Thief Stole Bottles In Court House Case Highlighted At Night Court
Deputy Sheriff Raymond A. Haugh testified that 13 cases of empty court house bottles were stolen over two months as Kenneth Smith of Thurmont was found guilty of petty larceny and sentenced to three months in the House of Correction for cashing in bottles at two cents each. Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Sr. noted personal identification by police and witnesses, linking Smith to similar thefts at City Hall and Winchester Hall while the court also addressed a separate case of Sydney Wolf, ordered to pay $25 weekly for three years to support his wife and four children amid warnings of further penalties for nonpayment or assault. The hearing also focused on Bernard Rippeon’s reckless driving case, continued to allow observation of East Patrick Street conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s
Frederick
Raymond A. Haugh
Kenneth Smith
Thurmont
House of Correction
Wilbur F. Sheffield Sr
Haugh
Court House
Smith
City Hall
Winchester Hall
Pythian Castle
Sydney Wolf
Charles W. Va
Wolf
Lantz
Sheffield
Bernard Rippeon
Mt Airy
East Patrick Street
Fairchild Plans Amsterdam Subsidiary for Europe
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. announces a new subsidiary, Fairchild Aviation N. V., to operate in Amsterdam. The unit will pursue Air Force service, maintenance, and production contracts for C119 boxcars and C11$s, with Fokker as subcontractor for Cito parts in Europe. George A. Hatcher leads preliminaries, joined by Arthur Flood and Paul Cleaveland. Similar moves by Republic Aviation International and Curtiss-Wright Europa WN. V. are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Hagerstown
Fairchild Aviation N. V
Amsterdam
Holland
Fairchild
Fokker
Cito
Air Force
Europe
George A. Hatcher
Pew
Arthur F. Flood
Pauls
Cleaveland
Republic Aviation International
Lugano
Switzerland
Curtiss-Wright Europa WN. V
Amvets Auxiliary Plans Rummage Sale in September
Amvets Auxiliary Post No 2 members met to plan a rummage sale set for September 25 in the Taney apartment basement. Proceeds will fund future distribution efforts. Mrs Mildred Cassell presided with 16 members present as plans were finalized and refreshments provided. The August meeting also included a family picnic and fishing party. Thelma Pavie won the hive box and Mary Walsh took the $4 jackpot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taney
Amvets
Mildred Cassell
Thelma Pavie
Mary Walsh
First Fall Meeting Held by Frederick B P W Club
The Frederick Business and Professional Women's Club held its first fall monthly dinner in the Wedgwood room of the Francis Scott Key Hotel with 51 members. E. G. Book spoke on color styling of the home, highlighting harmony, trends, and economic value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women's Club of
Frederick
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Louise Engle
E. G. Book
Shervwin-Williams Company
Mr Book
Mary Lowe Smith
Hood College
Frederick County
National Security
Mabel Stultz
Health and Safety
Helen Sbostian
State Board
College to Open Westminster For New Academic Year
Sept. 17 report outlines a four day orientation for freshmen and new students starting next Tuesday at Western Maryland College. General registration for old students will be Friday with classes beginning Saturday. Anticipated total registration near 900, slightly below 1952. Five new faculty join: Dr Edward M Arnett chemistry. E Robert Adkins psychology. Lt Col Robert Speaks ROTC. L Albert Beaver economics. Mrs Bart Norman assistant rector of physical education relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Western Maryland College
Western Maryland
Edward M. Arnett
E. Robert Adkins
Route 40 bids sought for Maryland road project
The Maryland State Roads Commission will open bids at noon October 6 for a 2.355 mile section of Route 40 extending the dual Baltimore National Highway from Damsville road to the Monocacy River at Jug Bridge. The project, part of roughly 14 miles from Ridgeville to the Monocacy River bridge near Pearl, is divided into four sections with bids already opened for the first section won by William E. Graham and Sons Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Roads Commission
Damsville Road
Monocacy River
Jug Bridge
Ridgeville
Pearl
William E. Graham and Sons, Inc
Yamsville
New Market
Itjamsville
Mt. Carmel Church
Vial Speaker Promotes Eastern National Livestock Show
Joseph M. Vial exten sion professor of animal husbandry at the University of Maryland spoke to the Rotary Club at the Francis Scott Key Hotel on the Eastern National Livestock Show. He noted the show’s history from Baltimore Livestock Show days to Timonium and described its role in raising industry standards through competitive displays and public interest. The event, with 400 members in ENLA, will feature judging, champion classes, horse exhibitions, and cattle maneuvers with Maryland Aberdeen Angu s, Hereford and Shorthorn groups taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Vial
