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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1955
Page
2
The paper details multiple weddings from September including Miss Nancy La Rue and Harold Hammond at Boone Calvary Methodist with a full ceremony and reception, plus Helen Sims and Cyrus Cavalier at Camp Hill Methodist with a Hill Top House reception. Describes gowns, attendants, music, and post wedding plans.
The Navy plans a 56000 man draft from November to June as volunteers dwindle after the Korean War. Drafted personnel will perform army duty under a joint board, with uniform physicals and two year tours for draftees. Training limits may exclude some, while volunteers serve four years.
A Frederick County letter to the editor urges relocating the Jug from Jug Bridge to a nearby site along Route 40. The writer notes neglected monuments on the Monocacy Battlefield and suggests creating greater prominence for Frederick by improving visibility for travelers and adding more monuments.
Fifty years ago the family of Mrs John D Grabill narrowly escaped poisoning when Paris Green was found in coffee prepared for dinner at their home near Clemsonville. Rev Dr J C Bowman helped avert injuries from a runaway team, sustaining a fractured arm himself. Guy Lynn of Thurmont recovers after Western Maryland wreck, last patient still in hospital. A five foot rattlesnake crawled into Mr Harry Littles simmer kitchen on East Street. it was killed by Lewis F Barer and Charles Burrass.
Fire damages the Farmer's Cooperative Association warehouse in Adamstown and surrounding structures with losses over $15,000. Cavalry from Fort Myer to perform maneuvers during Frederick Fair week. Endorsement of a proposed million-dollar Frederick sewer system by Dr. Rau and Mrs. Powers. Harold E. Veirtz injured falling from a box car near Brunswick. Edgar Hollis and four others plan to attend Western Maryland College for the second year next week.
A wedding with four contrasting colonial bouquet roses featured Betty L. Guimond as cousin bridesmaid in a white satin gown with a matching train and headpiece. Best man was Dr John J Lally, brides cousin in law. Ushers included Dr H Lawrence Farney Dorsey F Shipley and Frederick W Pyne. Train bearer Dale B Ensor. Reception at Francis Scott Key Hotel for about a hundred guests. Couple to travel to New York City and reside at 4 West Second Street after September 27. Engagement announcement for Carolyn Susanne Hays to Euclid Howard Jones, both Emmitsburg. Miss Hays a Marion College High School graduate and Delta Gamma, nurse in Baltimore. Jones a Bridgewater College senior. Plans for the wedding not announced.
Mr and Mrs Lunzie T Shafer and sister Mere Charles T Harrington and daughter Barbara west of Middletown attended the York Pa fair last Friday Judith Wachter daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Wachter 218 East Third street will celebrate her 16th birthday on Wednesday Mr and Mrs Peter W Beers will sail from New York on Wednesday aboard the Liberte for Paris for a stay of several years Beers is with the Free Europe committee Their two daughters Anne and Margaret will stay with grandparents in Frederick until their parents locate a house in Paris and will fly over to join them Mrs Beers daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Gaither has just returned from two years in Manila Philippines where she met many political figures through the Overseas Press Club Mr and Mrs Leon Draper 323 Adam Read announce the birth of a daughter Joan Elizabeth Draper at Frederick Memorial Hospital on September 17 Miss Mary Edith Lease daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman S Lease Urbana left Friday to enter her freshman year at Bridgewater PAM nae Peictepacatara Messrs Harry C Edmonds and Charles E Stup left for a fishing and hunting trip in Canada and Alaska Miss Mary Jane Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Henry Scott Sr Vila Rest Emmitsburg enrolled this week as a freshman at Saint Joseph College Miss Scott was an honor student at St Joseph High School Miss Scott was an honor student Mr and Mrs Maurice R Green Davison Mich announce the birth of a son Gary William in a Flint Mich hospital on September The infant weighed right pounds one ounce Mrs Green is the former Betty Lake daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Lake East Sixth street
Dr Earle Hawkins president of Towson State Teachers College will address Hood College at the first vesper service of the year in Coffman Chapel on Sunday September 25. Hawkins, a Maryland native, studied at Western Maryland College Columbia University and Yale University. He has led Towson since 1937 and holds leadership roles in several national education associations. A second note reports a surprise 38th wedding anniversary party for Mr and Mrs Samuel Keeney of Union Bridge with many relatives attending and refreshments and games.
