AAUW Plans Events Here
The Washington County Branch of the American Association of University Women schedules a January 11 general meeting in the Rose Room of the YMCA with Dr. Kathryn B. Hildebran speaking on Fellowship and introducing Dr. Grethe Hartmann of Johns Hopkins Public Health. A dessert bridge or 500 game is planned for January 27 at 8 p.m. to raise funds for scholarship and Fellowship programs with committee chairs named for tables prizes cakes cookies and refreshments.
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Washington County
American “Association of University ‘Women
Kathryn B. Hildebran
Grethe Hartmann
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Hartmann
Denmark
Copenhagen
American Association of University Women
Y.M.C.A
Henry F. Graff
Adnah L. Gruber
Richard Crumbacker
Doris Humerichouse
E. G. Hoover
Floyd
Bennett
Mark Miller
Berean Class Holds Meeting at First Brethren Church
Mrs Ernest Wolfe led the January Berean Class gathering in the Sun Gay School room with remarks on The New Outlook. New Year features included scripture story poetry and songs by Mesdames Hungate Metz Myers Faulders Minnich Snyder Pottenberger. Ring Out The Old Ring In The New sung to close. Vice president Eldridge Buyder chaired the business session planning the annual secret sister banquet in March. Hostesses Clyde Martin Bruce Rudisili Henry Martin served refreshments after games.
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Ernest Wolfe
First Brethren Church
Sun- Gay
Miss Charles Honor Shower At Hamilton Home
Mrs. William R. K. Shaffer hosted a Thursday evening shower at her Hamilton boulevard home honoring Miss Helen Charles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Charles of Big Spring, who will wed Robert A. Ludwig. Guests included Mrs. Vaughn Lum, Mrs. Robert Kerfoot, Mrs. Earl Crist, Mrs. Max Miller, Mrs. C. J. Summers, Miss Betty Kerfoot, and Miss Eloise Troupe.
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William RK. Shaffer
Hamilton Boulevard
Helen Charles
Miss Charles
Fred L. Charles
Big Spring
Robert A. Ludwig
Ludwig
Frederick Ludwig
Virginia Avenue
Vaughn Lum
Robert Kerfoot
Earl Crist
Max Miller
C. J. Summers
Mise Betty Kerfoot
Missy Eloise Troupe
Gettysburg College Choir To Sing In Hagerstown
The Gettysburg College choir directed by Parker Wasnild is scheduled to perform in Hagerstown on Sunday March 20. Led by Rev Mr Wagnild a noted former Europe tour member, the group has earned favorable reviews and is sponsored by the Lutheran Ministers Association of Washington County. Most churches will close evening services to allow attendance. Chartered bus service may be offered by some congregations. The program will feature choral numbers aligned with the Lenten season.
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Gettysburg College
Parker Wasnild
Hagersttown
Wagnild
F. Melius Christiansen
Europe
Gettysburg
Lutheran Ministers’ Association of
Washington County
Mrs. Brock to Address PTA at South Potomac Junior High
Margaret Brock medical social consultant for the Public Health Department will speak at the South Potomac Junior High School PTA meeting on Tuesday January 11 at 7 45 p m. Her topic is the Necessity of Sex Education for Children. L V Martin leads the program and Kenneth Sinn presides. A brief business session and question box follow.
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Margaret Brock
Public Health Department
South Potomac
Brock
Washington County Council
L. V. Martin
Kenneth Sinn
Updegraff Class Meets Thursday At First Christian Church
The Updegraff Bible Class held its regular monthly meeting at the First Christian Church with about 40 members and guests present. Miss Cecillia Barr chaired the business session and plans were made for a February 3 auction in the church recreation room open to the public.
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Updegraff Bible
First Christian Church
Cecillia Barr
Mary Lou Dennis
Agnes Falles
Misa Alma Moore
William Peacher
Rome Fashion Shows Draw Anglo American Shoppers
Rome's Fontana shows attract Anglo American buyers amid costly fabrics and elaborate embroideries. Dress prices start around 250 dollars with gowns needing many meters of cloth, while Parisian couturiers watch Rome’s appeal grow as foreign patrons seek value and weather. Adrianna Pow ers sister Linda Christian modeled one gown.
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Rome
Fontana’s
Via Veneto
Acors
Atellera
Fabrica
Adrianna
Tyrone Powers
Linda Christian
Fontana
Paris
Revealing Secret Sister Party Slated in Cavetown
The Women s Bible Class of the Evangelical and Reformed Church Cavetown will host a revealing secret sister party on Wednesday January 1 at the home of Mr and Mrs D O Pound Cavetown All members are expected to attend.
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
Cavetown
D. O. Pound
Easy crochet doilies pattern offers floral oval rdoily
Advertisement for crochet patterns and needlework books with designs for oval and round doilies. Pattern 7d04 promises easy charts and directions. Send twenty cents to The Hagerstown Daily Mail Household Arte Dept in Brooklyn for pattern. Also promotes Alice Brooks Needlework Book at fifteen cents with illustrations and a free pattern.
