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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1958
Page
2
The notice appears to be a faded 1858 newspaper masthead for a paper titled Ruges Beta Ishito News Evening. It lists publication details, pricing, and Associated Press attribution amid garbled text. The date shown is Tuesday September 16, 1858.
Secretary of the Army Brucker says Eisenhower s Formosa speech cooled tensions with Red China. He credits the president with preventing a shooting war and notes the Formosa situation has eased since the address.
Deeds filed in the Clerk’s office show Virginia G. Carter selling about 6.8 acres with improvements on Ridge Road at Braddock Heights to John G. Erlewine in a transaction near 18500 dollars. L Peare Bowlus trustee sold land on South Main Street to Donald F. Grimes for 14000 dollars. The will of Dottie L. Redman of Knoxville was probated in Orphans Court. Luther P. Tribby inherits real estate and three children share the residue. Luther and Levin Tribby and Pauline Hawker are named as heirs with Luther Tribby as executor. The will is dated March 19, 1955.
In Emmitsburg Maryland Guy Smith 29 Roy L Smith Jr 31 and Gleon Smith 31 were jailed after being convicted of attempting false pretense by passing a worthless check. Roy and Guy received 30 day vagrancy sentences. The trio were arrested within 24 hours of the initial report when police learned of a bad check attempt tied to B H Boyle East Main Street merchant. The men had prior sentences in Adams and Franklin Counties Pennsylvania.
Twenty years ago on Sept 16 1938 readers saw county election results with Jackson ahead by 283 votes and Lewis by 15 percent. Hay fever protests urged stronger weed enforcement, a Packard was damaged in Mt Pleasant with minor injuries, and Frederick County sportsmen released quail pheasants and ducks this week. The column included legal reflections on settled law and Supreme Court precedents, contrasting past warnings with contemporary critiques of the Court’s recent decisions and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Mrs. J William Null Jr and Mrs Ella Fisher observe birthdays this Wednesday. Mr Oscar Keyser turns 66 on Wednesday. Mr Richard L Clem, son of Mr and Mrs Lester Clem of Walkersville, has begun teaching at Sadbrook Jr High in Pricesville Baltimore Co, after graduating Towson State and pursuing bacteriology. Mr Clem awarded US Public Health Service Fellowship. lives in Newark Del with wife Delores Miller and awaits master’s degree from Univ of Delaware. Clem is a Walkersville High School and Western Maryland College alum. Blue Division Day marks Culinary Methodist Leaders Bible class with Ray Watkins in charge. prayers, readings, solo by Grayson Stevens, piano by Edward Mantz. September 21 set as Red Division Day. Rally Day planned. Lisbon Kindergarten to host get acquainted hour Sept 23 1:30 pm at Lisbon school. kindergarten starts Sept 29 at 9 am.
Two young men were found not guilty after judges could not prove they operated two cars in a speed contest on U S 40 A near Frederick. The magistrate warned that future similar convictions would face maximum penalties. The cases involved Alvey Doub Young Jr and Edward Olen Godsey Jr with defense attorneys Edwin F. Nikirk and E. Austin James. The day also saw other minor traffic and city offense verdicts including intoxication, meter violations, and a red light infraction.
The article notes a decline in the birth rate since last September, dropping to about 255 per thousand, lower than the postwar average. It compares to 1950 and 1954 slowdowns linked to employment dips, predicting a future school and facility demand spike despite the era's praised baby boom.
Quotations from Alex Brown & Sons and New York Stock Exchange members provide a guide to the approximate trading ranges for local securities at the time of compilation. Items listed include Ox Fibre Brush at 1.75, Fred. Hotel units at 22, Potomac Edison prices around 3.60 and 8 20, Marken & Bielfeld at 1215, and Membership at 20.
Mrs Donald Leatherman announced the Frederick Community Concerts Association anticipates near sell-out subscriptions for the 1958 59 series. She noted renewals were higher than last year and the office at Hotel Frederick will operate through the week. The 22nd year includes the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra Columbus Boys Choir Mata land Hari and other acts with 80 percent veteran workers.
Fifteen county census takers train at the Walkersville Volunteer Fire Department building for the 1959 Agriculture Census. Front row seated include Mildred Engle Ruth Dorsey Arline Anderson William T. Howard Jr supervisor Helen Swanson Margaret Elworthy Florence Rhodes. Back row lists Camden Ramsburg Jr Auger Rice Jr Daniel Wilhide Grover Ponton Robert Wivell Harry Rhoderick Robert Fogle and Charles Bur tier. They will practice interviewing farm shots review work and receive extra training Thursday morning and Friday with field visits and questionnaire filling Thursday afternoon and Friday.
The Western Maryland District American Legion Auxiliary met in Williamsport with Potomac Unit No. 202 hosting. Vice president Gladys Hoffman presided as the group decided to continue the Child Welfare program benefiting mentally retarded children with $200 allocated to Washington Carroll and Frederick counties from last year’s $600 goal.
Business Week profiles the Alpha Portland Cement Company plant at Lime Kiln. The $170 million facility uses pushbutton control and modern methods to streamline operations with 140 workers, half the staff of older plants, and situates near major markets as cement makers shift to efficient, nearby production.
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