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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
10
Mangansville residents may preview the new fire truck at the annual election next week. The meeting runs Monday December 10 at the fire hall from 7 to 8 pm. The 14,100 dollar apparatus features a 500 gallon per minute pumper, 200 gallon booster, portable pumps, equipment, ladders and axes.
More growers in the Appalachian District practice fresh packing of apples. A freshly graded pack, examined and put up just before shipment, appeals to buyers over stored stock. Yet fresh packing demands more field crates and extra storage space, the Federal State Market News Service reports.
Ruth Bowman a Bridgewater College sophomore won election as secretary treasurer of the Virginia Region Tau Kappa Alpha at a Richmond fall debate tournament. She scored 16 points tying for third as an affirmative, with fellow Bridgewater debater Dave Miller of Hagerstown also attending.
Mrs Gertrude Fay Hawthorne aged 81 of Hagerstown died en route to Washington County Hospital after a nine month illness. She leaves several children and siblings. funeral Monday at 2 pm at Suter Bowzer Funeral Home with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Infant John Eugene Shumaker son of Carl and Helen Shumaker of Sharpsburg died at Washington County Hospital. Funeral Sunday at 12:30 pm at Leaf Funeral Home with burial at Mountain View Cemetery. both obituaries list surviving relatives and services.
A snow moving storm tracked across six Rocky Mountain and Great Plains states, spreading subzero cold. Freezing drizzle disrupted Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma, while snow stretched from southern Wyoming to western Kansas and Nebraska and into northern New Mexico. Montana endured subzero temps with clear skies as forecasters expected improvement by midday in Wyoming and by night in Colorado. A chinook wind could lift zero readings east of the Rockies, and bitter cold possibly 20 below tonight on western Colorado.
Baltimore 1957 General Assembly to authorize a 300 officer increase in the city police force. Also updates on air force personnel including Robert M. Johnson in basic training at Lackland and Lieutenant Richard Rhinehart’s graduation from Laughlin Air Force Base with a pilot’s wings and commission.
Governor McKeldin told a Baltimore civic club that Maryland’s general fund for the next fiscal year could be about 16 million dollars higher than the current year. He warned that revenue estimates may require steps to raise roughly nine million more than currently anticipated, though board members may revise upward. The current year’s general fund totals around 15 million of a 309,036,747 budget.
Carl Snyder owner of the Royal Bar on Jonathan Street stated the man convicted yesterday of carrying a gun and jailed 60 days was not in the Royal Bar though police claimed an armed man was present Thursday night. Snyder said five officers entered seeking the armed man, later found on West Franklin Street. the man was Fred D. Peyton, 38. Also includes a Round and Square Dance notice for Fairplay Fire Hall at 8:30 PM.
Mrs. John Frey of 128 Dogwood Drive reports a jasmine bush in her yard with buds and early blossoms appearing. She notes they are not supposed to bloom before February, which she calls the earliest.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Miller of 523 Reyfolds Avenue were injured yesterday evening when their car collided with John Crider of Fayetteville Pennsylvania on Linealnway East in Chambersburg. Mrs Miller was thrown from the car and both are awaiting X rays at the local hospital to assess rib fractures and other injuries.
Joseph G. Ardanger of Cramet Avenue reported a small copperhead found while hunting near Williamsport. The snake, under a foot long, was brought home alive, and Ardanger attributes its appearance to unseasonably warm weather yesterday.
City police search for a young man who dropped an envelope with a large sum of money at Summit Grill. Detective Wigfield stated the only known detail is the loser’s surname Baker.
The Liquor Board took under advisement the application of W. B. Pindell trading as Wayside Diner at Virginia Avenue for a Class B bear wing and liquor license. About 40 people protested and ten supported the license while a petition with about 300 signatures from across the county was presented. decision expected next week.
Mason Keller age 16 of Greencastle Route 3 was injured when a rifle exploded at his home Thursday afternoon. Police said the gun dis integrated and fragments struck his left forearm and upper arm and chest. He is reported in good condition at Washington County Hospital.
Attorneys for Huyetts area residents said the circuit court’s injunction denial over using the Shupp farm as a city dump will be appealed to the Court of Appeals. Judge McLaughlin upheld the city demurrer, ruling the bill lacked entitlement to injunctive relief and did not prove an imminent nuisance.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a shooting match on Sunday in Potomac Bennly Laton area with an auto stolen from Winter Street and recovered near the Antietam Battlefield. Mentioned are a 1949 Ford two door, 12 gauge, and local street references. Also listed are York apples and Stouffer's, with Cavetown and Staymans Deliciuos Rome apples noted.
Oil Creme Permanent special priced at $8.50 and a $5.00 option advertised. Contact phone 3395 and after 5 p m location at Open Eyes in the Prof. Arts Building.
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