C C D Staff To Be Guests At Tea
Miss Virginia Carmichael of the Washington County Office of Civilian Defense will host an informal tea for OCD staff members at her North Potomac street home from 5 to 6 Sunday. The group includes secretaries receptionists and telephonists who have served two and a half years and helped with salvage and bond campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Virginia Carmichael
Washington County
Civilian Defense
North Potomac Street
Miss Carmichael
OCD
Leroy Hartzell
Branin Asilton
R. M. Schoen
Robert Stott
M. G. Dillon
Robert A. Boyle
Winifred Dillon
Sarah Pennington
Mary Denniston
Dorothy Koontz
Helen Lyon
Mary Alsip
Marie Bragunier
Vivian Oswald
Engaged Army Nurses Doris Grab and Othman Sailer
Lt Doris E Grab ANC daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis E Grab of Cherry Run Farms announces engagement to Lt Othman W Sailer Army Air Forces son of Mr Ernest G Sailer of Pasadena California No date for wedding set Prior to service Lt Grab was in Washington County Hospital training now with RAF at Minter Field California Lt Sailer stationed at Presque Isle Hawaii
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Grab
Cherry Run Farms
Doris E. Grab
ANC
Othman W. Sailer
Army Air Forces
Ernest G. Sailer
Pasadena
Cal
Army
Grab
Washington County Hospital
RAF
Minter Field
Sailer
Presque Isle
Hie
Social Roundups Highlight Williamsport July Guests
Mrs. William D. Byron hosted visitors including Col Banks Holcombe USMC and Meade Patrick of Washington over the July 4 holiday. Others travel home from visits in New York Philadelphia and Ravenswood with several hospital admissions and a 50th anniversary noted. The Leitersburg Homemakers Club met with 25 members and a guest, voting to donate to Newton Baker Hospital and planning upcoming meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Byron
Williamsport
Col. Banks Holcombe
USMC
Lee Murphy
Edward van Devanter
Meade Patrick
Washington
Newton Baker Hospital
Henry Love
James Rodgers
Joseph Shuck
Lester Lehman
Harold Lehman
Edward White
Myers Slocum Nuptials Set for July Fifteenth
Miss La Mar Myers daughter of Mrs William Myers and the late Mr Myers of Oxford Maryland will wed Dr Hubert E Slocum of this city on Saturday July 15 at Plimhion home of the bride s mother Rev Charlton B Strayer of Philadelphia will perform the ceremony Mr William Myers Sr of Oxford will give the bride away with Mrs William Myers Jr as matron of honor Dr Emerson Slocum of Cambridge Md is best man The bride is a Woodland Way Junior high school former faculty member and Western Maryland College graduate The groom attended Jackson College Michigan and Northern Illinois College of Optometry They will reside in Hagerstown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Mar Myers
William Myers
Mr. Myers
Oxford
Hubert. E. Slocum
Plimhimion
Charlton B. Strayer
Philadelphia
Birthday Party For Mr Henson On 75th Birthday
Mr and Mrs Leo Henson hosted a dinner at Chestnut Street in honor of Alexander Henson's 75th birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Alexander Henson and many Henson family members plus friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Henson
Chestnut Street
Alexander Henson
Benjamin Henson
Ellsworth Henson
Preston Henson
Elwood Henson
Jack Ocker
Laura Henson
Carol Henson
Buddy
Leonard Henson
Frank Henson
Birthday party honors Mrs Miller and more notices
A birthday party was held at Rev G W Cross home 220 Summer Street for Mrs W A Miller with a large cake and refreshments and many guests listed. Also announced were the marriage of Pfeo Mary Ann Shives to Pfc Carl Deneen and the engagement of Miss Geraldine M Powell to Sgt Hubert M Harmon with ceremonies at Salem Reformed and upcoming August wedding plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Miller
G. W. Cross
Summer Street
G. W. Gross
Frances Holders
Myrtal Myers
John Wiles
Albert Barnhart
John Beal
Clyde Buchanan
Robert Miller
Charlotta Lizer
Lillian McClenan
Dorine Wiles
Robert Wiles
Clara Barnhart
Helen Schiotterbeck
Margarette Barnhart
Margarette Schiotterbeck
Trim Shirtwaister pattern offer for size 36
Flattering shirtwaist frock pattern No 2744 promises sleek tailoring and all around usefulness. Includes sewing guide and color patterns. Send name address style number size and postal zone with 2 cents for mailing to Pattern Department Hagerstown tally Mail New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fapric
Hagerstown
All in a Day at Camp Peniel Ends in Husband's Lament
