Big Three Hold German Peace Pact Talks in Bonn
In Bonn today the Big Three foreign ministers meet Chancellor Adenauer to finalize a peace pact aligning West Germany with NATO allies and plan a companion EDC accord in Paris. Delegates will resolve dates, pact name, and troop status as Western powers push a united European defense against Soviet pressure.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Frei Europe
United States
Britain
France
Bonn Republic
Paris
Adenauer
London
U.S
State Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schum
Alain
Hest
Demonstration By Mercersburg Pupils May Be Held Monday
Mercersburg High School pupils were set to protest against Principal Russell Roddy. The rally, postponed once, may occur Monday night as teachers and patrons dispute the principal’s term performance. Roddy received a 13 to 8 school board confidence vote after a seven hour meeting. Three teachers reportedly planned resignations or quits in protest.
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Mercersburg High School
Thea
Russell Roddy
Roddy
Qummage Sale Monday and Tuesday at Franklin Salem
Charity-ad style notice for a rummage sale at 414 East Franklin Avenue Salem Ref Church Aly. Items include clothesline poles sturdy steel nine feet high with four foot cross arm to accommodate clothes lines. Price four dollars seventy five cents each. Advertising from Maryland Pipe and Metal, 804 West Church Street, phone 5525.
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Maryland Pife & Metal
Church St
Ady
Teen Age Club To Hold Party In Williamsport
The Williamsport Teen Age Activity Club announces a dress up dance on May 26 at the Williamsport American Legion Club with an open house for observers. Will Hagerstown civic leaders plan to attend as chaperones and the club hopes for a broader activity program in the fall. A meeting to plan next year is set for June 1 at 2 pm in Williamsport Town Hall. The Sophisticates orchestra will provide music through Local 770 and the federation’s cooperation.
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Williamsport
Williamsport American Legion Club
Williamsport Town Hall
Sophisticates Orchestra
American Federation of Musicians
Prayer for Today from Lancaster Theological Seminary
A devotional prayer asks divine blessing on the nation and its public officials, urging guidance toward truth and righteousness. Authored by Alfred N. Sayres of Lancaster, Pa, professor of practical theology at The Theological Seminary of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
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Alfred N. Sayres
Lancaster
the Theological Seminary of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
National Council of Churches
Obituary notices for Emma Zeilor and Huff Huffman in Maryland area
Emma Spielman Zeilor 81 widow of Moses G Zeilor of Morgan County West Virginia died Thursday at 6 30 p m at the home of her daughter near Winchester She was a daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth Spielman and a member of Oakland Methodist Church Surviving daughters include Elizabeth Bohrer R C Newman Chatla Lemp Samuel Dick Stanley Yost Lillian Hisgen Eleator Yost and others Sons Clark Zeiler Hammond Zeiler Charles Zeiler and other relatives Ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren Also listed are a brother and a large extended family The funeral will be Sunday at 2 p m at Oakland West Virginia Methodist Church with the Rev Raymond Womeldorph officiating Interment in Oakland Cemetery The body will be at Omps Funeral Home Winchester until 1 00 p m Sunday and will be in state at the church from 2 to 2 30 p m Louring Huff Huffman of Hagerstown Route Four died Friday afternoon at Washington County Hospital aged 46 Surviving wife Mahal E Hutt and sons Robert L John F Hagerstown Daughters Lois BR Hilda M Nancy J at home Brothers Walter J Willard M Hagerstown Willis E Waynesboro Sgt Harry Camp Detrick Sister Mrs Franklin Bell Leitersburg Mother Mrs Olive Huff Leitersburg The body may be viewed after 1 00 o clock tonight at the Minnesota Vaneral Home where the service will be held Monday at 2 00 p m Rev J Edgar Beckley officiating Interment in Lutheran Cemetery Leitersburg
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Emma Spielman Zeilor
Moses G. Zeilor
Morgan County
W. Va
Samuel Dick
Winchester
Isaiah and
Elizabeth (Bohrer) Spielman
Oakland
W. Ca
Elizabeth Bohrer
Big Pool
R. C, Newman
Jacksonville
Fla
Louring Huff
Hagerstown
Route Four
Washington County Hospital
Mahal E. Hutt
Robert L
John F
Lois’ BR
Hilda M
Nancy J
Bone
Walter J
Willard M
Ha Ferstown
Willis E
Waynesboro
Harry
Camp Detrick
Tsister
Franklin Bell
Leitersburg
Olive Huff
Nich Vaneral
Hagerstown GI Loads For Red Bear On Okinawa Mission
Airman Robert L. Hewett of 824 Concord Street Hagerstown checks hoist connections on a 400 pound bomb in a U S Air Force B 29 Supertfort bomb bay on Okinawa ahead of a night assault on Communist forces north of the 28th parallel He is assigned to the Far East Air Forces 49th Bomb Group and pictured in duty with the bombing crew on the medium bomber
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Hegins
Okinawa
Robert L. Hewett
Concord Street
Hagerstown
Fle
Far East Air Forces
49Th Bowth Group
Air Force
Cadet Huddle Receives Reserve Officers Medal at WM College
Cadet 2nd Lt William T Huddle son of the Rev and Mrs W C Huddle, cabinet, is one of three ROTC officers at Western Maryland College to win the Reserve Officers Association bronze medal for outstanding military achievement during ROTC service. An education student he leads Future Teachers of America on campus and has served as past president of Gamma Beta Chi and president of the Inter-Fraternity Council.
