Hancock High Wins 13th Annual Washington County Field Day
Hancock High School edges Hagerstown by a single point to claim the thirteenth annual Washington County field day at City Park. More than two thousand athletes from seventeen schools competed as girls and boys staged badge tests, obstacle runs, relays, and various ball games amid large crowds and school concessions.
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Washington County
Playground Athletic League of Baltimore
City Park
Hancock High School
Hagerstown
Hancock
Joint Meeting Of Bnai Brith Lodge And Synagogue
A joint meeting of the Bnai Brith lodge and the Young People's Synagogue is set for Tuesday May 31 at Talmud Torah Hall. The program features Sadie and Ethel Summers singing and a comic skit Two Quack Doctors by Mickey Henderson and Jack Mack. Moses S Grossman will preside with a social plan to engage Hagerstown and Waynesboro attendees.
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B'Nai Brith Lodge
Young People’s
Talmud Torah Hall
Sadie
Ethel Summers
Mickey Henderson
Jack Mack
Young People’s Synagogue
Moses
Grossman
Charles A. Shepsie
Moses Grossman
Max Cohen
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
You'd Be SURPRISED Glenn Wrights Unusual 1920s Record
Glenn Wright of the Pittsburgh Pirates, praised as a top shortstop, delayed a minor league year in 1923. In 1924 he played every inning of 159 games and set a shortstop assist record with 601 chances, later joining baseball’s elite by making an unassisted triple play.
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Glenn Wright
Pittsburgh Pirates
Wright
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Pirates
Terry Turner
Cleveland
St. Louis
Cooney
Hornsby
Bottomley
Mapleville social notes list guests and visits across multiple families
Sunday school and church events at San-Mar Chapel are noted along with a long list of visiting relatives and friends from Hagerstown Myersville Boonsboro and surrounding towns over a weekend. Names include Keadle Routzahn Leiter Detrow Glenn Ford Gross Kephart and many others visiting at homes in Beaver Creek Chewsville and nearby communities. A modern tire escape system is being added to the Old Folks Home at San-Mar.
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Place
James Keadle
House
Alvey
Hagerstown
Mary Foltz
Hazel Stouffer
Harry Stouffer
Boonsboro
Ef, Sr. Kennedy
Jacob Reiff
Cearle
Earl Reeder
Elmer Reeder
Robert Glenn
Evelyn
Virginia
Doris
Athene
Jacob Detrow
John Waltz
Chewesville
Noah Ford
Ruth Kershner
John ©. Ford
Roger
Frances
John B. Ford
Beaver Creek
Catherine Hasting
J. Robert Glenn
John King
Sterling
O. W. King
C. H. Minnebraker
Lindbergh's Paris Visit Ends With Flying Feats And Laurels
Captain Lindbergh enjoyed a rare Paris morning flight over the Arc de Triomphe saluting the Unknown Soldier then dazzled aviation officials with stunts at Le Bourget. He viewed a 350 horsepower French scout plane, shopped, posed for photographs and waited for London-bound plans after a day of speeches and receptions.
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Paris
le Bourget
Lindbergh
Arc de Triomphe
de Troyat
Haly-Marchetti
Thirty-fourth Regiment of Aviation
Brussels
Goursat
Cache de Paris
New York-Paris
M. Painleve
Ministery of War
London
Alanson B. Houghton
Aviator Families Benefit Seen Amid Thundering Cheers
Captain Lindberg dined privately at the embassy before entering a theatre for a benefit performance supporting aviator families. He was met by thunderous cheers as the audience honored those who perished in the progress of air exploration.
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Europe
Lindberg
Tent Collapse Leaves Injured in Philadelphia Storm
A storm in Philadelphia caused a tent to collapse during a public gathering injuring a woman and a girl. Reports say boys fired blank cartridges near livestock as chaos followed.
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Philadelphia
Thunderstorm Causes Chimney Collapse At Greencastle Home
During a thunderstorm in Greencastle a blue lightning strike hit the home of D. Z. demolishing the chimney but setting the house ablaze. Firefighters responded to contain the blaze and prevent further damage. No injuries reported.
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Greencastle
D. Z
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Hancock High
Hagerstown Hi
Williamsport High
Clearspring
Broadway
Antietam
Moward
Poeonsboro High
Surrey School
Winter School
Switheboro High
Manganaville
Tunkstown
Wreathedsville
Ashington School
Talfway
Ascade School
Weadegs
Chas. A. Weagley
W. D. Campbell
H. E B. Semler
John Wilson
Webster W. Glenn
Austin LaMar
A. V. Polack
Roy Danzer
Fred Miller
Wm. T. Hassett
Roy Leiter
Clarence Stickell
Walter Baker
Stanley Wilmoth
I. M. Wertz
Frank Ridenour
Harry Rudy
Glenn Pottenberger
Francis Coakley
A. S. Mason
H.L. Rinehart
Phillip Blake
Russell Hicks
J. B. Bowser
F. E B. Bittle
Preston Lane
Ralph Beachley
W. Peterman
George Young
H. L. Rinehart
Catherine Futterer
Kleora Sands
J. B Ferguson
John W. Zentmyer
John Fisher
Louis Strite
Burdick
R. B Norment, Jr
Rex Hartle
C. Fred Bible
F. Castle
Frank Leiter
Elmer Chandlee
J. F. Young
Alice Edmonds
J. J. Porter
Warren Miller
Catherine Schindle
Penn Sylvania Petroleum
Autocrat
Bayerson Oil Works
Erie, Pa
Goodyear Casing & Tul
Lambi
Humans
Gene Carr
Newspaper Syndicate
Billy Evans
Mapleville Letter
Mapleville
San-Mar Chapel
Christian Workers
Lena
Bertha
Susan Rudisill
Washington
Ellen Shifler
Kk. T. Gross
Verle
John Gross
Robrersville
Ralph Moore
Leon Cross
Harry Kephart
Elmer Kephart
Oneida Hammond
Rowland
Mary Jane
George Shoemaker
Julia Shoemaker
Seibert
Merrill Hines
Harvey Moser
Ene
TITAN
Titan Cord
S. Potomac St
F. O. B. Detreis
Detroit
Chrysler
Fedco
Hart
Baltimore Street
International Tours, Inc
Tan
Feld
West
Franklin Street
Hou
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