Washington Countians Who Died In Two World Wars
Long roster lists Washington County residents who died in World War I and World War II. The compilation includes numerous names such as Albert G. Walter, Henry Angie, Melvin Augustein, Lewis Barber, and many others, reflecting local losses across both conflicts. The list names veterans, with limited context on units or dates, serving as a memorial record for the community.
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Washington
Dedication Service Features Local Legion Tribute
A December dedication service at 3 PM features a Municipal Band led by Dr. Peter Buys and rabbinic and clerical readings. The program includes The Bivouac of the Dead, Abide With Me, a dedication address, and an unveiling of a plague with remarks by E Russell Hicks and post commanders. Attendees include many Maryland chapter members and veterans groups.
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Siar
Spangled Banner
Peter Buys
Rabbi Buchheim
Walter Campher
Theodore O’hara
Carl McCleary
John Boschen
American Legion Department of Maryland
E. Russell Hicks
American Legion
Charles Henry Senior
Vic
Bowling results from Women of Moose and St Marys leagues
Senior Regent led the Women of Moose with two wins and one loss to finish first in the first half. K Welsh had a 124 high single and A Brown topped three games with 323. The St Marys League saw Howard Jolliffe high with 337 on three games and Allen Knott leading 349 single and 1540 total for the Knights.
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Women OF Moose League
Sentinel
Junior Regent
Graduate Regent
Argus
Chaplains
K. Welsh
Brown
A. Brown
M. Athey
A. Stevenson
H. Burger
M. Romaine
J. Weaver
ML Burger
Beck
ST. Mary's
Helen Sheehy
Howard Jolliffe
The
Knights
Allen Knott
Francis Mazzo
Franky Hoover
Buck Stinebaugh
Ernie Martin
Vige+ Casale
Lucretia Detrich
Joe Niner
H. Manier
Johnny Stevenson
Harry Carper
Fred Musey
Lillian Musey
Ray Beady
Edna Martin
Raymond Niner
Mountaineers Meet Maryland in Opening Battle
A capacity crowd of 5,000 is promised as West Virginia University faces Maryland tonight. Coach Lee Patton lists freshmen Bill Zirkel and Fred Schaus, center Mike Medich, and guards Leland Byrd and Clyde Green in the probable lineup. Maryland brings seven lettermen and several promising freshmen for the season opener following last year’s 35-33 WVU win.
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Morgantown
W. V
Lee Patton
West Virginia University
University of Maryland
Bill Zirkel
Fred Schaus
Mountaineers
Carnegie Tech
Mike Medich
Leland Byrd
Clyde Green
Maryland
Burton Shipley
Terrapins
West Virginia
Charles Town Race Results Summary
Horse racing at Charles Town features eight races with winnings and finishers. Notable results include Talcum Spray and Brotler tied to a PASEY DOUBLE payout of 128.80 for a $2 wager, while multiple claimed and allowance events listed top earners such as Discretion, Grand Venture, Fighting Finn and Roses Boy among others with varied pays and times.
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PASEY
Brotler
Auto League high games and banquet set for Jan
Mildred Eichelberger rolled the high single with 118 pins and led two-game totals 216. Other top totals include Grimes 209 and Hildebrand 203. Banquet planned for Roxies on Jan 2 at 7, with the second half starting Jan 9. Major league bowling notes follow with Potomac Diner, Smith Oil, and North American Cement in tight spots and a possible world five-man record by Smith Oil and North American Cement.
