The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-11-01
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From Entire State
The Maryland Traffic Safety Com
mission has reported toll of Al lives
lost on the highways during the
month of September, the largest
number for any one month this year.
The health department announced
another dog infected with rabies was
picked up last week in the city OF
Baltimore making the eleventh one.
It is not thought any person or dog
had been bitten by this rabld
animal.
The Baltimore Chapter of the Red
Cross reported forty to fifty more
volunteers are needed to teach arts
and crafts to the patients at the
Veterans Hospital, Fort Howard.
Volunteer teachers need not be pro-
fessionals and skill in only one art
or craft is necessary.
One case of diphtheria was re-
ported to the Baltimore County
Health Department. The case oc-
Cured in a nine-month-old child,
who had received one incubation at
the age of six months. Twenty
seven cases have been reported in
the state since last anuary.
A 600 pound safe was stolen from
a Baltimore bakery one night re-
Gently. The safe contained $4,000 in
cash and it is believed entrance was
gained through windows left open
ed to allow painters to begin work
early in the morning.
The First Methodist Church, Ben
ton, Md, celebrated its 10th ami
versary with special services Sun
day, October 81. Rev. John N. Link,
professor Of practical theology at
Westminster Theological Seminary,
was the guest speaker.
The Public Service Commission
took under adviSement the petition
of the Western Maryland Railroad
for permission to discontinue two
passenger trains between Edgemont
and Waynesboro, Pa. No protestants
appeared at the brief hearing.
Getting off to a flying start for
postwar organizations, the residents
of Parkville are hard at work getting
two new groups under way. A Park
vile American Legion Post is be-
ing organized, and the Greater Park
vile Civic Association held its first
meeting recently and discussed plans
for the coming year.
Commander Luther E. Payne, has
stated that the Coast Guard auxili-
airy will be asked to make periodical
patrols of waterways on the Eastern
Shore area not covered by Coast
Guardsmen. Maintenance of buoys
and beacons will be left to the
auxiliary. Volunteers are also being
sought for the service.
If attendants at the Pimlico races
in Baltimore wonder why the board
of stewards wear white roses at the
opener, it is an old Pimlico custom
and dates back to the original char
ter of 1880 which provided that the
stewards wear a white rose or some
distinctive badge. The white rose
has been worn ever since.
The first experiment of its kind
was made recently when over 1900
apple trees were sprayed from an
airplane over the Spring Gap or
chards near Hancock. busting trees
by airplane takes plenty of skill and
nerve 1t required one hour of actual
busting time for SOS trees, using
1,400 pounds of dust for all the trees.
At least sixteen persons were hurt,
two seriously by an explosion at the
Commercial Novelty Company plant
two miles north of Harve de Grace,
one day last week. The blast oc-
CURED in the building where sky
bombs, type of fireworks, were
being manufactured About fifty wo-
men were in the building at the time
Col. Beverly Ober, superintendent
of the State Police, announced three