Rev Gordon Sperry to Leave Here for Allentown Pastorship
The Rev Gordon H Sperry will preach his last sermon Sunday at Christ's Evangelical and Reformed Church then leave Monday for Allentown Pa to take over the pastorate of St John's Evangelical and Reformed Church. He led church school youth programs and playground activities and was active in the Ministerial Association and Community Bible Schools. A joint service with Salem will close his tenure, followed by a reception in the Parish House. A dinner in his honor was hosted at Hotel Alexander by Mr and Mrs Andrew Coffman with several clergy guests present.
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Gordon H. Sperry
Christ's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Allentown
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Christ's Reformed Church
Sperry
Ministerial Association
Community Daily Vacation Bible Schools
YMCA
Christ's Church
Salem
Hotel Alexander
Andrew K. Coffman
Henry Haines
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Gordon Sperry
Scott R. Wagner
Frederick W. Eyster
Baum
Boonsboro
Lois Smith
R. Paul Smith
Murdered Pretty Brunette Found in Louisville Apartment
Police and relatives found Una V. Ponder, 36, fatally beaten and burned in her bottle-strewn apartment. The nearly nude body lay on the floor with burns from lighted cigarettes. Police planned to question several men whose names appeared in a book in the four room residence.
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Louisville
Una V.ponder
Carl Heustis
Dancing Every Sat Night At La Salle a Manger
Promote dancing every Saturday night at La Salle a Manger formerly Mt Lena Hail. The Silvertone Boys with Washboard Speedy perform with cakewalk and prizes. Fried chicken and French fries served Fri and Sun. Adv.
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La-Salle-a-Manger
Mt. Lena
Silvertone Boys
Deaths of Frederick A Risling and Charles T Palmer
Frederick A Risling aged 75 died yesterday at Washington County Hospital. He was the last surviving member of his family and leaves several sisters and a son Arthur Risling plus four grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. Kraiss Mortuary Chapel with interment Rose Hill cemetery. Charles Thomas Palmer aged 63 died Thursday night at Washington County Hospital after a two week illness. He was a Williamsport native and Byron Tannery employee, survived by wife Anna Belle and children William H Palmer and Frances E Miller and brothers Harry Adam and Cleveland. Services Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Leaf funeral chapel with interment River View Cemetery Williamsport.
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Frederick A. Risling
North Locust Street
Washington County Hospital
Brethren Church
Russell Burkholder
Shippensburg
Baxter Nanamaker
Clyde Raff
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Clark Copenhaver
Arthur Risling
Charles Thomas Palmer
Williamsport
Nathan
Elizabeth Howard Palmer
Byron Tannery
Pentecostal Church of
Pegasus Club Plans September 17 Meeting at Hotel Alexander
Two McCormick Inc officials John Conley and Norman Abbott assist directors of human relations will discuss Multiple Management at the Pegasus Club’s second meeting. The event, held at Hotel Alexander, highlights an unusual responsibility system in the company and is hosted by a Fairchild Aircraft division personnel group.
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McCormick, Inc
Pegasus Club
Hotel Alexander
John Conley
Norman Abbott
Fairchild Aircraft Davision
Husband Accused Of Wounding Wife In Breakfast Incident
Baltimore police issued an assault and shooting warrant for James Bowen after his estranged wife Gloria Bowen was shot four times at breakfast. Bowen, a waiter, was picked up by Washington officers. Gloria Bowen remained in fair condition at St. Joseph's Hospital. The couple had been estranged three months and a non-support warrant had been sworn.
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Baltimore
Washington
Gloria Bowen
St. Joseph's Hospital
James Bowen
Bridge Classes Start At Women's Club In September
Contract bridge lessons begin September 29 at the Women's Club. For details call 1585-W. G R Bowers advertises the class offering.
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W. G. R. Bowers
Old Reading Beer Ad Expands Brand Appeal
An advertisement from BEVERAGE SALES CO. promotes Old Reading Beer as more plentiful and urges customers to ask for a known good brand. The note includes contact details: 19 Lanvale and phone 481.
Temperature Edges Up Another Degree
The thermometer rose a degree yesterday as Keedysville recorded 91 and Chewsville 87. Night was warmer, with Chewsville at 78 by 9 p m, three degrees above Thursday. Thunderstorms are forecast again today, but mid summer conditions may linger. Oswald, Chewsville observer, noted a 63 degree minimum.
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Keedysville
Chewsville
Weather Bureau
D. Paul Oswald
Navy recruit chief becomes Army captain at NYU
Joe Elliott Jr. who led Navy Reserve recruiting here for months this year has been commissioned a captain in the Army and is studying at New York University. He will focus on mathematics and meteorology, after five years in the Navy where he commanded a sub chaser and was executive officer for a destroyer escort. His family lives at Blue Ridge Summit.
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Joe Elliott, Jr
Navy Reserve
Army
New York University
Elliott
Navy
Blue Ridge Summit
Dancing Saturday Night at Appalachian Inn
Cordwood and His Boys perform at Appalachian Inn with beer and wine. Fried chicken and country ham served 1 PM to 11 PM every Sunday. Seed wheat Leap's Pratific advertised. Order by calling 836-33 Ira H. Eby, Mauganeville.
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Appalachian Inn
Cordwood and His Boys
New Shoe Department Opens at Leiters Brothers Store
Leiter Brothers announces a new ladies shoe department with beige walls shadow box displays and stock rooms. The design by Grand Rapids Picture Co features chairs in pastels, a gray rug, full length mirrors, and an oil painting Girl in Pink Hat by Koch. Department heads are J A Crawford Leta McClain and Ruth Harrison. Ralph A Sheeler runs the adjacent Leiters Men’s Shop with fine selections of shoes.
