Hood College President Resigns After 14 Years
Frederick Maryland June 8 Dr Henry I Stahr president of Hood College announced his resignation effective July 1 1948 at the 54th commencement. He told graduates he had notified the Board of Trustees and that the action was a surprise with no successor named. Stahr a former executive secretary of the Evangelical and Reformed Church Board of Christian Education began at Hood in 1934 and holds degrees from Franklin and Marshall Cornell and Ursinus. The Board of Trustees accepted the resignation with regret and did not disclose future plans.
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Board of Trustees
Dr. Stahr
Board of Christian Education
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Philadelphia
Hood College
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Cornell
Ursinus College
Stahr
R. Paul Smith
Hagerstown
Marine Recruiter to Visit Local Postoffice Building
Sergeant Vernon Debnam USMC will be at Room 201 of the local Post Office Building on Tuesday June 10 to accept enlistments for Regular Marines and the Marine Reserve Inactive. He arrives at 10 50 a m and remains until 3 30 p m before returning to Cumberland.
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Sgt
Vernon
Debnam
USMC
Marine Reserve
Cumberland
Gardner named successor at Springfield State Hospital
Baltimore June 9 Dr Robert E B Gardner superintendent of the Eastern Shore State Hospital is chosen to succeed Dr Kenneth B Jones as superintendent of the Springfield State Hospital for the Insane at Sykesville.
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Baltimore
Robert EB. Gardner
Eastern Shore State Hospital
Kenneth B. Jones
Springfield State Hospital For
Sykesville
Co B Reunion Attracts 100 Plus Veterans And Members
More than 100 members of Company B Club and the 29th Division Association attended the second annual reunion Friday at McCleary's clubhouse near the Potomac. Disabled veteran Lieut. Arthur Haines rode in a wheelchair and enjoyed reconnecting with old friends, joined by two Robbersville buddies. Attendees included 25 members of the new Company B with Federal recognition at the Armory, plus Lieuts. Bussard and Myers. Veterans present include World War I era officers such as Brig. Gen. D. John Markey and Major Guy Anders, with Colonel Elmer F. Munshower, Lt. Cols. Trout and Winebrenner, and Legion officials Ralph Tagg and Samuel Cohen in attendance.
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Company B Club
29Th Division Association
McCleary
Potomac
Arthur Haines
Rohrersville
Robbersville
William Bussard
Elmer Myers
D. John Markey
Guy Anders
Frederick
Elmer F. Munshower
State Reformatory
George W. Trout
Philip Winebrenner
Ralph Tagg
American Legion
Samuel
Hagerstown Family Endures Weekend Peril
The Hurd family suffered a brutal weekend as lightning struck near six year old Sandra knocking her down, a roof was damaged by hail, and 15 year old Gloria was rescued after drowning danger in Antietam creek Security. Two men saved her without revealing their identities amid a string of misfortune. The family also notes the superstition around Friday the 13th and a prior volcanic eruption on Tin Can Island in 1946.
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Elmer Hurd
Sandra
Gloria
Antietam Creek
Hurd
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Sele Baneft
Martin
Howard’s Paint Store
Washington Street
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Burleson Motors
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Rudy
Rexall Pharmacy
W. Jonathan St
Ain Floor
Kaybee Peoples
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Miller's Convenient Store
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