Anderson Seen as Likely Rockville Circuit Judge
In Rockville on November 15 Thomas M. Anderson a longtime attorney farmer and banker emerges as the leading candidate for the new Montgomery County circuit court judgeship to be appointed by Governor McKeldin. The 52 year old Republican has strong party and bar backing and would be the county’s second Republican judge since the 1890s with appointment due December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Thomas M. Anderson
Montgomery County
McKeldin
Anderson
McKkeldin
Charles W. Woodward
Stedman Prescott
Woodward
Republican State Central Committee
Bar Association
Montgomery County National Bank
John T. Vinson
Mr. Anderson
Walter W. Dawson
Richard Montgomery High School
University of Virginia
County Bar Association
State Bar Association
George M
Haverford College
Philadelphia
Thomas M., Jr
New York
Tubeless tires set to dominate 1955 auto models
A rubber industry official says tubeless tires will appear on all 1955 minder cars and be widely used as replacements. He notes lighter weight and riding comfort from reduced unsprung weight and predicts 50 percent of replacement tire demand in 1935 will shift to tubeless tires. Enthusiasm is reported from users and car makers alike.
Letter Suggests Deeper Fishing Creek Reservoir for Frederick Water
A Frederick reader urges printing a letter proposing to deepen Fishing Creek reservoir by eight to ten feet to increase water supply. The writer notes population growth and emphasizes that more water is needed for a clean, well-kept city. He hopes the suggestion helps residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News
Frederick City
Creek
Frederick
Five Frederick Men Return From Maine Hunting Trip
Sheriff Horace M. Alexander Charles F Hartman Richard Shoemaker EB S Conway and Robert Strailman returned Saturday from a week long Maine hunting expedition around Dover Foxcroft by automobile. Weather was fine but they failed to find any deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maine
Horace M. Alexander
Charles F. Hartman
Richard Shoemaker
EB. S. Conway
Robert Strailman
Dover-Foxcroft
Marriage License Issued in Washington for David Lynn Jr and Barbara MacCollum
A marriage license was issued in Washington to David Lynn Jr aged 29 of Quebec street northwest and Barbara MacCollum aged 23 of Mt. Airy. The notice records the applicants and their addresses as part of the official issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David Lynn, Jr
Quebec Street
N. W
Barbara MacCollum
Mt. Airy
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago items note a failed hose test on East Church street showing holes in rubber and air leakage, a Republican rally in Thurmont with Col John R Rouzer, a South Frederick Literary So ciety debate on Indian versus Negro treatment, an upcoming talk on astro animals, and a home economist listing eggs, apples, cranberries, and evaporated peaches as pantry staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Fire Company
East Church Street
Thurmont
John R. Rouzer
South Frederick
Willie Gerrett
Stanley Fickinger
Roger Gaver
Howard Abbaugh
Robert Grove
Ralph Zimmerman
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Sheriff elect Roy M Hiltner announced deputies for Charlies W Smith and John Crum riding deputies. Kenneth Smith and Nisa Cum Sonville sustained facial burns rescuing a baby from smoke after an in store explosion. Robert F Nicodemus named part time Boy Scout executive for Frederick County at Maryland State School for the Deaf. The Fifth Degree to be conferred on a class of up to 78 candidates at Pomona Grange meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M Hiltner
Point Charlies
W. Smith
John &. Crum
George F. Abrecht
Raymond Fishtiner
Kenneth Smith
Nisa Cumsonville
Robert F. Nicodemus
Gty
Frederick County
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Pomona Grange
Two Marines Get Day In Jail For Gas Theft
Two Marines headed to Camp Lejeune were jailed for a day each after stealing gasoline from a parked car at Point of Rocks. Archie D. Smith and Edward Matyskiel, AWOL since 7 am, faced Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr. in Peoples Court. fines totaled $10 each with leniency noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Point of Rocks
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Peoples Court
Archie D | Smith
Houghton
Edward Matyskiel
Buffalo
N. Y
L. Guimino
Charles Lamm
Lamin
Ying
Camp Lejeune
Clarence H Cash
Urbana
Cash
First lecture opens Hood College American Heritage series
