Frederick hosts eighth Maryland Municipal League convention
Welcome Municipal Qusncian Frederick welcomes top Maryland officials to the eighth annual Maryland Municipal League convention. The three day session in Frederick ends with officer elections Saturday. The event features city leaders discussing civic issues and local developments across Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maryland Municipal League
Maryland
Jett A. Derr
Board of Aldermen
Old Covered Bridge Recalled in Utica Lewistown Memories
A reminiscence recalls Fishing Creek summers past from a road crossing near Utica to Lewistown. The narrator remembers the old covered bridge, schoolhouses, mills, and long hometown friendships, noting landmarks that have faded as transportation and time moved on. A brief note follows about the Frederick asphalt plant purchase by Frederick Asphalt Products Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Edna M. Buhrman
R. Paul Buhrman
Trail Avenue
Fishing Creek
Devilbiss
Walkersville
Johnstown
Weigel Wand
Lewistown
Sunfish
Whittier
Yelow
August
Clem
Enterprise
Lithhe Sunbeam
C.w.stottlemyer
Teaketile
Rev
William Yodd
Elsie
Snook
Reuben Mohler
Joshua Devilbiss
Charley Fishertoo
T.B R.miller
E.D
Asphalt Ming
American Asphalt Products Cam
Urbana Road
U.S. 240
Frederick
Frederick Asphalt Products Company, Inc
Rishard F. Pad
Agriculture Census Shows Growth In Dairying Poultry
The 1954 preliminary Census of Agriculture for Frederick County shows farm counts fell from 2,977 in 1950 to 2,792 in 1954 while land use and farm size rose. Dairy farms dropped from 1,369 to 1,262 and poultry farms from 121 to 105, yet cattle and calves rose to 78,014 and whole milk sold to 293 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census of Agriculture
Frederick County
Frandate Flankina
Ontar
CAP To Mark Its 14th Anniversary
Frederick Senior and Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol met at Frederick Airport to plan CAPs fourteenth anniversary on December 1. Lt. John E. Patton outlined the events with Lt George Freed organizing the flight over Frederick and an air show for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force Auxiliary
John E. Patton
George Freed
Freed
Knights of Pythias Rep Attends All American Conference
Edward M. Akers, Supreme Representative of the Knights of Pythias for Maryland, returned from Chicago where he joined two other K P leaders at the All-American Conference To Combat Communism at the Edgewater Beach Hotel. The event promotes Know Your America Week from November 20 to 26 with 55 agencies participating. Noted speakers included Dr Daniel A Poling Dr Paul S Lietz Governor George N Craig Carlos P Romulo and George Meany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Akers
Knights of Pythias
Maryland
Chicago
Edgewater Beach
Mr. Akers
K. of P
Clarence D. Wiley
Louisiana
Willard H. Pierce
Alabama
Peter S. Ford
Marinsville
Kremlin
Daniel A. Poling
The
Christian Herald
Paul S. Lietz
Loyola University
George N. Craig
Indiana
Carlos P. Romulo
U. S
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Teenagers Attend Thanksgiving Themed Dance At Staley Park
More than 300 teens joined a weekly dance at Staley Park field house with a Moonlighters performance. Judy Whittington and Ray Moore won the spot dance, while Ronnie Federline Loretta Cook Jamies Alexander and Diane Candel won the jitterbug contest. Chaperones included Exchange club members and local parents. no dance scheduled Nov. 23 due to Thanksgiving. Veterans Affairs reminds KOREAN GI Bill students to file monthly certification and provide dependency evidence for higher allowances.
