Hood College Alumnae Day Observed With Baccalaureate
Hood College marked Alumnae Day with events this afternoon featuring the Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday and Final Exercises set for Tuesday.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1926
Page
1
Hood College marked Alumnae Day with events this afternoon featuring the Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday and Final Exercises set for Tuesday.
Announcement at noon states Hood College senior class play As You Like It will be staged on campus tonight at seven if weather allows. otherwise it moves to Brodbeck Hall. Alumnae Day events include a dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel and a lengthy schedule of reunions, parades, and a 3:30 p.m. costume contest. The alumnae association meets at 10:30 a.m. in Birdbeck Hall to decide on adding four board members, with final action by college directors Monday. Sunday events include an organ recital in Brodbeck Hall at 3 p.m. and a 7:30 p.m. Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Bassier, followed by Commencement Day exercises Tuesday led by Dr. John Niven.
A photograph of this year’s graduating class from Frederick High School appears on page 2 of The News today.
Plans for the annual Girls High School Alumnae banquet set for Monday night June 21 at Hotel Braddock. About 150 attendees expected. Officers for the ensuing year to be elected. A formal menu arranged and no back dues required. Various toasts planned with Mrs Helen Delaughter Ford as toastmistress.
The circuit court ruled on a long dispute between Elmer M. Phebus and William C. Roderick over a Market Street alley between Fourth and Fifth streets to Middle alley. The decision limits alley use to fronting Market Street property owners and restricts others, including rear lot tenants, from indiscriminate passage. Chief Judge Tammond Urner and Associate Judge Glenn N. Worthington signed the ruling, with legal representation noted for both sides. The report also notes several Democratic candidates for County Commissioner announcing their plans, expanding the field prior to the fall primaries, along with alumnae and club meetings in Frederick.
Frederick civic groups Rotary Kiwanis and Lions to form a joint committee with three representatives from each club to draft a civic betterment program. Rotary has pressed for a central parking place for automobiles, with public sentiment favoring action. The move follows J D Baker's talk to Hotarians endorsing a central parking site white way and concrete bridges.
The Independent Fire Company Standing Committee hosted Philip Seeger and Robert Delaplaine at Sauhel's Inn near Tanestown for a commemorative dinner. Seeger served decades with the company and committee. Delaplaine served twenty years as a committee member and secretary, later declining renomination.银
Miss Beatrice Bogar of Harrisburg and Miss Marian Unger of Cove Gap are guests of Miss Mary Rhoads on East Second Street during Hood College commencement. W. V. Wolfe of Frederick has become a salesman for the Pabangh Anta Sales in place of Ralph Kine. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Wo Rico and their young son of Rancho Springs visit Jefferson Mexico City based women’s clubs.
New York police raided a Bronx apartment on complaints from husbands and found well dressed women gathered around gambling tables playing for heavy stakes. The women panicked when detectives entered. they feared bandits. All but the proprietor were allowed to leave.
Circular proposals for bids to construct 19 kitchens and four baths at the Maryland National Guard state camp near Buena Vista were mailed to contractors. Bids due by June 15. construction to start soon under Construction Quartermaster Captain Lyman S. Frasier. About $62,000 available, with water system installation bid next week.
About 140 graduates received the Doctor of Medicine degree at the Jefferson Medical College commencement in Philadelphia. H Lawrence Fahrney will intern at Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore, while Arno Emerson Town plans to intern at Atlantic City Hospital after visiting St Petersburg, with Town returning July 1. Mrs H P Fultney, Miss Krasenna Fahrney, and the Towns of Frederick attended the ceremonies.
Paris June 5 AP Helen Wills American women’s tennis champion is out of danger and progressing after an appendicitis operation at the American Hospital. She may not play tennis this fall. Suzanne Lenglen visited her rival at the hospital while doctors say Wills is completely out of danger. A three year old boy, Chesley Powell, was struck by a car on West Patrick Street but is not seriously hurt according to City Hospital doctors.
Police in Edmonton denied reports that evangelist Amy McPherson had arrived there and began a probe into a telegram from an “Inspector Middletown” claiming she was a guest at Corona Hotel. The report included car registrations and noted the reward of 25 000 dollars may be withdrawn if she is alive.
Emplo yees of the Fredrick Motor Company held a Friday outing at Saubers Inn Taneytown with a dinner after a baseball game. Robert L Warfield president spoke. John Krantz won a prize for most sales. A permanent baseball team was formed with Loan Endelberger manager and W J Reynolds captain.
Lime Assa Tournament participants include Harry Letore LeGare in Preneh Tack Springe Indiana as cups are awarded to winners. Mrs Lewis B Weidman and Carlisle Pais visit Marian K Smush during commencement at West Phird street at Iised Col OB.
A harsh cool front sweeps the eastern seaboard with frost in several counties. New York reports a record low for June as temperatures drop sharply, while New England suffers frost and crop damage. Forecasters expect temperatures to rise to normal levels by midweek. Local advisories warn of chilly winds and overcast skies with unsettled conditions persisting.
Nevlit June 5 JAL reports fresh trouble in Poland with mutinous recruits near Vilna and unrest in annexed provinces. White Tugsian forces in Vilna revolted against military rule, while provincial government challenges the war government. State of emergency proclaimed in Vasen and Potmmerellin upon Governor Wach entob’s request. Outdoor demonstrations banned and foreign newspapers censored.
In Newcastle County workhouse, Thomas Kelly and another man were publicly whipped for highway robbery. A newspaper photographer was ejected as officers restrained the crowd from top to bottom. Delicate discipline in Delaware framing the customary punishment process, with details of the event noted but the exact severity kept as a public record.
The annual gathering of the Foint Brotherhood led by Rev. C R SbUKe will be held in Waltherssile near the parsonage on June 17. Dr. Charles TP Wiles of Philadelphia will address the meeting, with guest Mrs Parkhurst and Mise Porethy Goddard among expected attendees.
The marriage of Miss Helen Beaise Comferg of Washington to Walter Chie Kerlin of Roanoke was conducted at the Myangelical Reformed Church with Dr Henri Kieffer officiating. The bride wore pink Georgette crepe with lace and veil, a luncheon followed at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, and the couple plan a Philadelphia trip before settling in Roanoke.
Federal agents reported 150 gallons of liquor stolen from the Funkhouser home cellar near Tragerstown. A master key was used, and a colored maid spotted two thieves leaving as shots were fired. Investigation traced 62 cans with 26 missing. the liquor had government seals and was stored due to no local government storage, tying the seizure to earlier federal liquor actions nearby.
In Wheeling West Virginia Captain William J McCormick manager of the Salvation Army Industrial Home remained in critical condition from gunshot wounds while Eugene Reilly an attache of the home was dead after an attack last night Walter Metormick of Fairmont was arrested shortly after and held pending inquiry Police say Metrezor and Reilly tried to eject him after he refused payment for work Metormick described as deranged by others.
Two men in a dilapidated touring car robbed an auto bus carrying a $34,250 payroll for Dupont Rayon Co at Old Hickory near Nashville. The money was insured and was being moved from the Federal Reserve Branch Bank in Nashville to the Old Hickory branch of Fourth and First National Bank. Several named individuals appear as witnesses or affected parties in nearby towns.
A mass meeting is set for Monday night at 6 in the court room to discuss plans for a local sesquicentennial celebration of American independence. Announcement will be made from church pulpits. fraternal and patriotic orders are being invited to cooperate.
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