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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1956
Page
11
Gov. McKeldin addressed graduating recruits at Mergenthaler Police School urging officers to favor conservation of the peace over building arrest records. He stressed understanding neighborhoods, gentle effective policing, and immediate solv ing of crime while acknowledging fear cannot control communities.
Kepheth D. Schlotterbeck son of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Schlotterbeck of 287 South Locust Street has been assigned to the Jet Mechanical School at Amarillo Air Force Base Texas for training in a leading technical course. He formerly studied at the local high school and did basic training at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas.
Obituary notices for Charles Scott of Lake Charles age 72 who died at Washington County Hospital after a career as electrician with Maiiz Electricals. Survived by brothers Edward and Watsot and sisters M John Myers and Emma Watkins. Funeral arrangements pending. Also obituary for Linda Kay Reed age 3 years 9 months of Williamsport who died after chicken pox complications. She leaves parents David and Betty Reed, siblings, and grandparents. Funeral at Williamsport Methodist Church with interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. Also notice for Georgianna West DeWaters of Hagerstown died at Gateway Convalescent Home aged ga! years. Survived by husband, children, and sister Ruby Gridley. Body to Sitter funeral home. Also local ads and notices including sales, a dance at South Hagerstown Fire Co, stock quotations, and holiday product ads.
The Chewsville Lions Club plans its annual Christmas party and Ladies Night on December 18 at 6 13 in the social room of Chewsville K A B Church with Bob Lesher as MC and Rev Richard Summer delivering the Christmas message followed by entertainment. A kiddies party with Santa and a community candy treat is set for December 22 at 2 p m, plus a movie for children ages two to ten.
Secretary of State Dulles returns from Paris to brief President Eisenhower on progress toward uniting the Atlantic alliance after the Egypt crisis. He will meet the President at the White House with no national address planned. Dulles' talks with Liszt and Pineau aimed to bury differences, and he will discuss Nehru talks set for Sunday through Wednesday covering world issues from China to Hungary and the Suez Canal.
Burhans opened the Lions Club annual Christmas Tree Sale by purchasing the first tree beside North Hagerstown High on Pdto mac Avenue. Attending were Mayor Winslow and family, Lions president W. Tackara Brown, John Waggoner co chair, Mrs. Burhans, Inge von Hoenninghausen, and others. funds support milk and wheelchair programs, two student nurses, and youth services.
Service notice notes Airman Second Class Joseph L Foreman son of Mrs Mary Foreman of 35 South Locust Street has new mailing address AP 32509448 Box 163 PBLioth Airborne APO 64 San Francisco California. Also lists unrelated ads for timber nursery stock Scotch pine and holiday specials offering cosmetic services and beauty products.
SALT I M O R E Md December 18 The Maryland Commission for the Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency voted to ask Gov McKeldin for money to hire a professional research consultant. Subcommittees need help compiling facts on facilities and needs, and some members urged secretarial aid. The panel also planned to study proposed juvenile legislation for 1957 General Assembly support. A three day meeting is set for spring to hear progress reports from 14 committees. Mrs William J r Woods of Bladensburg served as first vice chairman in the chairman’s absence. New vice chairmen named include Richard Grumbacher of Hagerstown and Mrs Ralph Dulaney of Fruitland.
K E Fogle of Hagerstown representing the American Oil Company is slated to receive a silver award in Philadelphia for outstanding public relations work in the petroleum industry. He led as information committee area school program chairman. A shooting match is advertised for Sunday December 16 at 1 PM by the Potomac Fish and Game Club offering 12 gauge events with ham turkeys as prizes.
Warsaw reports multiple anti Russian demonstrations across five Polish towns. Authorities warn continued protests could trigger upheaval, with fears Russia might close Baltic sail links. Disorder cited in Sletin Lublin Czestochowa Kutna and Laliszail amid power struggles between Gomulka supporters and a tougher faction. Workers at Covielsko steel urged immediate Russian withdrawal from Hungary. a strike was discouraged by party appeals.
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