Jacobs Club Meeting Highlights Speaking Topics
A Granville B. Jacobs Speaking Club meeting at City Park featured talks by Dr. Ruby Huling on Alaska travel by boat, Henry Triesler on abroad disturbances, Jacob Hoffman on a golf course for Hagerstown, and other members discussing issues from U.S. imports to government arts and tax consciousness. Guests attended, and Dr. Huling won best speech, guiding next session planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville B. Jacobs
North Pavilion
Ruby Huling
Alaska
Henry Triesler
America
Jacob Hoffman
Hagerstown
John Wisherd
United States
O. BD. Fox
Ity Park
Madge der
Fahrney Reunion Elects Officers At City Park
The thirty-second Fahrney family reunion drew about two hundred relatives from Maryland Virginia West Virginia Illinois and California to City Park. Officers elected for the coming year were Mrs Stover Zr Kreps president Welty Fahrney vice president Bertha Fabrney secretary and Clarence Fabrney treasurer. A basket luncheon followed with a program including Wolfkill Orchestra prayers readings by Ada Hammond and Edgar Wolf Baltimore violin solo Lucille Wolfkill piano and musical selections by Malcolm Long and children. A letter from Elizabeth Campbell Dayton Ohio was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fahrney
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Illinois
California
Stover Zr. Kreps
Welty Fahrney
Bertha Fabrney
Clarence Fabrney
Wolfkill Orchestra
Walter Slifer
Raymond Long
Lucille Wolfkill
Charles F. Wagaman
Charles Butterbaugh
Oregon
W. A. Fahrney
Peter Fahrney
Ada Hammond
Edgar Wolf
Baltimore
William Waltkill, Jr
Malcolm Long
Service League Hosts Picnic at Municipal Pool
The Service League of St. John's Episcopal Church held a picnic supper at the Municipal Swimming Pool last evening with Mrs. E Thrall Campbell and Miss Catherine Stehl in charge. After supper members swam in the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service League of
St. John's Episcopal Church
E. Thrall Campbell
Catherine Stehl
Social and Personal Happenings in Local Society
Mr and Mrs Harvey H H Herser plan a trip to California and the west. The Byers of North Potomac street meet their daughter Mary E Byer in San Francisco after two years teaching in Korea. Mrs Hawbecker returns home from Williamsport while her son Woodrow moved to Camden. Numerous residents attend the New York World's Fair and Atlantic City vacations. A birth is announced for Mr and Mrs Charles J Keedy of Bryan Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey HH
Herser
Oak Hill Avenue
California
West
B. W. Byer
North Potomac Street
San Francisco
Mary E. Byer
Korea
Japan
David Hawbecker
Williamsport
Woodrow Hanbecker
Camden
N. J
Charles I. Grimm
H.B. Davenport
Marie Grimm
Carrie Grimm
Cearfoss
G. C. Gabriel
Mary Virginia
Charles Gabriel
Lewisburg
Anna Winkelbach
Robert Sechrist
Red Lion
Kenneth Gabriel
Elsie Bair
York
Paulh. Grimm
Harrisburg
Charles J. Keedy
Bryan Place
Class Supper at Park Tomorrow In City Park
Roy Fogle's class of St. John's Lutheran church will hold a picnic in the northern pavilion of City Park tomorrow evening. A covered dish supper will be served at 5 30 o'clock and all members and their families are expected to attend. Arrangements are in charge of a committee headed by Mrs. Edgar A Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Fogle
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Edgar A. Ward
Supper Party Held For Miss Harrison Birthday
Brownsville hosts a pink and white birthday supper for Kathleen Harrison on her sixteenth birthday. The decors feature a cake with 16 candles, smaller cakes, gladiola arrangements, with piano pieces by Starlene Norris and Marlowe Carey and strings by John E. Grimm. Attendees include Kathleen Garrison and numerous Harrison, Younkins, Tritappe, and related families plus friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Harrison
Brownsville
Kathleen
Starlene Norris
Marlowe Carey
John E. Grimm
Kathleen Garrison
Leon Yourtee
Ruth Martin
Harry Growl, Jr
Willis Beachley
Mary Woods
Sam Phillips
Luella Younkins
Harold Jennings
Arlene Woods
Howard Nicodemus
Hileen Tritappe
