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News

Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1950

Page

7

Frederick Fair Opens Under Frederick County Agricultural Society

The Frederick Fair opened yesterday as an annual community gathering. Officers and directors receive congratulations for a fine exposition with modern farm machinery, livestock and poultry shows, and a strong dairy cattle emphasis. The event highlights Old Home Week spirit and community renewal, with best wishes for long continuance.

Trenih Frederick Frederick County Agricultural Society Frederick County

Signs And A Wedding In Emmitsburg

A reflection on road signs for travelers and a wedding reception held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Adams near Emmitsburg in honor of their son Roger Adams and his bride Anna Cool of Emmitsburg. The note lists numerous attendees and decor details, with a later brief items about a teen-age dance cancelled due to the fair and the next event planned at River Jordan.

Aaron Adams Emmitsburg Roger Anna Cool Roger Adams Jacob Adams David Wetzel Floyd Wetzel Charles Troxell Clara Harner Ray George Pecher Carroll Wilts William Ott Qignd Mix Charles Jones and Son Jes Norman Wiley Wood George Lowell Long Agatha McNair Law B Orndorff Larry Mise Inne Guy Baker, Jr Jordan

Texan captain first American across 38 border into North Korea

Bal BoyIe reports Capt. William R. Williams of Texarkana led a Republic of Korea unit across the 38th parallel into North Korea. The column cleared mines and fortifications near Yangyang after a brief skirmish, with ROK troops advancing about 275 miles since September 19. Williams praised the ROK foot sloggers who traveled on boots and mentioned a souvenir photo from the enemy post.

Bal Boyle Red Korea Red North Korea Republic of Korea ROK William R. Williams Texarkane Tex Republic China Texas Williams Kim Jung Sun Chumunjin Sea of Japan Willams Kim Roks Yangyang Pohang

Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The News

In Oct 1900 the column notes Senator Albert Beveridge may speak in the city the same week as William Bryan. Mt Airy residents fear the B and O may abandon the downtown route after a new line opens. The Myrkle and Harder Co. will perform at the Opera House during Fair week for the past three years. Frederick County Agricultural Society officials attend York Fair. 21 traveled from Frederick. A coroner’s jury investigating a wagon death exonerates the driver and urges frosted globes on city electric lights at entrances.

Albert J. Beveridge Indiana William J. Bryan Myrkle and Harder Opera House

Water supply cut. city uses diverse springs

Twenty years ago the water supply for the town was cut off overnight. Water came from the Grove Lime Company Springs Ox Creek and Tuscarora. Fishing Creek supply rose to 18 feet by morning. One fire engine to pump water during general alarms amid shortages. A woman was struck and knocked down by a car while approaching her husband’s car at Middletown Reformed church, severely injured. Republican women opened fall campaign at Y M C A auditorium led by Bladen Lowndes who accused Democrats of belittling President Hoover. Rev Dewitt P Zuse of York Pa was named pastor of Centennial Memorial United Brethren church succeeding Nov String.

Fishing Creek Grove Lime Company Springs Ox Creek Tuscarora Middletown Reformed Church Albert S. Remsberg Middletown Bladen Lowndes Maryland Hoover Dewitt P. Zuse York Centennial Memorial United Brethren Church U. B. Church Red Lion George W. String

Population Peak Shifts to Early 21st Century Says Demographers

The Nation Today reviews how U S population growth surged in the 1940s and 1950s, contradicting earlier views of a midcentury peak. It notes a decade of strong fertility, postwar economic prosperity, lower infant mortality, and rising immigration, with census forecasters offering high, medium, and low 1980 projections from 161 to 180 million people.

Census Bureau U.S

Questions and Answers: assorted trivia and facts

A quiz of short questions covers topics from Home Sweet Home origins to an ouija board name, World Series TV rights growth, the steepest U S railroad grade, royal plural usage, and the Bunker Hill Monument height. It compiles concise explanations for each query.

Bunker Hill Monument Boston

Wage dispute shuts Mt. Savage brick plant

Mt. Savage Refractories Company closed today after about 100 men did not report for work in a wage dispute. Plant manager S. M. Robinson said he learned last night of a pending strike if a wage offer was not increased. The firm produced fire and building bricks and had been operating at capacity.

Mt. Savage

U N on trial as America questions peace enforcement stance

Washington today readers weigh whether the U N is a debating society or a real league to enforce peace. Opinion blames U N delay for North Korea aggression and criticizes Allied command constraints under U N control, warning of lost prestige and risk to General MacArthur.