Mrs. S. and Kline cooks for Camp Peniel at Y M C A during a four week program. Mr. Kline laments his housework burden and imagines a seaside summer with his wife and a new cook, penned in a humorous verse signed A Lone some Husband. He notes fatigue from making his own meals after tending the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Peters
Kline
Mr. Kline
Hagerstown
Hancock Couple Married Here July 2
Miss Ruth Virginia Myers daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob F Myers Hancock wed Corporal Marshall R Hoffman in a quiet double ring ceremony at Washington Square Methodist Church with Rev Mason Kesecker officiating. Hoffman on a 30 day furlough after 26 months in Hawaii trained in the Medical Corps at Fort Knox. Both are Hancock High School graduates class of 1938. They visited Waynesboro Virginia after the ceremony. The bride will live with her parents while the groom serves in the U S. service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Virginia Myers
Jacob F. Myers
Hancock
Marshall R. Hoffman
Washington Square Methodist Church
Mason Kesecker
Cyr. Hoffman
Fred Hoffman
Hawaii
Medical Corps
Fort Knox
Hancock High School
Waynesboro
U. S
Military notices from the Dover area July 6 1944
Local service updates show promotions and transfers including Keith D. Lohr from corporal to sergeant in England, Lt Donald G Campbell at Dover, and Pvt Foster P Householder earning the expert rifleman medal at Camp Planche. Residents’ relatives in France and India are named along with multiple Army assignments and family ties in Hagerstown and Accidents Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith D. Lohr
England
Accident
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
New Orleans
Foster P. Householder
Madison Avenue
Hagerstown
Army Service Forces Training Center
Camp Planche
Householder
Slidell
Convention Leader Democrats Will Bear Mrs Helen Gahagan Douglas
Announcement positions Mrs Helen Gahagan Douglas of Los Angeles as a principal speaker at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A noted stage and opera star and wife of Captain Melvyn Douglas, she is regarded as an able and effective speaker and a leading party woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gahagan. Douglas
Los Angeles
Chicago
Melvyn Douglas
Douglas
Good Conduct Medal Awarded to Pvt John H Bivens
Pvt John H Bivens son of Mr and Mrs Samuel R Bivens Hancock has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal by the Eighth AAF Fighter Station England after a year of active federal service. He is a cook at Arcadia California trained field supporting P 38 fighter operations for invasion troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Corder
High Street
Pvt
Leroy C. Corder
France
Fort Bragg
N. C
England
M. P. Moller
Frank Hakle
Hangerstown
Route 5
Army
Charles Eakle
P.O.W
Crossville
Tenn
Camp Blandifig
Fla
Set
L. R
Dick) Eakle
Camp Shelby
Miss
Spt
W. R
Bud) Eakle
AAF
John H. Bivens
Samuel R. Bivens
Hancock
Bivens
United States
Fund To Honor Missionary Named Little Spessard Fund
The Otterbein Guild of St Pauls United Brethren church plans the Little Spessard Fund to honor missionary Miss Spessard who has not been heard from since the Philippine occupation. Funds will aid her work upon return or memorialize her if she dies, discussed at a Pareborn Park meeting led by Betty Mullendore with Marilyn Ridenour and others participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterbein Guild
St. Paul's United Brethren Church
Little Spessard
Philippines
Islands
Washington County
Miss Spessard
United Brethren
Philippine Mission
Guild
Pareborn Park
Betty Mullendore
Wheich
Marilyn Ridenour
Peggy Lambros
Carmeleta Weigand
Doris Newman
Claytora Pryor
Mesdames Mary Johnston
Viollette Hahn
Thelma Lucas
Martha Reese
Audrey Knepper
Evelyn Johnston
Virginia Lugar
Dorothy Martz
Connie Pryor
Phyllis Kephart
Mary Alsip
Louise Eckstine
Anna Garlock
Katie Snyder
Wedding Takes Place Here Tuesday Night
Miss Daisy Louise Bayer daughter of Mr and Mrs James Bayer and Mr Melvin Lucas son of Frank Lucas and the late Mrs Lucas of Martinsburg W Va were married Tuesday evening July 4 at the Pentecostal Church The Rev Ralph Jeffrey officiated A light blue frock bride wore white accessories a corsage of pink rosebuds and babies breath and a single strand of pearls Attendants were the Misses Mary Thelma Bayer Mildred Gore and Robert Fire The couple are honeymooning in New York City The bride is a high school graduate employed in the Interwoven Stocking Company offices Mr Lucas is employed by the Berkeley Wossen Company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Louise Bayer
