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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1946

Page

4

Miss Hoffmeir School Closes For Christmas Program

Helen Hoffmeir's School for Kindergarten and elementary grades closed yesterday afternoon for Christmas holidays with a festive program. Classes presented dramatizations readings and songs led by kindergarten and first grade pupils, featuring Santa Claus Workshop with solos and named helpers and toy inspections.

Helen Hoffmeir Santa Claus Howard Stonesifer Johnny Colton Jane Yellett Marcy Price Alice Schmidt Harry Ridenour Jimmy Knox Murray Reed Eddie Campbell Kay Novenstein Christina Patterson Ida Suse Sarco Joann Scranton Rebekeh Stonebraker Charlies Wagaman Margery Fleigh Jimmy Murphy Spinning Tops Brooké Bushong Donald McKee Jackie Rudy

School presents The Golden Goose dramatization activists name cast

A school program featured second and third graders in two act drama The Golden Goose with roles by Frances Smith Emily Price Byron Philip Routette Billy Kieffer Tommy Helfelfinger Kit Murphy Jimmy Hoopes Danny Weller and many more. Cast also lists Peter Daniels Sandra Snyder Judge Mason Bob Ruby Betsy Hoffman and others, as the school choir joined in Christmas songs. Refreshments and gift exchanges followed as faculty Mrs Lloyd Miller Mrs Heilman Kieffer and Mrs Arnold Anderson oversaw the event. The school will reopen January 6.

Nam Smith Frances’ ‘Price Emily Byron Philip ‘ Routette Kieffer Billy Layman Tommy Helfelfinger Kit Murphy Jimmy Hoopes Danny Weller Pups Peter Daniels Sandra Snyder Judge Mason Bobby Ruby Betsy Hoffman Patty Jamison Suzanne ‘Wells Priscilla Smith Cecilia Traver Edith Solliday Linda Hauver Billie Pollard George Barkdoll Andrea Lee Snyder Marriet Bauer Mac Price Woody Noel John Coblentz John Stonebraker Mary Welty John Young Lana Lee Shapiro David McLaughlin Donald Corderman Ivan D. Rohrer John Roche Donald Smith Lloyd Miller Heilman Kieffer Arnold Anderson

Open House at YMCA Co-Vet Club Christmas Coffee Hour

The Co Vet Club of the YMCA hosts a Sunday 4:00 pm Coffee Hour in the Rose Room to honor members home for Christmas. Misses May Glover Good and Grimm arrange the Yuletide program. Stehl handles decorations. Beards and Neikirks oversee refreshments. Afterward the group attends church and carols.

Co-Vet Club Y.M.C.A Margaret May Regina Glover Christine Good Audrey Grimm Walter Stehl Jack Beard William Neikirk

Lincoln Gettysburg Address age claim noted

A remark states Abraham Lincoln was 54 when delivering the Gettysburg Address. The assertion ties Lincoln’s age to the 1863 speech during the Civil War era.

Abraham Lincoln

Christmas Dance at Fountain Head Country Club Tonight

The Christmas dance will be held at Fountain Head Country Club tonight from 10 p m to 1 a m. Al Gruber and his popular orchestra will provide the music for the evening as dancers enjoy the usual cocktail hour preceding the dance.

Fountain Head

Christmas Birth Scene Concert At Boonsboro High

Five scenes from the birth of Christ were staged with music at Boonsboro High School auditorium. The county chorus and seniors performed with Mary Paget Shealey as soloist in the fifth scene. Narrators included Jean Otto Angeline Bear and others. a large student group sang in the fourth scene. Miss Dorothy Phair directed the program.

Boonsboro High School Mary Paget Shealey Jean Otto Angeline Bear Nancy Hammond Georgina Cosens Angeline Bary Paget Shealey Nancy U Umond Georginta Cosens Jean Reedy Kathleen Li Janet Swain Audrey Snyder Mary Lou Knode Joyce Wade Douglas Bivens, Jr Donald Reeder Woodrow Shifler Gerald Rohrer Reginald Norris Dorothy Phair

Seventh annual Hagerstown Rubber Company Christmas Banquet

The seventh annual Christmas banquet of the Hagerstown Rubber Company will be held tonight in the Hotel Alexander ballroom with 135 employees attending. Robert McSherry will be master of ceremonies while Joseph B. Reynolds, company president, presides and speaks. He will present Christmas bonuses and ten year service awards to named employees, with musical entertainment by Mrs. Mary Donegan Howe and accordion, followed by the Leslie Fielding trio.

