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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
Team Standings
end of First Half.
Healthy Spot

Healthy Spot
The old gentleman had just ar
rived at the hotel and was Fostering
the reception clerk with all sorts
of questions.
care you sure this is a healthy
spot?" he asked anxiously.
Healthy" echoed the clerk, smil-
ing, 81 should say it is! Why, few
weeks ago an old fellow came here
in a bath-chair, and after staying
a month, he ran away without pay
ing his bill"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
A Bad Precedent


A land girl called on a farmer in
response to an advertisement for a
shepherd.
mo, no, lassie," said the farmer.
ri advertised for a shepherd, not a
shepherdess."
II know that" replied the land
girl; "but surely there is no reason
why the work should not be under
taken by woman?"
well, woman once tried it and
made a mess of the job" explained
the farmer.
''Who was she?"
tBo-Peep!"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
Delicate Hint

"Did you hear about the delicate
hint Mr.. Staylate got last night?"
mo; what was it?"
''Well Edith found that looking at
the clock and similar devices were
of no avail; so she asked for some
refreshments, and her mother sent
in a dish of breakfast food"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
Team Standing
ELKS CLUB LEAGUE

Beginning the second half on Mon
day night, the Shoulders, Backs, Lips
and Ankles were all three-game
winners.
L. Harbaugh took both individual
honors with single game of 146 and
three-game set of 374. The Noses
took both team honors with a single
game of SOS and three-game set of
1910
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
Prefers A Bit More Privacy

"Stand up!" shouted the evangel-
list, eff you want to go to heaven"
Everyone got up but an old man.
Don't you want to go to heaven,
brother?" shouted the preacher.
"Sure," said the old man, 'but
amt going with no excursion"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
Abe Had Something There

The novice was not enjoying his
first trip through the air, and his
more experienced companion re-
garded him with amusement.
II say, Bill, what's on your
mind?" he demanded.
IT was just thinking about Abra-
ham Lincoln" replied Bill, thought
fully.
Abraham Lincoln?"
eyes, I was thinking how truth
fully he spoke when he said mans
legs ought to be just long enough to
reach the ground"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08

won't get angry and never ask me
again, will you?"
Sense OF RumOr
Two friends were discussing
new neighbor.
II believe Mrs. Green is a great
gossip" remarked one.
Eyes," replied the other, "she has
a keen sense of rumour."
Overlapping Sensation
Doctor: How often does the pain
come on?"
Patient: Every five minutes"
Doctor: "How long does it last?"
Patient: "a quarter of an hour"
This is your town, boost it.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
'Hot" News Story!

hui 1NCWS OIVIy!
In small town out West there
was a commotion. A wire had
fallen across Main Street and was
holding up all traffic. No one dared
touch it in case it should be "live."
The news reached the editor of
the local paper and he acted
promptly.
"Send down two reporters" he
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
Advertisement
From where | sit ..Iy Joe Marsh
Thad's Feet Hurt

Andy's Gardsm Tavern, Thad can
relax with his stass of beer, and
the missus can also chat with all
the neighbors there. Each gets his
Cor her) own way.
Worked, too! In fact, now the
missus likes an occasional temper
ate glass of beer herself. And Thad
finds it's pleasanter to enjoy his
beer with good companions, rather
than alone. In fact, his feet stopped
hurting too!
&e Ms,4<
n y
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08

ordered. Zone to touch the wire and
the other to write up the story"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
Playing Hard To Get

~ H~A6 ~A'%~N y ~ Wv
She: 'T don't want to be too cas-
lily won"
He: Naturally"
She: $50 if l say mo- now, you
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
ROTARY CLUB LEAGUE

Now let's look over the scores.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
Overlapping Sensation

This is your town, boost it.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08

Copwishs. 1913. United States Brewers Foundation
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Benefit Party
TO Be SatHrdav