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Auto League
Mildred Eichelberger
Mildred Heichelberger
Freda Grimes
Margaret Hildebrand
Mary Westfall
L. Lowman
N. Fauver
J. Zimmeree
M. Burger
P. Phleeger
C. Grove
M. Gelwicks
P. Mens
M. Miller
N. Davis
E.*lake
M. Athey
EB. Odgen
C. Bowman
HL Burger
E. Nield
F. Thomas
Wt. Beeler
D.burger
Sir Kelly
E. Easton
M. Carper
Roxies
Hagerstown
High Street Market
Potomac Diner
Cromer's Grocery
North American Cement
Smith Oil
Stanley Klimek
Fairchild
Kak Drenner
Wolfe
Economy Market
Harshman
Melzer
Corner Tavern
Bowers
Klimek
Kendle
Cromer
Sincerys Williams
Cremer
Flush
Carbaugh
Copenhaver
McKinsey
Ohler
Potomac
Carty
Fiddler
Sayles
Rock
Meltzer
Alhambra Cafe
Black
Showe le
Baker
Smith
Bowman
W.snyder
Kittell
Fahrney
Barnhart
Eckard
Hildeprand
Gallagher
Palladino
Womens Sunday School Bowling League Half Honors Told
Marie Hartman of the Daisies rolled 420 110 317 for high single and three game total. The Lilacs led in single game with 527 and Jonquils in three games with 1489 as the season's first half ends. High scores include M Snyder 115 105 316 and Mae Detrich 136 in high games.
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Womens
Marie Hartman
Daisies
Lilacs
Jonquils
M. Snyder
W. Warner
HE. Hause
C. Price
Nanamaker
R. Hause
Mary Routzahn
St. John’s Pansies
Mae Detrich
Trinity Daisies
Trinity
Frances Couchman
Pansies
Virginia Warner
Gladys Leatherman
Blue Ridge Major Bowling League Results Summary
Results from last week show American Legion sweeping three games over Palace while Peoples Cleaners took two and total pins from Coliseum. Charles Town and Spillway each took two games from Sherwood Bros and High St Market with one game won by the other. Legion leads team honors with 644 in a 1846 set. Individual leaders include Legion’s Catsail at 125.11 average and Troxell 436 in a high set. Upcoming matchups include Coliseum vs Palace and Spillway vs Sherwood Bros.
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Blue Ridge
American Legion
Palace
Peoples Cleaners
Coliseum
Charles Town
Spillway
Sherwood Bros
High St. Market
Powell
Legion
Troxell
Fitzgerald Adds Trio To Tulsa Club 1947 Roster
The Tulsa baseball club of the Texas League announces the acquisition of catcher Harry Land pitcher Yank Terry and outfielder Charles Fitzgerald to strengthen the 1947 roster. Land and Terry arrive from Los Angeles while Fitzgerald comes from Hagerstown Maryland. Land batted .247 in 121 Coast League games and Fitzgerald posted .320 in the Interstate League. Terry was a former Boston Red Sox hurler who won 12 and lost 14 last season.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Baseball Club
Grayle Howlett
Harry Land
Yank Terry
Los Angeles
Charles Fitzgerald
Hagerstown
Land
Fitzgerald
Terry
Boston Red Sox
Fusari Knocks Out Taylor in Seven at Madison Square Garden
New Jersey fighter Charley Fusari improved to win five straight by stopping Chuck Taylor in seven rounds at Madison Square Garden. Fusari weighed 144 pounds, Taylor 144. The piece notes victory and includes a stray line about grenades in the Revolutionary War.
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New York
Charley Fusari
New Jersey
Chuck Taylor
Madison Square Garden
Fusari
Taylor
Air Cavalcade prep and Gulf Oil tour drawn from airport talks
At the airport the Gulf Oil Air Cavalcade pilgrimage to Florida looms as pilots plan to join about 15 local amateurs and professionals. Major Al Williams and Gulf Oil nurture cross country flying to promote aviation as transport and to move pilots beyond local airport circles.
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Florida
David Crockett
Paul Wagner
al Williams
Aviation
Gulf Oil Company
Bureau of Industrial Service, Int
New York City
Miami
Fla
Robert H. Beard
Chambersburg Flying Service
Chambersburg
Cesar Coleman
Harrisonburg
Eddie Sumek
Washington
Clearspring
Pittsburgh
Rockingham Park
N. H
Blue Jays Clearwater Camp Starts As Pennock Comments
General Manager Herb Pennock announces the Phillies will begin spring training in Clearwater in February 1933. The rest of the Phillies head south on March 3, Pennock said.
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Blue ‘Jays
Clearwater
Herb Pennock
Phils
Pennock
Puzzle Across Down Word List Mystery Clue Grid
Turkle trio and scattered clues yield a complex word puzzle with across and down entries. The reader must solve color hints dates and names while decoding a cryptic grid and mapping letters to form a final message.
