Paralytic Won License Then Fatal 1960 Car Crash
Daniel Walderman of Baltimore obtained a driver's license while listing spastic paralytic on his application. He passed one exam after failing another, received approval, and two months later his car veered across a four lane highway, killing Barbara Zeller and Bessie Taborsky. Two others injured. Walderman charged with manslaughter but case held in abeyance. The case prompted protests to the Motor Vehicles Department over medical board review procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Department of Motor Vehicle
Daniel Walderman
Walderman
U. S. 140
Pikesville
Barbara Zeller
Bessie M. Taborsky
Motor Vehicles Department
Eldridge H. Wolff
Cambridge
Wolff
Atomic menace definite but not imminent says admiral
Washington Oct 22 Admiral Robert Carney of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the Soviet atomic menace is definite but not imminent. He warned of a growing Russian naval threat, noting submarines and hydrogen weapon capability as likely if the United States can do it. He urged continued atomic submarine development and flexible planning for future moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Carney
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Carney
United States
Missouri
Two Soldiers Injured When Car Runs Off Route 40
Two soldiers were injured when a 1931 Chevrolet left Route 40 east of Frederick around 9 AM. Trooper Kreisinger said speeding was probable as the car struck a telephone pole, toppled an embankment, and caused about $600 damage. Taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment were Sgt. Gary T. Smailwood and Pfc. Ralph K. Maskrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Philip Kreisinger
Frederick Memorial
Gary T. Smailwood
Ft. Hays
Columbus
Ralph K. Maskrey
Fort Meade
Smailwood
Maskrey
Divorce Granted in Circuit Court Action
A decree filed Monday by Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer grants an absolute divorce to Mary L Dorsey of Gainesville from Preston V Dorsey of Browningsville. The defendant is ordered to pay costs. plaintiff represented by Wilber F Sheffield Jr. IPHIVE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick M Schnauffer
Mary L. Dorsey
Gainsville
Preeton V. Dorses
Browningsville
Wilber F. Sheffield, Jr
Drivers Win Acquittals On Charges After Crash
Two drivers charged after a Route 404 rear collision with a tractor were acquitted in Peoples Court before Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield. Creager claimed the tractor had lights. Summers said he saw no lights and struck the rear of the vehicle. The tractor was demolished with about $200 damage to the car and Creager sustained a scalp injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Braddock
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
James Bernard Creager
Route 5
Frederick
Paul Henry Summers
Creager
Summers
Route 1
Thurmont
Market
Seventh Streets
A. Aubrey Sodine
Baltimore
North Market Street
Dan Swomley
R. Arnold Simmons
Herefords Sell For 118 390 At Spring Valley Auction
Fifty polled Hereford bulls and females sold at Springs Valley Farms Poolesville for 118.30 average 2368 second highest US record this year. SV Choice Domino 154th fetched 25000 from C E Nash Illin ois setting area single animal record. Owners A G Rolfe John A Rolfe with manager A Leland Clark. Auction drew about a thousand from 16 states led by Col Jewett Fulkerson and Col Hamilton Jones. First sales averaged 4696. Cir cle M Ranch Miss holds county cattle sales high average at 7230. This sale seventh for SV farm, largest in region yearly attendance rising. Previous year totals 57000 98000. Rolfes hosted 175 buyers at Francis Scott Key Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springs Valley Farms
Poolesville
United States
C. E. Nash
Illinois
A. G
John A. Rolfe
A. Leland Clark
Jewett Fulkerson
Liberty
Hamilton Jones
Newton
Circle M. Ranch
Senatobia
Miss
Spring Valley
A. G. Rolfe
Francis Scott Key
Senior 4-H Club Plans Achievements Night and Events
The Senior 4-H Club met in the Extension Service room to set November 4 as Achievement Night at Frederick High School. They will sponsor a basketball tournament and host a square dance December 18 at Walkersville fire hall. Funds totaling 28.40 were raised for a road sign project. members discussed ticket sales for the Eastern National Livestock Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
Rendell Rhoderick
Frederick High School
Walkersville Fire Hall
Thomas
Esther Lady
Arthur Flanigan
Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Charles Latz
Middletown
Theocal
S T ‘Ann Runkles
Massive timberland blaze hits Mt Lena area in Washington county
A forest fire burned about 15 acres in the Mt Lena region near the Frederick Washington county line, west of Route 4. Spotted by motorists early Tuesday, the blaze drew responders from Washington county and required a State Police trooper to keep the access road clear. By 11 a.m. the fire was under control but still hot, with crews remaining on scene to prevent flare ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Lena
Washington County
Frederick- Washington County
Frederick
Hagerstown
Forest Warther
Herman Toms
Mt. Lena
Bagtown
Route 4
Persen
Tems
State Police
Cancer Reports Give New Hopes On Diagnosis Progress
