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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1952-03-22
SOCIAL.
WHIRL
q BABY SHOWER

A baby shower IGNORING Mrs.
Dave Miyauchi was held last Sun
day. afternoon in the home of Mrs.
Frank Tsujii who was co-hostess
with Mrs. Albert Tanaka.
In attendance we're the Mesdames
Heat Heyamoto. Hank Ito, Ken Hi
gashi, Mob Kawada, TAX Sakuma.
Hiro Miyahara and George Shimi-
zu: the Misses Pat Hidaka, Peggy
Kitajo. Susie Shimizu and Al Kusa-
kabe.
Those unable to attend but who
sent gifts were the Mesdames Mits
Kashiwagi, Terry Kumagai, Min u
chimura and Frank Nishimura the
Misses Terry Kimura Midori Ono
and Yasuko Ota
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Church Notices
BAPTIST
9Ol E. Spruce

BAPTIST
901 r. Spruce
GAS am.-Sunday School for all
ages.
10 a.m.-Issei service.
11:15 am.-Nisei worship service
7:30 p.m.-Youth fellowship meet
ing.
BUDDHIST
1927 Main st.
10 am.-Sunday School.
IL m-Young peoples devotion
al service. Senior Girls (Vinayas)
in charge Organist Jean Full
The Rev. S. Masunaga to speak.
CONGREGATIONAL
305 18th So.
10 am.-Issei service.
10 a.m.-Sundav School
11:15 am.-Nisei service. Discus
sion period with DR.. Vikul Viran-
vatti of Siam as guest speaker.
FAITH BIBLE
1913 18th Ave.
$50 to 10:45 a.m.-Sunday School
for all ages.
IL a.m.-Worship service. The
Rev Gene Train to speak.
Saturday
to $50 am.-Japanese osoel
hour in Japanese over Radio Station
KXRN.
MARYKNoLL
18th g. f. Jefferson
9 am. and 1890 n-fow Mas
Benediction will be held FOLLOWING
1890 Mass
METHODIST
1886 Washington ST.
10 a.m-Sunday School. Junior
and Senior Skeptics Hour.
11:15 a.m.-Nisei worship service.
Guest speaker: the Rev. Fred Norio
Yasaki of Ontario Greg.
7:30 p.m.-MYF and Duzzers'
evening fellowship
NICHlREN BUDDHIST
Io42 Weller st.
10 am. kindergarten children
and juniors service.
II am.--Young peoples service IT
English.
$50 am-Sunday School for all
ages
PRESBYTERIAN
522 9th Ave. So
GAS am.-Sunday School
10 am.-Issei service
11:15 am.-Nisei service.
ST. PETERS CHURCH
1910 King st.
10 a.m.-Sunday School.
1l:15 a.m.-Morning prayer The
Rev. Andrew N. Otani to speak on
The Prophets.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27

Hagerstown was the host city for
the fifth annual convention of the
Maryland League Of Municipalities,
of which Mayor Herman l.. Mills is
president. The convention convened
on Thursday at the Hotel Alexander
and adjourned at II noon on Satur-
day.
At the Thursday meeting Alvin
Pasarew, director of the Maryland
Planning Commission, gave a very
interesting and Informative talk on
Municipal Planning and Zoning," in
which he told the group that the
only successful way of conducting a
coming and planning program was
by engaging the services of a full
time planning and coming specialist
to direct the program.
Ralph VanDerwerker, Of the Unit
ed States Public Health Service,
warned city officials against the pro-
gram of feeding raw city garbage to
hogs, because of the hazards to pub
lie health, and he also pointed out
that the States would probably be
asked in the near future to approve
legislation that would require mu-
inequalities to cook all garbage be-
fore feeding it to livestock.
Thursdays meeting closed with a
discussion on Council meetings led
by Frank J. Lastner, Mayor Of
Greenbelt, who urged business-like
procedures in conducting meetings
and suggested that resolutions and
ordinances that were to be taken up
at Council meetings be furnished to
the members of the Council prior to
the meeting. He also suggested that
/ the members Of the Council be pro-
vided with minutes of the previous
meeting
Mr.. Lastner stated that in Green
belt this information is presented tc
Councilmen three days before every
scheduled meeting so that they
would have ample time to prepare
themselves for an intelligent discus
sion of the city's problems.
On Friday the convention was adj
dressed by Governor McKeldin, dur.
/ ing which he stated he would sup
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Town Hall Meeting
To Be Held Dec. 9

