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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1955
Page
2
A fragment lists copy price 3 cents and prepaid rates. Monthly, annual, and multi month options are shown: Month $1.00, three months, six months costs and a yearly amount. Mentions Audit Bureau of Circulation and post office classification FRID. OCTOBER 14, 1955.
A preliminary finding from the American Council on Education urges expanding national scholarships from the top 5 to the top 25 percent of high school graduates to reduce the waste of potential. The study notes half of the top quartile do not attend college, warns of unmet national needs, and calls for a scholarship clearinghouse and ongoing talent monitoring.
In a New York report, Dr. Max Renner of the University of Munich notes that trained French honey bees fed in Paris and New York 24 hours apart still signal feeding after 24 hours in both locations. The American Museum of Natural History will continue testing to determine if the bees' internal clock is hereditary or learned.
Hag erstown coal firm was fined 51 950 on two overloads plus 30 costs in Peters Township. One truck, the truck-railer, paid 1 100 fine and 15 costs for weighing 11 333 pounds over the limit. The second truck, listed 8 630 pounds over, awaits payment of 8 50 and 15 costs and will stay in dock for a day or two. Both weights were recorded at Fort Loudon scales.
Fifty years ago from The News columns dated October 14, 1905 report the Frederick Juniors football team planning to open the season on Saturday October 21 against Hagerstown Academy, a noted 123-pound squad in Western Maryland. Rev S S Miller of Frederick aided Rev D J Wolf in Taneytown’s Grace Reformed service, speaking for aged ministers and widows. The Clover Leaf Literary Society met, led by President Carroll Hendrickson.
Obituary notes the death of Robert Douglas Hemp age 75 at his brother Abraham Hemp's Jefferson home. Also mentions Mayor Lloyd Culler to attend Baltimore inaugurations and lists attendees at the North Carolina Maryland football game in Baltimore Stadium including James Grove Henry Shoemaker W G Crowther Jr Harry Cornpropst A B Colimus T Edgie Russell Jr Virginia Cobleniz W L Fisher Jr Charles Butcher Jr David Kemp Edith Winpigler Nelson Lansdale J Homer Remsberg W Bartgis Storm Jack Markey and Henry Decker.
Organist Carl Weinrich, director of music at Princeton University since 1943, will give an organ recital on the Coblenta organ in Hood College Coffman Chapel on Tuesday October 18 at 8 p m. A renowned Bach interpreter and advocate of contemporary organ music, he has taught at Vassar Wellesley Harvard and Columbia.
Twenty five persons passed drivers tests given at the Fred ele ALU MUS by Motor Vehicle inspectors. Names include from Frederick Howard Free Stop Buster Jordan Calvin Geisbert Marvin Wasserman Mrs Mary A Washington Elizabeth C Buckner Florence J Mehaffie From Monrovia Wherle E Lyles Danier H Saunders Jr Also Francis Portner Thurmont Harold L Dorsey New Markets Eslanora A Minnick Middletown Charles G Harrison Knoxville Robert J Cookman Rockville Elwood Stull Germantown Irvin G Rios Arlington Betty B Boyer Jefferson P Lanalington Brunswick Darrell W Ford Dorothy Fisher Rocky Ridge Russell W Wetzel Emmitsburg Clarence Hagelin Jr Russell A Bline Woodshare Daniel Ellis Pyne Gaithershare Kenneth Sayior Walkersville
The Woodsboro Homemakers club met at Airs. Carroll Wickless home with Mrs Charles Harris presenting a session on home repairs. Reports covered fall and winter fashion trends, a National Home Demonstration Council trip, and a UN quiz. A fall officer slate was planned and a Lake City gathering was scheduled for October 21.
Obituaries from Frederick County report the death of 88 year old Mrs Emma Virginia Zimmerman at her grandson Clark H. Smith’s home near Mt Pleasant. Also noted are the deaths of Ira B. Ausherman aged about 58 at Frederick Piemperial Hospital, Nancy E. Suman 88 of Beaver Creek, Bernard Upton Hawker 61 near Jefferson, and infant Michael Stevenson Sparkman six weeks old. Funeral arrangements, family survivors, and burial plans at Zion Reformed cemetery Mt Olivet Beaver Creek and Mount Monrovia Brethren cemetery are listed, with multiple local funeral homes handling services.
