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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
Montgomery Ward
Picnic Held

The Montgomery Ward Co. was
host to some so employees and their
guests at a picnic staged at the Po-
tomac Fish and Game Club, located
below Williamsport, last week.
Mr. M. L. Kelly, assistant manager
who has been transferred to Alex
andria, Va, and who left for his new
position last Thursday, was present
ed with a watch
A picnic supper was served, and
swimming, boating and baseball
were enjoyed by all during the after
noon and evening. Co-chairmen of
the picnic committee were Mrs. Eta
Morgan and Charles Ringer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
MONTSARADA GRANGE
HOLDS OUTDOOR MEETING

The country home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Baker, near the Manor
Church, was the scene last week of
an outdoor meeting of the Montsara-
ola Grange No. 4O4, with sixty-fve
grangers and their friends attending.
Also acting as hosts were Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Sinnisen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Scheller and Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Eldridge and Mrs. Mildred
Hebb.
William Leatherman, Master, pre-
sided at the business session, at
which time arrangements were com
pleted for the festival, which was
held on Friday at Fairplay.
Included on the program was the
reading of an article by Mrs. Mar
garet Starleper, on Our Land" fol-
lowed by Miss Emma BURNER read
ing two articles by James Riley, after
which Mrs. Ada Hammond read
"Since Paul Shaved Off His Whisk-
ers."
Another open meeting will be held
on August &c and will be in charge
of Mrs. Samuel Matthews, the Home
Economics chairman.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
Church News
MORNING DEVOTIONS TO
BE HEARD OVER WEI

The following ministers will con-
duct the Morning Devotions for the
ensuing week, heard over radio sta
ton WEI every weekday morning
at 1918 o'clock.
Friday, Captain Churchill, Saliva
ton Army; Saturday, Rev. Walter j.
Dice, St. Matthew's Ev. U. B.
Church; Monday, Rev. Raymond M.
Miller, st. PauPs Lutheran Church,
Funkstown; Tuesday, Rev. DR.. Will
liam M. Norment, First Christian
Church; Wednesday, Rev. Harold
Tapscott Smith, Presbyterian Church
Waynesboro; Thursday, Rev. David
G. Fleagle, Seventh Day Adventist
Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S
METHODIST CHURCH

At the Sunday morning service
at st. Paul's Methodist Church,
North Potomac Street, at 11:30
o'clock, the guest preacher will be
the Rev. w. F. Wright, District
Superintendent. An offertory solo
will be sung by guest soloist, with
Mr.. A. Norman Lindsay at the organ.
Sunday School meets at 9:45 am.
There will be no evening services
during the month of August, while
the pastor, Rev. Norman l.. Trott, is
on vacation.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
Many Veterans Overpaid

The u. S. Government is trying to
collect more than $44,O0O,OOO from
some SOS, 900 ex-GPs who were over
paid on one kind or another of vet
Grams benefits. Although the over
payments are due to a multiplicity
of causes, quite a number of them
may be the result of a deliberate
attempt to defraud the government,
one spokesman stated.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
RaNI[[N|dlINR

TN 1916. starry-eyed Henry A. WAL
lace wrote a book to prove what
every business leader knew couldn't
be: that it was possible to provide
6O.OOO.OOO jobs in q country Of 14o,-
100000 people, and without the econ
omy Of the nation bursting at the
seams. Wallace's vision is now an
acknowledged fact-and It Is pos
sible thousands more viii be added
70 the nations pay-roIls.
Secretary of State Marshall has
let it be known that the United
States would back Italy If she should
attempt to seek revision of the Ital-
ian peace treaty. This would be a
move to strengthen Italy against
Communism and aid Italy to regain
a place in industrial Europe.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
HUYETTS HOMEMAKER'S
CLUB HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC

The Huyetts Homemakers club
held its annual picnic at Hager Park
on Tuesday evening, August IL.
After picnic supper, which was
enjoyed by forty members and their
families, games were played under
the supervision of Mrs. Bruce Hoff-
man.
The next meeting will be held on
September 4 at the home of Mrs.
John Palmer, Cedar Lawn Park.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