The fourth annual Town Hall
Meeting, sponsored by the Chamber
of Commerce, will be held at Frank
lin Court Auditorium Tuesday eve
ming, December 9. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
These Town Hall meetings, at
which the citizens of Hagerstown
and Washington County present
their problems to the Mayor and
Council and the Board Of County
Commissioners, have become in
creasingly popular during the past
three years and it is expected that
this years Meeting will be no ex-
ception.
With the selection of Roy Dancer,
Sr., as moderator, the Meeting
will be held on the same high plane
as those previously held Richard
Grumbacher, general chairman of
the Town Hall Meeting Committee,
announces that reservations for the
dinner, which will be served at $50
o'clock, can now be made at the
Chamber of Commerce office and he
alss states that Immediately follow
ing the dinner there will be a mu-
steal program by the Glee Club of
st. James School, under the direc-
ton of the schoolmaster DR.. Vernon
Kellett.
AS was the case last year, an eff
fort will be made to provide seats
for those who are unable to attend
the dinner.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Christmas
Store Hours

The following is the schedule of
the Christmas shopping store hours
of the member stores of the Hagers-
town Retailers Bureau, effective to-
morrow, November %.
Stores will remain open until 900
o'clock every Friday and Saturday
night through Saturday, December
20, and they will also remain open
until 900 o'clock on Monday, Deem
Der p, and Tuesday, December %.
Until Christmas the stores will be
open from 900 a. m. to 500 p. m. on
Wednesdays, after which the usual
Wednesday afternoon holiday will be
resumed.
The stores will close at 500 p. m.
on Wednesday, December "A, and
will not reopen until 900 a. m. on
Friday, December 26.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Santa Claus Will
Arrive Here Today
VIII Come By Packet From
North Pole To Hagerstown Air
Port, Arriving At 800 P. M.

Santa Claus will make his only
official visit to HagerstoWn at 300
p. m. this afternoon Thursday.
Santa, whose visit is sponsored by
the Hagerstown Retailers Bureau,
will leave his sled and reindeer be-
hind him and will arrive at the
Municipal Airport here in a Fair
child Packet, which is being sent
especially to transport him to Hag-
erstown. On arrival he will be greet
ed by several local dignitaries, and
will distribute gifts of candy to the
children assembled at the airport to
greet him.
Santa will then be transferred to
an automobile and will drive down
Pennsylvania Avenue to Northern
Avenue along which he will travel
as far as Oak Hill Avenue. The cars
will then turn down Oak Hill Ave
nue. to its intersection with North
Potomac Street. At this point Santa
will be transferred to a float and will
head a parade down North Potomac
Street to the Square.
On arrival at the Square Santa
will be officially welcomed to Hag-
erstown and will distribute further
gifts Of candy to the children as
sembled there, after which he will
be escorted back to the airport for
his flight back to the North Pole.
All the youngsters of Washington
County are cordially invited to greet
Santa, both on his arrival at the air
port and also at his open house in
the Square. The occasion will mark
the official opening of the Christmas
season for Hagerstown and Washing
ton County.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27

