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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1946
Page
2
Local social columns list Mrs. Marie C. Lee recovering after surgery in Baltimore and staying with relatives before returning to Cumberland. Several residents enjoy visits and vacations in Atlantic City Rehoboth Beach Chicago New York City and Canada while others depart local hospitals.
Invitations announce the marriage of Miss Marguerite Schmidt daughter of Mrs. Thomas Schmidt of this city to Edward E. Harriman chief of radio in Bremen Germany of Brookline Massachusetts. The ceremony is set for Friday evening August 16 at 8 oclock at St Pauls Methodist church with Rev Wallace M Brashiers officiating. Miss Schmidt will be attended by her sister Miss Mary Schmidt and Lieut Kurt Hirsch of New York City will serve as best man. Ushers include Thomas Ervin Schmidt W Fred Mowen Francis Metre and Guy Hoffmaster Jr.
Fresh Air Sisters Ana and Rose Petros visit a small farm near Maugansville with Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Martin. They marvel at cows being milked and fish at a hatchery, while enjoying corn from the garden and fresh vegetables. Births, engagements, and local notices follow, including birthday party and travel mentions.
In a centennial tribute to Kate Greenaway, fashion editor Dorothy Roe notes her illustrated books inspire a 1946 collection of children’s clothes. The designs reinterpret sunbonnets sashes caps and shawls with a quaint, storybook charm for modern wear.
A cooking guide by Mrs. Cecil Brownstone clarifies American abbreviations and weights for sugar, flour, fat, and nuts to aid British war brides in using U S recipes. The table converts teaspoons to tablespoons and ounces to cups, with notes on liquid and dry measures and equivalents for common ingredients.
Miss Dotte McGraw hosted a Wednesday evening dinner at Hilltop Hotel in Harper's Ferry West Virginia. She complimented Miss Tulia Ramacciolli whose August 10 marriage to Mr James Hankey was noted. Out of town guest Miss Amenta Snavely from Washington DC attended.
The Grove and Sprecher kin invite all relatives and friends to the fourteenth reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Sprecher on Sunday, August 11.
Miss Lela Eligabeth Brewer and Richard Ellsworth Beard are engaged. Betty Brewer, a Hagerstown High School graduate, has worked at Fairchild Aircraft. Beard recently returned from overseas service and plans to resume Georgetown University studies. wedding set for late September.
An informal Washington County Council of Parent-Teachers meeting was hosted by Mrs. Sylvester Gower in Taylor's Landing. Officials reviewed by-laws and committee formation for next year. Guests included Mrs. L. V. Crist, Mrs. Gower, Mrs. Frank Lusby, and Mrs. Ernest Nichols, with lunch served on the lawn.
The American Association of University Women will sponsor a Pinochio performance by the Strawbridge Ballet Company of New York at Hagerstown High School auditorium on December 7. The single morning show targets school children of Hagerstown and Washington County with ticket access for the entertaining event long popular with kids.
Mrs Virginia Shafer Green daughter of Archibald Shafer of Little Orleans married Samuel Hurrick of Portland Me on Thursday. The ceremony was at the bridegroom's home in Portland. She had lived in Williamsport with relatives and worked for Tri State Electrical Supply. The couple will reside in Portland where the groom works with an asphalt tile company.
A survey by Charles J. Cotter of Washington County Hospital shows rising marriage rates among nursing graduates from 1940 to 1945 as hospital work and outreach attract students. Cotter notes nurses are not allergic to matrimony, citing the expanded hospitalization plan as a key factor helping meet people.
A Vesper service was held Wednesday at 7 30 pm at City Park band shell with Rev. Charles Shelley giving the principal address. Eight boys from Wheaton Park formed the Junior Jubilee Chorus and Miss Rathmarie Jones sang Ave Maria. Next week the playgrounds host a baby show with ribbons for prize infants.
Irene Hartle daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Hartle of Leitersburg married Samuel S Buhrman son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Buhrman of Lantz Md in a July 1 ceremony at 4 30 pm in the Trinity Swetheran Church parsonage Boonsboro Rev Donald Stonesifer officiated Bridesmaids Miss Barbara Gibney and Miss Kathleen Good wore white dresses with red rosebud corsage Attendants were followed by a trip to Hershey Pa The bride a Hagerstown High School graduate class of 1946 is employed by Potomac Edison The groom a former Marine works as a mechanic for Delphey Bicycle Service They will live with the bride's parents
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