Polly's Pointers and Dear Polly readers share gifts and fixes
A collection of reader notes on holiday gifting and homemaking ideas. An elderly grandmother discusses thoughtful gifts such as beauty salon certificates, while a policeman's wife suggests sending two identical care packages to a service member and a buddy. Other tips include repairing TV trays with riveted clamps and methods to cut angel food cake without collapse.
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Polly
Patricia
H. E. H. Polly
Cdelores Delores
Betty
Couple announces marriage planned for February wedding
A forthcoming marriage is announced between Christina Lette-Me and Gerald Arthur Hurley. Christina Despeany is a Frederick High School graduate employed by the Camden and Potomac Telephone Co. The wedding is planned for February at the venue in Brelesck.
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Frederick Thgh School
Aod
UN Brelesck
Mr Hurley
Boonsboro High School
Frederick Theaters, Inc
Silver Fancy Garden Club Meeting Hosted Near Gettysburg
Mrs Alexander A Koswick hosted the Silver Fancy Garden Club on Nov 17 at her Gettysburg area home with co hosts Mrs Frank Buller and Miss Liza Carpenter. Carpenter, the president, led the business meeting appointing Mrs Frank Butler as historian for winter. Volunteers were sought to craft Christmas wreaths at the Emmitsburg Senior Citizens Club. Guest speaker Mrs J P Donovan, District V garden therapist, spoke on her work in mental hospitals, with disabled children and senior citizens. Members were invited to host the Annie Warner Hospital Tea on Nov 28. The annual Christmas party is set for Dec 15 at 12 30 pm at the Taney Inn with a post party decoration trip to Vic tor Cullen School for Boys.
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Alexander A. Koswick
Silver Fancy Garden Club
Gettysburg
Frank Buller
Liza Carpenter
Frank Butler
J. P. Donvan
Taney Inn
Taneytown
Club Tmuembers
Victor Cullen School
Lawson Couple Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ivan T Lawson celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home The Hedges on September 25 hosted by the families of sons Arthur and Hanford Lawson. More than 600 relatives attended with flowers and gifts arriving from Florida to California. The Lawsons were married September 27 1916 at Bethesda Methodist Church Browningsville. Ivan Lawson is a longtime piano tuner starting in 1913.
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Ivan T. Lawson
Arthur
Hanford Lawson
Florida
California
Ethel
Ivan Lawson
Bethesda Methodist Church
Browningsville
Lawson
C D A Honors New Members at St Johns School Hall
The Catholic Daughters of America welcomed new members at St Johns School Hall with out of town guests Miss Margaret Buckley past supreme regent Mrs Eliza Coxen state regent and Miss Frances Mott vice state regent. Invested candidates included Mrs Robert Herstine Mrs Thomas Moffett Mrs William Slagle and others. D A officers and color guard participated while Rev Gerald LaPorta urged unity and charity. Refreshments followed and the December 13 meeting will feature a Christmas shower for the Sisters of Notre Dame.
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St. John’s School Hall
The
Catholic Daughters of America
Margaret Buckley
Supreme
Eliza Coxen
Frances Mott
Robert Herstine
Thomas Moffett
William Slagle
Carolyn Rulfe
Jeanette Todd
Joseph Weishaar
Peter Olenchuk
John Mihalik
J. Richard Crouse
Frank O' Leary
Unity and Charity
Sisters of Notre Dame
Zonta Club Observes Holiday
The Zonta Club met November 21 in the Wedgwood Room of the Francis Scott Key Hotel to observe Thanksgiving. Dr James Smith, Hood College chaplain, spoke on The De-humanizing Aspects of Modern Culture, urging gratitude and generosity as counterforces. A public auction is set for November 28 at 7 30 p.m. at Hotel Frederick.
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Zonta Club
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key
Mary Rhoads
James Smith
Hood College
Smith
Edna Mensell
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Stocks and Bonds Booby Traps a Novice Woman
A New York AP column warns the inexperienced businesswoman to exercise threefold trust in banking, faith, and self as she navigates finance. The narrator recounts a luncheon with trust officers, a wary banker, and advice that includes selling a government bond to avoid excessive risk, highlighting traps in trust management.
