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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1946
Page
2
Potomac Edison System workers report progress on the 4 million dollar Williamsport plant expansion. Carloads of long delayed structural steel have begun arriving. Superintendent W T Osborne says erection of the steel skeleton will start soon after January 1, as iron workers are employed, despite ship delay issues.
The construction of a new 30 000 kw generating unit at the Potomac Edison plant has lagged due to steel shortages. Officials warned only about 100 workers are on site, far short of the several hundred normally employed. If delays end, the unit may be installed and producing by December 1947 to meet peak demand. The PE system must deliver full output, plus about 10 000 kw bought from others, during peak times.
A Christmas tree lit with electric lights stood at the Junior Dancing Club event in the club auditorium on Saturday night. More than sixty boys and girls enjoyed a performance to music by the Jimmy Harsh man trio, with refreshments served by committees led by Mesdames Harold Porter and Clarence Hartsock. Attendance included Janice Annan, Janice Brewer, Joanne Blickenstaff, Joan Bartholomaeus, Etta Ray Black, Joan Chambers, Connie Feiser, Kristen Gardner, Joan Gordon, Susan Hartsock, Jill Hoover, Barbara Hankey, Charlotta Leichel, Betty Leatherman, Jane Lakin, Mary McElwain, Shirley McFaddin, Barbara Sue Mullendore, Peggy Newell, Nancy Porter, Barbara Rowland, Eleanor Seaman, Beverly Schaff, Lindley Shockey, Martha Stauffer, Helen Smith, Ann Asilton, Jolly Urner, Peggy Verner, Nancy Wagam an, Jo Ann Welder, Marie Zimm...
Howard P Lemm Jr 17 son of Mrs Lillian Lemm of Point of Rocks has reported for training at the Naval Training Center Bainbridge Md Make a child happy Christmas Sell out grown toys through the Want Ads.
Monsignor J Francis to celebrate at Ste Marys with adult choir solos by Margaret Krepp Rita Clark and others. Williamsport St Augustines Midnight Mass sung by Rev Simon Kenny with junior choir. Boonsboro St James Midnight Mass with acolytes and Gregorian chant. Confessions before Mass across churches.
Sandra Dillabaugh, a five year old from St Catherine Ontario, remains in St Josephs Hospital after a delicate brain operation in Sidney Nebraska. Nurses plan Christmas baskets for her while she longs for her mommy and daddy who were killed in a highway crash near Sidney last Tuesday.
Mrs Earl A Ford of the 100 block South Prospect street sustained a cut to the right leg when the car she rode in was struck by a freight train engine at the West Antietam street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad about 5 30 yesterday afternoon Patrolman Lowry and Whittington reported the Ford car was moving west when struck resulting in injuries to Mrs Ford and damage to the vehicle
A collision on the bridge at Kline's Mill involves an automobile driven by Frank DiFabbio and an oil tractor-trailer driven by Luther Lemaster from Shippensburg. No charges were filed. The incident occurred near South Pole, with the closest approach measured at 700 feet.
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