Dear Abby insights on names and family etiquette mix
Readers discuss the playful misuse of common names like John and the social nuances of family dynamics. A Suffolk VA writer seeks guidance on meeting girlfriends’ parents, handling a live-in relationship, and how to treat the couple in family invites, with broader reflection on modern courtesy.
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Abby
Mexico
John
Johns
Harry
Florida
Murrey
Grandma
Jack
Jim
Suffolk
Reina
Edwc
Hamman
Frederick Jaycees honor 1979 Outstanding Senior Citizens
You Did It, a Frederick resident living on Fairview Avenue with Marian, three children, and five grandchildren, was named Outstanding Senior Citizen of 1979. Judges included Rev. Ralph M. Sharp, Dr. Henry Laughlin, and Dr. Robert White. The dinner at Erin's Italian Kitchen recognized many seniors such as Elizabeth Burker, Louise Creager, Frank Crutchley, Ruth Delaplaine, Bessie Houck, Pearl Kefauver, Alice McDevitt, Ruth Oltwan, Helen Smith, Warren Smith, and John Zufall among others.
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Bush
Fairview Avenue
Marian
Ralph M. Sharp
United Methodist Church
Henry Laughlin
Robert White
Hood College
Erin's
Italian Kitchen
Elizabeth Pyles Burker
Louise Dorothy Creager
Francis M. Crutchley
Howard Ralph Damuth
Ruth C. Delaplaine
Frank H. Grabill
James A. Grove
Bessie Virginia Houck
Pearl G. Kefauver
Alice McDevitt
Helen Elizabeth McNair
Ruth M. Oltwan
Blanche A. Parcell
Ethel Pemsel
Robert Hunter Perry
Ruth F. Roberson
Helen L. Smith
Warren P. E. Smith
Gwendolyn H. Swann
Charles H. Woodman
John A. Zufall
Francis W. Bush Sr
Frederick County
Frederick Jaycees
Frederick
Charles V. Main
Susan C. Nicol
Hearings set on escalating Frederick school construction plan
A six year plan for Frederick County schools outlines new Middle and High School projects, facility expansions, and renovations as population growth around Green Valley and Ballenger Creek accelerates. Public meetings begin May 31 at North Frederick Elementary, June 4 at South Frederick Elementary, and June 5 at Walkersville High School to review the FY82 priority list drafted by a 21 member advisory committee chaired by John L. Snyder.
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Frederick
Green Valley
Ballenger Creek
Frederick County
Gordon M. Anderson
Frederick City
Middletown Area
Walkersville Area
Board of Education
Alder Sanavatad Aehonse
Walkersville
Old Middletown
Monocacy Middle
Western Middle
Rock Creek Center
Kemptown Middle
Parkway
Brunswick
Kemptown
Monocacy
Gov. Thomas Johnson and Catoctin
Area 1
North Frederick
Motter Avenue
Frederick High
Middletown
Area IL
South Frederick
Madison and McMurray
Linganore High
Walkersville High
Beomewick High
Area IH
Walkersville High School
John L. Snyder
Snyder
Elm Street
New Market
Ballenger Creek Basin
New Market Middle
Anderson
Stat
Paul E. Fogle
Gael Butcher
Shelia Thompson
Lynn Brooks
Sherman Wood
Dan Gadra
Bessie Gladhill
Sue Haak
James Hofrichter
James Holder
Gail Huseman
David Keech
Tony O'Toole
Robert Portner
Kate Powell
Richard Pry
Barbara Rickman
Robert Rogers
Anita Stup
Phil Walko
Mary Warshowsky
Tony Wolfe
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Westminster
Carroll County
C. Kurt Holter
Lance
Carter
Washington
Office of Management and Budget
Dr. White
Brunswick High School
West Frederick
Frederick High School
Bermudas
Jamaicas
Tesus
Patrick St
Phore
Middle States Association
State of
Leesburg
Educ
Negn
Jely
Rosenstock Hall Graduate School
Maryland
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