Social club notices of furloughs and visits across towns
Sgt and Mrs Elmer Baker arrive to spend furlough with his parents on Hamilton boulevard. Several residents return from visits or hospital stays including Mrs Rachel Ritchey from Huntington WV and Northern VA, Mrs Naomi Heaton after major surgery in Baltimore. Numerous locals and servicemen are spending holidays with relatives or recuperating after operations. mentions of leave, travel plans, and hospital discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Mrs. Elmer Baker
Hamilton Boulevard
Naomi Heaton
Potomac Avenue
Church Home Hospital
Baltimore
Patricia Kieffer
David Memorial Hospital
Elkins
W. Va
December Nuptials Take Place Here at St Marys Parish
Miss Rose Suters and Alfred C. Papa wed at St Marys Parish on December 17 at 8 p.m. The ceremony featured Ave Maria sung by Rita Clark with Margaret Krepp on the wedding march. Attendants included Phyllis Foltz as maid of honor and James Kline as best man. The couple will reside on Pangborn after a short honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Parish
Rose Suters
Wilmer Suters
Chambersburg
Alfred C. Papa
Frank Papa
Margaret Krepp
Rita Clark
Frank Ballard
Phyllis Foltz
James Kline
Chambersburg High School
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Hagerstown High School
Pangborn Corporation
Rocco’s
Pangborn Boulevard
Turkey Dinner Served High School Students
The annual Christmas dinner at Hagerstown High School was served to the entire student body in the cafeteria. Prepared by the home economics class, the meal cost 10 cents for turkey and one cent for each vegetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown High School
Christmas Cheer At Washington County Home Visit
Garden Club and Home and Philanthropy section of the Women's Club visited the Washington County Home Belle Vue yesterday afternoon. They decorated five pine trees and hung wreaths in the dining room and windows. Residents received gifts including shawls pillows tobacco soap and candy. Cake ice cream and fruit were served and a birthday song honored Mrs Long mother of the home superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Home’ Aid Philanthropy Section
Women’s Club
Washington County
Bellevue
Women’s Ward
Colored Ward
Fountain Head Christmas Dance at Fountain Head Club
The Fountain Head Country Club will host a Christmas dance on Saturday evening December 22. Phil Young and his Del Rio orchestra will provide music with a vocalist. A cocktail hour runs from 9 to 10, and dancing continues until 1 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain Head Country Club
Phil Young
del Rio Orchestra
Birth Announcements From Washington County Hospital
Mr and Mrs Donald C Muritz Funkstown announce the birth of a son born Monday December 17 at Washington County Hospital Mrs Muritz is the former Miss Barbara Beck Mr and Mrs Martin L Neal Jr 40 Wayside avenue are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son at the Washington County Hospital December 16 Mrs Neal is the former Miss Thelma House Mr and Mrs Robert Anders of Landover Md announce the birth of a daughter Marcia LaRue December 17 Mrs Anders is the former Miss Maxine Davis this city Mr and Mrs Ralph Charles Hull 1009 Corbett street announce the birth of a son at the Washington County Hospital on December 9 Mr and Mrs William B Hamaker Fox Deceived Farm announce the birth of a daughter Mary Catherine at the Washington County Hospital December 9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Muritz
Funkstown
Washington County Hospital
Muritz
Barbara Beck
Martin L. Neal, Jr
Wayside Avenue
Neal
Thelma House
Robert Anders
Landover
Marcia LaRue
Anders
Maxine Davis
Ralph Charles Hull
Corbett Street
William B. Hammaker
Mary Catherine
Miss Morganthall Weds E T Wilders at Ringgold Home
A wedding was held Monday evening at 6 45 at the home of Mr and Mrs George Morganthall Ringgold. Their daughter Charlotte became the bride of Eugene Thomas Wilders of Waynesboro Pa. The ring ceremony was performed by Rev Clarence McGaha of Blue Mountain Church of God. The bride wore a green street length dress with black accessories. The groom, recently discharged from the Navy on December 1, will reside with his bride at his home for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Elizabeth Gorman
Roger Williamson Cahill
J. Andrew Cahill
Hancock
Charles M. Gorman
Owatonna
Minnesota
Miss Gorman
U. S. Naval Hospital
Corona
Calif
Cahill
Naval Air Corps
George Morganthall
Ringgold
Charlotte
Eugene Thomas Wilders
Waynesboro
Clarence McGaha
Blue Mountain
Navy
Mrs. Wilders
Christmas Party for Local 464 CIO in Troy
Local 464 CIO held its first Christmas party at the WOW Hall on December 14. About 450 employees and friends attended. Santa distributed gifts as Ralph Hovis and others provided music, carols were sung, and dancing followed around a well lit tree. Jack Kurtner and Mr. Myerson, CIO representatives from Washington, D. C., were guests of honor. The organizers plan the event as an annual affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Troy Laundry
Wow Hall
Santa Claus
Ralph Hovis
Jack Kurtner
Mr. Myerson
Washington, D. C
Food gifts to Russia in 1945 itemized
Food gifts to Russia in 1945 included 31,000,000,000 pounds of meats 106,000,000 pounds of lard 8,541,000 pounds of butter 110,000,000 pounds of sugar and 36,600,000 pounds of vegetable oils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Woman Elected Head Of Lord & Taylor
Miss Dorothy Shaver, first vice president since 1937, is elected president of Lord & Taylor, the $32,000,000 Fifth Avenue store corp. She becomes the first woman to head a department store of such size. She succeeds Walter Hoving, who resigns after ten years and plans to form a nationwide retail amalgamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorothy Shaver
Lord & Taylor
