Hospital For State's Chronically Ill Opens At Camp Ritchie
Maryland opens its first state hospital for the chronically ill using former Army buildings at Camp Ritchie Cascade in a Monday ceremony led by Dr. Robert H. Riley. Dr. J A McCallum directs the facility with a 30 member staff including Dr. Arrington and Miss Helen Albaugh. The eight ward plant is partially finished with two fully equipped and ready for initial patients this week. The rambling campus spans 15 to 20 acres and features a corridor design with no stairs or steps.
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W. J. Hail
Airs. E. H. Basom
Helen Albaugh
Hospital Near Mason-Dixon Line Opens To Patients
A one story high hospital sits a few hundred yards south of the Mason-Dixon Line with corridors following the hill. First patients will arrive this week as 215 men and women are admitted from across Maryland, Dr. McCallum said.
Butter and eggs boycotted in Baltimore pleas to curb prices
The Americans for Democratic Action plans a five day boycott urging Baltimore housewives to stop buying eggs and butter from Friday September 12 to Wednesday September 17. Handbills will urge buyers to join the ADA strike and promise price relief. Eggs sold 73 to 83 cents a dozen and butter up to 98 cents per four pounds. Separately Clarence L. Robey, president of Porcelainville National Bank, seeks a new trial in a Federal case over alleged funds misapplication.
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Intelligence Test Findings On Adopted Children Report
Psychologists Marie Skodak and Harold M. Skeeis report on 100 Iowa adopted children tested from infancy to adolescence. They say above average intelligence arises even from previously below average natural parents when placed in foster homes with above average educational and economic surroundings.
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Psychologists cite child development linked to natural parents
At the South meeting of the American Psychological Association experts stated that a child’s mental and social development often exceeds expectations based on parental backgrounds. The discussion noted environments similar to those in which natural parents grew up influence outcomes.
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Frances Willard Birthday Meeting Honors World Convention
A church gathering notes Frances Willard born September 26, 1839 in Churchville New York. Mrs Shawbaker recounts the world convention at Asbury Park New Jersey with over 2000 delegates. Homer Rodeheaver and Maryland participation highlighted. speaker set for Maryland State convention in Baltimore October 14.
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Woodsboro Union to Tend Delegates at October Meeting
The Woodsboro Union will tend delegates and contributed to the Frederick Memorial Hospital drive. The next meeting is scheduled for October 7 at Mrs. John Fogle's home in New Midway. The event theme is Christian Cus. A covered bridge 1,282 feet long, claimed as the world’s longest, opens on the St. John River in New Brunswick.
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