Nurse Aides Cap eighth class at Washington County Hospital
The eighth class of Nurse's Aides to receive caps will be honored Monday at 7:15 p.m. in Dorsey Hall, Washington County Hospital. The ceremony will bring total trained aides to 74 for the Red Cross chapter. Miss Rose Daniels, field director at Newton D. Baker General Hospital, will speak on aide support for nursing shortages, with Mrs. Elmer Funkhouser presiding. List of capping aides and instructors included. ceremony open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey Hall
Washington County Hospital
Washington County
Red Cross
Rose Daniels
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Newton D. Baker
Elmer Funkhouser
June Barnhart
Mary Cross
Sarah Ebert
Lillian Forsythe
Dorothy Heckman
Marie Kitzmiller
Helen Kline
Wilhelmina McClane
Patricia McGuire
Helen Roth
Kathleen Slick
Myra Snyder
Margaret Feaster
Washington County Hospital Nurses’ Alumnae Association
Betas announce participants in Ritual of Jewels ceremony
The Hagerstown Sigma and X Chapters of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority list Margaretta Stroud Edna Beard Rebecca Yowell Doris Fryer and Ruth Rudy as participants in the Ritual of Jewels ceremony held last Monday night at the Hotel Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Hotel Hamilton
Margaretta Stroud
Edna Beard
Rebecca Yowell
Doris Fryer
Ruth Rudy
C D A Charity Card Party Sponsored by Catholic Daughters
The Court Hagerstown Catholic Daughters of America sponsor a Christmas charity card party on Tuesday evening December 5 at 7:30 at St. Mary's Parish House. Proceeds go to baskets for needy families. Prizes for high scores. refreshments served. Mrs. M. G. Bloom chairs with assistants Margate McCane Estella Wingert Alice Gerkins Annal Lushhaugh Mae Alexander. Mrs. Irene Chambers is grand Regent. Reservations via Mrs. Bloom at 1518.
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Court
Alice Gerkins
Annal Lushhaugh
Mae Alexander
Irene Chambers
Bloom
Dance Tonight at Fountain Wead Club with Fairchild hosts
Christmas decorations set the Yuletide mood for a semiformal dance at Fountain Wead Country Club tonight sponsored by Fairchild Aircraft Engineering Department. Mary Donegan and her ensemble will provide the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain Wead Country Club
Fair*child Aircraft
Mary Donegan
Hagerstown Personal News Notes Include Army Navy Trip
Local residents travel for leisure and duty with many staying at notable hotels in Philadelphia and New York. Army Navy football week details link residents, Ivy League events, and midshipman events with names, addresses, and travel notes.
Myerly's Leather Goods Sale at 41 N Potomac
Leather wallets change purses brief cases and zippered tobacco pouches priced from $1 to $20 with several small items at $4.59 and $7.79. store appeals to all customers. Myerly's advertises at 41 N Potomac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myerly
Four Washington County Girls Named to Who's Who 1944
Four Shepherd College students from Washington County are listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for 1944. Named are Kathryn Poffenberger of Hagerstown a senior, Eileen A Whisner a senior, Margaret E Roulette a junior, and Virginia R Chapman a senior all of Sharpsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
Kathryn Poffenberger
St. Clair Strreet
Hagerstown
Eileen A. Whisner
Margaret FE. Roulette
Virginia R. Chapman
Sharpsburg
Sorority Service Helps Parents With Baby Care
Xi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi started an evening baby care service to aid parents attending events. Since October it has grown, with Mi Chapter netting about $20 and about three calls weekly. Many members have nursing aide training, and parents may contact Mrs. George H. Buys or Mrs. Crown O. Diehl to use the service.
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Xi Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Red Cross
George H. Buys
Crown O. Diehl
Marriage Licenses Issued This Week
Local records list numerous marriages across Maryland and nearby areas with individuals from Hagerstown, Frederick, Martinsburg, and Greencastle. Names include Shaffer, Mongan, Minnich, Walsh, Munson, Gravely, Gift, Miller, Barnhart, Bragunier, Lewis, Roger, Oden, Everett, Kendall, Fuser, Davis, Grove, Giles, Ward, Calhoun, Baer, Bherly, Villela, Williamsport, Armstrong, Mason, Beattie, Millett, Cunningham, Wilson, Poole, Cordell, Stoops, and others with ages ranging from late teens to early seventies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kenneth Shaffer
Faith Oline Mongan
Flagerstown
Wallace T. Minnich
Naomi L. Walsh
Hagerstown
Eunice L. Munson
Linden
Neo Marriges
Franklin i
Alder
Betty Arlene Calhoun
Tanerstowd
Thorry M. Baer
Greencastle
Ruth E. Bherly
Mangansville
Pant Villela
Tragerstown
Wanda Maloti
Williamsport
Durham
N. Ec
Betty Me Artstrong
Waresha
Ikeaneth
W. Tih
Taneack
Kithneunna Bo Mason
Mercershis
Pearson Wasley Beatie
Sprinstind
Lillian M. Millett
William ©. Cunningham
Renevoli
Mary J. Wilson
Reanshare
Groves W. Poole
Stick
Pauline EF
Valmer
Wilic
Ross J
Scouts To Make Christmas Toys For Needy Children
Senior Girl Scout Troop No. 3 plans to sew stuffed toys for orphans at Christmas and help decorate Newton D. Baker Hospital for the holiday season. A January party marks the troop’s first birthday. For information call president Mary Brunner after 4 30. ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr and Mrs Carl E Taylor Harriston route announce the birth of a daughter at Washington County Hospital in December.
