Calvary Chest Fund Day Sets $10,000 Goal for Organ Upgrade
Calvary Methodist church plans a $10,000 Chest Fund Day on October 11 during morning worship to raise funds for rebuilding and modernizing the sanctuary organ. The project aims to cover about half of the over $19,000 cost. Concert organist Richard Ross will give a recital October 19, under the music committee led by Casper E. Cline Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Chest Fund
Calvary Methodist Church
Edward A. Godsey
Calvary Church
G. Ellis Williams
Earle B. Blakeslee
East Church Street
Tower Apartments
Memorial Park
Wilcoxon & Brown
Joseph D. Baker
M. P. Moller Organ Company
Casper E. Cline, Jr
Richard ¥. Ross
Ross
Brown Memorial Methodist Church
Baltimore
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Charles V. Main
Ernest C. Webb
Hammond Clary
City Police Sedan Damaged In Early Morning Accident
A city police sedan ran onto the east Patrick street sidewalk at 4 45 am striking a sign and a lawn at 440 East Patrick. Officer Carl I Bender reportedly nodded off at the wheel, causing about 150 dollars in damage. No charges. A separate early morning crash on Market street left a Ramsburg sedan with 100 dollars damage after a truck from a parked position failed to yield the right of way.
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East Patrick Street
Maryland Avenue
Harry Phillips
Carl I. Bender
Pine Avenue
Bender
Patrick
Harry W. Zimmerman
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Market Street
Church Street
Roland M. Harman Amon Brifze
William Bapst
Bids set to open for bridge over Baltimore and Ohio tracks
The State Roads Commission will open bids at noon on October 27 for two bridges carrying the Baltimore National Pike over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad about 1.5 miles west of Ridgeville. The bridges, crossing two freight lines at an angle, total 246 and 227 feet with 30-foot clear roadways. The project is part of the new dual highway layout, with safety approaches to be let separately.
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The
State Roads Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Ridgeville
Frederick County
Frederick
Mt. Carmel Church
Damascus Road
New Market
New Market-Monroing Road
New Markets
Jug Bridge
Hood College Campus Day Emphasizes Inside U S A Theme
Hood College plans a Campus Day themed Inside U S A with songs and skits February 20 at 2 20 p m in Hudson outdoor theater. Freshmen spoof southern colleges while seniors portray the northeastern club. Winners earn their numeral on a silver cup. Events include a binding show and foreign student bazaar with lectures and a swimming show.
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U.S
Hood College
Hudson
Southern College
Northeastern
Fredenikiemans
Hudson Theater
Coffman Chapel
HO OW. Prents, Jr
Brodbeck Hall
No agreement with Greyhound on Blue Ridge sale
R Paul Smith president of Blue Ridge Transportation clarified on Wednesday that negotiations for selling Blue Ridge are ongoing but no definite agreement exists. He noted Greyhound’s interest and outlined regulatory hurdles from the Securities and Exchange Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Maryland Public Service Commission Virginia and others before any transfer could be approved.
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Blue Ridge Transportation Company
R. Paul Smith
Blue Ridge
Smi
Greyhound
Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Thurmont
Hagerstown
Securities and Exchange Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maryland
Public Service Commision
Pennsylvania Utilities Commission
State Corporation Commission of Virginia
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Immaculate Conception mosaic in National Shrine
After Auzilio's departure three artists completed four spear motifs for The Immaculate Conception mosaic now exhibited at the National Shrine in Washington D C. The work represents a significant collaboration in a major religious display.
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Auzilio
National Shrine
Washington, D.C
Eisenhower Allocates 10 Million for Winter Hay Aid
President Eisenhower released 10 million dollars from emergency funds to buy winter hay for farmers in 13 drought plagued states. Secretary Benson announced the action after a White House briefing noting additional aid for hay transport and seed and feed programs, with states including Arkansas Colorado Kansas Kentucky Mississippi Missouri Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Texas and Virginia.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Benson
White House
Sincken
Congress
Arkansax
Colorado
Kansas
Kentucky
Mississipp
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virama
Polio Cases Reported in Queen Anne’s County
Two new polio cases in Burrsville push annual total to seven, the highest county total on record. County health officer Dr Carethe W. Calison said both mildly paralytic cases involve children in Burrsville, reflecting ongoing local transmission.
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Centreville
Queen Anne's
Carethe W. Calison
Burrsville
Emmitsburg Lions and community events noted
A Lions Club meeting in the Lutheran Parish House honored the H O Tool Shoe Corp new local industry with H O Toor guest speaker from New York. Other guests included Town Council and Dr Charles R Williams. A VFW Home meeting covered a 1500 dollar horse show return, archery club plans, and Mount St Marys Glee Club schedule with concert and guest artist Gladys Swarthout. Several public notices covered Grange activities, health clinic progress, a charity party, and local student activities.
