School Board Sets Holiday Dates and Repairs Plans
The Board of Education approved ten and a half days of Christmas and New Year vacation with schools closing noon Dec 23 and reopening Jan 3. Jan 2 was added as a holiday for New Year observance. The Clearspring High School seating issue was reviewed with removable seats rejected. Proposals for outside nursery school exits were noted with an estimated cost of 450 dollars, pending funds. A special meeting on Dec 13 will open bids for four county school projects. Downsville bids due Dec 22. The annual Washington County public schools report was distributed.
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Board of Education
Sehée
Clearspring
Clearspring High School
Alumni Association
Downsville
Washington County
New Ordinance Proposed for Slaughterhouse Licensing
Dr. W. Ross Cameron reported to the Board of County Commissioners on a proposed ordinance requiring licensing and regular inspection of Hagerstown slaughterhouses to prevent incidents like the penhous poisoning outbreak. The health officer noted 89 communicable diseases in November with 68 in Hagerstown and 21 in the county, including 23 cases of syphilis and 11 pneumonia. He tied two Malta fever cases to a raw milk dairy supplying Hagerstown and highlighted extensive food and dairy inspections and pneumonia antitoxin funding and tuberculin testing across multiple schools.
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Hagerstown
W. Ross Cameron
Board of County Commissioners
Cameron
Health Department
Halfway
Sharpsburg
Keedysville
Rohrersville
Funkstown
Jobs Found in Baltimore for 1154 During First Ten Days
D L B Fringer director of Maryland State Employment service said 1154 people secured jobs in the first ten days of December. Of these, 662 entered private industry while the rest joined public contractors.
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Baltimore
D. L. B. Fringer
Maryland State Employment Service
Pinesburg December notes on pupils and local happenings
Pinesburg reports November attendance by grade with named students in Miss Grimes and Miss Ardinger rooms. It notes Mrs. Raymond Staley’s recovery, visits from neighbors, birth of a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Teach, hog butchering events with lists of helpers, and visits from Hagerstown and Williamsport residents.
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Pinesburg
Miss Grimes
John Downin
Charles Higgins
Betty Bear
Cora Teach
Betty McKee
Kenneth Teach
Junior Hanson
Alice Crilly
Isabel McKee
Lillian Shank
Betty Teach
Josephine Downin
Marjon Wiggins
Jean Holland
Ruth Higgins
Roy Crilly
Evan Teach
Katherine Bryan
Dorthey Eby
Josephine Jackson
Rosie Shank
Maxine Thomas
Raymond Staley
Grippe
Frank Staley
Stanley Huff
Hagerstown
Monroe Martin
Lester Stinger
Richard Snyder
Francis Saunders
Edward Staley
Thomas Grooms
Edgar Grove
Fred Banzhoff
Williamsport
Chern Carbaugh
Harry Snyder
Mary Fowler
David Knode
Carrol Smith and Sons
Police Aid Sought to Square Himself in Robbery Case
Grand Rapids Michigan December 14 A bandit leader asked police aid to settle with his gang after a robbery victim Treagre reported $75 taken from his peanut store Saturday. A letter to Police Superintendent O Malley claimed the loss was only $40 20 and demanded a retraction in papers. Treagre rechecked the amount and stuck to about $40.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Treagre
Frank J. O'Malley
Visitors list from Grove and Charlton families
Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Charlton included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Garrett, Mrs. Bertha Saunders and children of Breathedsville, Mrs. Jula Grove, Miss Grace Johnson, Mr. Harry Snyder, Mr. Albert Charlton, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fowler and daughter Dolores.
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Henry Charlton
Walter Garrett
Bertha Saunders
Breathedsville
Jula Grove
Grace Johnson
Harry Snyder
Albert Charlton
Hubert Fowler
Dolores
Fingerprinting Drive Launched by Maryland State Police
Maryland State Police start a voluntary fingerprinting campaign to expand files and aid the identification department. Complete fingerprinting equipment is installed at all nine substations as Sergt. …
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Police Department
Brubaker Urges Citizens to Volunteer Fingerprints
Marlin D Brubaker announced and citizens are urged to volunteer their prints. When a citizen identifies himself and allows officers to take fingerprints the state police headquarters will issue an identification card. French Somaliland lies between Eritrea and Abyssinia and is separated by the Bab el Mandeb Straits from Aden.
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Marlin D. Brubaker
Eritrea
Abyssinia
British Somaliland
Straits of
Bab-el-Mandeb
Aden
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