Gerald Haines
Margaret Crum
John Younkins
Josephine Woods
Hubert Smyre
Erma Moss
Warren Phillips
Roberta Martin
Nanny House
Esther Himes
Tilghman Thompson
William Harrison
Miss Polack Weds Mr. Shapiro Sunday
Bella Rose Polack became the bride of Jack Shapiro in a Sunday ceremony at the Polack home in Roanoke Virginia. Rabbi Herrshfeld officiated. The bride, a Hagerstown High School and University of Maryland alumna, works for the Washington County Welfare Board. the groom is a Roanoke High School graduate employed by Maryland Pipe and Metal Company. After a wedding trip to Maine, they will live in the Moller apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Polack
Virginia Avenue
Bella Rose Polack
Jack Shapiro
Roanoke
Rabbi Herrshfeld
Frederick
Shapiro
Hagerstown High School
University of Maryland
Exhibition Day at Robin Hood Camp Gala Near Chambersburg
Exhibition Day at Camp Robin Hood features eight weeks of camper performances under Miss Catherine E. Ruland and Miss Florence R. Heald. Activities include swimming diving tennis archery riflery baseball basketball dance drill riding and a program ending with a Robin Hood play and a Viennese Ballet directed by Miss Alma Loth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Hood
Chambersburg
Catherine E. Ruland
Florence R. Heald
Olivia Horner
Horner
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Viennese Ballet
Alma Loth
Baltimore
New York
Miss Loth
Johann Strauss
Vienna
Strauss
Interwoven Outing Attracts 360 At Williams Grove Park
About 360 Interwoven Stocking Company employees and families attended a Saturday picnic at Williams Grove Park near Carlisle. The day featured lunch, prize contests, an outdoor stage show by Delaware artists, and rides despite wet weather. A softball game was postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Grove Park
Carlisle
Delaware
Hagerstown
Wizard of Oz dazzles Maryland Theatre crowd
Ray Bolger, Frank Morgan and Bert Lahr spark a vivid Wizard of Oz premiere at the Maryland Theatre with color, music, and the classic journey appealing to both children and adults. A new free press short subject delights lawyers and newsmen as sweltering heat boosts pool attendance, drawing visitors from Chicago and beyond to Maryland’s standout summer venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Maryland Theatre
Ray Bolger
Scarecrow
Frank Morgan
Maryland
Strauss Works From Loewenberg Collection On Water Gate Bill
Dr Hans Kindler conductor National Symphony returns tomorrow night for the Sunset Symphony final concert featuring Dvorak Symphony No 5 From the New World. Two Johann Strauss waltzes from the Loewenberg Viennese collection recently saved from Nazi seizure are to be heard possibly for the first time in America Paroxysmen Opus 189 and Wo die Citronen Bluhn Opus 364. The program also includes Mozart Schauspielfdi rektor Dvorak Romeo and Juliet and Enesco Romanian Rhapsody No 1 with Lara Stover soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Kindler
National Symphony
Water Gate
New World
Johann Strauss
Dr. Kindler
Paul Loewenberg
Library of Congress
Loewenberg
Cal
Hochschule
Vienna
Land
Strauss
Italy
América
Kindler
Schauspieldirektor
Mozart
Dvorak
Tchaikovsky
Jeanne d'Arc
Lara Stover
Lawn Party Tomorrow at Zion Church School
The Young People’s Department of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church School plans a lawn party on Wednesday August 23 after Sunday School to raise funds. Ticketed amid refreshments games and an evening of cinema the event will feature a full color film about last year’s Potomac Synod Young People’s Camp at Mountain Lake near Fannettsburg PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Department of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church School
Patterson
Bob Rice
Jean Heckman
Eunice Munson
Gorman Ingram
Ida Heard
Richard Cocklin
Potomac Synod
Mountain Lake
Fannettsburg
Humbertson Weds Redmond In Quiet City Ceremony
Zelma V Humbertson became the bride of Charles W Redmond in a quiet Monday night ceremony at the Christ Reformed church parsonage. Rev H A Fesperman officiated. Mrs Redmond is the daughter of William Humbertson of Cumberland and Mr Redmond is employed by the Standard Oil Company. The couple will honeymoon in Virginia and reside in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelma V. Humbertson