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New York
Christmas Decorations From Bottles A DIY Project
Home Extension Agent outlines a craft using thick soapsuds and empty plastic bottles to create festive decorations. Build figures like a nativity scene or family using suds molded on bottles, then add ribbons foil and sequins. Shape with tools, attach features with pins, and finish when dry.
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Notion
Adkins Anniversary Observed By Ijamsville Family
A surprise fiftieth wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Adkins was celebrated October 9 in Ijamsville hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of the New Market Fire Co. About 150 relatives attended at the fire hall. The couple married October 12, 1916 in Frederick. They have eight daughters and nineteen grandchildren with three great grandchildren.
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New Market Fire Co
Charles Cline
Earl Ridgely
Adkins
United Brethren Church
Frederick
Ijamsville
Ray Zimmerman
Bernard Selby
Zimmerman
Jesse I. Burali
Merkle N. Wachter
Lucien Falconer Sr
Franklin Smith
Allen Kinsey
Paul
Freda) Eigenbrode
Mildred) Shafer
Robert
Virginia) McMath
John
Frances) Grimm
William
Barbara) Kolb
Preston
Phyllis) Kolb
Clayton
Shirley) Smith
Couple Exchange Vows in Mount Harmony Ceremony
Mary Elizabeth Shartridge and David Lee Heffner united in marriage on November 5 at Mount Harmony Methodist Church. The bride, daughter of Mrs Emily Sears of Pars and the late Edward Sears, and the groom, son of Mrs Marie Pearell of Brunswick and George Heffner Jr., were married by Rev Hoyt in a double ring ceremony. Mrs Heffner is a Calvert County High School graduate and works as a secretary at National Geographic. After a Florida wedding trip, the couple resides on Carruliten Terrace.
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Mary Elzabeth Shartridge
David Lee Heffner
Mount Harmony Methodist Church
Emily Sears
Pars
Edward Sears
Marie Pearell
Brunswick
George Heffner Jr
Rey Hoyt
Heffner
Calvert County High School
National Geographe Sports
Florida
Carruliten Terrace
Civic Club Holds Meeting at Fredericks Woman's Club
The Fredericks Woman's Civic Club met at the Steiner House November 21 with Mrs EB Parkinson leading a serving committee. Guest speaker Mrs Jenkins, Home Demonstration agent for Frederick County, spoke on the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and consumer information, urging reading labels and encouraging informed purchase decisions.
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Fredericks
Jenkins
Arts Calendar Highlights December Events
Calendar notes several events at Governor Thomas Johnson High School Totem Arts Center Hood College and local churches. Highlights include Sing Out Baltimore on December 3 at 8 pm and Messiah performances at Hood College with the U S Naval Academy Choirs on December 10 at Coffman Chapel. Several concerts from Frederick Singers Christmas Concert at Calvary Methodist Church and Maryland Madrigal events occur through mid December.
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Baltimore
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Yajimbo
Rossi
Totem Arts Center
Hood College
Arts Council
Drama Department
Thomas Johnson High School
Frederick Singers
Calvary Methodist Church
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
the Messiah
U.S. Naval Academy
Coffman
Zion Lutheran Church
Middletown
Coffman Chapel
University of Maryland
Thomas Johnson
Frederick Seventh Day Adventist School
Baltimore Symphony
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Christina L. Despeaux
Andrew Eyster
Senor Citizens Club of
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Annie Warner Hospital
C.D.A
George Meyer
Frederick Court
Carl Franzen
Regina Little
Gerald Beveridge
Albert Dean
Albert Mullican
Charles Pointdexter
Jane Kemp
Robert Leatherman
Edward Schantz
John Malligo
George Doll
Robert Leichertz
Daniel Nee
Burton Creager
Gerald LaPorta
William Christ
Banking
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Sjamsville
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Trimline
C & P Telephone Company of
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Nationwide Bell System
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