P E Power Demand Up Nine Percent Loc Studied For Next Unit
Potomac Jaltson Company forecasts nine percent output rise this year with 30 000 kws in negotiation for new generating capacity. Smith cites large underground government installation near Blue Ridge and allies in Camp Ritchie area driving demand. PE serves Fairchild Letterkenny Depot Camp Detrick and DuPont plant near Martinsburg among others. 182 kv line Willianport to Reid to be used by interrunner. total PE customers 152 423. five month operating income up nine percent. merchandise sales down ten percent due to credit and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Jaltson Company
R. Paul Smith
Frederick
Presidant Smith
New Understand Communications
Camp Ritchie
Blue Ridge Swimmit
Smith
Fairchhild
Letterkenby
Camp Detrick
DuPont
Martinsburg
Ladsdate Fabe Company
Roderick
Industrial Power Rates Department
Smuth
Alnbright
West Virginia
Atrandy
Monongshela Power Company
Tiacapas
City
Albright
Cumberland
Onn
Willianport
Reid
Interrunner
Smitt
Realty Market Still Lively
Realty market remains active with numerous property transfers noted. Listings show multiple deeds: couples, single buyers, and families purchasing dwellings and land along highways, streets, and avenues in Funkstown Hancock and surrounding areas.
Mayor Says City Tax Rate Never Too Low
Mayor Hernan L Mills defends expanding water sales beyond city limits to keep rates down. He claims the city has a water monopoly and should sell more outside, noting the light plant profits are falling and government money pressures. The piece critiques tax policy and urban economics with satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hernan L. Mills
Art Night
Mille
Resident to display flag for July 4th anniversary
A Hageratown resident reports a flag will be shown at home on July 4 to mark the 175th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The writer also seeks to enter a con test for a Herald Mall Company prize and provides an estimate of pennies stacked on a drum display at Hays Incorporated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hageratown
Herald-Mall Company
Hays Incorporated
One Bid For City Housing Construction
A single bid was received yesterday for a 210 unit housing project on Main Avenue Lanvale Street in the West End. The Victor Heating Company of Washington submitted the bid which was considered too high by the Yagerstown Housing Authority. The authority will negotiate to reduce the bid and may decide at Monday night’s meeting.
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Weal
Hageratown
Yagerstown
Lanvale Street
West End
Suma Avenue
New North Street
Blue Ridge l Construction Company
Hagerstown
Pattern Catalog Advertisement for Crochet and Embroidery
An OCR fragment advertises halter patterns and needlework catalogs. It lists pattern numbers like C7229 and invites readers to send 25 cents to a Maryland and New York address for catalogs and illustrations of crochet knitting and embroidery. It mentions a free pattern in the book and references Mr Alice Hround Needlework catalog.
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Calor
Metalibe
Iperiint
Inka
Truatisker
Tholingerstown
Maryland
Trousehold Artsr
P.O
Old Chelgen Station
New York
Nyy
Alice
Relief Urged For Two Overcrowded County Schools
County Superintendent William Brish told the county commissioners that overcrowding in two elementary schools requires relief by the start of the new school year in September. Fountaindale School north of Hagerstown will be short two rooms, with shifts or moving students to other schools planned. Clear Spring Elementary also faces crowding, with possible renting or converting another building or shifting students. Planning underway for an eight classroom addition to Fountaindale, while a new school at Clear Spring is future consideration. Brish warned Hagerstown High School may need relief within three years and possibly shift-based classes if no new high school is built. An early meeting will discuss overall county school needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brish
Fountaindale
Hagerstown
Brish
Clear Spring
Hagerstown High School
Ftre
Potomac Edison Announces Series Of Promotions For Its Officials
Potomac Edison board members yesterday announced promotions among PE System officials to support West Penn Electric System expansion. H H Startzman becomes armed forces liaison and assistant vice president, Eugene Gordon named superintendent of power plants, and Cecil McVay promoted to assistant superintendent of power stations. Prior service spans from 1923 to 1945 with roles in engineering, power management, and system supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison
H. H. Startzman
PHI Asstant
Potomin
Mac Edlaun Company
R. Paul Smith
Fredday
Crick
Gordon
George Humphrey
West Penn Electric System
Humphrey
West Penn
Smulth
Startzman
Jak Hill Avenue
Cumberland Merchandise Department
Power Anies and Engineering
Eugene Gordon
Summit Avenue
Power Ylass
Eugene Gordon Itams
Cecil McVay
Tammany
Williamsport
McVay
Health Better Here This Year in Washington County
Washington County shows healthier conditions in the first quarter this year with more births and fewer deaths, mirroring Maryland trends. Notifiable diseases dropped to 8 cases from 252. chickenpox fell to six from ninety. tuberculosis and pneumonia also declined, while pneumonia stayed relatively high at 17 cases. Births rose to 409, deaths fell to 193, and state health reports noted record lows for several diseases during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Health Department
Maryland
State Department of Heath
Screen On Chimney Keeps Out Insects From Heat
An ordinary window screen placed atop the trepice or furnace chimney blocks mosquitos and flies during summer. Wire screening can be held by a brick at each chimney corner to stay in place and prevent sparks from escaping the roof.
