Big Attendance At Churches Here Opens Holy Week
In Hagerstown and Washington County Palm Sunday services drew large crowds as churches mark the start of Holy Week amid concerns over Korea and potential war. Downtown cooperation includes noon prayers, a three hour Good Friday program, and a Golgotha film at the Maryland Theater. Easter sunrise services lead to countywide holidays for students. Purim festival observed Wednesday and Thursday with historic Persian casting lots.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Korea
Christ
Jerusalem
Christ's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Maryland Theater
Rest Haven
Persia
Bute
Esther
Local Church Ordains Rev Alister Carroll Anderson
Hancock church ordained Rev Alister Carroll Anderson to the priesthood with Bishop Noble C. Powell conducting the ceremony. The event drew clergy from St. Anna's Annapolis and St. Philip's Cumberland along with lay attendees and a luncheon afterward. Anderson, a United States Naval Academy and Union Theological Seminary graduate, serves St. Ann's Indian Springs and St. Andrew's Clear Spring in addition to his local duties.
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Noble C. Powell
Diocese of Maryland
St. Thomas Episcopal
Alister Carroll Anderson
Congregation of the Rehurch and
Friends
Kenneth Gearhart
C. Edward Berger
St. Anna’s
Annaptelis
Chesley V. Daniel
Charee
St. Philip's Chapel
Cumberland
E. Shultz
Grance Church
Brunswick
Harry Richardson
Cumherland
Charles Griswold
Essex
Mis
Robert Junkel
Savase
Charles Canady
Frostburg
St. Mary's Guild
Anderson
United States Naval Academy
Union Theological Seminary
St. Ann's
Indian Springs
St. Andrew's
Clear Spring
Emma Twigg
Christian Education
Linocese
Maryland
Walter Mckinley
Lappans Church
Frank Anderson
Arlington
Amos Sutchins
Arnold, Md
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Show Of Magic at Mont Alto Sanitarium
Reno the Magician with Lady Ethel staged a one hour patient program at Mont Alto Sanitarium yesterday. He unveiled his new illusion titled The Thing.
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Reno
Ethel
Mont Alto Sanitarium
Purpose Of Harpers Ferry National Monument Unknown
The article explains that the Harpers Ferry National Monument is not a monument to a person or road but a park area for scenery geology and historic interest. It will span portions of Maryland and West Virginia with state funding and federal management plans.
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Washington County
West Virginia
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Cotten
Maryland Tegislature
Board For Public Works
United States
Congress
Maryland
Blarpers Ferry National Monument
National Park Service
Henry T. McDonald
Ubis
Lave Agmes
Raues
Department of the Interior
Burpers Ferry
Harpers
Perry
Harpers Ferry
Tharyers Ferry
Harpers Perry
John Brown
Isi
Potonme
George Wweter
Large Turnout Expected for Hagerstown Chamber Dinner
A record turnout is expected for the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on March 27. Chamber manager Jaumes Stone reports reservations are being accepted at Lotal Alexander. Everett S. Lee of General Sectile Review will be guest speaker on Amor: jua's Viaco do The New Worhd.
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Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Jaumes Stone
Lotal Alexander
Stone
Everett S. Lee
General Sectile Review
Amor
Jua
Viaco
County mails personal property tax bills with early payment discount
County Treasurer Thagt Troxell announced in a Saturday mailing that personal property tax bills were sent to Washington County ratepayers. Taxpayers paying within ten days will receive a five percent discount on the county portion, and reminders noted that taxes will still be due.
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Washington
Couny
Thagt Troxell
Troxel
Tax discount promotes early payment in Dilla region
Residents can save three percent on real estate tax by paying before the March deadline. Robert Walton, once a portrait painter, is noted as an inventor in local notices.
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Robert Walton
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