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Valley frontiersman., 1949-10-27
~0.OP IrIeS nonu
 At Power Generation

An experiment in power genera tion by the Matanuska Valley Farmers Co-Operating Association coincided last week with the Sack cit Harbor shutdown in Anchor age. Coop equipment was called upon to supplement the existing supply of power, and as a result Palmer and he Valley suffered no blackouts as did Anchorage.
 A Coop spokesman said the Association was interested in learn in the cost of operating the gen. erating equipment which has not been in use, except fo "a similar emergency period last year, since 1922. No breakdown on power facts was available for publication.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-10-27
All ACHIEVEMENT DAY TO BE NOVEMBER 5

Plans for the All Club Achieve nent Day, to be held in Palmer on Nov. 5 this year, will be announc- ed next year, Miss Mary Lou Lash brook, home demonstration agent, said today. The program is to be held at Palmer school.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-10-27
DAY TRAINS AT KODIAK

Thomas Day, territorial conser- vationist. left Palmer this week for Day, member of the Naval Re- serve Corps, is taking his reqquired training cruise.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-10-27

l1oWever IL was announced that the equipment had more than met the power needs of the Coop holdings.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-10-27
Valley FrOntiersman

Fridays assembly included:
 Larry Stock, Bobby Call, Barba- "a Benson and Phyllis Grasser.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-10-27
Students Choose Five Yell Leaders

Students selected as cheer lead CTS for Palmer High School at last
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
WEED ORDINANCE
BEING ENFORCED

The police department and the
city street department is enforcing
the recently passed Anti-Weed Or
dinance, which gave the city power
to cut weeds on local owned prop
erty if the owners failed to heed
warning from the police depart
ment to do the jobs themselves.
Last week street department work
ers moved on to a large locally own
ed lot, whose owner had failed to
heed the request that he get the
weeds cut. AS result he will find
bill for $50 for weed cutting added
to his tax bill when he receives il
in 1850.
City Engineer Abbott emphasized
the fact that his department only
goes into action to enforce the weed
ordinance, on Instructions from the
police department.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Annual Meeting Of
Council Of Churches

The annual dinner meeting of the
Washington County Council of
Churches and Christian Education
will be held on Thursday evening,
October 18th, according to Rev. Nor
man L. Trott, president of the Coun-
ty Council. The place will be an
nounced later.
Rev. Asbury Smith, president of
the Council of Churches for Mary
land and Delaware will be the prin-
cipal speaker. He will be accom-
panied by Rev. Willis r. Ford, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Maryland =
Delaware Council
At the annual meeting the varied
activities of the council are review
ed and plans for the new year dis
cussed. The annual election of Of
ficers also takes place at this meet
ing, to which the Protestant churches
of the county send representatives
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Claude e. Feigley
Joins staff OF PIE

Claude E. Feigley of 521 Summit
Avenue has recently been named to
conduct tests on electrical equip
ment at the Potomac Edison power
plant now under construction at
Riverton, Virginia. PIE officials an
nounced that he will later be per
manently assigned to the Luray area
to make similar tests for the com
panys Southern District.
A graduate of Hagerstown High
School, Mr. Feigley has taken spe-
cial courses in electronics at Johns
Hopkin and the University of Mary
land Prior to joining Potomac Ed
ison, he was employed by Station
WEI as their transmitter house en-
gineer, and by the Price Electric
Company in Frederick as a project
engineer. He is a member of the
Optimists Club and the First Bre-
tthren Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Gas Company to Use
Natural Gas Here

The Maryland Public Service
Commission on Tuesday approved
the Hagerstown Gas Company's pc
tition for authority to convert from
manufactured to natural gas. The
commission also approved the com
pany's proposal to borrow S15O,00O
to be used in conversion of its facili-
ties, new construction and pipeline
expansion.
In granting the petition chairman
John Hessey emphasized that sep
arate action would be taken at a
later date on the requested revised
rates schedule that the Gas Com
pany contemplates.
Further details of the change
over from manufactured to natural
gas will be given in this paper in
next weeks issue.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Clear Spring Playground
Is Now Open

