Test Your Brake Week Planned In Hagerstown
Committees appointed for a June brake safety week in Hagerstown led by Raymond Peak and the Automobile Club of Maryland. Mayor E Bowman and Police Chief T H Barber head the executive committee with several justices and officials named. Free brake tests run daily from 9 30 to 4 30 on Oak Hill avenue, motorists with good brakes receive inspection certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beem
Hagerstown
Raymond,m. Peak
Automobie Club of Maryland
Mhe
E. Bowman
John i Bitner
Richard’ Duffey
Rayak
Commisiddiekauft
F. Seibert
The
Safety Council
T ‘Dr
J. Cleveland
Bruce ©. Carson
Marr
Harris Heidwohl
F. Wilkinson
F. Merrilifield
J. Herman
Alan J
Bachrach
Local Boys Honored at Mercersburg Academy
Two Hagerstown youths were honored at Mercersburg Academy commencement. George Hempstead Riley received the Gold Cross for best influence during 1927 28, while Guy Markwood Kline earned the second prize in lower middle English for the class of 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Mercersburg Academy
George Hempstead Riley
M.F. Riley
Prospect Street
Academy
Guy Markwood Kline
Guy Kline
South Prospect Street
Form Combine To Wage War Upon Hoover
Delegates feud over Hoover nomination as Lowden Watson Curtis align for influence. Quiet meetings hide shifts in delegate support while Coolidge draft talk lingers and the field remains unsettled ahead of the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Lowdon
Senator Watson
Indiana
Watson
Long Parley
Curtis
Lowden
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Draft Coolidge
Leitersburg Grange Formally Debates Pomona Link
The Leitersburg Grange discussed joining Frederick county Pomona Grange with action deferred to June 20. The meeting featured a program including long selected current events by Robert Ridenour, a debate on home gender roles, piano solo by R. Karl Shank, and humorous arguments judged in favor of the affirmative. Mr Aaron Lawrence and son visited two Cross households Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leitersburg Grange
Frederick County
Pomona Grange
Grange
Robert Ridenour
Charles Ridenour
Chas Hoover
R. Karl Shank
Charles Hoover
Levi Ridenour
Lewis Ridenour
Mahala Lehman
J. K. Shank
Bingo Game Set At 8 P.M. On June 7
A bingo session listed for Thursday June 7 at 8 PM runs at 35 37 Mulberry Street Evгry. The notice notes te and Sc with location details and a welcoming greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Mulberry St
Evgery
Ady
Eighth grade certificates presented in Hagerstown center
Over 300 eighth grade graduates at the Hagerstown center received certificates at the annual high school exercises. The city and county total exceeded 3800 certificates this year with a program including invocations, welcomes, essays, and musical selections by students from multiple schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown Center
Improvement Shown By Bishop Querry in Hospital
Bishop William A. Querry of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina shows improvement after being shot by former Brunswick clergyman Rev J H Woodward. Parishioners held special services for his recovery as he remains in a Charleston hospital.
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Charleston
D. C
William A. Querry
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
South Carolina
J. H. Woodward
Brunswick
Markets Furnished by W. R. Sacsiman & Co
Markets listing commodity prices and open high low figures for Wheat and Corn, with dated contract months and percentage changes. Ad features ship notice, telephone and station city details for a fish ad from Shad and Shipp's Fish Met.