Washington U.N. Ie Debating Society League To David Lawrence U.N America Moscow U. N China 38Th Parallel Truman State Acheson Far East WJ. N United States Peiping MacArthur Asia United Nations North Korea United Wations Congress Vishinsky

Fine Display At Fair Draws Crowd

The stage revue Make Mine America drew good audience alongside grandstand racing and aerial acts. Joseph Harris led the six Percheron team on display near Rockville while judges praised the afternoon and night programs as the best in years. Ballenger Grange won the farm and garden display contest with $600 prize, with Lewistown and Thurmont taking second and third. Swine, sheep, and dairy classes attracted strong entries and crowds, though a pig show injury occurred when a boar pierced a boy’s leg with tusks. the wound required stitches but was not serious.

America Fatr Percheron Joseph Harris Rockville Frank N. Stauffer Ballenger Grange Pomona Lewistown Thurmont Singanore Emmitsburg Carroll Manor Glade Valley Mt. Pleasant Braddock Jefferson New Market Middletown Creagerstown Ayrlawn Farms Laytonsville C. K. Holter and Son Chester White Roy Crum Frederick George Earl Lechlider Montgomery County Poland Yorkshire F. E. Buster Peach Bottom Cecil K. Holter Ira D. Mert Mack Remsberg Ayrshires Ril Aod Sons Wood

Local church session reports licenses and appointments

The conference opened with reports on Lebanon Valley College and administration. Elected officials included Rev. E. E. Leech as conference secretary and Dr. John W. Fisher as statistician. Nineteen probationers licensed, including Bernard Fogle. Rev. Jacob Zepp and Rev. David Rodes granted itinerancy and elder status respectively. Retired priest J. W. Yohe noted after 52 years in ministry. Walter W. Dawson announced R. Duncan Clark as Montgomery County Republican campaign chair. Marriage licenses issued in Hagerstown to John W. Bowman and Jeannette Schaeffer, Jack D. Tasker and Theresa L. Alexander.

Lebanon Valley College Frederick K. Miller Conference Council of Administration Conference Board of Trustees E. E. Leech York John W. Fisher Lemoyne Frederick Lcenses Bernard Fogle Jacob Zepp Strinestown Church of the United Brethren In Christ David Rodes Robersville J. W. Yohe Fayettsville Harold H. Platz Dayton Ohio Bonebrake Theological Seminary Board of Christian Educattion Maryland Council of Churches Maryland Temperance League Commission On Rural Life Charles R. Miller Pennsylvania Hagerstown John W. Bowman Sabillasville Jeannette Schaeffer Thurmont Jack D. Tasker Theresa L. Alexander

Ayrshire Show Produces Top Award Winners and Champions

In Owings Mills and Ceresville, judges crowned Philip Knotz and Walter J Hahn and Son as top award winners. Sixty Ayrshire animals competed as Hills secured Junior champion bull and Senior and Grand Champion female rib bons, while Mr Knatz claimed Senior and Grand Champion bull and Junior Champion female awards.

Bine Philip Knotz Owings Mills Walter J. Hahn

Piano Duo To Open Community Concert Season Here

The 1950-51 Community Concert Association season opens November 8 at Frederick High School with Appleton and Field, two piano artists, in a program titled Two Pianos Through Four Centuries. The event is backed by a strong volunteer drive led by Mrs. George B. Douglas Jr. and supported by the Monday Musicales. The series also plans National Symphony and Waring Carolers appearances after January 1, 1981, pending New York office clearances. An organizational meeting for officer elections is set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Community Concert Association Appleton George B. Douglas, Jr Clapp Douglas Monday Musicales Vera Appleton Michael Field New York Bartok Khatchaturian Dello Solo The Concert Association

Weddings Tie Bennett Daughter to Navy Man in Boyds

A quiet ceremony was held Wednesday at 8 p m in Boyds Presbyterian Church uniting Miss Mary Ellen Bennett and William Simpson of the U S Navy. Rev James P Kerr officiated with Mary Ellen attended by Mrs Jerry Alls and William’s escort Charles Alls. The couple, given in marriage by Russell Bennett Sr., celebrated with a reception at the Bennett home and plan a honeymoon in Washington before settling in Ocean View Virginia near the Naval base where Simpson is stationed. Attendees included families from Washington Arlington and Alexandria. Engagements announced follow the ceremony noting Mary Catharine Ainsworth to Richard Reynolds Wilson and Harriet Morelock Marsh to John Arthur Herb with no definite wedding date set.