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Emmitsburg
Lions Club
Clarence E. Hahn
H. O. Tool Shoe Corp
H. O. Toor
New York
Charles R. Williams
Philip B. Sharpe
Robert E. Daugherty
Philip 8. Sharpe
Community Fund
Charles D. Gillelan
Daniel J. Kaas
Edgar “Munch
Sears. Roebuck Foundation
Edward Smith
Gelwick
Te Grange
Grange
Frederick Fair
H. P. Freeman
Mite Secrers
Trinity Methodist” Church
William’ Frailey
Charles R. Fuss
Edythe Nunemaker
Homecoming, church events and meetings in Clarksburg area
Clarksburg notes list a Homecoming service at SHURG Neelsville church, MYF at Germantown Methodist, Dickerson WSCS and a Religious Education Conference at Dickerson Clarksburg Germantown churches with dates in October. Local residents Mrs Howard Miles improved and home, John Warfield visiting, Laymen's Day at Clarksburg Methodist with sermon Christ Call Men, and upcoming MYF officers workshop at Poolesville church plus a turkey supper and W C S meeting details.
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Sus
Shurg
Neelsville
MYF
Germantown
Howard Miles
Clarksburg
Miss Turner
Montgomery County
Clarence
John Warfield
University of Maryland
J. Paul Warfield
Clarksburg Methodist Church
Christ
Poolesville
C. S
Ora H. King
Community Halloween Day in Clarksburg
General Eugene Sharp Bibb of Baltimore will speak. Clarksburg Day takes place Saturday October 31 with an afternoon picnic and games, a bake sale at the Community Hall, and a Halloween parade that night. Many prizes will be awarded.
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Eugene Sharp Bibb
Baltimore
Clarksburg
Taneytown News District Officers and Local Events
Ruth Fowler will install newly elected officers of the Ladies Auxiliary of Hesson-Snider Post American Legion with Dorothy Myerly as president and Rhea Shearer as second vice president. The Taneytown Volunteer Fire Company had two calls to a summer house blaze and the Cambridge Rubber Co cork storage fire, both controlled with no serious damage. Taneytown unsigned Cub Scouts seek a den mother. two or three volunteers are needed. Farmers Night on Oct 21 and Halloween Ladies Night on Oct 28 are set by the Taneytown Kiwanis Club, which hosted a turkey dinner and program for underprivileged children. Joseph Arnold begins freshman year at Mt St Marrs College Emmitsburg.
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Taney Town
Ruth Fowler
Ladies Auxiliary of
Hesson-Snider Post American Legion
Dorothy W. Myerly
Alice Hartsock
Rhea Shearer
Gladys Haines
Blanche Lockinbill
Mabel Smith
Larabell Diller
Catherine Shank
Taneytown
John Wolfe
Cambridge Rubber Co
Cork
Taneytown Kiwanis Club
Taney Inn
William Cobbler
Westminster
John Myers
Raymond Perry
Norman Hess
Elizabeth Lanfort
Clifford Gash
College Park
Lee Howard
Washington
Laura Howard
Joseph Arnold
Charles R. Arnold
Mt. St. Marrs College
Emmitsburg
4 H Club Poultry Winners Picked at Frederick Fair
Winners were announced after a 52-bird show with eight members competing. Awards included New Hampshire Reds, White Cornish, and Geese-Gander categories, with top placings for Joe Hubble, Frederick Burrier, Paul Rhoderick, and others.
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Frederick Fair
New Hampshire Reds
Frederick Burrier
Union Bridge
Joe Hubble
Myersville
Paul Rhoderick
Unionville
Secon
Joe Zimmerman
Feagaville
Shird
Geese—Gander
Joe Hubbie
Joe Hubbbie
Hagerstown Man Found Stabbed To Death
HAGERSTOWN Oct 4 Police theorized Gardner Calvin Bowers a local odd jobs worker saved his money but died in a struggle after being fatally stabbed near unused Pennsylvania Railroad tracks by the park. Three men were taken in for questioning with no charges filed. Bowers body found Saturday afternoon by a railroad worker. he seemed dead about 24 hours. Evidence of a struggle, his wallet papers and tools scattered. $8 found in an inner shirt suggests attackers got no money.
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Hagerstown
Gardner Calvin Bowers
Hagerstown Park
Bowers
Grange Booster Night Hosts Local Clubs and Events
Jefferson Grange held Booster's Night on October 1 with the Homemakers Club and 4-H. Reports from Fair and Community Show committees announced a community show October 15 and 16 at J O U A M Hall. A food sale during the October cattle sale and a bowling league starting October 15 were announced. The quilt that won third in the county contest was shown and is for sale. Frances House led a program with prayers, songs, greetings from the National Master, readings, and musical numbers.
