Dwellings and Lots Transferred In Week In Local Area
Week of property transfers includes numerous deeds from Salem Avenue to Sharpsburg Pike, with buyers and sellers such as Waters, Jones, Lehman, Snyder, Mongan, Muntzberry, Hoover, Hornbaker, Mohn, Avey, Slack, Wood, Bain, Sweeney, and many others. Parcels range from improvements on roads and streams to mountain tracts near Boonsboro, with transfers totaling residential lots, parcels with dwellings, and unimproved tracts across Leitersburg, Halfway, St. James Village, Ringgold, and Pen Mar through election districts and towns in the region.
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Pave 1
Salem Avenue
Wakefield Road
Boyd L. Waters
Harold G. Jones
Tacre Farm
Largan
Harry M. Lehman
Howard F. Snyder
Hagers-town
Lestersburg Pike
Old Forge
Jeremiah Mongan
Ralph H. Muntzberry
Sharpsburg Pike
Tilghmanton
Lester R. Hoover
Howard P. Stickler, Jr
Deanewood Lane
St. James Village
Russell T. Bair
David W. Shaw
Harwood Drive
Bruce D. Barkdoll
State Roads Commission
Ringgold
Maurice G. Hoffman
Daniel L. Green
Gay Street
Halfway
Andrew J. Michael
Albert P. Monninger
Smoketown
Pondsville Road
Uoyd B. McAllister
Albert L. Douglas
Smithsburg
Richard L. Dolton
E. Bane Snyder
Walter E. Sweeney
Noland Drive
Agnes H. Sweeney
West Church Street
George W. Wolfe
Columbus
Ohio
Arthur R. Lucas
Belview Avenue
Robert Ray Hull
Robert F. Lee
South Prospect Street
Boyd J. Michael
John E. Whitmore
Boonsboro
Charles E. Swope
Hugh E. Roloson
Victor Cline
Russell Shadrach
Oak Street
Pen Mar
Henry F. Starliper
Clarenee Bain
Neck Road
St. James Corporation
Wilbur’ S. King
Elwood Lane
St. James Circle
Luther J. Moats
Mary Agnes Hillyard
George A. Hillyard
Cearfoss
Cearfoss-Mercersburg Pike
Anna M. Moats
Luther J. Moats, Jr
Sumner Street
F E. Stains
Jeanette B. Rohrer
George H. Day
Joseph V. Walzl
Westchurch
Talawanda! Heights
Lumber Pile Burns Here At 1101 Virginia Avenue
A lumber pile behind 1101 Virginia Avenue burned at 12:45, fought by South Hagerstown Antietam and Pioneer fire companies with booster lines and long hose, and was destroyed. At 2:45 Antietam responded to a grass fire at Ray and South Mulberry Streets, extinguished by booster tank. Rural note follows.
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Virginia
Snyder Avenues
South Hagerstown
Antietam
Pioneer
Virginia Avenue
Charles Renner
Ray
South Mulberry
Pattern advertisement for tots craft and 1947 needlebook
A clumsily transcribed ad from The Daily Mail Household Arts Nept. promotes pattern transfer for tots craft on blocks, priced five cents per pattern plus mailing, with a request for name address and pattern number. It touts a 1947 Alicea Brooks Needlecraft Book and offers two free patterns along with other craft designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leach
Daily Mail
Household Arts Nept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
Alicea Brooks
XPC-1 Dream Cooker Shows Future of Button Cooking
A National Housing Center display in Washington featured GE’s XPC-1 experimental cooking unit. The 6 ft 4 in long, 46 in deep machine combines freezing and microwaving to prep 14 recipes, using pushbuttons and a belt to move dishes through thawing and cooking. Not for sale, it illustrates future advances likely within 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Housing Center
Washington, D. C
General Electric
Louisville
Thejaisnes
Small Repairs This Fall to Prevent Winter Trouble
A fall maintenance guide outlines essential home checks. Inspect and repair windows, storm doors, and weatherstripping. service furnaces, belts, and filters. clean chimneys, pipes, and brickwork. secure roofs, shingles, gutters, and flashing. consider gutter guards and ongoing winter inspections to avert costly damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Fix
NEA
Rotarians Stage Parade Through Rainy Hopkinsville
Love A Parade in Hopkinsville Kentucky faced rain that scattered two bands and a drill team. Musicians from another high school band helped keep the event moving as trains and frightened horses caused delays, but spectators called it the most interesting parade ever seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
Flea Invasion Challenges Waco in Warm Weather
In Waco Texas warm humid conditions have spurred a flea invasion. Texas A M College experts advise using malathion dust or spray as fleas have developed resistance to DDT, making control more difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texa
Texas A&m College
Home Repair DOs and DONTs Summary
Home repair guide warns against over sanding and powering tools improperly. Use progressive sandpaper grits from coarse to fine, start finishing with medium, and finish with fine. Trap dust, avoid burning sawdust, and store it safely. Also notes Kansas salt reserves at about 5 trillion tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Sanding Floor Guidance for Finish Preparation
Instructions emphasize sanding with the grain for the floor surface preparation. Diagonal sanding is reserved for professionals due to technique. Always keep the sanding machine moving while the drum contacts the floor to avoid gouging or uneven results.
Permits Awaited For Sewer Work in Greencastle
Greencastle awaits state highway department permits for sewer excavation on borough streets linked to the highway system. Borough secretary George Walter said efforts would hasten receipt. Permits cover Baltimore Street North Carl Avenue South Carlisle Street South Washington Street and North Allison Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Harrisburg
Greencastle
George Walter
Baltimore Street
Carl Avenue
Carlisle Street
Washington Street
Allison Street
Carefree Heart tops Broadway show with shifting title
New Broadway musical initially titled The Doctor in Spite of Himself and then Speak Lucinda now carries the title Carefree Heart. The Robert Wright George Forrest production stars Jack Carter and opens at ANTA Theater on November 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moliere
Lucinda
Robert Wright
George Forrest
ANTA
Jack Carter
Move would require service academy grads to spend ten years on active duty
Rep. Grass of Iowa introduced a bill to extend active duty for service academy graduates to ten years, arguing government investment of about 40 000 per student warrants longer service. He noted current rules demand three years from Military Naval and Air Force grads and four years from Coast Guard grads, and said action could come next year. He cited resignation rates from recent classes as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Grass
Iowa
Gross
Coast Guard
Iowa Republican
Military Academy
Radar flash bulb blast injures photographer at training range
CAMP PENDLETON Va Hewlett Stith reporter photographer for the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch was at a Virginia National Guard air defense drill when a radar beam exploded a flash bulb in his pocket. The blast caused a blister about a half dollar in size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pendleton
Hewlett Stith
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
Stith
107Th
Virginia National Guard
Painting Galvanized Iron Surfaces Proper Prep Tips
Painting galvanized iron requires surface treatment to prevent peeling. Apply ordinary vinegar to the metal, let stand about an hour, then rinse with water and dry thoroughly before painting.
Butcherbird strikes named for hunting habit
The common name Butcherbird derives from its habit of thrusting mice and smaller birds onto thorns or forked twigs, then tearing the prey apart to eat it.
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Spain
St. Giles
Richard Halliburton
LE VT
H&t
W. Franklin Street
By Wee Brookes
Paramount Paint & Wallpaper
Leitersburg Pike
Ee Leon
John
Jim
Fiome Federal Savings and Loan Association
W. Wash
St. — Home
FIX
Fix-It
Midland Finance CO
Franklin St
Academy Grad
Photog
Municipal Electric Light
Service Dept. Office
Hagerstown
Aluminum
Rusco
E. Franklin St
Nitit Oy
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