Walkersville High defeats Faculty in first game of season
Walkersville High School’s student team beat the Faculty 45 to 36 in the season opener. Ensor led scoring with free throws as Stauffer and Fry controlled center duties. Principal Smith and Harry Smith starred for the Faculty while wartime travel clouds future schedules.
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Walkersville High School
Wednesda
Glade Valley
Primipal
Hagh School
Harry ©. Smith
Smith
Stauffer
Fry
Ensor
Maimg Pal Qo
Sauffer
Zimmerman
Elso
Walkerwitle
F. TP. Zimmerman
Enyger
Fryc
Shankley
Young
Keitels
TP Thompson
Culler
D. Smith
H. Smith
Church League Scores Highlight Lutheran and St John’s Dominance
In the Church League standings the Methodist lost to the Baptist 2 4, Lutheran 2 beat Grace Ref 1, St John’s 2 defeated Presbyterian 1. Mrs Ethel Pemsel led Lutheran women with a 137 single and 347 match total, the season’s best, while Lutheran women totaled 140 pins. St John’s won men’s honors as William Kennedy posted a 147 single game and 344 match total, powering a team pinfall of 1636, the highest among men’s teams.
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MES. Pemsel High
Ethel Pemsel
Lutheran Ladies
St. John's
William Kennedy
Calvary Meth
Grace
Middletown
Lutheran 1B
Baptist YE
Buckeystown
United Brethren
Beth Sholom U
Presbyterian
Methodist
Lutheran
Court News Property Transfers and Local Marriage Licenses
Court records show Samuel R. Garrison and wife deed property to Marshall E. Barger and wife for ten dollars. Marriage licenses list Patrick Nusbaum and Mr Airy with Constance Roth, Clarence Jewell and Dorothy Moxley of Leesburg, Alton Keyser and Mary Beard, John Brashear and Mary Fritz of Mt Airy, James Tiffany of Leesburg, Ladis Pangle of Winchester with Ralph Windsor and Betelle Baker of Gaithersburg, John Barnes and Beulah Morgan of Mt Airy. The tongue yields approximately eight percent of the oil extracted in wine.
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Court News
Samuel R. Garrison
Marshall E. Barger
Patrick H. Nusbaum
Mr. Airy
Constance L. Roth
West South Street
Clarence Jewell
Dorothy Moxley
Leesburg
Alton Roy Keyser
Frederick
Mary Alice Beard
West Fourth Street
John William Brashear
Mary Elizabeth Fritz
Mit
Airy
James Tiffany
Ladis V. Pangle
Winchester
Ralph L. Windsor
Betelle M. Baker
Gaithersburg
John D. Barnes
Sykesville
Beulah L Morgan
Mt. Airy
Poopo-Poona Celebrates Christmas After Santa Recovers
Michael Bartholomew Woffington starts a failed act to save Santa and Christmas. A woodsman hides him from cold, the Poopa-Poonan kingdom ignites with lights as the townspeople sing and Michael learns Santa will live so long as one child believes. Santa arrives to declare belief fuels Christmas and gifts Michael a silver horn.
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Lucrece Mudgins
Santa Claus
Michael Wattington Bartholomew
Poops- Poona
Michael
Good James
Michael Sient
Santa
Kingdom of
Poopo-Poon
Poapo-Poona
Poona-Pooria
Saar
Chael
Santa Land
Sante
Christmex
Man In Leesburg Receives Jail Term For Deadly Weapon Charge
Hempson Jackson twenty two formerly of Leesburg and now a city resident was convicted of carrying a deadly weapon with intent to harm and assault and battery on Charles Bowens. He received sixty days on the first charge and thirty on the second, to run concurrently. Bowens testified Jackson drew a gun after a bar fight. Jackson admitted the assault charge but denied possession of a gun. Maude Barker and Allen Eaves faced minor charges. several others forfeited bail for various offenses. Christmas pardons were granted to three county jail inmates.
