R B Wolfe Dies At His Frederick Home Civic Leader Succumbs
Roger Brad Wolfe a longtime Frederick County civic leader died at his home 315 West College Terrace about 2 15 am from a heart attack He was 70 Born August 19 1888 in Yellow Springs his career spanned farming Potomac Edison M J Grove Lime Gulf Oil and Gulf distributors He shaped Frederick Chamber of Commerce community programs and local civic groups including the Junior Chamber of Commerce Police Commission and the Community Chest He also served with the Frederick Hotel Company Knights Templar Lions Club York Rite and Ali Ghan Shrine among others Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 PM.
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Roger Brad Wolfe
Frederick County
West College Terrate
Mr. Wolfe
Yellow Springs
Willie V
Annie Belle Keyser Wolfe
Wolfe
Frederick
Potomac Edison Company
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Gulf Oil Corporation
Frederick’ Chamber of Commerce
Frederick City
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick Municipal
Yellow Gorings
Frederick Lodge
P.O. Ellis
Gold Fellows
Lynch Lodge
Enoch Royal Arch
Masons
Eastern Star
Enoch Council
Jacques
Royal Order of Jesters
Lions Club
Maryland public school enrollment shows rapid growth
State education figures show statewide enrollment at 557,540, up 30.9 percent since five years ago and 4.9 percent from last fall. Montgomery County leads in percentage growth with a 62.7 percent rise since 1953, while Baltimore County tops in total students. City enrollments remain tentative, with kindergarten participation noted in several counties. Other counties report varying five year gains and last year increases, including Anne Arundel 49 percent and Wicomico up 274 percent from 1953.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Montgomery County
State Department of Education
Washington
Baltimore City
Montgomery
Baltimore County
Baltmore County
Washington County
Caroline
Towson State Teachers College
Allegany
Prince Georges County
Anne Arundel
Frederick County
Wicomico County
Dorchester
Cecil County
Talbot
Talvert
Queen Annes
Kent
Ill Persons Voting in Hospitals and Absentee Ballots
County registrants too ill to reach polls may vote by absentee ballot for the first time this year. Only a small number had applied by the deadline, with physicians certifying illness. Ballots can be voted until polls close and will be counted with other absentees. Armed services ballots total over 50 mailed. civilian out-of-state requests closed earlier. Election officials prepare 79 voting machines for 69 precincts ahead of the weeklong election.
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Board of Registry
Registry Board
Armed Services
Board of Election
Track Upsets West Of City
A truck on U S 40 west near Harmony Road overturned when a spare tire loosened from beneath the vehicle. Guy Cross of Cumberland TE operated the ton and one half truck. The driver was uninjured. Damages were about 3156. Troopers A D Carlson and J Eccleston investigated with Tisse Tompqwbens called to wash gasoline from the road.
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Tne
U. S. 40
Harmony Road
Guy Cross
Cumberland TE
Tisse Tompbens
A. D. Carlson
J. Eccleston
Look In The Laundry Heist Shocks Downtown Kansas City
AP reports a laundry heist in downtown Kansas City. A man wrapped $550 in a towel and hid it in the back room. After the customer left, the thief escaped with the money and towels. Police found $22 at the laundry. $528 remains missing.
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Kansas City
Vincent
Como
Theodore Porter
Policeman Fires During Chase Wounding Fellow Officer
In Washington, a policeman accidentally shot a fellow officer while pursuing a burglar. Corporal Vincent E. Waller fired at the fleeing suspect as Private John Eisenbarth moved into the crossfire, a bullet hitting Eisenbarth in the leg. He was taken to Washington Hospital Center in fair condition. officers later captured the burglar.
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Washington (Ap
Vincent E. Waller
John Eisenbarth
Eisenbarth
Washington Hospital Center
County to take over two road sections for resurfacing
County Commissioners agreed to assume control of two secondary road sections from State to County management after resurfacing. The Ballenger Creek pike from U S 340 to Red Hill and the Yellow Springs pike from the Detrick by pass to Yellow Springs would be resurfaced with black top, widened, and drainage improved. Officials from the State Roads Commission and Ballenger Grange joined the group, with County Roads Engineer C Wilson Runkles and Assistant County Engineer John Mause also present.
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Ballenger Creek
U.S. 340
Red Hill
Yellow Springs
Detrick By-Pass
Walter A. Friend
State Roads Commission
Thomas G. Mohler
C. Wilson Runkles
John Mause
Delbert S. Null
Ballenger Grange
James Stup
John Renn
Charles King
Ballenger Creek Pike
Point of Rock
Mull
Mohier
Mr. Null
Menhri H. Ramsburg
A. Irvm Renn
Fearful U.N diplomats fear Soviet scuttle of test ban talks
Western diplomats at the United Nations warned of the Soviet Union potentially blocking Big Three negotiations on an inspection system to enforce a nuclear test ban. The concern followed Moscow’s flat rejection of a one year halt requested by the United States and Britain, as Geneva talks opened.
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U.N. J
Soviet Union
Geneva
Valerian Zorin
U.n.’S
Nation
Kremlin
Zorin
United States
Britain
Eisenhower
Department
Partridge Named V. P. Of Ox Fibre
Melvin H. Partridge elected vice president of Ox Fibre Brush Company at a board meeting in New York. Frederick W. Weitzel reelected president and Joseph Suche chosen secretary treasurer. Partridge, of Shookstown road, has long served Ox Fibre, including as sales manager and general sales manager, and later Air Force service. He joins two other local officers in leadership of the central office with plants in Florida and New Jersey. He and his wife Mary reside with two children Thomas and Susan.