University of Maryland
ENLA
Vial
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Baltimore
Baltimore Stock Yards
Timonium Grounds
Eastern National
Maine
Florida
Maryland
Eastern National Livestock Show, Inc
L. D. Carmack
John D. Wetnight
Brunswick
L. £. Boost
College Park
Bernie Rauch
Westminster
Winslow Williams
Frank Coldwell
Leesburg
W. E. Bates
J. R. Bates
Fowler
A. H. Derr
John Crum
Robert R. Rhoderick
Frederick
Guy Baker
Union Bridge
James Crane
New York
Ralph Becker
Paul W. McAuliffe
Papisead
Three-Family Reunion At Mountaindale Grove
About 150 people attended the seventeenth Furman Stull and Ramsburg reunion on September 6 at Mountaindale picnic grove. A basket lunch followed by group singing and readings. prizes awarded for longest distance, youngest children, largest family, oldest participants, and a drawing prize. Officers elected for the coming year include president Thomas Mohler and secretary Kathleen Putman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furman, Stull and
Ramsburg
Mountaindale
John H. Horine
Stull
Paulj Burhan
Barbara Putman
Paula
Trena Stull
Dewey Carter
Ronnie Garling
Lester Putman
Hustorian
Mary Dutrow
Francis Putman
Lewis W. Putman
Ronnie Gatling
Lester W. Putman
Dorothy Ann
Ralph
Carol
Kathryn
Susan Put
Glenna
Carolyn
Patsy Stull
Glenn Putman
John Putman
Jean Wachter
Naomi E. Putman
Barbara Jean Putman
Martin L. Putman
Shirley ‘Ann Putman
Mary V. Putman
Elis May Putman
Carroll Lee Putman
Francis Derr
Janice Barnes
Frances Derr
Catherine Lohr
Carole
Susan and
Tommy Mohler
Lewis E. Mohler
Davis
Pleasant Grove
Monrovia
Bernard M. Davis
Sr Prises
Spaulding Davis
Laurel
Susan Jane Davis
Lynwood Davis
Silver Spring
Lewis Harvey Phelps
Riverside
Summers Reunion Held On Sunday
The sixteenth annual Summers descendants reunion took place last Sunday at Yellow Springs Community Hall. Activities included prayers, songs, piano solos and duets, readings, and a vocal trio. Prizes honored among generations, with plans to meet next year on the last Sunday of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Ezra
Mary Ellen Summers
Yellow Springs
Henry Lochner
Our Fathers
Linda Ruth Lochner
Ronald Garing
Linda Lochner
Susanne Markey
Reading
James Putman
Jane Summers
Ralph Putman
Wayte
George
Lewis Putman
Thomas Mason
Baltimore
Minnie Koogle
Ethel Boggs
Delores Mason
Edgar Summers
Dewey Carter
Virgie M. Staley
Carroll Kehne
Carroll Kehne, Jr
Francis Staley
Kay Frances Staley
Henry x Lochner
Jane F. Sanner
Lucy Gladhill
Charles Lockard
Ethel Biggs
Paul Biggs
James Biggs
European assembly backs English or French as auxiliary language
In Strasbourg on September 15 the European Consultative Assembly's cultural affairs committee endorsed the motion by Christopher Hollis of Britain urging Council of Europe members to establish either French or English as an auxiliary language. The proposal, backed by 13 committee members, moves to a full debate later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasbourg
France
European Consultative Assembly
Assembly
Christopher Hollis
Britain
Council of Europe
Ballenger 4 H Meets For Fair Booth Planning
Ballenger Girls 4 H club held an all day meeting September 4 at Mrs Leslie Wites home leader Nellie Shaffer presided. Six members two heads and one guest answered roll call. Plans were made for the Fair booth. Guest Martha Haugh of Braddock Club won recreational prize. A special meeting September 18 at the leader's home set final Fair booth plans at 7:45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballenger
Leslie Wites
Nellie Shaffer
Beooth
Martha Haugh
Braddock Club
Monocacy Aqueduct Tribute Highlights Local History
Local historian Nicholas Yinger details a Frederick County visit to the Monocacy Aqueduct built 1824 33. It notes seven arches 60 feet each and 438 feet long the quarry source and no mortar construction. He mentions nearby Tuscarora remains Sugar Loaf Mountain Martin Chartier trade artifacts and Civil War bullet clues along the Potomac and Monocacy confluence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Yinger
Frederick
Frederick County
Potomac River
Old Co. and Q. Canal
Monocacy
Potomac
National Park Service
Ches, & Ohio Canal
F. Mercer
Prest
J J Albert
W. Smith
P Jan
Aqueduct
Confederacy of the Five Nations
New York State
Baron Graffenried
Martin Chartier
Tuscarora
Monocacy River
England
Virginia Co
Graham Wins Low Bid On Route 40 Project In Maryland
The State Roads Commission announced low bidders for six major road projects costing about 1.44 million. The largest bid, 637 473.80, was from W E Graham Construction Co of Cleveland North Carolina for extending U S Route 40 as a dual lane highway westward from New Market. Other bids include E D Plummer and Sons for Washington County work, Bester Long Inc for Hagerstown work, George M Lynch Inc for Queen Anne and Talbot Counties, and McGuire and Mothe Inc for Dorchester County resurfacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
