New Technique In Forest Fire Fighting Invd
Annapolis Sept 14 The State Department of Forests and Parks adopts a new forest fire fighting technique mapping hazardous areas and noting rural fire plugs Assistant State Forester H C Buckingham says work completed in Charles County and expanding to Anne Arundel and Calvert counties The rural fire plugs are three foot diameter concrete pipes four feet deep stacked in pairs in moist spots or over springs to hold water up to two gallons each for quick use on fires Special crews map water sources and access routes noting forest types water availability and optimal entry points.
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Annapolis
State Department of Forests and Parks
H. C. Buckingham
Charles
Anne Arundel
Calvert Coun
Buckingham
Garst and Himes Wedding Afternoon at Walkersville
The Garst and Himes families unite as Garst weds Himes this afternoon at 2 30. Attendants include brother Derton K Garst and cousins from Walkersville and Hyattsville. The ceremony featured organ music and songs, followed by a reception for about 4000 guests at the Himes home near Walkersville. The bride, a Hood College alumna, plans to live with the groom at first then pursue farming.
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Garst
Derton K. Garst
Walkersville
Richard Cc. Garst
Leo Duvall
Price Jackson
J. Lester Carrick
Hyattsville
Herbert R. Eiker
Frederick
Liebestraum
Liszt
Clair de Lune
Debussy
Malotte
Himes
Walkersville High School
Hood College
Baltimore Business College
Camp Detrick
Frederik High School
Pennsylvania
New York
Niagara’ Falls
Canada
New Windsor Local Notes and Visits
New Windsor reports Labor Day greetings as Miss Nellie Getty visits with her mother Mrs Herbert Getty. Miss Emma Ecker returns to Craigsville Va for another teaching year. Charles Angell resumes duties at Western Maryland Railway after vacation. Francis Weishaar of Crewe Va and wife visit New Windsor parents. Jane Weishaar of Baltimore visits. Sunday guests include James Turflet family Charles Wagner family and Carol Weishaar and Kenneth Tyrone. Capital of a column is the ornamental top.
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New Windsor
Nellie , Getty
Mercy Hospital
Herbert Getty
Emma Ecker
Craigsville
Charles Angell
Western Maryland Railway Station
Francis Weishaar
Crewe
Weishaar
Jane Weishaar
Baltimore
Garden Club Hosts Hagerstown Guests In Frederick Slides
Garden Club of Frederick entertained 19 members of the Hagerstown Garden Club and one Hancock guest with an illustrated talk by Mrs. Blanchard Randall and Mrs. Roland Clapp of Baltimore. Homes on Court Square and nearby Maryland estates were shown, with tea served after. Notable out of town guests included Mrs. Cleveland Grice and others from Hagerstown and Hancock. A separate note mentions Time International transfers and trips by local residents.
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Garden Club
Hagerstown
Maryland
Frederick
Charles McC. Mathias
Court Square
Garden Club of
Cleveland Grice
Walter Reessner
Elmer Funkhouser
Robert McCauley
Ralph Stouffer
Charles Powles
Homer L. Middlekauff
Charles Danzer
Palmer Tennant
Harry Rudy
Alvey Long
Einson Pennington
Marguerite Campbell
A. B
Local notices recount births moves and parties in Frederick area
Community items list births in Thurmont and Frederick counties, moves into new homes, business changes, and a number of social events. Notable items include Alpha Lee born September 6 and a daughter Sept 7 at Annie Warner Hospital, several relocations of families like Cassman and Schmidt, a visit by Warry Gross Jr. party in New York, and a surprise birthday for Mrs. Cardell.
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Edgar Freeze
Thurmont
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Warry Gross Jr
Carol Douglas
Mis
Betty Harp
Binghampton
New York
Elizabeth Eby Flock
Harry Harp
Myersville
Local residents share travels and family news
Reports list Rev Mumford and family at Glen Rock since June, Frances Keller departing for Connecticut College for Women, Stamaughs returning from New York trip with Niagara Falls and Letchworth, Rev Ridenour visiting Middletown, Mrs Thompson touring Los Angeles, Beverly Maye Garman born September 5, Lt Joseph Straw and Sgt Charles Stroh on terminal leave, Dayhays touring New England, Spurrier hosts council dinner, Miss Potterfield to sail to Europe with Miss Murphy to Paris, and plans for Murphy’s Paris visit to assess wartime property.
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Carl Mumford
Gettysburg
Mumford
Glen Rock
Etfryle C. Thompson
Los Angeles
California
Vance E. Thompson
Middletown
Mary Potterfield
Charles Town
W. Va
Europe
Elsie B. Murphy
France
Keech wed at Evangelical Lutheran church in Frederick
Keech and Miss Mildred K Beck both of Hagerstown quietly married at Evangelical Lutheran church Frederick with Rev. Myers officiating. Attendant was Virginia Keech of Frederick. The couple will reside at 63 East Antietam Street Hagerstown. Myers Creager wedding details continue with Mary Ellen Creager of Thurmont and Kenneth Myers of Hagerstown.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
Walkersville
Staley William Ramsburg
Lel Holtmeier
Mr. Ramsburg
Keech
Mildred K. Beck
Lillie V. Newman
William H. Keech
Hagerstown
Frederick
Mr. Myers
Keach
Virginia Keech
Engagement and Wedding in Hagerstown Area
Engagement announced for Betty Jane Clem to Robert F Cannon with wedding planned later. Tuesday ceremony at bride’s home in Thurmont with Rev. William H Groff officiating. Reception for families followed. couple to honeymoon in the South and reside in Hagerstown. Also engagement of Geraldine Deener to Alvin Zimmerman reported with no date set.
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Walter Clem
East Eighth Street
Betty Jane
Robert F. Cannon
Clayton Cannon
Frederick
Route 3
William H. Groff
Trinity Evangelical Reformed Church
Thurmont
Robert Schumann
Floyd Blower
George Basiar
Hagerstown
South
M. G. Deener
Knoxville
Geraldine
Alvin Zimmerman
H. G. Zimerman
Damage suits filed against B. and O. Railroad
Three suits seeking damages against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were filed in Circuit Court Friday after a train automobile collision near Nahe last March. Plaintiffs Walter Gibbs and family allege serious injuries to six occupants. the case amount remains undisclosed pending declarations.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Nahe
Walter Gibbs
Clara Gibbs
Walter Z. Gibbs, Jr
Near
Point of Rocks
W. Jerome Offutt
William M. Storm
Gibbs, Sr
Rebecca McIntosh
Pauline McIntosh
Brunswick
Joseph Trotta
Philadelphia
New Philadelphia
Mr. Offutt
Edward C. Lerch
Daniel A. Keefer
Keefer En
Meat Not Short OPA Head Says
Washington reports OPA chief Paul Porter told housewives not to fear a meat famine this fall and winter. He pledged meat ceiling prices would stay in force and promised a tough stance against black market activity. A sugar price hike is projected to raise food budgets by 160 to 200 million dollars over 12 months.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Porter
Theft of Timber and Saplings in Petersville District
In the Petersville district, intruders entered Lerch land and carried away 4,900 feet of mixed hardwood lumber including poplar oak pine and locust, along with 12 cords of lap wood. They also trampled and destroyed young saplings.
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Petersville
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