Roosevelt Asked About Fourth Term
Washington chatter centers on Franklin D Roosevelt possibly seeking a fourth term as Senators Robertson and Wiley challenge the White House. Robertson accuses allies of guiding a draft Roosevlt while Browder and Hopkins figure in palace guard strategy. Wiley suggests the Win the War slogan aligns with wartime sentiment and could aid Roosevelt if peace arrives late.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Robertson
R-Wyo
Wyoming
Picayune
Harry Hopkins
Palace
Earl Browder
Palace Guard
Wiley
R-Was
Taneytown Chamber Adopts Plans For New Homes Program
The Taneytown Chamber of Commerce held a regualr session in the Town Hall with large attendance. Officers Fuss Smith Arnold Arnold led a year in review praising a record banquet. The service flag committee proposed a memorial and honor roll for armed service members. New members Adams Smith Shildt welcomed. Donations to Boy Scout and USO funds approved. Christmas party enjoyed as a motion picture program. Housing development plans were set to begin over the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneytown
Taneytown Chamber of Commerce
Mervyn C. Fuss
David Smith
B. J. Arnold
Charles R. Arnold
Chamber
Charles Owen
Merle S. Ohler
Denton Wentz
S. E. Breth
James Myers
Jacob Adams
Charles Smith
Charles Shildt
Louis Reifsnider
David Hess
Vernon Flickinger
Denton Wantz
Boy Scout
USO
Chamber For Children of the Community
Harry Daugherty
Treat
C of C
Norville P. Shoemaker
James Baumgardner
Christmas Visits Across Maryland and Nearby States
A listing of holiday visiting patterns shows numerous families sharing Christmas across Maryland and neighboring areas. Names include Hann, Coe, Haines, Rhodes, Smelser, Benedict, Barnes, Hyde, Baile, Englar, Lantz, Myers, Stremmel, and Stouffer, with connections to Washington Baltimore Mount Airy Uniontown Wilmington and Westminster, detailing weekend and Christmas Day gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Myers
William Stremmel
Robert McKinney
Wilmington
Del
Herbert Engler
New Windsor Figures and Family Notes
New Windsor society notes report Grace Fisher and her family visiting her parents, Grant and Grace Devilbiss. Christmas visits include M D Reid with Dallas Reid in Thurmont. Harold Wilhelm welcomed with congratulations on a newborn daughter. Ruth Howe vacationing with Prof Kinney. Dean Sherfey injured wrist while at school. William Smith family details incomplete.
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New Windsor
Grace Fisher
Gault
Grant Devilbiss
M. D. Reid
Dallas Reid
Thurmont
Harold Wilhelm
Ruth Howe
Kinney
Dean Sherfey
Wilbur Sherfey
Schesl
Mrs
William Smith
Emmitsburg News Roundup Includes Transfers and Birth
Local updates list Lawrence Gladhill moving from Bainbridge to Norfolk Virginia after visiting his mother Sarah Gladhill at 527 West Main. Navy trainee William S. Annan to Bainbridge hospital school. Lieutenant Edward S. Combs to spend a 15 day furlough with parents on West Main. he survived the Salerno landing attack aboard U S S Savannah. Clayton Phillips and family relocate to Elder building. Phillips ill but improving. Eugene Hardman and wife announce birth Barbara Jean at Gettysburg Annie Warner Hospital. mother Leola Farmer Hardman. Christmas services scheduled for 8 am at the Methodist church after weather delayed last week. Lieutenant Francis Wade Chrismer visiting parents at 193 East Main. reassigned from Camp Lee to Camp Reynolds. Mary Shuff of Frederick visiting father at 404 West Main. James Hays Sr. son at Mercersburg Academy home for holidays. Thomas Baumgardner and family move to Waynesboro Road residence. Hays family ill with flu and occupying tenant house.
