Braddock Heights Firemen Parade Crowns Winners
Braddock Heights held its first County Volunteer Firemen’s convention with a long parade through town. Independent Hose Co. No. 1 of Frederick won 60 dollars and a trophy for best appearing company. Vigilant Hose Co. of Emmitsburg took second with 40 dollars. Hillendale VFC and Damascus won 15 dollars each for apparatus costs under and over 15000 dollars respectively. Savage firemen traveled 59 miles to compete, and Atstones’s fire department took 10 dollars for best rescue unit. Damascus Auxiliary won 25 dollars for a marching unit. Judge and officials from multiple towns attended as apparatus lined up from Frederick to Brunswick.
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Braddock Height
Jefferson Boulevard
Maryland Avenue
Independent Hose Co. No. 1
Frederick
Harmony Band
Martial Mude
Vigilant Hose Co
Emmitsburg
Hillendale Vfc
Damascus
Savage Firemen
Savage
Braddock Heights
Byattstown
W. 4. Chenoweth
Pikesville
Irving Johnson
Takoma Park
J. F. X. Mayhew
Landover Hills
Manchester
Shargsburg
Beallsville
Gaithersburg
College Fark
Hampstead
Harpers Ferry
Hillendale
Lisbon
Charles Town
Mt. Airy
Hyattstown
Emmittsburg
New Midway
Thur
Dear Miss Dix and Love Lessons From A Troubled Farm Wife
Dorothy Dix answers a worried wife about lack of spousal support and control, praising her resilience, urging self respect, and advising to seek fair treatment and financial autonomy. A second letter discusses a fiancé delaying a promised money refund tied to a gift, with guidance to be patient and address the issue when he returns from duty. An incident report recounts a Chesapeake Bay cabin cruiser explosion near Seven Foot Knoll, injuring three men, with rescue, hospital treatment, and no stated cause.
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Dorothy DIX
Miss DIX
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Seven Foot Knoll
South Baltimore General Hospital
Thurmont Job's Daughters Install Janet Davis Honored Queen
Janet Davis was installed as Honored Queen of Bethel No 39 International Order of Job's Daughters in Thurmont High School auditorium. Name and titles of officers were read, with Connie Wolfe as installing officer and Basil Holman singing the Lord's Prayer.
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Janet Davis
Bethel No. 39
International Order of Job's Daughters
Thurmont High School
Davis
John W. Davis
Highfield
Evelyn Heck
Dbethel
T. Edgar Bu i
Connie Wolfe
James Dubel
the Bethel
Gertrude Heimiller
Marshall
Shirley Ruths
Betty Lou
Patricia Lescalbeet
Shirley Felton
Mrs
Gernand
Bonn Me Addison
Linda Shook
Connie Leck
Barbara Carback
Mary Creager
Becky Rover
Roberta Dubel
Margie Myers
Basil Holman
Grand Inner Guard
Dorothy Holman
Mother Burnham
Mary Dubel
Gertrude Hermiller
Dad Hermiller
Dad Bull
Vets And Draftees Guide By Major Nial
A primer on burial benefits disability pensions and medical benefits for wartime veterans. It lays out eligibility including active duty requirements, burial allowances, national cemetery eligibility, headstone or marker rules, and medical care via VA hospitals. Pension criteria cover total disability income limits and discharge conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Nial
Wey A. al
Veterans Administration
Memorial Division
Quartermaster General
Department of the Army
Washington
D.C
Binmal
Vewrans Administration
Sears
The
Along The Potomac To Washington Wheat Growers Grant Hope
Washington report notes June 21 that the Department of Agriculture says most government wheat holdings in the Baltimore terminals will aid local growers. Congressman DeWitt S Hyde reports the development is favorable for farmers in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt S. Hyde
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore
Primary Elections Called As Storage Improves Grain Flows
A column urges readers to vote in the upcoming primaries to determine November candidates. It notes wheat storage improvements easing grain transport, recalls Albany 1754 congress plans for colonial unification, and quotes Mohawk leader Hendricks on strength. Benjamin Franklin’s unification plan is referenced as a later realization of that vision.
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Vic Hede
Albany
New York
United States
Maryland
Albert Barnes
Benjamin Tasker
England
Hendricks
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Congress
Hoyt Wilhelm Injured In Auto Crash Near Yonkers
Giants pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, 30, was injured when his car collided with a parkway patrol car on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. The patrolman John Payton and three others were slightly hurt. Wilhelm and his wife Peggy and two others were treated and released. Wilhelm faces speeding charges and a court appearance, with a summons for failing to yield to a police vehicle. In Norfolk, Maryland native Donald H Johnston III joins 775 Naval Academy midshipmen in amphibious training with Canadian cadets at Little Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
James Hoyt Wilhelm
New York Giants
Saw Mill River Parkway
John Payton
Irvington
N.Y
Wilhelm
Hastings
Peggy
Grer
Jim Paterson
Shelby
A.a
Payton
Yonkers General Hospital
Terrytown
Norfolk, Va
Donald H. Johnston
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Naval Academy
Royal Canadian Naval Cadets
U. S. Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
Here
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Amerited
Legion Auxilary
Francis Scott Key
Department of Maryland
Legion Home
Frank Wallace
Ellen Randall
National Americanism
Helen Johnson
Ethel Waltz
Jean Campbell
Edna Brewer
Western Maryland
Nell Lynch
Cornelia Radock
Department
Madeline Gilbert
Department National Security
Wallace
Memorial Park
Miller
Miler
Duke OF Wendsor
Paris
Duke of Windsor
Eisenhower
National Presbyterian Church
Edward L. R Elson
Sampson
Moira
Accentale
Ted
Lou
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Joseph Gunet
Norman
Lrvin F. Maxwell Sr
Gonet
Burtner Bros
Markell & Ford
South Carroll St
L. Living R
West
St. Emmert
R. Bowlus
Thurmont Job
Nial
Potomac
Footer's
Harry Footer
Market St
Formit
Kemp
Worlitzer
Colonial Music Shop
Patrick Street
Hoyt Wilhelm
Charles E. Collins
House of Delegates
Democratic
George C. Bothe
Hauvers District
John J. Cretin
Jack Loring
Frederick, Maryland
King’s Floor
Kings Floor Service
King’s Floor Service
Damascus, Md
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