Brish Denies Annapolis Lobbying on Teacher Pay Raises
County officials heard Brish deny lobbying in Annapolis for higher teacher salaries. He claimed reports of a school teacher lobby are exaggerated and said he met county delegates and a senator only once in Hagerstown to discuss raises. Commissioners push state funding via sales tax to cover cost of living boosts, noting local raises of up to 200 annually as a stopgap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bueh
Annapolis
Brish
Hagerstown
Wrish
Fedt
Briss
Buel
Washington County
Winslow Burtons
Outmoded Closet Put To Good Use
The article describes transforming old-fashioned storage closets into modern, functional spaces. Closets now house bridge tables ironing boards vacuum cleaners ladders and aprons while fitted wardrobes with sliding doors save space in bedrooms. The kitchen counter with drawers or shelves extends into the bedroom as practical equipment.
Sewing Room Can Be Made Cheerful
A small old house sewing room often becomes a neglected gloomy space. Brightening it can transform it into a valuable area for sewing reading or study. The article notes Downing Street in London as a famed address linked to an American namesake, George Downing, son of Massachusetts Governor Winthrop’s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing St
London
George Downing
Gov. Winthrop
Massachusetts
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Pensas
David K. Cushna
J. Vinton Elershey
Henry Holzapfel, Jr
George 8. Wumphray
Frank
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A. F P. Macdonald
Hubert H. Schindel
H. 4, Startsman
D. B. Schults
R. Marzotta
William Fryar
lLract
Pen Mar
Robert J. Forkuar
George W. Gustafson
Patrick Road
Ha xerstown-Smlthsburg Pike
Berd
Mae Frankenberry
William
Bartram Frankenberry
Ehibery W. Moats
Green Street
Funkstown
Charles J. Mills
Theodore W. Brindle
Lincolnshire Road
James S. B. Resley
Homer Eugene Lehetrompe
Hancock
J. Joseph Allen, Jr
Charles D. Milly
Roxbury Mill Road
Fairplay
George N. Dony
Robert K. Miller
Cohen Brothers
Austin M. Miller
Helview Avenue
M. Kaplan
Joseph D. DeMotter
Mineral Avene
John A. Abbott, Jr
William D. Hurd
Woodhind Way
D. Landis Coffman
Cam G. Everts
Vermont Avenue
Clarence W. Gossard
Wayne H. Garrett
York Road
Bohman-Warne, Inc
W. Franklin St
Herald-Mail
Hinee
West
Washington Street
Fashion News
By Wie Brooks
H. H. Startaman
Peron Eee
Cecil G. McVary
Denmark
Helland
Tinland
Smithsburg
Cavetown Planing Mill CO
Cavetown
Maryland Land
Praelieg
Laos
Hoffackers
Prospect Street
Qmart
Supreme Concrete Block & Products
ALSCO
Nile
Dean A. Keagy
Adl
Washington St
Katheaon Os Letla
Nearing Ag
Groper
Sere
Twee Rou
Roe Ehout
Ehibe Pony
ABC
Frederick Road
Parra
Ole
Newt
KEW
Youngstowe
Cashcan
Youngstown
Bohman-Warne Incorporated
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