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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09

Henry Harrison Fitzgerald died
at his home near Reid on May 5,
after an illness of a few minutes,
aged Sd years.
He was born and reared at Win
chester, Va, the son of Walter J.
and Susan (Campbell) Fitzgerald.
He had resided at Reid for the past
year.
Besides his wife, Irene, he is sur
vived by the following: Daughters,
Mrs. Clara Ebersole, Misses Ger
trude and Dorothy Fitzgerald, OF
Reid; son, Pvt. Walter A. Fitzgerald,
U, S. Army at Panama; Earl, Henry
H, Jr., and Robert Lee Fitzgerald
at home; two grandchildren; sisters,
Mrs. John Conner and Mrs. w. R.
Letter, Hagerstown, and brother
William Fitzgerald, Detroit.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09

Edward L. Gouff died at his home
in Keedysville on May 6, of heart
attack, aged 70.
He was a retired Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad employee, member
of the Salem United Brethren
Church, Keedysville, and member
of the IOOF.
Surviving are; Daughter, Mrs.
Grace M. Abel, Keedysville; son,
Harry, California; stepson, Clayton
Miller, Hagerstown; three grandchil-
dren; step-sisters, Mrs. Mark Sharp
less, Braddock, Pa, and Mrs. Rob
ert Mahoney, Williamsburg, Pa;
brother, John s., Yates City, Ill;
half-brother, George Wiggington,
Washington, D. c.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09

Bunker Hill; Marvin Morgan, West
on, Va.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09

Mrs. Hynitha Roland, wife of
James Roland, 422 George street,
died at err home on May 3, following
an illness of one week of compli-
cations, aged Sc years.
She was born in Franklin county,
Pa, daughter of George and Ell
len Robinson. She was a member
of the Pentecostal Church of Ha-
gerstoWn.
She is survived by her husband
and the following children: Mrs. S.
F. Troxell, Altoona, Pa; Mrs. Bruce
Snyder Big Pool; Harvey Blake,
Big Spring; John Wilson, Keedys-
vile; James Luther, at home; Mrs.
j. r. Souders, Mt. Lena; sisters, Mrs.
Bruce Dearborn, Upton, Pa; Mrs,
Charles Krouse, Malvern (Philadel-
phia), Pa; Mrs. Bessie Seville, Mer-
cersburg, Pa; Mrs. Susie Long,
Halfway, and Mrs. Clara Harnish,
R. R., Mercersburg, Pa; also 81
grandchildren and one great grand
child.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09

Philip Standish Walsh, HOS Pc
tomac avenue, died at the Washing
ton hospital on May 3, aged 5;
years.
Born and reared in Fall River
Mass, he was connected with tn,
War Department and for the pas
three months was stationed will
Fairchild Aircraft. He was a mem
Der of the Roman Catholic Church
of Fall River.
He is survived by wife, Mary C,
this city, and sister, Mrs. DAME
F. Harrington, Tiverton, Mass.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09

Charles Albert Ardinger died at
his home, 10 Vermont street, Will
Transport, on May 2, aged a.
He was a life long resident of
Williamsport, the son of the late
James and Emma Nitzel Ardinger.
He was employed for 40 years by
the Byron Tannery before retiring
several years ago.
Mr.. Ardinger was a member of
the IOOF and the Encampment of
WilliamspQrt.
Surviving are: Wife, Mary Cru
Der Ardinger; children, Frank, Will
Transport; Elwood, Lancaster, Pa:
Mrs. William Sterling, Lancaster,
Pa; Mrs Edith Shupp, Hagerstown;
brothers, Eugene Ardinger, Chews-
ville;' William Ardinger, Williams
port; sisters, Miss Mamie Ardinger,
Baltimore; Mrs. Nettie Covel, Balti-
more; 8 grandchildren and 6 great
grandchildren.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09

Mrs. Alverta C. Poe, died at her
home, lis East Franklin street, on
May l, aged 40.
She was member of st. Paul's
U. B. Church.
Surviving are: Her husband, Ed
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09

