Farewell Party for Mrs Cocklin at Zion Church
Mrs Richard N Cocklin was guest of honor at a surprise farewell party by the Girls Missionary Guild of Zion church. She and her son Richard Jr depart soon for Portland to join Lt. Cocklin of the U S Navy. Miss Catherine Middlekauff received her gift as counselor. social room gathering featured singing, games, a solo, and refreshments with many members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard N. Cocklin
Girls Missionary Guild of Zion
Cocklin
Richard, Jr
Portland
Oré
Cockln
U. S. Navy
Catherine Middlekauff
Guild
Doris Jane Miles
Janet
Everline
Phyllis Stine
Dorothy Hackman
Evelyn Heckman
Jane Lakin
Blanch Knodler
Dorothy Sowter
Musical Program At Senior C E Meeting
A Senior Christian Endeavor Society meeting at the First Church of God venue hosted a musical program at the Barrow home on East Antietam street. Performances included duets by Mary Lou and Virginia Sostar and by Mrs. Wilbur Royce with Mrs. A M Reeder, plus chorus selections and refreshments for many members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
The
First Church of God
H. E. Barrow
East Antietam Street
Mary Lou
Virginia Sostar
Wilbur Royce
A. M. Reeder
G. R. Weller
F. W
W. M. Jenkins
Charles Smith
Edward
Charles
C. W. Barrow
Virginia Sodergren
Betty Souders
Betty Shaffner
Leroy Hahn
Sonny Holeash
Engagement Announcement for Lorraine Smith Ryerson
Mrs and Mrs Paul M Smith of North Canen Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Lorraine Smith to Chrys A Ryerson Jr son of Mr and Mrs C A Ryerson of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Smith
North Canen Avenue
Lorraine Smith
Chrys A. Ryerson, Jr
C. A. Ryerson
Navy recruiter speaks to Tri-HIY group at YMCA
John H. Millard, local Navy recruiter, addressed about 180 boys of the Tri-HIY club at the YMCA last night. He discussed Navy life and the advantages of enlistment after the enlistment age of 17 is reached, answering questions from the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-Y
John H. Millard
Navy
YMCA
Millard
Local Personal News From Washington County
Cpl Charles R Mehaffey returns to Monroe Louisiana after a fifteen day fur lough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs 4 D Mehaffey West Church street. Several locals are ill or traveling including Mrs George G Smith paralyzed recently and Mrs Harlan Boyer Keedysville with Doris Leatherman and George Hartle visiting Pfc Boyer in Wilmington NC. Hilda Gordon plans to be maid of honor at the Taylor-Werner wedding in Philadelphia. Various relatives on furlough or traveling to join service members in St Petersburg Florida and Bluebenthal Field as well as new assignments in California and New River NC. Recent hospital admissions include Archie Rinehart Edna Garland Anna Garner and Peter Bender Sr. Lieut Commander Merrill C Smoot and Mrs Smoot visit before moving to Camp Lejeune NC. Gerald Ridley and family improving after illness. Announce Births Mr Guy Edward Irvin Clearspring Route 2 parents report a son. A son born today to Mr and Mrs Kline E Bush 19 Hamilton Boulevard at local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Hospital
Archie Rinehart
Smithsboro
Edna Garland
Amaralthe
Anna Garner
Daxmar Hotel
Peter Bender
Mulberry Avenue
Guy Edward Irvin
Clearspring
Kline E. Bush
Hamilton Boulevard
Women's Club Tea Hostesses Set for February 1
The Women's Club will hold its monthly tea Tuesday February 1 at 2 PM hosted by Sirs Raymond K. Parks and Mrs. Hubert L. Porterfield. Mrs. Robert Wells and Mrs. Brestle A. Rupert will pour, with helpers drawn from guests. The Drama Reading Class will perform Harriet by Terence Ryerson and Colemar Clements featuring reader Mrs. Charles L. Harris and performers Mesdames Hamet Willard Gruber Baptisti Daniels T L Buehler Myers Rupert Daniels Hipple Vedder. New members joining this month are Mrs. Kenneth W. Lautenback and Mrs. Ernest Bartell. In a closing note, no fortifications along the U S Canadian border have occurred since the War of 1832.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond K. Parks
Hubert L. Porterfield
Women's Club
Robert Wells
Brestle A. Rupert
Harriet
Terence Ryerson
Colemar Clements
New York
Helen Klays
Charles L. Harris
Mesdames
Wl Hamet
Willard
A. L. Gruber
Arthur Baptisti
Walter Daniels
Albert TL. Buehler
Orville Myers
Brestle Rupert
Riley Daniels
Wilson Hipple
W. C. Vedder
Miss Glenn Wed To Sgt. Coakley in Williamsport Home