port the school teacher pay increase
plan recently proposed by the Green
Commission that he appointed and
that he will ask that it be approved
by the State Legislature in January.
On Friday evening the close to
one hundred municipal officials from
cities and towns throughout Mary
land were the guests Of J. V. Jami-
son, Jr, at a cocktail party at Foun-
tain Head Country Club and this was
followed by the annual banquet Of
the league, which was held in the
ballroom Of the Hotel Alexander.
After a few Introductory remarks
by Mayor Mills following the dinner,
he introduced the speaker of the
evening, Thomas D'Alesandro, May
or of Baltimore, who urged the mem
bers Of the municipalities League to
push for the passage of legislation
to give municipalities more Home
Rule.
He pointed out that the Sobelof
Commission had proposed greater
Home Rule as a method of streamlin-
ing the state government, but he
warned that the Maryland Legisla-
ture will be very reluctant to give
municipalities more Home Rule, as
legislative bodies are basically
jealous of their powers and are not
prone to give it up or delegate it to
others.
At the final session of the league
on Saturday morning, Mayor Her
man w. Reichelt, Mount Rainer, was
elected to serve as president of the
League for the ensuing year, and
Hartley Stevens, Mayor of Snow
Hill, was named first president.
Among the resolutions adopted
was one calling for the amendment
of the State Code to permit incor-
porated municipalities to regulate
traffic on streets within their limits,
that are not now designated as state
highways.
The meeting closed with a rising
vote Of thanks to the retiring pres
ident, Mayor Mills, for his untiring
efforts in behalf of the League.
$Es
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27

Cpl. Howard P. Ridenour, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Ridenour. %
Winter Street, recently spent five
day vacation from Korea on rest
and recuperation leave in Japan.
A member of the 18th Infantry
Division, he stayed in one of the
finest hotels in Japan and enjoyed
many luxuries unobtainable in .Ko-
rea. The leave is part of the Arny's
policy to give the fighting soldier
a rest from the rigors of combat.
Cpl. Ridenour entered, the Army
in February 1851 and arrived in Ko-
rea in March of this year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Around Town With
The Editor

Once again Washington County
has proved to be wonderful place
in which to live and make living
Called upon to provide the Com
munity Chest with a budget of
$127,466 with which to finance the
community agencies for the year
1853, the people of Hagerstown and
Washington County not only did just
that, but went over the top by nearly
eleven thousand dollars-the total
amount of the drive was $138,215.
While too much credit cannot be
given to Walter M. Daniels, chair
man of the drive; Herman B. Hopes,
vice-charman, and the heads of the
various divisions; the biggest job
of all was done by the hundreds and
hundreds of volunteer workers who
gave untiringly their time and eff
fort in soliciting the funds, and the
good people of Hagerstown and the
rest of the county who dug deep into
their pockets for this great cause.
Congratulations to everyone con-
nected with the drive which, by the
way, called for the largest budget
since the Community Chest was
started several years ago.
Today Thursday is Thanksgiv-
ing and it is a day of especial sig
nificanCe to me.
l am thankful for the opportunity
to do, in a small way, through my
newspaper, all that l can to make
Hagerstown and Washington County
a better place inSWhich to live and
make living.
l am thankful have had the priv
ilege of working with the youngsters
of the community from year to year,
so that they may have the oppor-
tunity to become better citizens.
l am thankful for the many, many
friends l have made here-not fair
weather friends-but those who have
proved their friendship when friend
ship has really counted.
1 am thankful that the people of
these United States have elected
Dwight D. Eisenhower as their pres
ident for the next four years. Not
so much because he is a Republican,
but rather because l believe deeply
that he will give to this great coun-
try of ours real leadership-a leader
ship that will rise above politics and
be mainly concerned with the better
ment of the nation and we who live
in it.
And finally, I am thankful to the
good Lord, to whom l can always
turn for advice and guidance, know
ing that He will answer my prayers
despite my many weaknesses, and
will help me along the Road, even
when stumble by the wayside.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Death Comes To Two Prominent Citizens

