County's Biggest Building Boom Goes On At Year End
Washington County reports a continued construction surge with multi million dollar projects in Hagerstown and surrounding towns. Major efforts include schools at North Hagerstown and Hancock, a large shopping center, and ongoing highway work toward 1959, while remodeling and new housing projects accelerate across the county.
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A. County
Malas
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Qutlaak
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Northern Avenue
Leitersburg Pike
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Ulcalee
Boonsboro
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State Roads Commission
Wiliamsport
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Troop 20 Scouts To Collect Trees In Boonsboro
Boy Scout Troop 20 of Boonsboro will collect Christmas trees from homes in Boonsboro and nearby on Saturday January 18. Under Scoutmaster Donald Gantz supervision the trees are loaded into trucks and will be burned under Boonsboro firemen at the Boonsboro Park on the 18th. Residents may call 28250 or 9561 to arrange pickup.
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Boy Scout Troop 20
Boonsboro
Plans For Fire Center Dead Again in Hagerstown
The Mayor and Council again reject the plan to establish a central fire department control center for Hagerstown. The budget meeting last night indicated continued shelving of the proposal.
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Fire Center
Hagerstown
Special Election Planned For City Bond Issue Next Year
The 1958 city budget includes 4000 to pay for a special election to seek approval of a municipal bond issue. The proposal, debated for 15 years and backed by business groups including the Chamber of Commerce, envisions the city and county sharing costs for a fire department control center with the city’s share around 113.
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Burhans
Ing
Chamber of Commerce
Plam
Senior Council To Host Event For 4-H Members
Washington County 4-H club members and friends are invited to a Senior Council sponsored event at Leitersburg Grange Hall on December 31. The program features a square dance with caller Bill Remsburg of Middletown. A small admission is charged and activities run from 3 to 3:30 p.m. until midnight.
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Washington County
Senior Counsell
Leitersburg Grange Hall
Bill Remsburg
Middletown
Simplify Old Chore Wash Windows With Jeleaner Technique
An old chore method is simplified by using jeleaner with horizontal strokes on one glass side and vertical strokes on the opposite side to mark paths of cleaned and remaining areas. It notes the Seven Seas include the North and South Atlantic Oceans the North and South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Arctic and Antarctic Oceans.
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South Pacific
Arctic
Antarctic
Time Of Viewing To Be Extended For Monsignor Leary
Viewing for Monsignor J Francis Leary in Baltimore is extended. Body may be viewed at Bon Secours Hospital Chapel 2025 West Fayette Street after 1100 this morning and all day Sunday, instead of starting at 4 pm. Funeral Mass at Baltimore Cathedral scheduled for 1030 Monday. burial at New Cathedral Cemetery.
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J. Francis, Leary
Baltimore
Bon Secours Hospital
West Fayette Street
Baltimore Cathedral
New Cathedral Cemetery
City Police Court Time Pay Cut Report
Police court time funds are reduced from six thousand to three thousand five hundred dollars in the 1958 budget. Chief Blair Overton planned to pay off duty officers at regular time rates per hour for court appearances. The mayor and council prefer per hour or time off approach, continuing past practice of no extra pay for off duty court time.
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Blair Overton
Overton
Sportsmen Now Own Clubhouse After Mortgage Paid
The Greencastle Sportsmen Association has burned its $17,090 mortgage on the new clubhouse. The group now owns a 104 acre farm with a $24,000 clubhouse, an ox roast pavilion, an artificial lake, skating pond and an archery range. The club originated as the Greencastle Road and Gun Club in 1919, reorganized in 1946, and now has over 208 members.
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Greencastle Sportsmen
Greencastle Road & Gun Club
Rand
Business to Have More At Stake In Congress
Writer Sam Dawson argues that the upcoming congressional session will affect business more than the recent period. He cites possible defense spending decisions, tax policy, deficit financing, and tariff battles as key factors that could shape profits, inflation, and economic stability.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Congress
Washington
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Outer Space
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