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Noa. 3
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Mary Brunner
Carl E. Taylor
Harristown
Washington County Hospital
Artists and Engineers Gift Catalog at Myerly’s Potomac
A Christmas gift listing highlights drawing sets instruments drafting tools and art supplies from Myerly's Potomac. Includes drawing sets side rulers curves drafting tables easels canvases and water color sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myerly's
Potomac
Fashions In Housecoats Feature Variety Of Style
Women will enjoy a wide range of housecoats and negligees in stores, from frothy feminine drifts to tailored looks. Styles include trocaded taffeta, satin, flaumel, corduroy, and flannel with prices to fit many budgets. Cozy robes and evening wear options offer bright colors and practical pockets.
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He Wei
Sorority Plans Novelty Program at Newton Baker Hospital
Beta Sigma Phi sorority signs up a novelty program to entertain patients at Newton D Baker General Hospital Martinsburg. The group aims for a unique act compared with other hospital groups and plans a February Valentine party to start the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W C T U Marks 70th Anniversary Observance
The National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s seventieth anniversary, formed in Cleveland on November 18, 1874, was observed at a meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rosene Hammond. Highlights included readings, a quiz on seventy years, and notes on notable leaders and petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Rosene Hammond
Mellie Reserker
H. K. Zimmerman
lLeveille
Latchery and Sailors Department
W.cg. 7
Masa Znes
Francis Willard
Elia Boole
Lillian Stevens
Anna Gordon
Henry Somerset
Countess of
Cariisie
Stamp Club Meets Tuesday Night at Library
The Hagerstown Stamp Club schedules its meeting on Tuesday evening at 7 PM at the Washington County Free Library. Members discuss Miniama Essentials in Stamp Collecting and bring duplicates or items for Stamps for the Wounded fundraiser at Newton Baker Hospital. The club meets first and third Tuesdays monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Free Library
Eryone
Caver
Program Sunday at Second Christian Church
The Bell Meter city WH presents a program at the Second Christian Church on West North Street Sunday afternoon at 8:30. Miss Isabelle Fllis and Chares Scott lead the local songsters. Charles William Bell serves as accompanist. Monetary details note CAFRaini value and ten cents in Amer.
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Bell Meter City
Second Christian Church
West North Street
Isabelle Fllis
Chares Scott
Charles Wiliam Bell
Aaron
Cadet Nurses Present Special Program at Hospital
Cadet nurses of the Washington County Hospital School of Nursing staged a history of nursing program in the hospital auditorium as the monthly Literary Club event. The program featured doll tableaux, panels with Nightingale and Edith Cavell figures, shadowgraphs, readings, a tribute to nurses, and musical interludes with refreshments. Nearby, 4-H clubs elected officers and planned a December Christmas party with demonstrations of table settings and gift ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Hospital
Cadet Nurs
School of Nursing
Hospitals
Sister of
Charity
Elizabeth Shoyer
Florence Nightingale
Alice Well
Patsy Chaney
Louise Mask
Reni Cross
Janet Detrich
Rel Cross
Dora Linte
Jane Detrich
Margaret Horst
Clara Elta U Werbert
Margaret Lowery
Betty Kuhn
Trerence Nightingale
Margaret Mhreil
Louise Myerly
Longfellow
GAMES FOR EVERYONE at MY ERLY'S POTOMAC STORE
Ad reads a broad toy and game assortment at 51 N Potomac with a large selection and evening hours. The note promotes varied toys for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
Lange
Price MY Erly's
Potomac
One Day Service for Personal Christmas Cards
One day service available for personalized Christmas cards and monogrammed playing cards. Pick up tomorrow at Myerly's or N. Potomac Aly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myerly's
N. Potomac
Aly
Engagement Announced for Elaine Warner and Stait Kruse
Mr and Mrs Marshall Warner announce the engagement of their daughter Elaine Jane Warner to Stait Joseph FP Kruse son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Kruse The couple reside in Baltimore and Kruse recently returned from Alaska where stationed Elaine is a student at the city hospital and attended St Marys School The wedding is planned soon after her graduation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Warner
Gweynmier Avenue
Baltimore
Elaine Jane Warner
Joseph FP. Kruse
Benjamin Kruse
St. Mo
Sat
Kruse
Alaska
Werner
The
Rey Hospital
St. Mary's School
Nine-Thirty Class Social Meet At Williamsport
Members of the Nine Thirthy class of Trinity Lutheran Sunday school will be guests this Wednesday evening at Paul Fryer’s Williamsport Hosiery Co. The entertainment committee led by George Fisher and Howard Nally plans a well rounded program. A initiation ceremony in the Owls Club will occur. Don Hill Marshall Twigg Harold Wills and Ted Zeigler of the refreshment committee promise a turkey repast. A. L. Gruber is class president and Jacol Roessner is the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Paul Fryer
Williamsport Hosiery Co
George Fisher
Howard Nally
Owls Club
Don Hill
Marshall Twigg
Harold Wills
Ted Zeigler
A. L. Gruber
Jacol Roessner
USO Hostesses Dinner Event Near Barnbaker Home
Senior USO hostesses hosted a dinner at the Barnbaker residence on Hest Avenue. The event featured elegant table settings with gold and silver accents, a bouquet for chair Mrs Hornbaker, and post dinner entertainment including a skit by Mrs Harold Peters and readings by Mrs Barhgyra Lehman. Guests included Robert Thornburg, Harold Peters, Osshurt Mos, George Hornbaker, Sister Pearl Eccard, and Miss Buchanan among others.
