Mardi Gras Ball Fetes Frederick Citizens at Key Hotel
More than 1,200 residents attended the Frederick Woman's Civic Club Mardi Gras ball at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. King Rex William Wallace and queens Charles Main and John Griffin presided as Miss Hedy Hirsch crowned the Queen, with music in the Wedgwood Room and festive masks throughout the event.
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Francis Scott Key Hotel
King Rex
The
Frederick Woman’s Civic Club Two
Wallace
Charles V. Main
John T. Griffin
Hedy Hirsch
Frederick Woman's Civic Club Inc
Edward D. Storm
Wilbur Wimmer
Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs
Henry Warburton Jr
Maryland Federation
William
Mardi Gras Royal Court Presented to King Rex
Royal Court and hundreds of spectators fill the hotel lobby as the queen and each princess are presented by their parents. The event features a restraining rope by last year’s princesses and parents Albert and Mrs Hirsch of Carroll Parkway.
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King Rex
Albert Hirsch
Carroll Parkway
Frank Adams
Frederick
East Frederick Homemakers Meet for Annual Plans and Talks
The East Frederick Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Hiltner's home with 13 members and one guest. Birthday cake honored Mrs. Murray Fox, first president, as the club highlighted its nine year history and upcoming events at Hood College and a March 14 flower show in Washington. Mrs. Caster spoke on soil and water conservation and Small Watershed Program. The next meeting is March 15 at Mrs. Eney's home with co-hostess Mrs. McDonough.
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Harry Zimmerman
Paul Wiles
East Frederick
Lloyd Eney
William Coster
William Shuff
Washington
Austin Hoffman
Caster
Congress
Tulip Hill
Thomas MceDonough
Polly's Pointers and Cloth Apron Tricks
Dear Polly offers safe pine needle drying tips before storage for aroma and winter use. She warns against open flames and suggests using a small pan with nylon net and ribbon for scent. A reader shares repurposing a daughter's cotton wrap-around skirt into a half apron with large pockets for housework.
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Polly
Fran
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Mardi Cras
France
Governor Johnson
William Wallace
Scotland
Queen Hedy
J. Rolfe Castleman
Rex
Charles V
Main
Mardi Gras Royal Court
West Frederick Homemakers
West Frederick
Crouch
Clarence Haller
Nhawspape
Frederick High School
Granny
Debbie Monk
Barbara Root
Barbara Falk
Sharon Dunbar
Marsha Kessler
Raggedy Ann
Andy
Mrs
Thomas Biffle
Braddock Heights
H. Hasebroock
General Federation of Women's Clubs
E. D. Pearce
General Federation
T. R. Houde
William Hobson
East Frederick Homemakers
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