Future Looks Park For Woman Battling Blindness
Helen Staley Kefauver, a once sighted woman now blind again, endures a medical mystery and hopeful resilience. She lives with Howard Kefauver in a Davis Avenue bungalow, plans to earn income as a lingerie factory cutter, and continues voice training with Miss Eleanor Eichelberger. Friends visit, and a 16 year old cat keeps her company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Rosencrantz
Helen Staley
Kefauver
Alis
Maryland School For the Blind
Howard Kefauver
Het
Eleanor Eichelberger
All Saints’ Episcopal Church Choir
Ellerton notices and guests list from Monroe area
Ellerton and surrounding communities share a dense social calendar with visits by residents of Harmony Myersville Boonsboro Walkersville and Frederick. Highlights include birthday celebrations and a February wedding anniversary for local families such as Leather man Moser and Monroe families.
Local Notices Include Property Transfers and Family Visits
Edwin L. Johnson sold his farm on Crow Rock Road to Mr and Mrs Lauren Wolfe of Wolfsville. Johnson plans to build a house on part of the land. Merhle Moser and family visited Walter and William Kendal near Waynesboro, with Gaither Moser family from Wolfsville. Francis Bussard and Robert of Frederick joined John Bussard family in Myersville area. Ralph Naille and sons visited Richard Cliie family in Jefferson. Naille’s family also visited John Bussard’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kendall
Waynesboro
Moser
Gaither Moser
Wolfsville
John Bussard
Francis Bussard
Robert
Frederick
Charles Smith
Myersville
Ralph Naille
Dickie
Johnny
Jefferson
Richard Cliie
Mrs. Naille and Sons
John Busserd
Louise Johnson
Norvel Lowry
Helen Myers
Purcelline
Lena Hess
Lea Reed
Edgar Baker
Baltimore
Raymord Boxers
Dundalk
Stanley Frye
Purcellville
Myrland
Billy Lee Cecil
Brunswick
Fryes
Kenneth Schafer
Woodbridge
Lovettsville
Nancyv Orndorff
Freida Benjamin
Linda Langler
Nancy Mullen
Barbara Frye
Doris Calhoun
Barbara Gletner
Pearl Cooper
Gary English
Carlton Everhart
Tommy Wenner
Walter Lovelace
Bill Ray
John Paul Jones
Ror Lee George
St. James
Joyce Nichols
Dianne Beamer
Jerry Kreiger
Robbie Holler
Shirley Nichols
Will Crimas
Morrinsville
Loudoun ‘County Hospital
Belle Green
Paul M. ‘Moss
Baltimore General Hospital
Moss
Women Homemakers Club Opening At Merryland Tract
The Merryland Tract Homemakers Club opened at Mrs. Lee Titus’s home in January with vice president Mrs. David Kifer presiding. Talks on survival training were given, and demonstrations titled Time To Decide were presented by Mrs Adele Miller. A poem Take Time was read by Mrs Viris Hartman. A card party is planned for February 11 at Farmers Hall Petersville to support projects. Visitors included Mrs Maurice Arnold and Mrs Russell Durrow. The next meeting will be at Mrs Victor Kifer’s Buriettsville home February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merryland Homemakers
Merryland Tract Homemakers Club
Lee Titus
Jan
David Kifer
Harry Huffer
Civil Defense
Adele Miller
Viris Hartman
Farmers Hall
Petersville
Maurice Arnold
Russell Durrow
Fredenck County
John Keister
Sville
Lovettsville Home Demonstration Club
Mildred Crawford
Miss Crawford
Paul Myers
Esther Shomaker
Millie Shomaker
Helen Mann
Cindy Brady
Jackie Legard
Jean McKimmey
Jan Hawthorne
Irvin MeJommey
David Dinterman
Jean Hawthorne
Reginald Sanbower
Mason Flem
Ballenger Homemakers Discuss Plans and Officers
January meeting notes focus on daily task planning and rearranging duties to gain benefits. New 1961 officers installed. reports on label law, hardwood care, and donations to 4-H building, with community updates from Lovettsville and Brunswick clubs.