Pamela Dianne, at the Washington
County Hospital on August 7. Mrs.
Valentine is the former Miss Marie
Newcomer.
Charles Edward Palmer, twelve
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Palmer, Antietam Hills, near
Bowman's Mill, Petersburg and
Smithsburg Road, met with an I'M
fortunate accident last week which
resulted in the amputation of two
fingers and the thumb of his left
hand.
The youngester was on visit in
the home of his grandparents, Lett
ersburg- Chewsville Road, and was
beating on a 22-caliber shell with
flashlight, when it suddenly ex-
ploded. He was Immediately re-
moved to the Washington County
Hospital where the amputation was
performed. He also suffered burns
on his chest from the blast.
The boy had first reported that
it was the flashlight that exploded,
but upon investigation it was found
that this was not the case.
In fall recently, Mrs. l. D. Wor-
man fractured her right wrist and
was taken to the Washington County
Hospital, where a cast was applied
The home of Mr.. and Mrs Wallace
Peiffer was the scene of the annual
picnic of the employees of the Ha-
gerstown Trust Company, August
IL. Games We're played and a picnic
supper was served. The following
employees and their families were
present:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert BachtelI, Mr.
and Mrs. Cameron Yonkers and
children Karen and Ann Carol,
Ralph Cushen and daughter Sue,
Mr. and Mrs John Dornberger and
children Michael and Susan, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Valentine, Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey Ballentine, Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin LoWman, Mr.. and Mrs Paul
Cartee, Mrs Mary Shove, Miss
Mary Louise Cochran, Mrs. Grace
Cable, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Valentine,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirby Krouse, Miss
Grace Peiffer and Emory Draper.
Mr. and Mrs. John r. Kerr and
daughter, Mary 10 Ann, left on Sat
urday for a two weeks vacation in
Detroit, Chicago and other points in
the middle west.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
ST. PAUL'S EV. LUTHERAN
CHURCH, JAMESTOWN

Sunday, August "a, is the festival
of ST. Bartholomew, a day which will
be appropriately observed at St.
PauPs Lutheran Church, Funkstown.
Mathis will begin at $50 am. and
Rev. R. M. Miller, pastor Of the con-
gregation, will preach on the sub
ject, "Just A Name" A solo en-
titled when l Walked In Galilee, -
by Clara Edwards, will be sung by
Miss Mildred Renner.
Sunday School for all age groups
is held at 10:4O am Visitors are
welcome.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
Wheat For Hungry Europe

The United States is planning to
share approximately one-third of its
current bumper crop with hungry
areas abroad. An Agriculture De-
partment report on European crop
conditions said only Russia and
parts of the Danube Basin can look
forward to a wheat surplus this fall.
The rest of Europe faces a yield per-
haps 10 percent below last years
poor crop.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
SERVICE AT FIRST CHURCH
OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

mind will be the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon at the First Church
of Christ, Scientist, 235 North Po-
tomac Street, at HOO am. on Sun
day.
The Golden Text will be from
Psalms 119: 1877, 144-'fRighteous art
thou, o Lord, and upright are thy
judgements Give me understanding,
and / shall live"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-Col. 2:8-
Beware lest any man spoil you
philosophy and vain deceit,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

IF CONGRESS has its way, the
federal power commission soon
will have little to do. First the Mil
Ter bill sought to take the huge pow
err trusts from under control of the
federal commission by repeating i'm
portant provisions of the law Great
ing the commission Then along
came bill introduced by Congress-
man Ross Ridley of Oklahoma
which, according to his own words,
seeks to take the production and
gathering of natural gas and "all
functions and facilities related
thereto from under Jurisdiction of
the federal power commission. The,
bill also would limit the power of
the FPC in fixing price rates and
would, under some interpretations of
the act, take pipelines out of the
common carrier status.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

after the tradition of men, after the
rudiments of the world, and, not
after Christ"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 48O- Con
sciounsness, as well as action, is
governed by God,- is in God, the
origin and governor of all that
Science reveals. Material sense has
its realm apart from Science in the
unreal"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
Walkout Averted At Last Minute

A strike of 100000 Ford Motor
Company production workers was
averted recently by an agreement in
a Taft-Hartley law dispute. The
walkout, if it has taken place, would
have brought auto production in the
Ford plant to virtual standstill.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
Reasons Given For Oyster Dearth

