Boonsboro Lions Tackle Civic Problems At Dinner
Boonsboro Lions gathered at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church to discuss community issues. chaired by retiring president Clyde B. Thomas the group approved plans to supervise summer recreation in Shafer Memorial Park with Miss Lareth Bivens leading activities for children over three. The program begins July 1 and includes games crafts hiking swimming and dances with special events and children's project exhibits. attendees included Richard K. Dixon Alfred E. Sinnigen Donald W. Gantz Sr. Charles W. Ridenour John J. Ferdian Jr. J Robert Boyer and Douglas M. Bivens. they supported signalization for downtown roads and addressed muddy Route 40 shoulders. organizers Don ald W. Gantz St Charles F. Crowl and John J. Ferdian Jr offered aid. Clarence W. Folk announced the Innovution and Robert R. Wyand presided. Honoree was Guy K.R. Hebb of the Ingerstown Lions Club.
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Boonsboro
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Clyde B. Thomas
Boonshoro Lions Club
Shafer Memorial Park
Lareth Bivens
Tévison State Teachers College
Richard K. Dixon
Alfred E. Sinnigen
Donald W. Gantz, Sr
Charles W Ridenour
John J. Ferdian, Jr
J. Robert Boyer
Douglas M. Bivens
State Roads Commission
Donald W. Gantz
Guy KR. Hebb
Ingerstown Lions Club
Records Set At City Pool
The Municipal Swimming Pool set an all time single day record with 1,671 visitors on Sunday as crowds rose despite threatening weather and a fair holiday. Manager Al Davis noted steady patronage since Memorial Day with a cooler spell earlier in the month. Plans include Thursday evening entertainment with an orchestra for night swimmers.
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al Davis
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Learn To Swim By HARRY CULP Y.M.C.A. Boys Work
Prone float and glide teach beginners to float with face in water and extend arms. Leg kick drills build propulsion from the hips with toes pointed and knees straight. Practice transitions from sitting to standing, breathing, and repeated kicks for endurance. A note about a columnist, banked with a mall mention, ends the piece.
Germs From Earth Could Live On Mars Say Researchers
Three U.S. Air Force medicine researchers reported that microbes from Java Arizona and Texas withstood near vacuum and extreme temperatures from 700 degrees Fahrenheit to 950 degrees below zero in nitrogen atmospheres with minimal water. The tests imply earth microbes could survive Mars like conditions and perhaps exist on other planets with hostile environments.
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Rennie Taylor
Associated Press
Flagstaff
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Mars
U.S. Air Force Space
Medicina
Java
Painted Desert
Arizona
Texas
Air Force School of Aviation Medicine
San Antonio
Tex
International Mars Committee
Astronomical Society of the Parilic
Hubertus Strughold
Air Force School
Strughold
Earth
John A. Kooistra Jr
Roland B. Mitchell
Bookmobile schedules third Wednesday visits through September
The Washington County Free Library bookmobile resumes its summer route plan on the third Wednesday of each month through September. The timetable lists stops and times from 9:25 a.m. at Sharpsburg Pike to 4:30 p.m. at Mapleville, including Brethren’s Station, St. James, Rohrersville, Appletown, Littlestown Church, and Mapleville among others.
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Washington County Free Library
Sharpsburg Pike
Rowland’s
Lappans Crossroads
St. James
M. L. Bloom, Jr
Last Truman AEC Appointee Gets The Gate
President Eisenhower named two new AEC nominees to replace Murray the last Truman appointee and to fill the post after Johns. Floberg, an ex assistant secretary of the Navy, is independent. Graham, a Democrat and former Treasury assistant secretary, will succeed Von Neumann. Both picks were recommended by AEC Chairman Strauss and await Senate confirmation.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Murray
John F. Floberg
Murray
Truman
ABC
Commission
Floberg
Navy
John 8. Graham
the Treasury
Sharpsburg Landmark Razed To Accommodate Service Station
Sharpsburg’s historic house, long tied to refugee slave histories, was torn down to make way for a new service station. Residents note sentimental ties but accept the demolition. two former attendees recall schooling there and the site’s long decline. Nearby landmarks and local history remain in town memory.
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Sharpsburg Landmark
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