Emmitsburg column highlights civic stunts and beard asks
Boyle notes big business uses bold publicity stunts from soap paving Rockefeller Plaza to a beard buyback offer by Ronson Corp. Competing ads and public curiosity mark the era as brands push promotions. The column also covers local club meetings, church activities, and community updates from Emmitsburg and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Phineas Barnum
America
Jim Moran
Jim
Barnum
Moran
Procter & Gamble
Rockefeller Plaza
Hunter College
RCA
Ronson Corp
Ronson
Philadelphia
Santa Claus
Bernard Dwartzan
Brooklyn
England
Detrick Soldier Honored Promoted To Sergeant First Class
Robert B Sill a Lancaster PA native and 17 year Army veteran receives promotion to the highest non commissioned officer rank. Fort Detrick Commander Colonel John J Hayes commends Sill for Korea Philippines and Hawaii service and for teaching in the Chemical Corps. Married with two children, Sill and family reside in Germantown Grove. The ceremony marks a notable career milestone for the veteran and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detrick
Robert B Sill
John J. Hayes
Fort
Korea
Phil
Pines
Hawaii
Chemical Corps
Sill. Fiiers
Sillis
Robert
Harescom, Jr
Paul
Harmended Sill
Lovettsville Community News Highlights Weekly Visits
Lovettsville notes detail visits and family gatherings across Virginia and nearby states. Mentions include Mrs. Zella Spring and Mrs. Anne Shoemaker hosting a bay ride, funerals attended in Baltimore, church activities, college enrollments, park picnics, and several local residents visiting relatives in Brunswick Purcellville Martinsburg Arlington and College Park. Reeditions cover hospital stays moving plans and a new youth program setup in Jacksonville. A separate update covers the first PIA meeting in Jacksonville with enrollment and upcoming events including Halloween and tutoring efforts. A Berlin festival report notes Shavinsky to conduct the Berlin Radio Symphony as part of cultural celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovettsville
Luther League of New Jerusalem
Zella Spring
Anne Shoemaker
Harold Sharp
Baltimore
Etchison Baker
Bruce Baker
Herbert Orrison
R R Richard
Hagerstown
William A Wade
HW. W Beatty
L. P. Hickman
William Reynolds
Anne Hickman
Marion
Marion Junior College
Hungry Mother's Park
M. J. Wkretsinger
Bernard Potterfield
Jacksonville
Fla
Bertie Potterfield
Eagles Park
Brunswick
H. S. Potterfield
Jack Potterfield
Edward Tyler
Warrenton
Walter Myers
Arlington
Hirst Potterfield
Tommy Potterfield
College Park
Dorothy Compher
Martinsburg
Cora Wiard
Lester Schutte
Goldie Cannon
Purcellville
Floyd Baker
Nina Hickman
Ted Eette Habehe
Howard Cramer
Ida Brown
Loudoun Hospital
Abraham Tobkins
Washington
Ulric Rainard
Robert Miller
R P. Miller
R. M. Miller
PIA
Myers
Richard Hickman
ETA
Pastnyek
Harold J Owens
Dorothy Richard
BB. Baker
Symphony Berlin
Fror Shavinsky
Berlin Radio Symphony
West Berlin
Today in History and Birthdays Highlight 19th Century Figures
A garbled recap lists anniversaries and birthdays of notable figures from 1811 to 1955 including Friedrich Ko Wecker Frances Willard George W. Peck Kate Douglas Wiggin Walt Disney and William D. Haggard. It also notes Lutheran Women meeting at St Luke's Feagaville and Maryland 4 H club delegates heading to a Syracuse poultry event with accompanying agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Lutheran Church School
Old Chapel
Mae Mille
Raymond Bidle
Scott
Lois Baum- Rardoer
Doroa
Harry C. Smith
Lois Baumgartner
Fulmer
Mary Effie
Dorothy
Donna Baumegartner
Daisy Miller
Mae Miller
Lous Eichelberger
Martin Luther
Study
Eday
Friedrich Ko Wecker
Ilinois
N. Y
Kate Douglas Wiggin
