Social and Personal Highlights From Williamsport Page
Social and personal items note visits and hometown movements across Williamsport and nearby cities. Guests include Mr and Mrs Philo A Bratton in Atlantic City and families visiting relatives in Williamsport. several local residents travel or return from visits in Washington Baltimore Harrisonburg and Philadelphia. A list of marriage licenses includes Berkebile Sharp Meher Smith Fries Rubel tied to local districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen R. Berkebile
Rosemary C. Sharp
Washington
Sanford EB. Meher
Ethel M. Smith
Hagerstown
Lyle J. Fries
Mabel P. Rubel
Martinsburg
Persian Art Exhibition Opens in May at Washington County Museum
A major Persian art show opens the first week of May at the Washington County Art Museum, running through May 28. The exhibit features Sixteenth and Seventeenth century Persian rugs, pottery from prehistoric times to the eighteenth century, rare miniature paintings, fifty two reconstructed fresco paintings by Sarkis Katchadourian, and color photographs of Persian objects and Islamic architecture. The museum will be rearranged to present an entirely Oriental gallery experience and highlight access to Persian art for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington County Art Museum
Sarkis Katchadourian
Shah Abbas
Isfahan
Persia
Musee Guimet
Paris
America
American Institute For Pera
An Art and Archaeology
New York
Chicago
Buffalo
Worcester
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hagerstown Museum
Arthur Upham Pope
Washington County
High Alumni Association Splits Prize at Hagerstown
The Hagerstown High School Alumni Association announced a split prize for the graduating class. The Robert E. Zeigler prize previously awarded to a boy shifts to a girl recipient for meritorious service, named the Ic a F. Swartz prize. The dance for seniors will be at the Masonic Temple on graduation night June 7 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown High School Alumni Association
Robert E. Zeigler
Ica
W. Herold Wyand
Edgar S. Reed
George Buys
Harry Fridinger
Laura King
Omer T. Kaylor
Mitchell Fockler
W. Norman Reed
W. N. Reed
Mra. Geo. Buys
Eaton Fox
Freda Feld
5. M. Fockler
Earl B. Huyett
Marshall E. Reed
Mra
L. B
My Beauty Hint Screen Actress Sleep and Routines
A screen actress emphasizes rest and daily routines as key to youthfulness. She says eight hours of sleep, morning exercise by ride or swim, followed by a warm then a cold shower and a half hour rest before starting the day.
Undegraff Bible Class Plans Novel Hosannha Concert
The Undegraff Bible Class of the First Christian church hosts a "Hosannha" concert on Thursday and Friday at 8 PM in the Sunday school auditorium. Sixty men and women perform with costumes and blackened faces. Songs include spirituals and traditional negro selections. No admission. a silver offering is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Undegraf Bible Class
First Christian Church
Senator Byron to Address P. T. A at Williamsport High
The Williamsport P T A wraps up its 1931 33 term with a meeting in the high school auditorium tonight at o clock. State Senator William D Byron will speak on Definite Facts About School Legislation and officers will be elected. A report on the free lunch project will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport P. T. A
William D. Byron
Bridge Supper Honors At Broadway Home
Mrs. Robert Fridinier hosted a bridge supper on Broadway with Mina Isabel Fridinger and Miss Nell Bowman receiving honors. Guests included Misses Evelyn Shroder Isabel Fridinger Savilla Rochenour Nell Bowman Louwise Hull and Mrs. Charles Routzshaw Mrs. William Wingert and Mrs. Charles Dysert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fridinier
Broadway
Mina Isabel Fridinger
Nell Bowman
Evelyn Shroder
Isabel Fridinger
Savilla Rochenour
Louwise Hull
Charles Routzshaw
William Wingert
Charles Dysert
New York Fashion Patterns Advertised for Spring Styles