To much fishing and lack Of
shells have been blamed by experts
of the United States Fish and Wild
life Service and the Tidewater Fish
cries Department of Maryland for
a drop from Is million bushels to
three million bushels in the annual
oyster production of Chesapeake
Bay during the past century.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

remarked that Il hsvs . very bad
headache" and shortly died
And these reporters, many Of them
cynical. wondered n the confusion
in the minds Of the people today
was not largely due to the fact that
after II years. the people find they
have no one TO speak for them. And
an told of various times and condi-
lions in those Il years Of how that
man had spoken for the people .
Of how his voice, firm and mellow
and musical, had come over the air
and of how the people believed
him and were quieted. And one re-
porter said, mo one has really
spoken words the people understand
since that voice said, 7 have a very
bad headache and never sounded
again"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

A GROUP of newspaper men we're
shooting the breeze while gathered
at the National Press club as a
special train left Washington with
admirers of the late President
Roosevelt, 70 dedicate on the goth
anniversary OF the Warm Spring
foundation formal acceptance by the
State Of Georgia of the Little White
House, where a very tired, great man
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
Dire Prediction

o. E. Baker, professor of geog-
raphy at the University of Mary
land, in a pamphlet which he has
just published makes the grim fore
cast that within a century the
United States will be so weakened
by luxury and a declining birth rate
that it runs the risk of being over
powered by reborn, Russian-domi-
mated Europe and an industrialized
Asia.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

When you're stuck in a mud hole
there are two ways to get out. One:
sit still and wait for it to dry up >.
the other: put on more power and
pull yourself out.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

Thomas Jefferson inherited from
his wife 10000 acres of land and 1876
slaves. She died 10 years before
Jefferson became President.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

The OK was the basic value by
which ancient Egyptians measured
all possessions, including slaves and
precious metal.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
WARK
149O KilOcycles
DAILY
(MOnday-Friday)

monday Friday
Mornings
6:00-Morning Calls and News
9:00-Breakfas Club
10:00-Music and News
11:00-Breakfas in Hollywood
12:00-Music, sports preview and
news.
Afternoons
12:45-Bing Crosby
1:00-Baukage, news.
1:15-Nancy Craig
1:45-Slim Bryant
2:00-News and music
4:45-Adventure programs
6:00-News Sports and music.
Nights
7:00-Headline edition
7:15-Elmer Davis
10:30-Music, news and sports.
Special Features
MONDAY Nights
8:15-Songs of the Honey Dreamers
8:30-Treasury Agent
9:00-The Clock
9:30-Lead A Band
10:00-Listen to Leibert
(TueSday Nights
8:30-Berkshire Festival Concert
"wednesday Nights
8:30-Paul Whiteman
9:00-Beulah
9:30-Eddie Albert Show
10:00-Phil Silvers
Thursday Nights
8:30-Town Meeting of Air
9:30-Mr. President
FRIDAY Nights
8:30-Music for Manhattan
Building for Peace
9:30-Melody Manor
Saturdays
AM.
6:00-Morning Calls and news
9:00-Al Pearce and His Gang
10:00-Music
11:30-Junior Junction
12OO-News and music
P. M.
2:OO-Our Town Speaks
2:30-Music
4:OO-Horse Races
4:15-Music and News
6:3O-Harry Wismer
7:OO-Nan Summer Show
8:0O-I Deal In Crime
9:30-Saturday Night Party
Sundays
AM.
8:OO-News and Music
9:00-Coast to Coast on Bus
10:00-Message of Israel
Observation-Disclosures
11:30-Hour of Faith
12:00-News and Music
P. NJ.
12:45-Raymond Swing
1:30-Sammy Hayes Serenade
2:30-National Vespers
3:15-Johnny Thompson Show
4:00-Are These Our Children
4:30-Lee Sweetland Show
5:0O-Music and News
7:00-Candid Microphone
Sunday Evening Show
9:00-News and Music
9:30-A Date With Dinah
10:00-News and Music
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