The Clear Spring Community
Playground opened on July 25 and
will remain open until August 10.
Sponsored by II Clear Spring or
CARNATIONS, the playground oper-
ates on the grounds of the Clear
Spring High School.
The playground was organized in
1947, and for the past two years was
sponsored by the Clear Spring Home
makers Club, but this year the fol-
lowing organizations are sponsoring
it, with one representative. from
each composing the committee:
Homemakers' Club, Volunteer Fire
Company. Ladies Auxiliary of the
Fire Company, American Legion,
Ladies Auxiliary of the American
Legion, PIT. A, Athletic Associa-
ton, Lutheran Church, Reformed
Church, Town Council and the Lions
Club.
Willard Shank is the athletic di-
rector; Robert E. Kinsley, art in
structor at Woodland Way High
School, is the arts and crafts di-
rector; Mrs. Donald H. Newkirk is
the chairman of the committee, and
Mrs. Raymond Gearhart is the sec
retary-treasurer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

Mrs Douglas and myself enjoyed
the week end at Johns summer
home near Snyder's Landing, and on
Sunday, after the best meal I've
eaten in a long, long time-and the
biggest-John suggested that we take
walk down to the Landing. After
the meal that l had put away
didn't feel much like walking, but
on Johns assurance that it was
only a couple of blocks away,
started out with him.
Well, all Tfe got to say is, that
if Snyder's Landing is just couple
of blocks from Johns place, ] guess
he would call the distance from my
office to his shoe store just few
steps.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

Mr.. Harry B. Gretz, pictured
above, has been appointed District
Commercial Manager of the Western
Area of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company Of Baltimore
City, it was announced today.
A native of Washington and a
graduate of the University of Mary
land, Mr. Gretz has been with the
Bell System for number of years.
His latest position was with the c.
& P. Telephone Company and he has
been residing in Silver Spring. He
will succeed Mr.. r. L. Schleunes
who has been promoted to the posi-
ton of Division Commercial Man
ager and moved to Baltimore.
Mr.. Gretz is married and is the
father of two children. He and Mrs.
Gretz plan to transfer their resi-
dence to Hagerstown in the very
near future.
He served with the Navy in both
the European and African Theatres
from September 1913 to December
1945, and was released to inactive
duty with the rank of Lieutenant
Junior Grade.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Annual Report Of
County Library
Comprehensive Statement OF
Library's 1913 Activities Is
Released In Attractive 16-Page
Booklet Available To Public.

The Board of Trustees of the
Washington County Free Library
yesterday released their 47th An
nual Report for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1948.
Copies of the report, which is
contained within a very attractive
16-page booklet, may be obtained at
the library by anyone who is in
terested
Following an introduction by Rev.
DR.. Scott r. Wagner, vice-president
of the board of trustees, there is
complete story of the work of the
library, by Mrs Henry Holzapfel,
LII, librarian. In this report Mrs.
Holzapfel emphasized the need for
a bookmobile service and gave the
following significant figures to bear
out her statement: The estimated
county population outside of the
City of Hagerstown is 36,347, but in
the areas where there are now
branches and stations of the library
the. total population is only 1851.
leaving nearly $4,000 residents in
the county at the present time with
out nearby library facilities.
The annual report shows a steady
growth of the library, which in 1913
had an all time high book circula-
ton, the increase over 1947 being Is
per cent.
The entire library staff is doing an
excellent job, and they take advan-
tage of every opportunity to pub
licize the library and its advantages
and benefits to the community.
The report closes with the fnan-
cial statement.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Beauty Pageant To
Be Held Here Aug. 5

Miss Barbara 10 Walker, Miss
America of 1947, will Re one of the
many feature attractions at the Miss
Maryland" Beauty Pageant to be
held here August 5, it was annourc-
ed here yesterday by Cecil Kephart,
Jaycee chairman of the contest.
Miss Walker, winner of the third
$4,000 Miss America scholarship.
will make short talk at the Pag-
cant, to be held at the Hagerstown
High School auditorium, and then
will exhibit some Of the singing tai
ent that helped win her national
acclaim.
Doug Wright, chairman Of the
Miss Maryland" ticket sales, urges
those who desire good reserved
seats to make their purchase at
once. He stated that sales are al
ready sky-rocketing to capacity.
Hays, Inc, the Chamber of Com
merce Office on East Washington
Street, and all Junior Chamber of
Commerce members now have tick
cts for sale. General admission
tickets may be exchanged for re-
served seats at Hays, Inc.
Miss Maryland committeeman
are making plans to secure other
state and city participation in the
August contest, and from all indi-
cations a good statewide represen-
tation is assured.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Contract Let For
Work On Route 40

