The War Dog Sallie of Gettysburg legend told to Rotarians
Gettysburg visitor John D Lip py Jr recounts the Civil War tale of Sallie the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteers mascot. The book The War Dog details Sallie’s service across battles, her litters, and her death near Petersburg, with notes on memorials and Lincoln tribute.
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John D. Lippy Jr
Gettysburg
Frederick
Rotary Club of
Mr. Lippy
Sallie
11Th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers
Oak Ridge
Fair Grounds
West Chester
Fort Wayne
Col
Phaon Jarrett
Terry
Company I
Sallie Ann Jarrett
Camp Wayne
Philadelphia
Williamsport
Hatcher’s Run
Petersburg
Hatcher's Run
11Th
Lincoln
F. O. Alexander
Evening Bulletin
Jennie Hussey
Calvary
J. Walter Coleman
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Park Service
Washington
Mrs Garber Heads Amvets Auxiliary
Mrs Pauline L Garber was elected president of the ladies auxiliary of Amvets Post 2 at the June 1 meeting at the Post Home on West Patrick Street. New officers include Eleanor Smith senior VP Frances Clark junior VP Doris Peace treasurer Elizabeth Staley secretary Alberta Walsh liaison officer Helen Warrenfeltz parliamentarian Caroline Fout chaplain Hazel Nirkirk PR officer and historian Fannie Bayles sergeant at arms. Installation set for July 6.
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Pauline L. Garber
Amvets
West
Patrick’ Street
Garber
Eleanor Smith
Frances Clark
Doris Peace
Elizabeth Staley
Alberta Walsh
Helen Warrenfeltz
Caroline Fout
Staley
Veteran's Center
Martinsburg
W. Va
Veteran's Administration
Amvets’ Veterans Administration
Ruth Kinsey
Charlotte Main
V.A.V.S
Shady Rest
Ada Ford
Miss Clark
Walsh
Padersky
UDE Memorial Service in Mt Olivet Cemetery
The Fitzhugh Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held its Memorial Day service at Mt Olivet Cemetery. Rev. Robert Lee Sessoms spoke, paying tribute to Confederate generals and unknown soldiers. The Middletown regiment in original uniforms drilled, fired a salute, and Judge Mary H. Gregory presided. Mrs. Vic tor Marken led the Pledge and flag salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mt. Olivet
Robert Lee Sessoms
First Baptist Church
Middletown
Mary H. Gregory
Victor Marken
News From Bridge Clubs
The Frederick Bridge Club held a master point game at the V F W club Monday night. North South winners were first Mrs Everett Neff and Mrs Robert Poleto, second Harold McCue and Earl Rho derick, third Mr and Mrs Manuel M Weinberg, fourth Mrs Ruth Grundy and Harold Hess. East West winners were first Charles Crum and Harold Keller, second Mrs Carol Schwartz and Charles A Price, third Mrs Charles Arotsky and Mrs Patrick O Connor, fourth Mrs Lottie Gall and Mrs Mary Fuss. The Catoctin Bridge Club match point game was held Wednesday evening at Cozy Restaurant. North South winners were first Harold Hess and Mrs Ruth Grundy, second Mr and Mrs Robert Smith, third Mrs Richard Klein Sr and Richard Klein Jr, fourth Mrs Robert Weinsberg and Mrs Lillian dobbs. East West winners first Mrs Manuel Weinberg and Mrs Gerald Yonetz, tied for second and third Samuel Birely and Mrs Jules Shapiro, and Scott Welty and Frank Rehmann, Fourth Nathan Jacobson and Col Glenn Wilhide.
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Frederick
Catoctin Bridge Club
Cozy Restaurant
Harold Hess
Ruth Grundy
Robert Smith
Richard Klein Sr
Richard Klein Jr
Robert Weinsberg
Lillian Dobbs
Manuel Weinberg
Gerald Yonetz
Samuel Birely
Jules Shapiro
Scott Welty
Frank Rehmann
Nathan Jacobson
Col
Glenn Wilhide
Afternoon Duplicate Bridge Club Winners Named
Afternoon Duplicate Bridge Club results show tied winners Mrs Phillips Pearson and Mrs Charles Arotsky, also Mrs Carl Gall with Mrs Roland Seidel. Finishing third were Mrs Louise Creeger and Mrs Horace M Alexander. The club meets at Amvets on West Patrick Street.
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Phillips Pearson
Charles Arotsky
Carl Gall
Roland Seidel
Louise Creeger
Horace M. Alexander
Amvets
West Patrick Street
Cooper Couple Celebrate 65th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harry J Cooper of Lovettsville Virginia quietly observed their 65th wedding anniversary on June 8 They remain active in the community attending New Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Lovettsville where they have long been members The couple born Viola Campher were married in Chicago in 1899 after which they lived in Kansas Colorado Clinton Illinois and finally Loudoun County Va They had seven children with eldest Isabelle Catherine Garvin and youngest Raymond Luther predeceasing them Raymond died in World War II in Italy The surviving children include Ruby Mae Hammond Harry Lloyd George John Walter Richard and Charles Franklin The Coopers have three granddaughters and their story spans decades of family and community life.
