Williamsport High School Class Of 52 To Graduate June 6
Williamsport High School will graduate 43 students on June 6 at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Valedictorian Dorothy Bloyer and salutatorian Carolyn Martin head the class. both Downeville girls plan to attend college. Baccalaureate services are Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev W O Huddle delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downeville
Williamsport
Dorothy Bloyer
George Bloyer
Downaville
Dorothy
Williamsport High
Glear Spring
White
Clear Spring
Atte Wan Getlva
Wil-lamaport
Prestburg State Teachers College
Carolyn Martin
Lester MW
Martin
Downsville
Carolyn
Gunoukitchik
Business College
Harry Shank
Board of Education
Rey
W. GC
Wwuddle
Zion Lutheran Church
W. O. Huddle
I Academic
Alice Banzhof
Donald Arury
Hennie Kitchen
George Wade
Joan McCauley
Jotin
Bwope
Commercial
Uth Anderson
Barbara Artz
Janice Baker
Joy Bowera
Donna Butts
Faye Cavender
Dotoren Clopper
Dorothy Diebert
Nelda Dellinger
Norma Nellinger
Albert Draper
Jo Ann Herbert
Shirley Howell
Dixie Jessop
Jean Drizer
Shirley Martin
Lois McCauley
Nellie McKee
Doris Miller
Hilda Poffenberger
Virginia Rhoton
Louise Schetrompt
Nancy Thomas
Eagles Plan Letter Project Against Communism Initiative
Arthur Eichelberger, freedom director of Hagerstown Aerie No. 694, announces a letter writing project to people abroad in cooperation with the Campaign of Truth urged by the Council for American Unity. The Aerie adopted a resolution at its last meeting. The effort is part of the Aerie anti-Communist program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Eiehelberger
Hagerstown
Aerie No. 694
Order of Eagles
Americans to counter Soviet propaganda with friendly letters
Eichelberger outlines a program to send 400 million letters abroad yearly. Eagles letters will describe the American way of life in simple terms, refute Communist lies, and express interest in conditions abroad to make friends for the United States. Kruger National Park in South Africa is described as the largest in the world, bigger than Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eichelberger
America
Kruger National Park
South Africa
Massachusetts
Fairchild Plan Boosts Blood Donations for Shifts
Fairchild Aircraft Division introduces a program allowing workers to donate blood during working hours with full pay. First shift donors begin June 9 from 8 a.m. to noon, while second and third shifts start July 7 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Red Cross collaborates to address critically low blood supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Fairchild
Red Cross
Pegasus March Preview Set by Hays for Town Band
Dr Peter Hays will debut the Pegasus March dedicated to Fairchild Aircraft Division during the Hagerstown Municipal Band concert at City Park on Snowday night June 22. It is the 117th composition by Buys, the band conductor for 32 years. POMONA MEET SATURDAY There is a Washington County Pomona Grange meeting at Leilarsburg Hall on Saturday May 31 with a 10 o'clock business session and an afternoon program open to the public. Leitersburg hosts a luncheon. Pomona Master John Newcomer presides. The Grange includes Piney Plains Allegany County and seeks good attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hays
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Hagerstown
City Park
Buys
Pomona
Washington County
Pomona Grange
Leilarsburg
Leitersburg
John Newcomer
Piney Plains
Allegany County
L Destred
Light from the Sun Reaches Earth After Eight Minutes
The article notes that sunlight takes just over eight minutes to travel from the sun to Earth, delivering solar energy and enabling daylight.
Memorial Day Parade in Sharpsburg draws 26 marching units
Twenty six marching units will form Sharpsburg’s annual Memorial Day parade tomorrow. The 2:30 pm procession precedes a 3:30 pm memorial service at Antietam National Cemetery with Governor McKeldin and other officials as speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Antietam National Cemetery
T. Hh. McKeldin
J. Glenn Beall
L. MM. Haynes
Maryland
Second Army
Fred Frank
Evans Poffenberger
Antietam
American Lesson
Sharpsburg Mayer and
Covneil
Boonshore
Clopper_Michaal
American Legion
Boonsboro
Boonshoro Mayorsand
Plant To Close For Two Full Weeks
Fairchild Aircraft division announced plants will close for two weeks this summer to let employees take vacations. The official vacation period starts Monday August 4 and runs through Sunday August 17 giving workers 16 uninterrupted days without work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft
Kitchen grease fire prompts alarm on Maryland Ave
A kitchen grease fire triggered an alarm and drew firefighters to the 900 block of Maryland Avenue at 5 p.m. yesterday. The incident caused no injuries and ended without further report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Avenue
Memorial Day weekend plans in Hagerstown and environs
Memorial Day weekend offers travel and leisure in Hagerstown and surrounding areas with a three day break for many workers. Clouds then possible showers forecast by the Weather Bureau while Blue Ridge Bus Lines and All American Airways report high passenger and flight demand. Local factories like Fairchild Aircraft Division typically close Saturdays creating a longer weekend as stores and offices mostly stay open. Memorial events include a Dis abled American Veterans observance at Rest Haven Cemetery with Hancock planning a service next Sunday and Braddock Heights Amusement Park opening tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Eres
Weather Bureau
Blue Ridge Bus Lines
All American Airways
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Haverstown
Satorns
Sharpsburg
Rest Haven Cemetery
Court House
Hancock
Braddock Heights Amusement Park
Weathered Town Hagerstown Teeters Without Big Events
No large events planned in Hagerstown as the town quiets down. The auto racetrack will not operate, the Hagerstown Braves are away, and only makeshift sandlot baseball remains visible in the local scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstows Tome Tow
Hagerstown
City Hall Bell Out Of Service After Strike Mishap
The Big Six bell atop City Hall failed to operate due to a problem with the striking mechanism and was silenced by a temporary shutdown yesterday. The American Bible Society distributed more than 16 million Bibles in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
The
American Bible Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Williamsport High School
Paul Bowers
Donald Dellinger
James Forsythe
Roda Helmintoller
Larry Lowman
Joe Marsh
Jack Murray
Norman Peaman
Eugene Speaker
George Sword
Vernon Trumpower
Robert Wolfe
Bruch
R. D. McKee, Inc
Potomac Street
Lewis H. Ellmer
U. S. Merine
Hamlin Reeves
D. B. Dehtam
Ellmer J
Baltimore
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Marines
1St Marine Division
Korea
Seoul
Inchon
Chosin Reservoir
U.S. Naval Academy
Marine Recruiter's
Parma Island
Jockey
John D. Myers & Co
Aslington
Natrowal Cemetery
Hwa
Hagerstown Trust Co
Members
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
Pegasus
Desire
Hays, Inc
Washington St
Charles Flook
Slagerstown
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
Flook
Baldwin House
Eatly
Punkstown Fire Hall
Hlook
Bill Panlsgrove
Leroy Ruth
John Corderman
Dunn Irvin Drive
Sharpshuro
Sharpshur Lions Club
Keedysville
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Go. T. 319 Airborne Infantry Regiment
Dixon-Troxell
Funkstown
Macehing City
the Legion
Dasame
Orisa Ginae Block
American Structural Products Co
Owena-Iilinoia Glass Company
Danzer Metal Works
W. Lee
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Co
Summit Ave
H. L. Coder Winkler Dealer
East
Washington Street
Oratory
Rye Peet
Jurized & E
Superior
Iccoodemu
Phat Extra
Queen City Brewing Company
Cumberland, Md
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!