The Maryland State Roads Com
mission announced on Tuesday that
the contract for relocating the seven
mile strech Of Route 40 over Sideling
Hill Mountain, between Hagerstown
and Cumberland, has been awarded
to the M. ]. Grove Lime Co., Lime
Kiln, Md.
Work on the job, which will prob
ably take nearly three years to com
plete, is expected to get started
Immediately
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Retailers Bureau To
Back School Project
High School Seniors To Get
ION The Job" Training In Re-
tail Stores During School Hours.


"On The job Training In Re-
tail Stores During School Hours.
At a special meeting of the Hag-
erstown Retailers Bureau, held on
Friday, plans were completed for
the Hagerstown Retailers Bureau to
sponsor an "on-the-job" training
program in cooperation with the
Washington County Board of Edu-
cation.
Under the plan, High School SEN
iors will work several hours daily
in the various stores during part of
their school week and will receive
the usual classroom training during
the rest of the weeks school days.
Stores will pay the students for
the time they are on the job, and
their classroom training will be re-
lated to the project.
Both boys and girls in the twelfth
grade will be eligible for the new
course, and graduates from the
course will receive the usual High
School diploma in June. Two units
of Credit will be given the students
for store experience, and three units
for the courses taken in the school.
Seniors who want to take the
course viii register for same at the
start of the new school year, and the
Retailers Bureau will set up a gen
eral advisory committee, which will
establish policies and procedures.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Dispute Continues

A survey of the site where Earl L.
Nelson, Sr., Crisfeld crabber, was
slain on Chesapeake Bay by a Vir-
ginia Fisheries Commission Deputy,
has definitely determined the spot
to have been in Maryland waters.
The Deputy, David A. AGREE, has
been jailed at Accomac, Virginia, on
murder charge, but it is now ex-
pectedS that Maryland authorities
will seek his custody.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Bowling League
Has Annual Picnic
Precious Stone League Enjoys
Outing At Fechtig's Club House
-29 Present

The Precious Stone Bowling
League held their annual picnic at
Fechtig's club house, Taylor's Land
ing, on Wednesday, July 20.
Lunch to the group was served on
the lawn of the club house, after
which they moved up to Eleanor
Covers home, which is just above
the club house, and enjoyed dessert
on the terrace.
In the evening, various games
furnished entertainment for the
group, and door prizes were won
by Eleanor Cover, Sue Powles and
Leila Seton
The committee in charge of the
picnic were: Rose Bolinger, chair
man; Bertha Kane, Anna Clark, r.
ma South and Eleanor Cover.
Those present were:
Mary Routzahn, Mildred Fiery,
Irma South, Belva Ford, Bertha
Kane, Ruth Martin, Anna Smyth,
Kay Beyard, Eleanor Cover, Ruth
Schindel, Mary Caldwell, Minerva
Ward, Eleanor Reecher, Pauline
Flock, Martha Schaff, Rose Boiling
er, Verna Mowen, Virginia Benner,
Sue Powles, Dotte McGraw, Nellie
Hays, Verna Stoner, Pearl Lehner,
Ethel Myers, Frances Swartz, Anna
Clark, Marie HartzelI, Lauretta
Trumpower and Leila Seton.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
North American Cement Employees
Receive 25-Year Awards

Nine local men, employed by the
North American Cement Corpora
ton, Security, have been awarded
engraved Hamilton wrist watches in
recognition of their 25 years of serv-
ice with the company. Those re-
ceiving the watches were:
George Reynolds, Charles Owens,
]. W. Hartman, Claude Smith, Ed
ward Reynolds, Conley Copper, Pa
cifico Marconi, Biazio Castelucci and
c. E. Myerly.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Antietan Fire Co.
To Hold Carnival

The annual Antietam Fire Com
pany carnival.will be held the week
of August 1-6, at the corner of
Maryland Avenue and Memorial
Boulevard, right across from the
Superior Dairy.
During the week-long carnival
there viii be plenty of rides, games
and eats, to say nothing of free NOV
les and ground prizes every night.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Five Brothers
Enlist In u. S. Army

