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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1965
Page
6
The Junior Women’s Club of Frederick teams with the Frederick Woman’s Civic Club to organize the February 27 Mardi Gras event at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. A committee led by Mrs Henry Groff Jr oversees member solicitation efforts.
The Thurmont Junior Girl Scout Troop 1268 staged Scouts on Wheels at the Thurmont Recreation Center with a cast including Colleen Sweeney and Debra Fitzgerald learning the Skater badge. Brownies joined in dances and games such as Hokey Pokey and Red Handkerchief, as leaders praised staff for teaching skating and costumes ahead of a Feb 11 return for Emmitsburg visitors.
The Homemakers Chorus rehearses tonight at 7 30 p.m. in Winchester Hall for the Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs 43rd annual meeting on March 27. The chorus will sing at 1 45 p.m. Coffman Chapel, with officers to be elected at 10 a.m. in Brodbeck Hall and a luncheon at 12 15 p.m. in Coblentz Hall.
Dear Polly reader shares how she repurposed a damaged yard swing frame as an attic clothes hanger and suggests fixing brieflease handles with plastic tape. A second writer praises a clip board scratch pad idea for typing practice. A respondent congratulates Polly on a teaching typing letter.
Rosedale Homemaker's Club members heard Beatrice Fehr discuss interior design with Room Coordination principles. Civil Defense director George Stup urged disaster prep with basement sheltering and two weeks of supplies, while Mrs Nev in Waskey became the Annual Meeting Committee representative.
Miss Darlene E Zimmerman and Fred Gerald Johnson united in marriage at Our Lady Fatima Church Baltimore. Zimmerman is daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph B Zimmerman of Baltimore. Johnson is son of Fred F Johnson of Baltimore. Rev John McCann officiated. Miss Catherine J Baer was maid of honor and Thomas Amoriello best man.
Miss Margery Atkinson, daughter of Mrs Rollins J Atkinson Sr of East Fifteenth Street, becomes engaged to Roy W Sigler Jr son of Mr and Mrs Roy W Sigler Sr of Middletown. Atkinson is a Thurmont Elementary School teacher and Sigler teaches at Bates College Lewiston Maine. A summer wedding is planned.
The Maryland State Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association plans a benefit luncheon for the Maryland State Retarded Children's Workshop on February 21 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel starting at 1 pm. Proceeds will be shared with Maryland counties including Frederick, home to the Jeanne Bussard Workshop. The program features a Pageant of the Zodiac with monthly hair designs by the Maryland Style Body members. Owen Ecker of Frederick, association president, handles tickets.
Beatrice Fehr, Extension Agent in Home Economics at Winchester Hall, urges homemakers to plan spring cleaning and refresh the home as sunlight returns. She emphasizes practical steps for organizing rooms, optimizing space, and creating a welcoming atmosphere. The guidance aims to help households reset furniture layouts and maintain orderly living areas.
Mr and Mrs James A Smallwood of Frederick announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Sue to Norman F Garrett son of Mr and Mrs Roscoe F Garrett of Washington. Betty Sue is a 1961 Roosevelt High School graduate and Norman is a senior at Benjamin Franklin University School of Accounting in Washington. A summer wedding is planned.
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