Henry Holzapfel, Jr., widely
known Hagerstown civic and bust
ness leader, died suddenly on No
vember % at his home, 1917 Oak
Hill Avenue. Mr.. Holzapfel had
been out during the afternoon and
was stricken shortly after returning
home about 500 o'clock He was SO
years of age.
Long active in the business world
and in the community, he was one
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
W.S.C.S. To Give
Christmas Program

A Christmas program will feature
the December meeting of the Wom-
ans Society of Christian Service of
St. Paul's Methodist Church, to be
held in the Chapel at 7:30 o'clock on
Monday night.
The children of the Church will
participate in the program, which
will be directed by: Mrs. Edith Dick
inson, vice-president; Mrs. Ralph
Marquart and Miss Ann Whitmore,
with the Devotional being given by
the president, Mrs. John D. Gent
myer.
Following the program the group
will gather in the social hall for a
Christmas party, during which gifts
for the benefit of Brewster's Hos
pital, Jacksonville, Fla, will be
placed under a decorated Christmas
tree.
All the women of the church,
whether they are members of the
Society, or not, are invited to attend.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27

George w. Updegraff died unex-
pectedly on November 10 at his
home, 474 Potomac Avenue. He was
aged SO.
Mr.. Updegraff, a member of a
pioneer Hagerstown family, was the
son of the late George F. and Della
(Eavey) Updegraff, and was one Of
three children. A sister and broth
err died early in life. He was a di-
rect descendant of Peter Updegraff,
who came to Hagerstown in the
latter part Of the 18th century from
York County, Pa, and started out
manufacturing mems hats. Later,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Potomac Edison
Employees Honored
15-Year Pins Presented To 4S
Members At Employees Assn,
Dinner Meeting.

Employees of the Potomac Edison
Company in this area held their 1852
Beneficial Association dinner-meet-
ing on Friday evening in the Frank
lin Court Auditorium, where they
heard a talk by President r. Paul
Smith and honored fellow employees
who have completed fifteen years of
service with the company, each of
whom received a 15-year pin and
certificate.
Virgil E. Riggs, PIE salesman and
chairman of the Association, presid-
ed and told the audience that it was
always a privilege to honor those
who had served the company for
fifteen years.
Mr.. Smith also congratulated those
entering the company's 15-Year Club
and stated that it was veteran en-
ployes, such as the group being hon
ored, who were responsible, to a
great extent, for the company's
growth and development through
the years.
A total of 1877 Potomac Edison
System and Blue Ridge Lines en-
ployes received 15-year service pins
and certificates at the company's
| Beneficial Association meetings this
year. The get-togethers were held
in Cumberland, Martinsburg, Win
chester, Frederick and Hagerstown.
Those receiving pins and certifi-
Gates on Friday night were: Dorothy
A. Baker, John P. Coblentz, Mary M
Hoffman, Charles A. Adams, Lewis
/ l. Ditto, Edward H Norman, Lewis
/ E. LantZ, Jr., Donald w. Eyler, Ches-
ter w. Seilhamer, B. G. Atwood
Paul F. Hoover, Sr., Victor M
Kendle, William M. Martin, Homer
M. Pierce, Leroy w. Renner, Kath-
/ crime M. Schmidt, Howard L. Beard
Harold Fraley (Boonsboro), Donivan
C. Eakle, David R. Gossard, Kenneth
! c. Miller, Victor c. Ridenour, Frank
K. Coss, Charles H. Bowman, Wilbur
/ c. Jones, Orman L. Wallis, John r
Stouffer, Robert A. Davis, John w
Romine, Walter T. Davis, John T
Henry, George E. Wetzel, Norman S.
Miller, Cecil G. McVay, Donald R.
Williams, Roy c. Carnes and JOS
/ eph A. Raymer, all from Hagers-
/ town
Edwin d. Newcomer, Charles C.
Poffenberger, Woodrow w. Grove,
Robert R. Wolf, Charles S. Nichols,
Joseph A. Ward, John M. Kendle,
Marvin W. Calhoun, Herschel H.
Thurmond, Edward J. Pearman and
Gather c. Ridenour, all employed
at the R. Paul Smith Plant in Will
Transport.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Bulletin

