Camp Albert C. Ritchie Rifle Range First Used
For the first time the newly constructed rifle range at Camp Albert C. Ritchie near Pen Mar was used Wednesday by a detachment of 25 men led by Lieut. Carl McCleary of Company B 1st Maryland Infantry.
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
20
For the first time the newly constructed rifle range at Camp Albert C. Ritchie near Pen Mar was used Wednesday by a detachment of 25 men led by Lieut. Carl McCleary of Company B 1st Maryland Infantry.
Hagerstown camp work speeds toward readiness by July 6 for General Milton A. Reckord and brigade staff. The 5th Regiment with brigade HQ and quartermaster units arrive July 9 and stay until July 23, followed by the 1st Regiment for a two week encampment. Sixty Boy Scouts from Frederick Middletown Brunswick and Hagerstown join on the reservation.
Hog specialist Dr. O K Hoffman reports no cholera in Western Maryland hogs from Ellicott City to Oakland. Despite good hog health prices stay low due to hot weather and weak demand. corn costs rise to 1.30 per bushel while pork sells at about 11 cents lower than earlier.
County Home Demonstration Agent Margaret Smith departed Thursday for Chicago to spend the summer with her brother. Her resignation is effective and Miss Coleman will assume her duties in the interim.
Hagerstown High School seniors act in a moving picture shown this week at Nixon's Academy filmed by the Potomac Edison Co. The film captures scenes of the upcoming commencement, the first time such exercises have been filmed in the area.
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