Secure Parking Space For Maryland National Guard Vehicles
A parking area on North Bentz Street near Carroll Creek Bridge has been secured for government vehicles of Company A and the Maryland National Guard. Captain James A. Catsail said about 49 jeeps trucks and trailers will move from the Armory on West Second Street to the new lot, with improvements planned. The site is three blocks from downtown, not metered, and restricted to military personnel.
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Company A
Maryland National Guard
James A. Catsail
Guard
North Bentz Street
Carroll Creek Bridge
Catherine Powers
West Second Street
Catsail
National Guard
Bentz Street
Cutsail
Seventh-day Adventists cite alcohol statistics to urge temperance
The group presents figures claiming Americans spend twice as much on alcohol as gasoline and thrice as much as religious life totals. They note 4 million alcoholics and 3 million heavy drinkers, with a $250 million annual ad spend by liquor interests. Proceeds from a temperance offering fund research and youth education.
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America
Skid Row
Saigh to be released from Terre Haute prison
Former St. Louis Cardinals owner Fred M. Saigh will be released from the Terre Haute federal penitentiary on November 12 after serving a 15 month sentence for federal tax law violations. He appeared before a federal parole board representative on October 16.
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Saigh
Terre Haute
Ind
Fred M. Saigh
Ownex
St. Louis Cardinals
Terre Haute Federal Penitentiary
Bernard Madigan
Federal Parole Board
Beauty queen named at Staley Park teen dance
Sandra Roughan was named beauty queen at the Wednesday teen dance at Staley Park field house with over 25 attendees. Candidates for next week's contest include Linda Smith, Patty Zimmerman, Kathleen Croghan and Linda Suip. Spot dances went to Carol Ann Molesworth and Richard Mercer. Mrs. W. W. Corbin announced a Sadie Hawkins theme for next week with prizes for best authentic costume. Awards this week were donated by Landis jewelry store and Mrs. Corbin.
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Sandra Roughan
Staley Park
City Retention Commission
Linda Smith
Patty Zimmerman
Kathleen Croghan
Linda Suip
Carol Ann Molesworth
Richard Mercer
W. W. Corbin
Sadie Hawkins
Landis Jewelry Store
Leaders Needed by Girl Scouts Association Meeting Review
The Frederick Association of Girl Scouts held its fall meeting at the Presbyterian church with a covered dish supper. President Mrs. Joseph Vona urged two adult leaders per troop as the program expanded to about 165 girls previously inactive. A proposed bylaw change on the nominating committee was noted for action next year. Kiwanis thanked Girl Scouts for Kids Day activities with a $25 donation. two scouting films were shown, including World Friendship. A directors meeting followed.
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Frederick Association of Girl Scouts
Presbyterian Church
Joseph Vona
Association
Samuel 4 H. Rosenstock
Kiwanis Club
Pen Mar May Become Area For State Park
HAGERSTOWN November 6 The state plans to survey Pen Mar area within two months as it moves to form a state park on the former amusement park grounds. Joseph F. Kaylor head of Maryland Department of Parks says findings will be ready for the 1954 Maryland Legislature session after talks with delegate Tom Kaylor. Local support is strong with petitions and pledges from legislators and county officials while opposition has been minimal. Pen Mar residents expect revived summer resort activity though no rides or commercial enterprises would be included. The park would shorten travel for Baltimore and Washington residents compared with trips to Deep Creek Lake.
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Hagerstown
Pen Mar
Joseph F. Kaylor
Maryland
Department of Parks
Tom Kaylor
Marland
Deep Creek Lake
Garrett County
Frederick
Baltimore
Washington
Winners Happy With Results in State and Local Races
Washington UI Democrats hailed Tuesday's scattered state and local elections as signaling gains for 1954 while GOP leaders admitted trouble. Leonard W Hall remained confident of a shift in 1954 as Congress looms. Stephen A Mitchell urged a nationwide march for Democrats amid local races. Mitchell cited a White House endorsement as adding weight to results. Adlai Stevenson noted renewed Democratic confidence and warned that Republican promises show discontent and defeat in many places.
