baltimore, and Washington.
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Daisy M. Miller
North Market Street
T. Frederick Fleming
Miss Miller
Pythian Sisters
St. Louis
Williamsport
Alexandria
Philadelphia
Silver Spring
Laurel
Baltimore
Washington
Jack Kennedy
Tercentenary Observed By Frederick Session Council
The Frederick Council of Jewish Women marked the Jewish tercentenary in America with a history program at B nai B rith rooms. Historians Mrs. Beth Ware Joan Cohen and Lee Hardy led talks on the local council and US formation.
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America
Frederick
Council of Jewish Women
B’nai B’rih
United States
Beth Ware
Joan Cohen
Lee Hardy
Jeanette Weinberg
Katherine Jacobson
Rose Stern
Dave Gordon
Clara Wachter
Jean Weisman
Uv. dc
Dias
Delle Idolier
Arlington
South Market Street
Elinor Ferilius
Local News Briefs From 1904 Recount Fires Roads and Accidents
Fifty years ago items note a hose test by the Junior Fire Company using Baltimore Department equipment rated at 450 pounds. Work starts on a cottage at Braddock Heights by Edgar S. McCardell for winter and summer occupancy. A trolley extension toward Myersville nears completion with street tearing underway. Charles Miller of Thurmont was accidentally shot on a hunt near Cavetown and Chewsville in Washington County. John F Summers sold a 27 acre tract near Shookstown to Ernest Lomis for $2,000.
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the News
Junior Fire Company
Baltimore Fire Department
Braddock Heights
Edgar S. McCardell
McCardell
Myersville
Charles Miller
Thurmont
Cavetoun
Chewsville
Washington County
John F Summers
Shookstown
Ernest Lo Miss
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
The Frederick City Ministerial Association designated November 25 as a day to urge congregations to press for more wholesome motion pictures. A large Brunswick crowd witnessed toll ceremony on the Point of Rocks and Brunswick bridges with bids for bridge improvements near 35 000 dollars. About 4 909 attended the Thurmont Autumn festival where Miss Bessie Jahrhauch was crowned Queen Autumn I by ex-Congressman Fred Zthiman. Philip Rebert son of Dr G Nevin Rebert fractured his shoulder during intramural football at Amherst College.
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Brunswick
Point of Rocks
Harry T. Wahar, Jr
Points of Rocks
Thurmont
Bessie Jarhauch
Fred Zthiman
Philip Rebert
G. Nevin Robert
Amherst College
Republicans Came Through Far Better Than Expected
Washington report by David Lawrence analyzes the 1954 off year election results. It notes no Democratic landslide, narrow GOP majorities, and potential for a 1956 Republican sweep. Key factors include coal crises, anti McCarthy sentiment, and internal party factionalism. Eisenhower's campaign impact and party unity are highlighted amid a tight, mixed-seat outcome across states.
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Ives
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United States
America
Harlow to Speak at Hood College Vespers
Dr S Ralph Harlow emeritus of religion at Smith College will speak on Does Belief Matter at Hood College vespers in Brodbeck Hall. He recently lectured in India China and Japan and served as visiting professor in Asia the Near East and Great Britain. Dr Ramaley will perform a violin solo during the service.
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Japan
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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Greece
Smith
Pierce College
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Fisk University
Nashville
Olive Reddick
Arars
Mm Frederick
John Ramaley
The
Hood Music Department
Richard §. Sternberger
Baltimore Hebrew Concregation
Jewish Chautauqua Society
Light Overnight Rain Cuts Reservoir Level at Fishing Creek
Overnight rains brought only 0.24 inch at the State Police barracks, with higher amounts likely in the mountains. Fishing Creek reservoir remains seven feet below full, as caretaker Frank Weddle notes. November totals rise to about an inch, aided by early week rain. snow at Gambrill State Park melted quickly after a brief dusting.
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Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Gambrill State Park
Accident Case Heard in Peoples Court
A Baltimore man, David Harris Curry, was fined 10 dollars and costs after a collision on Gapland Road west of Burkittsville last Friday. Curry, charged by Trooper Paul Kline with failure to keep to the right of center, was traveling west and prepared to turn into a private lane when his car sidewiped William C. Pfeifer's vehicle. About 300 dollars in damage resulted. Several motorists received fines for traffic violations on U.S. 40 west and surrounding roads, including speeding, improper passing, and reckless driving, with arrests by Troopers Kline, Bowser, and H. L. Basore.
