Highways Need Speedy Expansion Across Nation
The piece notes GM President Harlow Curtis warn that highway lag costs $5 billion annually and diesel power boosts road building. Washington Bureau projects 61 million vehicles currently on roads, rising 33 percent in a decade, signaling urgent nationwide and state action to expand highways by 1965.
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Chicago
General Motors Corporation
Harlow H. Curtis
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
U. S
Pool Group To Take Up Fund Raising Plan
Members of the Swimming Pool Association of Thurmont will meet Thursday night at the American Legion ballroom to discuss plans for their coming fund campaign. Mrs. Joseph Graves acting secretary said the meeting would begin at eight o'clock at the Thurmont Legion Post. Eastern county residents interested in joining the association are invited to attend. Deeds were recorded in the Clerk's office for the sale of several properties. Mr and Mrs Osear William Barber sold to Olive H. McArthur Bakersfield Calif the Red House farm of 954 acres in Woodville district plus about 59 acres and improvements for about 26 000. Mr and Mrs Arthur M Stover sold to Mr and Mrs Raymond E Bowers Sr the property at West Seventh street and Biggs avenue for around 216000.
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Swimming Pool Association of
Thurmont
American Legion
Joseph Graves
Thurmont Legion Post
Eastern County
Osear William Barber
Olive H. McArthur
Bakersfield
Calif
Red House
Woodville
Arthur M. Stover
Raymond E. Bowers Sr
West Seventh Street
Biggs Avenue
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Colonne Of The News
Surprise arose at a city meeting when Baltimore and Frederick Electric Railway reps claimed the city bond for 2000 was not legally binding upon expiry of their franchise yesterday. MR. FRANK B. SAPPINGTON resigns as Prohibition county chair. Jacob L. Engelbrecht named to fill the vacancy with a county convention Sept 23. Farmers near Myersville subscribe to start a lime company to operate next season. A push to elect Mr. Reno S. Harp Frederick as Republican State Central Committee chairman gained momentum in Baltimore. Frank James and Richard Brucher of Ox Fibre Brush Co each lost tips of two fingers trimming brushes.
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Baltimore and Frederick Electric Railway Company
Frank B. Sappington
Prohibition Party
Jacob L. Engelbrecht
Myersville
Reno S. Harp
Frederick
Republican State Central Committee
Baltimore
Frank James
Richard Brucher
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Board of Aldermen Eye Sept 24 Bond Election Cost
The Board of Aldermen discussed the Sept 24 special election to finance 35 percent of the Frederick sewerage system and estimated costs around 100 dollars. Special prizes will be offered for the largest pumpkins at the Frederick Fair, with about 5,000 copies of the premium list mailed. Mr and Mrs Amos A Holter bought property at 120 North Court Street, an 11 room brick dwelling and lot, planning to move by Oct 1. Mr and Mrs Millard Rice and son, formerly in Idaho Springs, Colorado, have arrived in Frederick County and reside now in Jefferson.
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Board OF Aldermen
Frederick Fair
Amos A. Holter
William B. Bennett
North Court Street
Millard
Rice and Son
Idaho Springs
Colo
Frederick County
Jefferson
WMAR Sports Director Hosts Kiwanis Luncheon Program
WMAR TV sports director Matt Thomas spoke to Baltimore Kiwanis about TV production costs and sports rights including a Maryland U S A game price around 10 000. He demonstrated singing and oratory and noted WMAR’s mobile telecasts as a local lead. Babe Ruth League guests attended.
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Kiwanians
Matt Thomas
Wmar TV
Channel 2
Baltimore
Thomas
Ole Man River
Sperry Storm
Gordon Palmer
Mr. Thomas
Maryland
Viewen
Wmar-Tv
Edward Mull
Glenn A. Main
Local medical updates from Frederick area
Among The Sick Mir Grayson Nikirk Center street is a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital and improving nicely. Mr G Frank Thomas a Frederick business man underwent an operation at University Hospital in Baltimore Friday and is reported satisfactorily. Mrs Thelma Lewis Morgan 137 West Patrick street ill at home is somewhat improved. Mrs Paul Owens Lewistown is a parent at Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment. Nancy Exster daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Evster. Emmitsburg recuperating from a fracture of the left arm suffered Saturday morning while roller skating.
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Mir
Grayson Nikirk
Center Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
G. Frank Thomas
Frederick
University Hospital
Baltimore
Thelma Lewis Morgan
West Patrick Street
Paul Owens
Lewistown
Nancy Exster
Specht Injured in Horse Incident at Dickerson Farm
LL Rayhu Specht cashier of Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank suffered a severe back injury after being thrown from a horse at his mother-in-law Mrs. W. H. McKimmy’s Dickerson area farm. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital and was reported in satisfactory condition this morning.
