Service Command Seeks 500 Nurses
Five hundred Army nurses are needed this month from the Third Service Command to relieve a critical shortage in four general hospitals Deshon Valley Forge Woodrow Wilson and McGuire. The drive targets civilian nurses declared available by the War Manpower Commission with a one month training at Fort Meade before permanent placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Third Service Command
Army
Burdette B. Sherer
Servce
Deshon
Valley Forge
Woodrow Wilson
McGuire
Fort Meade
Camp Lee
Sherer
War Manpower Commission
Fort George G. Meade
Overseas duty eligibility for nurses after three months
The nursing chief stated that personnel in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania will become eligible for overseas duty after completing three months at a command hospital. This policy outlines required service time before deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Local WAVE Seaman Leona Brewer Assigned to Washington
Leona Jane Brewer, seaman second class and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Brewer of 422 Virginia Avenue, has been assigned to a Navy Department office in Washington, D. C., as replacements for sailors sent to sea. Brewer, who enlisted July 23, 1944, trained at Hunter College Annex after previously working for Fairchild Aircraft Corp. and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Her brother is Pfc. Jacob R. Brewer, stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Leona Jane Brewer
Paul E. Brewer
Virginia Avenue
Seaman Brewer
Navy Department
Fifth Naval District
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Hagerstown
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Washington
Hunter College
Army
Pfc
Jacob R. Brewer
Camp Shelby
Miss
Enroll Over 306 as Blood Donors
Local blood donor drive surpasses 300 with more than one hundred names added on day one. Officials anticipate reaching the thousand donor goal next week with the Mobile Unit starting Monday September 18. Registration at 32 North Potomac Street runs daily 10 am to 5 pm, except Sundays, 21 to 60 eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison
North Potomac Street
Lester Hamby
Russel Snyder
W. L. Harper
George Bades
Ida Henson
John P. Gray
Walter Haynes
Lula Smith
Glenn Willhide
Alvey Dubel
Anna Cave
Helen Reel
D. Raymond Stiteley
Edith Burkee
Caroline L. Harshman
Nora J. Benner
Norman C. Brian
Louise S. Smith
Dorine M. Herbert
M. Howell Davis
A. S. Garvin
O. Robert Perkins
Clyde Barnhart
Edward A. Harper
Susan
Fred L. Slick
Lewis Cross
Doris Honodel
C. G. Couchman
Rae Delauter
G. H. Day
Robert. M. Weller
L. L. Smart
Dorothy XII. Horine
Kitty Mullenix
Elva F. Minnick
W. L. Messner
William Woonaway
Donald Stewart
Edward B. McBrien
James R. Sohl
Lester H. Brenaman
Mary A. Draper
Clarence R. Arnsparger
Anna B. Stem
Robert F. Hoover
Lola Smith
Catherine Welty
J. E. Craig
R. R. Riddle
Rhoda Munson
Claude M. Potterfield
Spirit Is the Life Subtance of All Things Quote
A fragment from a page notes a defining line: Spirit is the life substance and continuity of all things. The brief excerpt highlights a metaphysical view attributed to Baker Eddy among a collection.
Bridgeport Homemakers Host Busy Tuesday
Mrs. Malcolm Yeakle hosted the Bridgeport Homemakers Club with eleven members and two visitors. The program included a Ready for Peace rost call, a Vita mins skit, a demonstration on Alterations and Salvaging Old Clothing, and a Red Cross kit bag report of 58 bags. Next meeting in October at Mrs. Ralph Rohrer in Chewsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Yeakle
Green Hill
Bridgeport
Howard Couchman
N. E. Bobrer
Barit Recher
B. I Beek
Mason Smith
Ardath Martin
Red Cross
Ralph Rohrer
Chewsville
399 New Housing Units Constructed in Hagerstown Area
National Housing Agency administrator John B. Blandford Jr. announced that 399 new housing units were completed by July 31 to relieve crowded conditions for war workers in Hagerstown. The plan prioritizes wartime materials and counts units built under national priorities, with hundreds more started by private builders in Maryland. Across Maryland more than 34,000 new housing units have been provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
John B. Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
Maryland
Blandford
Williamsport Briefs and War News Invite Addresses
Ralph Sterling promoted from corporal to sergeant and may be reached via his family at 31 East Lee Street. A soldier’s poem mailed from Williamsport to Sgt William Ford in Italy recites a foxhole tribute to God. Lloyd L Anderson, from Williamsport Route 2, now trains at U S Maritime Service in St Petersburg Florida after Williamsport High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Sterling
Norman KB. Sterling
East Lee Street
Hawaii
Italy
Williamsport
William Ford
Lloyd L. Anderson
William Anderson
U. S.maritime Service Training Station
St. Petersburg
Fla
Williamsport High School
Mrs H K McAbee hears son arrives safely in England
Mrs H K McAbee of 869 Mulberry avenue has learned her son Robert K McAbee fireman second class is safely arrived somewhere in England. Friends may obtain his address by calling LBTB-W William Fraley of 109 Bester street, son of Mrs Rosella Fraley, will leave soon for basic training with the air cadets. Fraley, a member of the Hagerstown Municipal Band and soloist with the group, enlisted seven months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. McAbee
Mulberry Avenue
Robert K. McAbee
England
Wiliam
Fraley
Bester Street
Rosella Fraley
Air Cadets
Hagerstown Municipal Band
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Service Command
YY. P.M. C
St. Paul's
Robert Betts
Snyder's Landing
Walter J. Dice
Charles Spielman
Alta Selby
Lois Stuckey
Claire Dice
Kathryn Spielman
Betty Grimes
Nancy Shambaugh
Mildred Dellinger
Earle Harman
Homer Sprankle
Or Mammoth Nursery
Iowa
Clark Gardner
Osage
Erfields
Gil
Potomac
Christian Science Service
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Society of
Lester Brothers
the Doolittles
Lefeingielle
Lone Seat
Leiter Brothers
Transjordan
Warner Bros
Sergeant York
Warner
Janie
Warner Pictures
Ein
Burbank, California
Mae Joyce Reynolds
Bor
Aencad Ann Harding
BO TY
Ata Hale
Ty Hoch
Rone
Maryland Theatre
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