Many Countians Are Accepted for Service in Local Board
Local Board No. 2 lists men accepted for service on August 21 for Army and Navy. Names include Lloyd Hurley Herr of Buffalo and Charles Newton South of Williamsport among many others from Hagerstown Keedysville Williamsport and nearby towns. Individual addresses and route numbers are provided for most inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Board No. 2
Lloyd Hurley Herr
Buffalo
Charles Newton South
Willamsport
Boyd Raymond Cain
McKeesport
Charles Cadmus Bartles
Hagerstown
Paul Daniel Benner
Charles Vernon Myers
Russell Lee Blickenstaff
Jesse David Brown
Cavetown
John Douglas Griffin
Clearspring
Two Cars Collide Injuring Several At Summit and Reynolds
A collision between two automobiles on Summit and Reynolds avenues yesterday afternoon left several people with minor injuries. The Pennsylvania car was driven by Mrs. John A Wryrick of Shippensburg and the other by William H Buchanan of 490 Summit avenue. Both cars suffered heavy damage.
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Summit and
Reynolds Avenues
John Rohrer
John A Wryrick
Shippensburg
William H. Buchanan
Summit Avenue
Pennsylvania
State Guard Rated Very Satisfactory
Maryland State Guard was rated very satisfactory after its annual encampment at Fort Meade from July 23 to August 1. Lt. Col. Christian L. Claypoole praised the brigade staff and unit training while noting 228 officers and 2,023 enlisted men were stationed at the Meade encampment.
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Annapolis
Maryland State Guard
Christian L. Claypoole
Fort George G. Meade
Claypoole
O’conor
Meade
French Actor Maurice Chevalier Reported Dead
Maurice Chevalier, famed French film star, was reportedly killed by the French Maquis last Friday, according to a Reuters dispatch from Paris. The Paris slum youth turned global idol before World War II and later sang in German-occupied Paris, Magdeburg prison years, and on tours for war prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Chevalier
London
Reuters
Paris
Magdeburg
Germany
Chevalier
United States
Presents From Soldier Sons Reach Homefront
Mrs. B. B. Mills receives a box from her sons Pvt Harvey Mills and Pfc William Millis containing a German belt buckle with eagle symbol, a wooden Catholic statue, and English money. Both men are serving in France and seek correspondence. addresses are 3693-M. The note mentions prior jobs and the Samoan Islands’ former name Navigators Islands.
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B. B. Mills
Virginia Avenue
Pvt
Harvey Mills
France
Harvey
People's Clothing Store
Pfc
William
Benny) Millis
Fairchild
Washington county Fruit Transportation Advisory formed
The Office of Defense Transportation announced formal recognition of the Washington county Fruit Transportation Advisory committee in Hagerstown. Elected at Hancock, John P Casne chairs producers, E C McFadden leads dealers, and Guy Vance manages haulers. The group will guide motor truck movement from producing areas to assembly points and plants, urging full cooperation to reduce wasteful transport amid higher production goals.
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Washington County Fruit Transportation Advisory Committee
Office of Defense Transportation
Edward i Gisburne
Hhi Odt
Hagerstown
Hancock
John P Casne~ Hancock
E. C. McFadden
Guy Vance
ODT
Gisburne
Fruit Transportation Advisory Committee
Plans Mapped For Exhibits At Fair
Montsaradi Grange met at Lappan's Parish House with Master W B Leatherman presiding. Members planned exhibit arrangements for the Great Hagerstown Fair and discussed membership. Judges D Clark M Miller Maud Strite reviewed re claimed material articles for national and state showcases.
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Montsaradi Grange
Lappan’s
W. B. Leatherman
D. Clark
Raymond Miller
Maud Strite
Home Eemontics Committee
Pomota
Frederick County
Pomona Grange
Goss
David Clark
Rachael Huffman
Maryland Voting Figures Show Washington County Leads
A 1942 survey by the Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Economy reports Washington county in Maryland had 38.4 percent of voting age residents cast ballots, with 47.2 percent of registered residents voting for governor. Statewide, 31.5 percent of voting age citizens voted and 44.3 percent of registered citizens cast gubernatorial ballots. The study notes higher interest in constitutional amendments and details registration and voting shares for Calvert, St. Marys, and Somerset counties.
