Blue Ridge Award Service Pins To 15-Year PE Workers
Potomac Edison and Blue Ridge Lines employees from Hagerstown Boonsboro and Waynesboro areas held their annual Employes Beneficial Association dinner at Franklin Court Auditorium. Fifteen year pins were awarded and PE President R Paul Smith spoke. Recipients include Edna L Henry John R M Burger Jr Clyde L Brown Garland L Stull Edwin R Eakle Lewis I Snare Beckley D Harsh Virgil E Riggs C Vernon Stone Jr Lindsay Fuller Ross E Mayhugh Claude R Slick Charles H Lewis Jack W White and Herbert W Harbaugh. Toastmaster F H Robertson welcomed staff and noted the privilege of honoring 15-year veterans.
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Potomac Edison
Blue Ridge Lines
Hagerstown
Boonsboro
Waynesboro
Employes Beneficial Association
Franklin Court Auditorium
R. Paul Smith
Edna L. Henry
John R. M. Burger
Clyde L. Brown
Garland L. Stull
Edwin R. Eakle
Lewis I. Snare
Beckley D. Harsh
Virgil E
Charles 8. Lewis
Jack W. White
Herbert W. Harbaugh
F. H. Robertson
Beneficial Association
Merle G. Kaetzel
Smith
Individuals sue fed govt only with government permission
A statement outlines that a person may sue the federal government only if the government grants permission, indicating a condition for bringing suit. It emphasizes the need for prior authorization before legal action can proceed.
Youth Committee Seeks Stronger Local Adoption Law
A Washington County Youth Commission panel urges broader adoption oversight and safeguards. It cites adoptions without proper investigations and calls for a stronger county law to protect children and adopting families while noting gaps in foster care, aid for dependent children, and housing for low income families. The religion group also notes low Sunday church attendance as a major unmet need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Youth Commission
Washington County
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Salvation Army and Volunteers of America
Addi
Hagerstown
Catherine Shipley
L Keller Shank
Margaret Joan Watson
Washington County Commission For Youth
Scott Wagner
Nat Raskin
Charles W. Dausch
Youth YMCA Hi-Y Conference Planned at American University
Local youths from Hagerstown and Washington County prepare to attend the YMCA Hi-Y Older Boys Conference at American University Washington December 1 to 3. About 20 delegates will travel by chartered bus joining an expected 300 youths from Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia for interviews with Washington government officials and group activities with no guest speaker this year.
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American University
Washington
Ralph L. Lewis
Hagerstown
Washington County
Hi Y
Central Atlantic
YMCA
Kenneth Spence
Wilmington
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Publisher Curtis B. Johnson Dies at 74 in Charlotte
Curtis B. Johnson, 74, longtime publisher of the Charlotte Observer, died this afternoon in a local hospital after leading the paper for the past 34 years. Obituary notes his impact on Charlotte journalism and the Observer’s history.
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Charlotte
N. C
Curtis B. Johnson
Charlotte Observer
Pfc John H Wade Arrives In Korea With AAF
Mrs Margaret Hornbarger of 38 North Mulberry Street has received a letter from her son Pfc John H Wade who has arrived in Korea with the Army Air Force. Wade, 18, trained at Lackland Air Base San Antonio and Turner Field Ga and attended Clear Spring High School.
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Margaret Hornbarger
North Mulberry Street
John H. Wade
Korea
Army Air Force
Bobby Rohrer
Herbert Younkers
Clear Spring
Benson Smith
Harry Baker
Hagerstown
Wade
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Texas
Turner’re Field
Discovery of Oil at Hancock Well Sparks Caution
L. E. Kirk of Hancock reports striking oil while digging for water near Route 522 north of Hancock. At 95 feet, black greasy liquid appeared and may be a pipeline leak or a potential find. He notified pipeline authorities to verify the cause, noting a previous leak incident at Charlton years ago.