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George Barnbaker
Hest Avenue
USO
Hab
Hornbaker
Reabert Thornburg
Harold Peters
Barhgyra Lehman
Peters
Ralph McClellan
Thornburg
Ossburg Moser
McClellan
W. Barton Lehman
Robert Thornburg
Osshurt Mos
George Hornbaker
Pearl Eccard
Christmas Cards Display at Myerly's Ad
A local ad promotes Christmas cards for everyone on your list with the largest display in town. It markets prices from 2 for 5 to 100 dollars and credits Myerly's in the copy, noting Al N. Pot.
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Myerly's
al N. Pot
Ady
China To Me On Library Shelf
The county library shelves list China To Me by Emily Hahn as among new news books. Hahn recounts personal experiences in the war in the Orient from 1935 to 1943 with warmth and insight, alongside entries on Coast Guard traditions and other wartime literary works.
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China
Emily Hahn
On County Free Library
Orient
Soong
Coast Guard Academy
Riley Flughes
Coast Guard
Clayton G
America
Elizabeth Woodward
Ladies Home Journal
Gift Wrappings Ad Promises Scarce Supply
Glowing wording argues that gift wrappings add glamour and claims stock is limited. Advertisement for Myerly's department store at 51 N. Potomar urges quick purchase before supplies run out.
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Myerly
N. Potomar
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Smolen
fSat
Win FL Hoffman
South Potomac Street
M. A. Wolfinger
East Baltimore Street
Philadelphia
Warwick
George Dress, Jr
M Edwin Semler
J. W. Buffington
Bill Irwin
Herman Hirsh
Lucille Miller
Margaret Fridinger
Hotel
New Yorker
New York City
Harold E. Wibberly, Jr
Bridgeport
Wibberley Ius
R. R
Camp Endicott
Davisville Ro
South Mulberry Street
Walter Byron Stehl
South Prospect Street
Stehl
Janie Stehl
Western Girls’ High School
Lyric Theater
Salzman
Frank Colley
Morning Herald
Army-Navy
Cecil Kephart
Army Air Corps
Dorothy A. Kephart
WAC
L. PF. Kephart
Kephart
Turner Field
Albany
Maxwell Field
Ala
Greensboro
Cpl
Earl Miller
South Cleveland Avenue
Dannie Seoren
Miami, Fla
Irvin H. Dietz
Howard D. Lowman
Charles F. Rupp
East Washington Street
Arden Lee Elkenberger
Quay Jsagle
North Avenue
Benjamin H. Pester
Washington
Annapolis
Dennis
Byers
Virginia Avenue
Myers
Alberta Pinniiert
Renoir
Paradise
Leiter Brothers
Glick’s
Kreider 3
Ephrata Shoes
Glick’s Shoe Store
Washington St
W.C.T.U
Keedysville Group
Hammond
Stamp Club
DE Molay
Mothers’ Circle of
Amer
Poonshora 4-1 Boys
Gorky” Club
Anna Anne Turtner
Arse Bowman
Bere Wilhide
Rather Plook
Cretaryy
Arvelia Bowman
Treya Renner
Paul Helmby
George Stiles
Robert Lakin, Jr
Braven Ning
Pariler
Helene Curtis
Zotos Lustron
Freitings
Webel
Cabri Sa
Anthony
Professional Arts Blig
Fleisher’s
Women’s Hats
L. & B. Hat Shop Northeast Cor. Public Square
Elaine Warner
C. EB. Hagie
Lewis Swan
Philip Solomon
A. J. Cronin
Robert Shannon
Dublin
Scotland
Robert
Joe
Brooklyn
Albert Ebfelt
Rogers
Mr. Idell
Rosemary Taylor
Tucson
Earle Stanley Gardner
Renlie
E. Wash, St
Borden
Golden Crest
Borden’s
Borden’ce Cream
Haggerstowr
Bill Folds
Vanities
Bikte
Wageri
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