Hairdressers Plan Beauty Salon Week Observance
Frederick Hairdressers Association members installed officers and planned National Beauty Salon Week from February 12 to 18. They emphasize training for entry into the profession open to men and women of all ages and note the group’s ongoing institutional care program at Monievue Home providing free beauty services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Hairdressers Association
Thoresen
Mrs Parker Becomes Hood College Housemother to 125 Daughters
Virginia Wales Hood reports Mrs Parker accepts as housemother at Hood College and gains 125 new daughters. The piece notes her enjoyments, views on dating, and active club life including bridge, lectures, concerts, and current events. It also mentions her dog Wendy and curiosity sparked by the students, with a brief aside about her family ties and the Wide Awake class meeting at Calvary Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Wales Hood
Hood College
Parker
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Ellerton
Roger Moser
Monroe
Gren
Deborah Doyle
lLester Nailie
Harmony
Ichard Clueand
Mi Cline
Ors
Birs
Elwood Green
Nancy
Ellen
Cynthia
Joe Cline
Jake
Edward Smith
Thomas Michael
Victor
Buhrman Jr
Cyrus Palmer
Robert Martin
Bud Keyser
Gene
Kenny
Richard Palmer
Melia Garber
Wilbur Bere
Elias Hutzell
Boonsboro
Lester Grossnickle
Franklin Leatherman
Tony
Curtis
Floyd Shepley
Walkersville
Elmer Leatherman
Gaither Leatherman
Stevie
Marian
Warne
Eterion
Elwood Leatherman
Jimmie
Dennius
Susan
Dennis
Arthur Leathermen
Harold
Gering
Francis Moser
Clarence Leatherman
Harp Hill Road
Grayson Cline
Lester Naille
Cecil Naille
Edgar Leatherman
Fay Marie Moser
Douglas Eugene Leatherman
Lawrence Lewis
Thomas Monroe
Donald Davis
Germany
Ballenger
London
Boiain
P. J. F. Wheeler
Tistan Ua Cunha
South America
Africa
Sam
Kenya
Mesopotamia
Helen Staley Kefauver
Russell Dudrow
Ballenger Homemakers’ Club
Bertram Kuhn
Dudrow
William Howard
Pamp
Howard
Edgar Hargett
Donald Sullivan
Mollie Zimmerman
Harry Potterfield
Thomas Potterfield
Westminster
James Spring
Larry
Springs
June Hall
John Hearne
Herndon
Heli
Mr. Hearne
Washington
Peggy Muncy
Pacorian Springs
Adrain Shugars
Shugars
Muncy
Wayne Shugars
George Mentzers
Harry
Bud) Potterfield
U. S. Postal Service
Potterfield
Lovellsvile
Leslie
Bud) Baker
Richmond Unive
Leslie Baker
Gordon
Buddy) Fletcher
Lynchburg
Bakers
Pamela Orth
North Fork
Baker
James Hall U
Donna Jean
Falls Church
Brotherhood of St. James and
First Church
Dorothy Affleck
Kenneth Harrington
Warren Sarver
Arlington
John Clatterbuck
Neersville
Robert Lee Petterfield
Bobby
Leesburg
Laura Petterfield
Robert Myers
Henry George
Paul Grove
Major Winifred Grove
B. M. Wagner
Hagerstown
Carol Ann Fleming
Mason Fleming
Mrs
Jack Fleming
Rachel
Norman
Ralph
Hall
Holstein Bay
Roanoke
Visa Cooperative Holstein Breedson
Minerman
FFA
Periboth
Holstein Friesian Association of America
Frank J. Keefer
Beauticians
Evelyn Tyervar
Helen
Margaret Strawsburg
Janice Popp
Janet Faith
Tyervar
Florida
Samuel H. Rosenstock
Palm Beach
Fla
D. M. Herring Jr
Col. Herring
Thomas Courtney Lee
Capt. Lee
Homestead Air Force Base
New Breakers Ocean Casino
Lee
Baly Myers
Arthur V. Myers
West College Terrace
Charlies M. Carr, C. 8. B
Montclair
X. J
Mother Church
The
First Church of Christ
Boston
Mass
Third Church of Christ
Scientist
Cathedral St
Maryland
Television
Frederick County
Atheart
Hood Mason En Acquas School
Calvary Methodist Church
Mer
Annabelle Lawson
Shawnee Drive
Jack Davis
the Family Savings Associaton” Family Savings Building
Patrick & Court St
NEW Mothers
Orne
Mercer
Mercer’s Drug Store
N. Market and
West Third Streets
Wercer
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