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Past Ten Years Echoes From Hagerstown Weekly
Wednesday gatherings of the Needlework Guild produce bandages and dressings for Allied forces in France. Notables include Frank Leiter Luther Minnick Howard Hartman and Harry Reisner attending the Lutheran General Synod in Chicago. An auto incident involves Frank Moller Brownsville grazing a cow on the pike. The West End Band reports 22 members under Harry Lochbaum. Washington County Manual Training school director Luther Forsyth patents a universal drawing kit. Eagle Family Theatre opening in Hose Hall draws a large crowd. Baseball season opens in Hagerstown with Ship Pensburg A C as the first attraction. Edith Sprecher hosts Maude Newcomer at West Washington Street. New directors elected for Hagerstown Bank: Neill Lawrence Anderson Kershner Zeller Clagett Wolgamot Dorsey. The note ends with a quip about an 18-year-old sister.