Bright Outlook for Realtors Brings Hope for Real Estate
Edwin L. Stoll of the National Association of Real Estate Boards told the Real Estate Board of Frederick at a reorganization dinner that real estate remains the bellwether of the economy with a projected strong demand for housing. He cited rising family formation, Veteran GI home purchases, and population growth as drivers for expanding homes, stores, and farms, urging civic action to improve property standards and demolish unsafe structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Stoll
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Real Estate Board of Frederick, Inc
Francis Scott Key
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Canada
Stoll
Build
America
NAREB
Gilmore R. Flautt
R. Patrick Turner
G. Wilson Mercer
Howard
Fink
Emmett R. Bowlus
Gordon W. Spurrier
Flautt
Bowlus
Efarnsworth
Mercer
Edwin Stoffer
Howard A. Gross
George M. Chapline
Ned S. Zeiler
Ralph W. Boyer
Vaccine study to test influenza shot in Montgomery County
A University of Pittsburgh influenza vaccine project will start about November 1 in three Montgomery County elementary schools. Dr. Harold H. Mitchell says the study, conducted by the National Institutes of Health with Montgomery County Health Department cooperation, will include Pleasant View Highland and Forest Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pittsburgh
Montgomery County
Harold H. Mitchell
Montgomery County Health Department
National Institutes of Health
Pleasant View
Health de- Forest Grove
Highland
Towson Chartering Attended by Frederick Jaycees Officials
Two Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce representatives attended the chartering of a new Towson Jaycees chapter on Wednesday night. Gerard Delaplaine Jr. served as president and Lloyd K. Hoover as state vice president, with Mrs. Hoover also present. The event took place at Peerce's Plantation north of Towson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towson
Frederick
North Market PTA Meets to Welcome Members and Honor Former Teachers
About 250 people attended the first regular North Market Street School PTA meeting. James Fraser welcomed all, noted a $90 donation from North End Civic Association, and presented silver bud vases to retired teachers Beulah Moberly and Minnie Cockerly. Deputy officers were introduced, attendance awards issued, new albums displayed, and plans made for two pre Christmas square dances. A convention delegate was chosen for the Maryland Congress of Parents in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Market Street
PTA
James Fraser
North End Civic Association
North Market Street School
Beulah Moberly
Minnie Cookerly
Fraser
Miss Moberly
Miss Cockerly
Mr. Fraser
E. Donald McLuckie
Derr
Stine
McLuckie
Maryland Congress of Parents
Bob Nt
Baltimore
West South Street Extension Nears Completion
West South Street extension from Jefferson to Patrick is near completion with a final seal coat expected Friday, but opening date to traffic remains undecided as East South Street improvements continue. City officials may delay opening pending East South Street work while contractors L R Waesche and Sons push grading and base work. East South Street is being widened and repaved, with new heavy rails installed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad where tracks cross the improvement area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West South Street
Jefferson
Patrick Streets
East South Street
Wisner
Franklin Streets
South Street
Patrick Street
L. R. Waesche and Sons
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Middletown Grange Entry Wins In Quartet Contest
The Middletown Grange quartet led by Cecil Holter Sr and Jr with Robert and Richard Holter won the Unionville Grange event over Lewistown’s entry. Second place went to Bell Firer Wise Powell of Lewistown district. The Pomona quarterly meeting is set for November 7 at Carroll Manor Grange hall Adamstown with Howard County Grange guest and lunch by Adamstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Grange
Lewistown
Unionville
Pomona
Carroll Manor
Adamstown
Howard County Grange
Vernon Holter
Prominent Churchman Retires From C P After 37 Years
Edward Rice, longtime Calvary Methodist Church member and prominent county lay churchman, retires after 37 years with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Known for devotion to religious causes, he plans more time for faith work, quotes St. Paul, and will continue to substitute in services. He lives on East Seventh Street, widowed, with two sons and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sullivan
Edward
Rice
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Calvary Methodist Church
Ed Rice
Mr. Rice
Jefferson
Olin W
Emma Rice
Telephone Company
Earl Zeigler
Walter Zeigler
C. A. Gibson
Edward Rice
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
E. Bryan Rice
C. Albert Gilson
Albert G. Rice
Gilson
East Seventh Street
Albert Rice
Air Force
Germany
Europe
Frederick
St. Paul
Maxim
OUAM
Ricelong
Calvary Church
Calvary Parish
Frank Keefer
Edward S. Rice
Calvary Methodist Church Parish
