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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1957
Page
4
The North American Rod and Gun Club will host its regular monthly meeting Sunday April 12 at 8. The event, at the clubhouse near Security, will feature films on fishing followed by the business meeting.
Mearle J. Shank, Army civilian attached to the U S Signal Long Lines Battalion in Japan, based in Hagerstown, received a Letter of Appreciation from Col. George F. Rogers for eighteen months of support on the Tokyo to Itazuke microwave installation. Shank, a World War I veteran and Clear Spring High School alumnus, has long served in Japan and last visited his mother in October. The praise cites his technical skill, teaching of technicians, and dedication amid hazardous duties and irregular hours.
Daily listings include pizza and spaghetti sauce shop hours at 526 W. Wilson Blvd, telephone RE 3-4487, and Ty Sales & Service advertising new and used appliances with hours 9 to 9. Also Tage’s at 144 Fairground Avenue offers contact RE 3-5804 and an entertainment notice for Redmen's Hall 23 W. Antietam featuring Paul Newman and Rainbow Serenaders. Nearby hulls corner store and sharpening service promote deals and repair availability with Lawn Boy dealer Stahl's Sales & Service on Rt 11.
Millie Elizabeth Palmer widow of David Luther Palmer dies at 77 in a Baltimore hospital after a three year illness. Survived by son William Luther Palmer Cearfoss, sisters Annie Gehr and Sallie Kylder, brother Fred Cunningham. Services Saturday at 2 pm at A K Coffman funeral home and burial at Church of the Brethren Cemetery Broadfording. Infant Kimberly Ruth Lohman, Sharpsburg, dies at Washington County Hospital. Parents Samuel David Lohman and Alice Theresa Burgan Lohman, with sister Darlene V and brother Samuel L. Graveside rites at Mountain View Cemetery Sharpsburg this afternoon at 4 pm.
Real Italian spaghetti with meat balls, pan fried chicken, tender sirloin or porterhouse steaks advertised. Location given at 45 Summit Ave with telephone RE 29852 and delivery service noted. Also promotes Scott's lawn products and Valley Evergreen Nursery with assorted garden ads.
Alonzo Benjamin Hayes, 71, of Martinsburg, a brother to Clayton Hayes of Hagerstown and Mrs. Daisy Smith of Hancock, died Wednesday night after being struck while starting to cross the street by a half-ton truck driven by Irvin E. Batt of Martinsburg. Witnesses said Batt was not driving fast and stopped immediately, Hayes still under the front bumper. no charges were filed.
Photos show Cub Scouts and Hoy scouts in Indian costumes practicing for last nights dress rehearsal of Adventures Unlimited. The pageant features Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorers and will be presented tonight at 8 p.m. at Hagerstown Municipal Stadium with over 2,500 boys and leaders involved.
Grundy Virginia reports A 34 year old man David Blankenship of Harman saved Lydia Endicott 13 by dragging her from the Levisa River after his son Thurman 14 and Lydia fell from a rock. He and his son were entangled in fishing lines and drowned despite efforts to save them.
Two children were taken to the hospital this morning after accidents. Brenda Robinson, 3, of Hagerstown Route 1, broke her arm in a fall. Lester Strite, 18 months, son of Mr and Mrs John M Strite of Route 5, drank pine oil and was kept under observation after his stomach was washed out in the ER. Plus an ad note about perennials and evergreens offered for sale with Sunday hours.
Round and square dance Saturday May 11 at Fairplay Fire Hall 30 pm admission details. Harry Snooks Poultry Market at 2 a.m. on West Baltimore Street selling Royal Cornish Game Hens 16 oz at 1.25 and Beltsville Turkeys 3 to 7 lbs with barbecue roast options. Phone 72442 for adv.
Councilman Jacob Vorous reports residents in Hamilton Park and Carroll Heights favor reclassifying land along the Pennsylvania Railroad from heavy industry to residential use. The plan, prompted by a housing development proposal on current industrial land, was tabled for further study after a January go ahead given to the builder.
Robert Shestack, technical director of the Department of Physical Therapy at Washington County Hospital, spoke to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Eastern Panhandle Medical Society at Hotel Shenandoah Martinsburg. He noted small community hospitals are adding physical therapy departments to avoid gaps in care and cited faster recoveries with various modalities. He also discussed Ultrasonics in Therapy at Kings Daughters Hospital and attended the Ras ters Panhandle Medical Society session.
Donald Smith son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Smith 65 Robbinswood Drive received a two year music scholarship to Valley Forge Military Academy Wayne Pa. He won the scholarship after a solo audition before the academy bandmaster. A North Hagerstown High School student Smith is solo clarinetist in the school band and has played with the Hagerstown Municipal Band for years, with two years private study under John Fignar Jr.
A Broadfording Church of the Brethren service for consecration of babies and small children is scheduled for Sunday at 10 45 am as part of the Mother's Day observance led by Rev J Stanley Earhart. Cradle roll parents and others may participate with music readings meditations and carnations for mothers. cradle roll superintendents Mrs Ruth Mowen and Mrs Mae Koontz plan the features.
An ad for Mel's Cut Rate Liquors lists Phitee Window Air Conditioners across from the Post Office including 1 2 ton units with auto temp control and exhaust. It offers seven for $1 and free throwaways for $1 with standard installation and one year service at 10 percent. Also mentions Baltimore Orioles ticket agency and Dentler Bros. with free parking on Summit Ave and a phone number.
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