Recognition Service at Hood YWCA Opens Freshman Year
The Hood YWCA held its annual Y Recognition service in Broddeck Hall with freshmen guided by Big and Little Sisters. Miss Ruth Ann Kell led the opening, Miss Ruth Matthews stated the program aims, and Miss Ann Patterson explained the Big Sister project. Myrna Hays played the organ as lights symbolized service and inspiration for each student.
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The
Hood Ywca
Broddeck Hall
Y-Hal
Ruth Ann Kell
West Chester
Ruth Matthews
Cambridge
YWCA
Ann Patterson
Holyoke
Mass
Mary-Lou Springhorn
Bopola
N. J
Kell
Myrna Hays
Greensburg
Loss to Frederick County Member John V. Nicodemus
Frederick County mourns the death of John V. Nicodemus a Walkersville leading citizen active in business civic and religious life for nearly fifty years He served on Selective Service Board No 2 during World War I and was esteemed for integrity and business acumen His passing is described as a serious loss to the community and county as a whole
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Frederick County
John
V. Nicodemus
Walkersville
Selective Service Board No
Nicodemus
Food And Taxes Inflation Stresses Costs In Nation
Paul S Wilks president of the Grocery Manufacturers of America notes that food spending rose from 17 1 billion dollars in 1940 to 52 3 billion in 1950 while taxes grew from 12 7 billion to about 57 billion during the same decade. He argues federal inflation threatens defense efforts and calls for curbs on rising prices.
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Paul S. Wilks
Grocery Manufacturers of America, Tac
Willis
Frederick and the Ethical General honor in the 1860s ransom tale
The piece recalls General Jubal Early paying $200000 to spare Union stores at Frederick in 1864 and honoring his pledge to protect property. It links mid century military codes of honor to later times, noting historic precedents and contrasting them with modern retail ethics and trivia about circle diameter.
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Frederick
Jubal A. Early
Early
Ume
Cole
Lee McCardell
Sunday Sun
Carroll Street
General Early
Cumberland
Charles Edward Stuart
West Point
The
Fifty Years Ago Loot Items From The Columns Of The News
Frederick County Agricultural Society held meetings appointing Samuel V. Doll manager household department J Frank Rice manager art department Samuel Waters superintendent poultry Henry B Tyson superintendent pomological department George W Speaks chief of police Philip S Holbruner named a city police officer replacing Jerome Zeijers resigned He began duty last night Iran Logan new YMCA secretary received a reception at association rooms Addresses of welcome delivered by Joseph D Baker and Henry H Abbott Je Culler appointed Jefferson postmaster replacing L O Whipp resigned Master Paul Huffer youngest son of Carlton Huffer Broad Run had a bean removed from his nose under chloroform by a physician
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Frederick County Agricultural Society
Samuel V. Doll
J. Frank Rice
Samuel Waters
Henryb. Tyson
Pomotogical
George W. Speaks
Philip S. Holbruner
Jerome Zeijers
Iran. Logan
YMCA
Association Rooms
Joseph D. Baker
Henry H. Abbott
Association
JE. Culler
Jefferson
L. O. Whipp
Paul Huffer
Carlton Huffer
Seventy Three Indictments in September Grand Jury
Twenty years ago in early September the county’s grand jury returned seventy three indictments after a nine day session. Farmers report busy fields as corn is harvested and feed crops start. diphtheria outbreak at LeGore near Woodsboro numbered eighteen cases under control per health officer Dr. Kefauver. A benefit baseball game for Thurmont catcher Frank Shuff will be played between north counties and Westminster. Howard A. Gross from Middletown named junior bank examiner by State Banking Commissioner Page and sent to Jefferson to oversee Jofe son banks.
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the News
LeGore
Woodsboro
E. C. Kefauver
Frank Shuff
Thurmont
Frederick County League
North Countioes
Westminster
Howard A. Gross
Valley Savings Bank
Middletown
George W. Page
Jefferson
Jofenon Banks
Sunday Times hobbyists and a Wisconsin senator tale
A humorous column contrasts Sunday newspaper hobbies with a long read of the New York Times and a serious Washington tale about Wisconsin Senator Robert M La Follette. The piece traces public reaction, political pressure, and eventual legacy, noting his reelection and later national recognition.