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Hempson Jackson
Leesburg
Charles Bowens
Manuel M. Weinberg
Bowens
Jackson
West All Saint's Street
Maude Barker
Allen T. Eaves
Francis Bro S
Charles Biser
William Meredith Dash
North Market Street
Weinberg
Walter Crawford
Vernon Rhoderick
Walter Andrews
Texas Needs All Its Defensive Strength To Stop Castleberry
Texas faces Georgia Tech in the Cotton Bowl on January 1 with Clint Castleberry and Eddie Prokop forming a versatile backfield for the Yellow Jackets. The Longhorns boast a strong defense but must counter Tech’s left-handed passing and multiple wingback options as Roy McKay and Jackie Field pace the Texas offense.
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Texas
Castleberry
Robert Mellace
NEA
Dallas
Georgia Rose
Georgia Tech Engineers
University of Texas
Clint Castleberry
Eddie Prokop
Yellow Jackets
Castleberry and Co
Prokop
Atlanta
Stumpy Thomason
Longhorns
Northwestern
Texas Christian
McKay
Roy McKay
Jackie Field
Dana X. Bible
Austin
Stanley Mauldin
Tech
Laydown Hand Featured In Bridge Tales And Quizzes
A bridge column recounts a Christmas present hand from a Cleveland past where spades opened allowed 13 tricks with a diamond opening thwarted. The piece blends audience hand analysis with a New Year wish and a Gin Rummy quiz section on dealing, up-cards, and card sequences.
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Cleveland
Declarer
East
Automobile Fire On North Court Street Damages Likely Minor
A minor car fire occurred on North Court street near Third street and was extinguished by members of the Independent and United Fire companies at 10 45 Wednesday night. The owner appeared nervous and shaken as the incident ended.
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North Court Street
Third Street
Independent
United Fire Companies
Farmer pinned by charging horse breaks rib at barn
Thomas W. Diem, a retired farmer near Frederick, was hospitalized after a horse’s sudden rearing pinned him against a stall. X rays showed a broken rib from the Monday accident. The mare’s stall was being entered for watering when the animal startled and plunged onto him. A farm tenant heard his cries and summoned medical help.
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Eib
Thomas W. Diem
Frederick
Oppossumtown Pike
Frederick City Hospital
Clem
War’s effect on attendance across sports in wartime year
A Associated Press poll of 90 writers finds attendance declined due to travel limits and players in the armed services. The trend shows war reshaped sports toward participation and mass activity while top figures faced erratic performances and weakened reserves. Soldiers abroad and at home remain enthusiastic about sports despite absences.
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New York
Associated Press
Armed Services
Mer In
Army
Navy
War Pressure Threatens Sports With Curtailment
The article warns that ongoing wartime pressures could trigger greater curtailment of sports activities as the conflict intensifies, potentially affecting schedules, participation, and public morale.
Campagna Named to Maryland U Physical Education Staff
Thomas Campagna of Chicago is added to the University of Maryland Physical Education Department to coach the varsity boxing team. He will promote novice boxing within the university fitness program and begin instruction after Christmas holidays as Maryland prepares for the January 1 opener with the U S Coast Guard Academy. Prof. George D Quigley remains boxing adviser and has coached the Old Line team this season.
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College Park
Thomas Campagna
Chicago
University of Maryland
Clark D. Shaughnessy
Campagra
Golden Gloves
Lawison ¥. M. C. A
Union League Boys Club
Shaughnessy
Campagna
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
Maryland
George D. Quigley
Quigley
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Grace Reformed
Presbyterian A
Jin Poopopoona
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Cates
Sami
Lucrece Hublins
Pooso-Poona
Santa Wal
Mcnael
Erowlie
Santa C
Michael Bartholomew Woffington
Santa Lana
Ichael
Cotton Bowl
Georgia Tech
By William E. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
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Niwel
Akoa Mote
South West Y
By Hal Cochar
Mary
Jerry
Perry Rey
Sor
Marcy
Hattons
A Home Small Loan Co
North Court
Onit
Melvin M. Engle
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Frederick, M4
America
Fredericktown
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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