Camp Program Nearly Ready For Scout Camp
Registrations for the Boy Scout training camp starting Saturday June 27 and lasting one week are nearly complete. About 25 to 30 older boys from each of the thirty Washington Area Council troops will attend. Staff includes Gordon Vink Waynesboro who returns from Camp Letts to teach swimming and water front skills, Edward Ditto Troop 16 as assistant Scoutmaster, Donald Eichelberger Troop 12 as quartermaster, Tony Rauth Hancock as handicraft instructor, with Myril S Hall as camp director. Additional staff will be selected from the training group. Regular camping runs July 4 to August 1 and reservations are being received at the Scout office.
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Washington Area Council
Gordon Vink
Waynesboro
Camp Letts
Edgewater
Red Cross
Edward Ditto
Donald Eichelberger
Tony Rauth
Hancock
Myril S. Hall
Greeks Grilled A Glimpse Of Ancient Meat Craft
The ancient Greeks of the Homeric epoch developed grilling or broiling meat as a chief cooking method, shaping early culinary techniques and flavor practices according to historical accounts.
Potato Consumption in United States Reaches 365 Million Bushels
The article notes a normal potato requirement in the United States totaling 365 million bushels, indicating the scale of domestic demand and supply expectations for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dear Betty Brainerd We Women 2 Advice Letter
A reader asks if she should quit high school to work to support parents and how to handle relationships. Betty Brainerd urges self respect, ending bad language with F, and not enabling selfish possessiveness. She endorses getting a job and finishing school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Brainerd
Lonesome
Jay
Navy
Betts Brainerd address note prompts pen name use
The instruction requests that all communications to Betty Brainerd at 680 Madison Avenue New York NY use both a pen name and a read name.
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Betty Brainerd
Madison Avenue
New York City
N. Y
Grand Coulee Dam Concrete Volumes Stun Engineers
Engineers estimate the dam holds concrete enough to build a highway from New York to Seattle and back via Los Angeles. The claim highlights the vast scale of the project and its enduring mass of poured material.
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Grand Coulee
New York
Seattle
Los Angeles
Missionary Club Outing at Bowers Farm
The Triangle Missionary Club of the First Christian Church organized a Sunday outing at Bowers Farm near Breathedsville hosted by Mr and Mrs Russell Bowers. Activities included swimming croquet and peanut scrambling followed by a vesper service led by Elizabeth Ridenour on the theme Friendship. Attendees listed include Juanita Eavey Louise Boward Miriam Boward Lillian Beach Mildred Bowers Dorothy Bowers Elizabeth Ridenour Mary Ridenour Delores Davis Janice Grogan Peggy Lease Rosalyn Warner Katherine Keyton Ruth Crosswhite Ardella Mckee Frank McKee Ben Kunkleman Victor Bowers Richard Snavely Edwin Weller Joe Porterfield Paul Norment and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Missionary Club
The
First Christian Church
Bowers Farm
Breathedsville
Russell Bowers
Elizabeth Ridenour
Juanita Eavey
Louise Boward
Miriam Boward
Lillian Beach
Mildred Bowers
Dorothy
W. M. Norment
Foreign-born white men outnumber women in US
Foreign-born white males continue to outnumber foreign-born white females in the United States, a demographic pattern reflecting immigration trends and gender ratios across cohorts. The gap persists across age groups and aligns with historical migration flows to the country.
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United States
Planning Group Will Hold Annual Picnic
The northern Rohrersville Farm Bureau planning group held its monthly meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Haines with fifty seven attendees. Plans were made for the annual picnic on July 16 in the Mullendore orchard. Performances by Miss Janice Gantz and Richard Haynes with Mrs. Ross Gantz accompanied, plus a reading "Faith for Living" by Cecil Haines.
