Washington County Mass Meetings Planned Before Lent
The Washington County Ministerial Association announces a series of mass meetings at St. John's Lutheran auditorium from February 2 to March 5. Rev Dr H A Fesperman chairs the committee with Rev Dr Paul E Holdcraft as secretary. Rev Dr George Elmer Homrighausen of Princeton Theological Seminary will speak at the first service on February 28, with Rev Dr Oscar Blackwelder of Washington delivering weeknight talks.}
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Washington County
George Elmer Homrighausen
Princeton Theological Seminary
Homrighausen
America
Oscar Blackwelder
Washington
Hagerstown
Williamsport groups photographed after weather delay
Three patriotic organizations in Williamsport were finally photographed Sunday after awaiting clear weather. The Airplane Spotters of Post 42-C, Williamsport Minute Men, and the IOOF Aston Lodge committee sponsoring the Honor Roll bulletin board posed for pictures, now on display at Wolfe Tackie Shop and Wissinger's store.
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Williamsport
Post 42-C
Williamsport Minute Men
IOOF
Aston Lodge
Wolfe Tackie Shop
Wissinger's
Local Personal News and Hospital Updates
Ensign and Mrs. Park W. T. Loy Jr depart for Catawba College Salisbury to join Mrs Loy in her senior year, Ensign Loy to Norfolk for Coast Guard duty. Mrs Mary E Welsh hospital bound in Baltimore with daughter-in-law Mrs Welsh visiting. Navy enlistee J Gilbert Everline stationed at Bainbridge training. Morlie H Carbaugh admitted for treatment. Vernon O Moore on fifteen day Navy furlough. Fran DeLauder ill at home. Mrs Lewis T Byron Jr moved home for recovery. Bonnie Mae Henson recovering from asthmatic bronchitis now with whooping cough. Miss Bina Sampsell improving at home. Mrs A A Miller ill at Broadfording road. New admissions: John C Long, Mrs Beat rice Eckstine, Mrs Violet Norris, Carrie Bondyke, Clarence Oren, Gene Ridenour. Harry White underwent emergency operation at Harrisonburg Hospital.
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Ensign
Park W. T. Loy, Jr
Waynesboro
Catawba College
Salisbury
N. C
Loy
Ensign Loy
Norfolk
U. S. Coast Guard
Washington County Hospital
John C. Long
Homewood Road
Beatrice Eckstine
Greenmount Avenue
Violet Norris
Lydia, Md
Carrie Bondyke
East Baltimore Street
Clarence Oren
Cleveland Avenue
Gene Ridenour
Boonsboro
Townsend Wroth Announces Naval Hospital Birth
Mr and Mrs Edwin Townsend Wroth announce the birth of a son at the Naval Hospital in Norfolk. Wroth is a petty officer stationed at the Naval Air Base in Norfolk and is the son of Dr and Mrs Peregrine Wroth of this city.
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Edwin Townsend Wroth
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Wroth
Navy
Naval Air Base
Peregrine Wroth
Marvin Bishop
Devonshire Road
Washington County Hospital
Arthur Hauver
Potomac Avenue
James A. Obitts, Jr
Madison Avenue
Harold F. Wills
Roessner Avenue
Floyd H. Kline
North Locust Street
Washington County Girl Scout Council to expand program
Beginning in February the Washington County Girl Scout Council will expand activities focusing on war emergency service prep and juvenile delinquency prevention. It will bring Mrs. Robert Sibley to lead leadership training, with open meetings on February 3 and February 4 at the Women's Club.
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Washington County Girl Scout Council
Robert Sibley
Sibley
Women
England
Washington County
Weather forces postponement of Cumberland Valley exhibit lecture
Due to weather conditions the preview and lecture tied to the Cumberland Valley Artists exhibition at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts are cancelled. Douglas Fox of the Baltimore Museum of Art will lect ure Sunday afternoon February 7 on franch neintineg with color slides. jury awards decisions will be announced February 7.
