Security Has Fine Record at Limestone Quarry
The North American Cement Corporation quarry in Security nears four years with no lost-time accident, announced by assistant superintendent Paul A. Leichel. Last accident occurred July 13, 1928. The plant earned honorable mention in the 1931 National Safety Competition with 350 mines and quarries entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Cement Corporation
Security
Paul A. Leichel
United States Bureau of Mines
Martinsburg
W. Va
Delegates Selected To Firemen's Meet
Harry Young Alec Hartman and Frank Bond were appointed delegates from the Junior Fire Company to attend the Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association convention in Alexandria on August 10 11 and 12. President Max Hoover also appointed a committee to arrange a stag party along the river at a future date. The company accepted an invitation to take part in the water battle staged by the Smithsburg Fire Company in that town on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Young
Alec Hartman
Frank Bond
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association
Alexandria
Max Hoover
Smithsburg
Plan to open sewage bids at special city meeting
The Mayor and Council will open bids this afternoon at City Hall for enlarging the sewage disposal plant to meet rising demand. Bids will be itemized before a lowest price is determined, and no contract is expected to be awarded at this meeting. Plans by Fuller and McClintock of New York call for expert supervision during the work. The note ends with a stray line about the solitaire bird and its forest dwelling habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuler and McClintock
New York
St Swithin's Day Weather Myths vs Weather Bureau
The piece compares the old St Swithin's Day rain superstition with the Weather Bureau's cautious forecast. It notes the bureau expects wet and dry swings into early autumn, regardless of today’s showers, and emphasizes short range predictions backed by science.
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St. Swithen’s
U. S. Weather Bureau
St. Swithin’s
Weather Bureau
St. Swithin's
Warrenfeltz honors Cora on seventeenth birthday in Tilghmanton
In Tilghmanton on July 11 Mr and Mrs Oscar Warrenfeltz hosted a birthday gathering for their daughter Cora with many relatives and friends attending from nearby towns. Guests included Mr and Mrs Daniel Moritz Mr and Mrs Jacob Warrenfeltz Miss Catherine Boy Miss Ruth Boy and others.
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Tilghmanton
Oscar Warrenfeltz
Cora
Daniel Moritz
Chewsville
Jacob Warrenfeltz
Catherine
Ruth Boy
George
Marvin
Ruscel Ripple
Elwood Needy
Dayton
James Davis
Raymond Baker
Dowrsville
B. F. Mongan
Watnesboro
Carl Moats
Hagerstown
Earl Shaw
McCauley
Virginia Avenue
Russell Myers
Dolores
Fred Sprecher
Dellinger
Halfway
Vacation Guests and Local Illness Mentioned at Towson
The Towson area reports vacation guests staying with local families including Merle Lewis, the Warrenfeltz family, and others from Maugansville New York and Baltimore. Helen Davis suffered a sudden illness but is improving. Margaret Lowery visited after attending a W C T U conference at Emory Grove near Baltimore.
Stage and Screen: Richard Dix in Roar of the Dragon at the Maryland
Richard Dix stars in Roar of the Dragon at the Maryland Theatre today and Saturday as a cynical river skipper who falls for a mysterious Russian woman. Gwili Andre supports, while the feature The Pueblo Terror plays at Henrys Theatre with Buffalo Bill Sr. leading a strong cast.
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Ichard Dix
Cimarron
Secret Service
Manchuria
Maryland Theatre
Dix
Rtsk
Gwili Andre
Hollywood
Henry’s Theatre
Buffalo Bill, Sr
Wanda Hawley
Yakima Canutt
Art Mix
Jack Harvey
Alvin J. Neitz
Mount Airy Ridge Social Visits Highlight Weekend
Mrs. Katherine Dieterich and family hosted guests Mary Katherine Helen and Robert Dieterich. Numerous relatives and friends from Hagerstown Shippensburg Charlton Me Woodpoint and nearby areas visited and called at the P L Martin L Murray Preston Myers and Dieterich households as summer social activity continued. The report notes a horse incident involving Rush Myers and several outings with family members across the region.
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Mt. Airy Ridge
Katherine Dieterich
Mary Katherine
Helen
Robert
C. Roy Dieterich
R. E. Stouffer
Roy Dieterich
David Zimmerman
P. L. Martin
L. F. Murray
Rush Myers
Myers
Lyman Toston
Glen
Charlton, Me
William Foley
Woodpoint
Preston Myers
Nannie Martin
Ethel Pittenger
Thomas A. Pittenger
Cora Carbaugh
Irvin Pittenger
Chas
Hykes
A. S. Johnson
Bessie Johnson
Hagerstown
Bertha Hollinger
Thelma Spickler
L. ¥.Murray
Chloe Anthony
Huyetts Cross Roads
C. . Stouffer
Catherine Myers
George
Esther Gosnell
Frank Murray
Sertha Martin
Shirpensburg
Leslie Wolf
Lena Mae Dieterich
David Dieterich
Mabel Martin
Raymond
Shippensburs. Pa
Amateur Acts At Colonial Theatre Featured Today
The Colonial presents its weekly amateur program at 1:30 pm with a screen program. Tim McCoy's latest western The Riding Tornado screens today and Saturday, plus a musical cartoon and the twelfth and last chapter of The Air Mail Mystery.
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Colonial
Colonial Today
Tim McCoy
Tim
Air Mail Mys
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Henry’s Theatre Kelp Kool
Henry Ed Air
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Shadow OF the Eagle
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Mary Dugan
Dragon
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Sugetter
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Shawnee
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the House of
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Arline
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