When Charles r. Shatzer, 17-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Shat
ger, 412 Fremont ST., enlisted in the
army last week, he became the fifth
member of the family who have en-
listed in the same branch of the
service.
The other brothers who enlisted
are: Paul, Lewis, Philip, Jr., and
John, all of whom served overseas
in World War II.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

got chuce of the following letter which reached
in the mail Friday morning.
July 81 1949
H. S. Douglas
Editor Publisher
The Globe independent
Hagerstown, Maryland.
Dear Sir:
Re the following paragraph your column Around Town
With The Editor" in this weeks issue:
Some people have all the luck.
Imagine reporter by sheer accident being right
up the Mayors Office Camera and alb in time
get scoop the slot machine raid Friday
afternoon.
Being the right spot when breaks" is the sign of
good newspaper
You will find that is why The Morning Herald for which
write stories and take pictures is fast becoming Hagerstowns
leading publication.
Enclosed please find subscription blank for said leading
newspaper
Sincerely
A. Vernon Davis
City News Desk
The Morning Herald
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

Joseph S. Ward, the light plant
commissioner, dropped by my Office
on Monday evening and gave me
some really good news concerning
our City Light Plant.
Commissioner Ward told me that
by an arrangement recently COM
pleted with the Davis Coal and Coke
Company, of Ell1ins, w. Va, the
light plant will save $4,000 a year
on its coal bill. He emphasized,
however, that the coal requirements
of the light plant will not be filled
entirely by the Davis Company, as
some coal, as heretofore, will be
purchased through local coal dis
tributors.
The second piece of good news
was Commissioner Wards state
ment that for the first six months
of 1949 the light plant had gener-
ated over a million kilowatt-hours
more than it generated for the first
six months of 1948.
In discussing the light plant gen.
orally, Commissioner Ward inform
ed me that the new switchboard at
the plant has been installed and
that part of it is already in service.
Acting under authority of an act
passed at the last session of the State
Legislature, the Board of County
Commissioners, at their regular
meeting on Tuesday, authorized
Sheriff Baker to use county PRISON
ers for work on county roads.
Under the plan worked out at the
meeting, the sheriff may, at his dis
erection, furnish County Roads En-
gineer Swain with physically able
county prisoners for work on the
county roads, when requested by the
Roads Engineer to do so. The pris-
oners so worked will be paid fifty
cents day while on the job and will
also get better meals.
In authorizing the use of prisoners
for, county road work, the Commits
sioners emphasized that they would
not replace any of the road depart
ment's regular laborers, but would
be used when additional help was
needed, such as was the case when
the recent heavy rains washed out
many of the county roads.
The capital investment fund of
the Hagerstown Boys Club has been
enriched by a check for $26441 re-
ceived from the Woodmen of the
World. The amount represents the
profits from the recent Judy Cor
rigan School of the Dance program,
sponsored by the Woodmen of the
World for the benefit of the Boys
Club.
All the youngsters in the club, as
well as the board of directors,
greatly appreciate this fine gesture
on the part of the Woodmen of the
World, and they can be assured that
the money will be used to purchase
equipment for the club rooms as it
becomes needed.
And talking about the Boys Club,
it was good to have the youngsters
come to my home after they return
from their week at the Elks Club
Camp, to tell me what wonderful
time they had.
Again my thanks to everyone in
both the Elks Club and the Wood
men of the World for their fine CO
operation.
John Dunn, while he knows all
about shoes. is away, way off whe-
it comes to judging distance.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

Scalping, practiced by some Amer
lean Indians, was painful but not
necessarily fatal, since the part TAX
en- was usually small circular patch
of skin just back of the crown OF
the head.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Leaves Huge Estate

Alexander Brown, Baltimore in
vestment banker, left an estate of
two-and -a-half million dollars, ac-
cording to inventories filed with the
Orphans Court there.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
B & 0 Would End
Passenger Trains
Petitions PSC For Authority
To Discontinue Hagerstown-
Frederick-Brunswick Passen-
ger Trains.

