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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1955
Page
5
Several thousand residents filled Frederick High School grounds for the Kiwanis Club fireworks show and band concert, deferred from Saturday due to rain, as part of the annual Kids Day. The event drew large crowds despite weather delays and traffic was efficiently managed by city police.
New Ballenger Grange officers include Master John Beon Overseer Arthur Shook Lecturer Dorothy Smith Steward George Baker Assistant Steward Alan Moore Chaplain Russell Dutrow Treasurer Helen Huffer Gatekeeper Meredith Boyer Ceres Marion Boyer Flomona Mary Louise Harshman Flora Helen Shook Lady Assistant Steward Margaret Poole Juvenile Matron Hazel Shafer Assistant Matron Catherine Durdette Executive Committee Charles King Harry Himes Monroe Stup. Officers to be installed by Pomona Youth team on October 13 at Middletown Memorial Ball. October 14 will mark past master's night.
Women's Clubs airs at Marshall FE Barger reports strong Brunswick Homemaker Club interest in a wool braided rugs course under the University of Maryland Extension Service. Members will meet today and tomorrow at 1 PM in Methodist church club rooms for instruction. Names include Mrs. Ahalt Boyer Coffman Gross Hil Hovermale Hightman Kirk Martin Roelke. Others may join. Also promoted to PFC Yokohama Howard L. Wiles, husband Virginia of Route 4 Frederick Md, serves with the 40th Anti-Aircraft Brigade in Japan.
A Fredericktonian, 20-year-old Robert L. Warfield Jr., heads Vendedores Automatics C. A. in Caracas, growing to 100 vending machines at airports, clubs, hotels. Facing coinage, language, and cross national staff hurdles, he built a rising venture from a garage to downtown Caracas offices with Yankee ingenuity. Postmaster resignation note closes the page.
Residents alarmed by Kiwanis Club Kids Day fireworks on Monday night reported the blasts from a nearby quarry at eight raised concerns. One woman called City Police to complain while others inquired about the event.
In Charlotte campaign plans toward a general wage increase, modeled after auto and steel industry gains, will be mapped at a November 13 delegates meeting of Southern locals of the CIO Textile Workers Union amid reports of ongoing explosions nearby.
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