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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1954
Page
2
The Empire Thruway, hailed as the greatest highway, spans 366 miles from Newburgh along the Hudson to Buffalo. Completion hinges on a Hudson bridge. Nationwide toll and express highways total about 1,200 miles with several hundred more added yearly. Authorities estimate 5,000 miles of superhighways approved. financing lags but road building remains a national priority.
North Frederick elementary school held its second PTA meeting Tuesday night adopting by laws to enable officer elections. A nominating committee presented three candidates per office and J E Mitchell was elected president along with Walton Wolfe as vice president Jerry Miller as secretary and Clark Cottrell as treasurer. Members approved fundraising via a booking demonstration and decided to buy a duplicating machine immediately. The note adds New York’s 1891 origin of the state flower the wild rose.
Dastardly attempt to destroy the Monocacy bridge at Stump's Hill near LeGore with four dynamite charges damaged masonry but did not collapse the arch. The blast shook Woodshoro and Ladies Burg houses. Also noted: Rev Charles F Syeck elected president of the Middle Conference Maryland Synod. A Montgomery county wagon axle broke on East Patrick Street. Eight year old George Sullivan visiting relatives at Pearl area. A large fishhawk was killed with a stone at Pearl. The Ceresville bridge floor fire from a passing traction engine was contained by workers George Mun shower and Howard Nusbaum.
Twenty years ago items note Christmas savings clubs run by Frederick banks will pay out over $80 to holders when checks are released day before Thanksgiving. About 20 grocers and ladies attended the sixth annual banquet of the Independent Retail Grocers Association at the Francis Scott Key Hotel ballroom. The will of the late William W. Mines probated in Orphans Court valued at about $30,000 with many requests to relatives and friends. Charles Pruitt of Lind Borough Avenue, a Duke University student in Durham, N C, won the most individual points in the intramural athletics meet at Duke University.
Edward Hart, Frederick, chairman of the annual Christmas Seal Sale of the Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association, announced the sale will begin on Sloncay. Letters will be mailed that day. The group touts TB control progress while noting the fight is not over. The association sponsors a mobile chest X ray unit, funds a semi monthly chest clinic at Winchester Hall, and supports a temperature control system for developing A ray plates. The clinic is free, with patients referred by physicians or health plans. The association also provides rehabilitation and misc. items for indigent TB patients in state hospitals.
Among The Sick Mrs William L Croneburg has returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital where she had ten days treatment and is much improved. Mrs Harold Fogle who had surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital recently returned home and is improved. Mgr Fred L Cutler was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital in fairly good condition. Doris Louise Grable ill with tonsillitis. Mr Marshall Stockman confined to bed with gripe. H David Hagan returned home after a week’s observation and treatment. Mrs Jonathan Main fell and broke leg above the knee and is in critical condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after ambulance transfer.
A birth is reported for a daughter Joan on November 14 at Frederick Memorial Hospital with mother and baby progressing satisfactorily. Local residents observe and celebrate birthdays including Mr John Sfieholty on East Second Street. Other notes include visits by Wade FC Hurey and Miriam, Mary Ann a student nurse at Springfield Mass, and Pvt Edwin B. Geysler in the Army Air Corps training. A special church service at 7 pm hosted by the Church of God on Brunswick Street features a Washington Bible Institute speaker and a girls trio. Santa letter wishes forwarded to the North Pole from Knoxville.
The Baltimore Bullets were given 48 hours to raise cash or face dissolution by the NBA. Maurice Podoloff and co-owner John Knox met late into the night as the team seeks funds from multiple sources while owner duo Knox and Robinson look to unload. Coach Al Barthelme remains hopeful Baltimore can retain the franchise.
Washington reports the censure session for Senator McCarthy has not brought big price tags. Senators receive a fixed 12500 salary and an expense fund. Travel and record printing dominate costs, with travel projected at 40000 to 85000 and the Congressional Record printing at 84 per page.
Damascus Volunteer Fire Department Inc held its annual banquet at Peter Pan Inn in Urbana on November 3. Newly elected officers included President Enya Davis and James Perr as first vice president. Merhie War eld Jr was recording secretary, Roy Mullinix financial secretary, BD Gladhill chief, and Kenneth Howes first assistant chief with Luther Burke and Jes Thompson as second assistants. A slate of directors was named alongside captains for engines 38 36 35 and rescue squad led by Joseph Hawkins James Perry Norman Murray and Eugene Reid. Guests included Ted C Gardner from the Marshand State Fremency Association.
Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois, recently re elected, praised the Watkins committee calling its report an indictment of McCarthy and urged a fair juror like approach. The piece contrasts views among senators and urges a formal judicial proceeding with witnesses and counsel to decide the censure issue.
Advertising and mergers drive consolidation as firms seek to fund more advertising. Large rivals use scale to maintain pervasive campaigns, while smaller firms struggle. Life Savers versus Netco illustrates proportional ad spend across products. Stock values reflect advertising commitment, and widespread mergers may reach retail trade and banking, with biblical note as closing thought.
Police search citywide for the owner of bloodstained pants tied to the killing of 14 year old Carolyn Wasiliewski. Detectives say the pants are the only solid clue as they probe the November 9 death on railroad tracks and the Southwest Baltimore murder scene. Nine teenage boys and three girls were questioned as homicide detectives review all angles.
Conservation measures help one group but hurt another a Fish and Wildlife official says drainage and flood control harm hunters and the nine billion dollar hunting and fishing economy. He urges wildlife input in drainage planning to preserve wetland habitats. The Soil Conservation Society awarded six honorary memberships including George R Heidrich Charles Youn and Arthur Clinton Spurr. The government will not appeal a judge’s ruling in the Owen Lattimore perjury case.
The United States warned the Soviet Union to curb aerial incidents after the destruction of a Coast Guard bomber by Soviet jets on Nov 7. The note to Moscow urged steps to protect reconnaissance and transport planes on legitimate missions. Also included are probate notices for Samuel Slagle and Edna Virginia Wenner, with estate values and executors named, plus a McCarthy censure development amid contempt charges in Senate debate.
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