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Rohrersville
Cecil Haines
Ross Gantz
Charles Green
Albert Simunisen
George Stiles
Clarence Miller
Amos Reeder
Raymond Lowe
Louise Swain
Virginia
James Reeder
Miriam Rohrer
Janice
Miriam Gantz
Doris
Max Haynes
Patsy
Dorothy Butts
Marceline
Oneida
Esther
Elaine Haines
John Grimm
Caroll Miller
Bernard Jennings
Nathan Stiles
Gerald Miller
Richard Haynes
Horace Mullendore
Charles Mullendore
Elwood
Gerald
Robert Haines
Demonstrations for Homemaker and 4-H Clubs This Week
Homemaker and 4-H Girls clubs schedule demonstrations on nutrition and canning. Sugar rationing and canning of seasonal vegetables will be shown. Events include Beaver Creek Homemakers at Mrs Weagly home, Chewsville 4-H at Good home, insect control demos at Fryer and Newman gardens, Cavetown and Rohrersville club meetings, Hancock 4-H meeting, and Keedysville Homemakers host.
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Homemaker Club
Beaver Creek
H. Poe
C. R. Paulsgrove
Chewsville
Good Home
Paul H. Fryer
Virginia Avenue
Hoy Newman
Smithshburg
Cavetown Homemakers Club
C. V. Poole
Lulu Perry
Merchant Is Fined In Blackout Case
Frederick Maryland June 23 Oscar Hirsch a Frederick merchant was convicted of wilfully violating blackout regulations during the five county alert. He was fined 10 dollars and costs before Trial Magistrate Manuel Weinberg. Hirsch had been under a 100 dollar bond and faced a prior warrant from January for a similar violation.
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Frederick
Oscar Hirsch
Manuel Weinberg
Hirsch
Rommel Promoted To Field Marshal
Berlin announces that Colonel General Erwin Rommel, whose forces captured Tobruk, has been promoted to Field Marshal General. Rommel, speaking to the German people, said the Axis Afrika Korps suffered heavy losses but earned a decisive victory after four weeks of hard fighting in Libya.
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Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Rommel
Africka Korps
Father Son Given College Degrees
Homer Lerch Miller of Baltimore former Hagerstown Table Works owner and Harvard graduate earned a law degree from the University of Maryland on May 30. His son Francis Homer Miller, a Drexel Institute Philadelphia graduate, earned a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering on June 15 and received an ROTC commission as second lieutenant. He graduates Hagerstown High School and will join Worthington Pump and Machinery Co. in Harrison New Jersey.
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Homer Lerch Miller
Baltimore
Hagerstown Table Works
Harvard University
University of Maryland
Francis Homer Miller
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Francis
R.O.T.C
Hagerstown High School
Worthington Pump and Machinery Co
Harrison, N. J
Classified Ad Service Satisfies Buyers and Sellers
A classified advertisement service proves its value by meeting the needs of both buyers and sellers. The platform streamlines listings, shortens transaction times, and builds trust with clear terms and accessible contact methods.
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Dour
Elizabeth Arden
Leiter Brothers
Kwubai
Our
Fghting Men, Inc
Edward Kilgeni
Gracie Fields
Metropolitan Opera
Salvatore Baccaloni
Fritz Reiner
Suzanne Sten
American Legion
United States Armed Forces
C.P
Camel Corps
Egypt
Weston Haynes
Lonesome Jay
Municipal Electric
Hagerstown
Missionary Club
Paul Norris
Rohrersville Homemakers Club
Cleo Flock
Keedysville Homemakers Club
Dr. Scholl
Aallouses
Bunions
Bentz and Dunn
House of Shoes
North Potomac
Rth
Rose
Pyre
Washington St
Elizabeth T. Davis
Worcester
Mass
Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps
Fort Devens
Wilbur P. Davis
Arthur Dorsey
Mkt
Randolph Ave
Locust
Sears Roebuck & Co
North Potomac St
Rogers Jewelry Co
the House of
West Washington Bt
Rudy
Rudy’s
Hamilton Corner
Pai Ree
BANK
Harry S. Myers
North Potomac Street
Furniture
M. M. McCoy
Summit Avenue
Franklin Street
Johnson
R. D. McKee
Montgomery Ward
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