San Francisco
Kindergartner
New York
Maine
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Philadelphia
England
Frederick MarMonnins
William D. Haggard
Tennessee
Congress
London
International Workingmen’s Association
Karl Mara
Chicago
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Russia
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Naples
United States
Charles S. Thomas
Navy
Independence
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Barnet
William R. Smedberg
U.S. Naval Academy
Fort Grant
Ariz
Manvell M. Rabb
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Dwartzan
James W. Bowser
The
Barber's Journal
Joseph Lerner
Bath
Widemes
Nuh
Warie C_. Rosenateed
Euphemia Hobbs
Maurice Hobbs
Frederick Academy
the Visitation
M. Angela
Marie Saffer
Johen Saffer
Angela
Miss Hobbs
Clifford Sites
John Kelly
Mane Rosensteel
Lynn Short
Geo. V. Arnold
David W. Shaum
Mount St. Mary's College
Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart
Purchase
N.Y
Father Shaum Studedt
Margaret Hulls
New York Cancer Choir
Ralph Hunter
Radio City Music Hall
Father Shaum
Catholic University
Eats Q. Tressler
Sandra Jean Sites
Wm Umbel
Waynesboro
Robert Hess
Barbara
Geo. E. Pffile
Phirverang
Ana Ankel Caraten
Tommy Umbel
Bobby Dean
Walkersville
Harry Swomiey
Uteee Aud
Micnarad Wayjbright
Richard Florence
Frederick Fair
Harrisburg
Lois Dane Linn
Charles Linn
Hagerstown Business College
Linn
R. J. McCullough
McCullough
Doris Brown
Dean Topper
Waynesboro Road
New Orleans
Me. Cullaugh
Miss Brown
Tepper
Wilbur FE. Gelwicks
Charles W. and
Elizabeth Gelwicks
Gelwich
Prospect Hill Cemetery
York, Pa
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W.S.C.S
Sida Rice
WSCS
WSA
Eile Aushermen
Wm Harpold
Home Narrows
United Nations
South Korea
Webb
Bo Jamkwer
Sill
Lancaster
Walkersville Club
Ross Moberly
William Powell
Walkersville Homemakers Club
Christ
Gilmore Trout
Harry O. Smith
Helena Stauffer
U.S
Lewis Wisner
Hearn
Edgar _ Roderick
Frederick City
Robert Marsh
Roy Walter
Braddock Heights
Lawrence Fabrney
Reginald Heber
Bisco Topkins
Assng
Ray Grassello
Darwin Hueting
Laurence Fahrney
Sophia Schaefle
North
Market Street
Edward Storm
Howard Ash
Fod. Cook
Adametews
Adamstown Homemakers Club
Edgar Hawker
Michael
Citizenship
Citizenshp
Palmer Sngok
Hawker
DeRose
Victor Culler
Harry Thomas
Pauline Stup
Jefferson Club
Jefferson Homemakers Club
Edgar Thomas
Eleanor Culler
Luther Remsburg
Calvin Rice
Thomas
Rice
John Arnold
the Times
Fidward VII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Duchess of Windsor
Kath
Limes
Frank Keeter
American Legion
Francis Scot Key Fast American Legion
Rose Bell
Hustorian
Helen Musso
Mary Holdcraft
Mca
Dorothy Stales
Jean Lentz
Alice Kennedy
Velma Graham
Helen Hansen
Jane Hahen
Louise Reid
Helen Bunton
GMB Heey
Frederick Bottled Gab Company
Mee St
Hevd
Biglerville
Inwood, W. VA
C. H. Musselman Company
Inwood
Capitol
Boston
al Capp
Liz Abner
New Haven
Liwe
Avery Brundage
Detroit
W. Clark Arkell
Nut Life Savers Corp
Canajoharie
Edward V. Sullivan
Wallace K. Harrison
New York City
Worcester
Mass
United Lutheran Women of
St Luke's
Feagaville
Eva Derr
Edith Miller
Belva Frye
Jesus
United Lutheran
State College Park
Maryland
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council
Syracuse
Douglas Ward
Lutherville
Baltimore County
Amita Dell
Pinksburg
Catpoll Cutty
Athdetes Nord RC
Jefferson
Frederickounty
Lalborne Noffinge
Moute 4
Frederick
Ronald Chasen
Ballmore
Dove Ko Hawkins
Carroll County
Esistant
Francs Lay
Wiecomica County
Lasses
Walter Snow
Serih Market St
I Frederick
Treront
Great Frederick
FreDeRick, Maryland
Stendard
Ake
Modern Lighting Company
North Market Street
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