31 Jan 1964
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1964
Page
1
Register reports the subject of a city sewage plant dispute detailing recommended improvements to boost efficiency. Proposals include a new grit chamber, a larger comminutor and by pass screen, upgraded Venturi meter vault and grease tank, modern air chasers for aeration tanks, and converting the sludge thickening tank into a supernatant aeration unit. Estimated total cost is $878,000.
Mrs. Bessie GC Curfman 83 widow of Frank EB Curfman of Zullinger Pa died Thursday at 3 15 p m at the Pines Convalescent Hospital Stou r boroughs She had been ill for two months A resident of Hagerstown for 47 years she attended the Evangelical Lutheran Church and was survived by a large family The funeral will be Sunday at Poe Funeral Home Waynesboro with burial at Rose Hill Center Friends may call Saturday from 4 to 9 p m The obit notes the citys sewage odor issue and related court action against Hagerstown over plant rehabilitation and compliance with Health Department recommendations.
Complainants allege the city’s expansion worsens odors around the sewage system and Antietam Creek. City responds that enhanced capacity will prevent extra odor while serving increased sewage. Separate text includes a prayer passage.
Kerry P Willey design engineer for Robert F Zeigler Inc Hagerstown attends a six week learning course at Carries Air Conditioning HQ Syracuse NY January 22 26 among 30 engineers at Coral Beach Hotel in Miami Florida. Me and Mrs Patterson and their three children live at 2321 Royal Road Magers town. Employes of Greencastle Corning Glass Works win company inter plant cigars for veterans for fourth year with over 8400 cigars donated January. Lutheran Brotherhood general agents meet January 27 30 in Minneapolis to discuss industry sales activities. John C Patterson Jr of Tragerstown named a member of the Presidents Round Table of John Handwock Mutual Hire Insurance Co.
The Washington County Liquor Board approved the transfer of the Hotel Alexander Class B hotel and restaurant on and off sale beer wine and liquor licenses from Motel Alexander Inc to new owners R Samuel Dillon Jr Bavit W Byron and others The board also reviews transfers involving Caton's Liquor Store Clear Spring Franco's Restaurant Sherry's Restaurant and Lincol Market among others. Also included are obituaries and funeral notices for local residents with service details and burial plans.
Councilmen Ralph Funkhouser serving as acting mayor leads one of the shortest meetings over a proposed annexation of 8.27 acres east of the city limits. With only three of five council members present, the quorum failed and no votes were taken. The Milo plant sale and advisory committee issues loom as absent members oppose the plant disposition.
Potomac Edison and allied utilities map an extra high voltage transmission corridor from West Virginia to Maryland to carry power to the Potomac River Valley and connect with the Allegheny Power System. The plan envisions 500000 volt lines from Ft Martin near Morgantown to Mt Storm and onward to Maryland, with extensions toward Pittsburgh and eastern cities.
NASA released a concise timetable listing sighting times for the Saturn I satellite. Entries for Baltimore and Hagerstown show early morning windows on January 31 and February 1 with southward paths and northeast travel, including height estimates above the horizon.
Senate Rules Committee hearings center on advertising time bought in 1957 on an Austin Texas TV station tied to President Johnson's family. Witnesses Albert G. Young and Don B. Reynolds testified about purchases and a potential conflict with sworn statements from Walter Jenkins. Reynolds said he paid $1,203 for air time and planned to use it for Mid-Atlantic Steel Co. cook ware ads, while Jenkins denied knowledge of any such arrangement.
John C Patterson Jr of erstown is named a member of the President's Round Table of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Association. He is with the Clark and Bullock General Agency in Baltimore and will join about seventy members at the company's annual meeting.
South Viet Nam’s Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh leads a 35 member military junta amid reorganizing efforts, threats of Viet Cong attacks, and possible power struggles. The coup ends with Minh stepping aside as figurehead. Khanh vows a tougher war stance. Khanh visits Saigon airport to bid farewell to Gen. Le Van Ty as Ty heads to the United States for medical care.
Washington County officials led by County Author Earl Smith plan a second meeting on February 11 with County Accountant Ronald Tinton and several machine accounting firms to discuss introducing mechanized tax collection. The county already uses limited machine procedures and aims to convert this year, noting potential savings and the need to work out bugs. Troxell and Smith have toured Frederick and Ellicott City to learn, while preparations for the February rush season include hiring extra staff and extending hours, with Saturday mornings crowded as tax bills go out.
Road work at the Harpers Ferry hillside landslide should wrap by early next week. Russell Bowser, county roads chair, said the rock ledge beside the road is nearly to road level but two large rocks must be knocked off to reduce fall danger. Traffic is maintained with minor blasting delays anticipated. the work aims to finish promptly.
Walter Lal Duffiled of 963 Oak Hill struck a parked car at 1042 5, Poto mac SL yesterday at 7 55 p m. Police report damage to Duffiled s car and the parked car totaling 309 dollars.
The Clopper-Michael Post of the American Legion dedicates a Back To God service to honor four chaplains who perished on the USS Dorchester in the Greenland waters on February 3, 1943. Services will be at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Erkersville at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, with Rev Charles Birx officiating and post commander Janes R. Cochran leading memorial rites. Legion families and the public are urged to attend.
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