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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1950
Page
22
Glendale Calif August 10 Inner tubes from car tires are being used to make beach and play shoes by students at R D White Elementary School. Teacher C Juanita McGowan crafts handwork supervision oversees the project sewing the shoes from inner tubes with yarn, metal clips and wooden beads. Cost is nominal according to the teacher.
Chicago report describes a junk dealer's runaway horse bursting into Louis Kurecurse's front window as a bystander prepared to order wine. The incident ends with shattered glass and a startled host, highlighting an improbable disturbance in a restaurant setting.
Multiple short items report injuries, appointments, moves, mill upgrades, and school offerings in Berkeley Springs and nearby towns. A brakeman for B&O injured at Sir Johns Run, new Diesel unit added at Unger mill, Am bros e family reunion planned at Capon State Park, French and Latin to be offered at Berkeley Spring High, and various hospital inpatients and births listed. Also notes Gordon named deputy district governor for West Virginia Liens International Region 1.
St James and Oak Hill residents accompanied by Rev Free man and Miss Ankrum spent a week in Oak Hill West Virginia. Fred erick Winebrenner joined Mrs Rowland and Mrs Cora Stock slager for an evening with local families. Emma Green hosted Sunday in Boonsboro while Clyde Taylor Estella Akron family and Emory Boyer and sons connected with Harriett Showman. The Hetzells stayed at the Boyer home while Don Hetzell visited Hagerstown. Caron Metz joined Isaac Litton and family to Williamsport Pa. Katie Chaney Leitersburg visited her brother’s family Sunday.
Knowledge of asbestos was lost after the Roman Empire and rediscoved in 1868. A boarding house with five rooms can be called a hotel, reflecting classification of lodging based on room count.
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