A garden party viii be given Sat
urday at HiIlandale, the home o.
Mrs. Anne Archbold at 3905 Reser.
voir road. The party is for the
benefit OF the Washington Com.
mittee for Education on Alcoholism
sponsored by Yale University. I,
will be from 8 until Z O'Clock, and In
case of rain will be held the follow
ing day.
Refreshments will be served and
the Metropolitan Police Boys Band
and the United States Air Force
Tune Pilots, under the direction Of
Mai. George Howard, will furnish
the music. Tickets are $50 each
and are on sale at the Willard Hotel
theater booth, the Shoreham Hotel
newsstand and the headquarters of
the Washington Committee, 1713 M
street.
Members of the committee in
cluded Mrs. John Allen Dougherty,
chairman; Mrs. Archbold, Mrs.
George Barnett, Judge Fay Bentley,
Mrs. Owen Brewster, Mrs. Frederick
Brooke, Mrs. Harold Burton, Mrs.
Wilbur Carr, Mrs. Walter j. Casey.
Mrs. Ralph Church, Mrs. Ernest
Draper, Mrs. Homer Ferguson, Mrs.
Stanley Hornbeck, Miss Meredith
Howard, Mrs. Emil Hurja, Mrs.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Bv Lillian Arthur

CIubwomen of the lower county
towns are still getting together for
luncheons two or three times a
week, although the work of the year
is finished and the get-togethers
are purely social occasions.
Mrs. E. M. Willis entertained at
luncheon Wednesday at the Colum-
bia Country Club, and among her
guests were Mrs. Edwin F. Wanner,
Mrs. Richard Powers, Mrs. Thomas
Godfrey, Mrs. George E. Pariseau,
Mrs. j. B. Bodley, Mrs. Joseph A,
Guard, Mrs. c. Breck Parkman,
Mrs. Harold Gearhart, Mrs. Jarl
Larson and Mrs. George T. Condron
Others at the luncheon were Mrs
Edna Chester, Mrs. T. Emmert
Beall, Mrs. Erlund Cornell, Mrs. Ed
win c.. Forringer, Mrs. Morton B
Kammerer, Mrs. John Miles Nader
Mrs. e. Percival Wilson, Mrs. Rich
ard Titlow, Miss Sue Thomas, Mrs
Horace Beall, Mrs. George Mock
Mrs. Louis A. Gravelle, Mrs. w
Marvin Smith and Mrs. George S
Holmes
Mrs. Morton B. Kammerer hao
Mrs. Joseph A. Guard, Mrs. George
Sanford Holmes, Mrs. Guy McIve1
Hooks, Mr.. Herbert Mitchell, Mrs
w. Marvin Smith, Mrs. Edwin F
Wanner and Mrs. Fred Warren as
her guests at luncheon and two
tables of bridge Thursday.
Some of these same Bethesda club
women were guests of Mrs. Guy
McIver Hooks at a breakfast bridge
on Friday. The breakfast, one OF a
series Mrs. Hooks has planned fol-
the summer, was held at the Hooks
new home on Bradley boulevard.
At the breakfast were Mrs. B. D
Culp and her mother, Mrs. Emaline
Brown; Mrs. Fred Warren, Mrs. P
Padgett, jr.; Mrs. John Miles Nader
Mrs. George T. Condron, Mrs. A. O
Babb, Mrs. George Mock, Mrs. Cray
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Bethesda.Lower Montgomery County
Social Activities Continue
after Busy Club Season

