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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1946
Page
11
Henry Shoemaker reports on the county fair where grange booths were praised for design and display. Judges cited creativity, organization, and community spirit among the best entries, highlighting several granges from nearby towns for standout presentations.
Foxville County reports on Pomona Grange fair exhibits with Rev Frances Bell praising Holy Communion displays. Leaders Tobias E Zimmerman and committee members received credit for the booths including 4 H clubs Girls and Senior Council wins while Soil Conservation Exhibit by New Market 4H Club drew attention. notable entries include J Page Shorthorn, Holter commended for National 4-H Dairy Judging second place, Bernard Remsberg Grand Champion Colt and Mary A Castle guardianship public sale notice follows.
The report lists officers for the Entomology and Pathology Section at College Park with man and G. S. Langford as secretary. C. Haat of College Park is chairman, while Dunbar of Hancork is secretary of the Horticultural Section.
The twenty third annual Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference will convene November 29 and 30 at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in Frederick. Researchers from Virginia Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland Delaware North Carolina and the U S Department of Agriculture will present findings on fruit production insect and disease control and new spray materials. Maryland hosts this year with officers A F Vierbieller College Park general chairman E A Walker College Park general secretary E N Cory College Park chair.
Mrs. Grover Buhrman entered the University of Maryland Hospital Thursday for treatment, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Mrs. Howard Buhrman of Wolfsville. The Foxville Mt Zion road is under repair, and late potatoes are turning out well.
A listed public sale at 1:30 PM covers two bank barns and a residence, plus farm tools and furniture, with terms cash and items described as antique. Executors of David M. Devilbiss estate announce a Frederick County Maryland sale October 19, 1946, at the court house, including three parcels of land with specific acreages and tenant rights, with deposit requirements and pro-ration of rents and taxes.
A brief agricultural note states the corn crop in this section is good but mostly in shock while fall seeding of wheat is nearly complete. The fragment ends with a hint of activity in Washington DC.
A writer urges exploring foreign lands within the city by visiting embassies. Each embassy and its grounds are presented as a microcosm of the nation it represents, offering a compact tour without travel beyond municipal borders. The piece frames diplomacy as accessible cultural geography.
Medieval housewives marked buns with crosses to keep the devil from affecting the ballup, reflecting folk belief in protective charms.
A three story brick dwelling with eight rooms and bath on land described as 3 East Third Street is offered in a public sale. The parcel details a measured boundary from East Third Street and a divisional wall with an adjoining dwelling No. 5 East Third Street, linked to a 1923 deed in Frederick County land records.
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