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LL. Rayhu Specht
Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank
W. H. McKimmy
Dickerson
Hartman Staub Wedding at Trinity Methodist Church
Misa Carol Jean Hartman daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hartman married Robert C. Staub of Taneytown on August 27 at Trinity Methodist Church Emmitsburg. The ceremony featured a double ring rite with Paul H. McCauley officiating and Carl Crist organist. The couple now reside on Waynesboro Road after a reception on the bride's parents lawn.
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iaup—maTamse
Misa
Carol Jean Hartman
Alr
Arthur Hardman
Robert C. Staub
Taneytown
Trinity Methodist Church
Emmitsburg
Paul H. McCauley
Giadioli
Fern
Carl Crist
Buel Barker
Betty Ann Glass
Mary Catherine
Florence Oneida Reever
Miss Glass
Misses Reever
Frances Ann Haraman
Ralph Staub
Benjamin Jocks
William Dubel
Robert Munima
Raymond Staub
Richard Warner
Joseph Condon
Eugene Hardman
Francis Hardman
Emmitsburg Manufacturing Company
Waynesboro Road
Corn Canning Season Ending in Frederick and Nearby Plants
Frederick's corn packing plants prepare to close this week after a weak sugar corn crop statewide. Thomas and Company estimates 55 to 60 percent of normal yield. Jenkins Bros. reports about 30 percent decline. Frederick plant to close soon, Gaithersburg may run longer for late corn. Jenkins Bros. Thurmont plant continues canning string beans into October or later as late beans improve with recent rains.
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Frederick
Thomas and Company
Jenkins, Bros
Gaithersburg
Jenkins Bros
Thurmont
Suit for 3000 Damages Entered in Circuit Court
Stanley J. Lipski and Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company sue Joseph Aus tin Knott for damages from a December 25 1942 collision two miles south of Emmitshire The suit seeks 3000 for car and personal injuries plus 28730 to recover paid by the insurer The case lists attorneys James McSherry and Charles Price and notes Knott's vehicle collision with Lipski and wife on US 1 Thurmont district in a trespass action joining Loma K Breeden Betty Weaver and M Geraldine Frushour against Henry H Springer and Elvae Hahn and William A Hahn for damage to property including a cesspool trees and debris from alleged land entry with heavy equipment
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Stanley J. Lipski
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Helen M. Lipski
Helen MM. Lipski
Joseph Austin Knott
RFD 2
Thurmont
James McSherry
Charles AL Price
Emmitshire
Knott
Lipski
Loma K. Breeden
Betty ©. Weaver
M. Geraldine Frushour
Henry H. Springer
Elvae M. Hahn
Willam A. Hahn
U.S. 1
Attendance soars at city swimming pools in 1954 season
The City Recreation Commission reports paid pool attendance more than tripled since 1943. This year’s total reached 16,704 with 7,032 adults and 9,612 children, a season ending near Labor Day and about 4,000 above 1954. Pools served diverse states and Canada, including Wisconsin visitations. Mullinix Park Diggs Pool totals show 773 adults and 2,298 children.
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City Recreation Commission
Recreation Commission
Wisconsin
Artington
Hagerstown
Northfield
Connellsville
Michigan
Missppi
California
Florida
New York
Indiana
Delaware
Atlantic City
Nodts Alabama
New Hampshire
Montreal
Canada
Idaho
Kentucky
Illinois
Toronto
Diggs
Mullinix Park
Potomac River Basin Group Plans September Meeting
The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin meets September 12–13 at Hotel Alexander in Hagerstown to discuss flood control storage along the Potomac. Army Engineers propose a flood control study as part of a broader survey, with Congressman DeWitt Hyde expected to push for more dams like Savage River Dam to curb floods and secure water for industry agriculture and municipalities.
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Interstate Commission On
Heruluna River
Hagerstown
Hotel
Alexander
Potomac River
Army Engineers
Corps
DeWitt Hyde
Maryland
6Th
Commission
Upper Potomac
Savage River
Potomac
Named As Certified Representative At VA Center Meetings
At a Monday meeting of the Am vets Auxiliary Elizabeth Staley was named as certified representative to advisory meetings at the Newton D. Baker Veterans Center Martinsburg WV She serves as hospital chairman and is the first Maryland auxiliary member honored Catherine Hoffminl named as alternate Alverta Walsh presided Reports followed by discussions A postponed card party and a prize awarded to Mrs Fannie Raines. Three aged newspapers dated 1879 1884 and 1876 were donated to the County Historical Society by Mrs Mary R Padgett of 4 East Church Street from Annapolis Baltimore and Frederick for preservation.