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Staley Park Fieldhouse
Moonlighters
Judy Whittington
Ray Moore
Ronnie Federline
Loretta Cook
Jamies Alexander
Diane Candel
Morris Rhian
William J. Thomas
Exchange Club
Howard Ash
A. D. Pollack
Robert Yeager
Yeager
W/W. Corbin
Washington
Veterans Administration
38 More Pass Tests Given To Drivers Here
Thirty eight drivers passed state motor vehicle inspections Thursday at the State Armory. Names include Frederick Arthur Lampel Camp Dowrick Winfred Lorraine Zimmerman RFD 5 Paul Carmack Summers RFD 6 Patricia Ann Calder Pine avenue Russell Thomas Miller North Market Paul Myers East Pat danie Kathryn Slattery North Market street Thomas Henry McCafferty West Fourth street Barbara Lee Easterday West South street Grace Rebecca Rice RFD 2 Charlotte Lee Watts RFD 5 Rochelle Arlene Borin Fairview avenue Marion Francis Kline Bries avenue Madeline Strube West Patrick street Mariguerite Agnes Clendanidt Charles sen Harry Ellsworth Mec Clure East Siath street From Braddock Heights James Larnek Gochenour George Mar jon Wart Jr dilis Frances Lane Also Kenneth Eugene Willard Doris Elaine Martin both of Thurmont Loretta Estelle Wat kins Albert Harrison Stevenson both of Mr Airy James Carnell Acer Baltimore Louise Dayhoff Germantown Annabelle Hines Knoxville Joshua Wilson Hamilton Poolesville Mary Estelle Carter Point of Rocks Dorothy Lou Bloom John Bradley Streight both of Brunswick William Lowell Hartsack Myersville Evelyn Virginia Murray Jefferson Virginia Pearl Null Damascus Betty Jo Trent Ellicott City Lee Roy Mack Melvin Henry Carroll Jr both of Adamstown Katherine Elsie Stove er Rocky Ridge Paul David Bittner Cullen Will be no tests given near Thursday Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Frederick Arthur Lampel
Camp Dowrick
Winfred
Lorraine Zimmerman
Paul Carmack Summers
Patricia Ann Calder
Pine Avenue
Russell Thomas Miller
North Market
Paul Myers
Pat Danie
Kathryn Slattery
Market Street
Thomas Henry McCafferty
West Fourth Street
Barbara Lee Easterday
West South Street
Grace Rebecca Rice
RFD
Charlotte Lee Watts
Rochelle Arlene Borin
Fairview Avenue
Marion Francis Kline
Bries Avenue
Madeline Strube
West Patrick Street
Mariguerite
Agnes Clendanidt Charlessen
Harry Ellsworth
Mec- Clure
Siath Street
Braddock Heights
James Larnek Gochenour
George Mar
Jon Wart Jr
Dilis Frances Lane
Kenneth Eugene Willard
Doris Elaine Martin
Botd
Lee Roy Mack
Melvin Henry Carroll Jr
Adamstown
Katherine Elsie Stoveer
Rocky Ridge
Paul David
Bittner
Cullen
Federal Aid Urged For Education
Federal aid for education was urged as a major way to help low income families. Economists and Grinnell College’s president backed federal school aid during a Joint Economic subcommittee hearing led by Sen. Sparkman. Folsom testified that the administration seeks a fresh look at the nationwide classroom shortage and local, state, and federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grinnell College
Joint Economic Subcommittee
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Welfare
Folsom
Eisenhower
Howard Bowen
Grinnell
Education and social policy debates in 1955 prompts federal role talk
In 1955 discourse centers on federal aid to education and social insurance reform. Howard B. Myers advocates temporary federal support for general education while Robert R. Nathan predicts a growing federal role in finance and operation. Nelson H. Cruikshank calls for lifting maximum limits on benefits under old age and unemployment programs and extending two thirds of past earnings to unemployed workers for a limited period. The piece notes other political and banking appointments and a quirk about Korea’s former ministry of etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard B. Myers
Committee For Ecohnemic Development
Robert R. Nathan
Washington
Nathan
Nelson H. Cruikshank
AFL
Social Insurance Actiities
Hershey Elected to Fed Reserve Board Term
Lawrence Vinton Hershey, president of Hagerstown Shoe Co., was elected to a three year term on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He previously served from 1949 to 1952 as chairman of the bank’s Baltimore board.
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Ihe
H.L. Rust Jr
H.L. Rust ‘Co
Washington
Joseph E. Healy
Citizens National Bank For
Hampton
Farmers Bank
Mathews
Hershey
Richmond
Lawrence Vinton Hershey
Hagerstown Shoe Co
Hagerstown
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Baltimore
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John W. Morgan
Robert L. Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Morgan
Bob” Smith
P. E
W. RK
Walter
City Hall
Marion Rice
Senate of
Mountaindale
Derr
American Asphat
Frank Seeter
Hood
Hood College
James B. Ranck
Nelson Strathern
Brunswick High School
Floyd Pressier
Frederick High School
Jane D.mccarrell
W. Patrick
Dortable, In
Typewriter
State
Ke. P
C. Q. West
Zenith
Remsberg
Jewelry Store
Key Hotel Bldg
Fred’k, Md
Speedy Teevy
Net
Patrick Street
Rose Hill Manor
North Mar
Ket Street
C. Kenneth Kelly
Walter Snow
Demning Pumps and Water System Sales & Service
Vivians
Wilt
Tremont
Brown’s
T Court St
Westminster
New Windsor
Philco
Melvin M. Englen
Carroll St
the News
Frederick, Md
Armstrong
Circle Theatre
RUG Store
Bloor Covering Specialists
East Patrick Street
Frederick County National Bank
North Market St
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ironrite
Tronrite
Better Homes
Patrick St
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