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Leiter Brothers
a _ biege
Grand Rapids Picture Co
Koch
J. A. Crawford
Leta McClain
Ruth Harrison
Ralph A. Sheeler
Leiters Men’s
Pen Mar Soldier Completes Parachute Training
Private Robert Henry Burgess of Pen Mar Pennsylvania earned the Boots and Wings insignia after six weeks of combined parachute and glider training at Fort Benning Georgia. He completed seven parachute jumps with the last two being tactical including a night jump and a dawn jump.
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Robert Henry Burgess
Grace Burgess
Pen Mar
United States Airborne
Infantry School
Fort Benning
Georgia
Hagerstown Business College Opens Intensive Courses
Intensive courses in shorthand, typewriting, accounting, law, business administration and allied subjects begin September 2 and 8. For information call 2679. Located in Hagerstown, Maryland.
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Hagerstown Business College
Hagerstown
WATCH CLOCK AND JEWELRY REPAIRING AT SAUM'S
Modern methods advertised for watch, clock and jewelry repairs at Saums 21 Jonathan Street. Also offers peaches Elberta and quantities at Packing Barn with evening hours. Roy G. Reeder Keedysville phone 69-F-21.
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Saum’s
Jonathan St
Elbertas
Roy G. Reeder Keedysville
Planes Active Across Nation Highlight C 82 Role
Fairchild Aircraft Division reports Packets moved 2000 gallon gasoline truck to McChord for refueling jet planes. Canadian forces observed air ground ops during a two week tour. Ninth Air Force will begin demonstrations at Lawson Field on September 29, advancing to Operation Snowdrop at Pine Camp with C 82s transporting troops and gear from November 1 to March 1.
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Fairchild
Florida
Ninth Air Force
Lake
Ontario
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Packett
McChord Field
Wash
Sacramento
Cal
Packet
Climatic Research
Eglin Field
Fla
Dominion
Lawson Field
New York
Browns Crush Dodgers in Home Open 55 to 7
Cleveland rolled over Brooklyn 55 to 7 in the All American Conference opener as Motley scored twice and others contributed. A crowd of 18,876 watched the lopsided game with Brooklyn failing to field a team or band.
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Brooklyn
Cleveland
Browns
Motley
Weather Outlook by State: Warm Humid with Showers
Virginia remains warm and humid with afternoon thundershowers Saturday, followed by Sunday mostly sunny and warm. Maryland sees more showers Saturday and mostly sunny Sunday in the east. West Virginia forecasts cloudy with showers Saturday and fair, lower humidity Sunday. Tennessee is partly cloudy and cooler Saturday with some showers in the extreme east, then fair and warm Sunday.
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Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Tennessee
Waynesboro Man Kicked By Horse
John J. Shank of Waynesboro, noted horseman and Wayne Laboratories owner, was kicked by a horse while schooling it at his Potomac area summer home near Downsville. A bee sting is suspected to have triggered the horse to wheel. Shank received treatment and remains confined to his summer residence.
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John J. Shank
Waynesboro
Wayne Laboratories
Potomac
Downsville
Shank
Fairchild Names New Chief Aerodynamicist
Fairchild Aircraft Division announces Earl E. Morton of the engineering department aerodynamics section as chief aerodynamicist. He succeeds Dr. H. Serbin, who will join Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana as a professor of aeronautical engineering.
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Earl E. Morton
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Dr. H. Serbin
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Elberta and Hale Peaches at Newman's Packing House
Bracket and Elberta peaches available at Newman's Packing House in Smithsburg Maryland. C Ned Keadle at Mapleville offers packing house contact number 542 W 2. Adv.
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Elberta & Hale Peaches
Damson & Prune Plums
Newman’s Packing House
Smithsburg
Bracket
Ned Keadle
Mapleville
Dr Barrett Speech Opens 50th Hagerstown Elks Anniversary
Dr Robert South Barrett past grand exalted ruler of Elks delivers speech at the 50th anniversary session of Hagerstown lodge. Event highlighted projects aiding crippled children and boys camps, with music by Robert Gould and Al Gruber orchestra. Memorial and Sunday services planned with notable Elks attendees.
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Robert South Barrett
Elks
Hagerstown Lodge
Winslow Burhans
Dr. Barrett
A. Guy Miller
Annapolis
Henry A. Schuber
Frederick E. Leister Mobley
Hagerstown
H. Earl Pitzer
Gettysburg
Ross L. Pickerell
Maryland, Delaware and
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Association of Elks, and Andrew Kessinger
Silver Spring Lodge
Walter Byron Stehl
al Gruber
Zel Smith
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Free State of
Trieste
Paris
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Leap
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Mauganeville
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Udv
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Thorne
Chewsville Cooperative Assn
Robert C. Snavely
North Potomac
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Virginia Avenue
City Park Lake
General Electric
Fleigh Motor Corp
Hager House Presents
Raymond Watkin
Hager House
Brewer’s. Meadow
Charles LeFew
C. Ray Hare
Salisbury Lodge
James Elliott
Gould
Vincent Lopez
Electrical Engineering
A. G. Crankleton Elec. Co., Inc
Greencastle
Crystal Lite Restaurant
Pennsylvania Ave
Edna B. Smith
Conococheague Park
Silvertone Melody Boys
Speedy
Ike
Warner Bros. Talking Movies
1 Radio and Child’s Toy
Hagerstown Horse Show
Mt. Tammany Farm
Williamsport Pike
Cigar Stand
Alexander and Mathias-Miller Co
S. Potomac St
Hagerstown Kiwanis Club
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