Washington County farm queen contest set for August 1
The Washington County Farm Bureau will host a farm queen contest on August 1 at Shafer Memorial Park Boonsboro for girls aged 16 to 18 living on farms. The winner advances to the state competition with a shot at Timonium State Fair honors. Three entrants are Shirley Wagner Bernice Ann Remnaburg and Esther Haines with others free to enter by contacting Farm Bureau directors.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
Shafer Memorial Park
Boonsboro
Washington County
Timonium State Fair
Farm Bureau
Shirley Wagner
Bernice Ann Remnaburg
Keedysville
Esther Haines
Brownsville
Baltimore tan and spice producer joins Salary Stabilization Board
Charles P. McCormick of Baltimore was sworn in as the fifth member of the five man Salary Stabilization Board. The remaining members had taken their oaths previously in Washington on July 24.
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Washington
Charles P. McCormick
Baltimore
Hand Grenade Shown As Egg in High Speed Photo
A hand grenade appears as an ordinary hen’s egg in a high speed milisecond exposure photographed at the Du Pont plant in Wilmington Delaware. The action is captured in a millionth of a second as part of industrial research work.
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du Pont
Wilmington
Nel
Eisenhower weighs single command for Western Europe
Washington reports Gen. Eisenhower favors a unified Allied army under one flag to direct Western Europe. Senator Brewster, returning from abroad, says Ike is enthusiastic though Britain opposes the plan. Paris HQ declined comment. France and West Germany reportedly broadly agree on core principles. In Oakland a man is stabbed to death during a brawl involving divorces.
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Dwight D. Hisenhower
Europe
Brewster
R-Me
Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Paris
Britain
France
Germany
Oakland
Calif
Robert E. Heskett
Betty MacDonald
Brg
I” Fame
Bandaged Beauty Joyce Mathews Returns After Suicide Attempt
Joyce Mathews ex-wife of Milton Berle leaves a New York hospital with a bandaged wrist after a self inflicted cut in producer Billy Rose's apartment. She was hospitalized overnight following the incident.
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Joyce Mathews
Milton Berle
New York
Billy Rose
Gas dealers threaten noon strike over profits
In Chambersburg a group of 37 service stations and retailers warn Philadelphia suppliers to guarantee a fixed profit on gasoline or they will close at noon tomorrow. The Millsling station joins 27 others in the ultimatum and has cut prices to 20 cents plus premiums while rivals drop to 11 1/2 cents. Bulk deliveries were requested due to high demand. Also noted, 10,000 aquatic life specimens are shown at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
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Chambersburg
Philadelphia
H. L. Mills Ling
Mills
Rei
Big Turnout of Blood Donors in Clear Spring
The American Red Cross Blood Mobile collected 101 pints on its first Clear Spring stop stationed at the American Legion Mall. Donors came from Clear Spring and surrounding areas including Hig Pool Big Spring Indian Spring Williamsport Merceraburg and Hagerstown. The list of volunteers features Juanita Shirk Samuel Bridendorph Paul Newkirk Pres op Martin Juliana Whyte and many others.
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Clear Spring
American Red Cross
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Hagerstown
Hig Pool Big Spring
Indian Spring
Williamsport
Orville Ernst
J. Franklin Hull
Mire
Dorothy Boward
Thela Reever
Marguerite Ridley
Bertha Clark
Jeanne Kramer
Atiiene Cowens
David R. Brewer
R. A. Darby
Jane Havermale
Mildred Seibert
Maud Russard
Evelyn Johnson
Catherine Raney
Raymond Huh
Chester Flerbert
Thelma Clopper
Jane Brewer
Ruth Perry
Violet Lea
Franklin
Record Farmer Tour To Be Staged Saturday July 28
The Maryland State Hereford Association will stage a large farm tour on Saturday July 28 drawing about one thousand farmers from Maryland and nearby states. Beginning at 10 1 a m at Poppodicon Farms Shepherdstown the tour visits Tower Hill Franks town Mount Aetna area Hopewell Kemps for lunch and dinner with stops at several Hereford breeders. The event welcomes all interested persons, not only association members.
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Maryland State Hereford Association
Maryland
Poppodicon Farms
Shepherdstown
Tower Hill
A. F. Thumma
Frankstown
Robert Snavely
Mount Aetna
Hopewell
David Cush_wa
Hopewell Road
A. B. Wakenight
Kemps
Fire blast injures two at Fairhaven gas boiler
Two men from Hagerstown Maryland and from New Jersey suffered first to third degree burns when a gas boiler explosion occurred during conversion to natural gas at Fairhaven night shift. Both men were treated at Union Hospital in New Bedford.
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Fairhaven
Mass
Spiot
New York
New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Company
West Virginians Plan Farm Tour
A group from West Virginia plans a trip to the USDA Beltsville experiment station in Maryland. Sponsored by the State Horticultural Society led by Sam M. Skinner of Shepherdstown, the convoy will board at Romney Martinsburg or Charles Town and visit Beltsville labs the next day with Fred L. Motz speaking at luncheon.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
West
USDA
Jaycees to Travel to Hagerstown Junior Team Meet
The Jaycees of the Hagerstown Junior League will travel to Hobcock to meet the newly organized junior team. Local residents will gather at Prospect and Franklin streets at a set time on Wednesday for the trip.
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Jaycees
Hagerstows
Hocock
Organiz
Prospset
Franklin Streets
At & A
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