Charles W Redmond
Christ Reformed Church
H. A. Fesperman
Reunion Sunday at Middletown Home details gathered
Daughters of the late Robert and Hannah McCoy hosted a reunion at Dr. and Mrs. A L Blessing home in Middletown with numerous relatives from Rohrersville Hagerstown Broad Run Brunswick Lovettsville and Baltimore among attendees Also listed are names of attendees and family members Plus Reno Post Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War meets in the American Legion Hall tomorrow at 8 o clock as the last gathering before the national convention All members urged to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert and
Hannah McCoy
Rohrersville
A. L. Blessing
Middletown
Paul Haynes
Carroll Miller
Fannie Poffenberger
Susan Smith
Roberta Haynes
Homer Ahalt
John M. Poffenberger
C. R. Poffenberger
Cora Rohrer
Dorothy Poffenberger
Patricia Ahalt
Hagerstown
Clarence Huffer
Broad Run
Calvin Grams
Brunswick
John Gillan
Rush Gillan
Gerald Costen
Baltimore
Reno
Sons of Union Veterans of
American Legion Hall
Clopper Family Holds Third Annual Reunion
The Clopper family held its third annual reunion at Brandenburg Camp west of Greencastle on Sunday. Attendees included Walter Grumbine and family, Clarence Cramer and family, Roy Stotler and son, Dan Tressler and children, Vincent Hawbaker and son, Otha Brandenburg and children, Linder and daughter, Frank Visosky and family, Orville Kauffman and family, Harry Kline and daughter, Edward Gessford and family, David Clopper and family, Harry Tiggins and others, with plans to meet next year at Blair's Valley on the second Sunday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clopper
Brandenburg Camp
West Greencastle
Blair's Valley
Walter Grumbine
Clarence Cramer
Roy Stotler
Dan Tressler
Vincent Hawbaker
Otha Brandenburg
Linder
Frank Visosky
Orville Kauffman
Harry Kline
Edward Gessford
David Clopper
Harry Tiggins
Finley Clopper
Thomas Clopper
Admiral Sword
Gorald Bowers
John Yeates
Edna Snyder
Cletus Myers
Tacob Clopper
Gail Hays
Frank Wagner
Ellen
Ann Clopper
Beulah
Jessie
Doris
Anna
Madeline Clopper
Frances Brandenburg
Elizabeth Yeates
Phyllis Hull
Luli Funkhouser
Lillian Falhart
Russell Carpaugh
John Carbaugh
Clarence
John
Larry Brandenburg
Leroy
George
L. A
Frank
Millard
Helbren
Lawrence
Robert Clopper
Picnic Held By Rohrersville Homemakers Club
The Rohrersville Homemakers' Club held its annual picnic in D. D. Mullendore's orchard. Many games were played with prizes awarded and refreshments served to a large group including Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rohrer Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Miller and numerous Mullendore and Sechrist family members plus local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohrersville Homemakers’ Club
D. D. Mullendere
Roy Rohrer
Carroll Miller
Ira Rice
Ernest Young
Keedy
Cora Hightman
Bertha Rohrer
Dora Haines
J. Mullendore
Kit Mullenix
Preston Sechrist
Charles Holder
Harold Poffenberger
Paul Norris
Jesse Nichols
George Mullendore
D. Barunas
L. Broderick
Constance Mullendore
A. Barunas
Dorine Norris
Faye Mullendore
Bernice Gantz
Olive Hood
Starline Norris
Rose Nichols
Crab Party at Lantz Maryland Hosts Dance Featured
Mr and Mrs C G Lehr of Baltimore hosted a crab party Friday night at their Lantz Md summer home with dancing as a main attraction. Attendees included the Lehrs and Miss Marie Morrow, Baltimore. W C Taylor. C G Pryor and family. Sue Calvin Richard Marion Alvin Pryor. John West. Charles Bowara Wolfe and Elmer Lantz of Lantz. G M McAfee Bobby McAfee of Cascade. Clarence Fyler Blue Ridge Summit. and Sam Royer Highfield Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Lehr
Baltimore
Lantz
Marie Morrow
W. C. Taylor
C. G. Pryor
Sue Pryor
Calvin Pryor
Richard Pryor
Marion Pryor
Alvin Pryor
John West
Short Hike on Sunda by Maryland Appalachian Trail Club