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Albert, Walter G
Angie, Henry Augustein
Melvin M. Barber
Lewis E. McC
Altenderfer, Willis L., Jr
Harry E. Viar
William Seibert
William T. Shoap
Calvin L. Smith
Charles E. Snyder
John Stickell
Joseph Stockslager
Lewis Stattlemyer
Harry E. Stull
Charles R. Talbert
Henry V. Thrush
Edgar R. Wiley
Arthur Wolff
John M. Wyand
Reno
Hockman, Ernest L
Carruthers
Elmer L., Jr. Clark
Alex W. Clayton
Lewin B. Cline
Stewart P., Jr. Clopper
Millard C. Coffman
Elwood C. Cahill
Benjamin M. Colfiesd
Ralph M. Collette
Jack
Harry W., Jr. Fost
Herbert I. Fox
Jay Richard Frush
John Rolland Fry
Philip Arthur Gardner
Garland G. Garman
John P. Gatrell
Ralph J. Gearhart
Lester B. Geiser
Samuel J., Jr. Gerber
Cecil M. Getridge
Marion A., Jr. Gigous
George L. Gish
Leonard N. Glessner
William Albert Gouker
Charles W. Grab
Robert’ Paul Gray
Ralph S. Griffith
James 0. Gross
Leland R. Grove
Charles Russell Guessford
Earl M. Guessford
Lloyd T. Hamilton
Roy G. Hammaker
Atlee Harbaugh
Marshall E., Jr. Hardy
Robert W. Harne
C. Harness
Keith Herbert
Joseph
C. Hessong
Arthur A Hessong
Robert Lee Hewett
James
F Higgins
Russell
Luther
Hill
Fred
G. Hill
Raymond
E. ‘Hixon
Earl
Sylvester
Holler, Ruben
Hurd, Luther T
Harry P. Lapole
Gardner E. Lapole
James W. Lefever
Nelson D. Lemen
Joseph L., Jr. Lewis
John F., Sr. Lewis
Robert EB. L. Lindsay
Robert H. Lippman
Harold Loveless
Charles M. Loveless
Gilbert L. Lowery
Francis Elwood Lucas
Oliver N. Lum
Charles Q. Lutz
Frank T McAdams
Marvin L., Jr. McClelland
Russell L. Marshall
John Henry, Jr. Martin
Edward Garth Mason
Donald W. Mason
Walter N., Jr. Mauck
George M. Mears
Raymond G. Mentzer
Daniel A. Mentzer
Earl Warren Miller
Chester A. Miller
Gerald N. Miller
Glen A. Miller
Harry T. Miller
Kenneth E. Miller
Richard R. Miller
William Harold Moore
George Moss
Carroll E. Mosser
Glenn W. Mulhern
Joseph Patrick Mulligan
John L. Munday
Wilbert L. Myers
Harold L. Neikirk
Robert A. Nick
Gilbert L. Norford
Robert N. Orndorff
James M. Paden
Mervin Warren Palmer
Harry R. Pappas
Thomas C. Peer
Joseph C. Pierce
Charles R. Poffenberger
Harry Poole
George William Powles
John B. Rang
Francis B. Reedy
Angus Lewis, Jr. Remsburg
Clayton I. Rhinehart
Paul F. Richard
Burton R. Richardson
Paul E. Richard
Richard M. Ridenour
Edward E. Ringer
Joseph Elton Ritter
Russell E., Jr. Robinson
Guy F. Roth
Warren N. Rowe
Robert Benton Schetrompt
Charles E. Schindel
James W. Schnebly
Andrew Selby
Donald Shackleford
Donald E. Shaffer
William Edward, Jr. Shank
Harold I. Shantz
George, Jr. Sharar
John Shifflett
Forest
D. Shifflett
William J. Shipley
Irvin H. Skelton
Albert Carson Smith
Eugene G. Smith
James R. Smith
Omer L. Smith
Robert Meek
Snowden
Shull Vincent ‘Snyder
Raymond E. Spielman
Philip