Garden Still Flourishing Despite October Harvest
Fresh sweet corn in October astonishes Mt. Pleasant area farmer Leslie Schildt as he reports ongoing harvests of roasting ears along with corn peas lima beans and string beans. He notes his garden looks better now than in summer and remains productive despite dry weather and early frost. Crab apple and cherry trees are blooming again this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Schildt
Mt. Pleasant
Polio Case Reported in Frederick Woman
A Frederick woman, Patsy Stitely of 112 East Third Street, is being treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for non-paralytic polio announced by the county health department. She fell ill Monday and shows no paralysis according to Dr. Forbes H. Burgess, county health officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Patsy Stitely
East Third Street
Gerald Stitely
Forbes H. Burgess
Fall Meeting of Potomac Synod in Middletown
More than 100 delegates from Carroll Frederick and Washington Counties gathered at Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church Middletown for the Potomac Synod fall meeting. Dr Oliver K Maurer Red Lion Pa presented the churchs next year program and urged continued benevolent apportionment support. Mrs E Roy Corman led prayers for world missions as the Women s Guild showcased its work. Theophil Twente and other church leaders spoke on international missions and Kingdom Service. Delegates held group conferences on opportunities and challenges, closing with a commitment service led by Dr Maurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Carroll
Frederick
Washington
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
Middletown
Potomac Synod
Oliver K. Maurer
Red Lion
Maurer
E. Roy Corman
Worldwide Missionary Enterprise
Women's Guild
Henry C. Koch
Commission On World Service
Theophil Twente
Board of International Missions
Kingdom Service
Francis A. Leiby
Baltimore
Raymond Wilhelm
Driver Struck While Eating Sandwich Causes Rear Collision
A woman, Mae F. Johnson, 62, of Cheverly, sustained a minor injury in a rear end crash on North Market Street near Seventh Street as Wilbur A. Johnson stopped for a red light. Robert L. Devilbiss of Thurmont, who was eating a sandwich, struck Johnson's car from behind. Devilbiss faced reckless driving charges with a hearing set for October 27. In a separate incident on East Seventh Street, Roy Williamson of Camp Derrick hit a parked car owned by William C. Wachter, resulting in minor damages. Williamson was arrested for failing to stop after striking an unattended vehicle and faces a magistrate court hearing tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Market Street
Seventh Street
Mae F. Johnson
Cheverly
Wilbur A. Johnson
Market Street
Robert L. Devilbiss
Thurmont
Route 1
Johnson
Devilbiss
Sergt
Daniel Swomley
East Seventh Street
Middle Alley
Roy Williamson
Camp Detrick
William C. Wachter
West South Street
Wachter
Ben Phebus
Nathan Dorsey
Williamson
Magistrate’s Court
Associated Women of Farm Bureau Tour Through Carroll County
The Associated Women of the Carroll County Farm Bureau and the Union Bridge Planning Group will entertain about 49 Baltimore City Homemakers on Friday. The tour begins around 10:30 from Westminster Municipal Parking lot and visits the Earl Wilhide farm, the Joseph Cushen farm, Francis Scott Key birthplace, Weybright Homestead, and Keysville dairy plant before ending in Taneytown and Westminster. Carroll County Agent Landon Burns will lead with group representatives explaining farm methods and problems to city visitors. Surplus funds from the 1953 Cancer Crusade totaled 382,975 to support Maryland cancer control, with 34,000 allocated for research grants beyond budget needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Women
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Union Bridge
Francis ‘Scott Key
Roy Baumgartner
Keymar
Weybright
Keysville
Taneytown
Westminster
Carroll County
Landon Burns
Associated Women and Planning Group
Maryland
C. Bernard Brack
American Cancer Society
Brack
Orphans Court Receives Several Executor Accounts
Multiple administrator accounts were filed and approved in the Orphans Court and by Register of Wills Carry D. Radcliff. Delma P. Oland and Lewis M. Sponseller reported total accounted for 39,159.94 with 29,745.17 net, distributions to widow and four daughters, and life estate realty valued at 29,850. Western Maryland Trust Company’s account showed 11,450.57 total with 9,242.71 net for a niece and nephew. Mary F. Allen and Dorothy F. McBride filed the final account totaling 83,359.26 with 68,481.97 net, evenly split between two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Register of Wills
D. Radcliff
Delma P. Oland
Lewis M. Sponseller
Charles D. Oland
Alferna O. Day
Katherine
Routzahn
Jane
Best
Joan O. Hahn
Margaret Oland
Office of Register of Wills
Western Maryland Trust Company
John Q. Rodock
Regina Elizabeth Bushwalter
William J. Bushwaller
Mary F. Allen
Dorothy F. McBride
Mary C. Filler
Allen
McBride
Ring Leader Given Term