James Bayer
Melvin Lucas
Frank Lucas
Lucas
Martinsburg
W. Va
Pentecostal Church
Ralph Jeffrey
Mary
Thelma Bayer
Mildred Gore
Robert Fire
Mrs. Lucas
New York City
Interwoven Stocking Company
Mr. Lucas
Berkeley Wossen Company
Army nurse Frances Lechron posted at Fort George G. Made
Lt Frances Viola Lechron entered the Army Nursing Corps on May 15 and is stationed at Fort George G. Made. Her husband Pvt John Lechron serves at a Nebraska post. Her parents Mr and Mrs Thos Gorman reside on South Cannon Avenue. She graduated Hagerstown High School in 1937 and trained at Washington County Hospital in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Viola Lechron
Army Nursing Corps
Fort George G. Made
Pvt
John Lechron
Nebraska
Thos.Gorman
South
Cannon Avenue
Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Birth Announcements for Charlene Ann Teague and Two Daughters
Lt and Mrs Charles Teague announce a daughter Charlene Ann born at Washington County Hospital June 30 while Lt Teague is stationed in Southern England. Mr and Mrs Donald W Jones announce a daughter born July 6 at the hospital. Mr and Mrs Andrew Bowley are parents of a son born July 6 at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Teague
North Potomac Street
Charlene Ann
Washington County Hospital
England
Donald W. Jones
East Washington Street
Andrew Bowley
West Wilson Boulehard
Police Picnic Highlights Pang Born Lodge No 88 Fraternal Order of Police
Members and associate members attended the annual picnic at Bible's clubhouse along the Potomac river yesterday. Fried chicken hot dogs and all edibles were served. Guests enjoyed games and old-fashioned outing activities amid the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picing
Pangborn Lodge
No. 88
Order For Police
Bible's
Potomac River
Lt Staley Tells Of Pacific War at Kiwanis Meeting
Lieut David Lee Staley Jr US Navy Air Corps spoke at the Kiwanis Club in Hotel Alexander about dive bombing in the Pacific. He described island landings on the Marshall Islands and service in the Indian Ocean, plus mission planning and execution. Staley, a Hagerstown High School and Catawba College graduate, returned home amid praise for his wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lee Staley, Jr
S. Navy Air Corps
Pacific
Kiwani Club
Hotel Alexander
Park W. T. Lo
Staley
Hagerstown
Marshall Islands
Indian Ocean
Hagertown High School
D. Lee Staley
Catawba College
Salisbury
Navy
Loy
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C.C.D
Lt. Grab
Hill & Dale Bikie
Shoe Shop
H. L. Millstore
Fleisher’s
Helene Curtis
Calul
Anthony’s Beauty Salon
Professional Arts Blic
Edward Hillyard
East Antietam Street
Branin Usilton
Miss Anne Usilton
Henry Hoff
Janice and
Patricia Henneberger
Paramount
Fleming Hospital
Barbara Hunter
Charles Town
Jean and
Helen DeVore
Fountain Head Heights
Marilyn Hawbaker
Arthur Rice
Greenmount Avenue
Donald McCusker
Etta Zirkle
Little Orleans
William Kline
Morris Benfield
Biz Pool
Louis Bader
Fittsburgh
Mr. R. K. Park
Ravenswood
A. B. del Vere
Gregorio Marquez
Leo A. Cahill
Stafford
Joseph F. Woalfinger
Owings Mills, Md
Albert L. Leaf
USMGR
el Torro Field
Laguna Beach
Albert Leaf
Ronald Barley
Greencastle
Grace Bert
Mary Lummi
Fairground Avenue
Abigail Pound
Cavetown
Fay Seyfert
Chambersburg
Gaither Waltz
Smithsburg
Louise Grove
Cleveland
Ohio
A. Dillion Grove
Edna Hoover
Paul J. Frizzell
Forrest, Drive
North Terrace
Jane Mulierdore
Donald B. Mullenflore
Bloomingdale's
June Meyer
Bell Sport
L. I
H. L. Powers, Sr
Harry Hull
Charles and
Garner
Ligionier, Pa
Mary Kierton
Olive Powell
Joseph D. Mish
Fountain Head
Baltimore
Mercy Hospital
Ridenour’s
Henson
WAC
Ernest Shives
Pfeo
Mary Ann Shives
Women's Marine Corps Reserves
Arlington
Pfc
Carl Deneen
Walter Deneen
Watfordsburg
Pennsylvania
John H. Day
Seventh Baptist Church
Camp Beale
Calif
Geraldine M. Powell
Hubert M. Harmon
John M. Harmon
Union
Miss Powell
Elsie" M. Powell
Reno S. Powell
Oly
Salem Reformed Church
Cearfoss
Donald G. Campbell
125Th Aaf
DAAF
Dover
Delaware
Mre
W. E. Trammell
Summit Avenue
William E. Trammell
India
Caliifornia
R. & G. Dept
Women’s Hats
L. & B. Hat Shop Northeast Cor. Public Square
Arcadia
Atlanta
J. F. Waters
Cpl
Milton L. Waters
Leonard L. Myers
Trilhy I. Myers
Winter Street
Ordnance Base
Mediterranean
KAY Jevielry CO
W. Wash. ST
Bohman-Warne, Inc
Franklin St
Garizona
Aray
West
Leiter Brothers
Glick’s
Kreider & Ephrata
Glick’s Shoe Store
Washington St
Lt. Staley
Charles of
C. A. Brown
Optometrist
Public Square
Tommie Austin
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