ton Gordon, Mrs. H. j. Pettus, Mrs.
Joseph A. Guard, Mrs. Edwin Wan
ner, Mrs. George s. Holmes, Mrs.
Morton Kammerer, Mrs. Herbert
Mitchell, Mrs. George E. Pariseau,
Mrs. Richard Powers, Mrs. w. Mar
vim Smith, Mrs. Robert Hetterick,
Mrs. Thomas Godfrey and Mrs,
George Troxler.
And another group of Bethesdans
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. E. O'Harra for cocktails last
evening before they went to the
clubhouse for the 40 Club postseason
dance.
One of the larger parties in Ken
wood was Mrs. Wesley A. Sauters
luncheon Friday in honor OF Mrs
H. G. Thielscher, who is leaving at
the end of the month for the Thiel-
schers' new home in California
There were 40 guests at the lunch
con.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Rice have
Mrs. Rice's borther-in-law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank D. Black
of Newton Highlands, Mass, with
them for the week end, and another
weekend guest at the Rice home is
Miss Jean Martin of. Detroit.
DR.. and Mrs. Albert Muhse are
in Bloomington, H., where they at
tended Homecoming Day yesterday
at Indiana University. DR.. Muhse
is a graduate Of the class OF 1901
of Indiana University and Mrs.
Muhse of the class of 1908.
Mrs. Muhse, known professionally
as DR.. Eta Funk Muhse, retired
Monday after 81 years as science
teacher at Chevy Chase Junior Col
lege and the weekend trip is one
Of several that she and DR.. Muhse
have planned for the summer and
fall. They will be back Tuesday and
after a few days here will be of
again to spend little time with
Mrs. Muhse's relatives in Ohio.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
To err Is hvmon

To err Is hvmon but it's
absolutely unforgivable when 1t
comes to an error Of personal
daintiness! That's why keep
urging you to use QUEST
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-, only Csc at Drug Counters!
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Chapel Wedding

The marriage of Miss Barbara
Ruth Burnette, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin r. Burnette of Colma1
Manor, to Mr.. Robert Emmet
Brooks, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herrold
E. Brooks, took place last evening
in the Fort Lincoln Chapel.
The Rev. Ward B. Hurlburt off1ci-
ated at the ceremony and the bride
was given in marriage by her father.
The Misses Lucie Frick, Elaine Fox
and Marlene Lauterbach were the
attendants.
II. Herrold E. Brooks, jr., was
best man and Mr.. Joseph Dunn ana
Mr.. Turner Emery, jr., were ushers.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Miss Phillips We'd

Miss Margaret Marine Phillips
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elwin r
Phillips, became the bride yester-
day afternoon of 1t. George w
Connell, jr., U. S. A., son of Mr.
and Mrs. George w. Connell OF
Abilene, Tex.
The ceremony took place in Wal
ter Reed Memorial Chapel with
Chaplain D. w. Helm officiating. A
reception followed in the Officers
Club Of the post.
The bride was attended by Mrs
L. D. Sherer, jr.; Mrs. Robert
Nichols and the Misses Patricia Wiss
and Barbara Townsend.
1t. Adelbert E. Miller was the
best man and the ushers were Maj.
Warren T. Hunt and Capts. J. B.
Marangella and John Moran.
The couple will make their home
at TIC Roxoboro place.
Evening star., 1948-06-13


yesterday. The Rev. Walter P
Plumley of Buffalo, N. Y, of1ciated
at the ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage
by her uncle, Mr.. John K. O'Neil.
Her attendants were the Misses
Ann Ransom, Margaret Bumgardner,
Frances Marie Bird, Frances Ann
Taylor, Mary Jane Drift, Mary Ann
Garth and Sandra Lee Cunningham.
Mr.. Sherrod Bumgardner served
as best man for his. brother and the
ushers were the Messrs. John Bum
gardner, Roland Nelson, Nat New
man, Robert Wolff and w. E.
Salter, jr.
After their honeymoon, the couple
will make their home in Columbia.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Wedding

The First Baptist Church in Alex.
Iandria was the scene OF the mar
rage of Miss Trilby .Dickersor
lO'Neil, daughter OF Mrs. Lynn
O'Neil and the late Mr.. O'Neil, to
Mr.. e. Gather Bumgardner. jr.. son
| of DR.. and Mrs. Bumgardner OF
Columbia. S. c., which took place
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Church Ceremony

Miss Betty Louise Pnugshaupts
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Piugshaupt of Arlington, and Mr..
Bill r. johnson, son Of Mrs. w. r..
johnson of Salma, N. c., and the
late Mr.. johnson, were married yes
terday afternoon in the Andrews
Chapel of the National Presbyterian
Evening star., 1948-06-13
announcement

