The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-02-07
Wheat-Fruit Outlook Good

A favorable outlook for both
winter wheat and fruit in Washing
ton County is reported by j. A.
Miller, Keedysville crop reporter
and weather man. The wheat he
stated, has been well protected
through the cold weather by a layer
of snow and the continued cold has
kept the fruit buds dormant and
thus safe from sudden drops in
temperatures.
To Open BOOnsbOrO Branch
The opening of a Boonsboro
branch of the Hagerstown Manu-
featuring Company will afford en-
ployment to thirty women of the
community when it goes into opera
ton within a few weeks. The plant
will be located on the second floor
of new building in back of the
hotel, on Main street.
Regional Farm Meeting Planned
Here
Representatives from Washington,
Garrett, Allegheny, Frederick and
Montgomery counties will meet in
Hagerstown, February IA, for one
of four regional meetings planned
to study farm production goals for
1916, according to announcement
made by Joseph H. Blandford, chair
man of the State Department of
Agriculture Council and director of
the Maryland Production market
ing Administrator. There will be
separate meetings for the soil con-
servation technicians and district
representatives on the same day.
Qualify For Scholarship Exam
Miss Catherine Beachley, vice
principal of the local high school,
announced last week the names of
fourteen senior students who are
eligible to take examinations for the
two four-year college scholarships
offered the state by the Pepsi-Cola
Company. The students who were
selected by vote of their classmates
as those most likly to succeed, are:
William Green, Margaret Long,
Charles Slime, Jean Hull, Robert
Herr, Mary Edelman, Robert Bitner,
Lewis James, LaVerne Colbert, Jean
de Wore, Doris Chopper, Raymond
Poffenberger, Renate Hoke and
Caroline. Olsen. Tied for fifteenth
place are Mary Louise Renick, Jack
Hull and Richard Keyston, one of
whom will be selected by the
scholarship board to fill the remain
ing place. Examinations will be con-
Quoted at the high school on Febru-
airy Is.
More Coal On Way
A telegram, stating that "the
shortage of Pocahontas stoker coal
and prepared coal is critical in Ha-
gerstown and immediate relief is
badly and urgently needed sent by
Mayor Richard Sweeney to Con-
gresham j. Glenn Beall, has pro-
duced immediate results.
The Mayor received a teIegraphed
reply from Congressman Beall to
the effect that he had succeeded in
getting the Solid Fuels Administra-
ton to reroute supply of stoker
coal to Hagerstown. There is no
shortage of run-of- the-mine coal, or
of the less popular grades.
County Hospital Approved
After careful survey to deter
mine the efficiency of administration,
patient care, faculties and staff
made by the American College of
Surgeons, the Washington County
Hospital has been put on the ap-
proved list of that organization,
which represents $4,000 surgeons in
this and other countries. Eighty and
eight-tenths per cent of the 3,181
hospitals under survey were passed
as meeting the minimum standard
for approval, based on the hospitals
compliance with requirements as
surfing the best of care of sick and
injured
Jewish Veterans HOnored
Cpl Silvan Lyon, Cpl. Joseph Hol-
ger and Pfc Jack Smith were
honored at special service for dis
charged veterans held at B'Nai
Abraham Synagogue on Friday
evening. Refreshments were served
in the vestry room following the
service.
Advocate Religious Instruction
The need for some religious in
structions in the schools was stress
ed by the Rev. J. 1. Thomas and
the Rev. Francis Bell at meeting
of the Smithsburg Parent Teachers
Association in the school cafeteria
last week, and recommendation was
made that the P.-T.-A. take steps to
secure such instruction. A movie
showing Bell Telephone Hour
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