Mrs. W. J. Glenn of Friendsville announces the marriage of her daughter Dorothy Glenn to Staff Sergeant Charles Coakley son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Coakley of Williamsport. The ceremony was January 20 at the groom’s home in Williamsport with Rev. W. C. Huddle officiating. Mrs. Coakley is a Frostburg State Teachers College graduate and a Downsville teacher. Sgt. Coakley, a Williamsport High School alum, recently finished a Fort Monmouth communications course and is stationed at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Glenn
Friendsville
Dorothy Glenn
Charles 4. Coakley
Oliver Coakley
Williamsport
W. C. Huddle
F. E. Coakley
Coakley
State Teachers College
Frostburg
Downsville School
Sgt. Coakley
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Shower Given For Girl Recently Wed
Mrs Russell Broadwater was guest of honor at a surprise shower given by her parents in the Maugansville fire hall. The former Miss June Horst wed three months ago and her husband is stationed at Columbus Mississippi. Guests enjoyed gifts dancing and games followed by refreshments and a long list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Broadwater
Roy B. Horst
Maugansville
Piano Students In Recital At Haegerstown School Of Music
Piano students of Asher Edelman performed a Thursday recital at the Haegerstown School of Music drawing a large audience of parents and friends. The varied program featured works by renowned composers and included performances by Donald Ruth, Anne Ground, Lois Seal, Mary Louise Leichel, Lindley Shockey, Esther Palmer, Charlotta Leichel, Herschel Shockey, Wanda Himes, Marlene Snyder, Jean Vardy, Betty Saum, Joan Seal, Mary Elizabeth Dansherser, Jane Cushen, Doris Roney, Margaret Rovey, Joan Kanaga, Sarah Kanaga, Lucille Geiselman, Janet Neikirk, Patricia Crun kleton, Lavada Snyder and Darlene Kershner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher S. Edelman
Hagearstown School of Music
Donald Ruth
Anne Ground
Lois Seal
Mary Louise Leichel
Lindley Shockey
Esther Palmer
Charlotta Leichel
Herschel Shockey
Wanda Himes
Marlene Snyder
Jean Vardy
Betty Saum
Joan Seal
Mary Elizabeth Dansherser
Calendar of Events in Hagerstown Area Delights Wide Array
Calendar items list social and cultural happenings across Washington County including tea at Mrs Coffman home on Jan 30 Cumberland Valley Exhibition opening at Washington County Museum of Art prizewinners announced Feb 2 concert by Donald Beattie baritone at Hagerstown High School Feb 3 Tall Cedars ceremony Feb 5 Annual Christian Endeavor Rally at Emmanuel United Brethren Arch McQuilpin as guest speaker Feb 6 Afternoon and evening card party at Mrs Franklin M Thomas Terrace Feb 9 Cavalcade of South America at Maryland Theatre Mary land Theatre 10 30 am Feb 10 Card party at St Marys Selality Franklin Court auditorium Feb 14 United Nations Music Festival Treble Chef Club Women’s Club 3 pm Feb 12-29 Annual preaching mission by Christian churches Feb 17 Current events lecture by Mrs Ross Howard Women’s Club 3 pm Feb 18 W F W Auxiliary Victory dance Woodmen of World hall Feb 18 Founders Day program Washington County PTA Council Woodlang Way Junior High settings 7 34 pm Feb 21 FERA Follies Academy Theatre Feb 21 Meeting and tea Conocochoagne Chapter D A R home of Mrs Leo Miller West Irvin Ave Feb 28 S C lecture by Miss Mable Cook national representative To list events call Chamber of Commerce 2015
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Coffman
Washington County Museum of
Civic Music Association
Donald Beattie
Hagerstown High School
Tall Cedars
Masonic Témme
Christian Endeavor
Emmanuel United Brethren Church
Arch MecQuilpin
Women's Club
Franklin M. Thomas
the Terrace
Clare ‘Tree
Children's Theatre
Maryland
South
America
Moving Pictures
Charles P. Weimer
Washington County Teachers Association
St. Mary's
Selality
Franklin Court Auditorium
Christian Churches
Ross Howard
Woodmen of Worldhall
Washington County
Po T. A. Council
Woodlang Way
Selings
Fera Follies
Academy Theatre
Conocochoagne
Leo Miller
West Irvin
Avenue
S. C
Mable Cook
Chamber of Commerce
All in a Day: Carroll County War Memorial Plans and Daily Life
A diary style review from Carroll County covers planning a war memorial in Westminster and public auditorium needs. It recounts daily occurrences from Monday through Friday, including a flooded kitchen, calendar trends, tax notices, a Shakespeare anecdote, and community church ceiling art, plus local civic menus and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morganthau
