Pig Roast Set for January 18 by Western Enterprise Fire Company
The Western Enterprise Fire Company fixed its annual pig roast for January 18. Members will receive invitation cards soon. card pickup details to follow. At Monday night’s meeting D Angie Wolfinger was re elected president. New officers elected include Fred Spigler vice president James Matthews and others across standing committee assistant directors chief pipeman and chief director roles. Tell ers were Chas Goetz and Allen Wellinger.
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Western Enterprise Fire Company
Fire Company
D. Angie Wolfinger
Fred Spigler
Spencer Lindsay
Fr. F. Logan
Frederick Wellinger
W. J. Foltz
James Matthews
William Hotchkiss
L. C. Lushbaugh
Charles Jenkins
J. D. Bowman
James Andrews
Robert Lindsay
William Havermill
George Myers
Gordon Shannon
John Wood
C. H. Ingram
Paul St. Clair
Chas, Goetz
Allen Wellinger
Increase in prices for farm crops in 1933 report
Washington reports a jump of more than one billion dollars in the value of farm crops for 1933. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics sets total U S crop value at 4 076 537 000, up from 2 879 517 000 in 1932.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Scrop
United States
Mullen Named As Supervisor For Courthouse Project
Hubert Mullen of Hagerstown was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners as supervisor of the addition to the Courthouse under the Civil Works program. The county will pay supervisory expenses while Civil Works funds cover other costs except materials. A board meeting today finalized start plans, with state approval allowing earliest operations.
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Hubert Mullen
Hagerstown
Board of County Commissioners
Civil Works Administration
Sim
Representative James Parker Dies at 66 from Stroke
Washington dispatch reports Representative James Parker of North Carolina died at his home from a paralytic stroke suffered last Wednesday. He was 66.
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Washington
James §. Parker
Doctors Call 18 Witnesses for Defense in Cancer Salve Case
In Rockville Maryland, defense lawyers summoned eighteen witnesses to close their case in the manslaughter trial of Dr. Harry Street of Washington and Dr. Sherwood Ferris of Chevy Chase. They face charges related to the death of Mrs. Cora Britton of May's Landing New Jersey over a cancer salve said to have damaged her breast and lung. The defense presented several witnesses claiming the salve cured growths. The state contends the salve was corrosive and not an approved cancer treatment.
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Rockville
Harry Street
Washington
Sherwood Ferris
Chevy Chase
Cora Britton
May’s Landing
N. J
Takoma Park
Nellie Grace Elkins
Towson
Hernest King
Purdum
Raymond L. Warfield
Montgomery County
Stedman Prescott
Court hears chemist testimony on corrosive salve evidence
A state chemist testified that he scraped from Mrs. Britton's wound a salve containing a powerful corrosive capable of dissolving wood. John C. Krantz Jr of the State Health Department corroborated the claim, supporting the expert's account.
Realty Sold at Auction in Front of Court House
Eleven properties were sold in front of the Court House at public auction yesterday afternoon. The John Myerly property on Summit avenue brought $6,100, sold to Samuel H. LeFevre by Dallas Ward. The Pryor property at 737-739 West Washington street went for $4,500 to Harry M. Sanders, sold by Fred M. White. J. C. Snyder sold the Nellie Sailes lot on the Williamsport pike for $195. D. Webster Groh Sr. properties included two houses and lots 201 to 215 East avenue for $3,025, a frame house in Orphans' Home alley for $75, 39 acres in Baytown for $40, a seven room frame on North Jonathan street for $410, three six room houses on Corbett street for $70, a Harmon alley house for $10, a double frame on Winter street for $50, and three Cushwa alley houses for $320.
