City inspection trip under Munshower eyes future upgrades
Mayor Elmer F. Munshower and five aldermen began a tour of Frederick municipal facilities to set priorities for water, drainage and disposal projects. The group surveyed Fishing Creek reservoirs, Sing a pore filtration plant, and the municipal airport, with plans to visit remaining areas next week. edinvolvement included orders to clear water source areas of debris and to keep sites clean as work proceeds. Australian PM appeals for volunteers as Parliament backs UN ocean action.
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Ve City
Elmer F. Munshower
Tursday
Fredrick
Fishing Creek
Tuscarora
Rocky Springs
Singapore
Munshower
Manhower
Immert RK. Bowlus
Clyde M. Zoney
Donald B. Rice
Dorsey
Shipley
City Hall
Jenry F. Falk
R. Walter
Whitman, Reynardt and Associates
Baltimore
Local notices from Union Bridge Middleburg area
Union Bridge and nearby towns report property moves and community updates. Union Bridge Earl Rakestraw buys the Rev R Poffen barger home in Middleburg moving from Hays Grimes house now sold to Charles Bostian. Brethren pastor seeks German student hosts for one year with first group arriving New Windsor and second due July 10. Mrs Katie Wrightson visits family in Baltimore two weeks. Edgar Snyder couple newlyweds move into Johnsville Middleburg parsonage. Ronald D Michaels, US Navy, transferred from Great Lakes to Pensacola. Charles Feanfelters buy Oscar Hahn property on South Main. Mrs Hahn to live with her mother in Westminster. Harry Carr opens filling station and store opposite Union Bridge High School.
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Union Bridge
Earl Rakestraws
Rev. R. Poffenbarger
Middleburg
Samuel LeSights
Hays Grimes
Grimes
Charles Bostian
Church of the Brethren
Samuel A. Harley
New Windsor
Katie Wrightson
Baltimore
G. H. Stocksdale
Edgar Snyder
Johnsville-Middleburg Methodist Parsonage
Ronald D. Michaels
Herbert Michaels
U.S. Navy
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Charles Feaunfelters
Oscar Hahn
South Main Street
Hahn
West
Sodality
Ormond Galvin
Hulyr Name Society
B. V. M. Sodality
St. Ignatius Catholic Church of
Urbana
The
C. V. Biser
Ann Stancof
Stanciloff Aso
J. F. Thorning
Manor
Gen. Weast
Edward Wilcom
Casper Moore
New Exams For Drivers Asked In Maryland
A Maryland highway safety meeting urged periodic driving exams for proficiency. The special committee proposed allowing trial magistrates statewide to revoke licenses for safety violations. Proposals await Highway Safety Council review. current rules require only tests for operator licenses.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Highway Safety Council
Lane
Special Commission
Joseph Wyatt
Traffic Court
Arthur H. Brice
Motor Vehicles Department
Col. Carey Jarman
Ruxton Ridgely
Bernard J. Sehmidt
Baltimore City
Store roof collapses in Henderson Texas during rain
Sears Roebuck store in Henderson collapses after rainwater pooling on the roof. Approximately 15 customers and store clerks fled the building as the roof gave way. No injuries reported in the immediate aftermath. Local authorities investigate cause and assess damage to the structure.
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Henderson
Texas
Sears Roebuck
Apple Harvest Season Starts in Martinsburg Area
Martinsburg West Virginia July 6 The harvest season has begun in the nearby fruit belt with National Fruit Products Company planning shiftwork and up to 200 more workers. Early apples from local areas are small but in good condition while output may be heavier than average though uneven. Frost and a damp spring blamed. Sour cherry crop small while freeces and picking costs raise prices. some growers offer cherries at low prices for customers who pick and containerize.
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National Fruit Products Company
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
No-Shift Operations Start Mid August at Local Plant
A local company plans no shift operations beginning mid August to year end, adding about 125 more women and 75 to 100 men to payroll. Peak production last year reached 2390 workers. this marks the plant’s first dime a shift, with increased apple sauce output given as the reason.
Shadrick Family Details In Frederick Birth Report
The News notes the Shadrick family in Frederick, Md with nine children besides Kenneth. The father works as a coal miner and Kenneth is unmarried.
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the News
Frederick, Md
Theodore Shadrick
Kenneth
West Virginian First To Be Killed In Korea
Kenneth Shadrick 19 of Wyoming County was reported by radio as the first American ground soldier killed in Korea. His brother Roy said the family heard the broadcast last night. no DoD confirmation yet. Kenneth had left Pineville High School to join the Army in 1948 and went to Japan in 1949.
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Pineville
W. Va
Kenneth Shadrick
Wyoming County
Canury
Roy Shadrick
Wyoming
Department of Defense
Associated Press
South Korea
Pineville High School
Army
Roy
Japan
Kenneth
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