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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1952
Page
2
Boonsboro High School publishes a 16 page list of its June 1962 graduates. The guidance department provides each graduate’s abilities interests work history mailing address telephone number and preferred work. The school offers to supply further information to employers upon request.
A display shows old bank notes from 1856 including Confederate notes and Valley Bank of Maryland issues of 5 10 and 20 dollars. The curator notes rare paper money and mentions a local stand at Mercearsburg Route 2.
The Twilighters, a local popu lar orchestra, will present a concert of dance music at Wheaton Park this evening at 8:30. The event is supported by Local No. 770 of the American Federation of Musicians, the Music Performance Trust Fund, and the Hagerstown Park Board. James C. Ferrillo is president of the fund. The Twilighters are known for an entertaining program and have appeared at fraternal and patriotic clubs nearby.
The Boonsboro monument to George Washington, built by local boys in 1827 from limestone quarried on South Mountain, stands in Washington Monument State Park as a modest historic site. It is aging and receives few visitors with no observance planned for its upcoming anniversary.
Brigadier General Alexander Wilson U S Army (retired) died yesterday in San Antonio Texas at age 66 from a heart attack after an operation. His widow Jane Alvey Wilson is niece of the late Judge Richard H Alvey of Hagerstown. Funeral services set for Thursday at 10 a m in San Antonio. He served since 1908 after Naval Academy graduation and held top posts including Army War College and Chemical Warfare College. He retired in 1946 and held the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster. Three largest churches in Europe listed as Saint Peter Rome Seville Cathedral and Milan Cathedral.
Marl Warren of California, a Republican favorite-son candidate for president, addresses the National Press Club in Washington and blasts the right wing in a split party moment.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. board approved spending 4.847 million dollars on Maryland improvements including 407 thousand for toll circuit expansion Baltimore to Washington and western Maryland 254 thousand for NIH near Bethesda and Navy David Taylor facility Carderock 1.6 thousand for Hamilton Clifton Baltimore central office and 18.4 thousand for Woodburn Towson exchanges. The plan adds to the year's Maryland funds to 412 thousand and includes laying 11 miles of buried cable and 40 poles for toll network expansion.
Toll routes extend through Frederick and Hagerstown to Clear Spring and Cumberland with branches to Oakland and Martinsburg and Piedmont in West Virginia. Plans emphasize multiple circuit connections on historic toll corridors.
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