Margason George Ridenour a 21 year old Thurmont man linked as ring leader of a juvenile night riding gang was sentenced to 18 months in the State Reformatory for Males after pleading guilty to petty larceny before Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer. His marriage to Alice L Smith of Woodsboro occurred at the jail with Turnkey Mathias Miller present. Richard E Zimmerman defended him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Reformatory
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Margason George Ridenour
Thurmont
Reformatory
Alice L. Smith
Woodsboro
Mathias Miller
Richard E. Zimmerman
Ridenour
Schnauffer
Thurmont High School
Free Europe Broadcast Tricked Communists
Joseph P. Grew said Radio Free Europe penetrated the Iron Curtain by fooling Czechoslovaks with a fictitious story of two men who claimed to renounce communism. He noted newspapers later exposed the tale as a lie, proving the broadcast’s reach and the Communists’ gullibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph P. Grew
Japan
Czechoslovakia
Radio Free Europe
Crusade For Freedom
Grew
Jin
Deeds Recorded For Multiple Woodville Area Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office documenting transfers of several properties. John H Getzendanner and spouse sold land to William G McCross and spouse in a 197.63 acre Woodville district farm for about 29000. Catoctin Estates Inc sold land to Clarence R Bosses 2 on east side of Biggs avenue for roughly 17000. Millard L Seward sold to Robert Hiltner Jr a 14 acre tract with improvements along ML Zion church road Braddock Heights in Ballenger district for about 5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Getzendanner
William G. McCross
Woodville
Catoctin Estates, Inc
Clarence R
Biggs Avenue
Millard L. Seward
Robert Hiltner, Jr
ML Zion Church
Braddock Heights
Ballenger District
Babson's Visionary List of Future Inventions
Babson outlines ten future breakthroughs including indestructible plastics, new metals and alloys, commercial isotopes, DIY home industries, mechanical brains, watch supersonics, revived vending machines, broadcast electric power, conveyor belts, and solar radiation power. He predicts automatic factories, cheaper prices, and a shift to an electronic and supersonic age, urging spiritual development and service as prosperity's basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Grand Central Station
Times Square
New York City
Fortune Magazine
Congress
Pub. Fin. Bu. Inc
Brunswick Horse Show Draws Large Crowd at Scheer Stadium
A full-house at Scheer Stadium hosted by the Silver Bit Riding club featured many classes and winners. Harwood Watson chaired the event with Ruth Summers Duvall as secretary and J Preston Howard as ring master. Judges included J Marlin Burkholder and William Amos Tyrconnell Farms supplied the jumpers. Richard Newelty announced. Winners spanned Open five gaited to children's pleasure, with Genus Mac, Sparkling Bourbon, and King O Cotton among top entries. Pony driving exhibition closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Scheer Stadium
Silver Bit Riding Club
Bertram Enfield
Harwood Watson
Ruth Summers Duvall
Millard Smith, Jr
Rosemont
J. Preston Howard
Hagerstown
J. Marlin Burkholder
Greencastle
William Amos
Tyrconnel Farms
Richard Newelty
Baltimore
Open
Frst
Genus Mac
Joe Dimichel
Carl Yenser
Dimichel
Peggy Keyser
Foxy Barrymore
Earl Rohrer
Bill Cushna
Holland Moonbeam
Bert Enfield
Enfield
Stardust
Glenn H. Dietz
Dietz
Blondie
Sonny Miller
Miller
Beauty
Leon Enfield
Baby
Leslie Frye
William Bloyer
Walking Horse
King O' Cotton
John Needy
Sassy Sue
Eve Leonard
Acis Stardust
Koontz
Trigger
Rohrer
Miss Mullett
Eukles
Cavetown
Bushey
Kim
Western Trail
Cady
Nellie Smith
Leo Frye
Foxy
Barrymore
Pat Eakles
Doc
Watson
Toney
Ruby W. Kemp
Dawnee Lee Kemp
Trixie
Tom Watson
Champ
Floyd Shaff
Shafé
W. R. Nalley
Ollie Rosenberry
Braddock Heights
Dinner Meeting Of Zonta Club Held In Frederick
President Catherine Johnson presided at the Zonta Club dinner in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Dr. Clark Mueller spoke on the United Nations while Mrs Sonia Weener and Mrs Rhoda Fogle attended events with district colleagues. The club invited by the Frederick County Association Help for Retarded Children, next meeting to report on district 3 activities. Also notes guests include Mrs Merle Kinsey and Mrs Emily Payne. Prices at Woodsboro Livestock Sales held steady with cattle and hog prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Johnson
Sonia Weener
Frederick Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key
Wedgwood Room
Johnson
Mamie Eisenhower
Zonta
Washington
Rhoda Fogle
Zontians
Optimists
Frederick County Association
Onica Prail
Clark Mueller
Dr. Mucker
Hood College
United Nations
Merle Kinsey
Emily Payne
Margrete Dill
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Market
PTA Meet
West South St. Extension
Middletown Grange
Salvation Army
Pennsylvania
Synod
Associated Women of Farm Bureau
Free Europe
Babson
Roger W. Babson
Babson Park, Mass
Annapolis
Henry W. Trott Jr
Elmore Roberts
John M. Clem
Roger W. Bal
Zonta Club
Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc
N . Brwspate
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