Large Attendance At Shank Family Reunion
The Shank family reunion at City Park drew a large crowd with a business session electing officers led by Mrs. John Whittington as president and C. B. Shank as vice president. Clarence Lum headed devotions and gave an address, with program items by Ralph Gehr and others. Easter Island note: it is named for its discovery on Easter Sunday in 1722.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
John Whittington
C. B. Shank
Rachel Shank Gehr
Marie Burgan
Clarence Lum
Ralph Gehr
Cora French
Raymond Gehr
Henry Pitsnogle
William Pitsnogle
Donald Pitsnogle
Paul Reese
Betty Jane Reese
Ernest Reese
Chester B. Shank
Garrett
Elzie Farrow
Patsy
Jean
Jackie Farrow
John C. Farrow
Arthur Burgan
Carolyn
Junior Burgan
Mary Jane Bartles
Wayne Bartles
Sonny Line
Harvey Shank
Delores
Billie
Lizzie Foley
Melvin
Helen
Doris
Dorothy
Phillis
Joan Shank
George Line
Arthur Durban
Victor Bartles
Pearre Bartles
Ada Shank
Raymond Shank
Joyce
Eddie Shank
Alice Kaylor
Dickie
Alvin Kaylor
Daniel Shank
Lancelot G. Shank
Hlvie M. Miller
James ©. Weller
Milton E. Weller and Son
Lena Minor
Eugene D. Lochbaum
Elizabeth Cost
Lorene Shank
Easter Island
Men from area in military service reach new postings
Doub and others on furlough in Williamsport share news of arrivals. Milton Mason reports from Sheppard Field Texas awaiting letters. Francis Milton Mason at Sheppard Field writes from Texas turning 19 and noting heat. Austin Keyfauver in India celebrates birthday and swears by a Cox 3/c title. Clapper transfers to Camp Chaffee after base training at Fort Knox. Robert Ainsley, USN aboard an LST, passes the coxswain test and becomes Cox 3/c after invasion service. Harry Rambo arrives at Camp Croft for basic training. Morris Donald Hewitt departs for Italy via Frederick. Maxwell Field preflight school accepts Harold Custer and Gilbert Mose for nine weeks of cadet training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Clapper
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Clearspring
Pvt. Clapper
Fort Knox
Maxwell Field
Ala
Hagerstown
Alabama
AAF Training Command
U. S. Army Air Forces
Harold R. Custer
Willard R. Custer
R.F.D. No. 2
Gilbert
FDR urged to continue lend lease aid to Allies
A wartime report urges continuation of the lend lease program through June 30, detailing values sent to Allied forces since March 11, 1941. It notes 30,900 planes and 1,400 naval vessels shipped, with most goods in munitions and industrial materials, while battles and casualties define true aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Russia
United Kingdom
Allies
Crochet bag patterns and needlework book offer
Readable text advertises crochet bags patterns with two designs and a 32 page Needlework Book. Patterns 4241 and materials listed. Send fifteen cents for patterns to Hagerstown Daily Mail Household Arts Dept. Include name and address and pattern number. Also offers 130 illustrations of embroidery, home decoration, toys, knitting, crochet, quilts for fifteen more cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown Daily Mail
Household Arts Dept
St. New York
School Opening Plans Discussed
A Board of Education meeting discussed opening public schools on Sept 6. Few teacher vacancies remain, mainly in high schools and junior highs, with transfers likely to fill most posts. Two janitors needed. old Country Club site not pursued for temporary classrooms. Transportation contracts mostly approved. 61 buses operated countywide. Summer maintenance includes roofs, exteriors, and planned interior painting in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Benjamin Willis
Country Club
Dewey Plans Broad Cross Country Campaign Swing
Gov Thomas E Dewey aides advance a two month tour likely covering many states. He vows a campaign kickoff in Philadelphia on Sept 7 and Louisville Sept 8 with a wide swing toward the Pacific. Senator B E Moore says a date in Oklahoma City is set for Sept 25 amid talks of a major national tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Philadelphia
Louisville
Pacific Coast
BE. H. Moore
Dewey
Oklahoma City
Moore
Dewey Bricker campaign gains pace on West Coast tour
The article notes the wartime campaign opening as Dewey and his Ohio running mate Bricker gain momentum during a West Coast stop while Roosevelt delays campaigning. Roosevelt says he will respond to misstatements rather than campaign in the usual way. Truman accuses Republicans of a brick-throwing tactic while predicting GOP-led activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Missour
Ron
Parole Granted To James J. Hines
Ossining August 23 67 year old former Tammany boss James J. Hines will leave Sing Sing Prison on September 12 after the New York State Parole Board granted him parole. The board initially cited no specific conditions but later said he must not engage in any business other than that specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
James J. Hines
Tammany
Dutch Schultz
Sing Sing
New York
Hines
Board approves release with political activity ban note
Approval by the board grants release but bans holding office or engaging in political activities of any organization. The xylophone’s origin as a concert instrument is noted as first used in 1876.
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Carl Heeschen
Davenport
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Roslyn
James T. Fish
Los Angeles
Doub
Williamsport
Milton Mason
Lottie Mason
Keedysville
Hoad
Sheppard Field
Texas
Francis Milton Mason
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Cpl
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Lee Keyfauver
India
France
Robert Ainsley
USN
W. C
Harry B. Rambo
Camp Croft
5. C
J. Biiney Rambo
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Hagerstown High
Gettysburg College
Pvt
Morris Donald Hewitt
Alonzo Hewitt
Frederick
Italy
Funkstown
KAYS
Washington St
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WJEJ
Alice Brooks
Charles Town
W. Va
Henry C. Powell
Baltimore and Ohio
Kearneysville
G. P. Mortigan
Arthur Dorsey
Norwich
le Price Store & A
Roseleaf Dinnerware
World, Atlas
Rand McNally
Athletic
Firestone
Poffenberger Tire CO
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Emery Moodyy
N. B.C
R. D. McKee
LE Ar Arts
Hamilton Carner
Harry S. Myers
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