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Osew Lofk UY
Frederick W. Weitzel
Mir
Weitzel
New York
Joseph Suche
Rockwell Terrace
Partridge
Shookstown Road
Strehe
Benson Junction
Fla
Clayton
N. J
Ox Fibre
Oral Company
Armed Forces
Air Corps
Part Iridge
Kelt
A. R. McEwen
McEwen
Mary W. Partridge
Chhildren
Thomas H
Air Force
Susan E
Goucher College
Towson
Dorchester Typhoid Carrier Linked to Family Spread
A Dorchester County grandmother was identified as a typhoid carrier after years with a mild illness. Five of her grandchildren recently fell ill, traced to transmission from her, with health officials confirming the carrier status via laboratory tests.
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Baltimore
Dorchester County
State Department of Health
Three Autos Damaged In Accidents
Two separate crashes in the county caused considerable auto damage. At Route 340 near Steiner’s Hit a 1955 Chevrolet sidewiped a tractor trailer, knocked off a guard rail, and damaged about 250 dollars. Driver Benjamin Long, 39, Jefferson, was northbound when his car struck the trailer, operated by Larry Garland Click Jr., 32, Harrisonburg, owner Maphis Chapman Corp., Har risonburg. the tractor trailer sustained no damage and no injuries occurred. The driver was cited for failing to keep to the right of center. A second crash at the Thurmont by pass and old Route 15 caused about 600 dollars damage to a 1959 Oldsmobile driven by Clifford Robinson, 32, Fort Pierce, Florida, which was rear-ended by a 1952 Pontiac driven by Arthur Shelley II, 20, Route 2, Meigs, Ga. Each vehicle sustained about 300 dollars in damage. Shelley was charged with reckless driving. Both drivers were described as colored migrant workers.
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Steiner
Joseph Benjamin Long
RFD
Jefferson
Larry Garland Click Jr
Harrisonburg
Maphis Chapman Corp
Thurmont
Smith
Clifford Robinson
Fort Pierce
Fla
Arthur Shelley IL
Route 2
Meigs
Shelley
Audited United Fund totals push toward $110000 goal
The official audited report shows 379,965 351 subscriptions toward a $110,000 goal. Potomac Edison reports 200 employees contributed $1,471.45 with almost 100 percent participation, bringing their total to $4,202.32 including a company gift. Frederick plant workers gave 491 by 102 employees and 492 by 55 Lime Kiln employees. Schools reported 1,755 in 363 subscriptions, and American Stores and Acme Markets employees contributed 259.50. Herman Hauver chairs the school collections and James R. Austin leads the employees fund division.
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Shel iCommunity Chest
Red Cross United Appeal
Potomac Edison Company
Potomac Edison
M. & Grave Lime Company
Frederick
Acme
Herman Hauver
James R. Austin
Seek Cause Of Blast Killing 22 Miners
Investigators descend 360 feet into a Pocahontas Fuel Co coal mine tunnel to probe causes of a disastrous blast that killed 22 miners. In the same region, 27 miners died in a February 4, 1957 gas explosion. Crawford Wilson, West Virginia Bureau of Mines chief, vows a formal public hearing beginning Wednesday.
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Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Crawford Wilson
West Virginia
Bureau of
Mies
Louella Gray threatens nudity during police questioning
Louella Gray, 23, was charged with robbery in Dallas when she became enraged at photographers at the police station. She threatened to remove her clothes if the photographers did not stop taking pictures, but only pulled up her sweater to shield her face.
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Dallas
Louella Gray
Jfo
Calls 76 Witnesses For Soldiers' Trial
Baltimore AP. Hymar Pressman, attorney for 11 Edgewood Army Chemical Center soldiers, issued subpoenas for 76 witnesses. The men, mostly in their early 20s, face a special court martial for disorderly conduct at an off base party. He aims to prove exemplary character and efficiency. witnesses include base men and officers, with one former serviceman from Cincinnati.
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Baltimore (Ap
Hymar Pressman
Edgewood Army Chemical Center
Edgewood
Pressman
Patriarch of Venice Is Chosen as Pope John XXII
Angelo Cardinal Roncalli, patriarch of Venice, was chosen today as the 262nd pope John XXII. At 76, he succeeds Pope Pius XI, directing the Roman Catholic Church and its half billion followers. He becomes Bishop of Rome and sovereign of Vatican City, with a long diplomatic and missionary career.
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Angelo Cardinal Roncalli
Roncalli
Venice
College of Cardinals
John XXII
Pius XI
St. Peter
Rome
Prince of the Apostles
Universal Church
West
Italy
Bergamo
Benedict XI
Congregation Propaganda Fide
For the Propagation of Faith
Benedict
Bulgaria
Turkey
Greece
French Republic
Charles de Gaulle
Pius XII
Vatican
Vichy
Valerio
Valeri
Paris
Condemnation Case On Trial Before Circuit Court Jury
A Circuit Court jury hears damages from the States Roads Commission taking about 4 of 20 acres on Seventh Street Pike near West Fourth Street, Fort Detrick, against Herbert W. Duvall and Leo P. Duvall families. The commission seeks .38 acre in fee and .92 in casements. $650 deposited as fair value. Evidence includes drainage changes and grade raising. view of the site conducted. Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer presiding.
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State Roads Commission
Seventh Street Pike
West Fourth Street
Fort Detrick
Herbert W. Duvall
Leo P. Duvall
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Cari Cline
iThe Commission
Harry A. Zentz
Lestie E. Wiles
Oscar L. Albaugh
Robert B. Ogle
Robert P. Marendt
E. Earl Remsberg
Clarence C. Dutrow
Helen A. Crum
Mary D. Gove
Harry L. Wisner
Harry G. Glisan
Henry S. Keller
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James A. Austin
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Charles W. Poole
Community Chest
Red Cross
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Harriet
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Melvin H. Parwidge
Os Fibre Brush Company
Board of
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Roman Pontifical Seminary
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