Christmas Party Brightens 225 Children at St John’s Church
The St John’s Episcopal Church parish hosted its second annual Christmas party for 225 children in Hagerstown. Churchwomen provided meals, oranges, and toys while entertainers Half-Dozen Duffeys and magician James Spear delighted the kids. Santa distributed gifts as Rev. Albert Lucas led invocation and Rev. Douglas Hutchings led carols. chairwoman Mrs. Kenneth Hamm coordinated volunteers and transportation. Yule slippers and jeweled gifts advertised for sale.
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Hagerstown
Duffeys
Funketown
James Spear
Santa Claus
Albert Lucas
Douglas W. Hutchings
Kenneth Hamm
Dear Mary Haworth responds to a teen pregnancy crisis
A 16 year old recounts an unintended pregnancy and a 20 year old boyfriend while planning marriage next year. The advisor questions the couple’s readiness and suggests marriage now if they proceed, urges conscience led choices, and directs the teen to Salvation Army services for unmarried parents at 14 West 14th Street New York.
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Mary Haworth
Tam
Nancy
Salvation Army
West 14Th Street
New York
N.Y
Chelsea
Weilock
Sugar Art Traditions From a Scout Leader in Cumberland
Mrs. Ruby Adams, Girl Scout Field Service Director for Shawnee Council, shares sugar sculpture ideas for Christmas crafting. She describes making sugar molds from sugar eggs whites and corn starch, painting with edible colors, hollowing for realism, and drying by warm oven or sun. Advice covers storage, repeated-use dusting, and icing methods using egg whites, confectioners sugar, and cream of tartar.
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Ruby Adams
Cumberland
Shawnee Girl Scout Counsell
Uer
Bether
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Walters Dorf
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Fabrica
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Fabric Care, Inc
Ben Ten
N. Potomac St
DeVone
Long Meadow
Habar & Co
Carter
Mays’ Hardware
Lomg Meadow
Demend Shape
Ritchey‘s Card & Git
W. Washington St
Tang Meadow
Fenple's Drug Stores
Loess
Long Man
Te ' Roll On Tira Co
Frederick St
Roven's
Washington St
Winter St
Reen World
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Washington, i
W. Washington Street
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