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Shriners Hold Largest Ceremony in Hagerstown History
Hundreds of Shriners from Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia gathered at Nixon's Academy in Hagerstown for the AH Gham Temple ceremonial the largest ever in the city and the first by AM Ghan Temple there. Five hundred attendees including 175 on a special Cumberland train dined with local Shriners at the YMCA. After a 400-strong parade through Public Square to Antietam and Jonathan streets, thirty candidates were initiated at the theatre. Delegations came from several counties and towns with local temple officers praising the event as Hagerstown's first major entertainments for the temple.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
AH Gham Temple
Nixon's Academy
Hagerstown
Shrindomver
AM Ghan Temple
Cumberland
Dimmer
Adulsetpa
Vandeville
Allegany
Washington Counties
Martinsburg
Frederick
Waynesboro
Temple
Roy A. Leiter
W. P. Wachter
J. Lloyd Harshman
Benjamin Baxton