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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1938
Page
2
Washington writer Mrs Georgett Ross Howard plans the week’s main event at the Women’s Club with a lecture on current affairs Thursday at 4 00 PM The club’s bridge tournament continues Wednesday at 2 00 PM hosted by Morton Heckert The Rome and philanthropy section meets Wednesday morning at 10 led by Rev Jam Hess and Bible study follows led by Mrs Joseph Updegraft
A miscellaneous shower Saturday evening at the home of Mrs Herbert M L Schlotterbeck on Hager street honored Mrs Dorsey who will wed Miss Mildred Schlotterbeck. Red and white decorations set the theme as games entertained guests including Mr and Mrs Schlotterbeck and several relatives and friends.
An old advertisement promotes Penetro chest rub as a nightly remedy for upper chest congestion from colds. It claims intensified counter irritant action increases blood flow and body heat, aided by a mutton suet base to hold warmth, while aromatic vapors ease nasal stuffiness. Sold nationwide for 33 a jar.
Mrs George and Humphrey left today for several days visiting friends in Insbursh. Misses Margaret and Lillia Otto of Baltimore are guests of Mrs W Richardson in Williamsport. Rev F H Snav and Rev J E B with Miss Susie Shoemaker joined Mr and Mrs Charles Shoemaker for Sunday dinner. Mrs E Staub returns to Romney after a week with Mr and Mrs Harry Wagner.
Virgil Fox presented a recital after the dedication of Wilson College new four manual Moller pipe organ in The Frank Thomson Music Hall. The instrument has four manuals and pedal clavier with seventy seven stops and four thousand pipes, designed by Fox and acclaimed as one of the finest in the United States. The event featured guests including Mr and Mrs Mathias P Moller and other distinguished musicians from Pennsylvania New Jersey and Washington.
The Henry Kyd Douglas Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy plans a dinner at the Princess Dagmar Hotel on Wednesday January 19. Capt. Jon is the speaker to honor Lee's birthday Stonewall Jackson and Matthew Fontaine Maury anniversaries. Dinner is at 6 30 p m with reservations through Mrs James B Webb or Mrs Edgar Keller.
The Alsatia Minstrel committee led by D. P. Schilling announces a February 2 banquet at Beck's Tavern with a turkey dinner and rehearsals to follow at the club rooms. Larry Knowles will direct the show, featuring a two part format with a newspaper office revue and a straight minstrel set. The Academy Theatre hosts February 21 to 23 with lower floor passes sold by members. souvenir programs are under way.
The Junior Music Club meeting at $1, Pants M. E. Church planned an after session program featuring Fiano duet Invitation to the Dance, Caprice, Nola, Song of India, and La Ballet by Chaminade. Members Hazel Stoupiano, Eben Stoupiano, Winifred Brown, Helen Hebb, Marsha Trace, Dorothy Heckman, Genevieve Byron, and Mrs. Clef Club performed selections including Spanish Dances.
Nortouth winners Mrs Anna Katherine Roulette and Mrs Kenneth McLaughlin led the Hagerstown Duplicate Bridge Club event on Friday at Fountain Head Country Club. East West winners were Mrs Edgar Jones and Mrs H H Gorman. The next series match is set for Friday January 21 at Fountain Head. Stuart Warrenfeltz of Funks town and Gettysburg College junior named chairman of the February 4 Junior Prom.
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Mr and Mrs Richard W Snyder announce the birth of a daughter named LaRue Ann at their home in W jamsport om Lund. The notice lists two parents and the unusual phrasing reflects a clipped OCR paragraph from Charleston West Virginia dated January 17.
A list of marriages licenses shows Preston Cline Norris age 18 and Mabel Barkdoll age 18 in Hagerstown, Harold D Renner 28 and Mary F Palmer 27 in Williamsport, John P D Moore 28 with Meada Sher wood 9 in Lewistown, Wilbur Gossert 28 and Violet Baker 18 in Fayetteville, Wilbur H McCarty 30 and Retha G Miller 24 in Winchester, Clifford W Grimm 22 and Evelyn C Weber 19 in Hagerstown, Benjamin F Swisher 39 and Frances M Bowen 19 in Cumberland, Serafino F Scinta 22 in Lonaconing with Maude E Hahn 20 in Hagerstown, Harry M Graham 22 and Jennie E Gardner 19 in Harrisburg.
The W B A Lodge staged a surprise miscellaneous shower at Mrs H C Ritenour's home Friday night in honor of Mrs Andrew Amos formerly Violet Ritenour. Refreshments served to Durr, Ida Manious, Lottie Ingram, Flora Peterman, Bessie Hawn, Katherine Weaver, Kary Sargent, Mary Turner, Velma Manious, Anna Leasure, Grace Rickard, Susan Miller, Theresa Boyd, Daisy Amos, Ollie Lillard, Bertha Ritenour, Florence Garlick, Virginia Rechard, Edythe Boyd, Jeanette and Betty Jean Lillard, H C Ritenour and Andrew Amos. Mrs Amos also guest of honor at a Y W A shower of the First Baptist church.
W. F. Hovis hosted an informal gathering at Broadfording on Sunday with music by the Dixie Ramblera. Refreshments were served to Mr. and Mrs. Harry May and children Annabella and Raymond, Connie Eberly, Mr. and Mrs. James Hovis and children, Phyllis Imogene and James, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Spickler and children, Rayetta and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hovis and children, Frances, Mary, Jean and Ronnie, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hovis and daughter Rose Marie, Paul Hovis, Miss Ruth Watson, Paul Moore, Kenneth and David Rush.
Miss Frances Elizabeth Bowers of this city marries Charles Nevin Miner of Waynesboro at St. Pauls Evangelical parsonage on Friday night January 14, performed by Rev. R. S. Daubert.
If you are troubled with gas heartburn sour stomach or acid indigestion you may require a tonic like Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It stimulates the appetite and increases gastric juice flow aiding digestion Mrs Olive Taylor of Washington DC reports relief from acid indigestion and gas and improved sleep and strength Buy it in liquid or tablets from your druggist today.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert W. Toms hosted a dinner at their Benevola area home to honor the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mrs Lehman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Lehman Sr., of Reid. The gathering featured a cake and turkey dinner with numerous Lehman and Fisher family members from Reid, Bridgeport, Chewsville, and nearby areas.
Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Buharp Sr entertained Sunday afternoon at their Williamsport home from 1 30 to 4 o clock for Nathaniel Jr s fifth birthday Games were played and supper served Guests included Jimmie Myers Ottis Kitchen Jackie Sutf focole Lowell Grosh Eugene Grosh Billie Grosh Margaret Shipley Wilma May Shipley Mr and Mrs Ira Shipley Mr and Mrs William Shipley Mr and Mrs Samuel Buharp Lester Scott Henry Hoover and William Ditlow
Miss Evelyn Weber daughter of Mrs Charles Brewer and Clifford Grimm son of Mrs Edith Grimm were married Sunday at 8 in St Mark's Lutheran Church. Rev Roy L Sloop officiated the double ring ceremony with music by Miss Helen Unseld the organist. The bride wore a du bonnet print dress with brown accessories and talisman rose corsage. Maid of honor Miss Katherine Shenk wore navy with rosebud corsage. Charles MacDonald was best man. The couple left for a short motor trip after the ceremony.
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