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Cumberland Valley
Washington County
Students Attend Class Last Night at Antietam Hall
At the Antietam Fire Hall a Hagerstown High School group training to join the Victory Corps heard William Ecton Sr outline auxiliary fireman duties and the city county fire protection roles. Ecton and Chief Ralph Bowman demonstrated equipment. a fire alarm drill added realism as the next class is set for Thursday at 7 30 in First Hose hall.
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Antietam
Hagerstown
Ecton
Antietam Company
Ralph Bowman
Nancy Lee Young Celebrates First Birthday At Summit Avenue Home
The first birthday of Nancy Lee Young was celebrated Tuesday night at her parents home on Summit avenue. Guests included Kenny Wiles Jr Bettie Lou Smith Connie Jones Connie Peet Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wiles Mr and Mrs Ernest Smith Mr and Mrs Donald Jones Mrs Joseph Miller Miss Pegey Young Mrs Harry Starns and Mrs Myrtle Young.
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Nancy Lee Young
Earle Young
Summit Avenue
Kenny Wiles
Bettie Lou Smith
Connie Jones
Connie Peet
Kenneth Wiles
Ernest Smith
Donald Jones
Joseph Miller
Pegey Young
Harry Starns
Myrtle Young
All In A Day Dog Diet Advice From Chicago Institute
The Dog Nutrition Institute in Chicago says dogs adapt to new food within four days if they dislike the current diet. It warns against pricey butcher meat or table scraps, notes puppies under seven months accept most foods, and describes sudden and gradual switch methods to change diets.
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Dog Nutrition Institute
Chicago
Women’s Day Sunday At Keedysville Salem Church
Women’s Day at Salem United Brethren Church Keedysville features an all female church leadership and a ladies orchestra directed by Miss Bdile Baker. Miss Catherine Beachley of Hagerstown High will speak on Latin America at morning worship. Temporary officers include Miss Mary Coffman superintendent and Mrs Paul Wyand secretary.
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Salem
Class Holds Annual Social On Thursday
Miss Leah Schindel's Sunday School Class of Trinity Lutheran Church held a patriotic banquet at Hotel Patterson. The red white and blue decor featured a V shaped table, airplane favors revealing the secret sisters, and gifts exchanged among twenty five members. Dr Evelyn Luke spoke as guest and Rev Dr Wilson Ard attended. Readings by Mrs Ted Bair and group singing closed the program. Mrs John W Minnich presided. Mrs Ben Moss chaired the organizing committee with Mrs Wilbur Jesson and Mrs Richard Crowther.
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Leah Schindel
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hotel Patterson
Evelyn Luke
Wilson P. Ard
Ted Bair
John W. Minnich
Ard
Pearl S Eckart
Ben Moss
Wilbur Jesson
Catherine Stouffer
Richard Crowther
Inducted Student Is Honored At Farewell
A farewell at Hagerstown Business College honored Carroll Summers of Jefferson Street who was inducted into the Army on January 25. President E. J. Hajek spoke and presented a faculty and student body gift. Summers, noted for his accounting ability, was the college’s first enrolled student to join the Army.
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Hagerstown Business College
Carrol Summers
Jefferson Street
E. J. Hajek
Summers
Hajek
WAAC Information Office Opens in City Hall
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps office in City Hall will be open Tuesdays and Saturdays on the second floor to provide information and accept preliminary enlistment applications. Mrs. Andrew J. Highbarger chairs a civilian committee representing multiple groups. The WAAC headquarters operate from 5 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, inviting all women to learn about this branch of the U S Army. The advisory council lists members from Red Cross, Homemaker Clubs, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Beta Sigma Phi, Jewish and Catholic organizations, and several women’s clubs.
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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Hagerstown
Waacs
Andrew J. Highbarger
WAAC
Ward 1
United States Army
Highbarger
William Garrett
American Red Cross
Office of Civilian Defense
H. P. Rowland
Washington County
Ralph McCoy
Women's Club
Phyllis Sweigert
American Legion Auxiliary
Edmund Williams
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
R. A. Stott
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Minnie Compton
Council of Negro Women
Roy R. Valentine
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Sarah Hollyday
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Robert H. Chatkin
Jewish Women’s Auxiliary
Leo H. Miller
Daughters of American Revolution
Leon R. Hoover
Catholic Daughters of America
H. M. Garrison
Treble Clef Club
M. M. Pennington
Business and Professional Women's Club
Althea Miller Shadrach
Zonta Club
Mildred Perham
Meridian Club
Newlywed Couple To Reside In This City
The marriage of Miss F. Lucille Stake of Chambersburg and Walter X. Miller Jr. of Chambersburg was solemnized at Corpus Christi Church rectory with a single ring ceremony. The bride wore gold crepe with black velvet, and red roses with salmon gladioli. They will live at 25 Broadway in Hagerstown.