Fifth Avenue Store Corporation
Miss Shaver
Walter Hoving
Program Slated At Y M C A Christmas Event
The Seventh Day Adventist Church School hosts a Christmas program with carols, recitations and features at the YMCA on Thursday evening December 20 at 7:30. The public is invited and an offering will benefit the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Day Adventist Church School
Y.M.C
Alumni Dance Colorful Event at Hagerstown High
Hagerstown High hosts its annual Christmas Alumni Dance in the gym on Thursday December 20 from 9 to 12 with Ferman Smith and his orchestra. Doors stay open to 10 30 for those who work. Punch will be served and guests are invited. Receivers and alumni mingle with faculty hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
John PD. Zentmyer
Catherine Beachley
Innes Boyer
Eddie Semler
R. Stouffer
Robert Way
H. Parrott
Joseph Troxell
Ethel Rhinehart
Katharyne Sampsell
Auxiliary to Meet at Odd Fellows Hall Tonight
The Reno Post auxiliary of the Sons of the Union Veterans will meet tonight in the Odd Fellows Hall. An election will be held, and all members are urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
The
Sons of the Union Veterans
Odd Fellows Hall
Pastors Aid Society Meeting Canceled Due to Weather
The Pastors Aid Society meeting of St. Mark's Lutheran Church scheduled for tonight is postponed to a later date because of inclement weather. In Denmark the Julenissen is a Christmas elf who rides a goat, not a reindeer, and Danes leave bowls of rice and milk in the attic on Christmas Eve. milk disappearance signals good luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastors Aid Society
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Denmark
Nurses Alumni Banquet Lights Crystal Room
About 75 guests attended the Nurses Alumni Association Christmas banquet in the Crystal Room at the Hotel Hamilton. Miss Lottie Parks served as mistress of ceremonies and introduced Miss Dorothy Auxt who sang O Holy Night with Miss Jane Gorman on piano. Miss Rhoda Myers read poems and a quartet performed for the group. Gifts were exchanged and plans for next year announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurses Alumni Association
Hotel
Hamilton
Lottie Parks
Dorothy Auxt
Jane Gorman
Rhoda Myers
Women of the Moose Host Christmas Party
The Women of the Moose plan their annual Christmas party at the next regular meeting on Thursday December 20. Dinner is set for 6 30 p m with Pilgrim Mary Hooper as guest of honor. Co workers are urged to attend and officers and escorts should wear white gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Pilgrim Mary Hooper
Meeting Scheduled by Howard Street PTA for December 20
The Howard Street Parent Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting Thursday December 20 at 7 p.m. Pupils will present a Christmas program and all parents and patrols are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Street
Parent Teacher Association
Tea Honors Nurses Aides On Sunday
A color scheme of red and silver framed a tea at Mrs Norman Bentz home on Oak Hill avenue Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 o clock. The event honored nurses aide corps instructors and supervisors from the hospital with the executive committee serving and planning the entertainment. A gayly decorated Christmas tree poinsettias and winter greens created a festive atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Bentz
Oak Hill Avenue
Christmas Party For Smithsburg Kiddies
The Smithsburg Lions Club sponsors a Christmas party for Smithsburg School children below high school age at the school on Saturday December 22 at 10 am with free admission. The event includes movies entertainment and presents as December’s special project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsburg
The
Lions Club
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Huntington
West Virginia
Norto.k
Virginia
Patricia Thomas
East Franklin Street
Mrs. Winchester Sherman
Rye, New York
Mrs
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North Potomac Street
Louise Cline
S. P. Cline
North Mulberry Street
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John R. Roney
Army Air Corps Communications
Ray Roney
Ollie Mumma
Park Circle
Holmes Stedman
Toronto
Canada
Arthur Baptisti, Jr
Fountain Head Heights
Daniel L. Miller
Mercersburg Academy
Leo Miller
West Irvin Avenue
J. Irvin Marker
High Street
Cora Singleton
Main Avenue
Charles Sigler
Catawba College
Salisbury, N. C
Vernon Sigler
Paul J. Frizzell
Club Road
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Peggy Miller
Leo H. Miller
Peggy Ballentine
William and Mary
Williamsburg
Charles L. Harris
Forrest Drive
Vinton L. Hershey
Urfion Memorial Hospital
A. T. Beall
Los Angeles
P. L. Russell
Washington
Dorothy Russell
Betty McKenney
University of Maryland
St. James
Marcel Snyder
Albert S. Snyder
West Side Avenue
Edwin H. Miller
USNR
Okinawa
California
Henry Holzapfel, III
Broadway
T. S. McDearman
Rocky Mount
N.C
Lorraine Hammaker
C. Leister Mobley, Jr
Edgar C. Kemp
Carrollton Avenue
Gerald Guyer
Keedysville
Ralph C. Hull
Guy L. Rudisill
Ernest L. Hill
North Cleveland Avenue
John. Ebersole
Greencastle
Edgar Wilde
C. Franklin Funk Dry Cleaner
East
Washington St
H. E. Slocum
North Potomac St
Glick
W. Franklin St
Y.M.C.A
Ridenour
J. Alvey Long
C. A. Turner
Home and Hilanthropy
Fountain Head
Stephen’s
Alexander
Stephen
Potomac Market
Potomac Street
Harry Hamby
Mer
Pope’s Beauty Shop
North Locust Street
Blue
E. Washington St
Miss Morganthall
E. T. Wilders
NOFL
Best Haven Chapel
Anthony's
P. M. Anthony’s
Professional Arts Bldg
West Franklin St
Women’s Hats L. & B. Hat Shop
Northeast Cor
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Florence
Cold Wave
Gale’s Beauty Salon
Jonathan Street
Lester Brothers
Leiter Brothers
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