Prospect Girl's Club Meeting and Truman Security Debate
Mrs. Foard Hood hosted the Prospect Girl's Club on September 28 with Rubie Weishaar presiding. Eleven members and two leaders answered roll call. two new members joined. Discussions covered plans for a Halloween party and a community show. Beatrice Fehr demonstrated breakfast ideas. The meeting adjourned with a poem by Margaret Schor and a future-hostess note for Margaret Schor. Separately, Senator Bricker denounced President Truman's security information order as subversive and an insult to Congress, the press, and the people. A stray line notes crabgrass and shade relevance.
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Prospect Club
Foard Hood
Prospect Girl's Club
Rubie Weishaar
Pat
Nancy Noah
Ballenger Hallowe'en
Janet Beck
Arlene Mosley
Johanna Magaha
Margaret Schor
Beatrice Fehr
Janet Hood
Washington
Truman
Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Farmers State Bank Marks 30th Year At Emmitsburg
The Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg celebrated its 30th anniversary with a banquet at the Smuitheran parish house attended by directors, employees, their families, and four guests. Bank history and growth were recalled, noting assets over 1.64 million and deposits surpassing 1.57 million, while long-time officers received commemorative gifts and shoulder corsages were given to attendees. A musical program accompanied the event.
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Farmers State Bank
Emmitsburg
Smuitheran
Robert E. Delaplaine
Frederick
Charles A Harner
Wm. R. Cadte
Col
Thomas J. Frailey
Quinn F.topper
Peter F. Burker
Charles A. Harner
Millard F. Shuff
George L. Wilhide
Wim
H. Bollinger
Wm. R. Cadle
Thomas J.frailey
Charles R
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
George L. Wilthide
Col. Frailey
Shuff
Wm. Sterbinsky
Bell
Mount St. Mary's College
Jacob Q Truxal Rites To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Jacob Q. Truxal father of President Andrew G. Truxal of Head College will take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday at St Peter s Evangelical and Reform Church Lancaster. Interment will follow Thursday at Hillview Cemetery Greensburg. A Greensburg magistrate for two years and a Westmoreland leader, he retired in 1922 to devote years to church work and helped found the Churchmen s Brotherhood before the denomination merged with the Evangelical Synod. He supported the Forward Movement and served on the Foreign Missions Board. In 1948 he attended Hood College s inauguration of his son as president and visited on other occasions.
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Jacob Q. Truxal
Andrew G. Truxal
Head College
Lancaster
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hillview Cemetery
Greensburg
Truxal
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
Churchmen’s Brotherhood of the Reformed Church
Evangelical Synod
Foreign Missions Board
Hood College
Fire Victim's Funeral Set After Westminster Apartment Blaze
Mrs. Margaret A. Feeser, 44, daughter of Emory C. and Ada Baust of Fairview near Union Bridge, died in a Westminster apartment fire Sunday night. Found in the ruins Monday, she lived alone and likely perished in smoke while asleep. An employee of Westminster Coat Co, she leaves two brothers, Laverne and Lester Baust. Funeral at C. O. Fuss and Son funeral home in Taneytown Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Donald Warren Feltz officiating. interment in Uniontown Lutheran cemetery.
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Margaret A. Feeser
Emory C
Ada Wolf Baust
Fairview
Union Bridge
Westminster
Feeser
Westminster Coat Company
Laverne Baust
Lester Baust
Pottstown
Taneytown
C. O. Fuss and Son
Donald Warrenfeltz
Uniontown Lutheran Church
Lutheran
Uniontown
Deaths Charles W Kolb Edith Garratt Mary Sonafrank
Charles W Kolb 70 died at Frederick Memorial Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage suffered Monday born Reel's Mill son of Charles William and Mary Etta Kolb longtime farmer in New Market district later Frederick taxi driver with City Service Cab Company survived by wife Janet Warfield Kolb and four Frederick area children sisters and grandchildren. body at 8 East Patrick Street funeral Thursday 2:30 p.m. Mount Olivet cemetery. Edith Garratt 86 died suddenly at 8 a.m. at Brunswick resident for 40 years funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. Grace Episcopal Church Petersville interment St. Mark's cemetery. Mary C Sonafrank 38 widow of Wallace Sonafrank died Sunday in Syracuse New York survived by three daughters three sisters a brother many grandchildren and great-grandchildren funeral Thursday 1:80 p.m. Sams Creek Church of the Brethren New Windsor interment Sams Creek cemetery.
