American College on German Soil Gives a GI Flavor to Education
Munich hosts the University of Maryland Munich branch with 206 American students. Dean Paul Dickson enforces strict rules, banning blue jeans and autos, citing discipline and military surroundings. The campus, within McGraw Barracks, offers a junior college program under Maryland’s overseas division and draws praise for Europe study opportunities.
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Munich
Germany
University of Maryland
United States
Army
McGraw Barracks
Munich Army Command
Paul Dickson
Lakeland
Pia
West Germany
Dickson
West Point
Denver
University of Missouri
Continental Collegiate
John Nottingham
Houston
Tex
Europe
John
University of Texas
Armed Forces
the Stars and Stripes
Darmstadt
Maryland
Book clubs active in American publishing directory
A directory of American book publishing lists 91 adult fiction and non fiction book clubs and 17 clubs for children and young people. Adult clubs cover genres from antiques to yachting, showing a broad range of interests and topics.
Norfolk School Board Sets Criteria for Placement Tests
Norfolk AP report lists 10 criteria guiding pupil placement, including health safety, academic achievement, residence, mental ability, emotional and social adjustment, cultural background, and overall class burden. Board notes many city schools operate near capacity with some part time classes for younger students.
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Norfolk
Norfolk School Board
Ramsburg Sisters Attend American Youth Lead Training Camp
Miss Madelyn Ramsburg and her sister Miss Mary Helen Ramsburg of Berryville attend the American Youth Lead Training camp at Ossipee IH. They are joined by Kay Dunlap of Washington DC and Kay Miller of Odessa Delaware. Madelyn will spend six weeks at the camp as senior camper and junior counselor.
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Madelyn Ramsburg
Mary Helen Ramsburg
Berryville
Ossipee
New Haven
Oscar P. Ramsburg
Bible Lands includes many near eastern countries
The Bible Lands surround the eastern Mediterranean and encompass Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Sinai, Egypt, Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey, Greece, and Italy.
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Mediterranean Sea
Palestine
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Iraq
Mesopotamia-Assyria
Babylon
Iran
Sinai
Egypt
Anatolia
Turkey
Asia
Asia Minor
Greece
Italy
Boyce Baptist Yard Party Planned for Tomorrow Evening
Boyce Baptist Church will host a yard party tomorrow at 6 PM. The event will feature homemade ice cream cake sandwiches coffee tea and lemonade with attendees invited to join in a community gathering at the church building.
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Boyce
Boyce Baptist Church
Shawnee Names Committee Heads For Yard Party
Mrs. Roy Kern of the Shawnee Auxiliary to the Volunteer Fire Department names committee heads for the annual yard party and auction to fund the department. Heads for food, serving, and kitchen tasks are listed. two serving lines will start at 5 p.m. at the fire hall on July 26 with the auction at 8 p.m. Proceeds aim to reduce debt on the new facility.
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Roy Kern
Shawnee
James Brill
Robert Walker
Albert Clark
Lester Keller
Mary Miller
Stella Windle
Francis Lages
Paul Eberesole
J. C. Shanholtz
Mary McDonald
Elsie Lowery
E. W. Spicer
Thelma Vann
Loring Ritter
James Bugacki
T. A. DeHaven
Roy Dellinger
Russell Good
Clarence Williams
Kern
Jean Pasquet Delivers Recital for Students at Penn Hall
Middletown organist Jean Pasquet performed for 116 students at Christiansen Choral School in Penn Hall College Chambersburg Pa. He played works by Terambault Couperin Bach Streicher Rheinberger and Holloway plus his own pieces. As dean of the Northern Virginia Chapter AGO and faculty member he lectured on organ and church service and led master classes in organ playing. Attendees included organists and music directors from 22 denominations.
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Jean Pasquet
Middletown
Christiansen Choral School
Penn Hall College
Chambersburg
Terambault
Couperin
Bach
Streisher
Rheinberger
Holloway
Pasquet
Northern Virginia
American Guild of Organists
Yard party helper call to fire hall event
Mrs. Kern urged anyone wishing to help at the yard party to report to the fire hall this Saturday.
Industry first used as y line production methods
Roy Bramson in American Mass Production recounts a Connecticut Works memoir claiming that a form of line production was first used over a century ago by an early Connecticut workshop. The note highlights early experimentation with organized labor and standardized processes shaping later mass production.
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Roy Bramson
Connecticut
Production lines drive hourly finished carriages
A firm operated with power-driven machinery to produce standard parts on a moving line, yielding a finished carriage every hour. An English secret was cited as part of the background, noting efficiency and standardization in early industrial practice.
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