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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
3
B T Michael president of Local 84 percent UAW CIO said yesterday that cases involving Victor Products Corporation pickets were arraigned in Circuit Court at Berkeley Springs on Tuesday. Picketers had been arrested in the protest.
Berkeley Springs last spring after the town council passed an ordinance against congregating. Michael said that a union effort to declare the ordinance illegal will come up in court next week. Robert Steptoe, Martinsburg, was counsel for the union.
Lester Feldman of Hagerstown retires from the Pennsylvania Railroad after a 52 year career beginning January 14, 1898 as a messenger. He served as Waynesboro freight agent for eight years and held roles from crew caller to telegraph operator before moves to Shippensburg, Chambersburg, and Waynesboro.
Merriton Ontario town council plans measures against people using the town ambulance to save taxi fare to the hospital. The Joseph C. Herbert American Legion Post 1222 in Clear Spring will install officers at 8 pm at its post home. New commander Lemuel M. Stevens of Snow Hill will install the department historian Lawrence M. Mummert. area commander William Porter of Forkertown will install post officers. Officers include Commander John L. Downs and others. A district-wide event and annual picnic at Ankenvy's clubhouse are noted for Sunday September 16.
A machineage cadets program tests a farm tractor equipped with a post hole digging attachment. The setup demonstrates practical machinery use for field tasks, highlighting hands on training and equipment reliability during the drill.
York Pa next week features Eddie Cantor Xavier Cugat and Mills Brothers as part of an ambitious 98th annual York Inter-State Fair program running September 1 to 16. The event touts outstanding exhibits 4 H judging hot rod racing vaudeville acts and a nightly fireworks display with a full all weather stage and daily rides.
Beatty Circus returns to Hagerstown tomorrow drawing Circus Fans Association members. It has been ten years since Beatty last appeared here, recalling 1934 with Hugenbeck-Wallace. Fans call him a premier trainer and showman whose career spans Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey, books, films, and radio TV appearances.
The article lists candidates for local leadership roles in Baltimore and Frederick with details on opponents and assistants. It notes J R Rummel and Lindy Small assisting, and mentions Charles Stover as chief director candidate with Elwood Higgs and H E Hamilton contending for first assistant director, plus William Lizer. It also references early Phoenicians and a soap preparation method using melted fat and ashes.
The Pioneer Hook and Ladders Company holds its 80th annual election at the fire hall tonight with polls from 7 to 8 p.m. President Charles E. Daley Jr faces Leroy Ruth for re election while vice president Walter Hutson secretary Gordon Phillips and treasurer Robert Miller run unopposed. Eight candidates seek five Executive Committee seats.
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