Just as we started the press roll
ing, l received a telephone call
from WinslOw F. Burhams, pres
ident of the Board of County
Commissioners, telling me that
the State Board of Public Works
have decided to build the Wash
ingtOn County Chronic Disease
Hospital on the Bellevue Home
Site.
Mr.. Burhans also told me that
he talked to Governor MCKeldin
after the decision was reached,
and that the Governor had as
sured him that construction would
begin almost Immediately.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
BREWER STOUFFER WILL
HEAD DEMOCRATIC CLUB

At meeting of the Hagerstown
Democratic Club, held on Friday
evening, Brewer L. Stouffer was
elected, without opposition, presi-
dent of the club for the ensuing year.
Other officers named GALL without
opposition) were: Chester Delphey,
vice-president; PAUL Wagner, secre-
tary; and George W. Tingle, treas
urer.
Mr.. Stouffer, who will succeed C.
William Hetzer, together with his
fellow officers, will be formally in
stalled at the February meeting.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27

of the pioneers in the Potomac Edi-
son Company. At the time of his
death he was vice-president of Pc
and vice president of the Blue Ridge
Transportation Company.
He was also president of the Blue
Ridge Fire Insurance Company.
Mr.. HolzapfePs orations on the life
and public life of Abraham Lincoln
were highlights of the Lincoln Day
Banquets held each year by Wash
ington County Republicans.
On the local political scene, Mr..
Holzapfel was elected Mayor of Ha-
gerstown in 1902. He was the city's
youngest Mayor and was dubbed
with the title of Hagerstown's 'Boy
Mayor" Later he served three
terms as County Commissioner.
He was a member of the Presby-
terrain Church
For 81 years he served as a mem
Der of the Board of Regents at Unis
versity of Maryland and for ten
years he was chairman of that board.
He was also a director of the
Washington & Berkeley Bridge Com
pany.
Mr.. Holzapfel, who lived at 1917
Oak Hill Avenue, was born in Ha-
gerstown on September IL, 1869, the
son of Henry Holzapfel Sr. and Mar
tina Elizabeth Sipel Holzapfel.
He was educated in private and
public schools, graduating from Uni
versity of Maryland with a Bachelor
of Science degree.
After serving as Mayor, Mr.. Hol-
zapfel was for several years presi-
den of Kee-Mar College. The presi-
dents home, where he and his wife
lived, later served as the nurses
home of the Washington County
Hospital.
Early in 1910 Mr.. Holzapfel and a
group of local people formed a com
pany and bought the old Hagerstown
Railway Company. The young COM
pany formed partnership with the
/ interests of E. L. Coblentz of Fred
erick, with the combined railway ex-
! tending to Waynesboro, Myersville,
Frederick and Thurmont. This early
company developed into the Potomac
Edison Company.
In 1910 Mr. Holzapfel was elected
a County Commissioner and later
served as chairman of the board.
During his II years in office toll
gates were removed from the high
ways and considerable progress
made in building local schools.
Although still serving as a vice
president of Pc, Mr.. Holzapfel in re-
cent years had found more time to
enjoy reading a wide selection of
books.
He is survived by: his wife, Julia
McClave Holzapfel; two daughters,
Mrs. Homer w. Carhart of Column
bia Pines, Va; and Mrs. Frank w.
Watson, of Richmond; three sons,
Henry III of Hagerstown, William
McClave Holzapfel of Frederick, and
Norman McClave Holzapfe1 of Ha-
gerstown; ten grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Harry o. Hine of Wash
ington, and Mrs. Thomas Edward
Num- of Jacksonville, Fla; and
three brothers, Dr. William H. Hol-
zapfel of New York City, Harvey
Holzapfel of Baltimore and Chester
S. Holzapfel of Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27

