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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1947
Page
2
The County Farm Wage Board recommends keeping hourly laborer pay at 45 cents for this summer with 30 cents for orchard workers in the western county. The proposal moves to the Extension Service for review and processing.
In a Wednesday announcement Colonel Beverly Ober details 37 promotions in the Department of Maryland State Police, with many elevating to Troop B covering four western Maryland counties. Key moves include W. Elwood O'Hara from sergeant to first sergeant at Cumberland Barracks and Charles D. Singer advancing at Car racks, along with several troopers from trooper to trooper first class.
Ken net Boerner a Hampstead High School junior and Maryland steeplechase rider was fatally struck by a thrown ball during softball practice on Hampstead High School grounds in Carroll County. Principal Algire said the Westminster game was canceled after the accident.
Joseph H. Feaster Jr. escaped with minor injuries when his car ran off Gas House Pike and overturned near Potts farm entrance around 5 PM Wednesday. State Trooper A H Hasenbuhler charged Feaster with failing to keep to the right of center of the road.
Feaster drove at high speed and forced another car off the curve before losing control and overturning onto a grass area. The car sustained little damage. Feaster paid a $15 fine plus court costs in Peoples Court.
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