Frederick-Brunswick Passen-
ger Trains.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
on July q, petitioned the Public
Service Commission of Maryland to
set a date for hearing on their ap-
plication to discontinue the service
between Brunswick. Hagerstown and
Frederick, involving trains numbers
II, 70 and "a.
In its petition, the railroad asked
that the Commission modify its or
der of September %. 1871. which
required continuance OF the Bruins
Neutrality-suspicious. Frederick service.
and in support of the request they
stated that this services causes an
out-of-pocket loss of approximately
$4,000 a year Crew wages alone
for these three trains are almost
double the total revenues taken IN
from passenger, mail and express
traffic, the B & o said.
Should the petition be granted. it
viii mean the discontinuance of all
B & 0 passenger service. In and out
of Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Dies Of sunburn

A 24-year-old youth died in Balti-
more last week as a result of sun
burn. Blood clots which formed
when the poisonous rays of the sun
scared his veins, blocked terminal
arteries, physicians declared.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
Local Briefs
Of The Week
Rev. FIR. Kenny
Graduates From Chaplain School

Graduates From Chaplain School
Chaplain Captain Simon E
Kenny, assistant pastor of st. Mary''
Catholic Church, who was chap
lain overseas in World War II, was
a member of the chaplain's gradua-
ton class of the 10th Associate Bias
ic Glass for Chaplains, held recently
at Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
The class, which represented IL
different religious denominations and
came from 20 different states, con-
sisted of reserve chaplains who at
tended the month-long class to keer
abreast of the most modern develop
ments in the Armed Forces and ir
the Chaplain Corps.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

Vacation time will soon be here
again. Try to make it q time of
rest and relaxation, not a matter OF
miles and hours.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

Until the gutta percha ball was
introduced in 1848, golf balls were
stuffed with feathers.
the tribes of Sumatra and Celebes
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

The sackbut was an early form of
trombone, according to the Ency-
clopaedia Britannica.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

Native Towering plants OF the
United States number from $4,000
TO $4,000.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
News Of Boys
, In The Service

James D. Jones, whose parents
live at 30872 N. Jonathan ST., has
enlisted in the Army Air Corps and
is now in training at the Lakeland
Air Base, San Antonio, Texas, where
he is attached to Flight 1856 of the
1871 training squadron.
Private Jones, before enlisting in
the service, was a member of Boy
Scout Troop 80, which is sponsored
by the colored churches of Hagers-
town, and acted as Scribe for the
Troop.
William F. Sensenbaugh, seaman
recruit, USN, son of William R.
Sensenbaugh, of ST. James is I'M
dergoing recruit training at the
worlds largest Naval Training Cen
ter, Great Lakes, III.
Richard c. Warrenfeltz, seaman,
USN, son of Mrs. Rose A. Crowl,
Gapland,. arrived at Annapolis on
July 25 from Portsmouth, England,
after 15-day stop at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, as a crew member aboard
the destroyer USS Damato.
Marine Private Gerald L. King,
Is, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar w.
King SO Mont Valla Ave-, is pres
emily undergoing recruit training at
Marine Recruit Depot, Paris Is
land, S. c.
A graduate of Hagerstown High
School, King enlisted in the Marine
Corps on July 10, 1949 for a period
of one year.
David A. Raymen, seaman recruit,
USN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
A. Raymer, Route /, Hagerstown,
is undergoing recruit training at the
worlds largest Naval Training Cen
ter, Great Lakes, ILL.,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
ADO Nd TOWN
WITH THE EDITOR
The Retort Courteous!

got real chucke of the following letter which reached
in the mail Friday morning:
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28

John Dunn, while he knows all
about shoes. is away, way off When
it comes to judging distance.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Partial Year Pay Raise
For Pensioners Asked

Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee is push
ing for enactment of a joint reso-
luton to apply the police and
firemen's pay raise to retired
members without requiring them
to make formal requests.
He offered the resolution yes
terday in the House. 1t was re-
ferred to the District Committee,
where action is expected to be
taken promptly.
Under recent legislation the de-
layed $3.50 pay raise was passed
for firemen and policemen but a
number of questions arose.
The Mcmillan resolution would
make sure the pay raise was
granted on a partial year basis
retroactively to members working
part of the past calendar year
prior to retirement.
Also, it would apply the effect
of the pay raise to pensions OF
police and firemen. retired during
the past fiscal year, from the date
Of their retirement, without
requirement that they apply for
the pension increase,