Social club notices and university moves in area
Miss Dorothy B Lane sails to New York City for two weeks visiting Long Island and Princeton area friends. James FE Byron enters Princeton University Freshman class. Mr and Mrs Adrian H Ondordonk return from Roanoke and Victoria visits. Mrs Harry Spielman remains hospitalized in Baltimore for operation. Numerous local residents travel, visit relatives, or move, including students from Mercersburg Academy and Camp Alleghany summer plans. Abshire earns a Bachelor of Science from University of Maryland. Several families relocate for work or hospitality, with hospital discharges noted and a wedding in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy B. Lane
New York City
Long Island
Princeton
N. J
Eddie Middlekauff Birthday Party Celebrated
Eddie Middlekauff turned four with a Saturday birthday party hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Middlekauff at their Potomac avenue home. Kindergarten classmates attended along with many guests including Barbara Shank Judith Holtzman Eddie Bowers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Middlekauf
Hugh M. ‘“Middlekauff
Potomac Avenue
Ethel Kohler
Barbara
Richard Shank
Judith
Susie Holtzman
Eddie Bowers
Lee Potterfield
Sandra Ginsberg
Dick Weaver
David Ridenour
David Murray
David Kaplan
Chris Bell
Brian Johnson
John Young
William Young
MacDonald
Marcy Price
Major Osborne
Danny Spofford
Carroll Wright
Billy Dontey
Ethel Seibert
Skippy Elliott
John Eves
Mary Frances Robert
David Peters
Dick Personius
Carolyn Claster
Frances Trager
Jimmy Holt
Relics Of War To Be On Exhibition
The first local large scale exhibition of articles sent home from overseas by local service men will be on display at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts for one week starting Friday. The Washington County Homemaker Clubs under Mrs Clarence Lee have collected over 200 articles from around the world, labeled and arranged for public inspection from July 6 to July 13. Each of the county’s 15 Homemaker clubs was asked to supply 15 items for the show, with trophies, souvenirs, clothing, and other war era artifacts already on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Washington County
Clarence Lee
Europe
Pacific
Contest Program Given For Parents
Girl Scouts at Camp Frame hosted a Sunday afternoon contest program for visiting parents. Winners were named in firebuilding wood chopping and lashing events across Stockade Tanglewood and Greenwood units, with both scouts and fathers earning top honors. After the events, campers escorted parents on unit tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Camp Frame
Nancy Wagaman
Stockade
Marie Zimmerman
Mina Lyons
Joan Bartholomeus
Tanglewood
Evelyn Schlotterbeck
Virginia Wolfe
Laura Catherine Fockler
Greenwood
Jessie Kiefer
Patricia Dunham
Delores Myers
Mary McElwain
Betty Ivy
Nancy Jones
Ellen Ponti
Shirley McFadden
Nancy Jo Rice
Sara Kanaga
Yvonne Beachley
Morris Greenwood
Mr. McElwain
Bartholomeus
Mary Jo Hammond
Peggy Jean Verner
Susan Hartsock
Beverly Shoff
Ruby Hopper
Jessie Stewart
Mary Lou Hose
Sue Ann Remacciotti
Susan Barrick
Sara Newcomer
Ella Jane Zimmerman
Joann Beachley
Army Officer Speaks to Zonta on Nisei Soldiers
Capt Didier D Toups addressed Frederick Zonta Club and guests at the Coffman summer cottage on the Conococheague, praising Nisei soldiers and detailing the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regiment. He noted their loyalty, two-war effort, and language skills in the Pacific front, with laughs about Cassino rations. Over sixty guests attended a chicken supper after the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Didier D. Toups
Zontians
Andrew K. Coffman
Conococheague
Frederick Zonta Club
America
Toups
United States Army
100Th
Italy
Hawaii
442Nd Infantry Regiment
Jren
West Coast
Camp Shelby
Miss
Cassino
Pacific
F. F. Henson
A. L. Young
PD. D. Toups
