Population Here Still Climbing in Washington County
Washington County's population stood at 78,648 on April 1 and may exceed 79,000 by year end as Health Department statistics show births exceeding deaths. May births were 124 with 7 deaths, a net gain of 57. April had 114 births and 63 deaths, a gain of 41. Heart disease, cancer, and cerebral hemorrhage led May deaths, with tuberculosis, mumps, and venereal disease noted among notifiable cases.
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Washington County
Health Department
Marine To Go Overseas Soon
Pfc. Jerry E. Nigh of the Seventh Marine Division, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Nigh of 64 West Franklin Street, has left Camp Lejeune for Camp Pendleton Cal. He will proceed to Japan or Korea. Mrs Jerry Nigh, nee Bondra Meredith, stays in Hagerstown to finish a secretary course at Columbia Business College.
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Jerry E. Nigh
Seventh Marine Division
Ray Nigh
West
Franklin Street
Camp Lejeune
Camp Pendleton
Cal
Japan
Korea
Jerry Nigh
Bondra Meredith
Hagerstown
Columbia Business College
Pigeon Show Draws 150 Birds in Boonsboro Hagerstown Club
iPigeons shown Sunday at Shafer Park Boonsboro drew 150 birds across 16 varieties. Judges included Samuel Acree William Schmidt dr Baltimore and others. Awards listed by variety honored breeders from Boonsboro Hagerstown Waynesboro and nearby towns with best bird in junior class awarded to Lee Shiffler.
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Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Birmingham
Roker
Samuel Acree
Baltimore
Clayton Schenk
Milville
N. J
Tumbler
William Schmidt
Antwerp
Racing Homer
A. Frits
Frederick
Pattor Tumbler
R. C. Gaie
Oriental Frill
A. M. Fiddeson
Hyattaville
Turbit
A. M
Fiddeson
Hyattsville
Norwich
Cropper
L. L. Tagis
Haxerstown
jFantall
HW. C. Mundey
Pagers
Carneaux
C. E. Myers
Lee Shiffler
Boonsboro
Arcond
House Passes Bill To Accept Land For New Parkway
The House approved a bill to authorize adding LAND for a federal parkway from Great Falls to Cumberland Maryland along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal corridor. The measure expects no cost to the government and moves to the Senate. Cleopatra's Needle obelisk note appears as a separate item.
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Washington
Great Falls
Cumberland
Senate
Georgetown
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Out of Town Fanciers Attend Hagerstown Bird Show
Bird fanciers from Baltimore York Hanover and Washington D D attended the Hagerstown event with James Black leading local participants. Other attendees included Harry Hudgins Barry Langford George Acree Ed Zahradko C W Bankert R C Resh and Joseph Covalesky.
Terrier Puppy Offered For A Child’s Good Home
Mrs. A. L. Mowen of 316 North Can-Inon Avenue offers a white female terrier puppy named Spot about two months old with brown spots. She prefers a loving home rather than sending it to the pound and hopes to place the puppy with a child who will care for it.
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A. L. Mowen
North Can- Inon Avenue
Lane Breaks Ground For New TB Hospital
Governor Lane officiated at the groundbreaking of an eight story tuberculosis hospital at Mt. Wilson Sanatorium in Pikesville Maryland. He called the project a new era in the fight against tuberculosis and the nerve center of the state system. The facility will house diagnostic clinic surgery research and treatment across sanitaria. He said the project marks a major advance since Maryland began its TB hospitals and vowed the state will support eradication efforts in coming decades.
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Pikesville
Lane
Maryland
Mt. Wilson Sanitorium
Baltimore Sun tribute to veteran press man George W. Combs
In Washington Senator Tydings honors George W. Combs a longtime National Press Club veteran and former treasurer. The tribute notes his 42nd anniversary in journalism and his status as an honorary Kentucky colonel. Combs is described as a gentleman and schoolmasterly figure in the Senate press gallery.
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Combs
Washington
National Press Club
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George W. Combs
Senate
Tydings
Senator Tydings
Kentucky
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Mass
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Central Motors
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