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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1947
Page
2
Frederick area events include a Flower Show sponsored by the Garden Club with youth divisions and a public exhibit from 3 to 9 PM at Calvary St. Parish House. Miss Bowman from Cleveland and Miss Lampe of Philadelphia visit Hood College for commencement festivities and a women’s guild address. Social gatherings abound as locals host parties for California visitors and attend Carnegie Institute graduations.
Reporting for St Marys Chapter Mrs Francis Sappington outlined two successful years with substantial church contributions and new members urged to join New officers elected Kent C Nicodemus president Carroll Hendrickson Jr vice president Mrs John Dudash secretary and Mrs Griffin treasurer Miss Mary S Maulsby chaired the nominating committee DAR Frederick chapter met at Mrs Harry LeGores home with W H B Anders regent presiding Americanism theme noted I Am An American Day message read by Miss Pearl Eader and a paper on the Betterment of the American Indian by Catherine Thompson Reports from the Washington DAR Continental Congress were given by Mrs Jessing regent and Mrs Hammond Clary alternate The play And Peter Joined was discussed in relation to the Children of the American Revolution Congress in Washington May 24 John D Shorrow sang There Is No Death Christ In Flanders and America Refreshments were served by LeGore and several hostesses Frederick chapter attended the Maryland DAR luncheon May 20 where former Maryland State Regent Mrs James Harris received an ex-state regent pin A DAR marker was dedicated at Mt Quiet cemetery for Mrs Francis H Markell Services included tributes by Mrs Grayson E Bowers and a poem read by Howard Green A local social welcomed Gen Kenner and family at a Bentz street home with Gen Kenner later speaking at a Rotary Club event Family updates include Sterling Bollinger on leave from Shaw Field and his father Elmer Bollinger undergoing surgery A engagement notice from Janet Louise Nesbitt and John W Nesbitt was announced.
Astronomy writer notes Jupiter shines brightest on June evenings with magnitude about minus. Saturn and Mercury appear low to the west and northwest respectively, while Venus rises in the east before sunrise. Vega Deneb Capella and more bright stars adorn the sky, with maps locating each.
This week’s notes include engagements and weddings facing August ceremonies for Willie Edith Howard and Forrest Buckingham, and Helen Lee de Lashmutt to John Edward Thomas Jr. Birth announcements feature Claudia Jean Harrington born May 27 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Birthday observances and visiting relatives fill the social scene.
The June 1 International Sunday School lesson outlines Judah as the Southern Kingdom of Israel, with a prophesied deliverance by Isaiah amid Hezekiah’s reign. It contrasts periods of prudent leadership and idolatry, noting Babylonian decline and the fate of the Northern Kingdom, the Lost Ten Tribes. The article weaves in community notes from Hackettstown, Mt. Pleasant, and nearby towns, mentioning local events, marriages, and graduations.
A selection of four pictures at the Tivoli theater and the return loftq alliterative technicolor spectacles. Song of the South and Sinbad the Sailor headline the Opera House fare next week with schedules across Sunday through Saturday.
Reverend J Mollen Rogers superintendent of Western Maryland College and Dr Fred G Followay president named delegates to the Methodist general conference in Baltimore. Four others join to attend the nomination. The Appalachian Trail fever 2000 miles long is marked by two paint daubs on trees along its entire length.
Miss Woods, a graduate of Emmitsburg High School in 1943, studied at the University of Stary land for two years and attended West Virginia University. While there she joined the University Press Club and the Theraema D women's journalistic honorary fraternity.
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