Valentine Traditions and the Romance of Hearts
Valentines inspire enduring gifts and legends from Saint Valentine tales to pre Christian feasts. The piece notes mass exchanges in the U S amid rising commercial valentines and postal services. Also included are real estate transfer at 613 Mary Street Briga doon and detailed funeral rites for Morris A Zentz with Masonic and Templar involvement.
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United States
Valentine
Valentinus
Interamna Nahari
Italy
Mperor
Cupid
Rome
Walter Scott
Charles Lamt
Impressive ceremonies open United Fire Company bazaar
Fifty years ago in the city Opera House a formal bazaar opening by the United Fire Company featured a parade and a large gill key presented to Joseph Gaver by Mayor Smith. Speeches and tableaux drew local participation and attention.
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City Opera House
United Fire Company
Joseph Gaver
Smith
Booth
United
Maryland
D. H. Kolb
West Church Street
Elks Club
Hersperger
Court
Second Streets
TH Electric Light Company
Harpers Ferry
Brunswick
Twenty Years Ago in The Columns of The News
Travel conditions were hazardous as winter mist turned to ice in Frederick and county roads. The federal agricultural census progress slowed by bad roads and cold weather. Dr J D S Young a longtime physician and church minister in Frederick died at Emergency Hospital in Washington aged 72. Miss Mary Nellie Mun Shower cashier at the Opera House Trust died at her parents home east of Frederick from double pneumonia aged 19.
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Frederick
Frederick County
J.D
Young
Graceham
United Brethren Church
Washington
Mary Nellie Munshower
Funeral Notices and Will Probate Highlights
Obituaries record Samuel A Snyder of near Mt Pleasant 73 master cabinetmaker clock collector and buttermaker for Bethlehem Creamery, services at Walkersville and interment near Liberty. Other notices include Burdette Warfield Molesworth Emma Warfield and Constance Kerschner wills with bequests among relatives. Forfeited collateral in Peoples Court tus morning lists several motorists including White Romery Sommers and O’Neal with fines from 16 to 1645 dollars.
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Samuel Abraham Snyder
Mt. Pleasant
Bethlehem Creamery
Charles Edward
Sarah Ellen Nusbaum Snyder
Roy Garber
Inc
Bes Cemetery
Liberty
C. Barton
Peoples Court
Braddock Mountain
Rex A. White
Siler Spring
Kenneth B. Romery
Bridgeville
Charles J. Sommers
Fort Know Ky
Albett. Sunesth
Cochurebus
Stanley L. Flick
Columbus
Gerald K. O'Neal
Richard Leon Alexanter
Winchester
Tnd
Robert E. Holiday
Niobe
Kyle
Edward Callahan
Curtis Bay
Hilt
Trapper
Carlton Lewis
Roy Derwond Fambrough
Lucketts
Point of Rocks
C. D
Mades
Deaths and Obituaries from Urbana Region
Obituaries list Mrs. Sarah Rosencrantz widow of Paul B. Rosencrantz aged 62 with six children, funeral home services, cremation at Fort Lincoln. Also Grayson E. Shryock, 82, and multiple others including Mrs. W. N. Heater 82, Mrs. Edna Grove Buchanan, William D. Grimm 69, Mrs. Delphia Hilderbrand 72, and Mrs. Gertrude Williams 75 with funeral details and surviving relatives.
Committees For Amvets Auxiliary On Monday February 7
Amvets Auxiliary held its regular monthly meeting at the Post Home 560 West Patrick Street. President Mrs Alberta R Walsh presided. Secretary Mrs Anna Engle recited minutes and the January 11 executive committee. Committees for the year announced with names for Membership Grievance Memorial SOS Entertainment and more. March meeting will reveal Secret Sisters with a covered dish social at 7 pm. Refreshments served by Englebrecht Thaeter and Warrenfeltz. Married 23 years Mr and Mrs A F Raby observed their anniversary with a large open house and dinner in Brunswick. Many relatives attended plus gifts and flowers. Public notices report charges entered by city police including intoxication loitering and traffic charges. Merger opposition cited in labor news. A Navy man Vincent Clarke aboard USS Jawa arrived for a three month cruise.
