Six Car Pileup Causes $1,000 Damage and Two Hurt
A six car pileup on Middleburg Pike Saturday night caused $1,000 in property damage and left two people with minor injuries. Drivers named include Elmer J. Moss Sharpsburg George D. Dun ham Jr Greencastle Leroy A Bank Greencastle Walter My Rose Poughkeepsie NY Earl A. Rice Mercersburg and Ivan R Finfrock Jr Greencastle. Helen C. Rice Mercersburg and Thomas E. Zullinger Greencastle sustained minor injuries.
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Middleburg Pike
Pike
Fairchild Plant Two
Elmer J. Moss
Sharpsburg
George D. Dunham
Greencastle
Leroy.a. Bank
Walter My Rose
Poughkeepsie
New York
Earl A. Rice
Mercersburg
Ivan R. Finfrock, Jr
Helen C. Rice
Thomas E. Zullinger
Plans Set for Mercersburg Bicentennial Celebration
With one month remaining before the bicentennial, Mercersburg lays out a tentative schedule. Friday features a parade and entertainment at 1 p.m. Saturday runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with exhibits, a 1 p.m. band concert, a 2 p.m. speaker, a 3:30 p.m. baseball game, and an 8:15 p.m. pageant titled Our Mercersburg. Sunday starts at 10:30 a.m.
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Mercersburg
Fouride celebration events and local notices report
The notice outlines a week of activities for the Fouride celebration including a pageant chaired by David F. Chapman and directed by Ed Grout of Hagerstown, with rehearsals ongoing. It notes exhibits, a peach crate derby, a Sunday Scouts trip to Camp Sinoquipe, and personal news of births and visits among local residents.
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Mercersburg
David F. Chapman
Ed Grout
Hagerstown
Virjsinia Rose
Buchanan
Camp Sinoquipe
Fort Littleton
Weekend Accidents Report From Local City
Pauline Keefanger of Fuckstown injured both arms after a stairs fall and was treated in emergency. A nine year old Clear Spring boy fractured his right foot and was discharged after care. An eleven year old choked on soup and recovered in ER. Eleanor E. Ricketts fell in a barn with leg abrasions. Richard Keller strained a leg playing at Fountain Head CC. A dog bite injured Lillian Montgomery and Gary Brandt was bitten on the lip. Several others received lacerations and scalp injuries and were discharged.
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Pauline Keefanger
Fuckstown
Clear Spring
Paul R. Forsyth
Kuhn Avenue
Eleanor E. Ricketts
Western Maryland
Sfarm
Richard Martin Keller
Concord Street
Fountain Head Country Club
Lillian M. Montgomery
Mitchell Avenue
Gary Wayne Brandt
Georgia Avenue
Leon E. Trumpower
Summit Avenue
Lions Club hears Hoover on heart of man
The Lions Club met with Rev. David R. Hoover of McConnellsburg as guest speaker on Out of the Heart Comes the Issues of Life. Edward Grout, director of the Bicentennial pageant, also attended. Hoover discussed the heart as more than a source of fire, housing fellowship, intelligence, conscience and ability of man.
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Edward Grout
Mr. Hoover
Downed Navy Aviator Rescued After Sea of Japan Incident
Lt. W. Boyd Muncie, the first U S Navy aviator shot down by North Korean anti aircraft fire, is rescued and brought aboard his carrier after being evacuated by helicopter from a British carrier that picked him up in the Sea of Japan.
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W. Boyd Muncie
Warner, Oklo
Sea of Japan
Grand Army of the Republic founded in Decatur Illinois
The Grand Army of the Republic traces its origins to Decatur Illinois on April 6 1866. A scientific note adds that the moon’s closest approach to Earth is 216423 miles from surface to surface.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Decatur
Ill
Contracts Awarded on New Frederick Washington Highway
The State Roads Commission awarded two contracts totaling 252,195 for the new Frederick Washington dual highway. J. Melvin Roberts of Cockeysville won the $131,000 bridge over State Route 80 at Urbana, part of the Cloverleaf interchange. Camden Construction Company of Baltimore won the $121,195 bridge over Bennett's Creek between Urbana and Hyattstown, with a stream realignment.
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Frederick-Washington
State Roads Commission
Urbana
J. Melvin Roberts
Cockeyaville
Bennett's Creek
Hyattstown
Camden Construction Company
Baltimore
Buckeystown
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Jack Laline
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Ocean Drive
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Otto Kruger
MGM
Gay Techniccolor Musicat
Frank Esther
Gene Sinstra
Williame
Kelly
Take
Kirby Grant
TeSaAes Saleh and
Tana Rathae
Edmond O'Brien
Ora Kruger
Barry Kelley
Dorothy Patrick
Universal News
Pawo
Burt Lancaster
Virginia Mayo
Priscilla ‘Theis
Theisz
Barbara Trille
Marshall Comerer
Pallas
Texas
Comerer
Etta Comerer
North Fayette Street
FE. Turner
Tasers
Mro
Mes
Randolph Scott
Geo
Gabby” Hayes
Caledonia Park-In Theatre
Pine Grove Drive
Martinsburg
Mongay
Tuesday
Gal
Yvonne de Carlo
Braddock Drive-In
Cee
Elzabeth Taylor
Spencer Tracy
Father OF the Bride
Fddie Dean
George Oarien
Prairie Law
Tim Holt
Riders of Range
Perntrmey
Servisoft
Timken
Combustioneer Stokers
Fridinger & Co
Hoxivy
S&l Television Sales
Virginia Avenue
Jord
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Fox
Ft.oor
Fleisher
Clearaway
Brassieres
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