Andrew EK. Coftman
Large Attendance At City Playgrounds On Opening Day
City playgrounds opened with registration of over 450 children. Supervisor Mrs. Charlotte Mullendore invites registrations and participation in activities including softball, tennis, crafts, dances, and weekly surprise days and feature nights. Open daily 9 am to 4 pm at multiple city locations. Navy Mothers club to attend funeral of member Mrs. Nellie Sellers at Minnich funeral home tomorrow 2:20 pm, regular meeting at Odd Fellows Temple 7:45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nate City
Charlotte Mullendore
City Park
Reservoir Park
Kemp Park
Winter Street
East End Park
Wheaton Park
Broadway School
South Potomac
Woodland Way
Navy Mothers
Navy Mothers Club
Minnich Funeral Home
Nellie Sellers
Odd Fellows Temple
Moore announce birth of son in Washington County
Pvt and Mrs John H Moore of Maugansville announce the birth of a son on June 27 at Washington County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Moore
Maugansville
Washington County Hospital
Birthday Party for Mrs. Murray at West Side Home
Mrs. Carrie Murray celebrated her birthday with a Friday evening party at her West Side Avenue home. Flowers and candles brightened the refreshment table as guests played games, with winners Mrs. Mollie Hall Mrs. Catherine Smith and Mrs. Ruth Ridge. Other attendees included Mesdames Irene Tage Edna Young Bertha Diffendall Mary Luipersbeck Evelyn Baker Caroline Brown Ruth Beeler and Misses Carolyn Ann Brown Doris Ridgley and Samuel Hall. The Red Cross Gray Lady Corps of Washington County Chapter moves to a new all day schedule at Newton B. Baker General Hospital beginning Wednesday July 4 with five members at 9:30 am and eight or more at 1 pm to work until 3 pm two days weekly through summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Murray
West Side Avenue
Mollie Hall
Catherine Smith
Ruth Ridge
Irene Tage
Edna Young
Bertha Diffendall
Mary Luipersbeck
Evelyn Baker
Caroline Brown
Ruth Beeler
Carolyn Ann Brown
Doris Ridgley
Samuel Hall
Newton B. Baker General Hospital
Gray Lady Corps
Washington County
The
Red Cross
Miss LeVan Will Marry On Friday
Dr and Mrs Gerald Wilberforce Le Van of Boonsboro invite with Esther Bourne to wed Lt Howard Thomas Galt son of John S Galt of Glen Moore Pa The ceremony is Friday July 6 at 430 pm at Trinity Reformed Church Boonsboro Esther arrives from New York City where she works in Texaco Oil Company research Lt Galt recently returned from 22 months in the Pacific aboard a destroyer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Wilberforce le van
Boonsboro
Esther Bourne
Howard Thomas Galt
John S Galt
Glen Moore
Trinity Reformed Church
Miss le van
New York City
Texaco Oil Company
Lt. Galt
States
Pacific
Double Surprise Birthday Party Held Sunday Evening
A surprise party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Benton C. Shank of Chewsville honored Lawrence A. Shank aged 17 and William L. Hartle of Hagerstown aged 71. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Hartle, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hartle, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo M. Palmer and daughter Joyce, and Lawrence A. Shank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton C. Shank
Chewsville
Lawrence A. Shank
William L. Hartle
Hagerstown
John H. Hartle
Waldo M. Palmer
Joyce
Lawrence Ashank
USO Picnic At Pangborn Park Reported
Local USO hostesses and servicemen guests enjoyed a Sunday picnic at Pangborn Park with games and refreshments. Carrie Murray supervised, assisted by Bertha Diffendall Ruth Ridge Helen Spickler Data Baughman and Mary Luipersheck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Pangborn Park
Carrie Murray
Bertha Diffendall
Ruth Ridge
Helen Spickler
Data Baughman
Mary Luipersheck
Birthday Party for Anita Hatfield at Grandparents’ Home