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Hagerstown
Daily Mail
P. O
Flatbash Station
Brooklyn
N.Y
Alice Brooks
Weekend visits and travels noted in Woman's Page
The column lists weekend guests Mr and Mrs Howard C Machen of 1200 Hamilton Blvd and Mr and Mrs Harry E Flohr, notes about Harry Thomas ill at Keedysville, Gary F R Sinison at Washington County Hospital, Mrs Charles Hoffman healing at home after a fall, Mr and Mrs Randolph Mason and daughter from Painted Post NY visiting, Bellamy funeral attendance in Charlottesville, Miriam Hoffman attending Maryland Music Educators in Baltimore, John H Stonebraker and children return to Birds Nest VA after visiting Pangborn Blvd, improving illnesses of Mrs William G Beck, Donne Jean Eyler ill with tonsillitis, Dottie Farrow improving, Peggy Owings now in Rodanda Beach CA, Cpl Donald E Carnahan returning to Williams AFB AZ after holidays with Earll Carnahan, Shirdle E Winters to return from a month in Hellertown, General and Mrs Joseph W Byron leave DC to visit son in Sherman TX, Lt Bernard C DeLosier back to Tracy CA then to resume AAF duty, Ralph L Sharrett and wife sail from NYC for ten days in South America.
Registration For Art Classes At Local School
Registration is open today until 5 p.m. for a new art school on the third floor of the Hagerstown Trust Company building. Instructor Donald Willard, a local high school graduate with studies at the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia and the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts, will teach classes every Saturday in painting still life portrait drawing cast drawing watercolor and more.
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Hagerstown Trust Company
Donald Willard
Pennsylvania Academy
Philadelphia
Maryland Institute of Fine Arts
Baltimore
Washington School
Engagement of Claudine Carper to Robert Smith
Mr and Mrs Claude Carper of Hagerstown announce the engagement of their daughter Claudine Carper to Robert Smith son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Smith of Smithsburg. Claudine is a senior at Hagerstown High School and Robert is a Smithsburg High School graduate class of 47. He works at Newman Auto Company in Smithsburg. No wedding date yet.
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Claude Carper
Hagerstown
Claudine Carper
Robert Smith
Stanley Smith
Smithsburg
Miss Carper
Hagerstown High School
Smith
Newman Auto Company
Proud Births in Maryland Families Announced
Proud parents announce the birth of Kaye Elaine in Maugansville on January 2 at home. Mr and Mrs Howard F Buhrman of Smithsburg Route 1 announce the birth of a son, Richard Irving, at Washington County Hospital on January 5. Mrs Buhrman is Miriam Leatherman.
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Ernest Wolfensburger
Kaye Elaine
Maugansville
Howard F. Buhran
Smithsburg
Route 1
Hichard Irving
Washington County Hospital
Buhrman
Mise
Miriam Leatherman
Annual Meet To Be Tuesday At St Paula Lutheran Funkstown
The St Paula Lutheran Church in Funkstown will hold its annual congregational meeting on Tuesday January 11 at 7 30 p m with a business session to elect new church council members and address congregation affairs A social period will follow with groups performing original skits and a Talent Hunt feature inviting members with unusual talents.
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St. Paula Lutheran Church
Funkstown
Church Council
Dinner Party Honors Hartle Couple Guests Of Honor
Mr and Mrs C Lee Hartle were honored at a dinner and shower hosted by Mr and Mrs J Clarke Seibert on Linwood Road. Hartle recently completed an Army stint in Germany. Madelen Schulte of Essen is Mrs Hartle before marriage. They wed December 21 1948 at Neumenberg. Other guests included Charles Kelfer Calvert K Hartle Nettle Hartle Evelyn Hartle Madeline Methven Mary Methven Caleethe Wagner and John Hartle.
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C. Lee Hartle
J. Clarke Seibert
Linwood Road
Hartle
Germany
Madelen Schulte
Essen
Neumnberg
Charles Kelfer
Calvert K. Hartle
Reunion Workers To Meet Monday
The graduating class of 1940 from Hagerstown High School will meet Monday at 8 0p.m. at the usual place per Mrs. Mae S. Ringer, general chairman. She urges all committee members to attend, noting many cards mailed earlier have been returned and more committee workers will be appointed. The Peoples Tabernacle on Security Road hosts a separate notice listing services tonight and Sunday schedule.
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Hagerstown High School
Mae 8. Ringer
New Books Arrive at Washington County Free Library
New titles arrive this week at Washington County Free Library including Autobiography of Benjamin Rush and Diary of Independence Hall by Eberlein and Hubbard. Also Read To Reason by Lecomte du Nouy, Mandates and Trusteeships by Hall, Larks In the Popcorn by Smith, Uncle Dynamite by Wodehouse, The United States in World Affairs 1947-1948, and several reference works and fiction titles.
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Washington , County
Philadelphia
Independence Square
Lecomte du Nouy
H. Duncan Hall
H. Allen Smith
Westchester County
New York Stylists Predict Shorter 1949 Coiffures
New York hairdressers foresee 1949 styles featuring shorter cuts. M. Louis of New York unveils a sleek close cropped bob as a modern update, hinting at boyish influences from the era. The new silhouette aims for a practical, streamlined look amid changing fashion tastes.
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New York
M. Louis
19th Century Italian Paintings at Wildenstein Gallery
Florence based J. & Co. Gee presents a Wildenstein Gallery show in New York featuring 120 paintings by 12 leading 19th century artists including Cremona Segantini Boldini Michetti and Fattori. The piece notes the historical origin of the word hymn from ancient Greek usage honoring gods heroes or famous men.
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J. & TO Gee
Florence
Wildenstein Gallery
New York
Cremona
Segantini
Boldini
Michetti
Fattori
Mary Haworth tackles a troubled courtship and a risky marriage
A reader asks about marrying a loving fiancé who has shown jealousy and anger. Haworth warns that such behavior signals serious emotional disorder and disqualifies him as a good husband, advising the girl to refuse marriage despite his affection and prospects. Elementary culinary note follows about baked beans with bacon and pickle relish.
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Mary Haworth
Fianes
Algo
Ralph
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