Local groups aid Newton D. Baker Hospital drive
Numerous organizations and individuals volunteer to support Newton D. Baker General Hospital with specific projects. Potomac Edison employees led by Olive Martin and Gradale Sorority under Rosalie Huffer will collect playing cards. Womens Club will handle subscriptions, and radios remain in high demand with a needs window before transport to Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp and Hospital
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Potomac Edison
Olive Martin
Rosalie Huffer
Womens Club
R. O. Whitelegg
Whitelege
County Girl Wins National Contest Scholarship Award
Dorothy Lee Snyder a Williamsport high school graduate won the Dans forth Foundation scholarship representing Frostburg State Teachers College as the county girl in a nationwide contest. She will attend the American Youth Foundation leadership training camp at Shelby Michigan from July 31 to August 12, selected by a faculty and student committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lee Snyder
Williamsport High School
Dansforth Foundation
Frostburg State Teachers College
American Youth Foundation
Shelby
Mich
Twixteen Comedy by St Pauls Youth Fellowship
St Pauls Methodist church Youth Fellowship presents Twixteen a three act comedy on May 4 and 5. Robert Cramer stars as Rodney Wells Jr with a misdelivered love letter causing misunderstandings along with parental disfavor and coming of age mishaps. Supporting cast includes Hilmore Langvall John Ingram Roy Robertson Doris Willis Elizabeth Niner Pauline Shaw Delores Ingram and Mary Louise Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Robert Cramer
Rodney Wells, Jr
Rodney
Hilmore Langvall
John Ingram
Roy Robertson
Doris Willis
Elizabeth Niner
Pauline Shaw
Delores Ingram
Mary Louise Hoover
Spar Recruiters to Visit Hagerstown Next Week
Coast Guard recruiting office representatives from Baltimore will be in Hagerstown May 4 and 5 to interview girls about Spars service. Yeoman Vida Bower and Yeoman Florence Jones, trained at Palm Beach, will field questions on training and Spars duties at City Hall. Eligibility includes two years of high school, ages 20 to 36 for enlisted, or two years of college for officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spars
Coast Guard
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Vida Bower
Florence Jones
Palm Beach
Florida
City Hall
Sorority Banquet Honors New Pledges
XII Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a pledge banquet at the Hotel Hamilton Tuesday evening to honor new members Ann Gruber Ruth Pryor Catherine Shaffer Margaretha Stroud Mary Schnebly Joan Hull and Evelyn Crawford. Speakers included Innes Boyer on Tools for the Art of Life Speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Hotel Hamilton
George Buys
Edna Beard
Jean Rowe
Doris Fryer
Dorothy Over
Ruth Rudy
Martha Schnebly
Dorothy Stoner
Rebecca Yowell
Mabel Zentmyer
Local Society Notes On Guests And Visitors
Union City Tenn and Camp Atterbury Ind residents join hosts on Virginia avenue with many with families and friends visiting Baltimore New York and Camp Forrest Tenn. Promotions include hospital admissions and calls on Washington County Hospital. several military personnel and relatives attend gatherings and a cocktail party for Generals Callan and Wilson and Lt. John Jamison Jr. Home moves list Mr and Mrs Harp relocate to Summit Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McDaniel
Union City, Tenn
John A. Hershberger
Camp Atterbury, Ind
J. E. McDaniel
Virginia Avenue
Charles Fouke
Helen Foltz
City
Pvt
Charles P. Fouke, Jr
Camp Forrest, Tenn
Alexander Wilson
Edgewood Arsenal
John Vincent Jamison
South Prospect Street
Births At Riverdale and Washington County Hospital
Mr and Mrs Glen Martin of Riverdale announce the birth of a daughter Carol Marie on April 28 Mrs Martin formerly of Maugan sville Mr and Mrs Harry A Corder man of Fountain Head Heights announce a son born at Washington County Hospital on April 28 A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harry C Hinkle of Hancock at Washington County Hospital on April 27
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Martin
Riverdale
Carol Marie
Martin
Maugansville
Harry A. Corderman
Fountain Head Heights
Washington County Hospital
Harry C. Hinkle
Hancock
Woodland Way Junior High Club Visits Public Library
The library club led by Mrs Glendora Gibson from Woodland Way Junior High School visits Washington County Free Library today to inspect the building and learn how a modern public library operates and serves users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Way Junior High School
Glendora Gibson
Washington County Free Library
Miss Annan Weds Edward R Miller Jr at Aberdeen Proving Ground
Miss Jane Annan daughter of Mrs J Stewart Annan and the late Mr Annan married Edward R Miller Jr son of Mrs Miller of Philadelphia at noon at Lt Col Herold Burrill home Aberdeen Proving Ground The Rev Otto Gruber officiated with a blue dress and rose corsage After a wedding breakfast guests from Hagerstown included J C Annan and Janice Annan The Miller couple plan a trip to New York She is a public health nurse and Drexel graduate He is a Navy Department engineer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Annan
