Maryland student Larrick to take Edison exam in East Orange
Charlies V. Larrick a 17 year old Mason and Dixon native and Hagerstown High School graduate heads to East Orange New Jersey to compete in a nationwide Edison scholarship exam. If he wins he earns a four year college scholarship and a place among 48 contestants. He plans Hopkins physics and chemistry and postgraduate study in Europe. He was chosen to represent Maryland from 27 contestants.
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Mason and Dixon
Hagerstown High Schowl
Maryland
East Orange
Larrick
Thomas A Edison
Traint
Johns Hopkins
Europe
Simon Cropper
Hagerstown
New York
Coney Island
Manhattan Beach
Loma Park
United States
James J. Walker
City Hall
Baltimore
Saursday
Washington County
Band Concert Delights Large Municipal Audience
The Municipal Band Concert drew a large crowd last evening with an enthusiastic reception for The Hunt march Festival operature request In A Monastery Garden Ketelbey The Prima Dona intermission Childhood Days Bugs Finlandia Sibelius Old Tunes and New The Vagabond King themes The Vagabond King was warmly received and added to the program The crowd applauded the selections especially The Vagabond King themes.
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Goldman
Lortzing
Ketelbey
Herbert
Bugs
Finlandia
Sibelius
Prima
Rider Hurt In Crash With Car
Dewey Fockler a 21 year old from Highfield suffered a broken leg cuts and bruises when his motorcycle collided with a roadster driven by Allen Pryor of Highfield at the Blue Ridge Summit Highfield Road intersection. Pryor escaped injury and Fockler was rushed to Waynesboro Hospital.
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Highfeld
Allen Pryor
Highfield
Blue Ridge Summit
Highfield Road
Fockler
Summit
Waynesboro Hospital
Pryor
Hott Confesses Slaying Of Three Children
Taylor Hott of Martinsburg tells Berkeley County jail visitors that a confluence of his wife's actions, liquor, and heat drove him to kill his three children by pushing them into a quarry hole and drowning them. He remains held without bond for October court, denying defense via an attorney. He later said the children were not dead when he pushed them, though medical tests showed no water in their lungs.
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Taylor Hott
Martinsburg
Berkeley County
Hott
Hiss
Holt
Althoush
Prizes Awarded at Glen Eagles Miniature Golf
The weekly cash prizes at Glen Eagles miniature golf were awarded on Saturday. Viola Fouke won the ladies low score first with $2, Mrs. E. C. Bull took second for $1. James Chenoweth led men with a 41 tying the course record. Walter Westphal earned $1 for second. Fountain Head Cad dies prizes went to Donald Hause and Bernard Rang for $1.50 and $1 respectively.
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Glen Eagles Miniature Golf Course
Viola Fouke
E. C. Bull
James Chenoweth
Walter Westphal
Fountain Head
Donald’ Hause
Bernard Rang
Eagles Stage Annual Outing at Weller's Clubhouse
The Fraternal Order of Eagles held its annual picnic at Weller's Clubhouse on the Potomac south of Clearspring. Seven hundred Hagies attended from Baltimore Chambersburg Cumberland and Hagerstown. Contests included horse shoes pitching won by P. H. Kneisley and Joseph Davis boat racing Bert Rowland and swimming led by Sam Wageman. A bountiful picnic lunch was served.
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Red Men
Big Pool
Quincy
Order of Eagles
Local Social Roundup and School Appointments
CLEARSPRING society notes record Friday visits among Cropper Hull and Miles families. John Carbaugh named principal of Indian Springs school after teaching at Tonoloway. Fire threats near mountain areas calmed by rain while timber operations directed to Fort Loudon. Social calls span Hagerstown Chewsville York Pa and nearby households.
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Margaret Cropper
Catherine Cropper
R. L. Fimkhouser
Grover Hull
Waynesboro
Samuel Hull
Masters Perry
Hlmer
Hillard Hull
Finley Cropper
William Miles
Charles Cropper
John Carbaugh
Indian Springs
Carbaugh
Tonoloway
Sarah White
Hagerstown
G. Funkhouser
Fort Loudon
Silas Pound
Laura Longanecker
Chewsville
Charles Pound
York
Russell Seibert
Margaret Clopper
White Woman Returns From Lone Visit To Savage Island
Dr Hortense Powdermaker details her year living among Melanesians on New Ireland, noting two room thatched housing, adoption by a wealthy tribesman, and a shift from cannibalism due to white officials. She describes courtship by magic, gender roles, two tribal factions, and the islanders’ health, customs, and lack of private land ownership.
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NEA
Yoqre
New Ireland
Australia
Biemark
New Guinea
Hortense Powdermaker
Baltimore
Powdermaker
Goucher College
University of London
Australian Nationalesearch Council
American Research Council
Miss Powdermaker
Shiloh Church Weekly Schedule and Festival Plans
Shiloh church announces services for Sunday July 27 with Sunday school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:45 led by Rev. Paul E. Cooper. A CE festival is planned for August 20 on the church lawn, with a missionary meeting and readings by members. Se curity festival reported, and a big city park picnic is planned for Saturday.
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Shiloh
Paul E. Coop Ar
Christian Endeavor
William Price
Hyma
Paul Cooper
W. MM. A
Eva Louise Price
Dora Fouke
Kathleen Holmes
Darrica Radovich
Aligul |Appa
Russell Kck
Security
Shi Joh
City Park
Railroads Consolidate Power Amid Market Shifts
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports ownership of 92 percent of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh stock and 84 percent of Buffalo and Susquehanna shares. It outlines consolidation under ICC plans, warnings of Western Maryland sale extension, and continued pressure on messenger revenue from motor coaches and autos.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Corporation
Baltimore and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
B. and VU
Maryland
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Penroad Corporation
Pennsylvania
Police Seek Suspect Fleeing After Winchester Robbery
Police describe an alleged Black suspect who fled Winchester Sunday avenue after a robbery claim. He was seen passing through Hagerstown shortly after midnight in a car with Pennsylvania plates. A matching vehicle and person were seen, but both disappeared before officers arrived. Authorities think he may be heading toward Pennsylvania.
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Winichester
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Penn
Isylvania
Kalamazoo Veterans to Attend Antietam Anniversary
Kalamazoo, Michigan, joins other cities as Civil War veterans plan to attend the 68th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam at Sharpsburg on September 17, health permitting. Superintendent George B. Alexander has heard from three elderly attendees, a move widely publicized by local Kalamazoo Papers.
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Kalamazoo
Michigan
Antietam
Sharpsburg
George B. Alexander
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