The Daily Mail Peerless fashion section offers pattern Nos 2552 287 and 2518 for girls and women with sizes 12 to 40 bust inches. It promotes a new 48 page Spring Fashion Magazine priced 10 cents and pattern pages 15 cents with orders to Fashion Dept Hagerstown Mail New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alda
Fashion Department
Cein
Daily Mail
Fashion Dept
Hagerstown Mail
200Th Ave
New York City
Mrs. Roosevelt and Ishbel McDonald Cruise Potomac
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt hosts Ishbel McDonald daughter of the British prime minister on a Sequoia cruise down the Potomac. Lady Vansittart also aboard with English guests as they depart from the Navy yard amid flowers and formal dress for a dignified excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ishbel McDonald
Potomac
Navy Yard
Lady Vansittart
Sir Robert Vansittart
McDonald Party
Auto H hits pig killing three in Maryland crash
In Lonaconing Maryland a car struck a pig darting across a highway near Leeper killing a mother a three month old baby and fatally injuring another woman. The deceased are Mrs Cecil Black her infant and her sister Miss Matilda Trumbell all of near Kane. Cecil Black driver of the car and several other children escaped serious injuries. The family had spent the day in Oil City and were speeding homeward when the crash occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonaconing
Leeper
Cecil Black
Matilda Trumbell
Kane
Oil City
Candidates file for Lonaconing and Oil City elections
In Oil City three mayoral candidates and three for bailiff plus six Lonaconing council seats have filed for the May 12 municipal election. Filing time has closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Lonaconing
Three candidates run for mayor against incumbent Byers
Besides the incumbent Adam Byers, the mayoral field includes William F. Lyden and Hugh R. Muir, who previously ran two years ago. An Olive Hope Beauty Shop advertisement lists Bonat Permanent Waves at 2.50 dollars with contact at 298 N. Potomac St. and phone 66-W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Byers
William F. Lyden
Hugh R. Muir
Olive Hope Beauty Shop
Bonat Permanent Waves
N. Potomac St
Adv
Aren’t We All staged by Potomac Playmakers this week
The Potomac Playmakers present Aren’t We All a modern English social comedy at the Women’s Club auditorium. Lord Frinton and family schemes drive a witty plot about love and mistaken loyalties with a cast including Kenneth Bonner Irene Vedder Amos Harper and Marjorie Manners supported by Palmer Tennant Vernon State Harvey Heyser and Robert Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Playmakers
Frederick Lonsdale
Women’s Club
Lord Frinton
Cyril
Maude
Kenneth Bonner
Inlaw
Willie
Frinton
Amos Harper
Margot Tasham
Irene Vedder
Margot
Anna K. Roulette
Egypt
East
Marjorie Manners
Vicar
Palmer ,Tennant
Vernon State
Harvey, Heyser
Robert Alexander
Talk on War Songs at Women’s Club Luncheon
Prof. L Bareham of Mercersburg Academy will speak on American War Songs at the Literary Section luncheon Wednesday April 26 at 12 15 PM. He analyzed World War I songs sung by troops in France and will perform songs with piano accompaniment by his wife Mrs Bareham. Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Club
L. €. Bareham
Mercersburg Academy
Bareham
France
Minstrel Show to Repeat at Emmanuel Social Hall
The Ladies Blackface Minstrel, performed before large crowds, will be repeated on Tuesday evening April 25 at A M. Added features will be included and there are no admission charges. a silver offering will be received for the building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Social Hall
At & M
Williamsport Woman's Club April Meeting Seventeen Members Attend
The Woman's Club of Williamsport met at the president Mrs Norman R McCardell home with seventeen members present and elected one new member. Miss Ardath Martin county home demonstrator led a buying demonstration and refreshments followed. The session showcased a hands on learning event. The Women’s Missionary Union of First Baptist church schedules a regular meeting and reports day on April 25 at 7 30 pm. Mrs Samuel R Barnes state secretary will conduct an all day meeting at 11 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequois
Woman's Club of
Williamsport
Norman R. McCardell
Ardath Martin
UNION
Women's Missionary Union of
The
First Baptist Church
Samuel R. Barnes
Baltimore
Women's Missionary Union
Delinquent Husband Seen By Betty Brainerd Advice Column
A reader asks about a husband who drank heavily and cheated, threatening the family. Betty Brainerd advises to demand respect, seek outside help, and pursue separation or divorce if needed, with steps to secure support for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Tam
Rowan
Boonsboro High Plans Irish Operetta Bite O Blarn ey
Boonsboro High School Music Department will stage the Irish operetta Bite O Blarn ey in the High School auditorium on Friday evening April 28. The cast features Peggy and Patrick with rivals for Peggy, plus Mike O Noole the estate caretaker. Choruses of boys and girls sing, with a jig adding spirit as the plot unfolds and ends happily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis M. Carrington
Boonsboro High School
Peggy
Patrick
Mike O'Noole
Charlotte Rice
Max Rohrer
Local Names Listed in Historical Notice
Readable fragments name Lester Grim Eavey Harry Heiberg er Robert Kaede Ralph Kaetsel William Miller Eldon Pound Ger aid Reid and Francia Thomas as individuals connected to a historical record. The brief item preserves the roster-style listing without additional context or actions.
Margaret Cornell Weds Lester Leggett At 546 George Street
At the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Hines 546 George Street Miss Margaret Cornell daughter of Mr Cornell 43 Madison moré nue became the bride of Lester Leggett The ceremony was performed by Rev R V Jeffreys pastor of the Pentecostal Church Guests included Mrs Eugène Davis grandmother of the groom George Rockwell Calvin Horne Joyce V Dawson The couple will reside with Bruce Hoffman Mason Dixon after a wedding trip where the groom is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hines
George Street
Bruce Hoffman
Mason Dixon
Miss Irene Dofflemyer Weds Clarence Sperow at Funkstown Church
Miss Irene Dofflemyer and Clarence Sperow were married on April 20 by Rev. W L Rems burg at the Funkstown Lutheran church. Sperow is a local bus driver for the Potomac Edison Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Dofflemyer
Clarence
Sperow
Lydia
W. L. Remsburg
Funkstown Lutheran Church
Potomac Edison Company
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Evening Mail
Philo A. Bratton
Hamilton Boulevard
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall
Atlantic City
Roy L. Mobley
North Potomac Street
Mrs. Wahl
Anna Stehl
Walter Byron Stehl
South Prospect Street
Annie Spangler
McClanahan
Francie Frye
James W. Leiter
Lloyd Boose
Takoma Park
Mr. Roose
Theo. Roose
Lillian Wells
Sarah Jane Cushwa
Mount Prospect
Washington County Hospital
Katherine Nicely
Vida Ludwig
Harrisonburg State Teachers College
Harrisonburg, Va
J. F. Young
Roanoke
J. 8
Warsham
William Schwebble
L. H. Reisner
Hill Crest Apartments
W.C. Martin
East North Street
Potomac Avenue
Richard Friend
Washington, D. C
Grace Friend
Oak Hill Avenue
Oliver Heil
Zelienopl, Pa
W. C. Heil
East Antietam Street
Catherine Neuhardt
Fred Eutler
Cumberland
George Hardman
Mr. Hardman
Parente
George Hardman, Jr
Elly Dyer
Mrs. O. K. Small
Daniel Bragunier
Mr. Bragunier
Emmett “Agan
Devonshire Apartments
Hill Crest Road
Hickory Club Hall
Cascade
L. & B. Hat Shop
Chic Shop
E. Washington ST
Aarecs Hotel
Alexander and Bus Terminal
High Alumni Association
Splits Prize
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Byron
Helen Williams
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ishbel MacDonald
Potomac River
Chicago Market CO
B. Se
Jans i7Je
Betty Brainerd
East 65Th St
N. Y
Boonsboro High
Music Department
Larm’s Beauty Shop
Potomac SL
Kline Bros. Best
Leiter Bros. Studio
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