Fort Leavenworth and other historic notes in brief
A compact digest of anniversary dates births and notable facts: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is named for a historic military post. the old frigate Constitution was towed from Annapolis to Newport News to prevent Confederate capture. Eisenhower signed a memo moving Foreign Operations Administration to State and Defense. Alaska’s governor in 1957 was Mike Stepovich. Billie Sol Estes faced $554,162 in penalties for cotton allotment violations. Somervell, a World War II general, led Army Service Forces and oversaw massive war logistics. Orville Freeman and Pancho Gonzalez have birthdays noted. A Marine enlistment story from Walkersville is included. Pearl divers in French Polynesia can stay underwater for about two minutes without apparatus.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Constitution
Annapolis
Newsport
Eisenhower
Foreign Operations Administration
State and Defense Departments
Mike Stepovich
Alaska
Billie Sol Estes
Department of Agriculture
Gaz — Brehon Burke Somervell
Little Rock
Ark
West Point
France
U.S. Army of Occupation
Germany
Somervell
Works Progress Administration
New York
Army
U.S. Army Service Forces
Pittsburgh
Ocala
Florida
Ham and fried chicken supper aids Creagerstown cemetery upkeep
Creagerstown civic group hosts its annual parish house supper each May beginning at 4:00 pm. Proceeds fund street lights and cemetery mowing for the old graveyard dating to the 18th century. Committee lists include Mrs. Harold A. Shor and Mrs. Roy Fisher as general chairs with many named volunteers handling chicken, ham, sides, desserts, beverages, and door prizes. Also notes two building permits issued by county for Richard Grossnickle and Bernard Long properties.
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Creagerstown
Harold A. Shor
Roy Fisher
Steiner Whitmore
Peter Sicilia
Carroll Wastler
Sarah Kinne
Bell's Lane
Bartonaville Road
Richard Grossnickle
FRD
Frederick
Bernard Amd Maisel Long
New Market
Maryland
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Know
America
Orville L. Freeman
Secretary of Agriculture
Minneapolis
Minn
Pancho Gonzalez
Los Angeles
Barbara Ann Scott
NEW Marine
Laurence W. Dinterman
John Dinterman
RFD 1
Walkersville
Marine Corps
Marines
Ottawa
Canada
Joseph Clark Shipley
Morristown
Tenn
Mike Wallace
Brookline
Mass
French Polynesia
Farmers Supply Co
Delaval Milkers
Wf Mae
Idea
Monument
Levitt Carroll St. Frederick
Ind
Fairbanks-Morse
RB. M. Brown
West Patrick ST
Iver
Taye
Glenna Leatherman
Wat
Paul Ht
Genner Hubbard
Clarence Long
Carroll
Robert Springer
William Barker
Paul Sale
Hekon Lewis
Nina Micheal
Mystem Log
Ralph Shinn
Eugene Angerson
Russell Seiss
Robert Ogle
Elbert Harbaugh
Vernon Fisher
Glenn Harbaugh
Charles Setherly
Wilford Dudderar
Paul Burns
Austin Beard
Elmer Lambert
Franklin Long
Harvey Lare
Ralph Grinder
Edgar Emrich
Estelle Hankey
George Ramsburg
Naomi O. Long
Myrtle Free
Evelyn Myers
Harry Isanogle
Lowell Long
Louise Hubbard
Norman Burdette
Josephine Gills
Louise Burdette
Charles Shorb
Anna Bennett
Maurice Whipp
Clarence ‘Be. Long
Elbert
Harbaugh
Preston Kolb
Isaac
TD Stevens
Edgar Long
C. E. Long
William Kolb
Harold A. Shorh
William Baker
Ray Martin
Naomi 0. Long
Myrtle Hubbard
Catherine Burdette
H. Lare
Charles A. Shorb
Louis Plummer
Grafton Keyser
Paul Barker
Watkins-Burdette Motor CO
East Fourth ST. Frederick, Maryland
Asty Carlos East & Fourth Sts
Hing
Ste Francis Scott Key
North Market Street
Stetson
Mallory
The
Es Young Men's Shop
Eriday
Bossa Nova
Harry
Adonna
Petite
Nec
M. L
Penney’s
Bell’s Millinery
Tana YI
Pa Ae
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Brown Equipment CO. Lawn and Garden Equipment
E. Baltimore St. Taneytown, Md
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