Reading clinic aids over eighty county children
A remedial reading clinic in Washington County schools aids more than 80 students in three elementary schools. Reading specialist Miss Velora Swanger leads ten groups of eight, offering three half hour lessons weekly. The program targets average to above average students not progressing as expected, with plans to expand to hire a psychologist and additional specialists. Swanger’s methods include varied practice materials, reading games, books for pleasure, and tape recordings to track progress.
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Washington County
Ming Velora Swanger
Miss Swanger
Schnet
Grousts
Mawgansville
Salem Avenue
Williamsport
Sout Hagerstown High School
Alva D. Temple
Mr. Temple
Tancock High School
Garrett County
Velora Swanger
Grantsville
Garerett County
Frosturg State Teachers College
Syracuse University
N. Y
Syracuse
Pattern patterns for home sewing offered by Alice Brooks
An old advertisement promotes pattern books and sewing patterns for home decor. It promises free patterns with orders and describes frill spreads curtains and room decor items. It invites readers to mail 28 cents and request its catalog from The Dallas Market at Chelsea Station New York.
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Dalle
Itnusnholl Arts
Chelsea Station
New York
Olainy
Alice Brooks
Air
Dorens
Aihae Desiens
City fights water rate in out-of-town customers case
City attorneys given 13 days to file a writ ten brief in the appeal challenging a 43 cent per thousand gallons out of town water rate set by the Public Service Commission. Protesting residents and PSC lawyers must file briefs 15 days after the city brief. The Circuit Court heard the appeal over whether the 43 cent rate is too high for county customers.
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Hagerstown
Public Service Commission
Hagerton
City Water Department
Jsel Bs
PSC
Downey Named To Three Committees At Annapolis
Senator Downey of Washington County was appointed to three committees by Senate President Goldstein at Annapolis. Downey will serve on the judicial proceedings, agriculture and natural resources committees, and on juvenile issues.
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Charles Downey
Washington County
Senate
Goldstein
Annapolis
Downey
Agriculture, and Natural Resources Committee
Group to Seek Better Highway Restoration in Chambersburg
A Pennsula group met in Chambersburg to recapture traffic on Route 30 the Lincoln Highway. They aim to restore it to the interstate highway system and pursue federal funds to widen it to four lanes. The Lincoln Highway has suffered through a narrow twist near St Thomas and Liganier, losing traffic to the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Pennsula
Chambersburg
St. Thomas
Liganier
Inventor Musician to Appear at Schools in County
Charles Mamsden inventor of the electronic-novator will perform at Williamsport High next Wednesday and North Hagerstown High on Thursday as part of the Atrim assembly program. The device blends electric guitar ancestry to play classical, folk, and sound effects.
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Charles Mamsden
Washington County
Anstrim
Williamsport High
North Hagerstown
iThursday
Mr. Ramsden
Smiling Face Behind Polio Poster Featured Child
Four year old Marlene Olson of Boston appears in a nationwide fund drive poster during Massachusetts polio epidemic year 1935. Daughter of Air Force Capt. Arald Olson and wife, she receives regular physical therapy and may need ongoing treatment for years.
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Richard Hartman
Columbia, Pennsylvania
Air Force
Charles
Marlene Olson
Boston
J Macek
Dims Fund-Rais
Marlene
Arald Olsen
Soft Drink Truck Collision in Frederick Damages Estimated
Marvin A. Twigg of Hagerstown drove a Cloverdale Spring Company loaded soft drink truck and collided with a Tatamac Efisam Company freight motor in Frederick yesterday morning. Police say truck damage is $175 and contents were unharmed. Twigg claimed he did not know railroad freight on the one way eastbound street was not permitted to move westward. No charges were filed.
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Marvin A. Twigg
Hagerstown
Cloverdale Spring Company
Frederick
Tatamac Efisam Company
Frederic Ig
Production Marked For Cows Under State Record
An official production record by the Halstein Friesian Association of America covers two cows in the county. Adam R L Martin on Astanass n and Supreme Judy Fayne produced 20 869 pounds of milk and 74 pounds of butterfat during 34 days of milking. Flora Geode, owned by the State Reformatory for Males, was milked for 365 days producing 14 305 pounds of milk and 548 pounds of butterfat.
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Halstein- Friesian Association of America
Adam RL Martin
Astanass N
Judy Fayne
Breatheds Flora Geode
State Reformatory
Hancock Bank Stockholders Meeting Scheduled Tuesday
One annual meeting of Hancock Bank stockholders will be held at the bank office on Tuesday January 8 at 2 p.m. Directors will be elected and other business transacted.
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Hancock Bank
Little Girl Collides With Car In Route 40 Incident
Eight year old Ruth Y Brown of Hagers town ran into the side of an eastbound car on Route 40 at Conncocheagne at 4 45 p m. She was treated at the county hospital for rage and leg abrasions. The vehicle was driven by Lauren C Murray of Amaranth Pa enroute to Fairchild Aircraft. Meanwhile Pasadena officials report missing rickshaws borrowed for the Tournament of Roses parade and two of the three were located.
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Ruth Y. Brown
Hagerstown
Conncocheagne
A. David Hasenbubler
Lauren C. Murray
Amaranth
Fairchild Aircraft
Pasadena
Calif
South Pasadena
IGM Studios
Butler Files For Council In Ward Two
Chester S. Butler, Republican, former Hagerstown Housing Authority chair and local businessman, filed yesterday as a candidate in Ward Two. He runs Coliseum Grille and formerly Prospect Diner, has long lived in Ward Two, and has not held public office before. He is married with one son and active in St Patrick's, Methodist Church, the Elks, Alsatia Club, and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen.
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Chester 5
Butler
Hagerstown Sousa Authority
Huiler
Chester S. Butler
Virginia Avenue
Coliseum
West
Washington Street
Prospect
North Prospect Street
Lagerstown
Ite
St. Patl's
Methodist Church
the Elks Club
Alsatia Club
And
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen
Farmers To Go To State Meets
Farm residents will travel to Baltimore next week for Maryland Farm Bureau convention events in the Lord Baltimore Hotel. County Agent Mark Miller will attend at least three days of meetings as scores of people participate in agricultural organization events at the state gathering excluding a Marsland Nurserymen’s Association session at the Southern Hotel.
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Baltimore
Mark Miller
Maryland Farm Bureau Convention
Lord Baltimore
Werthesdas Imerling
Marsland Nurserymen’s Association
Southern Hotel
Across and Down Word Puzzle Clues Debut in Newspaper
A large clipped puzzle lists Across and Down clues with mixed wordplay. Entries include animals, objects, and phrases such as wild, plane, shelter, feather, and travel terms. The grid hints suggest a themed, era-style crossword style page.
Dual Highway Will Involve Work On Five Other Roads
The State Roads Commission seeks bids to build a new dual highway to replace Route 11 at its intersection with Route 40, with connections and new portions on Deacross Road Broadfording Road Maugansville Road Martins Road and Showalter Road. The project totals about six miles of road work and a limited access bypass named the Hagerstown Bypass Expressway. Bids open January 29. Route 11 will be maintained locally while through traffic uses the new highway.
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Mason-Dixon Line
State Roads Commision
Deacross Road
Broadfording Road
Maugansville
Martins Road
Showalter Road
Maryland
Washlington
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