The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-10-04

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riding struck a power pole on Routt
Is near Emmitsburg. He was remov
ed to the Washington County Hos
pital, Hagerstown
Playground equipment has recent.
ly been installed in Taylor Park ir
Keedysville. Vesper services were
held every Sunday evening in the
park and the funds derived from the
offerings taken at these services
were used to obtain the equipment
The frame sheds owned by the
K. and S. Pinwood Company on
North Foundry street, Hagerstown,
were destroyed by fire recently. The
company is engaged principally in
the manufacture of telephone and
power pole pins. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
DR.. R. NJ Hill and Steve Palko-
vitz, two well-known sportsmen of
HagerstoWn, while recently hunting
III the Miller sawmill section bagged
what they call the granddaddy of
all copperhead snakes, and the most
perfect specimen of the fox squirrel
ever shot in the county.
The Washington County Christian
Endeavor Convention will be held in
st. PauPs United Brethren Church,
HagerstoWn, on Thursday, October
4. 1t will open with a supper served
by the ladies of the church and the
field secretary, Rev Steinhart will
be the guest speaker,
Russell Eugene Stouffer, IS, of
Washington avenue, Hagerstown,
who police say escaped from St.
Mary's Industrial School, Baltimore,
was caught in the act of ransacking
the lunch department of the Raney
Coliseum on the night of Septem-
Der 20 The lad had taken quantity
of chewing gum and candy.
The residents of Funkstown are
considering Municipal Building. as
a War Memorial, but are handicap
ped by the lack of funds. They will
seek an enabling act at the next
session of the Maryland Legislature
which will permit the town to Dor
row the necessary amount. Mayer
Guy Hebb made this statement.
Williamsport High Schools soccer
eleven won by IL to score, THAR
first contest with Clear Spring, High |
School. The Wildcats" suffered
rude blow when their last years
top scoring ace and sparkplug of
the team was accepted into the Navy
however the coach has a bright |
prospect in freshman to start at the
left wing post
The staff has been selected and
approved, and work is now under
way on the first issue of ''The Star"
the monthly magazine of the Boons-
boro High School. The staff mem
bers have assumed responsibility for
editing the magazine and will strive
to present the activities and policies
of their school to the entire school
and community to the best of their
ability,
A movement is on foot in Hagers-
town to close food stores at possibly
five or six o'clock on Saturday even
ings. 1t is reported a petition will
be circulated among proprietors and
managers asking that they join in
| the movement. A spokesman. stated
the city's several hundred food
store clerks are heartily in favor of
the change which would give them
a free Saturday evening.
A number of persons from Sharps-
burg attended the Shepherdstown
Woman's Club meeting held Sep
TENDER IA, and had the pleasure of
hearing Mrs. Ethel Camp Hugh,
lecturer and writer, who for a num-
Der of years was a resident of Swift
zerland. Mrs. Hugh chose "Switzer-
land as her subject. Those attend
ing from Sharpsburg were Miss
Kathryn Lyme, Mesdames w. H
!. Shealey, Edgar Remsburg and Fred
Remsburg.
Listen Sunday Night AT $3.50 I'd
TT Happened During The Week.