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Avs
Elizabeth Staley
Amvets
Newton D. Baker Veterans Center
Martinsburg
The
County Historical Society Bs
Church Street
Mary R Padgett
East Church Street
Annapolis
Baltimore
Frederick
Historical Society
Sorets
Marshland
Aavernier
Journal of
Frederick Times
Marine wins $32,000 prize on The £64,000 Question
New York CBS show The £64,000 Question chose Marine Capt. Richard Sherrill McCutchen as a top contestant. He won $32,000 by answering dessert related questions and may vie for the top prize next Tuesday. His category was food and cooking and he named five desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Sherrill
McCutcheshas
CBS
McCutchen
St.Louis Cardinals
Myrtle Power
Buford
Long Island
Power
Ralph Kiner to Quit Baseball This Season
Baltimore report says Ralph Kiner veteran Cleveland outfielder and NL home run star disclosed he will retire at season's end. The 32 year old slugger cited aging and reduced playing time as the main reason for the decision.
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Baltimore
Ralph Kiner
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Six From Youth Council Return From Camp
Six representatives of the Frederick County Christian Youth Council returned last Saturday from a week's training camp at Pe-Co-Meth near Centreville. Delegates include Barbara Thomas Grace Evangelical and Reformed Eugene Young Evangelical Lutheran Floyd Brown Jackson Chapel Bartonsville Richard Smith Grace Evangelical and Reformed Arlene Palmer Quinn A M E and Sandra Hurde Asbury Methodist. Rev Edward McGowan pastor of Asbury Methodist church led the group which spent the week in workshops group study recreation and Bible study as part of the United Christian Youth Movement program focused on faith witness outreach citizenship and fellowship. The campers were leaders of the local Christian Youth Society and active in the project. The conference convened August 27 and continued through September 3.
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Frederick County Christian Youth Council
Pe-Co-Meth
Centreville
Barbara Thomas
Grace Evangelical and Reformed
Eugene Young
Evangelical Lutheran
Floyd Brown
Jackson Chapel
Bartonsville
Richard Smith
Walkersville
Arlene Palmer
Quinn A. M. E
Sandra Hurde
Asbury Methodist
Edward McGowan
Asbury Methodist Church
NRE
Births and travels of local residents and visitors
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Shaw of New Castle Del announce the birth of a son Richard Nelson at Wilmington Hospital on August 30. Miss Susie Allnut of Etchison visits her brother and sister in law Homer Alinuti in Clagetesville and Benjamin L Shuff in Braddock Heights then heads to Atlantic City for a Motel Dennis stay. Mr and Mrs Edward Myers of Emmitsburg are parents of a son born Saturday at Annie Warner Hospital Gettysburg Pa. Charles F Cook 11 McMurray Street marks his 66th birthday. Mrs Grover R Ponton 47 East Third Street vacationing in Harrisonburg Va. J Lester Reynolds and family return to Arlington Va after travels through Pa Oh Ind and Mich including the Alo Home Show in Elkhart Ind and the Ohio State Fair in Columbus and Charleston W Van Ther, formerly on Key Avenue, now at 0311 South Edgewood Street, Arlington.
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Kenneth Shaw
New Castle
Del
Richard Nelson
Wilmington del
Shaw
Susie Allnut
Etchison
Homer Alinuti
Clagetesville
Benjamin L. Shuff
This City
Braddock Heights
Atlantic City
NW. J
Arlington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Elkhardt
Ind
Alo&le
Columbus
Charleston
W. van Ther
Key Avenue
South Edgewood Street
Civilian Deceived by False Identity by Russians Reported
Berlin officials said a civilian captured by the Russians was kept under a false identity. Interrogators found his claimed name Frederick Charles Hopkins unsubstantiated and could not prove American citizenship. An American Army official promised a formal statement later. He indicated the man remained in custody as the United States disavowed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beriin
Berlin
Frederick Charles Hopkins
U. & Invelli
Cold War shifts front to North Africa in analysis
Washington argues the Cold War front has moved to North Africa where Soviet backed undergrounds aid nationalist movements. It urges support for constituted governments and warns against aiding rebels, citing Algerian and Moroccan tensions, Reuther helicopter controversy, and risks to NATO unity amid empire struggles.