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Amvet
Post
West Patrick Street
Alberta R. Walsh
Ruth E. Hing
iAusiliary
Anna K. Engle
Engle
Hazel J. Nikirk
Eleanor Smith
Helen Warrenfeltz
Mary Walsh
Catherine Hofffman
Parathy J Staley
Catherine Hoffman
Virginia Albright
Pauline Nemata Pap Barles
Hilda Brightweil
Eileen Calliflower
Mary Kemp
Lois Miller
Margaret Murphy
Hazel Nikirk
Elizabeth Staley
Virginia Bond
Pauline Gosnell
Ruth Kinsey
Evelyn Summer
Pauline Weddle
Ira Mae Devilbiss
Elaine Kennnedy
Doris Pangle
Dorothy J. Staffey
Florence Englebrecht
Dolores Miller
Rosa Kreh
Fannie Bayles
Doris Pangie
Wa & Means
Catherine Hahn
Pauline Nikirk
Mary Summers
Dorothy 0. Staley
Margery Thaeter
Heart operation helps boy attend school for first time
Jimmy Sanger ten-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Paul Sanger of Petersville has begun public school after a heart operation in February and follow up therapy. A congenital heart defect caused right side paralysis, but improvement came after treatment at Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Clinic and a summer cardiac camp in Virginia. Occupational therapy from the Frederick County Heart Association aided his return to Brunswick Elementary School under teacher Lee Smith.
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Paul Sanger
Petersville
Virginia
Frederick County Heart Association
Jimmy
Viginia
Brunswick Elementary
Lee Smith
Frederick
Leonard Scherlis
Heart Clinic
Harriet Lane
Johns Hopshins Hospital
Frank Speier
Miss Barbara Ann Roberts Dies at 20 in Frederick County
Miss Barbara Ann Roberts aged 20 died Sunday at 10 35 am after a five week illness at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was born in Frederick County daughter of Ambrose and Gladys W Hill Libertytown. Survived by parents maternal grandparents Charles and Barbara Roberts Libertytown and siblings Sandra Bernard Paul Virginia John and Rose Mary Hill. Member of St Peter Catholic Church. Body at Libertytown funeral home D D Hartzler and Sons rosary Tuesday 8 pm. Requiem Mass at St Peter's Church Wednesday at 9 30 am burial in church cemetery.
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Eloved
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Ambrose
Gladys W. Hill
Libertytown
Charles Roberts
Sandra L
Bernard A
Paul A
Virginia B
John E
Rose Mary Hill
St Peter's Catholic Church
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
St. Peter's Church
Boac
Tie John A
Actress Abimail Adams Found Dead in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills police and a physician described the actress Abimail Adams death as an apparent suicide by sleeping pill overdose. Miss Adams, once engaged to comedian George Jessel, was found in her bed by drugstore owner Max Marks after a night they clubbed and a missed phone call.
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Calif Lala
Abimail Adams
George Jessel
Beverly Hills
Max Marks
Marks
Miss Adams
Lester V. Laurion
Jessel
Santa Ana
Jesse
U.S
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Lyle Talbot
Willard Rites Set for Wednesday at St Mark's Church
L E Willard longtime Doubs resident 97 died at home Sunday age 97. He worked 50 years for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as trackman and foreman. Survived by children Harry S Willard George T Willard Mary V Willard Ella M Fry Carrie E Pangte and Charles P Willard 23 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren and others. Funeral Wednesday at St Mark's Church with services at 1 o'clock. Interment Mount Olivet cemetery. Etchison and Son funeral directors in charge.