George F. Smith, 423 Salem ave-
nue., died at his home on May /,
aged II years.
A well known plasterer by trade,
he has been residing in this city
for the past As years. He was a
member of the Methodist Church
of Middletown, Va, his place of
birth.
Besides wife, Mary E., he is sur
vived by: A daughter, Miss Gen
evieve, Washington, D. c.; sons, Mel
vim NJ, Mt. Rainer; John, Washing
ton, D. c.; Delmar and Robert H,
this city; George F., Hawaii; Charles
E., Fort Belvoir, Va; Richard M,
ST. Louis, Mo-; sister, Miss Grace
", and brother, John W., both of
Washington, D. C.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-09
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Jos. C. Snyder, Auctioneer
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02

All the advance publicity Thursdays open meeting
Broadway School, sponsored by the Broadway Wayside PIT A.
and there plenty the fact after representa-
tive of the Board of County Commissioners had been invited to
advise what have been taken the
shocking conditions the Washington County Schools
what may be expected in the future open forum would be
held which office holders candidates for Office
and of the city and schools would be given
pouny their views this important subject And the
fact that the school auditorium filled OVERLOOKING adequate
proof that those attending expected that opportunity
Unfortunately however the meeting be anything
but that
What actually took place strong defense of the
ngton County Board of Commissioners by their attorney Charles
F. Wagaman and equally defense of the Washington
County Board of Education by their president Philip A Rau
When these gentlemen through land between
they took about hour of the meetings me everyone thought
that the much pubcized forum would under Instead
of that however the president of the BroadwyWaysde PIT A.
after allowing questions from the floor abruptly
nounced that under ruling all their end by
oclock-and promptly closed the meeting then there
1t that it should have been obvious that such
meeting could possibly be ended by nine o'clock if the spon
expected anything worthwhile be accomplished
of that coupled with the importance of the meeting plans
should have been made beforehand that
forced the abrupt ending
being that question the Washington County
Schools will be major factor the primaries and general
election the acknowledgements respectfully suggests the
Washington County Parent Teachers Association Council sponsor
another meeting early data meeting that will not be limited
either time opportunity of the school patrons freely
express their views
People don't mind spending couple of hours or more at
picture show, party do believe that
school children Hagerstown Washington County
would mind spending the length of
thrash question that has been kicked
aeady-What anything be done improve school
dihons in Hagerstown and Washington Countye
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
A Job Well Done

At special meeting of the Mayor Council held the City
Hall Tuesday Night April a. and called the request the
agstown Junior Chamber of Commerce. the question whether
Hagersown should Daylight Saving Time,
only freely discussed but acted upon
With every available the Council chambers occupied
meeting under way promptly eight o'clock, when Mayor
Sweeney called Harry Vomer chairman the Junior
of Commerce to present the Jaycees
Reading from prepared resolution "a copy which prev
ous been placed the desk of every member of the Council
and the desks we Mr. Vome speaking behalf
the Junior Chamber outlined the daylight saving by
various the city He gave the results of polls by
the daily the Chamber of Commerce. the Retailers Bureau
and the civic and organizations fol-
lowed this by pointing that many nearby adjacent
states had already decided to make the change
Following Mr. Volmers able presentation Of the Junior Cham
ber the Mayor called for expressions opinion the
(ethe for agns and he answered by the representatives.
industry of business and of clubs and organizations every
whom spoke enthusiastically of the proposed change-he
single organization voiced disapproval
When obvious that everyone present ample op
pouniy his her the Mayor
could be taken until legality Saving
could be obtained from the City Attorney, who
meeting
This of course presented opportunity postpone
the Junior Chamber nd the audence had other
down wait until MIR. Oswads arrival.
Arriving the of time the City Attorney read
the question and explained that all the Mayor Council
do W they favor of making the change) would
resolution that effect and invite the public go along
Still determined action that night way the other
the Junior Chamber (and the audence again down
while the City Fathers and their Attorney
and in favor of the change necessary resolution
his finally accomplished and now history the reso
luton unanimously adopted
The Globendependent congratulations to the
Junior Chamber of Commerce job we'll done.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
j. K. KNOERLE TO SPEAK AT
MOTOR TRUCK ASSN. MEET

j. K. Knoerle, consulting engineer
with the J. E. Greiner Company of
Baltimore, in which capacity he
worked on the Pennsylvania Turn
pike and the Susquehanna Bridge,
will speak on Modern Traffic Prob
lens" at the regular monthly dinner
meeting of the Western Maryland
Chapter of the Maryland Motor
Truck Association, at the Hotel Ham
ilton at $50 p. m, Monday, May 6.
Invitations to hear Mr.. Knoerle,
who is recognised as an authority
on transportation problems, have
been issued by the MMTA to Mayor
Richard H. Sweeney, the City Coun-
Gil, the Board of Street Commission
ers, all members of the Hagerstown
Traffic Club, and presidents of all
local service clubs.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
Ice Show Booked For
Hagerstown Fair

