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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1955
Page
3
Frederick Maryland edition of The News dated Tuesday October 25 1955 lists prices for subscriptions, including single copy 6 cents, advance options 1.00 for one month, 2.50 for three months, 4.00 for six months, and 8.00 per year.
Bees support human food production and honey consumption. Antibiotics and sulfa drugs now help bees resist nosema and foulbrood, reducing losses. Researchers study bee time sense and navigation, while Dr. Bowman warns alcoholism rising, especially among women, urging major research funding. Notices filed record tax lien actions against several county residents.
Fifty years ago in the county the total registered vote stood at 13 242 versus 13 335 last year. The city council discussed buying a street sweeper and using fire company horses to pull it. C Thomas Kemp presented plans for a new Market and Patrick streets building. Robert Downing with Vertie Hershberger and H Dorsey Etchison plus Mountiin City Lodge Knights of Pythias orchestra performed in the Academy of Music at Hagerstown. YMCA directors named Franklin H Harrington temporary secretary to replace Iran N Logan. Samuel Holter on North Market street harvested a second crop of Sharpless strawberries from his garden.
Governor Harry W. Nice asked the Fredericktown school board to settle the Broad Run school strike after more than a month of conflict. Licenses chiefs mailed letters to beer and wine holders prohibiting consumption on premises after midnight. Rollins J. Atkinson of the city was elected business manager of the Jeffersonian basketball team at the YMCA meeting. Autumn air returned with a low of 37 degrees.
A columnist reflects on children's curious questions as they pass through the question asking stage. Leila Jim Palmer is highlighted with her family, and the essay muses on how kids probe reality, the limits of adult explanations, and how parents record and revisit these questions later. It also notes a first aid course registration and local property deeds summaries.
A column compiling reader questions on military service benefits and eligibility. It covers Korean GI Bill use, grave markers, draft deferral for dependents, WWI widow pensions, lifelong disability payments, WWII education deadlines, and recovering a debtor through the soldier’s unit. The piece cites specific cases from readers in Louisiana Texas Kentucky Virginia New Jersey and Michigan with guidance from Major Nial and this newspaper.
A local resident filed a complaint about the lack of an up to date probable blood donors list for emergencies. The spokesman and president of a local organization said he was called to secure donors for 12 pints at Frederick Memorial Hospital. the hospital usually provides blood but seeks replacement or payment if possible. The only available list was a 1953 Red Cross entry, indicating no current up-to-date donor list.
Docket entries show appeals filed in Circuit Court from magistrate rulings. Fines include Paul W Fogle for illegal passing, Vernon C Crum mitt for accident with damage, and Arthur Parnell for assault on Aaron R Ogle with a one year sentence. Clarence E Snowden faces assault and battery charges. Theodore M Leipthart charged with disturbing the peace with a $100 penalty for 60 days. Trials have no dates yet.
Franklin D. Baugher and Roy C. Baugher Jr., sons of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Baugher Sr., enlisted this year and are stationed in Georgia. Franklin entered Jan 13 at Fort Jackson, now at Fort Benning with address US 52392226, Co A 3rd Inf Bn 3rd Ind Div. Roy Jr. enlisted June 22, trained at Fort Jackson, now at Camp Gordon with address US 52392942, Student Co 1, TSESS. They are brothers of Joseph S. Baugher, Navy veteran of World War II, and Sgt. Martin L. Baugher, Korean War veteran.
Frederick alderman and Planning Commission member E Paul Magaha issues a formal statement to explain his negative vote on October 17 in a four to one decision approving preliminary plans for the Frederick Shopping Center. He cites downtown impact and parking, noting his own business interests and the earlier residential vs commercial development questions.
Pfc William S. Gore 23 son of Mr and Mrs B F Gore Brunswick recently graduated from the Infantry Division Noan Commissioned Officer Academy in Hiawan. He studied administrative procedures leadership and modern military techniques at the academy. Gore, a member of the Heavy Mortar Company of the 2nd Infantry Division, entered the Army in October 1954 after attending Clemson Agricultural College and working for Bowers Construction Co in Raleigh, Virginia.
