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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1952
Page
10
Washington reports that potato price ceilings were lifted after the Senate backed extending economic controls to July. Officials warned prices may rise before any drop as supplies adjust, with forecasts of shortages in stores before a late month and July influx of 1952 crop.
Miss Ellen Louise Rauth daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip A Rauth Hancock will graduate Monday June 9 at the Smith College commencement to receive a bachelor of arts degree She is a Hancock High School graduate and a member of the ski patrol Chamber Singers and College Glee Club at Smith.
John Danzer Collins son of Mrs Helen Danzer Collins of Oak Hill Avenue photographed as a Randolph Macon Academy graduate in Front Royal Virginia on June 25. He attended Hagerstown High School and plans to enroll at Gettysburg College in September. Orvilla Shank reported a Chevrolet theft from South Potomac Street to city police. Mary and Lee advertise sewing and minor repairs. Howard Wilson Banks dies at Crownsville Hospital. services at Watson Funeral Home with burial at Rose Hill cemetery. The Village Lunch Room opens Saturday June 7 in Mauzanville offering lunches ice cream and more with manager Leila M. Hersale.
A devotional prayer asking for open hearts and minds to understand thy word and for steadiness and peace today. The prayer ends with Amen and is attributed to James W Kennedy, rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Lexington Kentucky.
Charles Banner Zimmerman 91 of Mercersburg Rt. 1 died at home Thursday at 2 pm Born near Sylvan Pa son of Peter and Melvina Brewer Zimmerman Member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Survivors include two daughters Mrs Nelson O Sixions of Gettysburg Mrs Edmund Zeger Mercersburg Rt 1 and a son At rest in Mt Zion Cemetery Little Grove Pa Funeral at church Monday at 2 pm Rev Emmett G Colestock officiating Friends may call Sunday at Zimmerman home and at church one hour before service Thomas A Hoffmaster 83 of Brunswick died at home Wednesday age 83 A grocer in Brunswick 35 years director of People’s Bank of Brunswick Knight of Pythias Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Brunswick Fire Department and First Church of God Survived by wife Isabelle daughter Mrs Nancy K Roderick sons Gerald T Hoffmaster J W Hoffmaster sister Mrs R S Hatcher half sister Mrs Thyrle Taylor brother E Jess Hoffmaster and stepmother Mrs J W Hoffmaster Body lying in state at home then First Church of God for viewing Funeral 2 pm Rev Claire Ebersole Mountain View Cemetery Sharpsburg
The Hagerstown Municipal Band under Dr. Peter Ruys plans Sunday evening concerts at the City Park band shell starting June 15. The program features new compositions, varied selections, vocal numbers, and a August appearance by the barber shop quartet, with balanced instrumentation and high hopes for the season.
Four colonies of tphia wasps were released in western county areas Hancock and Clear Spring Big Pool as part of the state beetle control plan. Each colony contains about 100 wasps that prey on beetle larvae and are not harmful to people or other insects. The pest surge from the Japanese beetle is expected to be heaviest in the western region, guiding most control efforts there. Eight more colonies are to be sent to the county.
Classified ad fragment offers rear 60 Charlen S14 with phone numbers and evening contact. Mentions soft crabs and hard crabs and a vendor at Red Kongle's 48 S Palomar St.
Detective Grason Leo Wiefield, evacuated from the Herd session of the FAI National Academy in Washington DC, is among 102 officers nationwide to receive diplomas. J Edgar Hoover presented the diplomas as the 12 week course covered ethics searches evidence and constitutional law.
Joseph R Downs Jr of Boonshoro stationed at Camp Meade in Maryland attends his brother Jerry Downs's Boonshoro High School commencement. The event includes visits from Ser Joseph W.W. Mee of Oregon and Hopewell VA with his family, and Mee’s wife is a Japanese bride Mrs Mee. Also noted is Sgt Downs awaiting his wife’s arrival and a separate remark on William Jeffries recently promoted at Arisa Hana Engineer Depot in Germany.
Seven Hagerstown soldiers from the 329th Infantry Regiment were promoted per Col. Ridgley Bond Jr. The list includes Sergeants L Page Gearhart, W Spruce Street. William Main Je, 438 West Washington Street. Howard Sffenson, 520 Security Road. Francis J Webb, 110 West Washington Street. Corporals Royce M Courtney, 142 Broadway. Charles L Le Ioiney, Winter Street. and Private Joe Pou J Guossford, 139 McComas Street.
Advertisement for bottled beer deal offering 12 bottles for 1.27 at Guoanel's Liquor Store located at Car, Franklin, and Jonathan Streets.
Annapolis set to host St Johns College alumni award ceremony honoring Admiral Lynde McCormick U S Navy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic for distinguished service to the United States and United Nations. Graduation exercises follow June 9 with address by Scott Buchanan.
Abilene Kansas hosted a press conference that boosted national sentiment for Dwight D. Eisenhower. Senator Frank Carlson said the events swayed delegates from Taft toward Ike and signaled strong support ahead of the Chicago convention. Eisenhower planned further New York talks with Govs McKeldin and Finn as uncommitted delegates awaited guidance.
Cadet Major Richard Joseph Hajek of 441 North Potomac Street will serve as executive officer of the first battalion in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets for the 1952-52 academic year. He also belongs to Alpha Kappa Psi, Arnold Air Society, Business Club and Maryland Club.
Edward Rowland of Maugansville plans a limited tomato market debut tomorrow at City Market with a fuller supply next week. He operates three greenhouses filled with tomatoes in various ripening stages despite a late start from warmer weather. Rowland, over 80, has shifted from flowers to tomatoes this season after winter plantings, and his yards now yield ready fruit for families.
Coast Market advertises spaghetti sauce and pizza offerings from WW at 101 Washington Street. Contact via phone 3189 for selections and meals.
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