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Washington
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Congress
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
White House
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
City's Free Workers Guests Honor Dinner Recital
Frederick City honors about 70 unpaid board and commission members with a dinner in the Francis Scott Key Hotel ballroom. Alderman Clyde M. Roney and Mayor Donald B. Rice praise the volunteer leaders while a skit and musical numbers entertain, highlighting commissions such as Recreation and Housing Authority and the Planning Commission.
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Frederick City
Francis Scott Key
Clyde M. Roney
Donald B. Rice
Recreation Commission
Robert L. Smith
Housing Authority
W Clinton McSherry
Hallowe’en
Gerald H. Smith
Police Commission
William M. Storm
Planning Commission
G. Hunter Bowers
Rent Control Board
Edwin H. Sponseller
Board of Zoning Appeals
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
McCurdy Field Commission
Thomas S. Glass
Insurance Commission
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Historic Zone
Architectural Commission
Charles EF. Bowers
Hygiene of
Forbes H. Burgess
Walker N. Jolliffe
Lfe
Philip Harvey
Gay Fink
H. David Hagan
Mr. Hagan
Mayor Rice
Roney
Quynn
Falk
Earl Blakeslee
Hood College
John Ramalay
Marie Budde
G. Hunter
Bowers
Rogers
Herb Stimier-Alderman
Achievement Awards Presented to 4-H Club Members
Frederick High School hosted Achievement Night as 4-H members and leaders received awards for clothing, home improvement, dairy foods, and records. Delegates recounted an IFY E exchange in Mexico with slides show and songs, while county and state honors highlighted Ballenger Walkersville Urbana Middletown groups and many individual winners.
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Mexico
International Farm Youth Exchange
Frederick Countlians
Frederick High School
Tom Giddings
Anne Arundel County
Mexico City
Donald Easterday
Middletown
4-H
Henry R. Shoemaker
Ruth Keller
Walkersville
Amos A. Holter, Jr
W. Sherard Wilson
University of Maryland
Wolford Wolfe
Wolfsville
Wolfes
Betsy J. Lovington
Roy D. Cassell
Kiwanis Club
Chicago
Anne Runkles
Urbana Club
Marybelle Remsburg
Mt. Pleasant Club
Gerry Geisbert
Urbana
Dolly Lawson
Johanna Ma~ Gsha
Prospect Club
Janet Hood
Prospect
Dairy Foods
Lois Hildebrand
Shirley Fox
Bread
Mary Nicholson
Elaine Whitmore
New Midway Club
Danforth Foundation
You
Mary Jane Wilcom
Onida Albaugh
Unionville
Cyrus McBride
Henry Magaha
Michael Pue
Woodsboro
Leslie Wiles
Ballenger
Howard Hillery
New Market
Carroll Harp
Johnsville
Frederick Fair
Booth
Mary Thomas
Charlotte Shafer
Sarah King
Nellie Shafer
Jean Wiles
Braddock
Ann Michael
Martha Haugh
Helen Engelbrecht
Burkittsville
Beverly Adalt
Dorothy Marker
Jefferson
Dairy Foods Medal
Alice Zimmerman
Rebecca Renn
Ann’ Lovell
Virginia Zimmerman
Dotty Keller
Nancy Noffsinger
Nannie Zimmerman
Barbara Baker
Judy Koontz
Dorothy Coleman
Marianne Hahn
Jackie Herner
Shirley Wachter
Doris Grabill
Helen Stambaugh
Charlotte Tregoning
Alice Herner
Lewistown
Christy Conway
Beverly Hann
Janice Hann
Marilee Putman
Helen Stull
Anverda
Shirley Fank
Sally Lou Moser
Susan Haines
Donna Henson
Myersville
Esther Ludy
Martha Ludy
Gaynel Summers
Sandra Hoffmaster
New Midway
Darlene Haugh
Baked Foods
Barbara Hammer
Plaine Whitmore
Baked Foods Med
Jury Disagrees In Trial Of McSherry
A jury of six men and six women failed to reach a verdict in the embezzlement case against Victor H. McSherry, a 26 year old former Hagerstown banker. The judge discharged the panel after hours of deliberation with the government planning a retrial.
