The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-04-25
Leitershurg Grange

LetterSburR Grange
The Leitersburg Junior and Adult
Oranges met Wednesday evening at
their respective Grange Halls. The
Senior Grange conferred the third
degree on a group of candidates.
Teachers Association Banquet
Peter Donald, of the American
Broadcasting Company, featured on
the March of Time" broadcast as
the voice" of such international
celebrities as Lord Louis Mountbat-
ten, General Eisenhower and others,
was principal speaker at the annual
banquet of the Washington County
Teachers Association, held in Frank
lin Court Auditorium, Tuesday even
ing Mr.. Donald, who in addition to
being noted for his limitations of
famous people is featured in radio
comedy roles, was introduced by
Robert Lesher, president of the AS
ISOLATION. Arrangements for the
affair were in charge of Miss Martha
Seaman and Mrs. Helen Poole.
Win CAP Flight Scholarship
Flight scholarships, representing
an $50 flight training course, were
awarded to Robert Ovelman, East
Lincoln Avenue, and John Brown,
West Wilson Boulevard, winners in
a competition conducted among the
CAP Cadet Corps here last week.
The awards were made at a meeting
of the Civil Air-patrol at the high
school building, at which Major
Deacon Hively, former Eighth Air
Force fighter pilot, was guest
speaker. Major Hively, who is now
public relations officer for the Third
Service Command in Baltimore, is
credited with % enemy planes and
served with the highest scoring
squadron in the ETC. Competition
winner Ovelman was appointed new
cadet commander and promoted
from corporal to sergeant. Brown,
the other winner, was promoted to
corporal. Runners-up Ray Lowell
and Robert Mullenix were promoted
to the rank of private first class.
Suffer Painful Burns
In SmithSburg Fire
Painful burns were suffered by
three members of the Ellis Clever
family, of Smithsburg, last week,
when they attempted to eXtinguish a
blaze which had been ignited from
grease on the top of the stove. Most
seriously burned was Jack Clever,
Is, a son, who sustained second de-
gree burns about the shoulders, neck
and head, when his shirt caught fire
Mrs. Clever and her daughter, Faye,
II, who rushed in from the back yard
when they saw the kitchen curtains
afiame, were burned about the face,
neck and arms, and both had their
hair Scorched. The Smithsburg fire
department arrived promptly and
saved the house, though the kitchen
was considerably damaged.
Many Request Emergency
Veteran Homes
Over 100 applications have been
received at the office of the City
Clerk for the so veterans emergency
housing units to be erected here, ac-
cording to a statement made by
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney last
week, following conference with a
representative of the Federal Housing
Administration, which will erect the
houses. Erection of the KNOCK down
units" ON a plot east of the Munich
pal swimming pool, is expected to get
under way this week, the mayor said,
adding that the street department
has completed grading the ground.
POtentate And Mrs. Vandegrift
HOnOred
Over three hundred guests attend
ed the Potentates Ball and Recep-
ton, given at Franklin Court Audi
forum, Monday evening, by the Ha-
gerstown Shrine Club, in honor of
Potentate Howard Vandegrift and
Mrs. Vandegrift. A banquet at $50
was followed by dancing until 1890,
to the music of Dick Moul and his
Pennsylvanians. A floor show, in