Margaret Mullen
Westminster
Carroll County
Hagerstown
Weds Rev. Davis On Friday Night
Miss Margaret Josephine Wagoner of Newton marries Rev Hiram Ellsworth Davis of Winston-Salem in a Friday ceremony January 26 at Lower Stone Evangelical and Reformed Church near Rockwell North Carolina. The double ring service was conducted by Rev C C Wagoner with music by Harold Dickensheets. Attendants included matron of honor Roy E Leinbach Jr and brothers Robert W Davis and Rev Roy E Leinbach Jr among ushers. After an informal reception the couple planned a home near Winston-Salem after February 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Josephine Wagoner
Newton
N. C
Hiram Ellsworth Davis
Winston-Salem
Lower Stone Evangelical and Reformed Church
Rowan County
Rockwell
Wagoner
C. C. Wagoner
Lexington
Harold W. Dickensheets
Lenoir Rhyne College
Hickory
North Carolina
Roy E. Leinbach, Jr
Robert W. Davis
A. Wilson Cheek
Conover
Lonnie A. Carpenter
Lower Stone Church
Union Theological Seminary
Lancaster
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Winston- Salem
Moose Lodge Initiates 27 New Members in Hagerstown
Twenty seven new members were initiated by the Loyal Order of Moose on Friday night, boosting the Hagerstown lodge’s quarterly quota well over 138. After the ceremonies, a supper was served at the Moose Home. Membership chair R C Lescalleet announced a new recruitment drive and thanked the lodge for its strong response. Past governor Charles M O Connor presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Order of Moose
Hagerstown Lodge
Moose
R. C. Lescalleet
Lodge
Charles M. O'Connor
Mason speaks at Surrey P T A on world understanding
Mrs Mason addressed Surrey PTA on Education for World Understanding at the regular meeting. Mrs Chaikin read Parents Magazine article I Was Hungry and They Gave Me Meat. Clare Tree Major play Wing of the Golden River to be staged in February at Maryland Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. Gratton Mason
Surrey P.T.A. i
Robert Chatkin
Parents Magazine
Goldie Blickenstaff
Wing of the Golden River
Maryland Theater
Fashion Pattern Catalog Ad for Spring Jumper
An ad offers a spring fashion pattern for a jumper with size 16, 24 inch bust, and 80 day price listed. It mentions pattern includes sewing guide and asks to print name address and style number. Addressed to Pattern Department in New York with mail details and delivery timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athetn
Ynehida Boo
Install Officers At Legion Meeting Here
Loyal Temperance Legion members installed 1944 officers at a Thursday meeting held at Mrs. B E Lowe's home on McDowell avenue with 20 in attendance. Devoj tions led by Miss Maxine Ponebrake and Miss Hetty Cave offered prayers and readings by several members complemented a skit "Making a Home Happy." New officers include Phyllis Pryor as president and Betty Shank as vice president, with Mary Jane Hoke as secretary and Wanda Crawford as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Temperance Legion
B. E. Lowe
McDowell Avenue
Maxine Ponebrake
Hetty Cave
Dorris Pryor
Mary Munday
Sarah Jane Lowe
Maxine Bonebrake
Norman Stone
Kathleen Dean
Betty Care
Helen Bostetter
Wanda Grawford
Navy Guests at USC Dance Tonight
Navy V12 students from Mt. St. Mary's College Emmitsburg will attend the U S C dance tonight at the YM YWCA. Refreshments will be served in the gym by the Cleland class of the First Christian church. The first of seven LC S O dances next month begins Wednesday night February 2 with the Red Cross canteen of Clearspring serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Mt. St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
U.S. Q
Ym.gc
Cleland
First Christian Church
LC. S. O
Ned Cross
Clearspring
Smithsburg Girls Married Wednesday
Betty J. Fager of Smithsburg and John C. Herbst of Ringgold married in the Church of God Harrisburg officiated by Rev. Preston Lucas. Bride wore green with brown accessories. reception at the bride’s parents’ home in Smithsburg. Guests included relatives from Harrisburg Washington Waynesboro and Waynesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Betty J. Fager
Charles Fager
Smithsburg
John C. Herbst
Raymond Herbst
Ringgold
Preston Lucas
Harrisburg
Charles W. Fager, Jr
