County Board Cuts 28 of 35 Assessments After Hearings
The Board of County Commissioners reduced assessments in 28 of 35 cases heard this week after hearings. Seven cases saw no change, with reductions ranging from 100 to 1300 dollars and averages around 500 to 800 dollars. Two percent of protests will be reviewed after hearings resume Monday, mostly from Punkstown district property owners amid a wave of protests. Protests from Funkstown district run about 10 daily, and reassessments for Halfway district are expected to finish this month if protest rates stay low.
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Board of County Commissioners
Punkstown
Hubert Stine
Funkstowm
Hagerstown Elder Reaches Danish Bedside for Final Prayer
Hagerstown pastor Elder Neergaard, returning from a three month tour of fourteen countries, arrived in Copenhagen to learn his mother was dying. He prayed at her bedside as she passed away and later faced mixed local reactions in Damascus Cairo and elsewhere during his journey before returning to Hagerstown to resume his duties.
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Hagerstown
Denmark
Europe
Mideast
Tunis
Simon Clopper
State Tax Commission
Bude
Titsuseime Apes Hilder T. N. Neergaart
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Mother
Neergaard
Damascus
Syria
Eldar Neergaard
Cairo
Egypt
United States
Lebanon
Iraq
England
France
Switzerland
West Germany
Italy
Greece
Holland
Sweden
Norway
Smoother Highway Ride On New Dense Grade Base
Road crews on Cearless Pike and Boonsboro Sharpsburg Road report smoother travel due to a dense grade aggregate base. The base is 12 inches thick and mixed with calcium chloride and water to harden concrete, topped by three four inch courses of blacktop. The method, used in Maryland Virginia North Carolina and beyond, shows highly satisfactory results.
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Cearless Pike
Boonsboro
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryana
Dr. Watlington Dies Retired Baptist Pastor
The Rev. Dr Fail B Wallington Sr pastor of the First Baptist Church for nearly 24 years died this morning at 7 o clock in Marlin Manor Convalescent Home aged 41. He retired June 3 1953 after a stroke and was born in Pittsylvania County Virginia. He served at Hagerstown Church from Temple Church in Baltimore in 1929 helping departmentalize the Sunday School.
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Fail B. Wallington
First Baptist Church
Sere
Marlin Manor
Virginia Avenue
Pittsylvania County
Vas
Watlington
Hagerstown
Temple Church
Baltimore
First Baptist Sunday School
Batista Says Revolt Over and Many Killed
Havana reports that after day long fighting a rebel force aided by police and dissidents in Cienfuegos was crushed. Government says many killed or wounded as 400 rebels seized police HQ but were routed by tanks planes and troops. Escaping rebels fled into hills as Castro followers joined later.
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Havana
Batista
Cuba
Cienfulegos
Cienfuegos
F.om
Fidel Castro
No Man's Land
Assessors Get Extension On County Survey
Frederick County tax assessors received a six month extension to complete their survey of the tax structure. The State Tax Commission granted the extension after A. Lamar Barrick said more time was needed to survey all farm properties. The move follows the resignation last June of Democratic county assessor Robert L. Shipley who cited inequitable assessments. The commission asked Thomas J. A. Ceres to oversee progress and determine what has been accomplished in the investigation.
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Frederick County
State Tax Commission
A. Lamar Barrick
Tax Commission
Robert L. Shipley
Shipley
Barrick
Minor collision damages two cars at Jonathan and Worth Streets
A minor crash damaged two cars at the junction of Jonathan and Worth Streets when a northbound vehicle turned left into the path. Sumer E. Wynn, 23, of Dade City, Florida, was charged with making a left turn that caused the collision.
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Gp Wimer
Jonathan and
Worth Streets
Sumer E. Wynn
Dade City
Phorhda
Labor Of Years For Big Pool Family Wiped Out By Blaze
A wildfire in the Big Pool area destroyed the Tedrick residence and several outbuildings worth about 1500 dollars. Mrs Tedrick notes the loss could have been far worse without quick volunteer fire crews from Williamsport and Clear Spring. County Agent Mark Miller reports 105 year old apple trees and bee hives were damaged. insurance may cover some losses but replacement is uncertain.
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Big Pool
Blaze
Mia
Ted
Williamsport
Clear Spring
Tedrick
Tom Nixon
Mark Miler
Rabbi Schwartz to Leave Hagerstown for Williamsport
Rabbi David L. Schwartz, reader at Beth Israel Abraham Hebrew congregation, will leave Hagerstown Monday to become rabbi of Beth Ha-Shalom in Williamsport, Pa. He and Mrs. Schwartz and their children Philip and Debra reside at 1314 Potomac Avenue. Since 1952 he has served various community roles, including hospital chaplaincy, Rotary Club, and boards such as Community Rescue Service and Washington County Heart Association.
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David L. Schwartz
Binal Abraham Hebrew
Beth Ha-Shalom
Williamsport
Schwartz
Philip
Debra
Potomac Avenue
Wil
Liamsport
Hagerstown
Temple Beth E
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Ernst J. Conrad
Floral Park
Community Rescue Service
Washington County Heart Alan
Rotary Club
Conference of Christmas
Ews
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
County Financial Report Shows Higher Revenue Than Estimate
A 1956 county financial statement, published in a family paper, notes revenue about $3,788 more than earlier estimates. Expenditures align with the year’s plans and the end year current surplus stands at $420,662, with later notes on surplus recovery and adjustments in 1958.
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Calinty
Atx
Construction in City Ahead of Last Year
City construction activity through August 31 shows progress over the previous year. The building department issued 32 permits for 169,000 worth of construction last month, bringing year-to-date totals to 35.5 million. Permits issued in the period reached 239, with 20 percent attributed to a new extension, totaling 90,655.
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Hagerstowsrtt
World Neighbors Aid Efforts Across Oceans
World Neighbors, a long standing aid group, rallies 23 states in a drive to train communities abroad. The organization promotes education in health and self help, aiming to improve living conditions amid global poverty.
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Fay Shaw
Oklahoma City
Oxia
United States
Croup
World
Neigh Inc
Sero Tae
Inder
Pacific Ocean
Werkenh Bors
Atshu
Vieayad
Jvan
Fadiemifie Miellavis
Thnacie
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State Conservation Dept
Cornell University
Tupper
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Rabbi David L, Schwartz
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