Dual Highway Fades Again In Hagerstown Report
Local leaders question the State Roads Commission about plans to finish the Hagerstown Frederick dual highway this summer and whether funds or policy shifts delay the project. officials note surveys done and talks with federal officials for a Myersville to Frederick County segment, with bids for Washington County planned. The revised plan envisions a concrete single lane with minimal steel, using local cement and avoiding asphalt.
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Hagerstown
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown-Frederick
Baltimore
Myersville
Frederick County
Washington County
Local social notes and church gathering in Ijamsville area
Families from Baltimore Westminster Frederick and Ijamsville visit relatives over the weekend. Mrs Swomley ill but improving. The Women’s Christian Service Society met at the Methodist church May 1 with devotional music scripture and a brief business session led by Miss Sophia Keller.
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Tyamsville
John Startt
Baltimore
Clarence Stottlemyer
Frederick
Claudia Wolfe
Harvey Grubbs
Washington
Lindley Grubbs
Guy Kiler
Westminster
Samuel Croné
Edward
H C Swomley
Mr Swomley
Margaret Cronenburg
Charles E. Moylan
Peter
Maggie Addison
Sophia Keller
Community Briefs Highlight Unity and War Efforts
A Lewistown club meeting featured remarks by Rev Royal Rice and Justice Alton Bennett on democracy and civilian defense. Attendees enjoyed a Morale skit and songs including The Star Spangled Banner. The group raised 180 for the treasury from old papers. upcoming events include a May 27 meeting and a canning demonstration by Florence Williams.
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Star Spangied
Francis Scott
Madagascar seized by British and U S forces
Rear Admiral EN Syfret led British naval forces in Madagascar, a strategic island off East Africa, seized with US approval to prevent Axis use of harbors. The note lists local residents visiting and returning to Dalea, Fredericksburg, Lynchburg, and Germantown, plus dinners and home purchases.
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London
EN. Syfret
C. B
Madagascar
Africa
Usi
Missionary March program proceeds with songs and readings
The Missionary March program conducted by Mrs W A England featured songs and readings from World’s Outlook read by Mrs M D Hogarth Mrs Paul Beard Mrs Grayson De Grange and Mrs England. Refreshments followed and the group adjourned to meet again on the first Friday evening in June.
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W .A England
M D Hogarth
Paul Beard
Grayson de Grange
England
Addison
Local Society Notes From Germantown and Nearby
Miss Rachel Mas setter returns home from Garfield Hospital training for a three week vacation. Mr and Mrs James Davis attended a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Robert Jones. Mrs Conda Fletcher hosted her sister Mrs Frank Crawford and Miss Ruth Crawford, with her niece Mrs Carroll Brown at lunch.
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Dale, Fla
Katherine Wells
Robert Wells
Carroll Walter
Helen Walter
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Lewis Reed
Mary Jane Reed
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
William McBain
Alexander Thane
Weehawken
N. J
Minami
William D. Robertson
Petersburg
Mollie Lane
Conda Fletcher
J. H Mussetter
Rachel Eader
Henry McGaha
Eleanor Gosnell
Ella Eader
Lee Dickerson
Germantown
Carlton Browning
Rachel Massetter
Garfield Hospital
James Davis
Robert Jones
Frank Crawford
Ruth Crawford
Carroll Brown
Unionville Women's Club Hosts Patriotic Meeting
The Unionville Club held a patriotic and national defense meeting on May 7. The program featured group singing and prayer by Rey Mr Rice, a Girl's 4-H Club presentation, two club songs, and a talk titled What 4-H Means to Us by Oneda Belle Albaugh. A duet America Here’s My Boy was performed by Jane and Myra Belle Dudderar, with Holmes Baker associated with the Boy's 4-H.
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Unionville
Rey Mr Rice
Oneda Belle Albaugh
Wee
America
Boy
Jane
Myra Belle Dudderar
Holmes Baker
The Effects of this National Emergency on the Dairy Industry
Clio presented the oration on the dairy sector amid national crisis winning first place at a recent public competition. The talk analyzed how emergency measures affected farmers, milk prices, and cooperative markets, sparking discussion among attendees.
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Clio
Gaithersburg Residents Return From Visited Relatives
A group of Gaithersburg residents have returned home after visits with relatives in other cities. Mrs Edward Codwise is back from a Thomasville NC trip and others return from Fort Lauder.
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Gaithersburg
Edward Codwise
Bath
Thomasville
Fort Lauder
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Lewistown Women's Club
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Mra Randolph Siult
Kelly
Clarkson Kelly
Treasury
Prairie States
Elsie Snook
Gary Utterback
Mehrl Ramsburg
Florence Williams
Perris Island
S.C. Marine Base
Williamson
Maryland
Rosenour
Lic
Mra Guy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Royal Jewelers
Mude
Patricia
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Ranger
Jewels
Real Watch
Tye
North Market Street
Piptlen
N. Market ST. Nave
Frederick, MD
OPIES
Rosenour’s Ladies’ Shop
N. Market ST
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