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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1959
Page
4
Frederick Maryland edition lists subscription options for carriers and mail with monthly and multi month rates. The page notes periodical pricing and mentions Associated Press rebroadcast rights and general paper details.
A historical note recalls Thanksgiving origins and national observance through President Washington Madison and the Continental Congress. Walkersville P-TA met November 16 with Rev Rosenberger leading an invocation and new band uniforms modeled by students. Dr Dale Jenkins spoke on global health, entomology work, and World Health Organization projects across 63 countries. Turkey Supper and officer elections followed. Harry P Forrest, creator of Tailspin Tommy, died in Culver City at 66.
Taneytown School notes report on local reaction to Senator Taft's 1952 GOP nomination loss. The piece covers a worship service at Taneytown High School, a Thanksgiving Day sermon, and a series of community events. It notes essays and memos from New York financial interests cited by Taft and cites newspaper analyses of the nomination battle. The article lists church activities, W.S.C.S. plans, and local families moving to Kemp town.
A lengthy discussion outlines an Inter-American advisory panel for Latin American policy. Notable appointees include Charles A. Meyer Sears Roebuck and O A Knight AFL CIO. critics warn at home and abroad of past neglect and anti Yankee sentiment while awaiting real policy moves before 1961.
The nov 25 1909 column notes Rodney Young's 70th birthday Civil War veteran artist. officer Brengle struck by train near car barn. marriages Charles Rohrback and Fabian Poser at St Johns. Charles B Gaver improving. Harry Cramer to return home. Thanksgiving market prices turkeys 25c lb chickens 45-70c ducks 75-80c. Peter L Hargett sick with typhoid at S T Hargett home. Luther T C Frazier dies. Ray-s on Boulus John Pry Ernest McDade qualify as Public School No 2 trustees. alleyway paving East Second Street near Lutheran Sunday. Columbia Lodge 38 A F and A Masons hold Dec 3 reception. Hammond Urner commission as chief judge Sixth Judicial Circuit announced. Worthington to qualify Monday.
November 25 1939 notes include the death of Oscar Calvin Kefauver former Frederick post office official. Dorothy L Dutrow engagement to Warner L Brittain announced by D T Dutrow. Lovettsville residents escape when a engine crashes into their car at B and O tracks in Brunswick. Thanksgiving night low of 23 degrees. snow delays state road commission’s Frederick County visit after Cumberland reports 18 inch snowfall.
AP reports a postwar building surge and new tile-making techniques pushing U.S. ceramic tile sales up 143 percent since 1949. Tile Council of America cites 27 manufacturers producing over 90 percent of domestic tile with production expanding to about 375 million square feet annually. Foreign imports threaten 20 percent of the market. advocates warn against low‑paid-labor competition.
A series of regional visits spans Rocky Ridge Baltimore and Middleburg with families including the Rainerts Trouts and Wanizs. Edith Gruber attends a November 7 wedding of Doris Wetzel and James Glass at St Anthony’s. Progress notes highlight tile sales trends shaping construction budgets.
Cold air from Canada chills the midsection of the nation with northerly winds. Northern Minnesota dips below zero while readings reach 20s from the Great Lakes to the Dakotas. 30s and 40s prevail elsewhere with 50s along parts of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
A roundup of birthdays weddings and anniversaries for residents on West Patrick Street Frederick and nearby towns. Also notices of letters of administration for Calvin Lohr and several local births and obituaries. Divorces granted include Sowers and Butts cases with court representation noted. Prices uneven in pre Thanksgiving trading in New York.
John G. O. Hoffman longtime chef at the State Police Barracks since 1941 died suddenly at his West Patrick street home at 2 a.m. He was a World War I veteran and active in Moose Lodge 371 and other groups. Survived by his wife four daughters three stepchildren and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at 106 East Church street with services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Oliver cemetery.
Charles R Butts 62 of Locust Valley died at Frederick Memorial Hospital Tuesday morning. He worked 43 years for the B and O Railroad and was a longtime member of the Locust Valley Church of God. Survived by four daughters and four sons, 12 grandchildren, and three sisters. Services Friday at 2 pm at Locust Valley Church of God. interment in church cemetery. Rev Paul Franklin Frye 59, pastor of Gaystreet Pentecostal Mission Harrisonburg Va, died Monday in Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Funeral details note a long career in milling and watchmaking before joining the ministry in 1919. He married Sadie Pence in 1917. survived by brothers Ray and William Frye of Fredericksburg.
Funeral services were conducted for Clarence Milton Darby of Hyattstown at 2 PM Tuesday at 166 East Church Street with Rev. Harden L. Sparks officiating. Bystanders included Hyattstown Fire Company members. interment in Hyattstown Methodist Cemetery.
Evelyn Mae Smith and Charles Keefer Summers were married at St Pauls Lutheran Church Jefferson. The double ring ceremony featured visual music by Merkle Huffer with a full bridal party and reception in the church social room. The bride, a Frederick High School and nursing school graduate, works at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The groom, also a Frederick High School graduate, served in the Army and works at American Optical. They reside in Jefferson.
Among the sick Mrs. Russell Morgan of 155 B and O avenue is confined to her home with pneumonia. She is getting along as well as can be expected.
Two small blazes occurred over the weekend in Frederick. A home on 408 Middle Alley owned by James R. Thomas burned briefly before Juniors, Citizens and Uniteds extinguished it in about 15 minutes. A gasoline truck accident at junction TS 40 and 464 led Independents to wash down spilled fuel on the highway.
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