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Washington County
Maryland
Commission On Governmental Efficiency and Economy
Boards of Election Supervisors
Commission
Calvert
St. Mary's
Somerset
Mercersburg Man Fatally Injured in Car Crash
Eugene Deck, 27, of Mercersburg, died at Chambersburg hospital after a collision on the western slope of Tuscarora mountain. Estelle Sellers, 36, and Anna Grover R. Richesson, both Mercersburg, were slightly hurt. Police say the driver failed to negotiate a horseshoe curve. All three were employees of S. Liebbovitz and Sons, Inc.
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Eugene Deck
Mercersburg
Chambersburg Hospital
Tuscarora Mountain
Estelle Sellers
Anna Grover R. Richesson
S. Liebbovitz and Sons
Ine
Pinesburg Letter Highlights Local Visitation Ties
A Pine sburg letter lists numerous visits and social ties among residents. Names include Abrs Russell Ausherman, Mrs Jane Grove, Doyle Grove, Jean Ausherman, Sonny Grove, Jennie Guessford, Carroll Smirk, Violet Grove, Johnnie Martin, and many others from Smithsburg, Hagerstown, Greencastle, and Maugansville. The note mentions weekend and furlough visits and family gatherings across multiple households.
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Jdred Chariton
Russell Ausherman
Cil
Carrol B. Smirk
Carroll and
Don
Gettysburg
Violet Grove
Terry
Johnnie Martin
Ivan Hutzel
Arthur Malott
Lorraine Hote
Big Pool
Marie James
Louie Bair
Bertha Staley
Will van Martin
Ruby
Itty
Frances Wagon- Maugansville
Isaac N. Grove
Herman Hose
Tanny
Lewis Rudy
Greencastle Pike
J. C. Martin and
Warren
Hagerstown
Pearl
Mil
Wanted Hard of Hearing People For Simple Home Test
Advertisement seeks men and women who are hard of hearing to try a risk free hearing test. It promises improved hearing or money back and urges inquiry about Ourine Ear Drops at Rudy's Bexall Pharmacy.
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Bexall
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Woodrow Theodore Hose
Williamsport
LeRoy William Shives
John William Smith
Edward Franklin Bitner
Clarendon Avenue
City
Arthur LeRoy Marken
Baltimore
Ellis Woodrow Rhodes
William LeRoy Gay
Harpers Ferry
Pierce Leslie Alexander
Gerald Alexander Bowman
Smithsburg
Vernon Lee Hoffman
Keedysville
Walter Franklin Nalley
Richard Earl Verdier
Richard Lee Rager
Willis Elgin Hoff
Waynesboro
Morris Lafayette Saylor
Charles Robert Swain
Boonsboro
Delbert Lewis Smith
Highfield
James Lee Bowers
Knoxville
Franklin Clyde Barnes
William Edward Chalmers
Port Washington
New York
Navy
Franklin Leroy Mulligan
Hargerstown
Carroll Samuel Pryor
Alvey Slyvester Baker
North Potomac Street
Lee Taylor
Eugene Paul Shank
Roy Arden Harbaugh
Cascade
Elmer Leon McAfee
Edward Benjamin Brown
iRefer Blackheads
Manbeck
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Anderson's
Anne Baxter
William Eythe
Michael O Shea
Ake
Donald Duck
Hollywood
Que
Janie
Warners
Inc
Cor Ykiyi A
Clive Brook
Judy Campbell
State Guard
Werner Bros
WM. McGann
Gary Cooper
Cecil B. Demille
Dr. Wassell
Technicolor
Leraing Day
Signe Hatse
Dennis O'Kwete
Caret Thurston
Cord Exmand
Stanley Bid
Cecil
Drmile
AshopEmus
Lgerstown, MO
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
Pinesburg Letter
Harry S. Myers
Prien
With Richard Whore
Dean Harens
Gladys George David Bruce Gale Sondergaard
Howard
East
Baltimore Street
Labor Day
Duquesne Pilsener
Ma 3 Brewing CO
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