New Market
W. E. Graham Construction Co
Cleveland
N.C
Washington County
Antietam Creek
Lettersburg
E. D Plummer and Sons
Chambersburg
Antietam National Cemetery
Potomac River Bridge
Bester Long Inc
Hagerstown
Queen Anne
Talbot Counties
George M. Lynch, Inc
Wilmington
Del
Dorchester County
Cambridge
McGuire and Motes Inc
Washington
Five Cent Letter Mail Proposed by Senator Carlson
Senator Carlson heads the Senate Post Office Committee and proposes a five cent intercity letter rate with air delivery to boost revenue by about 330 million dollars annually. The idea remains under study by an advisory council and could be part of a broader rate increase next year, with recommendations due in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carlson
R-Kan
Senate Post Office Committee
Post Office Department
Nixon to Visit 15 Pacific Nations on Goodwill Tour
Vice President Nixon announced a 12 day goodwill tour beginning October 6 visiting Australia New Zealand and all free Asiatic nations from Japan to Afghanistan. The trip aims to win goodwill and learn from Far Eastern nations with Mrs Nixon and a 10 member party including staff State Department officials and newsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Maxon
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Afghanistan
Eisenhower
Far East
State Department
English Family Reunion in Lewistown Community Hall
The English family reunion was held Sunday in the Lewistown Community Hall with many relatives attending. Named attendees include multiple English households such as George Russell English J Roy English Wm English Charles R English and their spouses plus Carroll Wastler L Cameron Hill Earl Hill John Ramsburg Ami lia Romeo Daisy Stull Nevin Stull John Richter Clara Green Merril Stull Emma J Kline and Edward Kratz. A basket lunch followed at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
George Russell English
J. Roy English
Wm. Clay English
Charles R. English
Carol Ann
Virgil W. English
Williem &. English
Amy and
Lorell
George K. English
Terry
George N. English
Raymond English
L. Cameron Hill
Earl L. Hill
John W. Ramsburg
Carroll Wastler
Lester Grossnickle
Arthur Leatherman
Karol and
Gene
Amelia Romeo
Daisy Stull
Nevin Stull
John Richter
Clara Green
Merino Green
Walter Grabil
Clyde Green
Walter Stull
Merril Stull
Emma J. Kline
Edward Kratz
Crawford Hood Reunion Sets Officers for Next Two Years
The Crawford Hood families held their fifth reunion at Gaithersburg on Sunday September 13 with officers elected for the next two years. President John Eng land Williams and Vice President Robert Crawford Green head a slate of descendants of George A Hood Mary Jane Hood Rev Thomas Crawford and Mary Eden Crawford. The secretary treasurer is Mary Olivia Green and the longest distance traveled was Reiland Lee Engtoml and Jeanny from Sweden Veo!
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford-Hood
Gaithersburg
John England Williams
George A. Hood
Mary Jane Hood
Ijamsville
Robert Crawford Green
Mary Olivia Green
Thomas Crawford
Mary Eden Crawford
Geithersberg
Reiland Lee Engtoml
Jeanny
Swesverg
Veo
Thousands of Maryland Civilians to Lose Army Jobs
More than 1,000 civilian workers in Maryland face termination by October 16 as part of a federal economy move. The Second Army survey covers Fort Meade Fort Holabird Fort Ritchie and Camp Detrick with 30-day notices issued. At Fort Meade about 500 positions may go. Holabird 10 to 125. Ritchie and Detrick about 125. Aberdeen and Edgewood show 150 and 180 housekeeping staff to be released. Some at Camp Detrick will be rehired for lab vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Second Army
Fort Meade
Fort Holabird
Fort Ritchie
Camp Detrick
Sun
Officialis
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army Chemical Center
Edgewood
Aberdeen
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Airborne Division
Pvt
Richard E. Haugh
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort, Bragg
William H. Haugh
LeGore
Here
Harry Mohler
Robert T. Dutrow
Francis and
Putman Dutrow
Victoria Dutrow
Donna Mercer
Alton R. Putman
Michael A. Putman
Hartwood Cornell Jr
Steven
Teresa
George F. Hutton
Gerhard Tulork
Randolph Putman
Kenneth Stull
Nick Yinger
Salvation Army
Army
Tommton Eis
Graham
Camp Pickett
Darrell W. Ford
C. Maynard Ford
Myersville
U. 3
MTB
Donald Davis
Charles Watkins
Charlotte Watkins
Aubrey Davis
Sidney Hammond
Robert L. Davis
Richard Davis
Stanley Davis
Tra King
J. Victor Emmert
Felisa A Brady
Rhodes Helms
Washington, D. C
J. E. Davis
Arlington
Lewis Harvey Phelps, Jr
Conn
Howard Mauck
Susann Mauck
Hyattsville
Jack Humphreys
Cathy Humphreys
Doris Gaither
Virginia Metcalf
Calvary Methodist Church
Jane Burgess
Biggs Avenue
Katty Kefauver
Gladys Halt
Doris Gaxther
Helen Norris
Pauline Lavion
Sunshine Committee
Virginia Albright
Lorraine Wolf
Praes
Eloise Booneil
Evelyn Reynolds
Margaret Creager
Hammond Clary
United States
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