Miss Hazel Holter of near Frederick is a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is progressing well and expects to return home soon. Mr. Joseph T. Griffin of 114 West Third Street has entered University Hospital, Baltimore, for observation and treatment.
Miss Virginia Ann Daugherty and Frank Pumphrey wed at Clarksburg Methodist Church in a September ceremony. Rev Ben F Hartley officiated. The couple, both from prominent local families, followed with a reception and family gathering.
The Crop Reporting Service notes ongoing harvests in Maryland and Delaware with moisture needed to sustain pastures after July drought and August hurricanes. Corn harvests mature in Southern Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula as silage peaks, soybeans near by, and tobacco barns fill after favorable weather.
Mrs. Peart Hart, twelfth grade English teacher at Frederick High School, was injured when she tripped on rough pavement and was run over by a towed spot. Fellows drove her to the school, then she was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment. Deeds recorded show several farm property transfers in Johnsville, Urbana, and Emmitsburg districts, with values around $10,000 to $14,000. Two more colored individuals faced charges from a South Rentz Street brawl, with others awaiting hearings and a Montgomery County traffic warrant transfer.
Emmett B. Bowlus was elected president of the newly formed Breakfast Optimist Club in Frederick at a Monday meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Officers include Nathan Jacobson and Joseph F. Rhoderick as vice presidents, Robert E. Dailey as secretary treasurer, and Rev. J. Calvin Moreland as chaplain. The club joins Optimist International Sixteenth District, with charter members and a board of directors named, and plans weekly 7:43 a.m. meetings to promote youth programs under the slogan Friend of the Boy.
In Tampico Mexico about 15 000 homeless, 12 dead and 350 injured as Hurricane Hilda devastates the Gulf port city. The hurricane moved into north central Mexico and threats eased north of Tampico toward Texas. Governor Horacio Teran reported 90 percent of Tampico's 110 000 population affected, with emergency orders, Army mobilization, and urgent needs for food and medicines. Nearby towns Ciudad Madero and Ramira suffered damage as water service returned but utilities remained out.
A compact meditation cites Job 22 25 framing divine detente with abundance of silver, paired with a Browning quote praising God as a poet and creator. The note blends scripture reference with literary praise, reflecting devotional tone and poetic attributions.
Two American women missionaries, Miss Sarah Perkins of Tennile Georgia and Miss Dorothy Middleton of Cicero, Illinois, were freed from Communist China as part of a broader repatriation. They crossed to British territory amid a train from Canton, greeted by U S officials, amid reports that additional Americans would soon gain exit. Separate meetings planned charity projects and a fall zone gathering discussed at Calvary Methodist church. Letters of administration were granted in Orphans Court for two estates, detailing heirs and assets.
Maryland's 16,000 state workers launch a coordinated push for higher wages. The State Standard Salary Board reviews several suggested raises, needing Gov. McKeldin's backing for next year's budget and General Assembly approval in February. Potential cost rises could reach several million dollars plus retirement system contributions. The campaign is led by the Maryland State Employe, the official paper of the Maryland Classified Employes Assn.
Rocky Marciano weighed 188 pounds and Archie Moore 188 as their 15 round title bout at Yankee Stadium was postponed to 9 45 pm EST due to threatening weather. Jim Norris of the International Boxing Club cited weather uncertainty and hoped for a perfect Wednesday night while noting $870 000 already in and a potential 150 000 more in receipts if weather cooperates.
Miss Marcelene Lone hosted a Dover Club meeting for ten members at Mrs Edna Flooks home with Mrs Edward Siedling presiding. Door prizes went to Mrs Dorothy Withide and Mrs Helen Gouker. Next gathering set for Oct 11 at Mrs Edward Siedling Frederick. The rest of the text shifts to market prices and unrelated notes.
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