Ready To Settle Down After Moving 17 Times In 50 Years
Rev and Mrs J William Briscoe settle in Urbana in a bungalow named Dun-Movin after a half century of married life and 17 relocations from the Eastern Shore missions to midwest mountain chapels. Their 50th anniversary is noted with memories of wartime service, long pastorates, and a wedding at Union Station. The couple have five children, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and active roles in Eastern Star and homemakers clubs.
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Hollands Island
Deal's Island
Mr. Briscoe
Chesapeake Bay
Associated Press
Doubs
Middletown
Point of Rocks
Jefferson
Virgina
Old Methodist
Wesleyan
Briscoes
Urbana
Briscoe
Washington Union Station
Norfolk
Union Station
Cornelia Briscoe Bergstrom
Chicago
J. William Briscoe, Jr
Towson
Garland Tigner
Nan Weinbach
Philadelphia
Clarence C. Briscoe
Cynwyd
Martha Washington
Eastern Star
Lonaconing
Biloxi
Miss
East Lansing
Mich
Florida
Welcome Travelers
Don MacNeil
Work and Travel
Gaithersburg
New Windsor
Magerstown
Ijamsville
M. J. White
Daisy S. Lawrence
Mary FE. Scott
Welty E. Burgee
Baltimore
Ann Robey
Leesburg
Briscoe Keeps Busy With Canning Sewing And Gardening
Rev Mr Briscoe spent the summer filling parishes for vacationing ministers and providing communion in churches served by undergraduate ministers. On Sunday the Briscoes hosted an open house drawing over 110 guests from Wilmington Baltimore Severn Upperco Lonaconing Libertytown and surrounding areas.
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Briscoe
Briscoes
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Severn
Upperco
Lonaconing
Libertytown
Witgs Were Sigatoose Point of Rocks
Mrs. Martha Taylor of Overlea is noted in the local column with a brief item about community affairs near Point of Rocks.
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Sigatoose Point of Rocks
Martha Taylor
Overlea
Garden Club flower show and local gatherings in New Windsor
The New Windsor Garden Club hosts a 2 to 9 PM flower show at the New Windsor Presbyterian Church. A dinner at Thomas Fowler’s home honors his 73rd birthday and his sister in law Mrs J Whitmore’s 85th. Homemaker's Club meets with 29 attendees. demonstrations include Fabrics Can Fool You and eggs by Sams Creek 4-H. Hostesses named include Mrs William Hoffman and Mrs Walter Bower.
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New Windsor
New Windsor ‘Presbyterian Church
Thomas Fowler
J. ©. Whitmore
Keymar
Whitmore
J. T. Whitmore
Odenton
Elmer Nu
Nancy Lindsay
Corinne Hoff
Sams Creek
4-H Club
Walter Bower
William Hoffman
Walter
Local Society Notes Include Meetings and Visitation
Harman and Mr Charles Barman with Mrs W O Haines and Mr and Mrs Martin Strate visited friends here after working with the Rock efeller Foundation in Venezuela Alva Finch described the Farm Equipment Retailers Industrial Advisory Committee to OPS at the Lions Club meeting Finch is one of 15 men in the United States chosen for the board The September meeting of the States Woman's Christian Temperance Union was at Miss Edna Wilson and Mrs Ralph Fike Miss Wilson led devotional Mrs Fike read a poem William Thrasher who attended camp at The Rocks reported on camp life Mrs E C Bixer read a letter from Japan Mrs H C Roop the president reported on society activities plans for county convention in Sykesville The next meeting will be October 16 due to conflict with State Convention Mrs William Lovell will host the meeting.
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Edna Wilson
Ralph Fike
Wilson
Fike
William Thrasher
the Rocks
E.C. Bixer
Japan
H.C. Roop
Sykesville
William Lovell
Luf's Stuff Individual Problem
The dull monotony of work, often called despair, can become a personal burden shaping daily life and outlook. This fragment hints at fatigue, routine, and the inner struggle to find meaning in repetitive tasks.
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Luf
Vocation Claims Boost Happiness and Satisfaction
In a reflective note, the author urges careful daily work and a right vocation as paths to greater happiness and fulfillment, suggesting that choosing work with effort and discernment yields enduring satisfaction and double advantage for the diligent.
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Lufburro
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Mountain Villages
Harford County
United States Air Force
Francis X. Staley, Jr
East Second Street
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Craig Afb
Ala
PIO School
Carlisle Barracks
St. John’s High School
Frederick
Mt. St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Guy Fox
J. W. Briscoe
Kemp's Discount Stamps
Kemp
Nylons
GO Gange
Barbette
Uniontown, PA
Gettysburg, PA
Wash, PA
Waynesboro
Wheeling, W. VA
U. S
West Patrick St
Blue Ridge
Ero
America
Tanoe
Superior Bottled
Frederick Bottled. Gas CO
N. Market Street
Hospital Alp
Colonial Jewelry Co
N. Market St
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