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William S. Annan
Navy
Bainbridge
I.g
Edward S. Combs
C. C. Combs
West Main Street
Combs
U.S.S. Savannah
Salerno
Italy
Clayton Phillips
Friends Creek
Phillips
Eugene Hardman
Barbara Jean
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Francis Wade Chrismer
Edward Chrismer
East Main Street
Camp Lee
Camp Reynolds
Greenville
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
James Hays
Thomas Baumgardner
Waynesboro Road
Samuel Hays
Hays
Fredeick Road
Christmas notes and illness report from Bolivar area
Residents report illness across Bolivar and Martinsburg area as hospitals, Christmas gatherings, and a weather postponed church program color the holiday scene. Included are names of locals visiting relatives, flu cases, hospitalizations, and a fine for a Baltimore liquor store official under ceiling price laws.
Christmas visiting in Columbia worded in local scene
Mr Pleas ant Mt Freasant Jr and Mrs William C King and sons William C Jr Barry Allen and Jimmy all of Columbia Pa spent the Christmas holidays with his grandmother Mrs Harry S King and Mr and Mrs G L Packard and family returning home on Monday Mrs William M Delanter and Mrs William T Delawter called on Mrs August Monath on Friday Those who enjoyed Christmas dinner with Mrs Oda B Filler
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Luther Saylor
Union Bridge
Grayson B. Fogle
Oak Orchard
John E. Burrier
August Monath
Jennie E. Burrier
Rhema H. Fogle
Mary C. Fogle
Darwin D. Burrier
Harry Baumgartner
Creagerstown
Earlston Rothenhoefer
Frederick
C. Edward Hoffman
John E. Main
Meridan Poole
Clagettsville
Raymond Lindsay
Charles W. Burker
MT. Freasant
William C. King and Sons
William C. Jr
Barry, Allen and
Jimmy
Columbia
Harry S. King
G. L. Packard
William M. Delanter
William T. Delawter
Oda B. Filler
Squirrel Returns To Fill Family Circle
A gray Baker Park squirrel, once held in a cage in the elm on Carroll Parkway, returned Tuesday with its family, restoring the group to four. After three stayed in the tree, one stayed away for Christmas, then rejoined at 4:30 pm with owner Harvey R Cramer reporting the cheerful return to Frederick The News.
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Baker Parks
Carroll Parkway
Baker Park
Harvey R Cramer
Frederick
Signal System Transferred to Frederick Police Desk
Air raid warnings shift to the Frederick police desk as the signal center moves from OCD headquarters in the courthouse basement. Sergeant Philip Culler reports test calls began at 6 PM with six phones and new colored indicators aiding response plus continuing use of nine call boxes, city offices, and four fire houses.
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Army
OCD
Court House
Sergi Philip IL Culler
Frederick
Reverend Sponseller Named Director at Lebanon Valley College
Clyde A. Lynch, president of Lebanon Valley College Annville Pa announces the appointment of Rev Edwin H Sponseller of Shippensburg Pa to the position of director of religious activities and public relations at the college. Sponseller was educated at Shippensburg State Teachers College.
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Clyde A. Lynch
Lebanon Valley College
Annville
Edwin H. Sponseller
Shippensburg
Mr. Sponseller
Pa) State Teachers College
Reverend Sponseller Career Highlights and Family Ties
The article notes Rev. Mr Sponseller earned a BA in 1939 at Yale University, a Bachelor of Divinity in 1942, and an MA in 1843. He pursues a PhD at Yale on Educational Ideas in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He has pastored Union Congregational Church and Fort Trowalli United Church in Milford, CT, from 1940 onward. He is the sixth generation in his family to enter ministry. Also mentioned is a birthday party case for Mrs. Sterley Crum on December 22 with guests and a 36th wedding anniversary.
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Yale University
Yale
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Sponselier
Union Congregational Church
Dele Au Efant
Fort Trowalli Uns
Milford
Conn
Frederick
United Brethren Church
Sterley Crum
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