Dream Ends As 6000 Mile Sea River Voyage Returns Home
Beaver Pennsylvania August 9 Frank Potter completed a 6000 mile voyage aboard the two masted 46 foot schooner Seven Seas from Long Island to Boston then down the Atlantic coast Florida Gulf of Mexico and up the Mississippi and Ohio to Beaver where his wife and four children visited grandparents before Potter and his wife prepared to sail to Pittsburgh and back up the Ohio to Beaver to sell the schooner and settle down for work and a home.
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Frank Potter
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Seven Seas
Boston
Ohio River
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
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Nancy
Frank
Ross
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Births Still Higher Than Deaths Here
Health Department figures show Washington County had 137 births and 47 deaths in May. Heart disease caused 42 deaths, cancer eight, cerebral hemorrhage and tuberculosis four each. Hagerstown accounted for 68 births.
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Health Department
Washington County
Hagerstown
Orphan Children To Get Old Bikes
Old bicycles abandoned around the city are to be turned over to San Mar orphans and the Bethlehem Boys Club. The Public Works Board decided the bikes will be distributed with one boy and one girl bicycle going to San Mar and the test will be given to the Boys Club.
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Tlagerstown Bova Club
Public Works Board
Orchard Ridge Church to Build Large Pavilion and Start Canning Season
Construction begins on a large pavilion at Orchard Ridge Church by the Ladies Aid Society. External painting and grounds cleanup set this week. Prayer meeting Thursday at 8:24 pm features Grandmothers’ Night. Community notices list numerous local visits, travels, and seasonal canning at Lig Pool Canning Factory under new owner E. M. Mominart.
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Daviding
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Ernest Trumpower
Carolyn
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Lig Pool
E. M. Mominart
Carl Grave
Tandy
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Haaerstung
Dierry Ticker
George Tucker
Baltimore
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Hagerstown
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Lewell Soutray
Ara
Willin Jorry
Martinsiire
Wilkimsport
Mer
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Antiehu
Co. Spencellor
Carnell Tederick
Victor Shaw
Teder John Younger
Williamsport
Lowell
Moe Tay
Cliften Grove
Harris Truepower
Washington D.C
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Denchter
Andy
Charles Ord
Southsburs
Yder
Ballimore
Pois Shill
Gites
Ervin
Bruce Snyder
X. Il Bohrer
Howard
Sunday Visits Highlight Area Families Recap
Bohrer and a list of relatives visited Mr and Mrs Ervin Mummart on Sunday. Local residents Danver Truimpower Marvin Cain Orville Trampower and the Murrays visited relatives or traveled to Cumberland. A church festival at Orchard Ridge Friday aims to raise funds for upkeep and a local unit member William Marry Jr. has arrived in Ta to serve with the First Mechanized Cavalry.
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William Murray, Jr
Cumberland
Orville Helser
Jackson A. Michael
George Gordon
W. F. Murray
Hagerstown
Robert Miller
Orchard Ridge
Per
William Marry, Jr
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Murray
Truck Driver Held In Crash After High Speed Chase
Paul W. Teeter 29 of Sully West Virginia faces drunken driving and failure to stop charges after a high speed chase from Williamsport toward Kemp's Mill. The truck rammed a car carrying Elmer Leo Wyand and family, ripped its side, and forced other vehicles off the road. Teeter said he was rushing a friend to Washington County Hospital. Maurice Fleming 21 of Gettysburg suffered cuts and was hospitalized.
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Kemp's Mill
Leister Isanogle
Frank Winters
Paul W. Teeter
Sully
W. Va
Isanogle
Teeter
Elmer Leo Wyand
Washington County
Maurice Fleming
Gettysburg
Downsville
Willamsport
Fleming
Hospi
Farm Bureau meeting views corn harvesting and fire prevention
The Paramount Farm Bureau Planning Group met at Richard and Mrs Stouffer home Leitersburg Pike to discuss corn harvesting methods and view a fire prevention film by County Agent Mark Miller. The Stouffers observed their tenth wedding anniversary with a tiered cake and gifts for honored guests.
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Farm Bureau Planning Group
Paramount
Richard Stouffer
Leitersburg Pike
Mark Miller
University of Maryland Club Week hosts Betty Beckley sponsor
Refreshments were served on the lawn as the paramount group sponsors 4-H girl Betty Jane Beckley during Club Week at the University of Maryland.
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The
Paramount Group
Betty Jane Beckley
University of Maryland
Correction in Soldier Photo Caption Names Mother
The Daily Mail misnamed Private Jack W. Defflemyer's mother in a Japan based Eighth Cavalry Regiment photo. The correct name is Mrs. William J. Powell of 129 West Franklin Street, not Mrs. C. L. Manninger. Jasmine and rose notes are common in good perfumes.
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Eighth Cavalry
Japan
C. L. Manninger
William J. Powell
West
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