J. Stewart Annan
Mr. Annan
Edward R. Miller
Miller
Philadelphia
Mr. Miller
Herold G. Burrill
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Otto Gruber
Grove Presbyterian Church
Aberdeen
Hagerstown
J. C. Annan
Janice
John S. Annan
State Department of Health
Drexel Institute
Navy Department
Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington, D. C
Annual Bowling Banquet At Hagerstown Shoe Co
Highty two attendees joined employees and guests at Becks Tavern for the annual bowl ing banquet of the Hagerstown Shoe and Legging Co. league. Speakers included L Vinton Hershey and J M Miller. McKay upper fitting and stitch down teams won, captains Cressie Downs and Fred Kretzer. Thirteen former workers now serve in the armed forces. 107 participated in season bowling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highty
Hagerstown Shoe and Legging Co
Beck's Tavern
L. Vinton
Cressie Downs
Fred Kretzer
Donald Harbaugh
Amanda Martin
Julia Martin
Max McAfee
Mary Shanholtz
Hubert Miller
Helen Valentine
James Ogden
Founders Day banquet opens April events for local sororities
Calendar lists April 30 Founders Day banquet of Beta Sigma Phi Sororities at Hotel Hamilton at 6 30 p m May 3 Washington County Teachers Association annual meeting at Hagerstown High School 7 45 p m May 7 Public School Art Exhibition opens at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts May 10 Rotary Club Ladies Night at Fountain Head Country Club 6 30 p m May 10 Testimonial dinner for Fulton Lewis Jr by Kiwanis Club Hotel Alexander 6 30 p m May 12 13 Lions Clubs annual State and District meeting with local host at Hotel Alexander May 18 19 Maryland Federation of Music Clubs meeting at Hotel Alexander May 21 Puppet show at Washington County Museum by art group at South Potomac Junior High School May 29 Dance at Fountain Head Toast events call Chamber of Commerce 2015
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Hamilton
Washington County Teachers Association
Hagerstown
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Rotary Club
Fountain Head Country Club
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Alexander
American soldiers in England endure crowded tent cities
Each American soldier has about 35 square feet of sleeping and living space in the tent cities of England, reflecting cramped conditions as they await further assignment or deployment arrangements during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
ALL IN A DAY Review of the week
A weekly digest from city life recounting light anecdotes and social moments across five days. Monday’s Civic Music Association dinner mishap, Tuesday’s Army camp phone chatter, Wednesday’s minister gifts and hospital therapy, Thursday’s names and U K humor, and Friday’s rationing quirks plus small-town anecdotes and a lost-and-found glasses note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Here
Hagerstown
Navy
Baltimore
Academy Theatre
Girl Scout Troops Social Activities at Meetings
Girl Scout Troop 20 will attend a dinner meeting hosted by the Business and Professional Women's Club at the Hotel Alexander on Monday evening with Virginia Anderson speaking on China and club officers to be elected. On May 5 the troop will hold a bowling party at Raney's Coliseum in lieu of a regular meeting. Troop 18 members joined a Friday scavenger hunt including Mrs. Thomas Park, Alice Lee Mason, Betty Palmer, Ella Caruthers, Joan Flock, Phyllis Myers, Joan Funkhouser, Sherley Elway, Helen Sneckenberger, Norma Jean Neff, Dorothy Perkins, and Joan Obaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Troop 20
The
Business and Professional Women's Club
Hotel Alexander
Virginia Anderson
China
Raney’s Coliseum
Girl Scout Troop 18
Mrs. Thomas Park
Alice Lee Mason
Betty Palmer
Ella Carruthers
Joan Flock
Phyllis Myers
Joan Funkhouser
Sherley Elway
Helen Sneckenberger
Norma Jean Neff
Doorthy Perkins
Joan Obaugh
Bible School Teachers To Attend Institute
An Institute for Daily Vacation Bible School teachers and workers will be held on Monday May 1 at St Pauls United Brethren Church with sessions at 3 and 730 pm. Sponsored by the Washington County Council of Churches and Christian Education leaders are Miss Mary Grace Martin and Miss Lilian FE Mc Cormick. Rev Willis R Ford executive secretary of the Maryland Delaware Council of Churches will also be present. Materials will be displayed and administration and teaching methods discussed. All teachers and leaders of children will find the institute valuable. The evening session will open with a brief business meeting of Churches and Christian Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's
Sesson
Washington County Council of Churches and Christian Education
One Act Play to Be Given Sunday at First Christian
The Young People's Department of First Christian church presents The Lady at the Window a one act religious play Sunday at 7 30 PM The cast includes Hazel Lantz Ardella McKee Hazel Poole Charles Lumm Thomas Snavely Richard Snavely Iris Wiebel The morning service at 930 AM features a sermon The Call to a Transformed Discipleship in a series Transforming Power The adult choir sings Peace and Light under Asher Edelman director organist All are invited to attend Holy Communion each Sunday morning Open Communion practiced and Holy Week program ongoing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Department
