Graduating Classes Set New County Size For 1957
Washington County schools plan 766 graduates on June 10 across seven high schools with gains at some schools and declines at Hancock Smithsburg and Boonsboro. North Street Senior High School is closed, South Hagerstown adds a class, and two coed high schools affect distribution. Graduation notices list prospective Smithsburg graduates and program shifts as Governor McKeldin’s appointment to the county board awaits.
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Hancock
Smithsburg
Hagerstown
Potomac Avenue
South Hagerstown High School
South Hagerstown
North Street
Gates
Hancock High School
Smithsburg High School
Williamsport High School
Washington County Board of Education
Too Hagerstown
Kent
McKeldin
Europe
Washington
David R. Brewer
Brewer
John Williams Barl Brown
Frank Ewing Bushey TI
Gene Richard Flock
Earl Sherwood Leiboldt
Harry Thomas Reynolds
Howard Wilson Ruths, Jr
Jute Marion Bayer
Beverly Dawn Bowman
Katherine Louise Bromley
Joyce Elaine Pryor
Patricia Lee Schroyer
Pearl Elizabeth Strite
Sadie Loretta Winders
Shirley Irene Garnand
Ronnie Catherine Gates
Barbara Lee Gaver
Nancy Delrose Moyer
Joyce Elaine ,Robinson
Gail Bland Shockey
Polly Ann Stoops
Janet Frye Stoutlemyer
Erma Ace Wade
Jacob Calvin Cline
Glenn Woodrow Eccard, Jr
David Steven Smith
Decree Richard Grove
James Richard Grove
George Edwin Kline
Gary Everett Needy
Mary Jane Coyle
Jean Elizabeth Grayhill
Roberta Arlene Smith
Declining Girls Enrollments Hit Local Graduates
Schools report uneven gender balance in spring graduation classes. Boonsboro High School will graduate 105 students, the largest in Washington County outside Hagerstown, while Boonsboro shows 15 more boys than girls and Williamsport reports 14 more boys than girls. Clear Spring High School appears to total 64 graduates.
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Boensbors
Williamsport
William Dick
Boonsboro High School
Washington County
Hagerstown
Boonsboro
Clear Spring High School
Flier Missing Search Continues Across States
Dewey Fisher, 19I, disappeared last Thursday during a 200 mile flight from Lockhaven to Norfolk. The 46th Air Rescue Squadron at Westover AFB coordinates the search with Civil Air Patrol units in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Coast Guard aid and poor weather hampered efforts. the plane had no radio and was to be handed to Piedmont Aviation in Norfolk.
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Mass
Dewey Fisher
Lockhaven
Norfolk
46Th Air [Rescue Squadron
Westover Air Force Base
Civil Air Patrol
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Coast Guard
Dewey
Tockhaven
Piedmont Aviation Co
Boonsboro Man Crushed To Death Under Farm Tractor
Daniel Albert Castle, 41, was crushed under a tractor on the Otho Stutzell farm between Boonsboro and Mapleville while helping plant cantaloupes. He had been told not to operate the tractor and was discovered by Mrs. Hhoda Moats around 1 p.m. Deputies Leister Isdnogle and Brice Spickler investigated.
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Daniel Albert
Castle
Otho Stutzell
Boonsboro
Mapleville Sester- Way
Hhoda Moats
Hutzell
Leister Isdnogle
Brice Spickler
Spickler
Ninety Graduates At Hood College
Ninety Hood College graduates will receive degrees in a ceremony June 9 as the college marks its sth annual commencement. The event honors work by notable speakers and features board members and local officials among attendees.
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Hood College
U.S.A.D
Ter
American Red Cross
Erat
Isanogle
Castle Ap Ss
Asnes E. Meyer
Presbyterian
Eugene
United
Moats
Oliver G. Willits
Meyer
Judge Choice
Moore
House
Death of Castle in Farm Accident Near Boonsboro
Dr. Samick B. Wells, county medical examiner, says Castle died at the scene after a tractor overturned on a wet field. Born in Middletown, he lived with his mother Mrs. Mary Castle on North Main Street in Boonsboro. Survived by son Paul in Raleigh and daughter Mary Vivian near Keedysville, brother Wayne at home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Boonsboro Funeral Home with Rev. William Groff officiating. interment Boonsboro Cemetery. Please omit flowers.
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Samick BR. Wells
Castle
Middletown
Mary ¢. Casle
J. Albert Castle
Bounsboro
North Main Street
Paul
U.S. Army
Raleigh
N. C
Mary Vivian
Keedysville
Wayne
Boonsboro
William Groff
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