Winchester Gala Parade Draws 100000 Fans For Movie Star
Ten thousand crowds flooded Winchester yesterday to see film icon Howard Keel and participate in a two hour gala parade. Queen Shenandoah XXV knighted Keel, rode in the parade, and the event celebrated the Apple Blossom festival with floats, majorettes, and Civil War pageantry. Officials praised the festival as the most successful in 25 years, drawing visitors from multiple states.
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Young Republicans To Elect May 6
The local Young Republican Club will elect officers and directors on Tuesday night May 6 at 8 in the Colonial Theatre Building club rooms. Incumbent President W Warren Stultz’s term ends. officers include Jacol Berkson First Vice President, Mrs John Halter Second Vice President, Mrs William Benigni Recording Secretary, Charles Spessard Recording Secretary, and Anthony Ralassone Treasurer. Directors are Kenneth Sinn, William Steykenhohin, Paul Otlinger, Lloyd Kutin, and Mrs Daniel Newton. New directors will fill posts and fill the unexpired term of Mrs Newton who resigned. An important business meeting is planned and a dance, featuring The Cosmopolitans, is set for Friday at the American Legion Hall. Public planning for the event will be discussed.
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4-H Pig Club Reports Sale Totals and Champion Award
The Washington County 4-H Pig Club reviewed its recent show and sale. Thirty pigs weighed 6,108 pounds and brought $1,146.24, averaging $18.91 per hundredweight. Robert Firey Jr. led with the grand champion Poland China at 3015 cents per pound, winning a $5 prize from Fred Ernst. The next meeting is set for July 2 at the Ernst home near Clear Spring.
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A Kiss For Howard Keel Decor Shines In Toledo Dome
Interior of the Convent of the Conception in Toledo Spain remains vivid bright after more than 110 years with decorative Erremie Ges still colorful. The dome’s famous design endures despite the years.
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Strike Rebalances Beer Supply in Western Pennsylvania
A strike by seven breweries in western Pennsylvania disrupts beer availability across the region. Local taverns report shortages of three brands in Hagerstown while other varieties flow in limited quantities, with no general beer shortage noted.
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Hagerstown
Accident Briefs Reported Injuries From Falls and Impact
Lynn Elsworth Rice aged 1 fell and fractured his left wrist and was treated in the emergency room and discharged. Violet Hildon Williams of 342 Vista Street injured her left middle finger when a window fell. three stitches were needed. Robert William Se crest, 7, at 126 Marbern Road was struck on the head by a rock. three stitches closed the wound.
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Marbern Road
Man Fires Shotgun From Front Door Injures Two
Sixty four year old Harry Draper of Garfield was arrested on assault with intent to kill charges after firing a shotgun through his front door toward two men approaching his home. Roy McKinley Lewis of near Foxyville was treated for buckshot and flying glass wounds. another unnamed man was only slightly hurt. Draper held at Frederick barracks on $1,508 bond.
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Foxyville
Washington County
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Clese
State Police
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Japanese Beetle Grubs Found in Garden Survey Planned
County Agent Mark Miller found several Japanese beetle grubs while digging his garden. He plans a survey to gauge grub numbers and assess if the prior year’s drop in beetle infestation will continue, noting adults usually emerge mid June.
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Annual Public School Art Exhibit Opens at County Museum
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts hosts the annual public school art show through May 30 alongside a European paintings exhibit spanning 19th and 20th century works and a geological display of minerals. Featured school works cover crayon to metal craft from the 1951-52 year, with entries proportionate to school size.
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Court Denies Motion To Quash Indictment
Judge George Henderson in Allegany County denied a motion to quash an indictment charging Frank Parker, Parker Coal Company, Keyser West Virginia, with obtaining money from Hingerstown by false pretenses. The case moves to trial Monday in Cumberland. Parker was indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury in February. the case was transferred to Allegany County. After dinner speeches are made during meals in Japan.
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Governor's Safety Health Conference and Exhibit in Baltimore
May 8 9 conference program covers lead poisoning child safety and retirement psychology with safety engineers medical experts and educators under the State Industrial Accident Commission to exchange information on accident control and prevention.
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