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Do You Remember...50 Year* Ago —Edward Troup, widely known Fairview farmer, suffered a broken arm, broken leg, and cuts and bruises when the belt flew from his gasoline engine and struck him while he was sawing wood. . . . Local dealers reported that turkeys will be scarce this Thanksgiving, causing the birds to retail at 25 cents per pound. . * . One of the first houses ever built in this county, .the dwelling ot Ames Vance, along the National Pike three miles from Hancock, was destroyed by fire. ,. . George Bender represented Hagerstown at a meeting held to organize a baskct-balL league in Cumberland Valley towns. M. F. BLkle was Wavnesbcro’a representative.30 Yain Ago —Dog Catcher Pete Domer has killed oae of Hagerstown’s two vicious dogs which are known to have bitten children. Police are watching the other animal. . , Mortgage foreclosure proceedings against the Hagerstown Country Clab are In progress. Rumors afcdut the future of the building say that physicians may buy it to open a second hoapfUl for Hageritown, or the Reformed Church may obtain tt fcr an old folks- home. •. , . Named to Hagerstown’s junior all-star soeecr team for the public school system were Donahugh, Bailey, Hull. Hov-ermill, Michaels, Barr, Mace, Gallagher, Morin. Wilson and Ridglev. ... Dr. Erasmus Mortimer Garrott, retired physician, died at his Sharps-burg home, aged 64.15 Year* Ago —Mrs. Harry F. Foreman would have a real feeding problem if her elephants were real ones. The South Mulberry Street resident. a leader in local Republican activities, has more than 1QO‘miniature pachyderms in her collection. . . . Local retailers have voted to close their stores on the morning of Armistice Day, opening them at noon for the benefit of Saturday shoppers. . . . Philip G, Johnson, Hancock, Route Two, is. in fair condition at the Washington County Hospital, after suffering head injuries when kicked by a horse. . . , One of those wartime' coincidences occurred in the Pacific, when Sgt. Jacob Swartz, son of .Mrs. Grover Swartz, Hagerstown, Route Three, encountered a fellow scholar back home at Sunday school, pavld Herman, while waiting his turn at the shower.
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Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Fri, Nov 06, 1959
Page 11
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