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Lewis Bell
Byron H. Keesecker
Estelle Watkins
Carl Crist
Watkins
Thos. J. Frailey
Freeman
Col. Thomas
J. Frailey
Harry Wantz
David Kerrigan
Bendix
J. Ward Kerrigan
Jefferson Grange
Lakin
Pomona
Fairgrounds
Catherine Roderick
National Youth Committee
Frances House
D.E. Platt
Herschel Newsom
Arthur House
Henry Keller
Ruth Keller
Lois Hildebrand
Shirley Arnold
Reading
Harold Hood
Patsy Coran
Barbara Remsberg
Doni Ifert
Edwin Sponseller
Hood College
Middletown Valley Grange
Walkersville
Singanore Grange
Unionville
Columbia
Tuesday Drunken Driving Convictions Reported
Tuesday drinking bouts led to three convictions in Peoples Court. William Rhea Snodgrass of Roanoke, Va., fined 150 plus costs for drunken and reckless driving after a 11:30 p.m. arrest on East Patrick Street by Officer Nathan Dorsey. Harry Daniel Stone of Mobile, Ala., fined 10 for intoxication. Walter Francis Hagadorn of Boyds received a suspended sentence. Dorsey noted Snodgrass’s weaving and memory loss. Stone paid fare, began drinking in a taxi. Hagadorn slept in a restaurant while awaiting a bus. Collateral of 35 and costs was forfeited by Roland Monroe Harmon for failure to grant right of way. The police also removed obscene magazines from newsstands in a separate report.
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H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
William Rhea Snodgrass
Roanoke
East Patrick Street
Nathan Dorsey
Em Harry Daniel Stone
Mobile
Ala
Walter Francis Hagadorn
Boyds
Dorsey
Snodgrass
Stone
Frank Dorsey
Hagadorn
Roland Monroe Harmon
Union Bridge
North Market Street
William Boost
County Bake Off Opens With Apple Dessert Contest
The 1953 Apple Dessert Contest kicks off Friday morning at Frederick High School with eight county entrants aged 14 to 21 from 4-H or home economics classes. Prizes include medals, $5, and entry to the State bake off at Hood College, leading to the All Eastern competition in Washington with travels and additional awards for top finishers.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
William T. Delaplaine
Maryland
Hood College
Alumnae Hall
Washington
Pennsylvania
New New York
New Jersey
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Charterbus
U. S
Appalachian Apple Service
Grand Chief of State Visits Frederick Lodge
Grand Chief of Maryland Agnes Love visits Mountain City Temple 14 Pythian sisters in Frederick. Officers and representatives are introduced after the business session. Local Temple praises Frederick as a convention city and host to the 1954 state convention. refreshments follow with piano solo and magic entertainment.
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Mountain City
Maryland
Agnes Love
Cumberland
Love
Annapolis
Frederick
Supreme
Edith Holder
Lonaconing
Mollie Zimmerman
Sara Schram
Elizabeth Shipley
Supreme Representatives
Jennie Smith
Lonacening
Genevieve Wagner
Grand Chiefs
Thelma Pickett
Fannie King
Alma Ross
Smithsburg
Grand Temple
Marie Harding
Gaithersburg
Lonaleoning
Ruth Kiefer
Carterland
Mauie Dutrow
John Schram
Lonacooning
Charles Ross
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythian
G. William Shipley
Rev Reisz Speaks at St Pauls Lutheran Meeting
Rev Raymond L. Markley led a two year term election of church officers at St Pauls Lutheran Myersville. Elders Walter B Falkenstein Matthew H Bor ing and deacons Elmer F Shep ey and E Cecil Keller were chosen with Miss Lallie Marker as financial secretary and Miss Ruth Arnold as assistant. Rally Day attendance reached 181 with Rev Reisz speaking on the Three Dimensional Christian.126 received the Lords Supper as Rev Reis spoke on Building the Holy.
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Reisz
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Mylersville
Raymond L. Markley
Walter RB. Falkenstein
Matthew L. H. Boreing
Elmer F. Shepiey
E. Cecil Keller
Lallie H. Marker
Ruth B. Arnold
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Calvary
City Police
Armored Division
Robert E. McIntosh
Edward BR. McIntosh
Brunswick
3Rd Armored Division
Fort Knox
Ben L. la Garde
U. S. Marine Corps
Urbana
Camp Lejuene
Marine Corps Base
N.C
Ripley and Romer Real Estate
U.S.A
Bus Company
Frank Keeler
Petersville
Tran
Joseph Spencer
James Spencer
Airy
Eugene E. Ahalt
Edgar F. Althait
Middletown
Fort George G. Meade
County
Leesburg
Loudoun County
Board of Supervisors
Loudoun National Bank
S. W. Keesee
Keesee
Leesburg Inn
United States
Grange News
Jackson
Tenn
Police Department
Iaidene
Frederick Lodge
Iewepapre Ahl
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