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D. Raleigh Houser, who for a number of years has been the efficient superintendent of the Washington Building Lime Company’s plant at Bakerton, this county, has been obliged to give up his work temporarily on account […]

September 4, 1919

4 Sep 1919

Hog Cholera Havoc in Jefferson County

The hog cholera is still playing havoc in various sections of the county. There have been serious losses in Shepherdstown and vicinity, and scores of fine porkers have died in the Bakerton neighborhood. The disease has […]

September 4, 1919

4 Sep 1919

Bakerton Beats Sharpsburg 11-9

A game of ball was played by the Sharpsburg boys and the boys at the Bakerton lime quarries. Score 9 to 11 in favor of the Bakerton boys. The game recently played by the same boys […]

September 2, 1919

2 Sep 1919

Flanagan Takes Over Bakerton Plant

Walter J. Flanagan, who has been manager for the Standard Lime and Stone Co., at Strasburg, Va., for the past nine years, has taken charge of the plant of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, […]

August 25, 1919

25 Aug 1919

Marriage of Blanche Kaldenback and H. T. Sinclair.

Mrs. Ella C. Kaldenback announces the marriage of her daughter, Blanche Josephine, to Henry T. Sinclair at the Sacred Heart rectory Friday, August 22. Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair left for a trip North. After September 15 […]

August 25, 1919

25 Aug 1919

Marriage Announcement of Blanche Kaldenback to Sinclair

The marriage of Miss Blanche J. Kaldenback, daughter of Mrs. Ella C. Kaldenback, to Mr. Henry T. Sinclair, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sinclair, took place last Friday morning. The ceremony was performed in […]

July 22, 1919

22 Jul 1919

Marriage: Grove–Kern

Grove–Kern Nuptials.Special to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., July 21.— Lyle W. Grove, of Bakerton, and Miss Katherine Kern, of Harpers Ferry, were married yesterday at the Mehtodist Episcopal parsonage by the Rev. A. […]

July 17, 1919

17 Jul 1919

Geo. Houser, Returned From France

George S. Houser, Jr., of Bakerton, who as a member of Company B, 28th Engineers, has been with the American Army in France for the past eleven months, has gotten back home again. He landed at […]

June 24, 1919

24 Jun 1919

Roy Welsh; Discharged From Army Ambulance Service.

Mr. Roy Welsh, has been discharged from the army, and has reached his home at Bakerton. He was in the Ambulance service, and during the fighting was right up with the infantry and assisted in carrying […]

June 19, 1919

19 Jun 1919

Flanagan and Welsh Honorably Discharged

Messrs. Oscar Flanagan and Roy Welsh, two well-known Bakerton men, have been honorably discharged from the army and got back home last week.

May 20, 1919

20 May 1919

U.S.S. Mobile Passenger List Abstract

Name of Organization Company “C” 315th Machine Gun Battalion Name of Vessel U.S.S. Mobile Port of Sailing Brest, France Date of Sailing May 20, 1919 Date of Arrival May 30, 1919, Camp Dix, Hoboken N-J. ** […]

May 20, 1919

20 May 1919

Roy M. Welsh, WWI Return Passenger List

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