Librarians Hear About Retardation
The annual meeting of county librarians in Washington County Free Library discussed branch libraries procedures and a summer reading club. Speaker Mrs. Ziegenfuss explained mental retardation facts, school aims, and sheltered work programs for ages 6 to 19, with audience questions afterward. Attendees included librarians and board members from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Free Library
Madeline Startzman
Elizabeth Hedenberg
Etw. Holzapfel
Jr. Chamber of Commerce National
Women's Club
Startzman
Edward Covey
Washington County Free Library Board of Trustees
Margaret Ziegentuss
Ziegenfuss
Esther Collier
Nancy Burger
Williamsport
Elis Hamton
Sharpsburg
Rosalie Thomas
Keedysville
Laura Dutrow
Blue Ridge Summit
Dirs
Max Newman
Smithsburg
Ruth Warrenfeltz
Fankstown
JoAnne Newkirk
Brook Lane Farm
Susan Creager
Hancock
Cooey
Holzapfel
Hedenberg
Hicks
Medford
Local Man Tapped For Honorary Frat
Donald R. Burkholder, a University of Maryland student, was initiated into the honorary political science fraternity Pi Sigma Alpha. Nominated for scholastic achievement, the society is part of the National Association of College Honor Societies with chapters at 83 institutions. Burkholder is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Burkholder of 21 West Franklin Street and a graduate of Hagerstown High School and Hagerstown Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Burkholder
University of Maryland
Pi Sigma Alpha
National Association of College Honor Societies
Morning Herald
Burkholder
R. J. Burkholder
West Franklin Street
Hagerstown
Sharpsburg's Sounding Sclentities By E Russell Hicks
Poem reflecting on Antietam and Harpers Ferry, praising freedom, unity, and brotherhood. Compares Blue and Gray, recalls John Brown, and urges peace with justice. Notes the Antietam battle as a historic touchstone and explains the southern name Sharpsburg for Antietam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
E, Russell Hicks
Antietam
Potomac
Harpers Ferry
John Brown
Rebs
Fceman
Editors Chosen At St. James School For Year
Carroll West McEuery named editor of the Bar Yuka yearbook at St James School for the coming year. Co editors of the Jacobite news magazine are Christopher Bigg and Mike Lieberman. A dragonfly was found by Emma Crosen East Avenue and brought to the Herald Mail office. species not identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll West McEuery
St. James School
Theacobite
Christopher Bigg
Mike Lieberman
Emma Crosen
East Avenue
Herald-Mail
Trapped man prays in mine as rescue ends
In Sarlin Kentucky 50 year old Cantrell Owens entered an abandoned mine seeking scrap. His lamp failed leaving him confused and praying. A search party found tobacco grains and footprints guiding rescuers. After air and oxygen delays he was rescued about a mile and a half from the shaft entrance. He reported hunger and a cough but was otherwise unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarlan
Cantrell
Owens
Jand
Bids Asked On Route 16 Improvement Nearby Greencastle
The Pennsylvania Department of Highways will open bids June 22 to straighten and widen the hilly narrow segment of Route 16 between Greencastle and Shady Grove. Widths will range from 24 to 40 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Greencastle
Shady Grove
Lions Club Convention Opens in Atlantic City
Delegates from the 22nd Lions District of Lions International gather in Atlantic City New Jersey May 29 to June 1 for the annual business meeting. About ten thousand members will elect district officers for the coming year with Mayor Altmann welcoming delegates May 30 and Clarence L Sturm addressing the governor's banquet that evening. The convention closes May 31 with five new district governors to replace current officers including G Robert Lyles of Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Maryland-Delaware
Cochembiz
Atlantic City
N. J
District of Lions Innternational
Altmann
Lion
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall
Clarence L. Sturm
Manawa
Wisconsin
Lions International
Gove R Sernors
22Nd Disstrict
G. Robert Lyles
Hagerstown
Tickets Remain For Evangelist Visit to NYC
Rev Chester Billman announced remaining tickets for a special group visit to Billy Gratiani evangelism services in New York City. A chartered bus may transport the Hagerstown group to Baltimore and back, with tickets covering Baltimore to New York transit aboard the Pennsylvania Railroad, departing Baltimore at 10:10 p.m. June 22, and including New York transit and a reserved Madison Square Garden seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Gratiani
New York City
Chester Billman
Hagerstown
Baltimore
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Madison Square Garden
Memorial Day Parades Planned Across Hagerstown Area
Memorial Day will usher in summer with parades in Sharpsburg Waynesboro and Greencastle. The largest service is in Sharpsorg at 3 30 p m in Antietam National Cemetery after a one hour parade. Funkstown holds 41 a m services at the war memorial. Many Legion posts plan observances including flag decorations and veteran tributes tomorrow as schools stores and offices mostly stay open Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Sharpsnirg
Waynsboro
Greencastle
Sharpsorg
Antietam National Cemetery
Funkstown
War Memorial
Legion
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Braddock Heights Park
Indianapolis
City Patrolman Sprains Ankle
Patrolman Ralph A. Kershner of 220 West Side Avenue sprained his right ankle yesterday afternoon after stepping on a piece of wood on the sidewalk near the First Hose Fire Company. He was treated at Washington County Hospital emergency room. X rays showed no fracture and he was discharged after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Kershffer
West Side Avenue
First Hose Fire Company
Washington County Hospital
Kershner
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Librarians
Actea
American Cyanamid Company, Phosphates and Nitrogen Division
Rockefeluer Plaza
N. Y
Terawam
St. James
Lions Meeting
Pepe Tole Repes
Cloverdale Spring CO
E. Antionna Street
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