Twelve LEGISLATORS, rated among
the best Individual stars in the coun-
try, will be among the twenty -four
top-fight skaters who will take part
in the 'Ice Show Under the Stars -
which will be the leading outdoor
attraction at the 1916 Great Hagers-
town Fair, according to D. Eldred
Rinehart, president of the Fair
Board, who announced that con-
tract for the show had been signed
last week.
The show, which will be staged
only at night, is producted by George
Hamid, Inc, and will be set up on
q large stage opposite the grand
stand. The compang brings its own
ice-making equipment
Eager to offer something different
from the usual carnival and circus
acts, Mr.. Rinehart said that the off
GERS and directors of the Fair feel
that the ice show will constitute a
real treat for Fair patrons.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
To Publish Ten Best
Students Stories
The "Senior Story Journal To
Be Published By High School
Students, Expected To Be Out
This Week.

The Senior Story Journal" a
compilation of a number of short
stories written by Hagerstown High
School students of Sections Tvs and
IV-8,and judged as exceptionally
well done and worthy of special con-
sideration, will be released by the
students about May l.
Completed during unit on short
story writing, the Journal, decided
upon as a fitting contamination of
the unit will be dedicated to Mr..
John D. Zentmyer in recognition of
his twenty years of service as prin-
cipal of the high school.
Under the guidance of their Eng
fish instructor, Mrs. Marjorie E.
Hoachlander, a students committee
was formed from the two sections, to
select the ten best stories. The COM
mittee, composed of Fred Spigler,
Billie Fleigh and Bill Hager of IV-5,
and Bill Calhoun, June Lyday and
Richard Rice of IV-8, selected the
following ten stories: Alone, a
tragedy of the theatre, by Suzanne
Lightner; Man Eater" a thriller of
the jungles by William Calhoun;
What Love Could do to You," sat-
ire on marriage, by jeanne Glesner;
boy in Green Row., the true life
story of an American boy, by Joe
Datilio; "Unforgotten Memories, a
wartime love story, by Hazel Sweig-
ert; "Black Stallion, the sage of a
western horse, by Jack Louden-
slayer; Path to a Diploma" the
heart-warming story of a nurse, by
Deloris Robinson; "Camellia Lover
the glamorous story of a ballerina,
by Billie Fleigh; Hero of the Day.
a .colorful baseball story, by Richard
Rice; and Brown: But American,
a study of the race problem, by Fred
Spigler.
Expected to be available during
the first week in May the final draft
of the Senior Story Journal is in
preparation by the committee, under
Mrs. Hoachlander's direction, and in
collaboration with Mr.. Joseph Foltz,
of the Hagerstown Bookbinding and
Printing Company. Twenty five
pages in length, the Journal will be
sold for nominal sum, with Seniors
having first chance at copies of the
limited edition.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
Elks Lodge To Hold
Mothers Day Service
Exercises VIII Be Held In City
Park-General Joseph C. By
ron viii Be Speaker.

The Hagerstown Lodge BPO Elks
No. 378 will hold a special Mothers
Day Service at the City Park on
Sunday afternoon, May II, at three
o'clock, with General Joseph c.
Byron as guest speaker and Mrs. w.
E. Gossard as guest soloist.
An elaborate program is being
planned for the services, which will
be conducted by the lodge officers,
with Ralph C. Bair, Exalted Ruler,
presiding, and the committee in
charge will publish the complete
program within the next week.
In case of rain the services will be
held in the Maryland Theater.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
Open Forum Held at
Retailers Meeting