IPAS background shows a call for prioritizing a residential project of about 100 to 206 homes, but only five or six exist. Officials favor a smaller residential area to support a community shopping service and downtown tax revenue, opposing a metropolitan shopping center. The Planning Commission hearing on October 17 raised claims of changes to the approved plat and a request to delay approval pending further study and related projects.
Baltimore Colts president Don Kellett condemned a Life magazine caption claiming Don Joyce slugged Les Richter as unfair. He asserted Joyce defended himself after Richter elbowed him and struck him in the groin, and noted film proves Richter the aggressor in the Dec. 5 game a 22-21 Colts victory.
A series of Dorothy Dix letters addresses relationship troubles among young women. Topics include jealousy, a boyfriend with another girl, and the strain of military separation. Advice urges trust, discarding the interfering friend, and guiding a spoiled, immature partner toward growth and commitment.
Rev James F Rogers returned home after visiting with Mr and Mrs Samuel Warfield on North Market street Miss Pat Morgan Scotland Miss Mary Scheuer Baltimore and Mr and Mrs Ernest N Shipley Cheverly visited Mr and Mrs G William Shipley on Washington street over the weekend Dr and Mrs D Paul Smelser Cincinnati visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs John E Thompson at Camp Detrick Dr Smelser a former New Windsor resident Mrs Allister M MacKay AAUW president Mrs William R Hinshaw AAUW state VP and Miss Katherine Wehler attended the Maryland AAUW state board meeting at National Headquarters in Washington Mr and Mrs Bernard E Kelly announce the birth of daughter Kathryn Elizabeth at Frederick Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds seven ounces Mrs Kelly is Betty Bachtell Smithsburg Mother and daughter are doing nicely Airman 3/c Charles N May on leave with pneumonia at Camp Detrick Hospital will report to Sheppard AFB Texas after recovery Mr and Mrs Winton Hubble announce birth of daughter Karen Anne on October 17 at Frederick Memorial Hospital weight seven pounds 12% ounces Mrs Hubble is Joyce Fisher of Harmony.
Among The Sick Mrs. Mary Shaeffer of Park Avenue fell at home last week and is in satisfactory condition as a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Miss Louise Frock has been ill at her aunt’s home. Mrs. Charles Masser of Motter Place is slowly improving. Ronald Joseph Covell, son of Mrs. Evelyn Philhower of Washington, D. C., fell Friday at school and broke his left arm and is getting along nicely.
Dr Forbes Burgess visited Union Bridge to probe health code violations on a farm area leased to the town. The land lies one mile from Union Bridge, Frederick county, and is claimed to fall under Frederick county jurisdiction. Carroll county initiated action to resolve which county has authority.
Maryland Senator J Glenn Beall plans to ask Interior Secretary McKay about developing an American newsprint industry in Alaska. He has sought the Justice Department anti trust division's view on Canadian newsprint, amid reports of $5 per ton price hikes. Beall suggested Canadian producers may dodge monopoly charges by staggered price increases and urged steps to spur private capital under government supervision, plus a possible Alaska pulp wood supply initiative.
Joe L. Brown aged 37, son of comedian Joe E. Brown, was named general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates to succeed Branch Rickey Sr. for a one year term. He will take over November 1 with Rickey in advisory capacity and Branch Jr. to run the farm system.
About 350 people from Frederick and Montgomery counties attend the grand opening of the Ralston Purina Company’s new mill in Morrisburg Pennsylvania. Bus guests come from Jefferson Ramsburg Fernhaver Co Frederick and others. Walkersville area groups arrive by car from Poolesville and nearby towns. The mill will produce 15 000 tons of Purtha Chow monthly, aiming for faster service to local customers.
Jesse Jenkins Imimatsburz was admitted recently to Annie M. E. Warner Hospital in Getix shir for medical care.
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