French troops in eastern Morocco seek to seal the frontier against rebels from the Atlas Mountains. A rebel patrol killed five French soldiers in a skirmish near a mountain post as forces pressed north to occupy securing heights and block routes into the frontier region.
The second flower show school sponsored by District 5 of the Federated Garden clubs of Maryland will be held Monday at All Saints Parish Hall with committee members from Frederick and local clubs. The session runs through October 24 with registrars from Chevy Chase Rockville and Silver Spring. The event features lectures on history and fundamentals of floral arrangements with demonstrations and class participation.
Miss Betty Bolger executive secretary of the local Girl Scouts was guest of honor at a surprise dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. She leaves this month to be married and received a gift from board members. Committees included Arrangements chaired by Mrs Henry Schuoler and humorous program chaired by Mrs Joseph Vona. Other attendees listed include Mrs Edward Storm Mrs Robert Nicodemus and many others.
Frederick fire rampantes display of techniques postponed until October 18 at 7:30 pm. Firemen had planned to show apparatus and methods this evening. Bobo Olson and Ray Robinson to sign 15 round title match contracts in Chicago Stadium today.
Guilford L Crepps Jr of West Seventh street was found guilty by Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield Jr in Trial Magistrate's Court for making an improper left turn on U S 40 west at Gambrill Park road. He was fined $25 and costs after witnesses testified the truck driver tried to pass as Crepps turned left causing the crash.
Delphey’s store hosted about 500 customers and friends at a turtle soup party at the Seneca Creek cabin last Sunday. Hosts J Paul Delphey and Julian Delphes with Austin Wachter and Frank Freed supervised the soup making, using 12 to 14 turtles to yield about 130 gallons. Turtles were sourced from pond and hatchery owners, cleaned, frozen, and cooked in three kettles. Family and friends helped prepare vegetables the night before, and guests were served tin cups with trackers, cheese, pickles, and hot toffee. Julian Delphey reports a quart of soup per guest, with variation.
Maryland officials foresee a possible ten million dollar surplus this fiscal year as tax revenues rise. Sales tax receipts surged during July to September, with a 164 percent increase over last year, potentially lifting total sales tax to around 40.4 million. A carryover surplus and higher income tax receipts could add to this, easing the income expenditure gap and possible tax increases. The Guild meeting at St Barnabas was held at George Englebrecht’s home with a religious film shown.
Syracuse NY hosts a televised middleweight showdown featuring Ray Drake of Brooklyn and Toni Baldoni of Wilkes-Barre PA. The promising contenders clash tonight at the Garden venue in an event billed as a key regional match.
Job's Daughters Bethel No 28 held a Grand Visitation in Frederick with Honored Queen Connie Myers presiding. Distinguished past and present queens and guardians from multiple bethels attended, a harvest talk, a pantomime of the Old Rugged Cross, a dance plan announced, and refreshments served by the Mothers Club.
Among the sick, Clarence A Myers of Liberty town was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Richard E Grossnickle returned home from University Hospital Baltimore after five weeks as a medical patient. Oliver L Plaine of 329 South Market street remains under observation at University Hospital Baltimore for two weeks, condition previously listed as serious. Richard Ausherman of Araby confined at home with the group. Hazel G Harbaugh of 230 East Patrick street improved after two weeks of treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
A flotilla of six British ships entered the Neva River drawing a million Russians to the banks. British sailors ashore formed a patrol of 20, first foreigners to roam Leningrad streets, while crowds sang along with Russian onlookers during an exchange of courtesies with Britain. Floodlit ships and shared songs capped a notable visit.
A fragmented list references multiple Maryland places including Hagerstown Thurmont Baltimore Gaithersburg Kensington Beltsville Rockville Silver Spring and Frederick, indicating a regional scope or distribution. No clear event or date is stated, but the item aggregates numerous cities in a single line.
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