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Harry J. Cooper
Lovettsville
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church
Cooper
Viola Campher
Chicago
Ill
Kansas
Colorado
Clinton
Loudoun County
Coopers
Isabelle Catherine Garvin
Raymond Luther
Raymond
Italy
Ruby Mae Hammond
Ashland
Harry Lloyd
Orlando
Fla
George John
Illinois
Hagerstown
Walter Richard
Virginia
New Jersey
Charles Franklin
Fairfax
American Beatles to Star at Mt Airy Carnival
Mount Airy Lions Club will run a week long carnival at Firemen’s Park Mt Airy opening next Monday. Charles Gendell chairs the event with a long list of committee members handling food entertainment drinks programs publicity and rides. Free nightly entertainment features Bozo the Clown Paul Seipp the Rythemaires Browningsville Band The American Beatles and Tex Cherry with other acts plus a fried chicken and ham dinner on Saturday by the Lionesses.
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Firemen’s Park
Mount Airy
Murray D. Ryan
Herman
Beck Jr
Carroll Robinson
Charles W. Clutter
Donald Irby
Sterling Cullison
Ralph Buckman
William McCracken
Hanford van Sant
Carpenter
Francis Bidinger
Mike Kelly
Mt. Airy
Bozo the Clown
WMAR
Baltimore
Paul Seipp
Rhythmaires
WEBMD
Browningsville
Maxwell Day
Balltimore
England
Tex Cherry
WDON
Wheaton
the Lionesses
William Culwell
Homeowners New Catalog Available
The Homeowners Catalog from Bowers Lumber Company is now available for distribution. It offers guidance on lumber building materials tools insulation and cost comparisons, with data on money saving ideas for home farm or ranch projects and handyman decorating tips. Free complimentary copies are available at the company stores on East Patrick Street and East Sixth Street.
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Bowers Lumber Company
East Patrick Street
East Sixth Street
Hairspray and Hair Care Tips From Sheroken House
A brief column notes the rise of hairsprays and their wartime polyvinyl pyrrolidone base. It promotes Sheroken House of Hair Fashions at 10 E Church Street offering bleaching, shampooing, styling, and permanents with a call to make an appointment at 663-4421.
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Sharon
Sheroken House OF Hair Fashions
Church Street
Bowers Homeowners Catalogs Now Available at Yards
Catalogs for the Bowers Homeowners are now available at any yard location. The text includes a biblical proverb and Edison quote, reflecting miscellaneous notes and quotations alongside the catalog notice.
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Bowers Homeowners
Civinette Club Covers Dish Supper In June Meet
Frederick Civinette Club held its regular monthly gathering at Mrs. Louis Kinsey's home with 36 members present and four guests. A short business session followed, the club creed was recited, reports heard, and progress on the Montevue room furnishing project noted. Birthday greetings and a draw prize were part of the evening. next board meeting is set for June 24 at Mrs. Semler's Yellow Springs home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Civinette Club
Louis Kinsey
Ray Kinsey
Frank Grimes
Jane MacPherson
Doris Falkenstein
Charles Myers
Montevue
Robert Kline
Raymond Bowers Jr
Harold Fogle
Roger Nicodemus
Theodore Semler
Yellow Springs
Hood College Graduate Wins French Summer Institute Grant
Miss Betty Louise Weaver, a 1964 Hood College graduate, is one of 50 teachers awarded a grant to attend a French Summer Institute for secondary teachers at Goucher College Towson from June 25 to August 12. She will teach in the Baltimore County School System and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Weaver of Manchester. She earned a French major with a teaching minor and was on the Dean's List and an honorary marshal during college.
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Betty Louise Weaver
Hood College
Goucher College
Towson
Miss Weaver
Eugene Weaver
Manchester
Baltimore County
Sual
Hood
The News Frederick 1964 June 2 Edition
Local Frederick paper dated Friday June 2 1964 reports daily news from Maryland with national wire and community items. Page notes city events weather and local classifieds.
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the News
Frederick
Maryland
Summer Reading Club at C. Burr Artz Library Opens
Forty four children joined the Travel Time U S A program at the C Burr Artz Library last week collecting book lists bookmarks and course instructions Parents observed as children received a colored satchel after finishing the first book to mark their map spot in the United States The library will shift Story Hour to 10 30 am Saturdays throughout the summer with weekly sessions starting this Saturday.
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U.S.A
C. Burr Artz Library
United States
Selections From The Children's Room at Artz Library
A catalog-like list of children's titles available from the Artz Library and county libraries including works by Raymond Briggs Wendell Devlin Jeanne Marie Lois Sensei Miyoko Matsutani Margareth Shemin Doris Faber Katherine B Shippen Anka Seidlova Irving Werstein and others. It notes age ranges from PreS to Gr.9 and mentions accompanying illustrations and themes across picture books biographies folk tales and war stories.
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Francoise
Jeanne-Marie
Sensei
Lois
Suzanne Miller
Pennsylvania
Suzanne
Matsutani
Miyoko
Yasuo Segawa
Shemin
Margareth
Peter Spier
Johanna
Holland
Braun
Faber
Doris
Shippen
Katherine B
Seidlova
Anca
Otto van Eersel
Greece
Werstein
Irving
Guadalcanal
C. Burr
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Edsie White
Haines
Annapolis
St. John’s
New York
Massachusetts
South Mountain
Potomac
Mrs. Garber
UDE
Catoctin
Lions Club
Mt. Airy Carnival
Cadvertisen
Thomas A. Edison
Reading Club
Meshach Browning
Temple Fielding
Europe
T. E. Lawrence
Rom
John le Jarre
Mary T. Mecarthy
Lbj
Ruth Montgomery
Naked Society
Vance Packard
Fletcher Knebel
Richard 4
Kim
John Cheever
John F. Kennedy
United Press International
Artz Library
Cherry Hill
Blue Ridge Homes
Blue Ridge
Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland
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