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Court House
John Myerly
Summit Avenue
Dallas Ward
Samuel H. LeFevre
Pryor
West
Washington Street
Fred M. White
Harry M. Sanders
J. C. Snyder
Nellie Sailes
Williamsport Pike
D. Webster Groh, Sr
Snyder
East Avenue
Old Orphans’ Home Alley
Baytown
Jonathan Street
Corbett Street
Harmon Alley
Winter Street
Cushwa Alley
Hartman Elected President of Washington County Bar Assn
Howard P. Hartman was chosen as President of the Washington County Bar Association at the annual banquet in the Hotel Alexander ballroom. He succeeds Robert Brindle. New officers include Worthington P. Wachter as vice president William H. Bovey as secretary Harry Brindle as treasurer and a board featuring Robert H. McCauley Daniel W. Deab Joseph D. Mish Charles W. Wolf Edward Oswald Jr John Wagaman and Ellsworth Roulette. J. Lloyd Harshman Elias B. Hartle and J. Q. Snyder named admissions committee. Brief remarks by Judge Frank G. Wagaman Mr Bovey and the new officers highlighted the event.
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Howard P. Hartman
Washington County Bar Association
Hotel
Alexander
Robert Brindle
Worthington P. Wachter
William H. Bovey
Harry Brindle
Robert H. McCauley
Daniel W. Deab
Joseph D. Mish
Charles W. Wolf
Edward Oswald, Jr
John Wagaman
Ellsworth Ro
Christmas carolers meet Lutheran church Christmas morning
The town plans Christmas carols at 5:30 a.m. Christmas morning at the Lutheran Church under the Christian Endeavor Society of Christ Reform Church.-community events include religious services on multiple weeknights and a caroling event to sing through the town.
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Lutheran
Christ Reform Church
Church of the Brethren
Church of God
Episcopal
Lutheran Church
Christian Endeavor Society of Christ Reformed Church
Allen Poffenberzer
Poochie
EB. P. Earley
Fred
Christmas operetta The kidnapping of Santa Claus in Sharpsburg
In Sharpsburg on Friday a Christmas operetta titled The kidnapping of Santa Claus was staged at Red Men’s Hall. The colorful cast included Santa Claus and numerous local residents with groups such as Radio, Fairies, and Christmas Fairies, plus a comic duet by Flo Bender and Harry Hill. Joe Hines returned to Roanoke after a visit with relatives, and local churches planned Christmas events.
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Sharpsburg
Santa Claus
Jin the
Red Men's Hall
Afton Grove
Radiola
Evelyn Mose
Socrates
Raymond Hite
Mary Mille
Josephine Remsburg
Goblin
Hugh Chapman
Calvin DeLauney
Douglas Heighberger
Max Grim
Leonard Hite
Wilmer Mumma
Jas. Eavey
James Brashears
Elwes
Lee Stockslager
Freddie Otto
Bruce Clipp
Richard Whisner
Eugene Kauffman
John Flock
Maurice Moore
Carroll Moss
Eskimos
Richard Leatherman
Harold McGraw
Donald DeLauney
James Stockslager
Billy Boyer
Bobby Stockslager
Bills
Frances Heighberger
Mary Mose
Laurana DeLaney
Maxine Neikirk
Lydia McGraw
Marie Wanda Rohrer
Louise Baker
Beatrice Renner
Radio
Pegey Bender
Bertie Swain
Nora Lee Sypolt
Doris Glass
Betty Mose
Wanita Schroeder
Laura Jane DeLauney
Agnes DeLauney
Olphia Mumma
Donald Snively
James Hammond
Cora Roulette
Ralph DeLauney
Genevieve Mose
Teddy Otto
Doris DeLauney
Doris Leatherman
Holly
Ruby Mose
Dorothy Crampton
Carline Poffenberger
Virginia Sampson
Virginia Howard
Mary Sampson
John Smith
Leroy Mose
Allen K. Poffenberger
Eddie Hammond
Raymond Long
Earl Carpenter
Northern Lights
Cordelia Kretzer
Margaret Roulette
Virginia Chapman
Lorraine Bond
Carline Myers
Martha Ella McGraw
Geraldine Barr
Ora
Lee Moss
Martha Boyer
Tean Hebb
Ellen Mase
Mable Mongan
Sarah Jane Remsburg
Ella Williams
Pearl Benner
Wanda Rohrer
Louise Churchey
Anna Katherine Heighberger
Natalie Stockslager
Flo Bender
Harry Hill
Edward Carter
Louise Hebb
Abbie Wyand
Guy Ditto
Bertha Mumma
Allen S. Poffenberger
Joe Hines
Roanoke
Wm. Easterday
3. H. Hines
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