Urbana Community Show Highlights Nov 6 at Urbana School
The Urbana Community Show held November 6 at the Urbana School featured Miss Roberta Cunningham of Hood College judging Girls exhibits and Charles N. Remsberg of Middletown judging Boys exhibits. Premiums list blue red white awards across clothing foods flowers and produce with multiple winners including Ann Runkles Roxie Montgomery Frances Montgomery and Sue Ann Burdette among many others. Urband Boys division awarded top plums in grain corn potatoes poultry and eggs with winners Virginia Lawson John Montgomery Nellie Buchanan and James Montgomery leading.
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Urbana
Roberta Cunningham
Nutrition Department
Hood College
Charles N. Remsberg
Middletown
Ann Runkles
Roxie Montgomery
Frances Montgomery
Sue Ann Burdette
Betty Ann Witcom
Mary Jane William
Dolly Lawson
Geraldine Geisbert
Freda Cook
Jean Hawkins
Shirley Geisbert
Sara Stone
Roxie
Betty Ann Wilcom
Sarah Stone
Rey Geisbert
Ruth Morris
Mary Jane Wilcom
Evelyn Jane Lear
Geraldine Geishert
Urband Boys
Virginia Lawson
James Montgomery
John Montgomery
William Buchanan
Nellie Buchanan
Fred Pangle
Hoxie Lee Montgomery
Tax Evasion Charged Against Baltimore Newspaper Employee
Kenneth Brickhouse, a Baltimore Afro American Knotus-2 operator, posted $1,000 bond on charges of failing to pay state income taxes on $4,321 earnings in 1947. Indicted earlier this week, his identity was kept private until bond was posted.
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Baltimore
Kenneth_ Brickhouse
Brickhouse
Russia Rebuffed in UN Vote on Armaments Reduction
The United Nations Assembly rejected Russia's demand for a one third reduction of armed forces within a year and immediate ban on atomic weapons. It adopted a Western resolution urging further study by the arms commission toward gradual arms reduction.
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Russia
Paris
Unit Nations Assembly
Centenarian Mary Clemson Reflects On Long Life At Clemsonville
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Clemson will celebrate her 100th birthday on November 23 at the ancestral home near Clemsonville, four and a half miles south of Union Bridge. Born November 23, 1848, she recalls Civil War era farming life, her parents James and Mary Cramer, and her marriage to Nicholas H. Clemson on January 24, 1872.
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Joe Eisenhauder
Mary Elizabeth (Cramer) Clemson
Clemsonville
Union Bridge
Clemson
James Henry Cramer
Woodsboro
Legacy of a Civil War era farm and Hood College links
The narrative recalls Civil War camp life on Mary Elizabeth Cramer’s farm, with Union and Confederate troops passing through fields and interactions with her family. It highlights her later life as Mrs. Clemson, Hood College alumna, and the Clemson lineage tied to Frederick, Maryland, including wedding details of Nicholas H Clemson in 1872 and the family home’s long history.
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Mary Elizabeth Cramer
Jubal A. Early
Gettysburg
Bradley Johnson Cramer
Robert E Lee Cramer
Ars
George Y Vernon
Ers Farm
Vernon
Cramer
Mary Efbeth
Frederick School
Herechester Hall
Hood College
Robert E. Lee
Appomatox
Clemson S
Winchester Hall
Frederick
Clemson
Uniontown
Hoover
Nicholas H Clemson
Dantel Zacharias
Reed Church
Clemson Iy Osiice
E Farms
S. Clemson
Rica
Robert Trawbridge
Clemson Family Remains Rich in Mementoes and Aged Accounts
A reminiscence profiles Miss Bessie Clemson and her family noting a Treaty of Peace keepsake from the Revolutionary era, eight Clemson children with four deceased, and living relatives including J Walter Clemson a retiree near Harmony Grove, Charles O Clemson a Westminister attorney, and Claude C Clemson a farmer near Frederick. The piece recalls her mother’s 1833 birth anniversary, long friendships, and daily routines with meals, reading, radio, sewing, and a kitchen fall last July.
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Mrs. Clemson
J. Walter Clemson
Harmony Grove
Charles O. Clemson
Westminster
Claude C Clemson
Frederick
Mass Bessie Clemson
Mson
Bessie Clemson
Sun Charles
Iit
Clemson
Bessie
Notable Frederick matriarch recalls life and faith
The article portrays Mrs. Clemson, a long lived farmer’s wife and Democrat, reflecting on her youth, family, and community. It notes a fall, limited mobility with a crutch, devotion to church, and memories of sewing for slaves, horse riding, and social clubs while highlighting her sharp memory and treasured jewelry.
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The
Frederick
Bessie
Clarkson
Worldi Club of Union
Automobile Rndge
Libertytown Picni
Clemson
Reformed Church
Charles
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Howard Myers
Robert Myers
Paul Rice
Willam Buchanan
Susie Stone
Roxie Lee Montgomery
New Hampshire Reds
McCutcheon
Wisner St
Woody Free
Memory Trio
Mary Elizabeth Clemson
Mary E. Clemson
Israel's Creek
Mt Pleasant
Nicholas H. Clemson
Bradley Johnsson Cramer
Bradley Johnson
Robert E. Lee Cramer
Remsberg’s Jewelry Store
KEY Hotel
POR Logeness and
Ces Meap
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U. S
Gillette
Hollanders—Home Auto Supplies, Inc
Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland
Solid Foundation
Domestic Building Association
Assi
Farmers & Mechani
R. Ames Hendrickson
Robt. FE. Delaplaine
William M. Storm
Francis B. Sappington
Secy. & Treas
Warner L. Brittain
Raymond H. Bussard
Lloyd C. Canter
J. Lewis Fleischman
C. Albert Gilson
Harry C. Schroeder
Philip Wertheimer
North Market St
Shipley
Rca-Victor
Philco
Emerson Ansley Spartow
D. F
N. Market St
U. A. Lough & Son
South Market St
Mr. Charsh
Harold Burgess
Flor
the Electric Theatre
Helen Bayes
Potomac Edison CO
Chef
Reece
L. B. Nicodemus Frederick’s Home Appliance
North Market Street
Frederick, Marfland
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