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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1955
Page
10
Henry R Shoemaker reports Frederick County 4 H Club sends eight youths to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago as delegates. The piece recalls 1924 Maryland team victory, family club pedigrees, and notes the Montgomery County 4 H achievement banquet on December 3 with awards and ticket details.
Maryland's 29 4-H Club champions depart for the 34th annual 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Spencer Streett of Forest Hill and Brunhilde Seidel of St. Leonard win general 4-H honors. Delegation includes winners in poultry, clothing, canning, dairy, meat, tractor, soil, gardening, home improves, readership, recreation, rural arts. Frederick County leads with eight delegates including Zimmerman, Moore, Mc Bride, Leeffert, Harbaugh, Burrier, Stiles, Keiler. Other counties represented: Washington, Garrett, plus Norris, Bounds, Buckel.
The U S Department of Agriculture advises shoppers that 16 to 20 pound turkeys offer better value per pound than small birds. Big birds are favored for crowds and for ready meals and can be frozen with meat stripped from bones and stuffing stored separately. Breeds now determine size more than age, and a 20 pounder is still tender.
Sunday TV M D on WBAL TV features proctology the study of diseases of the bowel and rectum. A University of Maryland panel will include four of the city's top physicians to discuss the issue.
Roanoke dispatch notes the deer season ends today for counties west of the Blue Ridge while eastern counties keep hunting until January 5. By now six hunters have died from gunshot wounds and three from heart attacks. Also announced is that Wells and Burdette of Tuscarora have been granted exclusive use of the herd name West Riding for their registered Holstein Friesian cattle.
Dr William Van Royen professor and head of the University of Maryland geography department will speak at the December meeting of the Middle Atlantic Division of the Association of American Geographers. The session is set for December 3 at the Department of the Interior in Washington. Dr Van Royen will deliver an address titled Geography.
Carroll Manor Grange met on Monday night November 21 and read its committees for 1956. Master Willis Remsberg named a lights and tree trimming committee including Charlotte Fry Alvin Fry Carroll Ausherman and Atlee Compher. Five dollars was donated to the Children's Aid Society. The charter draping ceremony honored Mrs Blanche Muthneaus. Juveniles joined the program featuring Thanksgiving readings and songs with Libby Ansherman and Charlotte Fry. Remarks on Thanksgiving were given by Mrs Earl Remsberg, with a boyish harvest reading and prayers. Refreshments followed as the group adjourned to December 5 at 7 30. Linganore Grange held Friendship Night with Glade Valley guests. program included songs readings and talks on Grange membership. Upcoming entries note Singanore Grange plans and ritual work by Howard Quinn. In Irvin Street a collision occurred on West Patrick Street when Wilbur Gray Bere failed to yield. minor damage and no charges. Cardinal Francis Spellman to tour U S military installations in Labrador and Greenland. The Red River of the North is noted as the only major river rising in the United States and flowing north into Canada.
Maryland and Cornell University intercollegiate livestock judging teams tied for second at the Eastern National Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Contest in Timonium. Virginia Polytechnic Institute led, with eleven eastern colleges competing. Maryland’s team, coached by John Burk, included George Arnold Taneytown John L Carter Greenbelt George Reiner Spencer Streett Forest Hill and Ronald Wade with Wade as second high individual overall.
The Sault Ste Marie canal handles about 113 million tons of freight each year, making it the busiest canal in the world.
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