the family established and operated
for many decades glove factories
in Hagerstown and Gloversville, N.
Y. 1t was in this business and in
the wise investments of the father
and grandfather of George Upde-
graft that the family fortune be-
came a substantial one.
Like his father, George w. Up
degraff, was most generous in his
assistance to the various institu-
lions and organizations aimed at aid
ing those less fortunate. George,
ST., was one of the prime movers
for the establishment of a YMCA
in Hagerstown and he contributed
literally toward it's construction.
In his later years after the "Y" had
been built, he could be found every
day giving his guidance as we'll as
financial assistance to the young in
stitution.
Mr.. Updegraff's greatest hobby
was music and he soon became
the best known figure in Hagers-
towns musical life. He liked to
look back to the days when Hagers-
towns musical activities were quite
different from today's situation. He
found that today there are too
many different forms for music,
perhaps because most people are too
busy to take the interest and spend
the time that things like a munich
pal opera company involves. But
during the two decades between
1910 and 1880, he recalled that there
were lot of musical things hap
pening here and it was he who gave
so much time and effort in making
them the successes that they we're.
He was president of the Hagers-
town Civic Music Association.
His interest in music was to bring
him honors in State musical circles.
He was one of the governors of the
Maryland Federation of Music Clubs,
and since 1947 was president of the
Hagerstown Civic Music Associa-
ton, and always took an active in
terest in the observance of Music
Week here. He used to inform
those with whom he was associated,
with a note of pride, that Hagers-
town observed Music Week long be-
fore the national observance of the
week
Mr.. Updegraff was a veteran of
World War I, having served in the
Navy.
He was a member of the board of
trustees of the San Mar Orphan
age, a member of the YMCA board
of directors, deacon in First Chris
tan Church, a member of the As
sembly Club, the Alsatia Club, the
Kiwanis Club, an associate of the
Fraternal Order of Police, Amer
lean Guild of Organists, Morris
Frock Post, American Legion, Ire
BILE Clef Club, Baltimore City Opera
Co., Fountain Head Country Club,
and was an honorary citizen of
Boys Town.
He was the last member of his
family.
Surviving are: two aunts, Mrs.
Charles H. Deeley, Baltimore, and
Mrs. Leslie Eavey of Florida; an
uncle, DR.. H. R. Eavey, Hagerstown;
and several cousins.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Guest In The House
Opens December z
Second Of Potomac Playmak-
ers Shows To Have Five-Night
Run In Women's Club Audi
forum.

Final rehearsals are now under
way for what promises to be the Po-
tomac Playmaker's most exciting
and suspenseful show of the current
season, Guest in the House"
Featured players in this psycologi-
cal drama include such local favor
ties as: Carrie Brewer, Bill Barr,
Jack Railing, Mildred McElwain,
Bob Cromer, Jean Bateman and Guy
Hoffmaster.
Others in the cast include several
talented newcomers to the Playmak-
er organization. They are: Anna
Lloyd Rohrer, Sterling Levie, Louise
Davidson, Mary Stuart Brugh, Jean
Parkinson, John Carnochan and Syl-
via Zimmerman.
Tickets for the second Playmaker
show of the 1928 season, which
will be held in the Women's Club
Auditorium, South Prospect Street,
will be on sale at the door each night
of the show, which will be presented
December 2 through December 6.
Bill Barr is directing "Guest in
the House," with the assistance of
Charles Grain.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Nearly A Hundred Attend Convention Of
Municipalities Held Here Last Week

Mayor H. L. Mills, President OF League Is Presiding Officer
Speakers Include Governor McKeldn And Thomas DAesand
ro Mayor OF Baltimore Garbage Disposal And Planning And
Zoning Among Subjects Discussed j. " Jamson J, Enter
tans Delegates Mount Rainier Mayos Is Incoming President
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
In Korea

Marine Cpl. Donald Day, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Day, 1O4
Hollywood Road, recently arrived
in Korea for duty with an artillery
unit of the LIST Marine Division.