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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1950
Page
4
A group of leaders from various chapters agrees to operate as one unified organization aiming for coordinated actions and shared governance. The decision sets a path for consolidating efforts and streamlining leadership across the network.
Governor Lane proclaims Fire Prevention Week October 8 to 14 in Maryland. Schools will host activities with fire department talks and posters displayed in the community. State Fire Marshal Henley urges citizens to remove rubbish, avoid smoking in bed, and practice safe use of gasoline and heating equipment to cut fire losses. National losses cited show $667,536,000 in 1949 with nearly 11 million in property destroyed in one day.
In Kitzmiller Maryland on September 29 nearly 300 students were ordered to return to class by Circuit Judge George Henderson after parents protested a consolidation plan that would impose a 34 mile daily round trip. He postponed charges against six parents accused of conspiring to keep children from school. Only 20 to 30 students had attended since September 6.
August department store sales in Hagerstown rose sharply with a 21 percent gain over the same month four years earlier, outpacing the district's 17 percent increase. Across the first eight months of 1950, Hagerstown stores rose six percent year over year, exceeding the district's three percent gain. A mention notes local prosperity predating the Korean War. A separate item reports seven year old Charter Cornell Jr. injured on Williamsport school grounds, treated and discharged. a divorced note cites only one of 16 couples not remarrying within 15 years.
Special Orders from the Civil Air Patrol announce Captain Wayne F. Crider promoted to major. Crider served as medical officer and intelligence officer during World War II and helped lead the Maryland Wing squadron based in Baltimore. First Lieutenant Ben W. Pesta named acting commanding officer of the Hagerstown Squadron as fall training begins at Hagerstown High School.
Washington County school system reports no trouble with the law requiring 16 year olds to attend classes while Frederick County authorities express concern. Miss Gertrude Smith notes possible court action if compliance fails, but Washington County officials say new regulations are clearly understood and no difficulty has arisen. The text recalls the historical rule that 16 was once the minimum age to quit school.
Officials elected at the Washington County Future Farmers of America Federation meeting at the vocational center include Donald Meliot Williamsport president T C Herbat Hagerstown vice president Millard Diverbuss Hancock secretary Walter Bromiley Smithsburg treasurer Meritt Boyd Clear Spring reporter Elgin Grove Boonsboro executive committee chairman and Harland Biggs Hagerstown advisor Plans also set for a basketball league playoff and county FFA public speaking event.
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