The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-02-27
MaugansviIle News

The biggest news item from this
vicinity is THE BLIZZARD! Some
sections in this vicinity will be iso-
lated for several days. 1t is hard
for people who live in town and
who have never lived in the country
to realize just what eight or ten
inches of snow, famed by 50-mile
gale, can do to close up all the roads
and make them impossible even for
the big diesel motored snow plows.
The fields are almost bare of any
snow, but the roads are full, in
some places from fence to fence.
Some men walked across the fields
to get to work One in particular,
Mr.. Ross Shindle, walked the three
miles from his home to the Western
Maryland Shops and back, each day
for two days Miss Edith Johnston,
Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa,
was unable to spend the week end
at her home, as has been her custom
for years, because of the drifted
roads.
The County Roads Department did
a fine job of keeping the roads open
whenever possible to do so. How
ever, as fast as the roads were open
ed the wind and snow blew them
shut again. On Saturday morning,
at about nine o'clock, the snow plows
opened the roads and by one o'clock
some of the less travelled roads were
closed again. The newly built road
by the Maugansville School, that
connects with Route II at Martins
Cold Storage Plant, remained open.
DR.. Ditto followed the snow pillow
in on Saturday morning to within
walking distance of the Mennonite
Convalescing Home and being I'M
able to continue any farther he sent
medication to the patients by mes
senger and, in his own words, 'hur-
ried back to town before becoming
stranded in a snow drift" One of
the more serious consequences of the
blizzard was the inability of the
farmers to get the milk to the cream
cries and milk stations.
Mrs. Harvey Rice had to cancel
plans for week end trip to Lam
caster, Pa, because of the weather
conditions.
Mrs. Clifford Merson, Chambers
burg, Pa, spent the week end of
February fifteenth with Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Robert Hyssong.
Mr. and Mrs Nelson Baer, Cham
ebrsburg, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Baer, Maugansville, spent
Wednesday, February 10, in New
York City with Isaac Baer, who sail
ed for Hungary to do relief work in
Europe for six months.
Mr. Amos C. Baer was in Chicago,
Ill, on a business trip last week and
came home by way of Cleveland,
Ohio where he spent a few days at
a Businessmens Convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Strife, Mt.
Morris, Ill, visited Mr.. Strite's sis
ter Martha and other relatives in
this vicinity last week.
The Maugansville PIT. A. are plan
ming to hold Rummage Sale in the
near future, the date to be an
nounced later. Anyone having clean
saleable clothing and other articles
will please contact any Maugansville
School pupil, or patron of the Maug-
ansville School. Mrs. Amos C. Baer
is chairman of the committee.
The Singing School that was to
have been conducted at the Maug-
ansville School on Saturday evening,
February %, had to be cancelled be-
cause of weather conditions. Hap"
Consius, The Kramer family and the
Mennonite Gospel Team were to
have been featured.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred H. Spigler spent
the week end of February Is in New
York City. They were joined there
by their son, Pfc. Fred, Jr., Camp
Kilmer, N. J., and were registered
at the Park Central Hotel
Mrs Elizabeth H. Kieffer, Mechan-
icsburg, Pa, is spending two weeks
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fred H.
Spigler.
Miss Hannah Baer and her mother,
Mrs. Adam Baer, have been staying
at the home of Mrs. Baer's son,
Amos c. Baer, since the fire at the
Hillcrest Nursing Home on Deem
Der IA, 1896 Miss Hannah Baer was
the Superintendent and she and Mrs.