First Leg of Bankers Trophy Won by Middletown 4-H Team
Middletown Senior Boys 4-H Club captured the first leg of the Bankers Trophy by scoring 963 points at the state dairy judging contest overseen by the Extension Service. New Market placed second with 41 points cash prize. Ballenger took third with 895. Teams from Libertytown, Rocky Ridge, Creagerstown, Jefferson, Myersville, Walkersville and Unionville followed. Individual leaders included Robert Browning, Lee Ropp, and Pat Warner among top scorers in various age groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Ropp
Mac Remsberg
William Kepler
Carroll Leathernan, Jr
Middletown
Extension Service Supervision
New Market
Howard Stiles
Robert Browning
Pat Warner
Wilfred Runkles
Ballenger
Robert Kemp
Joseph Zimmerman
Kenneth Zimmerman
Dickie Jones
Larry Ahalt
Jefferson
Ed Smith
Liberty
Clark Summers
Dickey Jones
Ropp
Glen Eaves
Walkersville
Paul Spurrier
Libertytown
Carroll Leatherman, Jr
Leroy Ecker
Jewell Burdette
Donald Albaugh
Frederick Banks
Ray H. Smith
Local dairy contest winners named with judging panel listed
John S Morrie and Inhs Diet rich dairy specialists judged the charts. Maurice Ahalt and Richard Holter led the winning Middleton club. Local leaders who helped stage the contest included Arthur Cook Ballenger Doty Remsburg Jefferson Charles F Smith Libertytown Richard Say lor Rocky Ridge John Stiles New Market and Masten Long. Creag erstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Morrie
Inhs Dietrich
Extension Service
Maurice Ahalt
Richard Holter
Middletown
Arthur Cook
Ballenger
Doty
National Flag Week Begins in Baltimore for 175th Challenge
National Flag Week started Sunday honoring the Stars and Stripes 175 years old. Honorary chairman Gen Matthew Ridgway, then Supreme Commander, Allied Powers Europe. The origin ties to Mary Pickersgill in a Baltimore brick house where she and her daughter stitched the flag watched by Francis Scott Key during the 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United States
Francis Scott Key
Ft. McHenry
Soldier Vote Likely Falls Short In 1952 Election
Defense Department estimates about 80 percent of the 3.6 million armed forces members are eligible to vote. If wartime ballot patterns and other factors hold, the 1952 soldier vote may be well under a million. Many states restrict absentee voting without new legislation and federal postcard ballot approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Hospital ER Busy Weekend At Freslerick Memorial
The Freslerick Memorial Hospital emergency room saw a busy weekend with multiple injuries treated. Mrs. Robert Lackey, 60, Ocean City, suffered knee lacerations after a fall at Hand College and was released. Wilbur Kinkston, Baltimore, fell from a horse at Taylors Riding Academy and was treated for nose and head lacerations before discharge. Catherine Main, two, of Reute 4, admitted after dog bite to face and mouth area and later discharged. Charles Palmer Jr., five, of 104 West Sixth, treated for facial cuts after being struck by a horseshoe and given a tetanus shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freslerick Memorial Hospital
Robert Lackey
Ocean City
Hand College
Lackey
Hood
Wilbur Kinkston
Baltimore
Taylors’ Riding Academy
Shookstown
Catherine Main
Charles Main
Reute 4
Charles Palmer, Jr
Charles Palmer, Sr
West Sixth Street
Local man injured while fishing on Sunday
Albert Blank of 413 Klinehart Alley fell down a bank while fishing Sunday afternoon. He suffered brush burns to the face a head puncture wound and a possible dislocated shoulder. Mercury temperatures are described as hot enough to melt lead and fin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Blank
Klinehart Alley
Mercury
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