The
Church School of the First Christian Church
Hazel Lantz
Ardella McKee
Hazel Poole
Charles Lumm
Thomas Snavely
Richard Snavely
Iris Wiebel
William M. Norment
Washington County Hospital scholars honored with dinner
Dr and Mrs J Walter Layman host a dinner at Hotel Alexander honoring the nurses graduating class of Washington County Hospital Training School. Miss Margaret Mullen and Miss Sara Johnson join the graduates as guests. Earlier, the hospital auxiliary held a reception and dance at the Women's Club auditorium with punch and music by Mary Donegan Howes string trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Alexander
J. Walter Layman
Washington County Hospital Training School
Margaret Mullen
Sara Johnson
Women’s Club
Washington County Hospital Auxiliary
Mary Donegan Howe
Birthday Dinner Honoring Navy Climber at Crimmon Home
A birthday dinner was hosted at Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Crimmon Park Place Wednesday for their son on leave from the U S Navy and his two aunts birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis and son Charles Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lewis and daughter Eloise Me and Mrs. Robert Lewis and son Bobby Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lewis and daughters Patricia Rebecca Judy Cecil Grimm Mrs. Hattie Gossard Mrs. Alto Glassford Mrs. A A Miller Mrs. Nannie Boppe Marion Grimm Audrey Betty Phyllis Grimm and Virginia Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Crimmon
U. S. Navy
John Lewis
Charles Lewis
Lloyd Lewis
Eloise
Robert Lewis
Bobby
Milton Lewis
John H Jones Bible Class Plans Mother's Day Dinner
The John H. Jones Bible Class of St. John's Lutheran Church will meet Monday at 6 PM for a covered dish Mother’s Day supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Jones
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Coffee plants reach first harvest in fourth year
Coffee plants typically produce their initial crop in the fourth year of growth. This horticultural rule highlights the maturation period before yields begin.
Wilson College Fellow Miss Mary Elizabeth Troup Wins Award
President Paul Swain Havens announced a Wilson College fellowship for Mary Elizabeth Troup daughter of J Earl and Mrs J E Troup of Virginia Avenue. The senior will study English at Johns Hopkins University and serves as senior editor of the Billboard campus weekly. The two 1944 45 fellowships prepare Wilsonians for university teaching with Nancy V Logan the other winner pursuing graduate political science at the University of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson College
Mary Elizabeth Troup
J. Earl Troup
Virginia Avenue
Paul Swain Havens
Chambersburg
Troup
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Billboard
Wilsonians
Nancy V. Logan
University of Pennsylvania
Arts and Letters Club Luncheon Moved to May 5
The Arts and Letters Club will hold its luncheon on Monday May 5 at the Women's Club, instead of the originally announced May 1 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arts and Letters Club
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Washington County
Martinsburg
Edwin Darner
Washington County Farm Bureau
Hagerstown Leather Company
D. Raymond Snively
Junior Red Cross
Junior Music Club
Hagerstown Usc
Roy Danzer
Robert McCauley
Richard Munson
Helen Gossard
Gossard
Nan Lakin Seaman
Eleanor Seaman
Glick’s
Kreider & Ephrata
Glick’s Shoe Store
Washington
Fleisher’s
Hill & Dale
Hoffman’s
Frederics
Lady
Florence
Washington Street
Fellowship
SPAR
ONDA
Rudolph Keplinger
Columbus, Ga
Donald Keplinger
Macon, Ga
Nannie Ruth
William D. Byron
R. L. Nelson
Trudy
Lynchburg, Va
J. EB. Braungard
South Potomac Street
Charles A. Coakley
Williamsport
Camp van Dorn, Miss
Sgt. Coakley
Elizabeth Lankford
Washington County Welfare Board
Maryland State Department of Welfare
Doris Koontz
State Sanitorium
Jefferson Street
Louise Mask
West Side Avenue
Mrs
Charles Mask
Frederick
Roger McCarren
Charles Herper
William P. Lane, Jr
Samuel E. Phillips
C. Nelli Baylor
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Co. B. Night
25 Wayside
Robert McAfee
Lantz
John F. Price
Waynesboro
Suzanne Murray
Ira St. Bachtell
Halfway
Preston Roy Smith
Boonsboro
Samuel Willett
Mill Street
Mary G. Kneisley
West
Samuel Callan
Jacksonville, Fla
Callan
Albert Eyerly
This City
Baker Wiles
Joseph Bitner
Summit Avenue
Set. Bitner
Georgia
George Lambillotte, Jr
Columbia
S. C
Fort Jackson
Joseph M. Harp
North Avenue
Annan
Zenith Radio Corporation
Municipal Electric
Civic Music Association
Jack Craft
John D. Rockefeller Jones
Dorothy
Ruth
Scotland
Girl Scout
Gia
Nicodemus National Bank
Hagerstown, Maryland
First Christian
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Wins
Miss Troup
Shockey
Silex
Harry S. Myers
Potomaoa Street
People's Store
W. Wash
Wmertea
Yae
Victée
Leiter Brothers
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