Hard Work Fixes Most Damage From Storm
After Sundays violent storm Washington County spent 24 hours repairing damage. Potomac Edison and A and P Telephone reported most outages resolved by last night as crews worked through Sunday night and Monday. Fire departments faced near equipment exhaustion. Belfer Stouffer and local businesses began cleanup with plans to reopen tomorrow. Candles lit Clear Spring High School and residents recalled historic storms as lightning damage proved hardest to quantify.
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Potomac Edison
A & P Telephone Company
ThoronFon
Noura
Fiterman
Brower L. Stouffer
Hagerstown
North Avenue
Clear Spring High School
William Pasnogla
Whitehall
Hecht Company Eyes North End Center To Boost Hagerstown
Hecht Company executives predict a new North End shopping center will attract thousands of shoppers to Hagerstown. Plans consider a 160000 square foot junior department store or larger, with a center housing varied shops to benefit the city and nearby communities.
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Heecht Company
North End
Hagerstown
Thurn
Hecht’s
Wession
Robert H. Levi
Hotel Alexander
Levi
Hecht
Khinelty
Hecht's
Lare
Magerstown
Masten
Easton
Opera
Hons
Beef Stocks Over Nation Ample Despite Price Rollback Plans
Washington reports Michael V. DiSalle says beef supplies in 160 cities are equal to or larger than a month ago. Cattlemen protest a price rollback aimed at cutting prices by nearly 8 to a dime per pound by Oct 1. A packing firm in Ottumwa Iowa ordered salesmen to quit selling beef. The Church of the Nazarene will hold a Bible School session June 11 to 22 with Rev Fred M Blenck presiding and Rev Newton L Poling leading worship. activities include a four to 11 year old glasses program and luncheon provided by church women.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
John Morrell and Go
Ottumwa
Iowa
Church of the Nazarene
West Side Avenue
Fred M. Blenck
Portage
Chicago
Dr Spicknall Heads Washington County Clergy Group
The Rev Dr J Turnbull Spicknall of St Pauls Methodist Church was elected yesterday president of the Washington County Ministerial Association at the season’s final meeting.
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Spicknall
J. Turnbull Spicknnall
St. Pauls
Local Men Celebrate 25 Years With Potomac Edison
Three local residents Arnold W Anderson Martin N Rohrbach and Donald M Stewart marked 25 years of service with the Potomac Edison System The article notes Anderson 1641 Fountaindale Road Martinsburg background including stores department Hagerstown duties and 1944 chief clerk role Rohrbach’s long tenure across Piedmont Martinsburg Frederick and Hagerstown districts now a distribution division engineer Stewart joins PE sister organization and long service history outlined.
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Arnold W .Anderson
Martin N. Rohrbach
Donald M. Stewart
Potomac Edison
Anderson
Fountaindale Road
Stores
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Rohrbach
Pied‘mont
W. Va
Frederick
Hagers
Woodland Way
Stewart
Employment Shifts From Manufacturing To Trades And Services
A University of Maryland study finds Haverstown moved away from manufacturing to trades and services over six years. Manufacturing dropped from 70.7 percent of local jobs in 1944 to 53.5 percent, while trade rose from 9.8 to 23.8 percent. Construction and service roles showed little change. Seasonal peaks and economic trends are noted, alongside a note on wage shares and county growth, with a final line on Berzelius.
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Haverstown
University of Maryland
CoVere Park
Marylandepartment of Environment Security
Wale
Wales
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
College of Business and Public Administration
West Penn Railway engineer long-time division inspector
The text notes a West Penn Railway Company engineer in its statistical department who moved to the PE engineering division in Hagerstown in 1927 as a draftsman. He became assistant to the distribution engineer in 1935 and, since 1940, has served as an inspection engineer based at the local general office. His home is 29 Roessner Avenue.
Dean's Pills Diuretic Ad Claims Kidney Relief
An old style ad describes kidney discomfort from stress and overexertion and promotes Dean's Pills as a mild diuretic. It claims long use by millions and suggests the product cleanses kidneys and reduces backache and sleep disruption. It mentions a Donna Pilla name in the contact line.
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Dean
Donna Pilla
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