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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1958
Page
2
The Frederick News prints a late 19th century style masthead with sections on advertising, rates, and Associated Press credit. The paper notes mail and delivery details and lists subscription prices for different periods, including carrier and three-month terms. The date is Wednesday October 22, 1938.
The Food and Drug Administration reported a two year test of 200 food samples showing no need to avoid foods due to radioactivity. Tea leaves showed the highest rise in radioactivity, followed by dairy, shellfish, other fish, then canned vegetables and fruits. Edwin P. Lang and Wendell C. Wallace led the study confirming safety of foods since 1945.
Second Class Petty Officer George Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. E P U C D Mya, reenlisted after returning from Hawaii and will be stationed at Curtis Bay. Mr. Carl Gardnour observes his 67th birthday, once ran a general store in Adamstown before retirement in 1952, bedbound for two and a half years. Mr. and Mrs. C Earl Habo return to St Augustine after five weeks with Mrs Hahn’s parents in Seneca. guests at the Biddinger home include Christine Clark family, Jack Biser, and Loraine Sager. Mrs. Biddinger marks her 67th birthday with gifts and cake.
A BrunswickLetter to the Editor condemns the Frederick County Fair for promoting sex themed burlesque acts and gambling tents. The writer argues youth exposure to lewd displays harms morals and questions the fair’s benefit to the county, urging reprinting in local papers for public scrutiny.
A fragment describes carnival operators using glitzy tents and fast talk to lure visitors into gambling wheels. Sucker players lose money, sometimes over 50 dollars, while fair officials claim credit yet overlook the losses. The text notes churches and schools work to improve morals but the Frederick Fair allegedly sets setbacks for weeks.
Joyce Flisster, gifted violist, opens Hood College Public Events season at Bruinck Hall Tuesday at 5 pm. She recently performed internationally and joins Claremont Quartet December 2, with Anton Niurti pianist scheduled March 27. Flisster, a Juilliard alumna, is married to Ralph Stenderson with two daughters.
The Yellow Springs school marked the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial with an assembly and tree planting on October 27 led by fifth graders under Mrs. Evelyn Harris. A school-wide procession followed the program to the grounds where five evergreen trees were planted as windbreaks and landscape features.
Oct 29 1908 recap of events with notes on tree planting for a charity production of A Trip To The Moon led by Janet, a community gathering with local officials and politicians, and a torchlight parade planned. Also mentions a shop opening on a railway car and a football win by Mt St Mary’s College over Maryland Medical College 52 0, plus blessings sent to Pope John XIII by Dr Isaac Halevy Herzog.
West Frederick Junior High students stage a mock civic process for the Student Council election. Homerooms act as precincts with election judges tallying votes. Campaigns include posters, platforms, and speeches by nominees led by master of ceremonies Gary Roberts.
Changes on the Board of Managers include resignations by Mrs. William T. Delaplaine and Mrs. Daniel Wight, with Mrs. J Bawned Hooper invited to join. New amenities such as a Welcome Wagon oxygen tent gift, air conditioning, a postal box, and a speakers board improve patient care and staff relations. The Frederick News is provided to patients daily, and the Gift Shop continues support. In September 1958 the hospital treated 726 patients, admitted 610, discharged 605, remaining 121, with 442 births and 4 deaths. Continuous civil defense drills and training accompany ongoing fundraising and religious guidance efforts.
Among The Sick Mrs. Waller G Parker residing at the Francis Scott Key Hotel has entered the Waller View Nursing Home in Middletown. Master Stephen Lee, son of Mr and Mrs William F Lee Sr of near Urbana, fell at home Sunday and broke his arm. He is recuperating satisfactorily at home.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 PM at St Hope Simmons Pauls Lutheran Harney for Mrs Hannah C Eckenrode and L Otto Hape of Harpers Ferry. Rev Charles Held officiated with interment at the church cemetery. Passersby listed as bearers included George Clabaugh and other locals. funeral directors were Fuss and Son. The report also notes services for David Norris Robertson of 26 East Sixth Street at the Frederick Church of the Brethren with interment at Meadow Branch cemetery, and for Thomas Joseph Laparello Jr. at 19 East Church Street with interment Mount Gilvet. Additional notes mention a 1904 New Midway school class photo identified by Mrs Myrtle Wachter Haugh and a separate funeral for William C. Myers in Taneytown.
Death notices for Theodore E Beard aged 81 at Thurmont after months of illness. Former Western Maryland Railroad foreman and longtime treasurer of the cemetery company, with involvement in Thurmont Town Board and O. O. F. He survived by wife Julia and children Blanch Strine and Franklin F. Beard. Funeral arrangements at Thurmont home with service at 10:30 Saturday. interment Blue Ridge Cemetery. Also notice of William Nelson Brown of Ardmore formerly Damascus who died Oct 23 at Charles Johnson Convalescent Home, survived by wife Hilda and siblings, with Ardmore services and burial at Mariottsville, PA. Additional obituary for Edward L. Shankle of Buckeystown, age 76, died in Washington. Survived by daughter, grandchildren, and brothers. services at Chevy Chase funeral home with interment Cedar Hill. Ruth Snider of Harney died at 82 in Baltimore. former Saint Pauls Lutheran Church member with funeral arrangements and calling hours.
Baltimore attorney S A R Speaker of the Maryland State Board of Law Examiners spoke at the Sergeant Lawrence Everhart Chapter dinner in the Francis Scott Key Hotel warning against centralization of Federal power and the federal role in schools, tying it to a drift toward socialism and unchecked income taxes. The event honored Repudiation Day with attendees including W Jerome Offutt and local dignitaries.
Allen Geisbert of Route 3 Gaithersburg was sentenced by Magistrate Edward J. Smith to 30 days in jail and fined 30 dollars plus costs for two motor vehicle violations. He pleaded guilty to operating on a revoked license and failing to appear. The case cites three prior revoked license offenses and a December trial date dispute.
Twenty years ago in The News, Oct. 23, 1938, reprints note a memorial dinner planned for Chief Judge Hammond Crner of the Sixth Judicial Circuit before his December retirement. Frederick County Bar Association discussed the event at a meeting. ADMINTON is the vogue in Frederick this winter with YMCA Tuesday night games. Eligible State Police recruits include Woodrow W. Corbin and William E. Owara of Frederick. EO Kuhn, now Mt. St. Marys College student, spoke to the Frederick Lions about the system at Father Flanagan's.
James Houck, 2, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Houck of Emmitsburg, was treated at Warder Hospital Gettysburg for a fracture of the left upper arm suffered Sunday when he fell from the front to the back seat of an alley car.
Defense Secretary Neil McElroy arrived in Ankara for talks with Turkish leaders and American military advisers on allied defense problems. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Ethel P. Black at St. Matthew's Church Pleasant Valley with interment in St. Matthew's cemetery. Pallbearers included Norman Devilbiss, Walter Hilterbrick, and members of Taney Lodge 10.0.F. Funeral directors C. O. Fuss and Son coordinated arrangements.
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