Hancock Youth To Teach At Hancock High
Hancock youth Ralph BE Wachter returns from the University of Maryland after four years to teach a new commercial subjects course at Hancock High School. A 1946 graduate, he enlisted in the Army, served in Japan with paratroops, earned honors in business education, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve. He worked with the Bureau of Mines during college and will teach in Hancock with his wife and young daughter.
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Ralph Be, Wachter
University of Maryland
Hancock
Hancock Hib School
Willard Wachter
Hancock High
Statistical Service Section
Bureau of Mines
Tan
Camps Outlined At 4-H Meeting Keedysville Debut
Keedysville 4 H club met in Taylor Memorial Park with 16 members. County agent Roncoe Brown outlined 4 H Club Camp July 13 19 and Conservation Camp July 21 26 urging attendance. Harold Moore toured Southern States Cooperative in Baltimore with county club reps. The next meeting July 24 will feature a wolf roast.
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Keedysville
Hoya’ Chih
Taylor Memorial Park
Keadyaville
Roncoe Brown
Asalutant
Harold Moore
Southern States Cooperative Building
Baltimore
Southern States Cooperative
Taylor Park
Wolnar
Barley Yield Report Highlights Local Grower winner
A T Finfrock of Sellarsburg Pike reports a barley yield of 70 bushels per acre, higher than earlier, as Hagerstown enters a Fire Chief contest with five city fire companies and a charity carnival week at Memorial Boulevard.
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A. T. Finfrock
Sellarsburg
Hoe
L Helty Wheeler
West Franklin Street
Hagerstown
Pioneer Stook and Ladder Company
Fidénciary
Five City Fire Companies
South Hagerstown
Memorial Boulevard
Dick Davis
Air Force Advises Clubs How To Profit Without Slot Machines
The Air Force released guidance to post clubs detailing profitable non slot activities. Suggestions include bingo with card pricing, fast sandwich service, beer pouring technique, ice cream dipping methods, and crowd management tips for master of ceremonies duties.
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Air Force
Vern Haugland
Washington
Air Force Chief of Staff
Air Forcs
Half of Washington County cancer cases affect seniors
A Maryland four county survey shows in Washington County about 50 percent of new cancer cases occur in people over 54 with 28 women and seven men ages 35 to 44 affected in the next bracket. The average age for a new case is 60, slightly below the statewide county average.
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Washington County
State Department of Health
National Cancer Institute
Maryland
Quebec
Frederick County
Big City
Cancer patterns by sex and age in Women and Men
The quote notes that breast and other organ cancers account for about half of female cancer cases and tend to appear at younger ages compared with the cancers more common in men.
Livestock Bids Rise Sharply At Four States Sale
Prices for calves jumped from 1.50 to 2.00 per cwt and lambs sold about 1.00 higher per hundred. Pigs rose from 1.00 to 1.60 while cattle held slightly below the prior week. Softerings were light as farmers remained in the fields.
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Sates, Inc
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Ralph Fe, Wachiter
Wtadical
Meuaarty
Neuralos
Boteles
S-M-L
Povo Saints
Optimist
Spencer G. Lindsay
Harold Hugett Hoffman, Jr
University of Citizenship At
College Park
Hagerstown Club
Flutomatic Gas Water Heaters
Hagerstown Gas Co
Public Square
Frndinger & Co
Fed's
Army & Navy Store
Franklin Street
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Feaders
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