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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1954
Page
2
Automotive engineers discuss rising compression ratios and new refinements to extract more power from engines. Industry plans and ad claims fuel a $730 million push next year to improve motor fuel efficiency, while debates over fuel brakes and manufacturer roles continue amid rapid design advances.
New York heart specialist Dr Irving Wright told an American Heart Association gathering that mandatory retirement at 65 wastes manpower and shortens lives. He cited a British firm allowing older workers in a separate department paid by piece rate, which stayed productive with low absenteeism and even innovation. He noted aging leaders like Adenauer Churchill Rhee Kai-Shek and MacArthur remain active past 65.
A 1904 column notes the Junior Fire Company receiving 5000 for 1000 feet of hose and a city electric light for the Junior engine house. Elmer Brengel family ill from suspected breakfast food and milk poisoning. Plans unveiled for November 23 tablet dedication with speakers Governor Warfield and judges. Extension of the Hagerstown Railway in Vaersville nearing completion. J W LeGore offers reward for arrest in arson attempt on an arch of the stone bridge over Venaracy river at Stump's.
A blaze damaged six garages and one automobile east of Chapel Alfes. Deputies report a sheep loss near Petersville by a dog raid. Walker Jolliffe was shot in the face by an unknown hunter in this city. An automobile owned by Miss Mary Reddle of Thurmont caught fire after being parked in a garage and Thurmont firemen extinguished the blaze.
Multiple obituaries across Frederick and nearby towns report the deaths of Mrs Georgianna Clagett of 224 East Fifth Street Thurmont resident Evers F Weddle Mrs Martha Wilhide Grover C Shumaker and John D Willis. Clagett widow of George Henry Clagett survived by son Laurence S Clagett grandson Lawrence H Clagett and a great grandson with services set Saturday at 2 pm at 8 East Patrick Street funeral home. Weddle 73 a Thurmont carpenter died at home of his daughter Mrs Floyd Blower with services Saturday at 2 pm at the funeral home. Wilhide 74 of Walkersville died en route to Frederick Memorial Hospital with five daughters and a son plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren and services Saturday at 10 30 am at Walkersville funeral home. Shumaker of Lovettsville died in Hyattsville last Saturday with services Monday at Fort Lincoln cemetery. Willis married to Frances Willis died at Neuton Baker Hospital Martinsburg with a daughter and two sons and services Saturday at the funeral home. Interments attend.
Among the sick at Johns Topas Hospital Baltimore is Mrs Culler listed under observation. In Baltimore University Hospital a patient is reported shortly improved. In Frederick Memorial Hospital Pat Scheffler Fort Meade remains in satisfactory condition after a vehicle accident near Tagleraville. Mrs Scheffler gave birth to a daughter progressing satisfactorily. Daniel Feiser, long a patient at Church Home Hospital, returned home. Dan Weinberg’s seven year old daughter recovered from tonsillectomy at Fredericks Memorial Hospital.
Churchill at eighty remains a legendary figure of strength and wit. A portrait by Graham Sutherland for Parliament’s birthday is set for unveiled on November 30 in Westminster Hall. Britons focus on the indestructible image as thousands donate to an 80th Birthday Presentation Fund for charity.
A small crowd attended the Community Players opening night of Harvey at Winchester Hall. Miss Drucilla Worthington led a strong cast as Vera Louie Simmons with William Axers as Uncle Elwood Dowd guiding the invisible rabbit. The production featured solid work by Edith Whisner, Fred Bugerd Buzzerd, Jack Geating, Mrs. Richard Summers, Naomi Zern, Arlene Chapman, Carl Eisen, and Jean Osborne as director, with Marion Whittard as stage manager.
Funeral services for Richard Junior Hurley age 12 were held Tuesday at 2 PM at Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Orrin D. Carwright led the rites with church choir singing Does Jesus Care and Sweet Hour of Prayer. Pallbearers were Earl Green Stanlex Varun Pierre Lewis Giddeon Willard Rudolph Toms and Eugene Tlurtey-Titerment followed in the church cemetery. Funeral directors were Mr L Creager and son.
Mr and Mrs Jerre W Study of 419 Lee Phase report the birth of their second daughter Rama Ellen at Frederik Memorial Hospital on November 17. In Myersaille Mr and Mrs Donald Schley announce the birth of a daughter Helen Ann on Tuesday at Frederik Memorial Hospital. The newborn weighed 62 pounds.
Critical coal depletion drives Britain to develop coal substitutes. Authorities urge conversion to electric power equivalent to thousands of tons of coal annually by 1876, signaling a major shift in energy strategy and industrial planning.
The Braddock Homemakers Club met November 12 at Mrs. Lavier Delauter’s home with co-hostesses Mrs. Paul Fout and Mrs. Howard Fuqua. Plans for open house December 1 to 3 and a December 10 Christmas party were announced, with safety talks and a garden report. Pleasant Grove and Jefferson Homemakers Clubs also held meetings with guest attendees, programs, donations, and officer elections noted. A Catholic Daughters banquet featured Rev. E J Stroup urging civic and spiritual obligation, with upcoming mass and a cooking school planned for December 1.
Harvard group led by Dr John F Enders reports progress toward a preventive measles vaccine. He and colleagues isolated a throat washings and blood agent with tests suggesting the causative measles organism, using tissue culture methods similar to those used for the Salk polio vaccine. Further proof required to confirm actual measles virus and trial in an animal model.
The National Geographic Society states the Egyptian cubit, 20.62 inches long, was likely Earth's first standard unit of length. The claim highlights ancient metrology and the long reach of Egypt in surveying and construction practices.
Senator Knowland pushes open discussion on what peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union really means. Secretary Dulles notes differing Moscow Washington views, with the free world seeking nonaggressive, honorable engagement rather than repeated military actions.
The piece presents a Q and A style rundown covering topics from golden hamsters to Congress terms, Revolutionary era signals, and diplomatic debates. It notes Robert Newman as Paul Revere’s signal giver, discusses Knowland’s stance on Soviet aggression, cites historical speakers, and mentions early child labor laws with details on Connecticut’s 1813 education requirement for mill children.
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