Little Miss Anita Hatfield celebrated her seventh birthday at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs J L Semler 488 East Franklin Street. Guests enjoyed many gifts games and refreshments. Attending were Louie Burke Cecelia Halligan Teeny Maetzel Suzanne Burke Kathleen Halligan Autty Brandenburg Philip Hebb Teeny Brandenburg Tommy Hebb Nancy Kellar Sissy Brandenburg Johnny Semler Siggy Brandenburg Bobby Semler Georgie Keeney Kirklyn Middlekauff Mary Jane Manation Anita Louise Hatfield Mrs Margaret Semler Catherine Carpenter Catherine Hatfield Margaret Burke Margaret Brandenburg Louise Rasmussen Florence Semler Corporal and Mrs Shield Hanlstus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Hatfield
J. L. Semler
East Franklin Street
Louie Burke
Cecelia Halligan
Teeny Maetzel
Suzanne Burke
Kathleen Halligan
Autty Brandenburg
Philip Hebb
Teeny Brandenburg
Tommy Hebb
Nancy Kellar
Sissy Brandenburg
Johnny Semler
Siggy Brandenburg
Bobby Semler
Georgie Keeney
Kirklyn Middlekauff
Mary Jane Manation
Anita Louise Hatfield
Margaret Semler
Catherine Carpenter
Catherine Hatfeld
Margaret Burke
Margaret Brandenburg
Louise Rasmussen
Florence Semler
Cpl
Shield Hanlstus
Junior Girls to Meet in Legion Auxiliary Session
The junior girls auxiliary of the American Legion will hold a special meeting tonight at 7 30 at the Legion Home. An election of officers will be conducted and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of the
American Legion
Legion
Sarcasm in a Religious Girl Tests a Man’s Patience
Dear Mary Haworth advises a reader how sarcasm reveals hostility and possible sadism, analyzing causes from psychoanalytic and social angers. The column suggests the woman’s religious pretensions may mask deeper issues and urges the man to end the unhealthy situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wal
J.B
Mary Haworth
Washington Post
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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James FE
Byron
Williamsport
Princeton Uiversity
Adrian H. Onderdonk
James
Henry
Princeton University
Harry Spielman
Furkstown
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Gladys Ellen Abshire
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Maryland
Aiershall Tedrick
Tampa
Fla
Dollg Spielman
Janet Tedrick
James Frizzell
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
Paul Frizzell
Fairgreen Acres
Alice Lusby
Fountain Head Heights
Jo Ann Bell
Oak Hill Avenue
Camp Alleghany
Greenbriar
W. Va
Catherine Weber
Chicago
Arthur J. Weber
Mary Elton
Hearthstone Farm
Amelia Keyton
Ridge Avenue
Clarence Crable
Rome
N. Y
Richard D. Hardy
South Prospect Street
Washington, D. C
Mr. Hardy
J. B. Hilliard
Shenandoah, Va
Gdis Hilliard
Norfolk, Va
Ernest Thompson
Summit Avenue
Leorah Irving
Howard
Nora Irving
Melvin Banker
LaVern Ferb
Lloyd Schroyer
Pfc
Vernon Jenkins
Earl Irving
Ronald
Geraldine
Carol
Dolores Gearheart
Shirley Lohman
Gerald Erving
Harold Schroyer
Clarence Wissinger
Clarence Irving
Helen
Janice
Louise
John F. Vaughn
North Locust Street
Edgar E. Smith
Sharpsburg
Keith V. Welch
Keyser
Airs
Marcus M. Beck
Hancock
Emma Bennett
Columbia Road
Betty J. Suder
Big Poot
Kenneth B. Dudley
Dever Avenue
Robert L. Barkdoll
Smithsburg
John Morris Steck
Atle Colhern Mitchell
Fredericksburg
Music Feader
George Smolen
Fleisher’s
Glick’s
Kreider & Ephrata
Glick’s Shoe Store
Washington St
Pope’s School
N. Locust St
Ridengur
Renlie
E. Wash. St
Eddie Middlekauff
Record Shop
Envi
Washington Street
F. A . Cnnea Elli
Bentz and Dunn
House of Shoes
N. Potomac
Zonta
L. F. Beecher
Rest Haven
William Richard Ferniaugh
Betty Jean Coz
Arthur W. Cox
Pennsylvania
Reginald Fernihough
Fairchild Aircraft
Mrs. Murray
Eizabeth Arden
Leiter Brothers
Miss LeVan
Boonsboro Girl
H. T. Galt
Pope’s Beauty Shop
Youth For Christ
Bread of Life Hour
Franklin Court
Hiram W. LeFever
Dorman Thomas
Fino Stonc
Lea
Poffenberger Tire CO
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