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William D. Grimm
William Daniel Grimm
Dargan
Bakerton
W. Va
City M Hospital
Martinsburg
Tle
BB & O
Albert
Victoria Cox Grimm
Assie J Lee Hanes Grimm
Mervil Files
Edwin Keller
Hilda Grimy
William Jr
Rsse
Brunswick
Frank
Maude Hollis
Samples Manor Church of God
Robert Easterday
Samples Manor
Lutther Edward Willard
Doubs
George
Mary Bussard Willard
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
St. Luke's Church
Point of Rocks
St. Marks, Doubs
St. Matthews Church
Church Hill
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Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Harry S. Willard
Middletown
George T. Willard
Washington
Mary V. Willard
Ella M. Fry
Adamstown
Carrie E. Pangte
Charles P. Willard
East Church Street
St.Mark's Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Etchison and Son
Salisbury Couple Celebrates 69 Years of Marriage
Salisbury couple Mrs. John Will Gordy and her 86 year old husband marked 69 years of marriage. Gordy, a retired lumberman and shirt maker, bakes pies on weekends and manages their housekeeping with help from their three daughters Mrs. Henry G. Allen of Delmar, Mrs. B. F. Brittingham of Salisbury, and Mrs. T. R. Philips of Baltimore.
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John Will Gordy
Gordy
Henry G. Allen
Delmar
B. F. Brittingham
Land
T. R. Philips
Baltimore
Soloist William Simpson to lead Lancaster Seminary Choir concert
William S Simpson baritone, son of Mr and Mrs Walter A Simpson of Emmitsburg, will be featured as soloist with the Lancaster Theological Seminary Choir at Evangelical Reformed church Sunday 7 pm February 20. A seminary senior with extensive training, he studied at New College Edinburgh on a Rotary Foundation Fellowship and has directed church choirs. The 38 voice choir, directed by Frank A McConnell, performs about twenty concerts yearly across the eastern U S.
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Lancaster Theological Seminary
Evangelical Reformed Church
Simpson
Walter A. Simpson
Emmitsburg
Theological Seminary of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Western Maryland College
Elijah
Mendelssohn
Haydn
Scotland
New College Music Society
Hans Oppenheim
Saltire Singers
Britain
Frank A. McConnell
McConnell
American Guild of Organists
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Lancaster
United States
Norfolk naval exercise TraEx 2-55 ships and personnel set
In Norfolk Virginia two naval gunfire drills and two janapiritans involve 59 ships and over 28 000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel over four months. Seaman George T Rippeon son of Mr and Mrs John Z Rippeot of Route 1 Mount Airy is aboard USS LST 938. Andrew Jackson's home was called The Hermitage.
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Marine Corps
George T. Rippeon
sea+ man
USN
John Z. Rippeot
Route 1
Amvets Auxiliary Honors National President Ruth King
Amvets Auxiliary hosted a dinner at the Post Home in Middletown on Sunday January 30 at 5 30 p m honoring National Auxiliary President Ruth E King. About 50 members and guests attended as Alberta Walsh introduced King who spoke on auxiliary roles in local state and national Amvets. G Maynard Summers and Lawrence H Walsh welcomed her. Summers and Walsh were dinner guests. King received a manicure set as a token of appreciation for her work with Post No 2.
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Ruth E. King
National Auxiliary
Post
West Patrick Street
Middletown Amvets Auxiliary
Alberta Walsh
Amvets
G. Maynard Summers
Amivets
King
Lawrence H. Walsh
Messrs. Summers and
Walsh
Navy to End In-House Coffee Roasting
The Navy plans to stop roasting its own coffee at the Oakland Naval Supply Center. Rep John F Sheiley says the roasting plant will be shut down and 35 employees warned of possible job losses, with the Navy pledging to seek new positions for the workers.
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San Francisco
Navy
John F. Sheiley
D-Calif
Oakland Naval Supply Center
New Darnestown Elementary School Opens in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Board of Education opens the Darnestown elementary school costing 160,739 dollars. It features six classrooms a multipurpose room and a kitchen. Improvements to date total 16,406 dollars bringing overall cost to 182,545 dollars or 0.988 dollars per cubic foot.
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Darnestown
Montgomery County
Frontier Night Gala at VEW Country Club Friday
The Ladies Golf Committee led by Mrs. Ruth Gregory sponsors Frontier Night a gala at VEW Country Club starting 8 30 pm Friday. It was postponed from last Friday due to weather. The event highlights Western fashion and social bellet.
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VEW Country Club
Ladies Golf Committee
Ruth Gregory
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