Spofford Heads Scout Council
Frank D. Spofford of Hagerstown was elected president of the Washington Area Council Boy Scouts of America at a dinner in Waynesboro Pa. Elected officers include Wilson Sperow John Caspar Walter Grove John Miller S S Bradford L Vinton Hershey Roland Long and Wilfred F. Schilling who received the silver beaver. The meeting covered summer camp plans and current unit growth with 54 units and 1 239 Scouts in the council. Retiring president Long noted civic activities and War Bond efforts by scouts.
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Frank D. Spofford
Hagerstown
Washington Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Anthony Wayne Hotel
Waynesboro
Spofford
Washington County
Wilson P. Sperow
This City
John P. Caspar
Hancock
Walter Y. Grove
John M. Miller
S. S. Bradford
L. Vinton Hershey
Roland Long
Wilfred F. Schilling
Zion Reformed Church
Robert H. Heistand
Baltimore
Long
B. J. Hagedorn
Paull S. Shields
Benjamin C. Willis
Harvey M. Miller
Edward J. Roche
Merlin B. Ellinger
David E. Poole
William B. Grove
H. Phillip Becher
Eric C. Summers
Herman W. Hichholz
A. Lesley
Photo proof of postwar TV shown at RCA Princeton
Radio program guide notes television pictures in black and white as the best yet, shown at RCA laboratories. NBC offers Lavalle concert and comedies. CBS features Ginny Simms and Groucho Marx. ABC presents Blind Date. MBS airs Hercule Poirot and Meet the Press lineup.
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New York
RCA Laboratories
Princeton
NBC
Paul Lavalle
CBS
Ginny Simms
Groucho Marx
Kate Smith
Bob Hope
Moore
Durante
ABC
FBI
Beau Jack
Willie Joyce
MBS
Hercule Poirot
Braedon of Opportunity
Ted Lewis
Mort Downey
Meet the Press
Herbert Brownell
Sled Stolen from West Franklin Street
Hilda Shilling reports to police that a boy's sled was stolen yesterday afternoon on West Franklin Street.
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Hilda Shilling
West Franklin Street
Widow Sues Union Herald-Mail Over Want Ads Cash Claim
A widow sues the Union Herald-Mail alleging that want ads misrepresented a venture to convert Dusk Gatherers into cash. The filing seeks redress and clarifies contact by phone for further proceedings.
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Herald-Mail
Chief Judge of 5th Circuit Dies
Ivin served Annapolis as chartered city counsel from 1907 for eight years and advised Anne Arundel County commissioners from 1910 to 1925. He sat on the State Judicial Council 1922 1935 and served in the House in 1918 and 1920. He was elected State Senator in 1930 and served until 193?8. He became associate justice of the Fifth Judicial Circuit on November 8 1938 after defeating Linwood L Clark, later contending for chief judge against William H Forsythe Jr.
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Ivin
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
State Judicial Council
House of Delegates
State Senate
Melvin
Fifth Judicial Circuit
County Youth Still Listed As Prisoner Fifteen Are Missing
Cpl James W Powell of Hagerstown removed from Washington county prisoner of war list but Harry Foreman Jr remains listed as a war prisoner last heard from December 31 1944. Foreman son of Mr and Mrs H W Foreman Sr now near Cumberland. Tagg secured details from Cornelius Ride nour grandmother. Correspondence reduces missing in action list to 15 in Washington county. Latest removal is Pfc Walter H McClain since discharged.
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James W. Powell
Hagerstown
Washington County
Ralph S. Tagg
State Veterans Administration
Harry Foreman
H. W. Foreman
Cumberland
Young Foreman
Tagg
Cornelius Ridenour
Foreman
Walter H. McClain
Melvin Elected to Maryland Court of Appeals and Rail Dispute Role
Melvin won a tight county balance in a rural vote and joined Maryland’s Court of Appeals as associate justice. In March 1945 he was named by the White House to an emergency board investigating rail labor disputes on the Denver and Rio Grande Western and the Des Moines and Central Iowa lines. Earlier that year he was chosen for a Georgia railway case. He was married to Au gusta Somervell Burwell at Christ Church West River on October 24 1914 and they had five children.
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Melvin
Maryland Court of Appeals
White House
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Des Moines
Central Iowa
Georgia
Judge Melvin
Augusta Somervell Burwell
Maryland
Christ Church, West River
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Howard’s Paint
Washington St
Ormond
West Washington St
H. J. Heirs Co
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Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
Éndne
Widow Sues Union
Brooklyn
Sylvia Rapp
AFL Teamsters Union
Bataan
R. M. Hays & Bros, Inc
R. D. McKee
Carrom Boards
Big Chief Indian Suits
Goon Guns
5Th Circuit
Glick’s Shoe Store
Franklin Street
Glick
W. Franklin Street
Schindel-Rohrer & Co. Inc
Potomac Street
Doll Houses
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