Mercersburg Scouts Lead Bicentennial Pageant Prep
Mercersburg groups coordinate to stage Our Mercersburg a bicentennial pageant on Sept 2 and 4 with Scout and Girl Scout cast. Ed Grout says rehearsals progress as diverse church groups contribute scenes costumes and props including a Conestoga wagon baby carriages and Red Men costumes. Committees led by Jack McLaughlin William Gearhart and others organize sponsorship finance and distribution of special Mercersburg plates with outlets listed. Also noting hospital admission for Lee Vandereau and visit by Rev M S Sharp and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercersburg
Boy Scout
William Smith
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Rotary Club
Ed Grout
The
Methodist Church
Lutheran Service Guild
Grout
Jack McLaughlin
Lawrence C. Zeger
William Stepp
Wayne Zeger
Judy Glaser
William C. Gearhart
Lewis Fix
Jack Peck
Buchanan
Bowman's Market
ML & M Electric Co
Judy
North End
Walker's Drug Store
United States
Community Notes Record Weekend Visits and Births in Mercersburg Area
Local social news lists dinner guests including Mr and Mrs Edgar Highlands and guests from Georgetown Del and Philadelphia. Births announced at Chambersburg Hospital with Mrs Doyle new daughter Jacquelyn Metcalfe, and Mary Jordan returning to Farmers Bank work after vacation. American Lesson Band engages for upcoming Mercersburg events and California trip plans arise for several residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Highlands
D. Elmer Hawhaker
Highlands
Caleb Wright
Tom
Bill and
Scott
Georgetown
Del
Thomas McAfee
Jack Peck
Richard Kauffman
Neil Kemp
Cowan's Gap
Mary Taylor
Schellsburg
Mercersburg Academy
James Ford
Jimmy
Philadelphia
Earl Bair
Town Hill
W. E. Mason
Eleanor
Virginia
Mary Jordan
Farmers Bank
Lester Apple
Mary Mull
Duffield
Clarance Mull
Jack Fallon
Shalimar, Fla
Fallon
A. Ray Fallon
Hazel L. Keefer
Jacqueline Row
Waynesboro Hospital
Narold Blattenberger
Nancy
Chambersburg Hospital
Norman Doyle
Doyle
Jacquelyn Metcalfe
Elizabeth Rockwell
Beverely Rockwell
Chambersburg
Dale Thompson
Katharine Pittsburgh
Louella
Dorothy Robinson
California
Kathryn Highlands
Penno State College
Lions Club
Mercersburg
Festival at Marion and August 3 Block Party Report
A notice outlines August 3 at 7:45 p m block party for Co V Hose Co in Chambersburg and an August 5 festival at Marion. The text also presents a humorous verse about fish and a cautionary note about gossip and timing. It closes with a quip about late arrivals and a sentimental line about kindness turning business men into sweethearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. V. Hose Co
Chambersburg
Marion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lee
Patricia Vandereau
M. S. Sharp
Mount Union
Michael Grove
S Massmaoe
Stanley
Stanles
Burp Belcher
King Features SynDicate, Inc
Amusement Pare
B.O
Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Quatrains
Brink
FR Williams
WEA Service
T. M.aec. UB. Pat
Brady
Angus
Lorenzo
Gafe
Pueblo
Felipe Garcia
Regiom
Dawson
Pal
Almos
DR. Jason
Vre
Otener
Duar
Esaeough
Customs House
Worms
Acone
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