A Sunday hike called Summ. Special was announced for August 27. The two mile Conococheague Creek trail will extend one more mile through Baker Caverns at Williamson with no climbing. Cavern temperature about 60 degrees. a picnic supper will follow near the cavern entrance. Reservations by Thursday August 24 to C. R. Burger, phone 1010. Hikers depart promptly at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Appalachian Tra Club
Conoccheague Creek
Baker Caverns
Williamson
Groun
Thurada
C. R. Burger
Shower Honoring Miss Leta Hyde Before Aug 28 Wedding
Mrs Gordon Umstead of Olney Maryland and Miss Frances Liskey hosted a pantry shower for Miss Leta Hyde on Virginia Avenue. Guests included Hattie Landia Christine Zimmerman Ruth Eckstin Louise Vivian and Jeanette M Clain among others. Rose blue and white decorations set the scene with games and laughter as the party celebrated the upcoming marriage to Mr George Vincent M Clain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Umstead
Olne Md
Frances Liskey
Virginia Avenue
Leta Hyde
Whoill
George Vincent M Clain
Rose
Mesdam Daniel M. Foltz
Fred Lillard
W. Morin
Mary Gossard
E. B. Ziznerman
Robert Liskey
B. M. Lkey
William Andrusic
Hunt Hyde
D.S. McClain
Russell Hess
Carl Dellinger
Miss Leta Hyde
Hattie Landia
Chrisine Zimmerman
Ruth Eckstin Louise
Vivian
Jeanette M Clain
Quiet wedding ties Laughlin Knepper at Waynesboro
A quiet Saturday morning ceremony at St. Paul A B parsonage united Daisy M Laughlin daughter of the late Paul Laughlin and foster daughter of D S Flohr Shady Grove with Jay Knepper son of William Knepper Chamberburg Pa Reverend D R Berry Plummer officiated The couple planned a brief wedding trip to southeastern cities and other points of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul A. B. Parsonage
Berry Plummer
Daisy M. Laughlin
Paul Laughni
Waynesboro
Foster Daugter
D. S. Flohr
Shady Grove
Jay Knepper
William Knepper
Chamberburg
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Miller’s Marinello Shop
Public Square
Arrow Service
Arrow Shoe Store
Washington Street
Women’s Hats L. & B. Hat Shop
N. E. Car. Public Sauare
Potomac Avenue
Informata
Mildred Bittinger
Virginia Atwood
Helen Strite
Jennie Bowser
Atlantic City
Joseph Wyand
Boston
O. J. Wyand
G. W. Baumhoff, Sr
Mealey Parkway
Pittsburgh
Edward Ll. Burger
Paul Burger
Howard Cost
John Grooms
Lexington Avenue
G. A. Gerald
Bay Ridge
Chesapeake Bay
Charles Murray
Richard Bailey
Edward Betts
Funkstown
Hotel New Yorker
Nita Wakenight Post
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Nan Doornberger
Jack and
Lewis
Vernon Frock
Beverly Beach
Chesapeake
W. Lee Elgin
J. L. Elgin
West Howard Street
Hotel
New Yorker
James Mauck
Elizabeth Mauck
Birmingham, Pa
Rose Berger
Reynolds Avenue
John Anderson
Wiliamsport
Richard Crouss
Mitchell Avenue
William Snyder
North Prospect Street
Imogene Young
Carroll Grooms
McDowell Avermue
Richmond
Portsmouth
J. Lloyd Harshman
New England
Betty Deetjen
Union Memorial Hospital
Bathmore
Mrs
D. C. Deetjen
Hamilton Boulevard
Doris P
Evelyn Conrad
Philadelphia
Julia Cushn
Mount Prospect
Beatrice Clements
Calif
Charles Mobley
Joseph Miller
Cumberland
Betty Bridges
South Prospect Street
Hubert Stotelmyer
Jane
Magnolia Avenue
New York City
Lester EB. Goodwin
Grand Rapids, Mich
Patty
Virginia ,Oliver
Crewe
Gordon Boswell
East Avenue
Ernest CG. Rowe
Reisterstown
Luther Haines
Edgar L. Sprecher
Letitia Belle
Glenside
Hershey Park
J. Edward Cochran
Vermont
Ira L. Kaetzel
Chicago
Morning Herald
Daily Mail
Park
Miss Harrison
Miss Polack
Mr. Shapiro
Otho J. Smyre
Boonsboro
Grayson Itayre
Floyd Doyle
Otho Itayre
Anna Smith
Victor Dutrow
George Haupt
Frank Itayre
Sadie Itayre
Joseph Itayre
Harry Smith
Charles Smith
John Lumm
Fred Renner
Alice Poffenberger
Claude Imyre
Winton Knode
Grayson Imyre
Melvin Rubenthaul
Billie Renner
Jerry
Jean Poffenberger
Betty
Genevieve Imyre
Geraldine
James Itmyre
Betty Lee Dutro
Dorothy Dermody
Beauty Culture
Potomac St
Ady
Heil
Miss Humbertson
Mr. Redmond
West Virginia College of Beauty Culture
West King Street
Martineburz
W. F
Rohrersville Club
Sunda
Miss Hyd
Troy Laundry
Biktje
Hagerstowa
Dagmar Silver Bar
Lenonaa Rica
Abe Rickel
Tinza Cafe
Vanette
Gale
Adoria
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