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F. Lucille Stake
Wesley P. Stake
Chambersburg
Walter X. Miller
Corpus Christi Catholic Church
T. B. Johnson
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Meet at Moose Hall
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold their regular meeting in the Moose Hall at 8 o'clock on Monday evening. Business of importance will be transacted and all members are requested to be present.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Moose Hall
Public urged to hear Rev H B Rittenhouse at I O O F Hall
The public is invited to hear Rev. H. B. Rittenhouse preach at a special service this evening at 7 30 at the I O O F hall on South Potomac Street. The speaker will be accompanied by his radio band.
WE WOMEN By BETTY BRAINERD
Dear readers questions from three girls about writing to soldiers and courting rules during wartime. Betty Brainerd replies that in the armed forces era a girl should write first and onward, ensure cheerful letters, invite service members to dinners, and have parents handle invitations. She emphasizes patriotism and practical, family-assisted approaches.
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Betty Brainerd
B. BE. W
Help Me Win My Victory Campaign Against Infantile Paralysis
A tenth annual drive using Franklin D Roosevelt quotes runs January 15 to 30 to fund fight against Infantile Paralysis. Local chapters split funds 50 50 with the National Foundation for research and community work nationwide with no discrimination in age race color or creed.
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America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Foundation
Hand of Mercy
Grange Meeting Notes and Candidate Ballot at Lappans
A Montsarada Grange No. 404 session at Lappans Parish chaired by William B. Leatherman passed on candidate applications including Jacob Scheller and wife Bakersville Rev D C White Otho Lowery and David Starliper reported on Farm Mobilization Day Local Current Events summary by Rev White and roll call noted highlights from the National Grange meeting in Wenatchee Wash Next meeting set for February 9.
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Montsarada
Lappans Parish
William B. Leatherman
Jacob Scheller
Bakersville
D. C. White
Otho Lowery
David Starliper
White
National Grange
Wenatche
Wash
Security Couple Wed On Wednesday
The marriage of Miss Kathleen E. Munson of Security to Mr George W. Staley of Security occurred Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Rev E R Andrews officiated at the United Brethren church parsonage in Chewsville. A reception followed at the Munson home. The couple will reside with the Staleys.
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Kathleen E. Munson
Charles C. Munson
George W. Staley
Lewis Staley
Security
E. R. Andrews
United Brethren Church
Chewsville
Lodge Installation Takes Place Here
The Hagerstown Lodge of B Nai Brith No. 1413 held the 4th annual installation of officers in the B Nai B Rith Club rooms. Officers installed were president Lloyd Marcus vice president Dr William Falk secretary Jack Shapiro financial secretary Louis Grome treasurer Abe Jacobson monitor Herbert Brewer assistant monitor Rabbi Seymour Stern warden Howard Clark guardian David Ginsburg trustees Harry Kerstein Morris Klein Jerome Schlossenberg. Installation conducted by District Grand Lodge members with Morris Fedder as principal speaker president of the Maryland and District of Columbia association of B Nai B Rith lodges. Mrs Maurice Bisgyer president of the women auxiliary spoke. Refreshments followed.
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Hagerstown
B’nai B’rith
Lloyd Marcus
William Falk
Jack Shapiro
Louis Grome
Abe Jacobson
Monitor
Herbert Brewer
Rabbi Seymour Stern
Howard Clark
Guardian
David Ginsburg
Harry Kerstein
Morris Klein
Jerome Schlossenberg
District Grand Lodge
Morris Fedder
Maryland and District of Columbia
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Franklin Street
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McNess Products
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