B. Sprecher
Daniel
Springer
Earl v. Startzman
Vernon N. Stine
Jack B. Stone
Harry ‘W‘stottlemyer
Guy E. Stouffer
Elvin E. Summers
Glenn’e. Swain
Maxwell L
Scott R. Wagner
Man Eas
Great Love Hills
Masonic ‘Choir
D. C
Meeeeetee
Ralph Tagg
Samuel J. Cohen
Ian Sate
Eccess
Maryland State Guard
Monsignor
Francis J. Leary
Leam
Swiss Cottage
Kendall
Rhodes
Cunningham
Gaylor
Deavers
Cromer’s
A. Harper
Hildebrand
Cosgrove
Beach
Gross
Rinehart
Sunoco
Krouse
B. Rinehart
Kiseraa
Jake Rinehart
Rutherford Amoco
Penteney
Harper
Krotzer
Bitner
Brooks
Bradley, Sr
Smith Oil Co
Hopfer
Limburg
B. F. Goodrich
Vaughn
Cook
Lighter
Hines
R. Hart
H. Kiser
E. Miller
R. Bowman
Sapeee
Sateen
Abe Ee Mente Esate
Jesters
Earls
Br Lords
Dukes
Kendall Qiters de Sugeane
Teat Cromer’s Grocery
Rinehart Sunoce Ser
Rutherford. Amoco
Eehee
Smith of Co
F. Goodrich Vaeeane
Seeeee
W. Virginia
R. Arduin
Maria
Holland
Town Bully
Kirk
Scotch Sand
Serena
Pole Star
Brottler
G. Acosta
Smart Hombre
C. Coleman
G. C. Hamilton
L. Scott
Char Foot
White Sea
French Ward
Claire Whizz
Floyson
W. Weber
E. Ballenger
Lernerette
J. Dewitt
Mighty Bald
Doc Yak
Cutloose
Big Boy Blue
Svengali
R. Runyon
Skean
P. O’brien
Brown Crackle
J. Hernandex
Chaltie
Wild Wind
Majeto
Park Scandal
Sir Gerald
Venture
Lord Loudoun
J. Tammare
G. Napier
Pari
Prance On
Edmard Jojan
de Leon
C. Kirk
Brooke Argo
J. Tammary
Nikoh’s Pal
J. Dunbar
Polly
Casement
Land of Nod
Nibble
Acapana
Fighting Finn
W. Gillespie
Gauntlet
G. Cardoza
Parquet
J. Baird
Plantagnet
Calabozo
Sun Target
Garand
Roses
W. Miller
Gerald’s Folly
J. Wernandey
Ampie
Matakom
Rough Ames
Erica
High Standard
Dowsabel
L. Rhodes
Kendall Oilers
Cromer’s Grocery
Ste
Smith High Street
Fairchild See
Amer
Frederick
High St
Win
Sherwood Bros. Fred
Martinsburg
Elks' Ladies
T. Hartle
HK Huber
B. Eckstine
Schlotterbeck
E. Morganthall
Aarman
M. Healey
Mine
P. Flock
R.silveraven
I. South
A. Munson
L. Kershner
FE. Byers
K. Mowen
N. Musey
R.eichelberger
N. Myers
C. Foltz
Harlough
M. Rohrer
N. Maer
Ceenarane
Daeennee
Sivacoca
Sescesseees
C.P
Washington Street
N. Potomac St
Washington County Reserve
11Th Air Force
Andrews Field
D.C
Crockett
Chicago
Fulton M. Moore
Pal-Waukee
United States
Newfoundland
Latin America
Hagerstown Loan & Thrift Corp
Washington St
Rudisil & Wolker Boys
W. Franklin St
Ingram’s Men’s Shop
Men’s & Boys’ Wear
Jonathan St. Grice Bing
SEARS
Sears Roebuck & Co
North Patemac &T
Hagerstown Cycle Co
Wayside Avenue
Edward L. Broom
Bendix
Ringer Electric Service
Frederick Street
Bohman-Warne, Inc
Franklin
Liauor Shoppe
Church & Prospect
Sts
the House of
Rogers: Jewelry Co
Tricycles
Antietam St
the Doolittles
Doggie
Nya
Iiaastomueci
Turkle
Kentucky
Educational Institution
Unity
Sun God
Jerwish
Luzon
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