Park Concerts Open Summer Series in City Park
The Hagerstown Municipal Band led by Dr. Peter Buys opens its summer concert season this Sunday June 13 at 8 p.m. in City Park in a program linked to Elks Flag Day. About four hundred voices from local schools will join in chorus with soloists and new members filling vacancies, rehearsals run twice weekly through August.
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Hagerstown
Peter Buys
City Park
Elks
Hegerstown
Earffier
Electra Zeigler
Armed Services
Buys
A. W. Seligman
Park
South Potomac Street
Dr. Buys
Boonsboro High Confers 46 Diplomas in First Exercises
A graduating class of 46 received diplomas at Boonsboro High School in the first Washington County graduation exercises. 25 boys and 22 girls graduated. prizes were awarded by Alfred Huffer with remarks by Benjamin C. Willis and invocations by local clergy. The ceremony featured music, a class talk, solos, and the diploma presentation by Mr. Hutter.
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Boonsboro
Washington County
Clearspring High School
Alfred Huffer
Board of Education
Benjamin C. Willis
F. L. Stine
M. A. Ashby
Atwood
Robert Fleming
William Binning
Rachel Jennings
Elizabeth Yourtee- Spelling
Gerald Haynes
Wiliam Brining
Mary Jane Kephart
Oneida Kephart
William Brining
Arthur Painter
Lucille Gifft
Laura DeLauney
Betty ‘Wilhide
Velma Flock
George H. Thomas
Edwin Smyre
Robert Mullendore
Elizabeth Revell
Marjorie Rohrer
Richard Whisner
Richard Haynes
Mr. Hutter
Homer Guyton
Fight Insect Enemies Before They Can Spread
Victory gardens face insect invasion and require early defense. Use dusting or spraying with stomach poisons like arsenic and rotenone and contact poisons such as nicotine sulfate and pyrethrum. Prepare nicotine dust from lime and nicotine sulfate, apply as a fine cloud to cover both leaf surfaces, and coordinate neighbor plots to curb pest spread.
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Victory Gardens
Victory
Civilian Defense Marshals Firefighting Equipment Update
Washington county has spent about £3,000 on Civilian Defense and about $25,000 more on firefighting gear. Five trailer pumps worth about $2,500 each join 1,828 stirrup pumps and other equipment. volunteers gain training and will soon operate independently with pumps allocated to strategic locations.
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Washington County
Maryland
Eugene Beer Dies in Baltimore Hospital at 70
Eugene H Beer a Baltimore City Council member for a fourth term died Monday in University Hospital where he had been treated as a cardiac patient He was a longtime Democratic activist dating back to 1910 and led the Eleventh Ward Democratic Club for 31 years Born in 1873 he entered the grain business and since 1923 led E H Beer and Co Inc a wholesale grain firm He rose from wholesale trader to prominent local political figure over decades
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Baltimore
Eugene H. Beer
Baltimore City Register
University Hospital
Besar
Eleventh Ward
Democratic Club
Beer
E. H. Beer and Co., Inc
State Official Exonerated in Pleasure Driving Case
Crisfield Maryland June 1943 State Comptroller J Millare Tawes was cleared of charges accusing him of violating the Office of Price Administrations ban on pleasure driving in a state vehicle to his son's wedding in Camp Wheeler Georgia A three member war price and rationing board after a 120 minute hearing found no violation Tawes testified he believed travel to Georgia was necessary and that gasoline in the tank could carry him beyond the restricted area The board issued a written opinion noting additional evidence and the conclusion that the act did not breach the emergency order
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Crisfield
J. Millaré Tawes
Office of Price Administration
Camp Wheeler
Crisfield War Price and Rationing Board
Tawes
Rives Matthews
Somerset News
Princess Anne
John S. Holland
Honiss A. Tull
Howard A. Milbourne
Georgia
North Carolina
Transportation barrier clears Tawes in emergency charge
The board ruled that lack of transport to the southern limit made Tawes unable to reach his destination in time. It noted attending weddings is allowed under the emergency ban if no adequate transport exists, and dismissed the case. Board members were J. S. Holland chairman, H. A. Toll, and Edward M. Milbourne.
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Tawes
Mr. Tawes
J. S. Holland
H. A. Toll
Edward M. Milbourne
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Keys Kay Jewelry Co
Washington St
Baltimore Pure Rye Distilling Company
Baltimore Pure Rye
American Bank Note Company
Mos
Eugene Beer
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
Hil’s Toy & Novelty Store
Potomac Street
English Channel
Atlantic Wall
Parr Morris
Philip Morris
Ee Erate
Otto
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