Members Discuss Sponsored
Advertising And Funds Solici-
tation At Monthly Meeting.
Outgoing Chairman, A. Harry
Warne, Presented With Hand
some Gift.
Following the luncheon, the regu-
lar monthly meeting of the Hagers-
town Retailers Bureau, held at the
Hamilton Hotel on Friday, was con-
Quoted as an open forum, with mem
bers freely discussing the various
problems that confront them from
time to time. Odello Letter, vice
chairman, was in the chair, in the
absence of the chairman, Ford Bry-
an, who was out of the city.
Before the discussion got under
way, A Harry Warne, who has done
an outstanding job as chairman dur
ing the past year, was presented
with a handsome leather travelling
case. (Odello Letter, in making
the presentation on behalf of the
members, was careful to explain to
the recipient that the brush in the
case was not hair brush, but a
clothes brushD
During the open discussion the
question of solicitation of funds and
sponsored advertising by out-of-
town organizations was brought up
and it was generally agreed that
such solicitations should be cleared
in advance through the bureaus adj
vertising committee.
The members also briefly dis
cussed the question of Saturday
night closing, which was referred to
the bureaus committee on closing
hours, for their consideration.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
LOCAL SAILOR TO SEE
THE ATOMIC BOMB TEST

William Rase, seaman, second
class, USNR, son of Mrs. Fern Rase,
Roessner Avenue, is serving aboard
the USS Ajax, a veteran Repair
Ship, which has been named repair
operational flagship for the Atomic
Bomb Test off Bikini Atoll.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
Local Officer Now
Stationed At Fl. Sill
Lieutenant Lynn Fuller Back
From Overseas Now At Field
Artillery Base.

FORT SILL, Okla, April 20 -
(FAS) - First Lieutenant Lynn S.
Fuller, Hagerstown, Maryland, has
been assigned to Battery B, End Bat
talon of the Field Artillery School
Troops at Fort Sill
Lieutenant Fuller was commission
ed a second lieutenant of field artil-
lery Officers Candidate School at
Fort Sill in April 1913, and he sub
sequently attended the Liaison
Pilots course at the Air Training
School at Fort Sill, and was gradu-
ated from that course in August
1913.
He served overseas with the 213th
Field Artillery battalion, 10th In
fantry (Sunshine) division on New
Britain island and Luzon from June
1914 to March 1915 as liaison pilot.
From March 1945 to November 1915
he served as a liaison pilot with the
222nd Field Artillery battalion on
Panay and Negros islands of the
Philippines, and in Korea. He wears
the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clus-
ter.
A graduate of Hagerstown high
school in 1887, Lieutenant Fuller
was formerly an employee of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Fuller re-
side at sol Bell street in Lawton,
Oklahoma. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. W. Fuller, ST., 525 West
Franklin street, Hagerstown, Mary
land. Mrs. Fuller's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. j. Stotlemyer, reside at 10
Magnolia avenue in Hagerstown,
Maryland
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
Seaman Marshall
Buried In Shanghai


To Rest At Impressive Services
Attended By High Naval Off
cials.
Seaman &c John Henry Marshall,
Jr, 19-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Marshall, East Memorial
Boulevard, who was instantly killed
when one of his shipmates aboard
the LIST 172 wet beserk and shot and
killed nine of the crew, in the
Yangtze, River, on April %, g was
buried with his buddies in the Amer
lean section of a Shangai cemetery
on April rs, with highest naval hon.
ors. Flags of all U. S. Naval vessels
in the Shangai area flew at half mast
and the services were attended by
high Naval officials.
Seaman Marshall, who was an ac-
tive member of St. Paul's United
Brethren Church and Sunday School,
was an agricultural student at Hag
erstown High School before entering
the Navy about year ago.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02

More than $723,OOO was saved OF
recovered for veterans and their de-
pendents last year by Veterans Ad-
ministration attorneys providing free
legal service in guardianship cases OF
mentally incompetent or deceased
veterans.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
For This Cause

The American cancer death
rate continues to increase, but
in communities where people
have learned to recognize the
danger signs and provide proper
facilities for treatment, death
rates from this source are de-
creasing, the New York City
Committee of the American
Cancer Society informs us. We
join to urge that everyone help
in supporting the current drive
for funds for research and
treatment.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
More Strawberries This Year

About 900 more acres of straw
berries will be irrigated this year
than last, in the strawberry section
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
This should result in much greater
Yields of berries.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02

cit Happened During The Week"
Sunday Night $3.50, WJEJ.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
BPW Convention To
Open Here Saturday
Miss Margaret Hickey viii Be
Guest Speaker At Statewide
Meeting To Be Held At Hotel
Alexander.

