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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1956
Page
2
A brief newspaper note dated Monday September 10 1956 records second class mailings or administrative actions in Mick Md area. The fragment provides no names, places, or outcomes.
Army and Navy field tests of adenovirus vaccines reduced one of the three major feverish respiratory infections by 4 to 70 percent. Tests at Great Lakes Naval Training Station involved 4,000 vaccinated recruits and 12,000 controls, with Army findings corroborating the results. The vaccines, developed by the Public Health Service at the National Institute of Health, could lessen training interruptions and later benefit public health and industry.
Rev. Charles Hume Funk, recently installed Hyattstown Christian Church pastor, died at 74 from a heart attack after moving to the parsonage ten days ago. He held degrees from Phillips and Yale, served multiple vows across Maryland Virginia Kansas and Oklahoma, and leaves a wife, daughter, two granddaughters, two sisters, and a brother. Funeral at Beaver Creek Christian Church followed by interment there.
Frederick man Daniel Thomas Lowe died Sunday morning from injuries after falling from an apple tree in his backyard at 25 East South Street on Catundow. The incident occurred at his home and authorities were notified.
The column reports on a Children's Carnival at the Fair Grounds drawing large crowds and a grandstand crowd akin to a fair day. It notes Samuel Rowe of Emmitsburg opening a factory with E Rosenfeld to produce pa jams and nightshirts, employing twenty-two women. It cites a call to clean streets on Saturdays to improve Sunday impressions. It mentions The Lights of Gotham a four act comedy at City Opera House and an attack on Mira C. Moser of Myersville Monitor in his kitchen with minor injuries.
Heavy Labor Day traffic and a fall to summer temperature swing marked Sept 10 1536. Frederick County teachers urged restoration of salary cuts at their first meeting of the year. A loaded coal truck driven by Mebrie Ecker Jr ran off a road near Gettysburg causing damage. Ecker unharmed. Nine company representatives led the Guardian Hose Company carnival march in a Lebor Day parade drawing thousands.
The deceased, known as Dan Pearl, was a steam shovel operator for years. He was the son of the late William and Emma Lowe, survived by his wife Katie, two half sisters in Brunswick, a stepson Russell Pearl of Frederick, a brother Harry Lowe, a granddaughter, and many nieces and nephews. The body lies at the home of M. R. Etchison and Son, 106 East Church Street, with calling after 7 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Wednesday at 2 p.m. and interment will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Agnes Beacht at 2 PM Sunday at the funeral home with Rev. E William Hall officiating. Members of the Moose Chapter and others conducted services. interment followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Largely attended with many floral tributes. M R K Etchison and Son, funeral directors. Also noted were services for Mrs. Mary L Aunt Mohle of Browningsville at Bethesda Methodist Church with multiple officiants and pallbearers, interment at the church cemetery. Olin L. Molesworth was the funeral director.
The article states National Bible Week runs October 15 through October 21. It notes the timing and intent to promote Bible reading and related activities during the week.
A wave of obituaries from Frederick Memorial Hospital and local funeral homes lists Edward Phimmer of Yellow Springs who died after two weeks illness, William Ellsworth King of 410 West Patrick Street who died of pulmonary embolism, Mrs Calvin Rhodes Ward of York Pennsylvania whose death was announced by Mrs Roy Strawsburg, and John Ellsworth Buck Wisner of 33 East Fourth Street who died after a week illness. Also noted are Katye R. Dyer of 23 East Patrick Street and related survivors. Funeral details and interment plans are provided for each case.
The Department of Medicine with the Army Medical Corps Fort Detrick and Johns Hopkins will run a two year infectious disease program with initial funding of 207 520. Dr Ivan L Bennett Jr will direct a team of Hopkins physicians plus eight fellows and sessions at Fort Detrick will study laboratory and clinical tests along with preventive and therapeutic measures.
Dolores Ann Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Earnest Smith Ladiesburg and Milton C Denn son of Mrs Gertle M Denn Walkersville were married Thursday evening at St Pauls Lutheran Walkersville Rev Koontz Helwig officiated in a double ring ceremony. The sanctuary held candelabra and ferns with white pompons. A reception followed in the church social room. The couple will honeymoon in Myrtle Beach and reside in Walkersville after Sept 13. The bride wore a Chantilly lace gown with illusion veil and carried white asters. She is a Walkersville High School graduate 1956 and Mr Denn works for Arrow Oil Company.
The report lists Caroline Gross of Rosemont Knoxville and Mary Linda Shipley of 416 North Market Street as new seniors and sophomores at St Mary’s Seminary Junior College in St Mary’s City for the 1956 57 term. It notes their prior activities in choir library and clubs and mentions Missourian state tax trivia as filler content.
The report lists multiple hospital updates about patients from Middletown and Frederick Memorial Hospital including Irma Kepler and Betty Toms and notes a major operation on Sandy Hills farm resident. It also covers Maine voting in Portland with Republicans aiming to boost Eisenhower reelection and Democrats citing party government issues. World nitrogen fertilizer use figures are given for context.
Girl Scouts beginning the week of August 27 assist Frederick County Civil Defense Director L H Crickenberger in stamping literature for Civil Defense week. Groups of girls work in shifts this week including Ronnie Bury Bee Leather man Miriam Butcher Carolyn Brown Barbara Brown Camille Davis Regina Ritenour Grace Ofutt Shirley Crum Faye Immerman Billie Lewis Diane Davie Barbara Kreissig Sylvia Dudesh and Joan Dudash. Supervising leaders include Mrs Adrian Leathersman Mrs Carlton Brown Mrs Robert Haines Mrs Charles Lewis and Mrs John Dudash.
Secretary Mitchell criticizes the Democratic platform as hypocritical and argues that repeal of Taft Hartley right to work provisions is unlikely. He notes many states with such laws are Democratic and stresses the union shop as a pragmatic part of industrial relations, insisting freedom of choice remains essential.
The K C and C D A announce a Fall Festival at Frederick with local residents from St Johns Council and Frederick High School graduates leading committees for games, drinks, groceries, and crowd activities. Alton J Lipps serves as general chairman coordinating volunteers from the Poultry Building and nearby towns.
Sherry Diane Shafer and Charles C Masser Jr. wed in a candle light ceremony at Centennial Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church Urbana. Rev George Broun officiated. Bridesmaids and ushers wore pastel gowns as white gladioli decorated the sanctuary. The couple honeymooned in Buffalo NY and will reside in their new home.
The Patuxent Naval Air Station announces the birth of Collen Marie Mitchell on August 31, weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Parents Charles Robert Mitchell and Lowie McClain, of Frederick, celebrate alongside relatives from Randallstown and Union Bridge. Mrs Della Ausherman visits with Noble Waltz as Araby recovers from a heart condition. Private Harold E Lenhart of Ataby ships to Fort Gordon for six months training.
Mrs Richard O'Connor, grand regent of Court Maryland No. 278 of the Catholic Daughters of America, led an executive gathering at her home to plan the year. Officers were briefed on duties and chairmen appointed for committees, with members selected to serve. The Fall festival runs September 13–15 at the Fairgrounds, with Catholic Daughters managing refreshment and cake, parcel post, and the duck Pond. The court resumes with its first full meeting September 18 at St. John's school.
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