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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1927
Page
2
The Rev Dr Murray Wilder Tawar rector of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Baltimore died today from a heart attack after preaching. He was 42. Dewart came to Baltimore in 1923 from Epiphany Church Worcester and was a native of Chardon Ohio.
Memorial Day services for deceased members of Hagerstown Elks Lodge were held at the Maryland Theatre with Hon. Herbert Larrick of Winchester as principal speaker. The program included music, prayers, and the reading of “The Vacant Chair” as five members died in the past year.
Montgomery Ward and Co opens a new sales and display store at 64 66 West Franklin Street with unique open top display tables to showcase some 34 000 catalog items. Bir M C Watterson leads installation and notes plans for a formal December 10 opening and experiments in store layout to attract mail order customers.
Reverend Ira Ernst and his wife and their young daughter of Garliste, Pennsylvania, spend Thanksgiving holidays with his former sister in law Mrs. H. K. Zimmerman and Mrs. Max Sitterly, who plan to remain a few days before returning home.
A special convocation of Gt. Bernard Commandery No. 8 will be held at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday December 6 at 1 o’clock P M to bury with Templar honors the remains of Sir Knight Frank N Fairnay.
Cardinal O Connell criticizes elaborate funeral practices as wasteful, urging focus on prayers for the deceased. He warns Catholic families against spending excessive sums on expensive caskets, offerings, and flowers while neglecting grave prayers. The letter appears in the diocese organ regarding the pilot case.
A fragment from a leaked letter quotes the Cardinal ordering priests and superiors to follow a directive. The text hints at a broader policy affecting remembrance rituals and church practices amid ongoing tensions within the clergy.
Deputies oversee cemetery plots to ensure no future monuments or stones are erected on graves lacking perpetual care provisions. The rule aims to prevent unfunded memorials and protect grave sites from unsanctioned changes.
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