Mrs. Robert w. johnson OF Gretna
VA, announces the engagement OF
her daughter. Vivian Burnette. to
Mr.. Robert Harrison Krieger OF Bal
timore. with no date set for the
wedding.
Miss johnson is the daughter OF
the late Mr. johnson.
Mr.. Krieger is graduate OF the
University of Michigan.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Home Wedding

Home Wedding
The marriage of Miss Mary
Swingle to Mr.. Francis Lee Albert
jr.. son of Navy Chaplain and Mrs
Albert took place yesterday after
noon in the home of the brides
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Walter r
Swingle. Chaplain Albert officiated
and Miss Barbara Meade, classmate
of the bride at Radcliffe College
was her only attendant. Mr.. Doug
las Alanbrook was best man.
Mr.. Albert, who is a Harvard
graduate, and his bride will live at
2911 p street after their wedding
trip.
Evening star., 1948-06-13

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Evening star., 1948-06-13
October Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Dem
Hodges of Arlington announce the
engagement of their daughter
Vivian Dent, to Mr.. Robert M
Hutchison, son of Mr.. and Mrs
George H. Hutchison, also OF Ar
lington. The wedding will take
place in October.
Evening star., 1948-06-13

Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Winfred
Overholser, Mrs. Catherine Won
Schoen, Mrs. John r. Steelman.
Mrs. L. Corrin Strong, Mrs. George
Thorpe, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman.
Mrs. Charles Wahl, Mrs. Harold
Walker, Mrs. Martin Vogel and Mrs.
Gordon Young.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Bscvsy bsains at home

especially Wnen
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looking perma-
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Evening star., 1948-06-13

Church, the Rev. DR.. Edward G. r
Elson officiating.
Mrs. Roy Taylor was matron OF
honor for her sister and the other
attendants were the Misses Phyllis
Kassabaum, Shirley Pfugshaupt and
Rosemary Hendley. Sharon Lee
Taylor was flower girl.
Mr.. Edward Gray johnson was
the best man and the Messrs. Leo
Pfiugshaupt and John Peffney were
the ushers.
Evening star., 1948-06-13

Birth registrations of leading
countries indicate that one pair Of
twins is born to about every 90
single births.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
with you com

U newer cOIOfS, IHUTe IuAuIIous
interiors and all kinds Of ad-
vanced mechanical "mys-
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I could list all the Big-Car
Qualities you get at lowest
cost. See for yourself at your
local CHEVROLET Dea1Are
Evening star., 1948-06-13

IFS compliment to have just one PERSON aSf'
pletely =. but when millions do, it's like sitting
on top Of the world And that's what I'm doing
right now :. for Official automobile reglstrauon
figures prove that fellow motorists share my love
for CHEVROLET! They must or why would more
people have bought CHEvROLETS than any other
car for II years all the way from 1881 to 1s4S!
There's good reason why CHEVROLET is the
peoples choice" :. +. more value from bumper to
bumper" for less money! And the new 194S models
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Is ENGAGED

The engagement of Miss Teresa
Pennini to Mr.. Winston B. Jones Ill
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, jr., Il
announced by the bride-elect's par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Pennini
Evening star., 1948-06-13

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but maybe for some of you not-so grand June boils
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Poultice eases pain and tension how it helps soften
bos and relieves Could be that winter colds
and aches have used up your ANTIPHLOGIST1NE
Better check your medicine cabinet then to make certain
hand
Evening star., 1948-06-13
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Evening star., 1948-06-13

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Evening star., 1948-06-13

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Evening star., 1948-06-13
crand June wsafhsr ahsodl June SUM- June June

