Kiddies Club Guests at Hagerstown Kiwanis Christmas Party
Pupils from Antietam Street School taught by Mrs. Fannie Pennington attended the Hagerstown Kiwanis Club Christmas party at Hotel Alexander. A tree, Santa Claus gifts, moose steak dessert, and yule carols accompanied magic tricks and plays by Mil bourne Christopher Miriam Everts and others.
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Fannie Pennington
Antietam Street
Hagerstown
P. L. Huffaker
Church of the Brethren
Milbourne Christopher
Miss
Surprising Guest Found in Home in Chicago
Walter Gutling, a Chicago janitor, went to a drug store for his wife who had indigestion. Returning home he found a seven pound eight ounce baby girl born to them. Dr. QO G Starke arrived 45 minutes later and the baby was rushed to the hospital. The physician called it an authentic case of unexpected parenthood and said both parents were well.
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Chicago
Walter Gutling
QO. G. Starke
Rat beats five year old in problem solving says Michigan study
Adult rats show reasoning power superior to five year old children in University of Michigan experiments directed by Norman Maier. Rats navigated swastika shaped tunnels to reach food, solving complex, changing routes with 90 percent first try success, a skill linked to brain tissue identified after testing.
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Howard W. Blameslee
Associated Press
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Michigan
Norman Maier
Walnut Point Social Notices and Local Illness Updates
Walnut Point December item lists Mrs Bess Sprecher visiting Roy Kendell near Williamsport and many Burgan family gatherings from Funkstown to Sharpsburg. Walter Burgan and kin helped with two porkers butchered Wednesday. Local residents share illness updates with names including Paul Sprecher and Louise Rowe. Mrs Chaney remains ill after hospital surgery at her daughter’s home.
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Walnut Point
Bess Sprecher
Roy Kendall
Williamsport
Everett Burgan
Eugene Burgan
Hagerstown
Orville Kershner
Geraldine
Phyllis
Ethel Burgan
Funkstown
Marie
Evelyn Burgan
Sharpsburg Pike
Alice Burgan
Selah
Huyetts
Roger Burgan
A. H. Kiracofe
Maria Monison
Arthur Kiracote
Wm. Boward
Frisby Mowen
Daniel Mowen
Maugansville
Paul Sprecher
Preston Sprecher
Rauch
Louise Rowe
Chaney
Robert Andrewa
State Roads Commission Urges Liquidation of County Deficits
Dr. Homer E. Tabler announced 11 of 23 Maryland counties must liquidate deficits in county road funds before receiving State funds from the 1936 lateral gasoline tax. Amounts listed include Allegany 71980 and Montgomery 245757. He said funds will be withheld until deficits are cleared by county taxes bonds or borrowing. Sessions included Calvert Dorchester Howard Montgomery Prince Georges and Talbot. Tabler offered to negotiate plans with each county to align with highway funding next year.
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Baltimore
Homer E. Tabler
State Roads Commission
Allegany
Baltimore County
Calvert
Dorchester
Howard
Kent
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Talbot
Wicomico
Worcester
Tabler
Maryland
Perry Boswell
Prince Georges County
County Commission Considers Road Bond Debt Service Plan
Letter from Tabler argues counties gain most from shifting debt service on road obligations into regular county taxes. He asserts existing road debt paid by the commission could be funded via bond issues, if rights of way are supplied to the commission.
Gasoline Tax Receipts Spur Obligations Debate
A fragment notes a shift in fiscal duties tied to gasoline tax receipts. The text hints at obligations arising from these receipts, signaling ongoing budgetary or policy considerations without detailing specific actions or outcomes.
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Miriam Everts
Alice Gehr
William Stonbraker
George Humphrey
Dorothy Loy
Children’s Clues
Kiwanis Club
Ihs
Santa Claus
Norris Candy
Norris
Princess Candy Shoppe
S. Potomac ST
Norris Candies
Yardley
Tré-Jur
Paris
Coty
Texas
Heneph
Biet
Richard “Hudnut
cCompacte
Mal, Gripp
Smith Bros
Kemp's
West's
Fletcher
Vick’s
Colgate
Washington ST
D. N
Yong
Peace Credit
Potomac ST
Roads Board
Giartr
Leiter Brothers
OF America
America
Spirit’ of
Ea A A Ae Mae
Gge
Margiant Festiners
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