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David Lawrence Washington
North
Africa
Moscow
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Egypt
France
United States
United Nations
Korea
Washington
Walter Reuther
CIO
North Africa
Reuther
Dulles
10 Hunt
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
China
Formosa
Department of State
McCarthy
Paris
Faiore
New York Herald Tutune Inc
Opening Of Schools Lists 5500 Plus Students Across District
The district reports more than five thousand five hundred pupils enrolled with detailed counts by grade level and teacher names across Elm Street Lincoln North Frederick Parkway and North Market Street schools. Principal allocations include Mrs Pauline Lippy East Frederick and Elm Street leaders with dozens of teachers and class totals up to 1,285 at Lincoln High and 522 at North Market.
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Dwight Roy
Constance Boone
Ruth Smith
Joan Weinberg
Louise Lippy
Klora Smith
Mar-jorie Happ
Lois Rhoderick
Joan Calabresa
James Hess
Willie Memmi
Francis 1 Eigenbrode
Esther Daniel
Dorothy Handley
Joan Wastler
Helen Chandler
Walter Culler
Charles Rice
Kathryn Fagan
John Griffin
Mabel Hoyler
Alice Baker
Duscua Dally
Ie Edna Miller
Arthur Mott
Jack Kussmaul
Dorothy Beatty
John M. Hart
Marion E. Moser
Lincoln
Charles E. Henson
Elizabeth Brown
Berthena McGowan
Margaret Lee
Shirley Lyles
Edna Dykes
Alice Deiauter
Nicholas Leakins Jr
Norma Felder
Vernist Faison
Elain Brooks
William Robinson
Gwendolyn Henson
North Frederick
C. Beattie Stauffer
Evelyn Roerke
Caroline Lane
Emily Marks
Louise Huffer
Dawn Stine
June Willson
Mary Aravosis
Rebecca Frushett
Madeline Underwood
Margaret Magaha
Mildred Nicodemus
Nancy Rawls
Dorothy Cavance
Phala Rader
Janice Wivkless
Parkway
Mary E. M. Smith
Helen Everhart
Kathryn Frushour
Charlotte Koontz
George Abrecht
Helen King
Donald Davis
Edna Culler
Mani Michael
Hattie Willet
Bachaca Weaver
Ruby Grossnickle
William Rader
Nettie Miller
North Market Street
E. Donald McLackie
Freda Derr
Beatrice McClear
Pauline Sheets
Me. McLuckie
Two Cars Damaged On South Market St
At 11 50 p m last night on South Market Street near All Saints Street a sedan driven by James E. Nichols 27 of Lucketts Va hit a parked car owned by Aivie L Ridgely 32 of West South Street. Nichols claimed he was forced to motorist as he traveled northbound. The other driver fled the scene and was not identified. Damages were about 40 dollars and no charges were filed by Sgt Denver Shook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Market Street
All Saints Street
James E. Nichols
Lucketts
Market Street
Aivie L. Ridgely
West South Street
Denver Shook
New Market Homemakers Resume Meetings With Demonstration
Women of the New Market Homemakers held a Friday demonstration at Mrs. Gaver’s home on good breakfast practices led by Mrs. Ralph Brashear and Mrs. Paul Gaver. Sixteen members and two visitors attended. An annual covered dish supper is set for October 27 at 7 p.m. at the Grange Hall. The next regular meeting is October 14 at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Norman Lease’s Urbana home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market Club
Ralph Brashear
Paul Gaver
Gaver
New Market
Grange Hall
Norman Lease
Urbana
From Hospital To Jail In Tueday Transfer
Albin Heffner was moved from Frederick Memorial Hospital to the county jail Tuesday night by Lieut Ben Phobus and Officer Dorsey after doctors determined his illness was caused by intoxication from alcoholic beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin Heffner
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ben Phobus
Than Dorsey
Funeral services for Hallie McCormack in Winchester
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Hallie Brocken McCormack aged 38 a prominent Winchester businessman who was killed in a head on crash on Route 30 near Aldie Virginia Monday night while returning from Rehoboth Beach Delaware where his family has a summer home. He was an acquaintance of several locals who visit Rehoboth each summer.
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Hallie Brockenborough McCormack
Winchester
Aldie
Rehoboth Beach
Del
McCormac
Rehoboth
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Fannie Burkett
Oscar Fisher
Potomac River Basin
Youth Council
Pauline C. Lippy
East Frederick
L. Irene Price
Dorothy Hamilton
Oe Shodel Shorrow
Shirley Lund
Miss Stottlemeyer
Miss Glenna
Gates
Miss Price
Candis D. Smith
Juanita Shanholtz
Elm Street
South Market St
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