Damascus Travel Club's Spring Trip to Charleston and Gardens
The Damascus Travel Club took a four day bus trip April 15 to 18 visiting Florence and Charleston South Carolina. They toured Cypress Gardens Boone Hall Magnolia Gardens and Middleton Garden and stayed at Heart of Downtown Motor Lodge in Florence and Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston. Forty two travelers including Mrs Cora Fort tour conductor and many members accompanied the trip.
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Damascus
Charleston
S.C
Florence
5.C
Motor Lodge
Cypress Gardens
Boone Hall Plantation
John Boone
South Carolina
Thomas Boone
Maj
Boone
Walt Disney
New York Times
National Geographic
Holiday Town and Country
Jack Tarr
Middleton Garden
America
Henry Middleton
First Continental Congress
Ashley River
John Galsworthy
Charles Towne Landing
Carolina
Hearings Set On Postal Rate Increase Request
Post Office Department seeks a recommended 1.45 billion dollar rise in rates. Hearings begin May 17, announced by Seymour Wenner, chief hearing examiner. Interim sessions run April 29-30 and May 4 6 7 11 13-14 at Room 7150, Post Office Building. Formal hearing site to be announced later. Cross-examination of three witnesses opens proceedings.
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Post Office Department
Seymour Wenner
Postal Rate Commission
Wenner
Post Office
12Th Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Marie D. Fldridge
Harvey Palmer
Bohn
Johnsville
Libertytown
Union Bridge
Frea’k. Co
Ford
Westinghouse Auto
Singer
Franklin
Ige
Woodsboro
Frederick County
Jennie M. Devilbiss
Nina C. Anders
Melvin J. Anders
Woodshoro Volunteer Fire Company, Inc
Richard Underhill Comstock
Myra J. Comstock
Comstock, Inc
Maryland
Raymond C.myers
Potomac Edison Electric Company
Plymouth Contest Selections Made By Governor Johnson High
Governor Thomas Johnson High School selects Ronald L. Bury and Dennis L. Eaton as Road Scholars to represent the school in the Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest at Woodlawn High School on May 8. Sponsored by Roney Motor Company, finalists aim for national finals in Indianapolis with scholarships totaling over 125000.
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Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Plymouth
Marion A. Lawson
Ronald L. Bury
East Third St
Dennis L. Eaton
RFD i
Thurmont
Roney Motor Company
Frederick
Woodlawn Senior High School
Baltimore
Indianapolis
New Plymouth
Los Angeles
Leges
Chrysler-Plymouth
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Highest Army Rank Created for Washington in 1799
The highest U S Army rank was general of the armies of the United States created for George Washington in 1799. The office was never filled and ceased to exist in 1802 per Encyclopaedia Britannica. Clifton H. Brown and Nathan M. Schachter of the Office of Statistical Programs and Standards are cited.
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U.S
United States
George Washington
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Clifton H. Brown
Nathan M. Schachter
Office of Statistical Programs and Standards
MSM Teacher Cited For 30 Years Work
Dr John W Richards professor of physics at Mount Saint Marys College was honored at a April 28 testimonial dinner at Cozy Restaurant Thurmont for thirty years teaching at the college. Speaker Dr John J Dillon Jr executive vice president of Mount Saint Marys noted Richards began teaching in 1940. Richards a Hartington Nebraska native holds degrees from Younkton College Penn State and is active in ACS AAPT AAUP and AAAS. He and his wife reside in Emmitsburg with two daughters.
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John W. Richards
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Thurmont
Dr. Richards
Mount Saint Mary’s
American Chemical Society
John J. Dillon Jr
Dillon
Richards
Hartington
Neb
Younkton College
South Dakota
Penn State
The
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Association of University Professors
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Emmitsburg
Recruiter Slain By Calif Man Near UC Berkeley
In Berkeley California Massoud Maxi Khashabi a coffee shop owner and bystander helped subdue a knife-wielding suspect after the assault on Air Force recruiting sergeant Sgt R D Mobley 32 who died from stab wounds to the chest face and arms The attacker a 32 year old man was jailed and mobley fought until overpowered by the bystander and a restaurant owner and a real estate broker
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Berkeley
Calif
Air Force
Vietnam
R. D. Mobley
Mobley
Massoud Maxi Khashabi
Shattuck Square
University of California
Sgt. Mobley
Carroll Manor PTA Meeting Sets Last 1970 71 Session
Carroll Manor Elementary School in Adamstown will hold its final PTA meeting of the 1970 71 year on Tuesday May 4 at 730 pm. Guest speaker Dr Carnochan will discuss educational plans for the southern land of the county. Public welcome with Q A session at the end. U S customs officials seized 2819 lbs of hashish last year.
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Carroll Manor
Adamstown
PTA
Carnochan
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Sidney Kaplan
Irving Bowers
Emmert R. Bowlus
W. Church St. Frederick
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Adams County
Gettysburg
Damascus Travel Club
Cora Fort
James Johnson
Dana Hines
Evelyn Arnold
June Poole
Arthur Hoyle
Paul Braun
Frances Kemp
Ira King
Julia Mae Purdum
Edna Retfitt
Robert Griffin
Hershey
Ann Hurley
Lynda Hahn
Joseph Schram
Luther Burke
Gordon Duvall
E. G. Je~well
Daisy McDonough
Dorcus Burdette
Teresa Kean
Ruth Gosnell
Martha Bussard
Madge Fraley
Mary Gloyd
Curthe Holton
Hazel Ricketts
Katherine Nolan
Claudia Howard
Marion Howes
Kate Selby
Ruth Cline
Ethel Grimes
Twin Arch Ra
Rt. 40
Mt. Airy
Howard County
Martha Washington
H. N. White & Co
Rebecca AL the Well
R.R
Canter & Tyes
Avon
Edgar Allan
Gibson Refrier
Motorola T.V
T.V
Regent
Annie Gue
Mt. Airy, Md
Allen T. Hill
HW. Hopkins
Black & White Farm
Lancaster
Penna
Florys Mill Rd
Astronaut
Citation
Chambrie Marshall — Romandale
Seiling
Rockman
Kilinsdale
Ivanhoe
Jack
Forest Lee Centurion
Rocket
Samson
Mayers
Black & White Farms
Charles C. Myers
Rohrerstown Rd
Penna. R
Authority of Power
Barr
Frederick Road
Ellicott City
Emerson
Philco
Punean Phofe
Mahowany
Westinghouse
Guardian Service
Hall
G. G. Barr
1. Hopkins
MSM
Izaak Walton Club
Rod & Gun Club
Woodville Road
Ee Locust Grove ‘Church Building Fund
Ronald L. Harshman
William Baker
Jane Palmer
Austin Bohn
C.I
New Haven
Underwood Typewriter
Lot
King's Crown
Hawkes
Fusely
Ius
New Windsor
Oak Orchard
J.D
I.N.H
N.H
Little Genius
Oliver
L.N.H
R.T
B.S
T.I
Donald W. Biddinger
Auistin Bohn
Sidney Lease
Animal Resources, Inc
Coppermine Road
Woodsboroe
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