Miss Margaret Hickey, President
of the National Federation of Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Clubs, and regarded as one of the
most outstanding professional wo-
men in the country, will be principal
speaker at the opening banquet of
the State Convention of the BPW, to
be held at the Hotel Alexander Sat-
urday and Sunday. Mrs. Brewer
Stouffer will act as general chair
man of the two-day meeting,
Miss Hickey, who was elected to
the National presidency unopposed
in 1914, acted as official representa-
tive of the National Federation of
BPW at the United Nations Confer
ence in San Francisco, where she
worked with women of many ma
tions to have equal rights included
in the charter In August of 1915
Miss Hickey was sent to England on
a government mission to study
measures to solve the retaining and
unemployment of women, and as
chairman of the Womens' Advisory
Committee of the War Manpower
Commission, she headed the first
wartime body of American women
to influence major government pol
icy.
Miss Hickey received her degree
in law from Kansas City University
Law School and was admitted to the
Missouri Bar in 1923. Active in civic
life, Miss Hickey is a member of the
Seroptimist Club and the Chamber
of Commerce of st. Louis, and of the
St. Louis and Washington D. C.
BPW Clubs.
AT the Sunday morning breakfast,
which will be held at the Women's
Club at $50, Miss Emma Carr Biv-
ms, director of Legislation and
Public Affairs and Washington rep
resentative for the National FEEDER
alton, will speak
Committee chairmen for the affair
include: Banquet and breakfast, Mrs.
Eleanor Hartnett, Mrs. Helen Fisher;
Hostesses, Mrs. Rebekah Stonebrak-
er; Registration and credentials, Miss
Irene Berger and Miss Mabel Berger;
Entertainment, Miss Miriam Hoff-
man; Decorations (Breakfast), Mrs.
Ruth Dusenberry; Decorations, (Din-
ner), Mrs. Margaret Towson; Reser-
vations, Miss Mary Pennington; Pub
licity, Miss Laura Mullen.
Elected local delegates to the con-
vention are: Mesdames Stouffer, Bet
ty VIM Malchenson, John Dunn and
the Misses Katherine Shipley, Ann
and Miriam Hoffman.
The local organization has SUBJ
mitted the name of its president,
Miss Gladys Poole as candidate for
the State Office of First Vice-Presi-
dent, to be voted on in the election
of State officers, which takes place
at the convention.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02

He who steals an egg will steal an OK
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02

About 400 Italian war brides with
go children of American GIs arrived
in the United States last week to join
their husbands,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-05-02
Spare Stamp 40 Now
Good For 5 lbs Sugar
New Stamp In Ration Book No.
a VIII Remain Valid Through
August 81.

Spare Stamp No. 40, in Ration
Book No. 4, is good for five pounds of
table sugar and will remain valid
through August 81. This stamp will
also be found in the sugar books
issued to veterans and to those need
ing replacement books.
Sugar Stamp No. SO expired on
April 80, but Spare Stamp No. 8,
made valid on March II for five
pounds of canning sugar, remains
valid through October 81.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-04-02


Boca Chica has been invaded
by a powerful enemy force. Two
heavily armed ducks were re-
ported to be hating al traffic
near the crossroads at the COM
missary. The Tapping of APP
preaching webbed feet has terror
lied the inhabitants of the is
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duck steadily
march on i'll perfect step, looking
neither to the side nor rear. The
loud believing of angry unflin-
chingly onward, unaware of any
impending disaster.
The proud duck forces once
consisted of six brave warriors.
But the rolling, kissing trucks
and autos have taken their score
and have diminished the once-in-
domitable legion to the two
naughty soldiers which now
carry on.
These water fowl seem almost
human at times. They sense when
chow is on the table; so they
trod their way to the mess hall
and, after sufficiently satisfying
themselves, they head in the d.
rection of the Marine garage. The
ducks became fond pets of the
men there and they used to be
fed there until a few months ago
when this procedure was brought
to an abrupt halt.
The supreme duck headquart-
ers has been informed that rein
forcements are flying down from
the north equipped with the lat
est IN duck warfare. Reliable
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-04-02

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