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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1951
Page
7
The U S Office of Education released a survey showing college student numbers nearly doubled in twenty years. In 1949 50 one in sixty one people were enrolled versus one in 123 in 1930 32. The findings highlight parental sacrifice and student work to fund college and suggest rising educational levels for national leadership in industry and professions.
Reported air battles over Korea see growing Soviet jet activity and American Sabres clashing at high speed. Early exchanges were bloodless, but daily MiG destruction and U S losses are now admitted. Advances in hitting a fast moving target signal deadlier dogfights ahead.
Joseph A. Daugherty and his wife Viola E. Daugherty of Huntingdon were jailed last night on charges of disturbing the peace. Officer Sherman Boone took them into custody around eight p.m. Market prices list wheat at 219, corn at 450, barley at 2.3.40 per unit.
Highlights from the November 9 1901 issue note officers elected at the M C A annual meeting with Henry H Abbott as president C Albert Gilson vice president J Alfred Ritter secretary and Edgar K Moore treasurer reporting a 99 surplus The piece also covers Prof William H Harry speculation on caucus Speaker nomination Elmer Brengle injury trimming a tree at Frederick County Telephone Company and a Belles Lettres debate on Olver Cromwell versus Napoleon Bonaparte with a positive verdict for Cromwell MR Harry Stimmel purchasing and upgrading a Thurmont laundry plant with steam and new machinery.
Twenty years ago items recall Walker N Jolli ff e a pioneer real estate man and citizen who died after a brief illness. The forest fire in Frederick County on Catoctin mountain burned 700 to 1 000 acres before easing. Thelma Kehne 26 died in a Washington hospital from blood poisoning from a pin scratch. MR and MRS ALTON C WHITMORE hosted a birthday party for their son Alton C Whitmore Jr at 220 East Patrick Street with several friends attending.
Obituaries record Emory Castle of Hagerstown aged 85 dying after a short illness and funeral plans at East Funeral Home Boonsboro with Rosehill Cemetery interment. Also noted are John L Overholtzer Sr of Dennings, longtime Maryland resident, and William Dowell of Hamilton, Va, both with funeral details and surviving relatives.
Funeral rites for Ridgeville florist and banker Jesse P King drew a large crowd at Calvary Methodist church with Rev. Dewitt Dickey presiding and four former pastors in attendance. Pallbearers included Prudence Lodge A. E. A. M. members. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery. Funeral director C. M. Waltz also oversaw the services.
Farmer Frank Snyder reported a cow bore six calves yesterday in Middleville but all calves died. Dr. Glenn Robens, a local veterinarian from nearby Poland, said six births might be a world record.
Camp Detrick soldiers prepare for the traditional Army Thanksgiving Dinner on November 22 with a full menu including celery hearts olives shrimp cocktail roast turkey and pumpkin pie. Serviceman of the Week Benjamin Wysocki earns master sergeant status after 15 years in service with a career spanning the Canal Zone Pearl Harbor and battles in Europe and Asia. The Officers' Mess annual meeting November 19 will elect a new board of governors while six more Camp Detrick soldiers receive promotions and others attend training and lectures.
In Washington on Nov 9 the United States Great Britain and France challenge Soviet peace moves. They push for inspection or inventory of all arms to test sincerity while noting likely propaganda value. President Truman frames a US inventory proposal as a first step in international armament reduction.
HAL Boyle writes from New York on pipe smoking myth versus crime, noting a police survey linking pipe users to lower felony rates. He quotes Morris Levinson on maturity and leisure fueling sales, plus meerschaum pipe craft and costs. The piece also covers postwar arms talks and a U S plan for inspection and audit leading toward disarmament, framed as Western counter propaganda.
The North End Civic Association kicked off its winter activities with a Thursday square dance at the field house in Staley Park. Dances will continue weekly with special Thursday evenings featuring live music and a pound party. Profit from events funds community welfare, including donated hospital beds crutches and a wheelchair.
Mrs H B Robbins of Middletown is a patient at St James Hospital Hornell N Y after an emergency major operation. Mr George R Lewis of 413 West South Street entered Newton D Baker Veterans Hospital Martinsburg W Va for observation and treatment. Crumbling fortifications on the Azores Islands were built to repel privateers.
Sunday ceremony at Buckeystown Methodist Church marks the union of Betty Virginia Adams and Leo Thomas Duvall. The couple's families host rehearsals and showers with numerous relatives and friends from Buckeystown Frederick Lovettsville and beyond attending events surrounding the upcoming marriage.
Side Glances notes list Gene Archer joining events with tarians and a Redskin soloist. Community visits include Mrs. deGarmendia touring Europe, a Guilford visit with Dr Conley, and a family dinner for Capt Glenn K. Baker on furlough. Other items cover a Maryland hairdressers convention, a 25th wedding anniversary, and a Buckeystown family returning from New York before their husband’s NATO post in West Germany.
Miss Anna Lee Shriner daughter of Edna Shriner Rocky Ridge wed Cpl James M Glass US Army son of Curtis Glass Taneytown in a double ring ceremony at the E A B church Parsonage Rev Arthur Garvin officiated. The bride wore robin egg blue with red rosebud corsage and was helped by sister in law Mrs Charles Glass matron of honor. The groom stationed at Fort Meade recently returned from Korea. They reside with the bride’s family and spent a wedding trip to the Smoky Mountains with relatives in Tennessee.
The meditation recalls David Livingstone the missionary who found peace in hardship. He repeated the hymn Jesus the very thought of Thee and felt the Master’s presence on long treks. In later years, after a honorary degree, he chose to return to Africa, certain God remained with him.
Pennsylvania mills surpassed Germany in ferrous metal production during World War II and exceeded outputs of any other nation or empire.
John E. Thompson, 32 year old World War II veteran, named acting civilian personnel officer at Camp Detrick succeeding Bert C. McDanny. Thompson, a Western Maryland College graduate, has served as executive secretary of the Civil Service board and is a captain in the Maryland National Guard. He resides on the post with his wife Mary and three sons, David Paul, John, and William.
Delegates from the Maryland District of Columbia Athletic Federation of College Women gather at Hood College for a weekend conference beginning Saturday at 1 p.m. in Gambrill Gymnasium with registration, a general session, panel discussions, and a Saturday banquet. Sunday closes with a final summary meeting.
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