Passes Bill To Sell Camp Ritchie to Federal Government
In Annapolis the Senate approved a bill to authorize the sale of Camp Ritchie in Washington County to the Federal Government for use as an emergency communications center. Proceeds would be directed to capital acquisitions or improvements per a Board of Public Works determination.
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Washington County
Board of Public Works
Cumberland
Local Notes Include Health Updates and Visits Across Washington Area
Bolivar native Bolivar-Donald Fields visited his Washington City family. Mumps hit Bolivar youngsters, with several cases among smaller children. Mrs. J C Newcomer, recently unwell after an illness near Hillsboro, VA, remains indisposed. Nannie Littleton and her son Marion of Washington DC visited Bettie Littleton and Mrs Woodward in Charles Town, who is recovering from a fall injury. Fred Potts of Towson Maryland visited Rene Eaton and Mrs Charles Whitmore at Guilford Rest Home in Boonsboro. Mrs. David Noland of Bolivar entered Charles Town General Hospital for observation. C P Snider of Loudoun County spent the weekend with sisters Jessie Euckles and Wildia Derry. Edward Grove remains ill at King’s Daughters Hospital after major surgery. Minnie Wirts, a patient at Charles Town General Hospital, improving and returning home to Camp Hill. John Newcomer and family of Cliffside Cabins, with K K Cavalier and Jeane Cavalier, visited Washington to see Ice Capades and dined with Ira Dalgarn group this past Saturday.
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Donald Fields
Washington City
Robert Fields
Ronnie
Howard Lemon
J. C. Newcomer
Manuel Rest
Hillsboro
Nannie Littleton
Marion
Washington, D. C
Bettie Littleton
Woodward
Charles Town
Littleton
Fred Potts
Towson
Rene Eaton
Charles Whitmore
Guilford Rest Home
Boonsboro
David Noland
Charles Town General Hospital
C. P. Snider
Loudoun County
Jessie Euckles
Wildia Derry
Edward Grove
King’s Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Minnie Wirts
Camp Hill
John Newcomer
Anne
Johnnie
Cliffside
K. K. Cavalier
Jeane Cavalier
Drew Conklyn
Ira Dalgarn
Mary Cavalier
Local Visits Highlight Emmitsburg and Westminster Guests
Emmitsburg residents Mr and Mrs Rod ney Sneeringer of Hanover and Mr and Mrs Francis Staley and daughter of Westminster visited Mrs Ida Goulden on Sunday. William Watkins, recently transferred to Harrisburg, spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs George L Wilhide and Mrs Estelle Watkins. Mrs Ralph Irelan visited her husband after a major operation at St Joseph's Hospital in Baltimore. the Irelans operate the...
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Emmitsburg
Rodney Sneeringer
Hanover
Francis Staley
Westminster
Ida Goulden
William Watkins
Connecticut
Harrisburg
George L. Wilhide
Estelle Watkins
Ralph Irelan
St. Joseph's Hospital
Baltimore
Irelan
Saint Joseph's High School Activities and Local News Mix
Palm Lunch visitors from Baltimore tour West Main Street weekend. St Joseph's High School marks wins for boys and girls over Emmitsburg. King and Queen of Hearts candidates chosen for Valentine’s Day Catholic Students Mission Crusade at St Joseph's. School drama and science class activities include film on electricity and stage production Charlie in April. Sykesville set to elect Ladies Auxiliary officers at Fire Company. Newborns: Donald Lee Hughes and Raymond Wilford Dudderar. Sykesville PTA plans March 30 play Just Ducky. Community birthdays and local travel notes. Bills move to governor: prison sentence reductions for road and street work. fire company funding boosted.
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Ann Brooks
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John Walter
Frances Firor
Sue Law
Paul Sanders
Richard Sprankle
Savanna Miller
Barbara Jean Chen
Charlies Baker
Gerald Joy
Dolores Topper
Angela Rocks
Edward O'Brien
Richard Sanders
St. Joseph's High School
Charlie
Sykesville
Charles Thompson
Sykesville Fire Company
Clara Dudderar
Frank Dorsey
Lyman Wilson
Edward Grimes
J. C. Hughes
Montgomery County Hospital
Donald Lee
Hughes
Jacqueline Riley
Clifford Riley
Wilford C. Dudderar
Thurmont
Here
Raymond Wilford
Frederick
Ethel Roberts
Parent Teachers Association
Just Ducky
Today in history and birth anniversaries snapshot
A collage of anniversaries and birthdays: figures like William Harrison born Berkeley Virginia died after inauguration in 1641. Lydia Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. Roy James Parton. William Dwight Whitney. George Ade. Amy Lowell. Joseph Smith. Libby Prison escape. the US Weather Bureau birth. Roosevelt air mail cancelation. the Normandie fire. Patton, brownouts, and wartime measures. Birthdays include Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks Ronald Colman Dean Rusk Hughston M. McBain Harold C. Hunt Peggy Wood Gypsy Rose Lee and Frank Smothers.
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Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lynn
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England
Newburyport
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Yale
Northampton
George Ade
Indiana
Kentland
Ind
Amy Lowell
Brookline
Joseph Smith
Independence
Libby
Richmond
Thomas E. Rose
U. S. Weather Bureau
Congress
US & Signal Corps
Roosevelt
Dean Rusk
Cherokee Co. Ga
Hughston M. McBain
Marshall Field
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Mich
Horoscope From The Times Reflects Patient Virtues And Longevity
Foreign correspondent born in Rossville Tl fifty years ago James J A Powers of New York born in Cleveland forty eight years ago Rt Rev John Boyd Bentley Protestant Episcopal church born in Hampton Va sixty years ago Today's horoscope says a patient plodding nature wise in a simple way and moderately fortunate in life's work success will come through patient application and a long life is indicated reaching to a very great age content with a simple life and the esteem of friends
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Rossville
James J. A. Powers
New York
Cleveland
John Boyd Bentley
Protestant Episcopal Church
Hampton
Labor Government Wins Second Test In Two Days
London prime minister Attlee’s Labor Government survived a second no confidence challenge in as many days, winning 306 to 298 on a meat shortage vote. Conservatives tried to oust the government over meat policy cuts, following a Churchill led attack.
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Winston Churchill
British policy on meat and steel sparks Commons clash
The News (Frederick Md) reports Conservative MPs led by Marty Crookshank charged the government with mismanagement of meat and steel policy. The dispute risked toppling the government, while a Labor defeat could hasten changes. Also noted are Tennessee phosphate finds by a tombstone cutter and Walter Reuther's planned speech to striking UAW workers in Hagerstown.
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London
Moe
Howse of Commons
Euther Hagerstown
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UAW
Fairchild Aircraft
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