Woodland Way celebrates surpassing war bond goals
Woodland Way Junior High held two assembly programs to celebrate meeting and exceeding school war bond targets. The School at War drive raised $14,100.75 toward an amphibious duck, with future purchases planned for a liaison plane and a field ambulance. The school earned the Minute Man flag by having 93.9 percent of students buy stamps, a county record. Veterans Pvt Dell Hoyt and Sgt Paul Keller spoke, as students and staff praised the effort and urged ongoing support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Way
State War Finance Department
Wiliam Gaver
Jack Butler
George Payette
Carol Frantz
Kemper
Muse
Alice Lusby
Henry Kritzer
Charles Rousette
Anne Melton
Connie Main
Ann Lusby
Teddy McCurdy
Wilson P. Sperow
Dell Hoyt
Paul Keller
Washington County
Navy
Air Corps
Thomas
Mildred Nikirk
Ryan
Woodland Way Junior High School
War Finance Dept
Charles Roulette
Kritzer
Mr. Sperow
Phyllis Lambros
Council Asked To Revise Code Book
The Master Plumbers Association of Hagerstown urged the Mayor and Council to issue a new plumbing code book, noting the current code is incomplete and antiquated. City Attorney Oswald said many ordinances are outdated and amendments are not in the present code. Officials also described the city code and building code as nearly antiques and discussed long-running revision plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Master Plumbers’ Association of
Hagerstown
Edward Oswald
Buses Sought In East End Of City
A delegation from Hagerstown’s eastern section sought Mayor and Council support for a public transportation service. Council appoints Earle Wolfe to contact Potomac Edison and circulate a petition. The meeting also approved fire alarm boxes and loaned Christmas tree lights to Red Cross for hospital decorations.
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Hagerstown
Sweeney
Earle Wolfe
Potomac Edison Company
East End
Aubrey Kemp
West Church Street
Salem Avenue
West Church
Bryan Place
Hamilton Homes
Edwin Darner
Camp and Hospital Service Committee
The
Red Cross
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Pleads Guilty On Gasoline Coupon Case Near Hancock
Sylvester R. Younker of near Hancock pleaded guilty in Federal Court in Baltimore to illegal possession and transfer of gasoline ration coupons and to making false statements to the Ration Board. Judge W. Calvin Chesnut placed him on probation. He was accused of drawing coupons for a sawmill engine on multiple dates, including 250 gallons for 20 days, 100 gallons for eight days, 150 gallons for eight days, and 150 gallons for 250 hours in the following three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester R. Younker
Near
Wancock
Baltimore
W. Calvin Chesnut
Younker
Chimney Fires Strike Mitchell Avenue Twice in One Night
A chimney fire at a Mitchell Avenue house flared twice during the same night, first near midnight and again shortly after, prompting responses from local firefighters.
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Mitchell Avenue
Pinesburg School Attendance List and Local Update
Pinesburg December report lists daily attendees by grade for November from first to sixth grade including Valeria Jones and the Teach family. Edward Rair shows slight improvement at home after pneumonia. recent visitors to EH Barkdoll home include Dorothy Comer Jacob Shipley Virgie Daley and Rev Francis Litten family. Frances Vernon and Vel.
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Pinesburg
Valeria Jones
Max Higgins
Jackie Hose
Robert Martin
Harry Teach
Lorraine Kennedy
Barbara Miller
Barbara Moats
Rayetta Reid
William Downin
John Kennedy
Catherine Ranzhoff
Dixie L. Ranzhoff
Nancy Holland
Patsy Teach
Garnetta Moats
Florence Potts
Nancy Singleton
Yvonne Staley
Maudline Higgins
Madeline Higgins
Jane Nave
Ellen Zeller
Elwood Teach
Betty Moats
Rodger Cruly
Jack McCauley
Milton Moats
Betty Higgins
Doris Miller
Regina Nave
Philip Higgins
Larry Holland
Ernest Kirby
Robert Miller
Hannah Banzhoff
Neilie Kreps
Goldie Moats
Ella Mae Tabler
Cora Teach
Edward Rair
EH Barkdoll
Dorothy Comer
Jacob Shipley
Hagerstown
Virgie Daley
Shady Grove
Francis Litten
Frances, Vernon and
Vel
Norfolk Families Note Military Service Shifts
Ena and Mrs. Preston Norris with son Jerry and Charles Jessups of Norfolk are mentioned alongside S/Sgt Alonzie Kees and Mrs. Kees of Newton Baker General Hospital. The Kees visit occurred as Kes recently left to join the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ena
Preston Norris
Jerry
Charles Jessups
Norfolk
Alonzie Kees
Newton Baker General Hospital
Allen Kees
Alvi. Kes
Conscience Payment Returned for Fox Bounty Case
A Washington county official notes a local hunter sent back $2 to the Board of County Commissioners after confessing he lied to obtain a fox bounty. The unsigned letter claims he shot a fox in Maryland and that no Christian could do such a thing. The county pays $2 per fox, suggesting the fox was killed elsewhere to claim the reward.
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Washington County
Board of County Commissioners
Maryland
Bucks Bagged by Garrett County Hunters
Three of five Williamsport deer hunters traveling to Garrett county early this week bagged bucks on Meadow Mountain. Ronald O. Britner of Britner Motor Co. shot a 140 pound buck with four points, Dr J B Heffne shot a 130 pound buck with five points, and H C Grimner, Glenn Kreisinger, and William E Taylor each claimed 140 pound bucks. The party noted numerous deer in the woods but many were does.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Garrett County
Ronald O. Britner
Britner Motor Co
J. B. Heffne
H. C. Grimner
Glenn Kreisinger
William E. Taylor
Meadow Mountain
Pathologist Butterfield Begins Duties at Washington County Hospital
Paul W. Butterfield M.D. has assumed duties as pathologist at Washington County Hospital announced by hospital superintendent Charles J. Cotter. A native of Wilton, Maine, he earned an A.B. at Bowdoin in 1920 and an M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine in 1934 after internships and residencies at Salem Hospital and Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital.
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Paul W. Butterfield
Washington County Hospital
Charles J. Cotter
Wilton
Bureld
Bowdoin College
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston
Mays
Salem Hospital
Salem
Mass
Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Universitychool of
Butterfield
Hagers
Pathologist Tenure At Vermont Institutions Named
After seven years as assistant professor of pathology at the University of Vermont Medical School in Burlington, he remains a pathologist for Bishop de Goes Briand Hospital, Burlington, and Fanney Allen Hospital in Winooski, Vermont.
Fairchild Aircrate C82 Praised for Paratrooper Use
Paratroopers in training at Camp Mackall North Carolina endorse the Fairchild Aircrate C82 cargo plane as a para drops carrier. The mockup shows two rear doors for safer faster jumps and a fuselage curve acting as a shield against slipstream. Within combat and training, jumpers must clear tail surfaces and faster ejects are seen as beneficial for tight field landings.
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Camp Mackall
N.C
North Carolina
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Caskey’s
Caskey Baking Co
People’s Store
W. Wash
Pinesburg Letter
Fairchild Cargo Plane
Hagerstown Laundry, Inc
Dry Cleaners
Franklin Street
Dulles
Stettinius
Sears, Roebuck & Co
North Potomac St
Rudy
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