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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1933
Page
2
Mr and Mrs William Briscoe arrive from Albany to reside on Oak Hill Avenue. Students from Brown University Notre Dame College Towson and other colleges return home for Christmas. Many locals visit family in Maryland and nearby states as the holiday season unfolds.
Court of Honor proceedings at Trinity Lutheran Church highlighted by Fred Entler receiving Life Scout badge as Scoutmaster. Howard Stottlemyer Robert C Cartee Jr Henry Triesler Jr and Albert Larm Jr earned Star and Merit badges across Troops 2 4 5 and 10 with Wood Pigeon Patrol led by Richard Mowen winning the patrol contest.
Mr and Mrs Roger Harshman of Hagerstown Maryland rout 4 announce the birth of a son at the hospital yesterday in the local birth notice The couple is listed as the proud parents with no additional details provided.
The article notes the christening of Anthony Murray Leigh at St. John's Episcopal Church with a reception at the Leig h home. It lists multiple marriage licenses including Shirley and Aumen, Besecker and Pentz, Rowe and Byers, Routzahn and Dixon, Nussear and Crabill, Frieman and Becker, Stouffer and Meyers, Daley and Poole, and Widdows and Green, with ages and home towns. It also mentions a Girl Scouts rally planned for December 26 at the Maryland State Armory from 2 to 4 PM, sponsored by the Girl Scout Leaders Association.
Mr and Mrs Edward Phillips of East North Street depart to spend Christmas with son and daughter in law Gerald Phillips of Elizabeth New Jersey. Rev R A Babcock and Mrs visited Rev C R Sechrist. Miss Juanita Sentle improves after illness. A F Harbaugh Sr arrives from Endicott New York to spend holidays with parents. he will travel Tuesday to Cincinnati for IBM work. Mr and Mrs B A Beard of Wayside Avenue leave to visit son J Richard Beard in Lansdale Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs O Jesse Stottelmyer and Miriam Winters drive to Haddonfield New Jersey to visit relatives over the holidays.
Mr and Mrs Harry C Stenger of Williamsport will mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Christmas Day They wed in Mercersburg on December 25 1883 and moved to Williamsport in 1897 Their children include Mrs Clara M Turner Mrs Harry C Mentzer Walter Stenger Mrs Charles A Myers Leslie Stenger Rev Harry C Stenger Wilbur J Stenger all of Williamsport Freeland Pa and Chestertown Md They have forty one grandchildren and nine great grandchildren The Daily Mail extends best wishes for many more happy years
Naomi Dawson daughter of Mr and Mrs Louren H Dawson of Salisbury Maryland married Howard Spessard son of Mrs W E Spessard in a December 20 ceremony at the First Methodist Protestant church High Point North Carolina The service was conducted by Dr G I Humphreys High Point College president assisted by Rev Roy J Farmer pastor The maid of honor was Miss Charlotte Cooper of Baltimore and Julian Beall of Columbia SC served as best man The couple after a wedding breakfast at the Humphreys home will reside in High Point where Spessard is dean of men and economics professor at the college.
Members of the Western District Telephone Society and families held a Christmas party at the Masonic Temple with about 300 attendees from Hagerstown Frederick Westminster Cumberland and Baltimore. The ballroom décor featured red lights wreaths and trees. The program opened with children and motion pictures, Santa distributed gifts, followed by dancing to Bob Fahrney’s orchestra and refreshments. Mark Mellor chaired the arrangements.
The National W. C. T. U. announced a four day anti alcohol training school in Evanston starting December 27. Educators social workers ministers and professionals will attend from Wisconsin Indiana Ohio Oklahoma California Pennsylvania Missouri and Texas.
Two extension lectures were given at the Surrey School yesterday morning by Miss Mary A. Harter assistant to the director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. The talk The Story of the Blessed Christmas Mother illustrated with slides of Italian masterpieces was repeated due to crowding for the closing exercises of Surrey School. The museum will be closed on Christmas Day.
