Two Hancock Men Drown In Little Pool
Two Hancock area men drowned around 3 Sunday morning while frog hunting along the bank of Little Pool, about two and a half miles east of Hancock. Donald Erboll, 37, and George Stotler, 44, were identified by State Police. Clarence Dickerhoff, the men’s companion, reported they used a headlamp to spot frogs, one man fell in and the other jumped to help, both disappeared. Dickerhoff barely escaped drowning and was rescued by a nearby boat pole. Bodies were recovered with local and state police assisting in the drag.
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Hancock Area
Little Pool
Hancock
Clydi B. Tucker
Donald Mr Dickerboll
George Deibert Stotler
Clarence Dickerhoff
Donald
Clarence
Litte Pool
Richard Garvey
M. Car
Deer Seen In Boonsboro Backyard By Mrs Bowers
Mrs. Virginia Bowers of South Main Street Boonsboro reports a full grown deer grazing in her backyard. The deer appeared tame and moved toward the nearby vicinity as she observed from the kitchen window and briefly stepped outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bowers
Obituary notices from Hagerstown area
Obituaries for Shasik Rid George Ul Walter McPhail Charles Byers and Samuel Shaffer report deaths at Washington County Hospital and nearby homes. Surviving relatives include spouses children siblings and grandchildren with funeral plans announced at Suter-Router Coffman and Lininger homes. Cremation or burial is planned with services in Rest Haven Cemetery and other local churches.
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Shasik Rid
George Ul
Oak Ridge Drive
Washington County
Ened
Hegerstown
George I
Bessie (Linebaugh) Shantz
Norfolk and Western Railroad
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Suter-Router Funeral
Edward R. Heinze
Rest -Haven Cemetery
Friends May Yeall
Hagerstown
Zion United Church of Christ
Charles Miller
John McPhail
S. M. Wagaman
A. K. Coffman
Roy C. Snyder
Rest Haven
Cerebral Palaye Assoe Association
Charles H. Byers
Ft. Loudon
James Spidel
Belview Avenue
Richmond Furnace
Praker
Sarah (Halston) Byers
Pearl A. Byers
Helen Spidel
Emma Robinson
Orlando
Fia
Clyde E
St. Thomas Rt. 1
Roy W
Sam Francisco
Calif
Brucel Byers
Helen Hannon
Lininger
Nerhersburg
John. Kugle
Stenger Hi Cemetery
New Teacher Miss Carel Lewise Smith to Graduate at Towson
Miss Carel Lewise Smith of this city will graduate from the State Teachers College Towson with a bachelor of science degree. Daughter of Mr and Mrs William W Smith of 939 View Street, she is a Hagerstown High School Class of 1956 alumna and has studied kindergarten and primary education. She plans to teach second grade at Hampton Elementary School in Baltimore County starting September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carel Lewise Smith
State Teachers College
Towson
Miss Smith
William W. Smith
View St
Hagerstown High
Hampton
Baltimore County
Circuit Court to Hear Manslaughter and Hindering Appeals Today
Two criminal appeals go before Circuit Court this afternoon. William F Graber of 250 Avon Road appeals after a manslaughter by auto conviction resulting in a $1000 fine and six month suspended sentence plus a $25 traffic device fine. Samuel Pashen of Kent Sewart appeals after a hindering a police officer conviction. he earned a B A from Catawba College Salisbury and held multiple college roles. Arthur Eugene O Dell of Evansburg is among 196 Washington and Lee seniors receiving bachelor degrees on June 3 in the 211th year of the school. he majored in French and played varsity tennis.
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Anto
William F. Graber
Avon Road
Auto
Glenn E. Shives
Big Pool
Tadian Springs
Ite
Graber
Pashen
Constable College
Salisbury
N.C
W. Domer
Sigma Pi Alpha
Seymour Scientific Club
Blue Masque
Fine Film Club
Writer's Club
Pearson
College Annual
Arthur Eugene O'Dell
Ha Berstown
Washington and Lee
McDonagh School
Edgemont Reservoir Overflows Amid Heavy Maryland Rain
Big Edgemont Reservoir in Hagerstown runs over for the first time late in spring, signaling plentiful mountain water this season. Washington County received over an inch of rain last night, with Boonsboro reporting only .03 inches. Temperatures reached a high of 87 and a low of 53 in nearby stations, while the five day forecast calls for near normal to cooler conditions with scattered showers and fair days Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Hagerstown
Edgemont
Richard Willson
City Water Department
Washington County
South Mountain
J. Howard Beckenbaugh
Boonsboro
D. Paul Oswald
Maryland
Inch
Special Welfare Plan in Washington County Ends June 1
Washington County ends a special welfare aid program on June 1 after costing about 5500 monthly. State and county funds split the $15,000 May total and 42 new cases were added in April. Maryland Employment Security reports 44 new prospects and 52 closed cases in May, with graduates receiving counseling and job-search help from the Hagerstown office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash- Addedington
Thomas J
S. Waxter
Department of Welfare
Welfare Department
Harry
Washington County
Board of County Commis
Maryland
Francis Connolly
Garrett County
Matthew J. White
Hagerstown
Maryland Department of Employment Security
Employment Service
White
Iz Adeb
Three County Mayors Seek Full Time Deputy for South Washington
Sharpsburg Mayor Elmer Koontz Keedysville Mayor and Boonsboro Mayor will meet Washington County Commissioners at 3 pm tomorrow to seek a full time deputy for southern Washington County. A prior conference with Sheriff Charles Price and the three mayors was held Friday. The Sandy Hook Citizens Association also urged a full time deputy for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Keedysville
Boonsboro
Washington County
Elmer Koontz
Charles Price
Sandy Hook
Smithsburg Lions Tour Potomac Edison Power Plant
Smithsburg Lions Club plans a guided tour of Potomac Edison's Williamsport ER Paul Smith plant on Wednesday June, with about 35 members attending a 7 p.m. dinner at the Williamsport Methodist Church. Guides will include utility officials and plant personnel showing the new $12 million addition, coal handling gear supplying about 95 tons per hour, and a river water pumping system at 8 million gallons per hour.