Dr J R Heller director of the National Cancer Institute spoke at the fall adult education series, noting no cure by chemical means yet while praising progress in diagnosis and treatment. He described radioactive iodine tracing and sonic detection ideas, warned against quack cures, and urged regular exams for early detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
J. R. Heller
National Cancer Institute
Heller
National Institutes of Health
Illinois
Ibut
Scandinavia
England
Mexico
India
Helier
Hood College meeting opens with NIH research talk
Dr Andrew Meyer, head of Hood’s English department, opened the meeting as Dr Margaret Deringer, Hood class of 1936 and NIH researcher, introduced the speaker for the cancer control program event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Control Program
Margaret Deringer
Hood
National Institutes of Health
Andrew Meyer
Bell and Weather Vane From Here In Museum
The Transportation Museum in Baltimore displays Frederick B and O artifacts including the brass station bell from Carroll and Saints streets and a sheet metal weather vane depicting a Camel back locomotive. An oil painting of the first B and O train in Frederick in 1839 is also shown. the museum sits in Mt. Clare roundhouse and is open Tuesday through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. and O
Frederick
B. and O. ‘Transportation Museum
Baltimore
Carroll and Saints Streets
Market and Saints Streets
B and O
Transportation Museum
Mt. Clare
Education Week Observed Across Maryland Schools
American Education Week will be observed in Maryland schools from November 14 with the national theme Good Schools are Your Responsibility. Sponsors include the State Department of Education the Maryland State Teachers Association the Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers and the Maryland Department of the American Legion. Daily topics run from Moral and Spiritual Foundations November 8 to Parent and Teacher Teamwork November 14 with lessons on fundamentals national strength loyal citizenship school board action and your child's teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
State Department of Education
Maryland State Teachers’ Association
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
Maryland Department of the American Legion
Twin Calves Born to Thurmont Farmer Vincent Jackson
Vincent Jackson, elderly farmer near Jimtown in Thurmont-Creagers, welcomed twin Holstein calves on his farm. One calf initially required special attention but soon grew spry like its twin. This marks only the second twin birth in his long dairy-keeping career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Jackson
Thurmont-Creagerstown
Jimtown
Mr. Jackson
Frederick Halloween Parade Invites All to Participate
Gerald Smith, head of the Frederick Halloween parade committee, calls for all Frederick residents to join the Saturday night parade. Prizes reward best dressed in comic and artistic costumes for both children and adults, with final judging at Winchester Hall after the parade. Mayors of Frederick and Hagerstown will review from a stand at Market and Second Streets, with tickets handed out by spotters for finalists. Floats assemble on East Eighth Street, artistic entries on East Seventh, comic and organization sections on West Seventh. The parade starts Seventh Street and ends near Church, weather permitting with a 5 p.m. cancellation radio alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Smith
Frederick Hallowe'en
Frederick
Winchester Hall
Donald B. Rice
Hagerstown
Market
Second Streets
Chapman Smith
East Seventh Street
West Seventh Street
East Eighth Street
Accidental shooting injures teen near Taneytown
State Police said Billy M. Gillespie, 17, of Route L Taneytown, accidentally shot himself in the calf with a .22 rifle while shunting crows near his home. The gun misfired and he was taken to a Taneytown physician for surgery to remove the bullet. his condition was listed as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy M. Gillespie
Route L
Taneytown
Answer Filed to Raceway Suit at Mountain Top Speedway
Eight property owners near Mountain Top Speedway seek injunctions over alleged nuisance. William F. Suter, operating as Mountain Top Speedway, asks for dismissal, denying harm from dust and asserting no irreparable damage. He notes leaseholders Newton Kefauver Jr. and Benjamin Schell and challenges the bill's equity basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Top Speedway
Equity
William F. Suter
Frederick
Braddock Heights
William Larsen
Robert C. Sorrentino
William Wallace
Harris E. Binder
Suter
Catoctin Mountain
Newton Kefauver, Jr
Benjamin Schell
Richard E. Zimmerman
Byron W. Thompson
Speedway
Court of Equity
Nursing assistants course opens in Winchester Hall
Civil Defense volunteers, mainly Frederick County women, begin a nurses assistants training Nov 5 at 7 30 p m in Winchester Hall led by Mrs Fred Ward and Mrs Ernest Berger. A day course is planned soon. The Red Cross Home Nursing program aims to prepare a competent corps for emergencies and to aid home care for the sick. Civil Defense Chief J Roger Fisher invites men to join daytime or evening classes if able.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Fred Ward
Ernest Berger
Red Cross Home Nursing Committee
Red Cross
Key Post To Seek Members For 1954 Legion Drive