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William T. Haddle
W. C. Huddle
William Spore
Western Maryland College
Reserve Officers Association
Future Teachers of America
Gamma Beta Chi
Inter-Fraternity Council
Old Junk Cars Highest Prices Paid Ad
Scrap buyers advertise top payments for junk cars with a phone contact and a local pickup note. An adjacent ad promotes a soda bar offering hot items and fountain service at the Jefferson Vista corner.
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Jefferson and
Vista
Adv
Boxcars Drop French Troops in Morocco Exercise
Air Trans portability Training Program drops nearly 408 French paratroopers and over three tons of equipment near Rabat, Morocco, marking the first postwar overflight of Spain by American planes. C-82s evacuated 402 paratroopers at Toulouse, crossed Madrid and Gibraltar, landed at Rabat to load 383 paratroopers and 15,400 pounds of gear observed by 15,000 Arabs, French, and Americans. Arab leaders witnessed the maneuvers and urged keeping recovered parachutes.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Spain
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Rhein/Main Air Force Base
Germany
Rhein/Main
Toulouse
France
Madrid
Gibraltar
Meknes
Western Maryland Railway Story marks 100th anniversary
A 134 page history of the Western Maryland Trailway announces its May 27 release to honor the road’s 100th anniversary. Written by Harold A Williams with photos by A Aubrey Bodine, the book covers the system’s 30 component lines, early financial struggles, the Hood era, Port Covington, and notable moments from Gettysburg to Pen Mar with 35 photos. Copies are offered to historical societies libraries newspapers and radio stations near the railroad’s 1300 miles across Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Western Maryland Trailway
Harold A. Walliams
A. Aubrey Bodine
Maryland
Mr. Williams
Williams
Western Maryland Railway
Iit
John Mittlin Hood
Gould
Port Covington
Baltimore
Pen Mar
Eastern Society
Lincoln
Gettynburge
Blue Mountain House
Ias
Conewago
Alliance
Monocacy
Black Water Canyon
West Virginia
Erade
Pennsylvania
Local Liquor Ads Tout Cold Beer for a Dollar
A vintage ad lists Gallacher's Liquor Store at 22 North Locust Street offering cold beer for a dollar. The notice mentions national brands and regional labels in a compact storefront promo typical of midcentury newspaper pages.
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National Bo — Reading
German Valley Forge
Guether's
Gallacher's Liquor Store
North Locust Street
Naval officer Cassel heads Enlisted Training Section in DC
Commander Charles M. Cassel Jr USN son of Mr and Mrs C M Cassel 39 Rossaner Ave Washington has been assigned as head of the Enlisted Training Section Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington DC He is a US Naval Academy Class of 1939 veteran of seven Pacific naval engagements two European engagements and service with Missouri in Korea Also mentioned is John W Williamson son of Mr and Mrs J Williamson of Falls Church VA named to Belmont Abbey Preparatory School faculty with salutatory honors and slated address at 74th commencement
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Charles M. Cassel, Jr
USN
C. M. Cassel
Rossaner Avenue
City
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Washington
District of Columbia
Clearity Missouri
Cindy
Cassel
UU. S. Naval Academy
Missouri
Korea
John W. Williamson
North Westmara
J. Williamson
Falls Church
Chambersburg
Oak Hill Avenue
Hagerstown
Belmont Abbey Preparatory School
Belmont
N.C
More Countians Listed Casualties In Korean Fight
Fate is again striking hard at Washington County in connection with Korean War casualties. The latest Mist of Maryland casualties contains three names. Two of them list Washington County persons as killed or wounded. The only Marylander reported killed in action on casualty list No. 570 is Pee. Jeremiah Mongan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah K. Mongan, Sr., Fairplay. His was the very first name to appear from this county on the casualty lists, having been reported missing in July 1950, soon after the outbreak of fighting. However, it was not until yesterday, nearly two years later, that the Defense Department officially listed him as having been killed. Listed as one of the two wounded Maryland men on the latest list is Sgt. William L. Drake, the opt to the name of a friend, Miss Attire Mae Beton, Sharpsburg, Route 2, as the person to be notified in case of accident.