Miss Virginia E. Lewis LL B assistant professor of political science speaks on The American Political Heritage this evening at 8 in Room 34 Alamance Hall Hood College. The Friends of Hood College Library sponsor the series open to the public with admission benefiting the Joseph Henry Apple Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Virginia E. Lewis
Man Dies In Car Wreck In Maryland Crash
A 23 year old Baltimore motorist, Robert Glenn Smith Jr., died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after his car overturned on U S 40 east of Cooksville. His mother Mildred Haupt and Jean Meyers were treated for minor injuries and discharged. Police said a left rear tire blew, causing the vehicle to run off the dual highway and overturn, throwing Smith onto the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Devine
Cooksville
Mt. Airy
Robert Glenn Smith, Jr
Washington Boulevard
Mildred Elizabeth Haupt
Jean Helen Meyers
Smith
John W. Crout
Randallstown Barracks
Iysbguien
Richard Wayne Sheeley
Taylorsville
Maryland
Cal
Albert O. Connor
Carlisle Barracks
VFD
Young Sheeley
Corp
Frank C. Badger
George G. Meade
U. S. 40
Howard County
Badger
Joan G. Hays
Prospect
U.S. 40
West Friendship
Howard County Fair Grounds
Nancy Jones
Joenes
Tlyril Peaman Alcon
Wilson Place
Ka L Moon
Pfc
Charlies Roman
USMC
Camp Detrick Infirmary
Frederick
Licenl
Moon
MSP
Marsland
Tr. W. E Guilminn
D. W. Bowser
Lieut. Moon
Hamiltons Tavern
Ernest Smith
Hagels.own
Appeal For Funds For Mentally Retarded Children This Week
The Frederick County campaign to fund and educate for mentally retarded children runs through November 24 with drives in business houses and street solicitations. The Elks sponsor a November 24 dance at North Frederick Elementary School. Girl Scouts will screen trailers in movie houses with Dale Evans and Roy Rogers in support. Local efforts include speakers for clubs and PTAs, led by Elsworth Magaha as president and a committee including Mrs. Werner Braun and Mrs. Edward Cherry. Funds support scholarships for local teachers and pilot schools, with 15 percent sent to the national association, and ongoing education aimed at turning mentally retarded children into self supporting citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Club
North Frederick
Girl Scouts
Dale Evans
Roy Rogers
Frederick Association
PTA
Elsworth Magaha
Frederick County Association
Publc
Werner Braun
Edward Cherry
Maynor
John A. Derr
Frederick County
IME
Frederick Counts Association
Board of Education
Marguerite Hastings
Social Service
Rosewornl Training School
National Association
Sandy Hook
N. J
Erested
Eisenhower seeks Senate approval for Germany in NATO
President Eisenhower asks Senate approval for a major step to integrate West Germany into the free world defense system. White House says treaties signed in Paris last month include German sovereignty protocol and an amendment making Germany the 15th NATO member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Germany
White House
James C Hagerty
Paris
White Hower
Moscow
Kremlin
Mendes-France
Consultatiens
Dulles
West Germany
Fasenhower
Three Die In Sleep In Closed House Trailer
REDFIELD New York state police said a gas lantern apparently burned oxygen in a tightly closed trailer killing honey mooning couple Robert Steffenhagen 28 and Dorothy Fritz and Alfred Steffenhagen 21 the groom’s brother found dead in the sleep state police reported the trio’s home was found in the trailer yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield
N.Y
Robert Steffenhagen
Dorothy Fritz
Alfred Steffenshagen
New York
Stefenhagens
Pittsford
Rochester
Alfred
Ft. Devens
Mass
Boy Dies After Sunday Game Accident
A 12 year old boy Richard Junior Hurley died from a self inflicted .22 pistol shot during a Sunday game with siblings at home. State Police and county officials ruled accidental death. Surviving Hurley family and funeral arrangements listed, services set for Tuesday at Bethel Methodist Church Garfield.
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Richard Junior Hurley
Phillip
Hurley
Richard
Thurmont
M. L. Creager and Son Funeral
Hubert and
Mary E Holtz Flurley
Ernest Lee
Ellis Eugene
Austin L
Donald Glenn
Anna May
Martha Ann
Rosie Lee Hurley
Helen Holtz
Catoctin Furnace
Elmer
Maude Hurley
Phillip’s
Delight
Bethel Methodist Church
Garfield
Church
Funeral notices for Samuel Slages and others in Maryland area
Funeral services were held for Samuel Slages near Legore at Powell and Hartzler funeral home with Rev. Raymond C. Myers leading the service and interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery Woodsboro. Other services included John Sier at Providence Methodist Kemptown with interment at church cemetery and choir, Wilmetta L. Wilson of Woodville, and Mary Elizabeth Motter formerly of Taneytown, with multiple pallbearers and local church hymns noted.