Wall Street Opens With Brisk Recovery After Selloff
New York June 7 A brisk opening recovery lifted prices as General Motors moved 6000 shares at 191% to 1923 with a 3 point gain. Radio rose 4 points to 195 with initial gains of 1 to 2. Early movers included American International American Linseed Allied Chemical Atlantic Refining General Asphalt Interna tinal Combustion and Wright Aero. Markets steadied amid rumors lack and a pending Federal Reserve rate decision in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors
Radio
American International
American Linseed
Allied Chemical
Atlantic Refining
General Asphalt
Internatinal Combustion
Wright Aeronautical St
Coolidge
Butler
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Mortgage sales ratified in court after foreclosure
Judge Frank G Wagaman yesterday ratified the mortgage sales of the Kahr Ditch and Smallwood properties conducted through Daniel W Doub after foreclosure. He sustained an exception to one parcel and continued two others. William Wingert challenged the sales citing pending bankruptcy, but the court ruled he had no interest in three properties and no grounds to object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Wagaman
Daniel W. Doub
William Wingert
Soce
Wingert
Red Men Rally And Parade At Frederick
Five to six hundred Red Men from across the state joined a parade and rally in Frederick on Wednesday evening. A large class of candidates was inducted. The procession drew a big crowd along main streets while speeches at the State Armory highlighted by William J. Stepson of New Jersey and Clinton Porter, Great Sachem of Maryland, with W. P. Wachter of Hagerstown also present. Visiting tribes were hosted by Natonia Council of Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Washington County
State Armory
William J. Stepson
New Jersey
United States
Clinton Porter
Sachem
Maryland
Hagerstown
Natomia Council of
New Barbara Fritchie March Played At Nixon's Academy
Prof. W Guy Kline organist at Nixon Academy returns from Frederick with a Barbara Fritchie March by George H Emmons of Tivoli Theatre He plans to feature the piece as an overture at each performance beginning today and continuing tomorrow and Saturday The march honors the Barbara Fritchie Memorial Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Guy Kline
Nixon's Academy
Frederick
Barbara Fritchie
George H. Emmons
Tivoli Theatre
Kline
Hmmans
Barbara Fritchie Memorial
Fresh porgies advertised at Shipps Fish Market
An advertisement promotes fresh porgies with minimal bones, comparable to crab meat. It lists Shipps Fish Market at City Market Stall No. 17 and provides the phone number 2470 for inquiries.
New City Tax Rates Compare 1928 and 1927 In Council Session
The City Council last night reviewed a table comparing the new 1928 city tax rate and the 1927 rate, including the taxable bases of 38,500,400 for 1928 and 37,622,840 for 1927. It lists allocations for general purposes such as street lighting, police salaries, fire, jail, court, and miscellaneous items, along with bonded debt and library maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew
Commencement at Greencastle School Tuesday
Greencastle High School held its commencement exercises Tuesday evening June 5 in the Gem Theatre with music by the Waynesboro Orchestra. Awards, speeches, and the presentation of the Second Herald Cup for debating marked the event along with a benediction by Rev. G. B. Platt and address by Supt. W. Denison.
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Greencastle
Greencastle High School
Gem Theatre
Waynesboro Orchestra
H. B. Burkholder
Watson Ebbert
Jacob Hostetter
William Conrad
Helen Karper
Adam Byers
Floyd Chalfant
Martha Daley
Dorothy Budkhalder
Sarah M. Ulrich
Watson Davison
Margaret Fletcher
Mary Gluck
Louise Haselbarth
Mb Denison
G. B. Platt
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Loysville
Presbyterian Church
S. P. Whitmore
Waynesboro
J. Webbert
South Carlisle Street
Frank T. Harding
Boston
Massachusetts
Emma S. Snyder
S.E. Phillips
Hagerstown
Maryland
Multiple Marriages and Civic Notes Highlight Baltimore Era
The column records several 1913 marriages including Edith Phreaner to Dr George Hyerhart in Baltimore on June 4 and Edith Lightner to Charles Eichelberger at the Ei home, with other nuptials for Bertha Wolfinger Boward and May Ernst Blomberg. It notes Palmer Tennant becoming Board of Trade president, plus local graduates Leal Lindsay of Hagerstown and John Reichard near Fairplay from St Luke's and the University of Maryland respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Phreaner