Kickoff for the 1954 Francis Scott Key Post No 11 membership drive is set for Thursday evening with J Robert Edwards as membership chairman. The committee will meet at 7:30 pm to renew existing memberships and recruit new ones for 1954. The goal is 900 members, up from a 1953 total of 638 and a high of 641 in earlier years, to rank second in Western Maryland district and rival Hagerstown. The post aims to enroll WWI WW II and Korean veterans and emphasizes service to the Frederick community through child welfare work and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
J. Robert Edwards
Key Post
Edwards
Focal Post
Thehairman
Maryland
Hagerstown
George E. VanFossen
National Organization
Frederick
VanFossen
Key
Post
Legionnaires
Newton Baker Veterans’ Hospital
Four Harrisburg youths halted on way to Florida
Four Harrisburg youths aged 12 to 14 told police they skipped school after recess Monday and fired paper clips at train passengers with improvised sling shots. After rides toward Gettysburg and Frederick, an Esso station employee alerted police and the youths were returned to their homes by their parents. The incident ended without further action, as authorities learned the tale at headquarters late last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Miami
Fla
Frederick
Gettysburg
Esso
Fourth and Market
Fire Captain Dies After Life-Saving Oak Park Rescue
CHICAGO W Fire Capt Albert Voight in charge of the inhalator squad answered a Monday call at John O Briens Oak Park home. OBrien unconscious, Dr Arthur Weihe diagnosed coronary thrombosis and instructed continued aid. Voight collapsed after 15 minutes of rescue efforts. despite attempts, he did not recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert Voight
John O'Brien
Oak Park
O'Brien
Voight
Arthur Weihe
Weihe
Dr. Weihe
Weibe
Found Not Liable In Suit For Damages
A jury in the Circuit Court found Earl H. Cline and Monocacy Motors, Inc. not liable for damages after deliberating over an hour regarding a trailer overturn in a field along Route 15 between Hansonville and Lewistown in February 1951. Plaintiffs owed $149 for services rendered at the time of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl H. Cline
Monocacy Motors, Inc
Route 15
Hansonville
Lewistown
Stedman Prescott
Francis S. K. Matthews
Weldon T. Lawrence
Weldon T. Lawrence, Jr
Lawrence Transfer Company
Roanoke
James McSherry
Mathias
Frederick considers hiring Johns Hopkins expert for water study
Mayor May or Donald B. Rice said Frederick may hire Dr Abel Wolman, head of Johns Hopkins civil engineering, to conduct a general study of the city water supply. Wolman would assess current and future needs, source development options, metering advantages, distribution deficiencies, and a long term development plan with city cooperation. The board will decide next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Donald B. Rice
Abel Welman
Department of Civil Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Seattle
Wash
Welman
State Department of Health
Singapore
Harry B. Shaw
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Shaw
Dr. Wolman
Rice
Clyde M. Roney
Allen G. Quynn
W. Raymond Walter
William J. Davis
Baltimore
Wolman
Whitman, Reynardt and Associates
Willing Workers Meet at Mrs Tabor Lutheran Church
The Willing Workers of Mrs Tabor Lutheran Church met Oct 20 with 16 members present. Officers for 1954 elected include President Mrs Guy Krom and secretary Mrs Kenneth Mathias. They planned an oyster supper for Oct 31 and a banquet for Rocky Ridge firemen on Nov 12, plus a hymn sing or covered dish at Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor Lutheran Church
Guy ‘Krom
Guy Krom
William Gearheart
Kenneth Mathias
Mabel Sharrer
James Sixx
Harold Tate
Rocky Ridge
Ernest Keilholtz
Ethel Mumma
Roy Valentine
Chester Zentz
Helen Ahn
Guy Kroni
Robert Ogle
Kathryne Valentine
Bertha Dorsey
Carrie ‘Diller
Maurice Valentine
Guy Boller
Charles Mumma
Grayson Clem
D. L. Sharrer
James Lin
Jean Ogle
Peggy Ogle
Arlene Ahn
Paul Gurrier
Kenneth Sharrer
Charles Eyler
Pauline Troxell
Margaret Fleagle
Thema Bollincer
Ida Gearheart
Marian Zentz
Dai Sharrer
Harry Knight
Hemn
Mrs. Sharrer
Potato Chip Cans Used as Airtight Soap Powder Containers
Tight covered potato chip cans serve as airtight containers for soap powders, preventing caking caused by damp laundry processes. This repurposing helps maintain powder free flow and extends shelf life in practical household use.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iphive
Frank Keeter
Community Chest
Red Feather Drive
Byron W Thompson
West
Niemann Brunk
Community Chest Association
Salvation’ Army
Federated Charities
Esther Grinage
Children's Aid Society
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
Naliss
Katherine Heffner
Nellie G. Bucnannan
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick Civitan Club
Heffner
Parsons Company
Camp Detrick
Buchannan
Pride OF the Civita
Raceway
Florida
William McPherson McGill
Emmitsburg
Western Maryland
Ruby Hahn
New Market
Edwin Cowen
New York City
John Chew
Newark
N. J
O. E. Woods
Woods
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
W. S. Owen
Bluefield
Mr. Owen
Wood
Virginia West
Martha Liliton
Sue Smith
Little, Rock, Ark
East Tennessee State Teachers College
Calvary Methodist Church
Joe Wolf
Walter Eiker
Carlton Marvel
Irene Geisbert
Mabel Sheeley
John Wickless
Enoch
Royal Arch Masons
William $. Lambdin
King
James I. Ewing
Richard T. Brachey
Harry C. Schroeder
Russell L. Micheel
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