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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1951
Page
14
Land growers expect a strong harvest as sour cherry and mushroom canning plants begin picking. The U S industry is valued around 26 million dollars, with production ramping up for retail. Martinsburg area reports the kickoff.
Governor McKeldin announced appointments to the State Board of Public Welfare all from Baltimore except Mrs Metzger of Baltimore County. Henry C Evans Howard Murphy Sanford V Turkey Albert A Shuger Mrs Margaret T Metzger James M Hepburn reappointed plus a death vacancy fill. Canada was then the eighth largest steel producer in 1550 with 3.3 million tons.
Leroy A. Wilson who rose from traffic clerk to president of American Telephone and Telegraph died after a two week illness at Presbyterian Hospital. He led the vast Bell System with about 625000 employees and 1 million stockholders and his acting successor is Cleo F. Craig. Wilson began at AT and T in Terre Haute Indiana and became president in 1948 earning 178000 annually.
Local Red Cross reports Hagerstown and nearby areas miss recent blood donation quotas. The bloodmobile returns next Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church from 10 am to 4 pm. Call to reserve a donation slot. The note also mentions 1950 freight rates of 1329 cents per ton mile.
Keedysville will again sponsor Sunday vesper services in July at 7 pm in Taylor Memorial Park with a 15 minute pre concert. Rev. Donald R Stonesifer of St Peters Lutheran Church will speak July 1 with special music.
A civic group and church sponsors announce a mock atom bomb attack drill to test civil defense, with rehearsal events including vesper services and a meeting set for Taylor Memorial Park. Divorce suit filed by Margaret V M Peak against Kern Peak is noted in the same dispatch.
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