Parade Tonight In Greencastle A Home Week Highlight
A large crowd is expected for Greencastle Old Home Week as marching groups, bands, floats, and other entries assemble at Allison Street and South Washington Street at 6 30 p m. The parade will wind through main streets and end after passing Center Square twice. County judges include Charles Eckstine Odelle Lester S E Phillips and Jr, from Hagerstown and Dr Vernon.
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Greencastle
Allison Street
Allison Avenue
South Washington Street
Center Square
County
Charles Eckstine
Odelle Lester
S. E. Phillips
S. E. Phillips, Jr
Hagerstown
Dr. Vernon
Happening Today in Greencastle Events Schedule
Events list for Greencastle includes an Old Home Week Association meeting at Citizens National Bank at 11 a.m. A police dog show and trick horses at King Playground follows at 1:30 p.m. Baseball game Fourth Naval Base Philadelphia versus Greencastle Athletics at 2:30 p.m. A street parade and mardi gras at 6:30 p.m. A band concert in Center Square at 7:30 p.m. and parade prize winners announced at 10 p.m.
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Citizens National Bank
Pennsylvania
King Playground
Fourth Naval Base
Philadelphia
Greencastle
Center Square
Parade Prize Entries Draw Wide Local Interest
Kellett St James offers many prizes for best entries and invites public attention. Judges will confer after the parade and announce selections at 10 p m. Band music will be featured between the parade's end and the judges' announcement.
Blood Jelly As Aid To Wounds In India
Two Indian scientists at the New Delhi Blood Bank and Blood Transfusion Service report using blood and blood cell jelly to heal wounds and chronic ulcers. They say they have successfully treated 50 ulcer cases since the year began.
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New Delhi
V. B. Lal
P. B. L. Verman
Overweight men tolerate stress better, study notes
An English doctor reports that overweight men endure longer physical and mental stress and are less prone to disease than underweight men. The piece also notes ancient Egyptians used fumes to induce sleep due to very uncomfortable beds.
City Plans New Street Signs In Big Black Letter Design
The mayor and council adopt a new four inch black on white street sign style. Existing signs stay until replaced gradually with downtown streets and unnamed roads first. Downtown signs will display block numbers above street names to aid motorists. Each intersection sign costs 8.81 dollars. 500 intersections exist in Hagerstown. A full remarking program, including installation, is about 12 000 dollars. Councilors Elliott and Broom led the report, and City Engineer Steinbach will assess needs and timing. Only one tenth of Hawaii’s population is Hawaiian.
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Hagerstown
Frank Elliott
Luther Broom
Charles Steinbach
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief Ad
Aging bodies bring stress and fatigue with potential kidney strain and bladder irritation. The ad promotes Doan's Pills as a mild diuretic used for over 50 years, claiming relief from backache, low energy, headaches, dizziness, and frequent urination by aiding the kidney’s waste removal.
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Dean
Doan
Bi Annual Exams For Drivers Urged
Baltimore August meeting outlines proposals to require safety tests every two years for Maryland drivers. Those failing would lose permits. Other items include granting magistrates power to revoke licenses for major violations, with county cooperation. The Highway Safety Council, led by Arthur H. Brice, meets next Tuesday afternoon, amid broad law enforcement action urged by Governor Lane.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Highway Safety Council
Legislative Council
Motor Vehicles Department
Frigate Bird Sets Speed Record at 261 MPH
Record shows the frigate bird as the fastest known bird clocked at 261 miles per hour. Separately, health experts estimate that about one in ten Americans may need psychiatric aid.
Local Navy Man Off For Training
Dick Springer son of Mr and Mrs Clyde C Springer 801 Virginia Avenue left Monday to enter boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center following his enlistment in the U S Navy last week. He graduated from Hagerstown High School in 1948 and was employed with the Station Furniture Company prior to enlistment.
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Dick Springer
Clyde C. Springer
Virginia Avenue
The
U. S. Navy
Young Springer
Hagerstown
Station Furniture Company
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Leroy Crist
Greencastle Public Circulating Library
Charter
Life
Hawaiian Islands
Royaltex
the Great
Bei Loy
U.S. Royals
U. S
United States Rubber Company
Peter Pole Oecore
Atlantic Seaboard
A.sCattng Royal
New York
Miami
W. Franklin St
O. P. Bohman, Inc
Hegerstown, Md
Safety Council
Arthur H. Brice
Lane
LEED
W. Franklin Street
Ole
PEPSI
Cloverdale Spring Co
Newville
Popel-Cola
New Yor
Corre
Talka
maOva
Bulova
Jewels
Mam
Denrus
Flom
DuraPower
Weer
Crue Corver
Radcliffe
Lorgwies
Cynthia
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