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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1944
Page
8
Washington county relatives of service men overseas say food wins hearts for 1944 Christmas. A survey of local parents shows meals and snacks top their box plans, with mailing period set September 15 to October 15. Local stores are already displaying gifts for dispatch.
Local families outline gift plans for sons serving in Europe. Sgt Zimmerman’s parents list soup to cookies and stationery. Mr and Mrs Slick plan a fruit cake and woolen wear, while Mr and Mrs Miller will include fruit cake cookies and candy for Cpl Preston C and Pf Roger in France. For shipments between September 15 and October 15 no written request is needed, but exact addresses must be printed inside and outside the box and boxes must bear Christmas Parcel on the outside with a one package per week limit per addressee.
A Washington County Pomona Grange panel at Indian Springs on Aug 26 discussed postwar Germany options. Speakers urged division into zones, peaceful supervision, education in democracy, and urging peace with the world. The group adopted resolutions to aid returning service members with work and school credits for farm service, opposed Sunday saloons and movies, and invited the State Grange to host next December’s convention in Hagerstown.
National Grange members will attend a convention in Winston-Salem, N C starting November 15. Potomac Valley Grange is thanked for hospitality. Han cock Grange will host in November for election and installation of officers. A substantial purse was donated to the Rev W F Murray and family after their home and contents were lost to fire.
Names of service members across England and Texas training bases are given. Corporal James R. Gladhill of Big Pool Maryland receives a promotion at an Eighth Air Force bomber base. Foster Field trainees prep for graduation as second lieutenants. Roswell Army Air Field hosts four engine pilot school members including Stanley H. Shafer. Horace M. McAvoy earned Engineer Officer Candidate School status. Ralph M. Baker of Hagerstown awarded Combat Infantryman Badge for combat with the Fifth Army in Italy. The text notes a local family’s pride and memories of hottest places faced by soldiers.
The twenty-five year old son of Mrs. Mary E Mesner near St James serves as a military policeman near Dizful Iran noted for extreme heat. He writes fond letters home from a mountain camp and sends a poem titled My Favorite Pinup. He describes pride in his family and his Russian Red Star insignia and Persian Gulf Service Command insignia found with a tiny crucifix.
The piece opens with a Look Magazine reprint about Magerstown and includes a pennant of local names. It mentions Pvt. Tichart M. of Company D and references Mr. and Mrs. Perry J. Powell of Boonsboro Route 1 in an address fragment, with unclear surrounding context.
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