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Baltimore
Hagerstown
W Calvin Chesnut
U. S
Paul C. Wolman Jr
Victor H. McSherry
McSherry
Thomas Jordan
Chesnut
A. Frederick Taylor Fost
Two Get Terms In Court Here
Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer in Circuit Court on Tuesday struck out a suspended sentence and imposed a six month House of Correction term for Sammy Thompson, an old offender, while declining to modify a magistrate’s sentence in a criminal appeal. Feaga’s long record led to no suspension of jail time for operating on a revoked license. verdict affirmed.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
House of Correction
Sammy Thompson
Old Offender
Thompson
Ben Phebus
Feaga
Edwin F. Nikirk
Woodsboro
Charles A. Price
Curtiss Candy Farms Sets Record in Dairy Show Circuit
Curtiss Candy Farms of Cary Illinois—part of McHenry County—posted a historic showing with 49 championships and 1 365 blue ribbons across state national and international events, bringing their total to 510 championships and 1 365 blue ribbons in seven years. The herd supports a 150 bull artificial breeding program and recently earned grand championships at both Minnesota and Iowa state fairs across five dairy breeds. Proud Sally the Holstein leads production with 29 299 pounds milk and 1 175 pounds butterfat, while Curtiss Noble Curtiss boasts thousands of offspring across breeds. The 11 year old operation was founded by the late Otto Schnering to showcase quality for Curtiss confectionery plants using vast dairy inputs.
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Curtiss Candy Co
Cary
McHenry County
Curtiss
Minnesota
J. Blanchfield
Proud Sally
Noble Curtiss
Guernsey
Otto Schnering
Curtiss Confectionery
Veterans draw less on funds in Frederick area
In Frederick, only about six veterans weekly draw Veterans Readjustment Assistance from the county office, a dramatic drop since postwar highs. The federal 52 20 program paid 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks, while current aid offers 26 dollars weekly up to 676 dollars total. The October 15 1952 act says many veterans return to old jobs and few apply, with 2 3 weekly applying and placed soon after. Robert Danner assists at the local employment office in veterans’ matters.
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Frederick
Armed Services
Charles Cannon
Masonic Temple
Cannon
Robert Danner
Stratojet Breaks Former Endurance and Speed Mark
United States Air Force Major Herbert B. Howard piloted a BA7 Stratojet bomber on a record North Atlantic flight in 4 hours 3 minutes aided by 100 mph tail winds. He surpassed the prior mark set by Lt. Col. James M. Smith and arrived at Brize Norton after depart Limekiln Air Force Base, Maine.
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London
United States Air Force
North Atlantic
Herbert B. Howard
Howard
James M. Smith
Smith
Brize Norston Air Base
Limestone Air Force Base
Maine
Brize Norton
Butler Scores Red Atrocities In Korea
Washington dispatch reports Sen. Butler of Maryland denounces recent Korean War atrocity disclosures and urges halting Red China’s bid for United Nations membership. He calls for decisive action against atheistic communism and stresses the need to defend human dignity and moral values.
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Washington
United Nations
Sen. Butler
State weighs Mondawin estate site for new hospital
Baltimore officials disclosed at a city council hearing that a 12 acre Mondawin estate parcel in West Baltimore is a candidate for a 10 million dollar state office project. Negotiations are active but no closing yet. The armory site remains under consideration but costs and redevelopment time drive preference to Mondawin.
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Mondawin
Nathan’ L
McKeldin
Gwimns Falls Parkway
Reisterstown Road
Wes Baltimore
Harry Bart
Steve
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Silas Pearson Rice
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Broiler
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David Burtner
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Creagerstown
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Kenneth Zimmerman
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Claibourne Wooffsinger
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Atlee Compher, Jr
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Thomas Cook
Dale Warner
Ebert’s Ice Cream Co
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Carroll F. Leatherman, Jr
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Mt. Pleasant
Merrle Ramsburg, Jr
Richard McBride
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Russell Wachter
Paul E. Spurrier
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Eleanor Bittle
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Arthur Cook
Robert Kemp
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Masten D. Long
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Doty Rlemsberg
Arthur House
Harold Shriver
Lester Grossnickle
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John Stiles
Sterling’ Clabaugh
Millard Smith, Jr
Leon Enfield
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Gareth Lease
W. Staley Hahn
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Cardiff
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Candy Farms
Butler
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