Mr and Mrs H W Sprankle announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Clorine H Sprankle to Mr Dudley P Barnes. The ceremony was performed by Rev Fr Charles O Harra at St Marys Church Rockville. The couple will reside at 145 East Washington Street beginning January 1.
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Toms of Myersville celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a full course turkey dinner. They returned from Martinsburg to a home decorated with golden candles and chrysanthemums and received a cash gift from children and grandchildren. Attendees included relatives from Hagerstown Hyattsville and surrounding areas.
Antietam Street School children staged a multi grade Christmas program with first grade parties and second through sixth grades presenting operettas and songs. Santa de Story Land featured the fourth grade with Robinson Crusoe and fairy tale characters while the fifth grade presented Christmas Around the World. The sixth grade offered The Miser's Dream about finding happiness through generosity as students sang carols around the tree on Friday.
The Robrersville Band will hold a fair in their hall beginning December 26 and continuing through January 1 with events and activities listed for the local community.
The Women’s Club auditorium became a fairyland for the annual Christmas dance by the dance committee. About two hundred danced to the Potomac Clay orchestra of Brunswick as supper by candlelight with blue and white decor ran from eleven to one. Mrs Henry A Hanson Jr led dining room service with assistants including Mrs A L Gardner and Miss Isabel Beckenbaugh.
Forty five Gasco Club members celebrate a Christmas party at the Hagerstown Light and Heat Company basement. Decorations reflect the season, games and songs entertain, a toast honors William A Tobias, gifts are given, a Christmas menu is served, with guests Miss Daisy Suman and L G Robinson present.
Hagerstown Forest of Tall Cedars of Lebanon elected and installed officers led by Grand Tall Cedar Lester E. Shyder, Senior Deputy George R. Lindsay, Junior Deputy Martin V. B. Bostetter, Treasurer Merrill Fehays, Scribe Clarence G. Emmert, and Trustee Herbert C. Adama.
Chewsville will hold services at Bethel United Brethren Church on Sunday December 24 with Sunday school at 9 30 and evening worship at 7 30 Passionately invited all attend. The annual Christmas program is planned for Monday December 25 at 7 30. The Allied Volunteer Sunday school class met last Tuesday in the church social room followed by a covered dish meal.
Secretary Wallace announced the hog processing tax would stay at $1 per hundredweight until February 1, 1934, instead of rising to $1.50 on December 31. The decision affects hog producers and related markets nationwide.
The article notes that each foot has its own style and that choosing shoes matters. It suggests a chic pump flatters the ankle and adapts even when not extremely thin, emphasizing harmony between foot shape and footwear.
A crowded Howard Street School auditorium hosted an evening program by about one hundred students including plays, pageant, solos and carols. The annual carol singing was held the next morning and Santa Claus visited, giving each child a candy cane as gifts were exchanged by pupils and staff.
David G. Crawbaugh was elected Worshipful Master of the Hagerstown Lodge of Masons at their officer election. Other officers include Morris A. Weiner Senior Warden Martin V. Bostetter Junior Warden John J. Wery Treasurer William B. King Secretary and P. F. Elliott Tyler. A joint installation with Friendship Lodge is set for January 8.
The article reviews the 1933 Reichstag fire case with Van Der Lubbe denying accomplice ties and seeking clemency from Hitler or Hindenburg. It notes he faced possible cabinet pardon and that the fire caused about $3 million in damage to the German Parliament building.
Mr and Mrs Nicodemus Rohrer were surprised with a party Thursday night in Rohrersville to mark their fortieth wedding anniversary. Hosted by daughter Mrs Homer S Abalt and relatives, the event featured pink and white decorations, a wedding cake, and songs with Mrs Ross Gantz and Rey D Chapman leading. Guests from Sharpsburg and nearby areas attended and brought flowers and gifts.
A Thurmont recital sponsored by the Thurmont Choral Society will be held in the town hall under Prof. Char M Case and Fre a ich. The program adds a 20 piece Frederick orchestra directed by John Francis Fischer for December 29.
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