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Kirk
Hancock
Washington County
Charlton
Acting Police Chief and Convention Absence Leave City Officials
Sgt Harold Kiser serves as acting captain of police during Captain Jesse Browns absence at a police chiefs convention in Colorado Springs Colorado. The Public Works Board voted to send the chief, with Police Commissioner M E Elliker and Mrs Ellinger also attending at their own expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Kiser
Jesse Brown
Captain Brown
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Public Works Board
M. E. Ellinker
Ellinger
Sparrow population growth theoretical limit stated
A preserved fragment notes that one pair of sparrows could theoretically produce 276 billion descendants in ten years, illustrating exponential growth concepts.
Betty Gray to Lead Alsatia Hallowe'en Parade
Betty Gray Misa Hagerstown of 1950 will have a prominent place in the Alsatia Hallowe en Mum mers Parade down West Washington Street Tuesday evening October 31. Miss America may join. definite commitment expected early next week. Betty Gray will ride on one of the floats with Alsatians predicting a top parade and record prize money to draw entries.
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Hagerstown
Hallowe'en
Betty Gray
Jacques Mercer
Chest Begins Frederick Community Chest Campaign Monday
Frederick launches its Community Chest drive on Monday aiming for a $22,015 goal. The Nunatuktmiut Eskimos are noted for a relatively advanced culture despite harsh northern Alaska life.
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Frederick
Alaska
One Escapee Nabbed in Virginia Near Fairfax
Cody Black a 20 year old from Hagerstown who escaped from a State Reformatory for Males near Gapland was captured in Fairfax Virginia yesterday by the Virginia State Police. He was found in a truck stolen from Middletown farmer Joseph Huffer. Black fled the reform school with another Baltimore inmate who had not been arrested by last night.
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Cody Black
Hagerstown
Gapland
Fairfax
Virginia
Black
Middletown
Joseph Huffer
Baltimore
Freight cars needed to fill blast furnace supply line
A 1300 ton blast furnace requires thirty to forty nine freight cars of raw materials. A weed crabgrass, invasive in many American lawns, is imported from Europe.
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Uiteriais
Europe
Bookmobile Schedule Update for Leitersburg Area
The bookmobile announces a new route on Monday October 9 with stops from 9:40 AM at Leitersburg Pike near Aaron Martin's home to 5:10 PM at Ringgold between Bow Wells and Pryor's houses and a final stop at Charles' Store on Leitersburg Square. The schedule lists precise time windows and locations including Bowman's Mill Road, Cascade, Highfield, Chocolate Park, Pen Mar, Ringgold School service, Wasnesboro Road, and Miner's Market vicinity.
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Leitersburg Pike
Aaron Martin
Bowman's Mill Road
William R. Shoop
Cascade
Benchoff’s
Ringgold
Bowwells
Pryor’s
Wasnesboro Road
Miner’s Market
Leitersburg Square
Charles
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Louis Wolheim
Fice Mma Femacques Nevet
Lewis Milestone
Dowd Wane
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Walter Brennan
Daaree Windsor
Tery
Aes Tis
Wiens
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Wakner Bros
Parker Neal Roman
William Elliott
Republic
Colonial Theater
Jovely Marie Windsor
Pine Grove
Miles Merth Martinuberg
Gal
Bob Crashy
Grace McDonald
Wumphrey Bhegart
Inarid Bergman Cartoon
Fin & Calty
Hager
Roy Rogers
Alan
Donna Ladd
Reed
Gig Tor
Sari Polp Reed
Pfc
Tugela
Natal
Africa
Kathleen Windsor
Amber
Joel McCrea
RED Skelton
Southern Yankee
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Rocky
Wichita
Fady Bean
Reeney
Mickey
Big Wheel
Pat Aces
Robert O'Brien
Ryan
Marine “Raiders
L. E. Kirk
Middlekauff
Drug Store
N. Potomac St
Beechnut Baby Foods
W. D. Cunningham
E. Franklin Street
Bookmobile
Highfield
Davie’s
Springer’s
Ringgold School
Rearelen
H. L. Mills
Baltimore St
Martin Storage
New York City
James E. Reardon
Westport
Conn
Brooklyn
New York
Reardon
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