Unified Planning For River Basins Urged By Commission
A Presidential Water Resources Policy Commission urged nationwide unified planning of river basins to guide flood control irrigation power and related developments. It called for multi purpose projects and federal leadership in hydroelectric power while urging private firms to cooperate in interconnecting power exchanges. The report also favored local participation and cost reimbursement for flood control works, provoking mixed reactions from industry and watershed groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Water Resources Policy Commission
Commission
American Watershed Council
James W. Parker
Detroit Edison Company
Electric Companies Public Information Program
Dear Miss Dix on marriage and divorce in advice column
Dorothy Dix writes to married men about the woes of marriage versus single life and the expected fate of divorced husbands. An ex husband respondent notes divorce rarely brings happiness, compares home shelter to freedom, and warns men regret breaking bonds. Molly answers a question about a woman's plan to support two sisters and potential financial strain on marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
Bank
Molly
Tenant House Gutted By Fire On Sunday
Fire gutted a tenant house on the Harry R. Savage farm on Old Germantown road Sunday afternoon at about 4 45. Mrs McCoy and her children, aided by neighbors, saved most furniture and took refuge with her mother as Gaithersburg Washington Grove and Upper Montgomery County fire departments fought the blaze using water from Big Seneca Creek. Fire officials attributed the blaze to an overheated chimney pipe connected to a coal heater. water froze on the roof as crews worked. Mrs McCoy received shock treatment and was listed in satisfactory condition. The article notes the historical meaning of the word clerk as a store salesman once tied to religious orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Savage
Germantown
Gaithersburg
Washington Grove
Montgomery County
Big Seneca Creek
McCoy
Emmitsburg Glee Club Christmas Concert Highlighted by Nativity Tableau
Emmitsburg St Josephs High School Glee Club directed by Rev David W Shaum staged a Christmas concert in the school auditorium featuring diverse songs from the entire club and soloists Suz anne Law Marie Topper Anna Mae Welty and others. A Nativity tableau closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immitsburg
St. Joseph's High School
David W. Shaum
John Peel
Suzanne Law
Marie Topper
Anna Mae Welty
Town of
Bethlehem
Emmitsburg High School
Parent Teachers Association
the Grange
Harry T. McNair
Harry Troxel
Weldon Shank
Carlos Englar
Emmitsbure High School
Henry Charlton
Christmas Dance Celebrates Emmitsburg Alumni
The Emmitsburg Alumni Association hosts its annual Christmas dance on December 26 from nine to twelve with Gene Frocks Orchestra. It is a semi formal event long held each Christmas, featuring committees for tickets refreshments decorations and other arrangements led by Carroll Frock Jr. and Sterling White among many volunteers.
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Janicke
Carolyn McDonnel
Ralph McDonnel
Clarence Hahn
Alumni Association
Emmitsburg High
Gene Frocks
Ada Sperry
Robert Gillelan
Helen Neighbours
Mae Rowe
Rhoda Gillelan
Pauline Seabrook
Robert Fitez
Carroll Frock, Jr
Sterling White
Wayne MecCleaf
David Arnold
Hazel Glacken
Mary Long
Sue Stinson
Mary Fiery
Emmitsburg
Town lights brightened setting. several churches and residents decorate
The town officially switched on lights extending farther than before with work by Ralph McDonnell and Ofta Tokar. Local businesses and some homes already glow. The Elias Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society met at Miss Anna Gillelan’s home voting $5 for Christmas fruit baskets and led by Grace Rowe in a program on Bethlehem then and now. Church choir rehearsals prepared for Sunday service Christmas music under Rev. Philip Bower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McDonnell
Ofta Tokar
Women's Missionary Society of Elias Lutheran Church
Anna Gillelan
Grace Rowe
Philip Bower
Bethlehem
Christ
Herbert Neighbours
Miss Rowe
George Eyster
D. L. Beerle
Robert Gillelan
Miss Gillelan
E.R. Shriver
Ruth Shuff
Frederick
Albert Patterson
Walter Peppler
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J. Alr
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Ifrederick
Randolph Scott
Pat O'Brien
Bombardier
James Stewart
Debra Paget
Jeff Chandler
Térknlentor
Prehiyfs
Rgas
Darryl F. Zanuck
Batte Anne Davis Baxter
Georga
Celaste Sanders - Holm
Ily
Gary Merrill
Hugh Haar
Owe Rear
Ears "Wankiewicz
Joan LD. Bohn
Union Bridge
Bohn
David Bohn
Johnsville
Helen Houck
Keymar
Truman Bohn
Mary Stambaugh
Bohns
Imperial Brunswick
Abbott & Costello
Ait the Ice
Ginny Simms
Patrick Knowles
Sam Tivoli
Selina
Louisa
RENT
CBI Hussey
Gen Baton
Peppler
Edward Flowers
Detroit
Mich
Elias Evangelical Lutheran
Reginald Zepp
Clarence Bartholomew
Gettysburg
Atsy
Bulgarian Communist Party
Frederisik
KLAG
Dorothy Seniff
State Department
Rabotnichesko Delo
Sofia
Voice of America
Ruth Roman
Las Veras
Dew
Ruth Rowan
Mortimer Hall
Dudge Frank McNamee
Hall
Los Angeles
Druid Theater
Damascus
Maryland
David Brian John 4Gar
Frank Lovejoy
Suzanne Dalbert
Hagerstown
Ns Pray Ice
Mars Opticians
N. Market Street
Admiral
RCA - Philo
Motorola
Damascus Electric CO
Ouh Frederick
Stony’s Radio Service
Patrick Street
Eusy
Lawson Motor Sales
Nash
Chrysler Con
Said & Out
Lawson
W. Patrick St
N. Market St
On Jong Uume
Metal Toys
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