Bennett Washington Ocean View Naval Base Alls Jerald Berrand Ken David Russell Eaton Weaaler Kay Alexandria Russell Bennett, Jr Arlington Hayes Silver Spring LeRoy Bennett Boyds James P. Kerr Misses Kerr J. E. Ainsworth Kemper Avenue Westminster Mary Catharine Richard Reynolds Wilson Archie Hamilton Wilson Crownsville

Local Case Is Heard By Court Of Appeals

The Court of Appeals heard arguments in the appeal of Oliver L. Christman of Pottstown Pa from a Circuit Court decision in a suit tried last January. Irving H Weil, a local car dealer, was awarded 1213.70 the full amount of his claim for a wreck in 1945 on the Walkersville road near Ceresville caused by a Christman halted vehicle. Christman appealed through his attorney Edward D Storm with Robert E Clapp Jr for the appellee. No decision was returned.

Court of Appeals Oliver L. Christman Pottstown Patrick M. Schnauffer Irving H. Weil Christman Walkersville Ceresville Edward D. Storm

Frederick men fined after arrest in Gettysburg

Two Frederick men Otis C Diggs and Bernard L Ambush were fined 50 dollars plus costs each by state police at the Gettysburg substation for license violations. Diggs had no operator license and presented Ambushs license. Ambush was charged with lending his license. Committed to jail in default of fines, they were released on payment Sunday evening.

Gettysburg Frederick Otis C. Diggs Bernard L. Ambush Ambush Diggs Pament

Induction Not Expected for Draft Eligible Naval Reservists

Lt. (g) Charles McC. Mathias Jr. announces that draft eligible naval reservists in organized units may not be inducted if they remain in good standing. Veterans are ineligible for induction. nonparticipating reservists may be drafted through Selective Service. Files are forwarded to the national director for review with postponement pending examination.

Charles McC. Mathias, Jr Naval Reserve Composite Unit 5 Mathias Lewis B. Hershey Selective Service Draf Naval Composite Unit 4 State Armory Secon

New Books At Arts Library

Arts library adds several new titles including Man of Independence about Harry S Truman by Jonathan Daniels and Merry-Go-Round by Allen and Shannon. Also featured are How to Know the Wild Flowers by Alfred Stefferud and Little Britches by Ralph Moody with brief reviews noting tone, scope, and appeal for general readers.

Jonathan Daniels Harry S. Truman America Virginia Kirkus Truman Robert S. Allen William V. Shannon Washington Harry Truman Mesta Alfred Stefferud John Shellman Baer Natural History Collection Little Britches Ralph Moody Moodys New Hampshire Colorado

Paris Portrait of a Postwar City and Family Ties

Grounded in mood and place the narrative sketches a hardy ranch family and a tense father son bond amid school days and tornadoes. It shifts to Paris revisiting the city in 1949, using The Last Time I Saw Paris as a lens to compactly depict postwar life, politics, and personal color in a vivid, period voice.

Moodys Paris Paul

Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties

Deeds were recorded in the clerk s office for the sale of several properties. Edna F McClellan sold to Preston K Hackett and wife the dwelling at 51 Elm Street for about 12500. Orie L Gosnell sold to Peter D Koons Jr the property at 14 East Second Street for about 8500. Perry H Shorb sold to Reymond A Cockrell the properties at 8182 North Market Street for about 6500. Walter J Powell and others sold to William R Mount the property at 7 Wisner Street for about 3500. ARRESTS LISTED A number of arrests were listed overnight by city police all for intoxication. Floyd Hopp Middletown Wale Keeney Frederick and Rober Kumbo Washington held under and costs each John W Smith Frederick held under 10 Frank McGill Monevue and William Franklin Stoner Frederick Route held under 250 each. Sergi Swomley Officers Trump Cart and McKeldin made the arrests. A S com is translated I time The Latin inscription on the med fly therefor mind your business.

Edna F. McClellan Preston K. Hackettsmith Elm Street Orie L. Gosnell Peter D. Koons, Jr East Secon Street Perry H. Shorb Reymond A Cockrell North Market Street Walter J. Powell Wilson Mercer A. Owen Mercer William R. Main Wisner Street Floyd Hopp Middletown Wale Keeney Frederick Rober Kumbo Washington John W. Smith Frank McGill Monevue Willia Franklin Stoner Sergi Swomley Trump Cart McKeldin

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