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Charles W. Kolb
Charles William Kolb
Fifth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mr. Kolb
Reel's Mill
Charles William
Mary Etta Kolb
Frederick County
New Market
Frederick
City Service Cab Company
Janet Warfield Kolb
Homer F. Harris
Clarence A. Tobery
Joseph F. Horne
Lillie O'Bryan
Frederick Junction
Charles Cameron
Baltimore
Charles P. Crum
Ruby May Reed
Francis M. Harris
East Patrick Street
Mount Olivet
C. E. Cline and Son
Edith O. Garratt
Edith Olivia Garratt
West B Street
Brunswick
Burkittsville
John E
Annie R. Harrison Garrett
Episcopal Church
Edna V. Wenner
Mary C. Sonafrank
Wallace Sonafrank
Marston
New Windsor
Syraluse
N. Y
Sams Creek
Mae Pryor
Nettie Wolff
William Kline
Paul Fike
D. D. Hartzler ‘and Sons
Funeral services for David F Keefer near Taneytown
Funeral services for David F. Keefer who died Saturday were held at 10 this morning at the Taneytown funeral home with Rev. Glenn L. Stahl officiating. Pallbearers were Charles Cashman Frank E Crouse Elmer Crebs Walter Brower John Hoagland and Mervin Wantz. Interment followed in the Reformed cemetery at Taneytown. C O Fuss and Son directed the funeral Largely attended services were held Monday afternoon.
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David F. Keefer
Taneytown
Glenn L. Stahl
The
Reformed Church
Charles Cashman
Frank E. Crouse
Elmer Crebs
Walter Brower
John Hoagland
Mervin Wantz
Reformed Cemetery
C. O. Fuss and Son
Frederick ransom story heads to national TV Friday
Frederick’s Confederate ransom tale gains NBC national exposure as Mayor Donald B. Rice City Register Aubrey A Nicodemus and William H B Anders prepare to appear on the We The People program in New York at 8 30 p m Gulf Oil Corporation sponsors the show and local officials expect wider interest including Barbara Fritchie ties and copies of ransom notes.
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Frederick
Donald B. Rice
City Register
Aubrey A. Nicodemus
William H. B. Anders
Citizens National Bank
We the People
New York
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Washington
Baltimore
Penson
Anders
Rice
Barbara Fritchie
Eleanor
Abbott
Dan Barbara
Miss Abbott
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gulf
May Rice
Fredern
Manuscripts Show Early Conscription at Frederick Hotel
A 1755 conscription list and other historic papers, including a 1784 indenture between Daniel Dulany and John Jacob Schley and the 18th century master roll of the Fredericktown Baracks, are on display in the Francis Scott Key hotel lobby. Gifts from Mrs. Hammond Urner, George R. Denis, and Arthur T. Kreh fund the items in the Frederick Historical Society collection.
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Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Nathan Hammond
Daniel Dulany
John Jacob Schley
Dulany
Schley
Hay
Historical Society
Arthur T. Kreh
Cars Of Teen-Agers Flying Confederate Flags
The piece notes booming sales of the Stars and Bars among teens, with banners appearing on cars and aerials in Frederick and other cities, sparked by a revived Southern patriotism and a Newton, Massachusetts influence among exchange students. It contrasts local indifference to the flag with broader national controversy before detailing unrelated local obituaries and notices.
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Betty Sullivan
Frederick
Newton
Mass
Maryland
Barbara Fritchie
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Richard Kline
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Beverley Kline
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Ronald
Jamilla Staley
Paul Baker
Terry Baker
Paul Brunner
ONTA
Frederick Zonta Club
Freda Doll
Jacob Goldberg
Edward PB. Thomas
James H. Grove
Chas. F. Bowers
Hospital Aid Inc
Doll
Zonta International
Stacy-Trent
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NEA Service
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George Zimmerman
Harry Lare
Baxter Murphy
Merril Wisner
Burgess William Powell
Gilmore Trout
Col. Dotson
Nelson
Ward Stauffer
Frank Nicodemus
Robert Nelson
Walter Price
W. A. Wilson
Geor Joseph Morningstar
St. Pau Lutheran Church
Utica
Ivan G. Nauef
E £. Koontz Helwig
Jesus
Unity Brethren Choir
Ivan G. Naugle
Pallbeare
Louis Jones
Warner Grimes
Walter Fuss
Raymon Fogle
Melvin Smith
Harvy Kline
Chur
M. L. Creager
Malta
London
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Air Ministry
U. E Air Force
Mediterranean
State
Alabama
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