Janet Benedict
Robert Herbst
C. W. Fager, Jr
Herbst
Washington County Hospital School of
Lucas
Elvin Herbst
Washington, D. C
William O'Toole
Waynesboro
John Welty
Harold Reynolds
Clarence Schildt
Hubert Kendall
Panel Discussion On Recreation For Youth In Hagerstown Y M C A
The Rev J R Bishop will head a panel on youth recreation at the local Y M C A Sunday afternoon January 40 at 2 30. The Youth Council members Thelma Kretzer Joyce Williams Ralph Mills and Reed Custer will join the discussion preceded by pop songs led by Rev Homer Kendall Keedysville. The Youth Council invites all youths from local churches and the community to attend to show wartime youth needs cannot be met by individuals or small groups alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Bishop
Thelma Kretzer
Joyce Williams
Ralph Mills
Reed Custer
Homer Kendall
Hagerstown
Realism and Romance in Contemporary Painting Lecture
Mrs Adelyn Breeskin director of the Baltimore Museum of Art spoke at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts on the topic Realism versus romanticism in Contemporary Painting. She outlined national traits, discussed American art’s vitality, and compared modern American artists with earlier figures. A preview of the 12th Annual Exhibition of Camberlan Valley Artists opens January 30 and runs through February 28, featuring 21 Hagerstown artists in diverse media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelyn Breeskin
Baltimore Museum of Art
Washington County
America
Breeskin
Grant Wood
Paul Cadmus
Charles Sheyler
John Corbing
John Stuart Curry
Breeski
Camberlan Valley
Hagerstown
Birthday Party for Mar Jene Rife Marks Eleventh Year
A birthday party was held Thursday evening at Mr. and Mrs. William Rife's West Franklin Street home for their daughter Mar Jene as she celebrated her eleventh birthday. Refreshments were served to a guests list including Blanche Straley Pauline Worthington Joanne Barkdoll Teresa Spreacher Getty Worthington Geraldine Worthington Ann Nemizik Janice Carty Jane Lockbaum Delores Haffer Dolores Smith Phyllis Rife Stanley Hoover Joseph Metz Charles Gelwicks and James Hottman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rife
West
Franklin Street
Mar Jene
Blanche Straley
Pauline Worthington
Joanne Barkdoll
Teresa Spreacher
Getty Worthington
Geraldine Worthington
Ann Nemizik
Janice Carty
Jane Lockbaum
Delores Haffer
Dolores Smith
Phyllis Rife
Stanley Hoover
Joseph Metz
Charles Gelwicks
James Hottman
Nurses to Meet at Alumnae Association Session
All members of the Washington County Nurses' Alumnae Association are asked to attend a meeting on Tuesday evening February 1 at Miss Hazel Lorey's home 23 Virginia Avenue. The session will begin at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Nurses’ Alumnae Association
Hazel Lowery
Virginia Avenue
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Mrs. Cocklin
C. E
R.M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Women’s Hats
L.&b. Hat Shop
Northeast Gov. Public Square
E. Wash. St
Wa Mo
Fleisher’s
Cpl
Charles R. Mehaffey
Monroe
4. D. Mehaffey
West Church Street
George G. Smith
Harlan Boyer
Keedysville
Doris Leatherman
George Hartle
Sharpsburg
Wilmington, N. C
Pfc. Boyer
Army Air Forces
Bluebenthal Field
Hilda Gordon
Salem Avenue
Philadelphia
Taylor-Werner
Anne Mae Taylor
Miss Gordon
Juniata College
Pvt
Nelson House
Carlisle Barracks
Mrs. House
Wayside Avenue
H.allen Mills
West Washington Street
St. Petersburg
Fla
Besse Sterling
Woodland Way
New York City
J. G
Robert Statton
Philo A. Statton
Terrace
California
Pamela Statton
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
William Howard
Camp Adair
Oregon
Russell Howard
Charles Danzer, Jr
Bainbridge
Mrs
Charles M. Danzer
Merrill C. Smoot
Gerald Ridley
N. Locust Street
Women’s Club
Dorothy Dermody
Bernice
Beautician
North
Potomac Street
Glenn
Frances Scott Key
United States
Frederick County
England
William Shakespeare
J. R. R. Black
St. Paul's U. B
New Orleans
Woodmen of the World
Middleburg Way
Rev. Davis
Winston- Salem N. C
Moose Lodge
Crane
QO. P.O
Washington Street
Legion
USC
J. E. Barbour
Martinsville, Ill
Summit Avenue
Baltimore Street
Barbour
Herman Smith
Gospel Singers
York, Pa
Glick’s
Kreider & Ephrata
Glick’'S Shoe Store
Washington St
Montgomery Ward
Mrs. Breeskin
Dept
Hoffman’s
Hill’s Toy & Novelty Store
South Potomac St
Elbert M. Hofner
Rest Haven
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