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Smithsburg
Lions Club
Potomac Edison
Paul Smith
Williamsport
John Harshman
P.E
Jon
Smith
Methodist
Smith Plant
Maytown celebrates 200th birthday as graduates gain degrees
Get B A degree and other news note B A degree recipient B A student Poffenbarger of Sharpsburg, son of Mr and Mrs James Poffenbarger, who earned a bachelor of arts at University of Maryland. James plans to work with Cannon Washington and enroll in evening law school next fall. A reference to derby and Maytown’s bicentennial celebration appears amid scattered notes from local readers.
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Vomenberger
James. Poffenbarger
Sharpsburg
University of Maryland
James
Aoonsboro High
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
Cannon
Washington
Maytown
French unit to join Mediterranean amphibious exercises
Service News notes Navy renewal as Pte Nelson L Ward sails May 17 from Morehead City while Edith Piaf faces new illness. 2nd Marine Division prepares as amphibious landing force for the U S 6th Fleet, with visits to liberty ports in Spain Italy and France during training off the coast.
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Nelson L. Ward
Teresa K. Ward
Morehead City
N. C
Paris
Mediterranean
Edith Piaf
Belattalion
Rines
2Nd Marine Division
Lejeune
U. S. 6Th Fleet
Liberty
Spain
Italy
France
Carl L. Julian Receives Honor at Technology Institute
Carl L Julian is named a distinguished Military Graduate at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Seoul Korea, among 80 graduates from the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Memorial Day services honor 196,324 servicemen killed in the Korean War and in the U S Army Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl L, Julien
Hagerstown
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Inshieh
Seoul
Korea
South
Thefficer
U.S. Army Reserve
County Farmer Finds Balloon Derby Card
A Maytown Pennsylvania certificate titled Balloon Derby was found on Frank E. Bywaters’ farm near New Ringgold. The fragile card was found attached to something unclear on a rural property, with the item described as a derby or parade related token.
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Maytown
Frank E. Bywaters
New Ringgold
Man Given 60 Days For Jail Escape
James William Martin, 34, formerly in custody at the County jail, escaped August 1 during processing with a large group. He was found, returned to the state pen, and sentenced by Magistrate William J. Dwyer to 6 days, after an earlier 30 day term for hindering police. He faced additional charges in New Jersey and Maryland.
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William J. Dwyer
James William Martin
Tenuary
Martin
Hagerstown
Four From Here F. and M. Grads at Lancaster
Four Hagerstown area youths graduated from Franklin and Marshall College at its 173rd commencement in Lancaster. Local graduates include Jack James Seville Jr a history major on the dean’s list. James Harvey Hill a chemistry major on the dean’s list. William Seal Byers a biology major on the dean’s list. and Herman David Weeks Jr biology major noted as a Phi Chi Psi member.
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Lancaster
Hagerstown
Prapkins and
Marshall College
Jack James Seville
Prospect Avenue
James Harvey Hill
Hamilton Boulevard
William Seal Byers
William A. Byers
Spring Valley
Herman David Weeks
Franklin and Marshall
Phi Kappa Tau
Byers
Sgma Pi
Weeks
Chi Phi
Architect trades house for seminary life in Virginia
A designer recalls the moment he realizes a house is only a house and moves toward the priesthood. He abandons architecture and enrolls in a seminary after long deliberation with his wife Mary Ann and their daughters, choosing a new life near the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria.
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Alexandria
Lesler
Boonie Briar Road
Virginia Theological Seminary
Mary Ann
Hagerstone
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Wanda Fritz
Chambersburg
Dorothy Huntzberry
Sara Jane Shantz
Sors
Max Shantz
Hatty
Robert Shantz
Sharon Shantz
William Shank
Edward Helfrich
Waynesboro
Alka
Sevive
Walter W. McPhail
Walter William McPhail
Mary
Samuel M. Shaffer
Samuel Monroe Shaffer
S. Potomac Sr
Dorothy (Shindle) Shaffer
Sunbury
Wiliam H. 4
Phiannna (Rhodes) Shaffer
Hagerstown i
Christ Reformed Church
Clever-Smith
Hagerstown Lodge
Order of Eagles
Virginia Mar
Cher
Grad
W.gl.c
Clopper-Michael
Grant
T-Gail Ayers
Terry Hull
THE
Starfires
MAR Bros
Old Dominion Bary
EBNON
Erlon Witg
Majorets Corp
Tider
Cumberland Valley Arms Collectors Ass'n
Wacohu
Cushwa
Vocational County
Harshman
Fire Company
Pyinters
South Hagerstown
Horrow Eventig
al Rodiick
Bipter Homes, Inc
W. Frank
St. Dial
Carl L. Julian
Middleburg
Fleigh Motors Wey
Brethren Mutual Insurance Co
Weel Franklin
Dial
F. & M. Grads
Seis
Harold B. Lefler
Inc
Halfway School
Scotland
Halfway Fire Company
Midnighters
Shockey
Shockey Furniture CO
Summit Ave
Diol RE
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