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Washington County
Maryland
Jeremiah Mongan
Jeremiah K. Mongan
Fairplay
Department of Defense
William L. Drake
Attire Mae Beton
Sharpsburs
Route 2
Hancock School Band to Play Spring Concert
The Hancock School band of 47 pieces will present its first spring concert on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Emerging from instrumental music classes, the group has progressed since October this school year. The program includes 12 selections ranging from soft choral tones to rhythmic German waltzes and a brisk march. The concert is a complimentary event honoring supporters over the past months.
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Hancock School
At & P
Germany
Children s Work Put On Display
Nine Washington County children who study at home display handicrafts at Semler McFaddin Sport Goods Store. They learn skills like hats, mats, belts, and stuffed animals to aid future support and recreation. Some students sell items for pocket money. one pupil, Fred Kail, has returned to regular classes after polio. Others include Francia King, Thomas Stottlemyer, Etna Bond, Robert Jackson, Delano Leigh, Raymond Kline, Mary Gelwicks, James Anasard, and Macy Ellesabeth Cooper.
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Washington County
Semler McFaddin
Fred Kail
Potomac Avenue
Wehool
Woodland Way
Francia King
Chewsville
Thomas Stottlemyer
Etna Bond
Robert Jackson
Aonehore
Delano Leigh
Big Pools
Raymond Kline
Big Springs
Mary Gelwicks
Hageratown
Golden Phone 53430 Game Night at C. V. Sporta Club
The Potomac Street venue hosts weekly game nights every Wednesday and Saturday evenings with a $1.00 all-inclusive entry for family fun. Public invited at the C. V. Sporta Club, 465 Potomac Street.
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C. V. Sportamen
Potomac Street
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Dean
Mercersburg
Salemon
Pw. m
E. Franklin
Salem
Board of Zoning Appeals
City of Hagerstown
City Hall
Claude D. Williams
Arthur W. Sheets
Charles Street
North Potomac Street
the Board OF Zoning Appeals
John L. Payton and
G. Edward Sigafoose
Hone
Hagerstown, Md
American Legion
Melodeers
Anthony's
Boonshore
Keedus
After & P. m
Saum's Jewelers
Jonathan St. Adv
S. Hagerstown Fire Hall
Cor
First St
Guilford Ave
Appalachian Inn
Linas
Nace
Henry A “Vagabond
America
ABC Kaiser - Frazer
Pennsylvania Avenue
Blue Barron
Ds.t
American Legion Port 42
Northern Avenue
Public Square
W. M. Ry
Atv
NaCl
Prep Salutatorian
Mon
Golden Phone
OLD Mill Tavern
Old Home Harmony Boys
Williamsport-Greencastle Pike
Moose Club
Ken Windle
Jessie Lesher
Ernie Kessler
Anos Cement
Wilkes Sheeler
St. Louis
Thomas Helene Beauty Salon
Diente
Toorie Everhart
Mathias
Aletander Coffee
Airport
Inn
THE
Twilighters
Bill Fraley
D.S.T
H. B. Mongan
A. G. Crankleton Electric Co., Inc
Center Square
Greencastle
East Lee Street
Bhady Rest Tavern
Martingburg
W Va
Marih
J. B. Tria
Home Federal Savings and Loan Association
West Washington Street
Dudes
ES T
Hagerstown Shoe Company Franklin and Prospect Streets
Consumer's Credit Department
Nicodemus National Bank
Washington Street
Summit Avenue
Friendly Confidential
Sonics
Pennsylvania Ave
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