FOR ONCE President Truman will
not accede to his Missouri cronies
and this incident even involves his
old hometown pals in Independ-
ence. Mo.
The question came up when the
President was asked about reports
that, as an honorary member of the
Santa-Cali-Gon Whisker club of In
dependence, he is liable to 1925
fine for not raising some facial
spinach.
Club members. preparing for an
Old Trails celebration in Septem-
Der, are threatening to levy the fine
against Honorary Member Truman
unless he lets his whiskers grow.
The President, insisting he has no
intention of growing a beard, said
he would just have to face the con-
sequences when the time comes.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21
Leitersburg News

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Frank Valentine
announces the arrival of a daughter,
Pamela Dianne, at the Washington
County Hospital on August 7. Mrs.
Valentine is the former Miss Marie
Newcomer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-21

Reports are that the antitrust
division of the department of justice
is just about ready to file suits
against several industries alleging
violations of the antitrust laws.
These suits may include agricultural
machinery manufacturers and the
meat packers.
Evening star., 1947-10-12

it is quickly dispelled by the warm welcoming
smile Of very tiny, very Irish maid who
hopes the rain didn't spile your journey"
In my agitation over being late for tea,
barely noticed that strange man czept up
behind me just as the front door opened and
stealthily slipped through the door as l
entered. To my horror l noticed that the
fellow was carrying camera and other para
phernalia It was the London photographer
whose request to accompany me had turned
down the day before. was about to whisper
a fierce reprimand when firm voice rang out
from the study, rs that you, Maurice Evans?'
Still Vigorous
lHE faithful and jolly Miss Patch, Shaw's
secretary, appeared at that moment. and the
cameraman owned up to her like a gentleman
She disappeared into the sanctum After a
brief but anxious pause the voice pealed out
again, "Sure, let him take some pictures but
tell him he must be quick"
That is the first thing that strikes you about
Evening star., 1947-10-12

66~o OUT by the Finchley Road through
" Swiss Cottage. Keep on northward,
avoiding fork to the left at the Bull Inn.
After passing Ayot Station, turn right under
the railway bridge. Follow the lane until you
come out on main road. Turn left along it
for short bit; then turn right at signpost
marked Ayot St. Lawrence. Drive through
the village past the ruined church; and at the
end, where the road divides, Bernard Shaw's
gate is facing you in the angle. Time from
London, about an hour and quarter
Such are the directions issued by George
Bernard Shaw to his prospective visitor. You
start off from London with his printed route
sheet firmly clasped in your hand. After two
and a half hours of hopeless meander-
ings through every by-way of Hertford-
shire, you light upon the tortuous lane
described. While negotiating its serpentine
length with one eye on the route sheet and
the other on the treacherous bends, the sus-
picion dawns on you that this nerve-racking
experience has been purposely devised to
put you out of countenance by the time you
ring the bell You begin to suspect that there
is actually fine three-lane highway all the
way from London to Ayot St. Lawrence and
that the circuitous pattern of your journey is
lust a piece of Shavian malice.
But if any such idea has crossed your mind,
Evening star., 1947-10-12
uLusIRArKD

the Sage of Ayot St. Lawrence - the vigor
and beauty of his voice. hadn't seen him
since he was an active youngster of 79 and
was little apprehensive over the possible
changes in him on the threshold of his 9lst
Evening star., 1947-10-12

used to adorn his hair and beard seems to have
concentrated itself in his nose, giving him
faint resemblance to the clown he has 50 often
declared himself to be at heart. The old green
Donegal tweed suit with the preposterous
cycling knickers" still contributes the touch
of individuality he has affected all his life.
Evening star., 1947-10-12


