Fruit Growers Push Marketing Group at Maryland Horticultural Talks
Maryland horticulturists urged enforcements of fruit grading laws and creation of a marketing organization at the state society’s convention in Baltimore. Resolutions backed the national farm program to improve irrigation, and tributes were paid to Dr. E. N. Cors of the University of Maryland Extension Service. Frank Horsfall Jr. of Virginia Tech discussed orchard rodent problems, noting pine mice form trail systems and detailing new boom designs for spraying in rough, stony ground.
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Waryland State Horticultural Society
Hotel Alexander
E. N. Cors
University of Maryland Extension Service
Frank Horsfall,Jr
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Nice
Horsfall
New Tynes
Vacant Chair At Maryland Horticultural Meet At Alexander Hotel
The Maryland Horticultural Society met at Hotel Alexander with several absent officers and visitors. Dr. Ben Rogers and A H Thompson of the University of Maryland discussed chemical thinning, apple harvest sprays, and cautions against unsuitable fertilizers. York spot disease was analyzed by Dr. Irvin C Haut, urging prompt picking and processing. Officers were reappointed and Hagerstown chosen as next winter convention site.
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Ben Rogers
University of Maryland Field Laboratory
Hancock
Rogers
University of Maryland Extension Service
A. H. Thompson
Thompson
York Spot
Irvin C. Haut
University of Maryland
York
Hani
Elroy R. Krestensen
Castilla Graham
University of Maryland Field, Laboratory
Hatenck
Leslie O. Weaver
Norman Dr. Fike
Cordova
Russell N. Flanagan
Thuemont
D. Eldred
Rinehart
Smithsburg
Albert F. Vierheller
College Park
Treasuer
Samuel Dillon, Jr. Hancock
Dr. Haut
Stanley Bf. Fulton
Sherman B. Waddell
New Windsor
Wiliam T. Belaplaine
Freak hands push odd result in bridge game draw
In a sunlit bridge session North passed West the opening bid to test developments. East’s spade response and South’s unexpected jump to four hearts set off a sequence ending with North bidding seven hearts and South making seven hearts after West led the king of diamonds.
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North
West
East
South
Blackwood
Marsh
Newborn vivid arrivals spark zoo scenes worldwide
Stark images show a December 2 birth at Frankfurt Zoo of a first captive baby chindeeves named Katherine. Nearby in Washington DC two female llamas, Gregg and Peter, welcome large newborns as the zoo notes Papa was the sole male llama before Peter arrived.
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Katherine
Frankfurt
Germany
Zoo
Peter
Alog
Papa
Hama
Lions Sell Yule Trees As Community Service In Hagerstown
The Hagerstown Lions Club sold 2 750 Christmas trees this year drawing about 7 900 visitors to the lot. It took two and three quarters days to display the trees and wires stretched a mile for the lighting. The event funds Lions service projects and supports local programs.
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Hagersons
U Win
Burma
United States
Chambershur
Chambersburg Area
Hang Pacents Association
Chamberstorg
Petar Hagerstown Tan School
Anl
Leeds Funil
Chamber of Commerce
Lye
Mr. Ridenour
Frank Bowaman
Landis Coffman
Sterling Levie
Joseph Stevens
Samuel Ditlo
Lynn Eichelberger
Joseph Stephens
Principal Lohman Heads Cascade March of Dimes Drive
Walter Lohman is named campaign director for Cascade and surrounding areas as the March of Dimes launches its first 1956 drive. Cascade efforts center in Hagerstown with a county goal near 120000 and regional leadership by Mrs Jou Re Stohlemyer. In 1956 the Hagerstown office tallied 28154.60 in gifts. Stunebraker Jr and Mrs William Donaldson serve as chairman and secretary respectively. The county schools are excluded from this year’s campaign, limiting outreach to local communities. Maryland polio cases fell from 279 treated in 1955 to 141 in 1956 after Salk vaccine introduction.
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Cascade Maryland
Walter Lohman
Cascade
Washington County
Professional Arts
Hagerstown
Lohman
Mather
Jou Re Stohlemyer
John F. Stunebraker
William Ta. Donaldson
Washington County Board of Education
Cam Faign
National Foundation of the
Maryland
Flight To Hong Kong Debuts At Colonial Theatre
Firemen busy as a blaze prompts evacuation while locals anticipates the film Flight To Hong Kong starring Dolores Denton. The article notes the theatre opening tomorrow in Hagerstown with additional chatter about sirens and windy conditions and a local law warning against sharpened knives near public spots.
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Dolores Denton
Hong Kong
Colonial Theatre
Wisconsin burial for air crash victim Daniel Jacobson
Daniel B. Jacobson aged 52 of Strum Wisconsin was killed when his car collided with a truck on Route 126 near Hans eook five miles north of Watfordsburg Pa. He will be shipped home by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. His wife Agnes and daughter Shirley A were injured and treated at War Memorial Hospital Berkeley Springs. Jacobson rural mail carrier, two daughters and a son from Washington DC arranged shipping of the body. State Police investigation at McConnellsburg. no inquest planned. Funeral set for next Tuesday in Strum Wisconsin.
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Daniel B. Jacobson
Strum
Wisconsin
Watfordsburg
Hans Eook
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Jacobson
Agnes ©. Jacobson
Daugher
Shirley A
War Memorial Hospital
Herkeley Springs
Grove Fuuneral
Hancock
Washington, D. C
Hangcock
Hanenek
W. Va
Jacobsons
Washington
Hagerstown
Breezewood
Pennsylvania
McConnellsburg
Deale Lucas
NcConnelsburg
Raroner
Fullen County
Hospital Receives $10 000 Gift from Glass Corp
The Pennsylvania Glass Land Corpora tion philanthropic program donates to Morgan County War Memorial Hospital at Berkeley Springs. Earl T. Andrews, vice president of the corporation, presents the gift to the hospital board. The hospital has previously received a total of $14,000.
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Pennsylvania Glass Land Corporation
Morgan County War Memorial
Berkeley Springs
Earl T. Andrews
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