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Samuel 5
Slages
Legore
Powell and Hartzler
Mr. Slagle
Raymond C. Myers
A. B. Ackerman
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro
Howard Potts
Harvey Working
Harry Young
Elwood Toms
Raymond Games
George Etzler
John &. Sier
Rovidence Methodist Church
Kemptown
E. &. Sawyers
Olathe
Taylorsville
Frank J. Barnes
Lee Harrison
James Windsor
Clyde Boller
Herman Barnes
Ray Farrer
C. M.waltz
Willmetta L. Wilson
Woodville
Clyde Cindy
Prospect Church
John J. Selby
James Mercer
Richardd Blizzard
Foard Hood
Harry S. Roberts
Prospect Cemetery
C. M. Waltz
Mary Elizabeth Motter
Taneytown
Baltimore
Thomas
Clarence
Roy
Howard
Joseph
Robert Motter
At. View Cemetery
Emmitsburg
Philip Bower
C. O
Fuss and Son
Annie M. Gartrell
Charles G. Gartrell
George, W. Gartrell
Frederick
County
Solomon and
Elizabeth Baumgardner
Harrisville
West Falls Methodist Church
Charles G
Oliver Keefer
A. E. Wilson
Mt. Deal
Calif
John Z. Rippeon
Mt. Airy
George E. Gartrell
Bertha Reese
Gilmore Becraft
Dora Barnes
Alice Alexander
Taxylorsville Methodist Church
Twenty Contractors On Government Blacklist
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell announced the government blacklisted 20 building contractors in the last fiscal year for labor standard violations. He called the number five times higher than the entire 17 year span from 1935 to 1952 and said violators may be barred from federal projects for three years. Mitchell spoke at the AFL United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America meeting, promising vigorous action against guilty contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
James P. Mitchell
Thei
Mitchell
AFL United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Death notices from Middletown area obituaries
A compilation of obituaries for Harry D. W. Keller and several others from Frederick County Maryland. Deaths include Keller of Middletown at 66, Miss Annie E Mehring of Keymar, Mrs. Annie M Gartrell of Emmitsburg, Mrs. Nettie Eleanor Black of Unionville, Mrs. Ida Currens of Taneytown, and Mrs. Margery L Taylor of Thurmont. Details cover ages, family relations, church memberships, and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Eleanor Black
Unionville
William Black
Miss Eliza R. Birnie 70 dies at Georgetown Hospital
Miss Eliza R. Birnie aged 70 died Saturday at 6 p m in Georgetown University Hospital after a brief illness She lived with sister and brother at 3236 N Street NW Washington Surviving are Eleanor Birnie and Clotworthy Birnie a nephew Clotworthy Birnie Jr State College Pa Services Tuesday at 2 30 p m Taneytown funeral home conducted by Rev Russell C Stroup and Rev Gideon Galombos Burial in Piney Creek Presbyterian cemetery Friends may call tonight at the Taneytown home 7 to 9 o clock C O Fuss and Sons, funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie FE. Mehring
Annie E. Mehring
Keymar
Cummings
Barkhill
William and
Layina Sharrets Mehring
Charles Mehring
John Mehring
Rocky Ridge
Tather Mehrine Battimore
Trumap Keefer
Raymond Myers
C. C. Fuss and Son
Frederick County
Sol
Sarah Fritz
Emma Haines
Westminster
Winfield
Locust Grove
Ida Currens
Ida E. Currens
Samuel E. Currens
Taneytown
Hanes
York
Jesse
Sarah Toot Hoffman
Jesse L. Currens
Clearwater
Fla
Ralph Stauffer
Miami Beach
Claude Derr
Eugene Smith
Eliza R. Birnie
Elza R. Birnie
Georgetown University Hospital
George H and
Elizabeth Zollicoffer Birnie
N. Street
N. W. Washington
Eleanor Birnie
Clotworthy Birnie
Clotworthy, Birnie Jr
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T. M. Anderson
Frank Keefer
Court House Park
Helen Catsail
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
J. Robert Edwards
Robert Woodward
First Baptist Church
John S. Derr
Memorial Park
Boy
Warren Ridgley
Samta Claus
Billy
North Pole
Harry D. W. Keller
Harry BD. W. Keller
Middletown
Ager
Harlan £. F
Annie M. Crum Keller
Reformed Church
Carlton E. Keller
Dundalk
Edwin L. Alcorn
Lutheran Church Cemetery
Gladhill Company
Margerry L. Taylor
Margery L. Taylor
Fredericks Memorial Hospital
Taylor
Paul McCauley
MR. Milquetoast
Horste
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