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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1950
Page
2
William Gessford, longtime mushroom gatherer, found four twelve ounce specimens on Sunday behind North Mountain near Martinsburg. He called this the largest mushroom he has ever found and brought it to the Herald-Mail office for display yesterday.
Seven new jaycee board members join seven hold overs to form the year’s full board. Officers will be chosen next Monday night. New members include Gus Anthony Stanley C Bunnell Leo Chaney Howard W Gibney J Earl Knott Jr James Rice Harold E B Wind er.
Herman L. Stockslager, noted agriculturist and former Washington County Farm Bureau president, was named to the board of directors of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds Donovan R. Beachley who resigned due to other duties. the change was approved at a Chamber meeting at Hotel Alexander. The board expressed regret for Beachley’s departure after many years of service.
Quick Easy and Fun now offers transfers and motifs for painting, embroidery, crochet and knitting. Send twenty cents to The Hagerstown Daily Mail Household Arts Dept for pattern 7404 and a needlework catalog with designs for crafts and home goods.
A clipping recalls the 1902 Liberty Bell arrival at Cumberland Valley depot in Hagerstown during an excursion from Philadelphia to Charleston. An estimated 4000 to 6000 spectators rushed to see the bell as four large police guards kept order while children touched the relic and some were helped over the car edge.
John M. Butler, Baltimore attorney and City Service Commission member, announced his bid for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate. He is the first candidate in the Maryland field challenging Senator Millard F. Tydings, a Democrat, who at the time chaired a special investigative committee.
Seed company touts bigger crops with its Certified Seeds claiming easy gardens. It urges planting to achieve sure results and emphasizes quality seeds for improved yields.
Senator McCarthy plans to campaign again this fall while continuing to press charges that Communists infiltrated the State Department. He argues the issue remains pivotal to national security and party goals.
Stella G Dutrow of Boonsboro Route One fell through an attic stair gap covered by linoleum and may have a fractured pelvis with abrasions. She was admitted to Washington County Hospital for treatment. Cora Beil DeLoso also fell injuring her left ankle and was treated in the ER. Ruby F Churchill was treated for a scalp wound after a car collision. Ronald C Myers, two, cut the back of his scalp after falling from a Davenport and was released from hospital care.
Evan Crossley, a Navy World War II veteran and attorney for the sheriff, filed yesterday for nomination to the House of Delegates cabinet in the September Republican primary. He previously ran for the office four years ago and serves as president of the Hagerstown Optimist Club. He lives at 1010 Potomac Avenue.
Thieves entered two churches in Hagerstown over the weekend, breaking in Sunday night or Monday morning. At Church of God on Summit Avenue, $66 cash vanished from a desk and a safe attempt with a sledge hammer failed. St Paul’s Methodist on North Potomac Street reported a $100 typewriter stolen.
A local promotion urges residents to shop at Triangle Grocer to keep money circulating within the area. It argues profits fund schools churches and charities and strengthen community resources.
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