to manage! RICHARD HUDNUT
out the beauty Of your hair. 81 fol
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place and the materials to do the
job, and I was to be the judge of
whether the copies produced were
acceptable or not. If we had too
much argument we could each
choose a friend and they would
choose third party to settle the
argument. There wasn't anything
left for me to do but 60 through
with it. I was going to teach Phil
lip Crasor a lesson, anyway"
My forgotten cigarette burned my
fingers and I tossed it from the
car.
II turned over a small cottage
down on the lake to Phillip Crasor,
stocked it with Bible, paper, pens,
ink and blotters and told him to 60
to work. left a man there to see
that he didn't get outside help. It
was strictly business with me.
had $4,000 at stake"
"PhiIlip Crasor was going to
produce 10 perfectly legible hand
written copies of the Bible, as the
contract provided, or he would
lose the bet"
II didn't get back for a week
or two, and Phillip had spoiled lot
of paper but produced nothing &C.
ceptable. He wanted to fight, but
I told him to read the contract and
it was time for him to put up or
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shut up l thought he would burst.
The club was betting he'd last about
another week. I did not think he'd
go that long"
Thatcher looked out over the lake,
then his eyes came back to the
drive before US.
Business suddenly took me to
France and Italy and 1 stayed there
for months" He coughed again,
alphabetically. "All wars are not
won or the battlefield, and all SOL
diers do not wear uniforms, you
know. Anyway, I was gone over
nine months. My man cabled me
that Phillip Crasor had locked him
self in the cottage and wouldn't let
anyone in. The year was almost up
when got back home. It had about
20 days to run. I hurried down to
the cottage"
Thatcher flicked ashes from the
cigar.
my man said Phillip Crasor had
been gone for a week. The 10
handwritten copies of the Bible were
on a table in the cottage, all per-
fectly legible. On top of one pile
was a letter to me from Phillip
Crasor have that letter home
now, in my Bible. He said he
wouldn't take the $4,000 and the bet
was off. l paid, though, to the
church we attended this morning.
When a man loses, he should pay.
It's strictly business. If I'd won"
But what about Phillip Crasor?"
I held another forgotten cigarette
in my hand.
ooh. He preached that sermon
you heard this morning."
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board a couple of hundred times.
I wrote about 20 words a minute,
writing carefully. I figured I could
write perhaps 80 words minute,
fast. That meant about $4,000 words
in full day of writing. At that
rate, it would take so days to COM
plete a handwritten copy of the
Bible. Ten good, clear, handwrit-
ten copies would therefore take
about 500 days, and the bet was for
a year."
Thatcher laughed softly, remem-
boring.
81 realized that this was an ideal
job for the purpose. 1t required no
technical skill neither of us had, and
there was a good chance that Phillip
Crasor couldn't do it. l didn't want
to lose $4,000 any more than he
wanted to lose the five. Phillip
hadn't stuck at anything since he
came out of the army, and l figured
he'd drop out within a few weeks
at the most. Then, I'd return his
money and teach him a lesson ne
wouldn't forget about betting. And
there was very good chance that,
after he learned what the job was
to be, he'd drop the whole thing
and agree to call the bet off. That
would have been fine with me.
couldn't back down as long as Phil
lip wanted to go on, of course. The
men at the club never would have
forgotten it, and it would have hurt
me in a business way. I went back
to the Others"
He nursed his cigar for a few
moments.
"Phillip Crasor exploded when he
learned what the job was to be.
didn't know it, but his handwriting
was awful. He thought was rib
bling him. The men in the club
were having the time of their lives
A well-known lawyer drew up a
contract and both of us signed it.
Phillip Crasor wouldn't back down
| and l couldn't. l was to furnish the
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MFIC1ION c0RMER
STRICTLY BUSINESS
By ROBERT c. BLACKMON

If a man can't look at it like that,
he has no business betting"
He fooled the big car around a
curve. Sunlight was on the lake,
moving pattern of glinting water
under cloud splashed sky.
''The club was in an uproar, with
men betting each other we'd both
back out, or go on with it. I went
over to the big bookcase at the other
end of the room to think it out.
81 saw the Bible in the book
case and remembered my mother
telling me that the Book was good
to read when you didn't know what
to do. I didn't know what to do.
II took the Bible and saw in the
back where it had so many letters
and words and all that, and it gave
me an idea. When I was in school
I couldn't spell.
"The teacher used to make me
write missed words on the black
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Poor Hearing

About IA per cent of all the peo-
pie in the United States are hard OF
hearing in one or both ears, it IL
estimated. Probably 100000 to g.
100000 of these are seriously handi-
capped by poor hearing.