Community Chest Kickoff Seeks 15 Percent Higher Goal
The 1950 Frederick Community Chest campaign launched at the Francis Scott Key Hotel aims for a $32,015 Red Feather goal, about 15 percent above 1949. Glenn T. Swisher urged workers to wear out shoe leather and to use pledge plans, while Robert E. Miller and Rev. William C. Royal stressed belief in the drive and informing donors what their money funds. The Chest supports Children’s Aid Society, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Federated Charities, the Esther E. Grinage Kindergarten, the Social Service Exchange, the Salvation Army, and the Y M C A.
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Glenn T. Swisher
Francis Scott Key
Swisher
Potomac Edison Company
Chest
Robert E. Miller
William C. Royal
Chest Board of Directors
America
Royal
Frederick
Children's Aid Society
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts
Federated Charities
Free
Esther E. Grinage
Social Service Exchange
Balvationy Army
Miami wife sues husband for divorce alleging childlike treatment
Mrs Marjorie Verona Baughman filed for divorce from her four month marriage in Miami on October 9 claiming her husband treated her as a child. She stated her age as 15. The report also notes the 1897 Assam earthquake devastated a region larger than Massachusetts.
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Miami
Fla
Marjorie Verona Baughman
Assam
India
Massachusetts
City seeks swan mate advice for Culler Lake
City Engineer W Riaymond Walker appeals for experts to determine the swan gender and whether a mate is needed. residents debate winter shelter and care while the bird attracts daily visitors. walkers report past disappearance and a few dog encounters, with the engineer seeking knowledge on swan mating and wintering habits.
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W. Riaymond Walker
Culler Lake
Walter
Baughman’s Lane
Community Players Stage January Thaw Tryouts Tonight
Tryouts for the January Thaw comedy by Community Players Inc will be held tonight in the Winchester Hall auditorium. Seventeen cast members are needed. rehearsals begin next week. The show premiered in New York in 1946 and was popular in Braddock’s 1949 season, featuring a range of characters from a bossy maid to a salty New England widower and an elderly couple returning to a modernized home.
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Community Players, Inc
Winchester Hall
New York
Mountain Theater
New England
Community players offer season tickets through shop and committee
The Smoke Shop and the ticket sales committee of community players will sell season membership tickets later this week. The Department of Forestry and Parks outlined a weekend demonstration aiming to plant ten thousand trees from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Two tree planting machines will be used.
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Partment of Forestry and Parks
Walkersville Watershed Tree Planting Held Today
A tree planting demonstration in the Walkersville watershed area commenced this morning as part of Maryland Land Week observances. Planned for a tract south of Daysville near Union Chapel, the event followed directions from Walkersville to Libertytown via Daysville with road signs guiding participants. C. E. Covell of the State De-
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Walkersville
Daysville
Union Chapel
Libertytown
C. E. Covell
Maryland hospital program totals reach 17.3 million this year
Baltimore reports state hospital projects under contract or built amount to 17,300,000 this year. The Public Improvements Department notes the July 1 to Sept 15 period totals exceed 24,000,000. Grants cover mental hospitals 13,836,060 tuberculosis 4,404,088 chronic disease 2,477,953 and University Hospital 3,346,484.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Department of Public Improvements
University Hospital
Anniversaries and births highlighted in American history
A list of notable American figures with birth and death years spans Benjamin Wext Hezekiah Nilex Joshua Bates George Pope Morris Samuel J Randell George Cabot Lodge and others with Today in History items noting Patriot clashes at Point Pleasant phila bank panic 1839 naval academy opening and 1942 to 1947 wartime events plus today’s birthdays and a short horoscope.
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Benjamin Wext
England
Europe
Springfield
Hezekiah
Nilex
Baltimore Niles’ Register
Chester County
Joshua Bates
Boston Public Library
Weymouth
Maas
George Pope Morris
New York
Philadelphia
Samuel J Randell
Ieadelphia Comgressman
House
George Cabot Lodge
Boston
Point Pleasant
United States Bank
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Minneapolis
Minn
Theodore Roosevelt
China
Voters Added in Washington County Registration Drive
In Hagerstown on October 8, about 1,000 voters joined the county list for the November election. Democrats added 1,059 new registrants and Republicans 531, with Democratic leaders calling the rise a sign of impending victory. Between 1690 and 1120, over 2,000 pirates were afloat off the U S coast from Maine to Florida.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
United States
Maine
Florida
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