Orphans Enjoy Kiwanis Picnic at Rowe's Park
Sixty nine children from San Mar Orphans' Home joined the Hagerstown Kiwanis Club for an annual picnic at Rowe's Park. Rain did not spoil activities including swimming and an elaborate fireworks display. Children were brought by special trolleys courtesy of Hagerstown and Frederick Railway. lunch was served, and free amusements were provided by the park. Donovan Beachley chaired the underprivileged child committee with W. Walter Elmer supervising the home.
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San Mar
Hagerstown
Nual
Frederick
Fred Moore
Colonial Theatre
Thomas Baldridge
Maryland Theatre
Donovan Beachley
W. Walter Elmer
Colonial Ball to Feature Washington Inaugural Reproduction
A Washington bi centennial event in Boonsboro August 24 to 28 will showcase a reproduction of the Washington inaugural ball on Thursday evening with dances of the era. Dancers will wear Colonial costumes. The program includes a band concert Wednesday, school children pageant Friday, grand parade Saturday, and a religious service Sunday.
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Boonsboro
Washington
James Cagney and Marion Niaon At Maryland
James Cagney learns training tricks while preparing for the Warner Bros film Winner Take All at the Maryland Theatre. A Palm Springs camp anecdote recalls Perry joking about untied gloves, leading to a playful punch on Cagney’s chin.
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James Cagney
Marion Niaon
Maryland
Warner Bros
Maryland Theatre
Cagney
Palm Springs
Marvey Perry
Perry
Jimmy
Jim
Fairplay vesper service unites youths on Downsville farm
Fairplay July 18 report details the Young People's Society of the Downsville Church of the Brethren gathering at Elmer Highbarger's grove near St. James for an annual vesper service. Members from Broadfording Church and friends from Long meadow and Hagerstown joined, sharing hymns readings duets and scripture under the theme The Stewardship of Talents. After the program groups sang antiphonally on opposite hillsides for about half an hour. Prof and Mrs Fred Coffman and son Freddie of Princeton New Jersey visited C D Coffman and family during the holiday, while the Coffmans enjoy vacation at Westminster with Mrs Coffman's relatives Oscar Taylor and family. C D Coffman and daughter visited Wednesday Jennings and Brownsville. Rev and Mrs McKinley Coffman and daughter returned to Hagerstown after two weeks in Harrisburg Bloomsburg and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society of the
Downsville
Fred Coffman
Freddie
Princeton
N. J
C. D. Coffman
Coffmans
Westminster
The Man From Hell's Edge at Colonial Theatre and Local Visits
Colonial Today notes Bob Steele in The Man From Hell's Edge at the Colonial Theatre with Coffman family in attendance. The column details Sunday worship, visits by Shifler and Coffman relatives, journeys to Myersville and Keedysville, and a parade of local residents dining, courting, and hosting friends across Hagerstown and nearby towns.
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Bob Steele
Man From
Hell's Edge
Mr. Coffman
Myersville
Frederick County
Rev. Coffman
Fruiiland
Idaho
Chewsville Church Services And Social Notes
Chewsville July 20 notes list church services at Beth el United Brethren on Sunday July 24 with Sunday school and Endeavor meetings. A Junior Endeavor wienie roast in Paulsgrove woods featured many attendees and refreshments. Several local residents and visitors are named with travel mentions to Washington and York.
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Bethel United Brethren Church
Junior Christian Endeavor Society
Earl Wolfinger
Harlan Miller
Morris Paulsgrove
Chesterfields Milder Taste Satisfy Smokers
In these stressful times smokers prefer milder cigarettes. Chesterfields blend Turkish and domestic tobaccos to achieve a balanced, smoother flavor. They are milder, taste better, and are promoted as satisfying.
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Kiwanis Club
Atlantic City, N. J
Ft. Deville
Xcome Buildings
Kentucky Av
Boardwalk & Ocean
Wonderfott
Cap
Thomas M. O'Brien
Hollywood
Henry’s
Henry
Henry B. Walthall
Aileen Pringle
Toonerville
By Fountaine Fox
Fontaine Fox
Fairplay
Oscar Shifler
Appomattox
Chester Wyand
Keedysville
Shiflers
W. Harvey Moats
Naomi Coffmar
Alice Morin
Hibarger Grove
William Wyand
Ruth Otto
Sharpsburg
Nichols Home
A. B. Petre
Edgar Remspurg
Columbus Hildebrand
Petres
Hildebrand
Edward Stockslager
Myrtle Moats
Emma Falmer
George Rowland
St. James
Stockslager
John Wilson
W. Harr
Ey Moats
Wilsong
W. C. Berger
Washington, D. C
Newark
Kiper, Boonsnore
E. C. Miller
Davis
Grimes
Fred Myers
T. W. Iammond
Norman Emmert
Nora
Chewsville
Robert Miller
Howard Smith
Arthur Smith
Wilbur Smith
Verdeen Smith
Kirby Krouse
Thurman Krouse
Paul Krouse
Mary Miller
Violet Hurd
Ruth Bowman
Helen Miller
Charlotte Miller
Wilbur Hooper
Max Smith
H. E. Bohrer
Albert Miller
Glenna
E. D. Krouse
Rev Michael
Paul Cooper
York, Pa
Men’s & Boys
Keystone Shoe Stores
W. Wash, St
People’s Drug Store
Veick Lend
Lrccerr & Myers Tobacco Co
Columbia Coast-to-Coast Network
Tea Towers
Caskey Baking Co
Roney Bros
Washington St
Elissa Landi
Ralph Bellamy
Neil Hamilton
Myrna Loy In
James
Marion Nixon
Sunnybrook Farm
Guy Kibbee
Little Dickie Moore
Mills’ Bros
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