B. W.T. Phreaner
George 8
Bertha Ellen ‘Wolfinger
David Wolfinger
Daniel M. Boward
the Marsh
May Caroline Ernst
Joan G. Ernst
Victor Adam Blomberg
S. W. Owen
Brandt
Cabinet Works
Strawberries glut city market and local fishing catches noted
Strawberries continued in excess with up to 14 009 boxes sold at 4 to 10 cents. Grower M L Dayheft kept 1100 boxes. Couples Wm J Musey and Elizabeth Schleigh were licensed to wed in Baltimore. Pike are plentiful in the Potomac with catches by Daniel Sterling. Dave Wolf landed an eight pound carp at Funkstown and Tom Holtman a 14 pounder. John M Groh of Breathers paralyzed in a crash scene. Romanus Reynolds sprained a wrist painting. Master Wm Darner became a Western Union messenger and telegrapher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Dayheft
Wm. J. Musey
Elizabeth Schleigh
Baltimore
Daniel Sterling
Dave Wolf
Earp
Funkstown
Toin Holtman
John M. Groh
Breathers
Romanus Reynolds
Church of God Holds Meeting in Potomac District
Ralph Jefferies attends the quarterly Potomac District session of the Assemblies of God. The district covers Maryland District of Columbia Northern Virginia Northwestern Virginia North Carolina and Pennsylvania and is held in Fredericksburg. Twenty young men were licensed as lay preachers. An English Act of 1189 is cited regarding punishment for roving Crusader robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Jefferies
Potomac District
Council
The
Assemblies of God
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West
North Carolina
Pennsylia
Frestburs
Scouts Take Orders Over Phone Ice Cream Festival
Troop No 1 Boy Scouts will run a strawberry and ice cream festival on Cannon Lawn North Potomac street Friday from 3 PM to 11 PM with a private phone for orders. Pints or more delivered within ten minutes anywhere in town. rain move to Armory. Desserts include home made cakes, candies, and a Boy Scout dessert in every home in Hagerstown. contact 2699.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Cannon Lawn
North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
Memorial Program for Williamsport Lodge Exercises
A memorial program is set for annual exercises by Williamsport lodges at Riverview Cemetery next Sunday afternoon. The parade forms at 1 45 PM in the Odd Fellows Building square led by the Williamsport Community Band directed by Edwin C Partridge. The parade proceeds to the cemetery at 2 PM with speakers ministers and flower bearers followed by music and tributes by the band and Rev H F Bink with an address by W P Wachter of Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Riverview
Odd Fellows Building
Willamsport
Edwin C. Partridge
R. C. Wheeler
H. F. Bink
W. P. Wachter
Hagerstown
Rey
Plenty of Frogs and Soft Shelled Crabs Ad
Shipp's Fish Met advertises plenty of frogs soft shelled crabs and calls phone 2470 for orders, indicating a local fish market listing and contact detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipp
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George Riley
Guy Kline, Jr
Leitersburg
Aaron Lawrence
Robert Lawrence
H.N. Cross
5. A. Cross
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Southern Cross
Earth
Hawaii
San Francisco
Australia
Maria Conesa
Jose Alvarez
Calies
Maria
Alvarez
Vm. M. Normert
Vivian Ramsey
Surrey School
Bartlet
Marguerite Garver
Broadway School
T. P. Cameron Wilson
Mary Baker
Howard Street School
Gorga Reed
Alice Hotman
Winter Street School
Herbert Harp
Antietam Street School
Jane Clevidence
Washington Street
J. Adams Puffer
Superintendent Grimes
Wo. M. Norment
Smithsburg
J. Adam Puffer
Lloyd Masters
Keller Newcomer
Charlotte A. Bell
Gertrude Irene Cline
Florence M. Clopper
Anna Elizabeth Ferguson
Madeline L. Forrest
Evelyn Lenora Huff
Grace’ Irene Lang
Evelyn N. Ridenour
Anna Paulite Stevenson
Mary Katheryn Swope
J. Peter Frey
Joseph 0. Gardenhour
Samuel J. Geiser, Jr
Joseph E. Kreisinger
Guy V. Lumim
John Lloyd Mastered
John P. Miller
Howard Eugene Novinger
Querry
W. R. Sacsiman & Co
Wareham
Washington St
Station City
Mic
Wall Street Opening
NIXON
Adv
Greencastle School
Evarigel- Real
Falling Waters
Darling
Segents
RC. Rich
W. Va
Geo. W. Harter
Father
Davigiter
5. H. Buck
C. E. Maclay
Lunn
Washington Square
M. E. Church
Rpm
Palmer Tennant
Board of Trade
Filat
VM. Cushna
Wm. Darner
Western Union
Church OF God
Round
Artz
Tom Cross
Hankey’s
Armory
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