The Hagerstown Rubber Company Hotel Alexander Robert McSherry Joseph B. Reynolds William Mentzer Floyd Coffelt Clifford Kendall Morris Fisher Bernard Gordon John Keckler John Hull Richard Ginn Albert Tice Fiery Asbury Fiddler Hymond Sharon William Hain Ethelg Needy Elizabeth Sp

Employees Feted At Hoffman Chevrolet Dinner

At the Hotel Alexander last night the Hoffman Chevrolet Sales Inc celebrated 21 years of friendly relations with 344 years of service honored by five long‑tenured staff. Charles W. Hoffman noted honorees Daniel Green 21 years Fred Remsberg 20 7 8 Walter Miller 20 11 Stanley Welder 20 8 23 and Donald Bond 19 9. Ernest Emmert marked his 80th birthday while gifts and cash bonuses were awarded along with turkey dinners.

Charles W. “Hoffman Hoffman-Chevrolet Sales, Inc Alexander Hoffman Daniel Green Fred Remsberg Walter Miller Stanley T. Welder Donald B. Bond Ernest Emmert Mr. Hoffman Talcott Hlinson Baltimore General Motors Allen Hartrock G.M.A.C Washington, D. C Charles Harris H and H Distributing Co Jack Holt CIT Stanley T Dick” Welder Hoffman Chevrolet Sales, Inc Kenneth Grove Earl Hann Charles Hite Charles W. Hoffman, Jr George F. Holloway Ira Reedy Howard Kipe George Lynch Melvin Lynn Morris McCall Walter Mozingo Gerald Myers Richard Palmer Herman Serig Russell Shank, Jr James Shepherd George Sowers Edward Stoner Wallace van Sant William Wagenhoffer Harry Warren

Old Favorites Will Be Heard This Christmas Weekend

Old favorites headline weekend radio listings across CBS ABC and MBS. Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge returns on CBS at 8 30 pm tonight replacing Mayor of the Town. Kate Smith’s The Small One airs for the eighth year on CBS at 6 30 pm Sunday with Silent Night. Bing Crosby’s ABC Christmas Night program also features The Small One. Network schedules include Life of Riley Roy Rogers Roundup Judy Canova and more with NBC CBS ABC and MBS offerings through Sunday presenting Christmas programs and year end specials.

New York Lionel Barrymore Scrooge Kate Smith Barrymore CBS Kate Bing Crosby ABC Roy Rogers Judy Canova Vaughn Monroe William Bendix Hollywood MBS

Junior Dancing Class Event With Harshman Trio

Members of the Junior Dancing Class of the Women's Club will dance tonight in the club auditorium from 8 to 10. Judy Corrigan teaches the class and the event is described as among the gayest of the year with holiday décor and corsages for the girls. Committee in charge includes Mesdames Hart sock, Urner, Blickensteff, Gardner, and Porter.

Jimmy Harshman Judy Corrigan Clarence Hartsock Martin Urner Ronald Blickensteff A. L. Gardner Harold Porter

Nurses Enjoy Washington County Hospital Christmas Party

The Washington County Hospital nursing staff held its yearly Christmas party in the Nurses' Home living room with 65 graduate and student nurses present. Miss Myra Freet presided as director of nurses, and the Nurses' Glee Club directed by Miss Ann Jackson performed festive melodies. Each class performed skits, gifts were exchanged, and refreshments of egg nog ice cream fruit cake nuts and coffee were served.

Washington County Hospital Myra Freet Ann Jackson Woodland Way School Miss Freet Julia Lizer Mamie Meredith Lillian Benchoff

Christmas Pageant A Gift for the Christ Child at Broadfording Church

The Broadfording Church of God plans a Christmas pageant titled A Gift for the Christ Child by Mrs Esther Le Conte. It will be presented December 26 at 7 30 p m with Uncle Jim the elderly country doctor as a lead character. Public attendance is invited.

Christ Esther le Conte Broadfording Church of God Uncle Jim

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