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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1934
Page
2
Mrs. Clyde C. Cook and family announce the birth of an eight pound boy at 413 West Antietam Street. Miss Catherine Schindel hosts her bridge club at 816 The Terrace Tuesday evening.
A wedding in Cumberland on Friday united Mires Mary Belle Heintzelman and Orville Ralph Brown with Rev William Eisenberger officiating at the Presbyterian manse. The bride wore powder blue and will reside with the groom at his home. Miss Marjorie Tolbert led a church society meeting at St Pauls Funkstown.
The Treble Club presents a Wagner and Brahms program at 6 36 pm before the Euterpe Club in Waynesboro Tonight details include Mrs Vuyett Mrs Kearns Miss Campbell and Mrs Cavanaugh performing soprano contralto and piano selections plus intermezzos and dances. A January program follows at 3 30 pm in the Presbyterian Church educational building with a lineup of favorite compositions arranged by Miss Schnebly.
Richard Carl Medford director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts will address the Women’s Club at a tea tomorrow afternoon starting at 3 00. Mrs Melville F Riley and Mrs Roger Whipple will pour. A 2 00 meeting of the Club’s Child Study Section precedes the events with a discussion of Normal Youth led by Mrs J Atlee Soung.
Beatrice B E Schmidt daughter of Carl Richard Schmidt and Frank M Summers son of L A Summers were quietly married in Kernstown Virginia on Saturday December 30 1833. The Presbyterian Church ceremony was conducted by Rev Guy M Morrow. Summers works with his father a contractor.
The Livingston Circle of the First Baptist church met at Miss Gussie Haines home 26 Elizabeth Street. Officers were elected with L. P. Shank as chair and Lizzie Davies as secretary. The group donated 3.60 to the Lottie Moon Fund and heard a devotional on Tithing. next meeting is February 2 at Mrs Walter Miller 1113 Virginia Avenue for the Friendship Sisters annual meeting.
My Beauty Hint Betty Boyd suggests soaking fingertips in warm olive oil to treat brittle nails and adding baking soda to handwashing water. Special evangelical services run January 10 to 21 at Salem Reformed Church with Rev. H A Fesperman and evening music. Nomads of Avrudaka meet January 9 at the Pythian Castle for officer elections and social plans. Washington County Hospital Auxiliary meets January noon with a request to bring scissors for garment cutting.
Assistants George Gelback and Eugene Young helped Rev. Dr. J. Edward Harms administer Holy Communion at St. John's Lutheran Church yesterday. The two were students at Gettysburg Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
A Helen Williams illustrated dressmaking lesson shows how to create a versatile afternoon dress. The pattern offers long or short sleeves and color options such as black moss crepe with silver and black yoke, turquoise blue crepe, or bold single colors like Chinese red and apple green. Style No. 3201 fits sizes 14 to 20 with bust measurements listed and fabric yardages.
A Saturday party at the Williamsport Community House celebrated Mrs. Lena Burke's birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Hershel Myes, Mr and Mrs Lester Snyder, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hughes, and many local residents with music by Senators Midnight Ramblers.
The Baltimore Museum of Art hosts a major American painting survey from January 10 to February 28 featuring sixty works from colonial times to the present. The centerpiece is James McN. Whistler’s portrait of his mother loaned by the French government, shown after appearances in New York and Chicago. The exhibit, directed by R. J. McKinney, runs weekdays 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. and Sundays 1 to 6 P.M.
Miss Ruth Garver Ehlers of the Baltimore Athletic League will teach adults at Broadway School symnasium on Wednesday at 7 30 PM during the Broadway Wayside PTA meeting. Fathers and mothers are urged to attend as the evening features wholesome games and refreshments provided by the committee led by Mrs Roy Phillippy.
The annual conference of officers of the First Infantry Maryland National Guard will be held in Frederick on Saturday January 20. Col D John Markey commanding officer called the meeting which brings 66 officers from 18 cities and towns. The conference starts at 10 30 A M and ends with a dinner at the armory.
A new exhibition opened yesterday at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts features seventeen original book plates by J. J. Lankes and documents the process from tools to finished woodcuts in the Woodcut Manual display.
Rev. Dr. Peter Ainslie pastor of the Christian Temple in Baltimore collapsed during Sunday services in Hagerstown Maryland. He was rushed to a local hospital with an intestinal disorder said to be not serious. He finished the sermon before being taken away.
A nationwide president's birthday ball fundraisers to aid the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation through the sale of 1.50 tickets. One dollar per ticket goes to the endowment, with funds supporting the infantile paralysis crusade and coordination efforts. Hugh Auld Jr named treasurer to handle tickets. Subcommittees and patronesses to be announced.
The Daily Mail invites readers to submit tips on accidents fires and other news articles for a weekly prize. Tips accepted 7:30 A M to 2 P M on weekdays. First tip on any story counts. Prizes: best tip 2 50 dollars second best 2 dollars.
The mutilated body of Dorothy Edwards, 31, a Welsh novelist known for Rhap sody, was found tonight along a railway near Caerphilly in Cardiff. Police cannot explain the cause of death.
Two more exhibitions will open Tuesday January 9 featuring watercolors and oil paintings, drawing interest from local artists and collectors.
Readers write in with two pleas for romance and guidance. A 16 year old girl seeks dating help after a junior boyfriend who claims love vanishes on weekdays while Betty Brainerd cautions against chasing insincere affection and urges viewing him as a friend. A second writer, Lonesome Sally, asks how to win back a distant lover. the columnist urges greater independence, less waiting, and creating competition to spark interest. Betty Brainerd signs off with new year wishes.
Frank Kelly, a local photographer, has assumed control of the studio once run by Leiter Brothers. The site was previously operated by the Schewn-Wagner Company of Youngstown, Ohio.
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