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Gapland Road
Burkittsville
H. Reese, Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
David Harris Curry
Paul Kline
William C. Pfeifer
RFD 4
Frederick
Curry
Pfeifer
Callateral
Wayne Z. Guyton
James W Spurlock
Monrovia
Maryland
Maurice E. Haupt
Middletown
U.S
John C. Phillips, Jr
Phillipsburg
Braddock Mountain
T R Conway
Chicago
U S. 46
Eas
Harold R
Police gunfire drops two bandits in chase ending in crash
In Southeast Washington police stopped a wild car pursuit when the suspects crashed. Two holdup men fled on foot and were fired upon by Patrolmen Charles B. Chase and C. A Naecker. One man leveled as if to shoot, both officers fired, and the men fell.
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Charles B. Chase
C. A Naicker
Naecker
Chase
Morton - Manwiller Engagement Announced in Maryland ties
Mr and Mrs W Dave Morton of Magnolia avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Evelyn Marguerite to Lieutenant junior grade Karl S Manwiller Jr USNR son ofVr and Alves Karl Manwiller Sr Arbor Road Yeadon Pa Evelyn a Frederick High School and Union Hospital School of Nursing graduate who studied at University of Maryland and nurses at Frederick Memorial Hospital Manwiller a Yeadon High School graduate earned AB from Haverford College MA from Teachers College Columbia now serving aboard the U S Willis A Lee in Boston Massachusetts Photo by Fellows Studio
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Magnolia Avenue
Evelyn Marguerite
Karl S. Manwiller
USNR
Alves Karl & Manwiller
Arbor Road
Yeadon
Miss Morton
Frederick High School
Union Hospital School of Nursing
University of Maryland
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Yeadon High School
Pretty Wedding In Sabillasville Church
A Sabillasville wedding at St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed on Saturday October 30 at 3 pm joined Jeanne Wagaman and Wayne Bryan Winebrenner. The couple, with family guests from Maryland, Virginia, and Alabama, began a life together as winebrenner became Marine Corps sergeant. They planned to reside in Takoma Park after visiting the Pocono Mountains and New York City for a honeymoon.
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Sabillasville
Jeanne Wagaman
Paul D. Wagaman
Wayne Bryan Winebrenner
John M. Winebrenner
M. P. Winebrenner
Darwin X. Gass
Claude H. Corl
Sara Warrenfeltz
Wagner and Mendelssohn
H. W
Jane Elizabeth Wagaman
Grace Wastler
Peggy Weddle
Thurmont
Barbara Feigh
Frederick
Billy Eyler
William Ray
Alabama
William Dellinger
Richard Orndorfk
Virginia
Mrs. Winebrenner
Hante
Pocono Mountains
New York City
Takoma Park
Thurmont H High School
Washington
Walkersville
Marine Corps
Marine Base
Korea
Baltimore
Hagerstown
New Jersey
Thursmont
Woodsboro
Tea Honoring Mrs Groff for 80th Birthday at Hood College
Mrs John Groff was honored with a tea hosted by her daughter Mrs Andrew G Truxal on the Hood College campus Wednesday. Guests included President and Mrs Truxal and relatives from Lancaster and Chambersburg Pa. The party featured candlelight serving and bouquets from Frederick well wishers.
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Chambersburg
Katherine Sherrill
J. Harold Hooper
Walkersville
Robert Campbell
Meyran Hall
Rosemary Hartley
Shriner Hall
Randolph Wilson
Eleanor Gudgell
Rome
Hood
Groff
East Petersburg
Frederick
U S Ready To Share Atomic Know-How For Peace
United States envoy Henry Cabot Lodge Jr told the UN General Assembly Political Committee that Washington will begin bilateral talks to supply atomic materials for overseas research reactors and to share knowledge for peaceful purposes. He outlined training, reactor operation courses, 150 foreign cancer experts visiting U.S. facilities, and provision of 10 technical libraries and 50,000 data cards. The plan aims to create an international pool of atomic energy under Eisenhower’s vision, with or without Russian participation.
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
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Eisenhower
Atoms For Peace
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Australia
Belgium
South Africa
Portugal
International Atomic Agency
Kolmer Kiser Wedding Announced in Baltimore
Idella Skillman Kiser and Leonard E. Kolmer were married at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Baltimore on Saturday October 30. Kolmer, formerly of Frederick, has served as general manager of the Automobile Club of Maryland. They will reside at 19 Buchanan Road Baltimore 42 after November 15.
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Frederick
Idella Skillman Kiser
Leonard E. Kolmer
Baltimore
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Robert Fletcher
Kolmer
Automobile Club of Maryland
Buchanan Road
Santa Letter from Bobby Nusbaum to Santa Claus
Bobby Nusbaum of Frederick RFD 5 sent a Christmas letter to The News asking Santa Claus for gifts, a note that will be forwarded to the North Pole for delivery.
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Bobby Nusbaum
Frederick
RFD 5
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