The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-23


The Leitersburg Boy Scouts went
on an outing Saturday afternoon.
The Scouts make an excellent APP
pearance in their new uniforms.
Efforts are being made to organize a
Cub Scout Troop in the near future
and several organizational meetings
have already been held.
A large plate glass window, broken
several weeks ago when a group of
eX-service men were having a game
of ball in the ceenter Of the square,
has been restored at a cost of forty
dollars. The men "chipped in" to pay
for the damage.
Ivan Williams, an honorably dis
charged seaman, has purchased the
Zeigler farm on the edge of Letters
burg, now occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Smith. Mr.. Williams and his
fiancee, Miss Constance Bloom,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Bloom, contemplate marriage some
timme during the next year. They
will then occupy the farm, and, it is
understood, go into the chicken bust
ness. The community wishes Seaman
Williams the best of luck in his
forthcoming adventure.
Mr.. and Mrs Marshall Kline and
child have moved into their recent
ly purchased home, formerly the
property of Mr. Boward, owner of
the filling station north of town. Mr..
BoWard is building himself a small
home on a reserved tract of land, but
due to the shortage of materials the
house has not been completed, so
he is still residing in his old home
and taking his meals with his
son Charles and family, or with
his daughter, Hazel, who is Mrs.
Barnhart. They all live near the fill
ing station.
Seaman Douglas Dusenberry, who
spent a fifteen-day furlough
with his mother, Mrs. Ruth Dusen-
berry, an instructor in South Poto-
mac Junior High School, Hagers-
town, and his grandparents, the Rev.
and Mrs. I. D. Woman, has seen a
lot of of the world. He has recently
returned from the waters around
Japan. His brother, Eugene Dusen-
berry, is still in the Navy and serv-
ing off the Pacific coast. He expects
his discharge early in the summer.
Invitations were received here the
past week to the Baltimore County
High School Commencement in
Reeiserstown on Sunday. Miss Ann
Elizabeth Tullis is a member of the
graduating class. Miss Tullis is a
former. pupil of the writer of this
column in the First and Second
Grade. work in the local school. Four
classmates of Miss Tullis' are being
graduated in June also, but at diff
ferent high schools Miss Betty Jane
Kerr from Westminster High School,
Miss Louella Rice, her brother, Rich
ard Rice, and Miss Doris Chopper
from Hagerstown High School. All
Iof these students were outstanding
in their work in the school here and
Miss Rice has been named Salua-
torian of her class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Berger and
sons, David and Robert, Rock Forge,
accompanied by Miss Mary Poe, en-
Ejoyed visit to Mr.. Berger's old
home place outside of Mercersburg,
recently. The place is occupied by
his two sisters, the Misses Edna and
Rhoda Berger. Later in the evening
the Misses Berger and their guests
had picnic supper at Buchanan's
birthplace. Miss Edna Berger was a
recent house guest of the Berger
family at Rock Forge. She came here
after spending two weeks with an
other sister, who has Government
job in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Letter and
son, Robert, Jr., of Waynesboro,
were callers at the home of Miss
Mary Poe on Sunday afternoon.
After an enjoyable drive, Miss Poe
accompanied the Letters to their
home on North Church Street,
where she was their guest at dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Stoneham
entertained the supply minister who