Bridge contest and street incident headline style
The column discusses a bridge hand where East uses a jump overcall in match play and South finds a winning no trump plan, while a separate item reports a near riot on DeGrange Street leading to the arrest of Howard A. Riggles for disturbing the peace and firing a gun. The article notes the day later in history as having 24 hours in the fourth century.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
East
South
Trump
West
Declarer
DeGrange Street
Ralph Potts
Sergi
Harry Phillips
Bernard King
Norman Trump
Howard A. Riggles
Riggles
Anniversaries and Births Highlight Poolesville Day
A Poolesville celebration recalls notable anniversaries and birthdays from history, with figures like Jedidiah Morse and Jonathan M. Wainwright noted. The event features a Tally-ho coach parade, old homesteads toured, and remarks by Gov. McKeldin praising the rural village character.
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Barnesville
Poolesville
John Hickman
Hyattstown
Gaithersburg
Washington Grove
IOOF
John Poole
Frances Poole Williams
Arthur Elgin
Williams
Poolesville High School
McKeldin
Board of Trade Pail
Howard Spurrier
Thomas Pyles
Gorman Lee Butler
Charles Elgin
Poolesville Marks 150th Anniversary Celebration
Poolesville celebrated the 150th anniversary of its naming with a parade drawing over 2,000 along Main Street. The event contrasted past and present with 1890 and 1954 bathing suit groups and modern floats, including a prize winner from Poolesville Plumbing & Heating Co. A horse drawn hearse and a funeral home’s car earned honorable mention, while the Izaak Walton League and Maryland Inland Game and Fish Commission shared top honors in the noncommercial division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poolesville
Washington
Poolesville Plumbing & Heating Co
Claude Reddick
Hilton
Barnesville
Walton
Izaak Walton
Tri State Elks End Convention in Annapolis
The Tri State Association of Elks held memorial services at the Statehouse in Annapolis to close a three day convention of 18 lodges from Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia. C L Mobley of Hagerstown was elected president defeating George M Jones of Prince Georges County in the sole contest. New officers include Harry McGuirk Berdine W Palmer Lloyd Pahlman R Edward Dove and Joseph Motya with trustees John Kissinger Charles Miller and Arthur Mason elected for three year terms.
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Annapolis
Tri-State Association of Elks
Statehouse
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
C. L. Mobley
Hagerstown
George M. Jones
Prince Georges County
Mobley
William E
Slaughter
Easton
Harry McGuirk
Baltimore
Berdine W. Palmer
Lloyd Pahlman
R. Edward Dove
Joseph Motv‘a
Washington
John Kissinger
Silver Spring
Charles W. Miller
Arthur Mason
Frederick
Hairdo Shape Tips From Alicia Hart Beauty Editor
The article advises teens on hair care including scalp conditioning shampoos and daily brushing. It warns against self cutting despite trends, noting many youths experiment but should avoid trimming their own hair.
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Alicia Hartner
Hair Cutting Tips From A Self Style Guide
The article warns that self-cut hair is hard to judge from behind and even practiced teens lack professional thinning skills. It advises budgeting for a salon visit, shaping short hair monthly, trimming long hair every other month, and avoiding letting hair become straggly before returning to the hairdresser.
Braniff Airliner Crash Kills 10 Near Mason City Iowa
A Braniff airliner, struggling through a rainstorm, crashed south of Mason City with 19 aboard. The Cerro Gordo County sheriff reports 10 dead and nine injured taken to Mason City and Hampton area hospitals. City police also probe a robbery at Rose's Cafe on North Market Street.
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Mason City
Iowa
Braniff
Cerro Gordo County
North Market Street
Stolen Money Reported in Frederick Incident
Frederick MD August 23 1954 under police interrogation William Caniford Jr reports most of over $300 stolen Sunday morning and afternoon. a suspect was charged Saturday night or Sunday morning with the docket entered late yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Frederick
Ator William Caniford Jr
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