Lieut Sharrer Killed In Italy In Action
War Department telegrams report Second Lieut Charles L Sharrer Jr killed in action in Italy on February 12. He was an Emmitsburg High School graduate and served in Hawaii and North Africa before going to Italy. He was 22 and survived by his parents and sister. Pvt Frank A Gardner Jr, 20, missing in action since January 23, is from near Mt. Airy and had served since February 19.
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War Department
Emmitsburg
Woodville
Italy
Charles L. Sharrer
Charles L Sharrer
Frank A Gardner
Mt. Airy
Sharrer
Army
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
United States
Oklahoma
North Africa
Lieut
Emmitsburg High School
Valerie Sharrer
Hagerstown
Gardner
Soldier Missing From Infantry Unit Since January Thirteenth
A 1943 report notes a soldier arrived in North Africa last September and his parents are unsure of his landing date increc. He was listed missing from his infantry unit on January 13, ten days before the notice was issued.
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North Africa
Crec
Mid-Valley Homemakers Club Holds March Meeting
The Mid-Valley Homemakers Club met at Mrs Cyrus Mc Bride's Middletown home on March 7 for a covered dish luncheon followed by the regular meeting. Three new members were added, twenty members attended, and delegates were chosen for the Federation meeting. The next gathering is scheduled April 4 at Mrs Wilmer House's home.
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Mid-Valley
Mid-Valley Homemakers Club
Cyrus McBride
Middletown
Charles Remsberg
Midaetown Valley
Wilmer House
Impressive Emmitsburg flag service honors twenty stars
A Sunday ceremony in Emmitsburg marked dedication of a twenty star service flag. The Church of the Incarnation hosted the event led by Rev Edwin Walcker. Honorees with stars included Ensign Emily Adelsberger, Pfc John M Bollinger, Sgt Donald E Crouse, Cpl Paul Crouse, Chaplain Claude H Carl, and others such as Louis S Eyler, Harold Hoke, John M Hoke, and a Pfc listed among the deceased or missing.
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Emmitsburg
Church of the Incarnation, Evangelical and Reformed
Edwin Walcker
Emily Adelsberger
John M Bollinger
Donald E Crouse
Paul Crouse
Claude H Carl
Louis S Eyler
Harold ‘Hoke
John M. Hoke
Service Flag History Recalls Capt Queisser 1917 Design
In East Cleveland Ohio Rev Walker outlines the service flag story tied to Capt L Queisser who designed it in 1917 after a Mexican border accident. The flag symbol spread nationwide as homes with servicemen received a flag while Queisser sought a patent to prevent misuse.
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Thomas E. Hoke
Richard S. Keckler
Alvey Kline
K. L Lowe
David R Martin
Donald S. Martin
H. Rhodes
Edgar N. Rhodes
Della P. Riley
Richard L. Simpson
Robert H Springer
Daniel F. Wolfe
Walker
L Queisser
Queissers
Family honors 82d birthday of Mrs Uriah Griffith
Laytonsville area residents gathered at Mrs Uriah Griffiths home to mark her 82nd birthday with relatives traveling from Washington and county areas. Miss Mary E Waters joined from the capital while Mrs William Warfield and Miss Mary C Warfield hosted a bridge luncheon near Woodfield earlier in the week. An attractive bridge luncheon also noted.
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Lawtonsville
Uriah Griffith
Mary E Waters
Washington
William Warfield
Mary C Warfield
Woodfield
Social welcomes and visits noted in local society column
Thursday greetings were given by Mrs George Viault and her mother Mrs Burnag Bartlett to honor guest Mrs Elizabeth Wood Davis of Alabama. Dr Maude Nuttall and Mrs Roland Waddill left for a visit in New York. Mrs Lucy Salamanca returned from New York with Mrs George Norris and her daughters Mrs Jack Salamanca and Miss Marina Garcia Salamanca.
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George Viault
Burnag Bartlett
Elizabeth Wood Davis
Alabama
Maude Nuttall
Roland Waddill
Washington Grove
New York
Lucy Salamanca
George Norris
Jack Salamanca
Marina Garcia Salamanca
Court News Equity Wilam M Runkles versus Lacy M Runkles
Equity action includes a bill of complaint for a partial divorce. Notices list marriage licenses for Robert B Menefee and Sarah J Skin der of Richmond setting forth residents Harpers Ferry and Bluemont with ages and statuses. Additional pairs include Wallace W Woodcock and Hazel L Herbert of Paint Post and Corning NY, Realus Lincoln and Mary Ann Hughes of Bluemont, and Russel Melvin Fauble with Reta Marie Moss both of Knonville, plus Joseph Levahn Tibbs of Boyds.
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Robert B Menefee
Harpers Ferry
W.va
Sarah J. Skinder
Richmond
Wallace W Woodcock
Corning NY
Hazel L Herbert
Paint Post New York
Realus
Lincoln
Mary Ann Hughes
Bluemont
Russel Melvin Fauble
Reta Marie Moss
Knonville
Joseph Levahn Tibbs
Boyds
Local Deed Transfers List Names and Sums
A Maryland county deed record lists multiple transfers involving individuals such as Dorothy Grace Lambert and Virginia I Harding, with ages and hometowns. Amounts range from 3 to 6,550 dollars, covering properties conveyed through attorneys in fact and trustees to spouses and other parties.
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Clarence E Streight
Ejta E Durkash
Charles M Stunkel
Daisy L Chiswell
Nellie M. Stunkel
William M Storm
Charles McC Mathias
Charles W. Hoffman
Wiliam M Storm
Delbert
Null
Gaithersburg social scene heats with bridge party
In Gaithersburg area residents report lively informal gatherings as Mr and Mrs Samuel Fretz hosted a denser-bridge party at their Washington Grove home Saturday, enlivening the local social scene with casual entertainment.
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Gaithersburg
Samuel Fretz
Washington Grove
Social Hostesses and Guests Gather for Dinner Party
Among the guests were Mr and Mrs Robert Billhimer Lt and Mrs P B Dahlstrom of Oakmont and Mr and Mrs James Ervin Mrs Edgar Fulks and her daughter Miss Leona Fulks hosted a Saturday dinner party. Mrs Earl Williams gave a bridge party Thursday at Observatory Heights home. Dr and Mrs Frank J Broschart hosted their daughters Miss Mary and Miss Catherine Broschart, students at the Academy of Visitation in Frederick.
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Robert Billhimer
P. B Dahlstrom
Oakmont
James Ervin
Gaithersburg
Edgar Fulks
Leona Fulks
Earl Williams
Observatory Heights
Frank J Broschart
Mary
Catherine Broschart
Academy of Visitation
Frederick
Sacred Paulownia Tree Said to Be Important to Japan
The Asiatic Paulownia or Em press tree, imported from Japan and found in the Atlantic States, was reputed by the Japanese as a sacred tree.
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Japan
Atlantic States
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Laytonsville
Chase
Corinne Cacaiod Powdes
Court News Equity
Wilam M Runkles
Lacy M
Runkles
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
Maryland
Dorothy Grace Lambert
Germantown
Robert C Springer
Columbus
Jean ©. Schroyer
Leonard E Ross
Virginia I. Harding
Rockville
Donald W Dawson
Brunswick
Mildred M Painter
Lovettsville
Puilie Morris
Philip Morris
Paitie Morris
Sota
Call Philip P Morris
America
Unti
James Hilton
Mildred Jordan
Louis Bromfeld
Margaret Banning
Grace L Hirikman
Warwick Deeping
Storm & Shipley
Red Cross War Fund
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