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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1928
Page
8
Social and personal items from the Evening Mall list visitors, illness notes, travel, and family news. Names include George W. Fridinger, Omer Harbaugh, Rev. Neal, Mrs. Gillum, Mr. and Mrs. Hull, Miss Mary Cushwa, Dr. Furman Moore, and many others with mentions of hospital care, vacations, and local events in Hagerstown and area.
Counsellors and directors of the Boy Scout camp departed this morning to ready the eight-shack camp near Peare Maryland on the State Game refuge for occupancy July 9. The six-week program runs in three two-week periods with sixty boys per session and a staff including Clarence Cramer and Greenwood Edwards among others. The camp features a large mess hall and is newly built.
Mrs Noah W Roulette hosted a luncheon today at her Potomac Avenue home for Mr and Mrs Carl T Mack of Washington DC. Newlyweds recently married in New York and just back from a Canada honeymoon will return tomorrow to their Massachusetts Avenue residence. Rose B Snyder, Mrs Roulette’s sister and a nurse in Washington, attended along with other family and guests.
Mr and Mrs B O Whitmore recently married in Baltimore spend their honeymoon with his parents at 209 High Street and visit relatives in Shenandoah and Downsville. Mrs Whitmore before marriage was Miss Lucy E Alger. They will return to Baltimore soon and be at home at 114 Asquith Street.
Prices may force audiences to go clothesless as a joke. Milton Kohler returns from New York and Atlantic City. Dewey Springer visits relatives in Hagerstown and heads back to New York City. Mrs. R J Kingston and daughter from Rutherford New Jersey visit her parents Mr and Mrs Milton Kohler at 417 Potomac Street.
A white felt Tyrolean hat features a white silk cord circling the crown four times and is finished with a tuft of bright feathers, described as delightful for sports wear in the item.
The second annual Potomac Madison meeting will be at United Brethren Church Myersville on July 8 at 2 p.m. It will be conducted entirely by Potomac Edison employees with W. L. Hussong presiding and Emory L. Coblentz delivering the principal address. Roland M. Gaver and F. Carlton Helm provide musical numbers, and Mrs. R. Paul Smith plays the pipe organ. All company employees with families and friends are invited, along with the public.
Extreme heat reaching 102 degrees sent thousands of veterans at the 50th Battle of Gettysburg commemoration toward their homes. The record lists scholarships awarded by the Board of Education to St. Johns Paul Powles Stanley Little Henry Lauren Darner Ralph Beachley Western Maryland Arthur Jacques Blue Ridge GC.
About 500 children participated in the Pears of Great Price pageant at St. John's auditorium presented by the Vacation Bible School. Grace Brane directed with Dr. W. S. Hess supervising. cast included Mary Grove, Grace Windley, Virginia Stouffer, Dorothy Kentner and Doris Eldridge.
Savana V Palladino aged 27 and V Devilbliss aged 25 both of this city William W Wilt 21 and Heariet M Wray 18 of Danville Pa C Harold Kepler 26 of Mifflintown Pa and Celia Mann 15 Providence R I Percy Leroy Dent 21 and Belys M Elliott 21 both of Berwick Pa Alfred T Strickler 21 Harrisburg Pa and Esther McKee 20 Lewistown Pa Robert F McCarney 21 and Mary G Everly 21 both of this city
Mrs. W. F. Crider hosted a Saturday bridge party at her East Antietam Street home with pink and white décor in flowers ices and candies. Prize winners were Mrs. W. B. Cratty Mrs. M. W. Dutton and Mrs. Holland of Reading Pa. Guests included Mrs. W. L. Fiery Mrs. Robertson Mrs. J. S. Hade Mrs. L. E. Wibberley Mrs. B. E. Reed Mrs. O. P. Bohman Mrs. H. R. Kratzer Mrs. C. O. Thompson and Mrs. Richard Wilson.
D. E. Mertz, J. W. Cable Jr., J. F. Rinehart, D. G. Martin, N. D. Reechers, G. M. McClain, G. L. Doyle, R. R. Palmer, D. Stouffer, and M. Davis appear among the list of officials and attendees recorded in the recent council minutes, reflecting varied roles and affiliations within the community governance.
Excursionists in Greencastle spot a Challenger Aircraft built by Kreider Reisner of Hagerstown Md returning from Detroit to enter the National Air Race but withdrawn due to a splitting propeller A H Kreider piloted the plane over Atlantic City Also noted are local businesspeople and residents with social visits and a marriage license issued in Hagerstown to Daniel W Cosey and Katherine Musser of Greencastle and Hagerstown respectively.
Yesterday Lloyd Beard fell and broke his arm. Mrs H S Snyder of Barnhart Apartments visits her daughter Mrs E Phillips in Hagerstown Maryland. Glenn Gordon of Washington DC visits his parents Mr and Mrs Bruce Gordon on South Washington street. Miss Rebecca Schnebly visits Miss Helen Keepers at their home.
Miss Lorraine Magruder daughter of Mr and Mrs C E Magruder received a Red Cross medal at the executive meeting for 200 hours of volunteer water rescue service. The expert swimmer saved Joy Moulden of Washington D C from drowning at Camp Jocassee near Seneca during a camp lake swim. Magruder trained at the local YMCA and Y camp Big Pool and later taught at a Red Cross camp in Brevard North Carolina. An extra bar was awarded to Ross Claggett for 100 additional hours. A nominating committee was named and board reorganization planned for the coming weeks.
A surprise party was given Monday evening at Mrs. Strite's home by her friends and family. Attending were Esther and Janet Strite, Grove, Russell and families, Gibgon family, Trees family, Dodd family, Feldman sisters, Miller family, Enola Miller, Mildred Feldman, Iseminger and Serenaders, and Mrs Eurich who will spend time in Detroit.
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