Borrowing Replaces Baseball as Nation’s Indoor Passion
HAL BOYLE notes borrowing has become America's vast indoor industry surpassing baseball in popularity. He lists borrower types from emergency pleas to compulsive kleptomania, praising the social lift of borrowing and lampooning various schemes while detailing the colorful pigeonholes people fall into.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
America
Barrymore
Banes
Tabby
Robin Hood
Joe Doakes
Old Joe
Sherwood Forest
Dorothea Dix Advice on Widowers and Love
A reader asks if marrying a widower is wise and anxious about jealousy. The column cheerfuly counsels embracing the last love, noting first loves are common and that marrying a widower can smooth life, with wives often loyal and helpful to the new spouse. It emphasizes practical happiness over fear, urging confidence in choosing a partner.
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Harothy
Marriage And Work In Modern Wives Guidance
A reader asks about choosing marriage over career and whether to quit work after tying the knot. The reply urges marrying for deep love, suggests work may be secondary, and advises prioritizing home life over professional gain. Another query about a wife’s suspected infidelity and nervous breakdown is advised to be treated via a sanatorium, with doctor involvement and independence from family to restore balance.
Local families share Easter visits and life events
Emmitsburg residents note property transfers as Lawrence Hull sells the Taylor property to Richard Keckler family. Ann Eckenrode from Baltimore spends a Saturday in town. Bud Burdner from Bayside visits family for Easter. Walter Topper and family visit Mrs. Ray Topper. John Mick from Westminster visits Leonard Sanders. Catherine Timmerman and friend from Philadelphia join Mr. and Mrs. Fred Timmerman. Dinner guests at William Rodgers home include Thorton Rodgers and sons Eugene and Donald, Lillian Gelwicks, and Theresa Pecher. Charles Pitzer of York Pa welcomes a daughter born at Warner Hospital Gettysburg last week. Mary Margaret Arnold is the former Mrs. Fitrar. Vivian Warthen, Is spending six months with parents after polio recovery and plans to resume nurses training in September. Marianne Sanders and brothers James and Allen Sanders vacationed with parents Clarence and family in Easter. Loretta Boyle of Frederick Memorial Hospital spent the week in town.
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Emmitsbure
Lawrence Hull
Taylor
Richard Keckler
Ann Eckenrode
Baltimore
Joseph
Bud” Burdner
Bayside
L. 1
Robert Burdner
Walter Topper
Ferndale
Ray Topper
John Mick
Westminster
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Fitrar
Mary Margaret Arnold
James Arnold
East Main Street
Pilzers
Vivian Warthen
St Agnes’ Hospital
Rudolph Warthen
Miss Warthen
Women’s Clubs Discuss Fabrics and Club Planning
Charlesville Homemakers Club heard Mrs. Gilmer Barker explain fabric qualities and care for plain and blended materials during a demonstration on Selecting The Ready Made Dress. Swatches of cotton, linen, rayon, silk, wool, and nylon were passed for examination.
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Charlesville Club
Charlesville Homemakers Club
Gilmer Barker
Herbert Tyeryar
Bloomfield
Charles Putman
Raymond J. Ford
Paul Zier
Harry Staley
Ford
Zier
Harold Staley
Wilbur Stup
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C. Frank Miller
Beatrice
Emmitsburg Notes and Community Updates
Enduring ties at South Seton avenue as Eugene Rosensteel joins the U S Navy at Great Lakes. Local families visit and celebrate, including Mr and Mrs Kugler marking their 25th anniversary on Easter Sunday. David Arnold takes the Neuman bookstore post in Westminster and Q A updates cover Washingtons Valley Forge image and cottage cheese origins amid sheep shortages affecting wool and lamb production nationwide.
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Lewis Kugler
Earl Kugler
Union Bridge social news includes talks and a marriage announcement
Union Bridge hosts a turkey dinner for the chamber of commerce in the firemen's hall with guest speaker W. B Anders of Frederick and visitors including Joseph D. Baker Jr. An Easter visit by Shirley Minnich is noted. Mamie Elizabeth Leatherman is to wed John David Lambert at James Lutheran Church on March 25. Additional local updates follow.
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Union Bridge
Fred Eyler
Charles Mackley
Union Bridge Chamber of Commerce
Union Bridge Fire Co
Raymond K. Wright
W. B Anders
Frederick
Joseph D. Baker, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Ramsbury
McAuliffe
Bowers
Shirley Minnich
Virginia
Febr Demonstration On Experiment in Freezing
A February event featured a demonstration titled Experiment in Freezing. Refreshments were served by the hostesses.
French President Auriol Opens Washington Visit
In Washington on March 28 French President Vincent Auriol pledged France will sacrifice for defense and pursue peace with the United States. He told President Truman that France and the U.S. share aims of peace and collective security and that France rejects slavery and war. The dinner followed a large military parade on Pennsylvania Avenue with Vice President Barkley and Cabinet members present as about 225,000 spectators lined the route.
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Washington
Vincent Auriol
France
Truman
United States
M. Auriol
Barkley
Pennsylvania Avenue
French President Arrives in New York Aboard liner Iie de France
The French President reached New York aboard the liner Iie de France and arrived late in the day. Officials awaited details of his schedule as he began engagements in the city.
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New York
Iie de France
Ready To Go Ahead On Ferry Park Project
Dr Henry T McDonald says officials are ready to move into Harpers Ferry National Monument once approval is given. Legislators in West Virginia and Maryland have approved land appropriation, with the shrine backed by a local committee. The term monument reflects historic and scenic value, not guaranteed construction.
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Henry T. McDonald
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Harpers Ferry
West Virginia
Maryland
McDonald
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George Rosensteel
Seton Avenue
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Rodgers Topper
Airy
Robert L. Topper
Mark Wolfe
York
David Arnold
Neuman
Wilbur Brandenburg Place
New Windsor
Mr. Essig
George Washington
Valley Forge
Henry Brueckner
Carroll
Case
Senate Crime Committee
Frank Erickson
News York
St. Louis
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Erickson
E. Patrick St
Best Buy In Town
Sandals
Frederick, Md
Thomas & Company
Adamstown
Ferry Park
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Howard M. Albaugh
Eer
Tod
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Henelee
Elgin
Tyler's Jewelry Store
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