and the air of comparative discomfort. The
drawing room was Uttered with bric-a-
brac and a hodge-podge Of furniture,
suggesting an owner who is too busy to
be interested in his environment and il
scornful of luxury.
Shaw moved about the room looking for
suitable spot for us to pose for pictures. He
decided that we should sit at an old Spanish
writing desk, one of those ornate pieces with
metal-bound corners and drop front. The
handle which used to open the front panel
had long since become detached, and impa-
tient fingers had bent back one of the metal
corners to act as substitute. Following nv
host example, pulled up chair and rather
feebly produced copy of his works from under
my arm. mo, no, moi" said GB.S. THAT
will look as though I'm trying to teach YOU
something. Put the beastly book down.
Cxumb Of Warmth
IHE photographer disposed Of tea was served
by the Irish maid and mammoth cup of
some peculiar brew placed before Mr. Shaw.
1t was raw, cold day and we huddled before
a diminutive portable electric fire. What
comment on conditions in Britain today"
found myself thinking, that probably her
most famous son is allowed this crumb of
warmth by special permission and only be-
cause of his advanced age" The author pre-
fers to work in his garden house, which in
normal times is adequately heated. Nova
days he carries this same miserable cleo
trio fire there and insists on placing it so
near his sblanket-enshrouded knees that
his housekeeper daily expects him to go
up in smoke.
For some IL months prior to my interview
had been in communication with Mr.. Shaw
about my revival of Man and Superman"
which opened in New York last week. He
still conducts his own business affairs and
draws up contracts in his own handwriting
Originally had planned to present Man
and Superman" last season, but instead went
on long tour with Hamlet" 1t became nee
essary for me to ask permission to postpone
the production of Man and Superman" for
a year. His answer came back on one of his
famous post cards..
N>Fifteen Per Cent?
YES, you may postpone for season. but
don't let this give you the idea that you have
any exclusive rights to Man and Superman.'
The part of John Tanner is open to all actors
just as the part of Hamlet is - only get
fifteen per cent of the gate money" And as a
postscript he added, why on earth are you
in management - it is the ruination of actors.
Instead of putting money into
A II the theatre you should be TAX
y fkaqn1, ing money out of it. This post
l W. card, though treasured souve-
Evening star., 1947-10-12

birthday. l needn't have wor-
ried. He emerged from his
study, his white beard bristling
like the quilts of a porcupine;
leaning lightly on a cane, he
advanced slowly and offered
his hand in greeting.
The famous eyes are sunk a
little deeper nowadays, but
they still have a mischievous
twinkle under those bushy
brows. The red pigment which
Evening star., 1947-10-12

and Superman,' said the author with such
suddenness that nearly dropped my tea
cup. "All right, you may do it. But remember
this you will have to do it soon. The play is
always a success, but even know my own
limitations and won't have it done in America
Continued on page l8
Evening star., 1947-10-12

Instead of putting money into
the theatre you should be TAX
ing money out of it.. =" This post
card, though a treasured souve-
mir, was thought by my asso-
ciates to lack the authenticity
of a legal agreement and the
purpose of my visit to Shaw
was, in part, to secure a clear
understanding of the terms of
my license to present the play.
so you want to do Man
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-02-20
HAS TEN
YEARS. SERVICE

This week the Church of the
Open Bible celebrated its tenth
anniversary in Hardin.
The pastor, the Rev. Ben Mel
son, made the following state
ment concerning the ten years
of the church here:
mo enterprise that has sue
ceeded has been without its
times of adversely, but, as the
furnace test the quality of met
al, so adversely tests the quail
ity of people. Our church is a
monument to the integrity and
foresight of its members and
has become an institution that
endeavors to make the growing
city of Hardin and it's vicinity
a better community.
AT this time We wish to eX-
press to the people of this COM
munity a hearty thanks for
their encouragement. Let us all
continue to work together. He
that putteth his hand to the
plow and looketh back is not
fit for the kingdom of God
The future is before us. Let us
roll up our sleeves and tackle
the job"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-02-20

Juniors - Duane Timberman,
forward; Elmer Hawkfnson, cen
ter. Senior - John Schafer,
guard.
St. Patrick's
Coach, Dick Palmersheim.
Colors, green and white.
Team: Freshman - Ralph
Studer, forward. Sophomores -
Charles Dillon, forward; Jim
Thelen, guard; Jerry johnson,
forward. Juniors - Bob Lam
brech, forward; Harold Hansen,
guard. Seniors - Jim Weber,
center; Jim Badura, guard; Bill
Brinkel, center; Bill Hansen,
guard.
Hardin
Coach, Hugh Gotham. Colors,
orange and black.
Team: Freshman - Glen Ku-
nau, forward Sophomore -
Lloyd Saunders, guard-forward.
Juniors - Bob Saunders, for
ward; Jake Sturzenegger, for
ward; Tom Perkins, guard; Don
Hammer, guard; George Gross
man, center-guard. Seniors -
Vernon OFT, center; Bernard
Newark, center; Bill Schaller,
forward.