Mary Mish of Hagerstown A Driving Force Behind Restoration
Mary Mish, born Mary Tudor Vernon, long active in Hagerstown civic life, built a career as a hostess and advocate while leading the effort to restore the Hager house. Widowed by tragedy when son Frankie died at 15, she later chaired the Hager House restoration, served as Washington County Historical Society president, and helped create Harpers Ferry National Monument. Her work extended to preserving other Maryland antiquities, with artifacts from the Hager house praised by scholars and curators.
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Frank Mish, Jr
Lefty Tudor Vernon
Chicago Daily News
Washington
Dudors
National Cathedral School
Pommecticut College
Ste
Ansark Letters Club
Hagerstown Garden Club
Scotland
Canada
Mary
Red Cross
Frank
Hager
Washington County
Frankie
Wilkiarys Port Pike
Hagerstown
Mary Mish
The
Historical Society
Hager Homestead
Histories Society
Hager House
Capt. Hager
Dynamo
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Martinsburg
Adam
Stephen
Maryland Historical Society
the Society For the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities
Maryland Association of History
Maryland Historiess ‘Trust
Smager House
Maryland
Henry Chandlee Farting
Jamestown
Malcolm Watkins
Smithsonian Institution
West Virginia
Chery
Jonathan Heger
Republic
Prayer Today Thy yond the rationalizations we habi
Prayer Today Thy yond the rationalizations we habitually use. Save us from kil ler of defeat or triumph, ent or victory yet political or social change jest we lose all capacity to be fellow workers for good with Thee in fant things. Give us grace, humility and courage in uncommon amounts until our common five reflect Thy glory, as did the Jews Christ, on Lord, TeTe, Raymond E Balcomb, Cornwallis, Ore., minister, First Methodist Church.
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Christ
Lord
TeTe
Raymond E
Balcomb
Cornwallis
Ore
First Methodist Church
Cruisin' Angels Club Wins Church Hall Use
Milwaukee AP reports The Crusin Angels, a busy hot rod club, meet in a church hall with Rev James Groppi offering space at St Veronica's Catholic Church. The club has held three annual car washes on church property to raise funds for the parish building fund.
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Milwaukee
James Groppi
St. Veronica's Catholic Church
The
Crusin' Angels
Area Deaths Archla D Varner and Rosa C Mann
Archal a D Varner 03 of Waysler died Saturday after five week illness. Survived by wife Alien M Shafer Varner son Edward Birely foster son Jesse sister Rebecca Varner and Daisy Varner and George Xipe five grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday from Lee's Funeral Home Waynesboro with burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Rosa C Mann 82 of 226 South Washington Street Greencastle died Saturday evening after six weeks illness. Survived by eight children, nineteen grandchildren and one great grandchild, two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday at Guitner UB Church with burial in Mt Pleasant Cemetery.
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D. Varner
Archie D. Varner
Waysler
Belle Conk
Washnesboro
Tington
Bessie My
Washington County
Hagerstown
Ber ‘Tal
Jiha Pound
Boonsboro
Waynesboro
Daniel
Lee
Mary Elizabeth Zengar
Washington Township
Church of the Brethren
Alien M. Shafer Varner
Archie D. Dr
Edward Birely
Jesse
North
Canton
Oho
Rebecca Varner
Daisy Varner
George Xipe
Chambersburg
Poe
Funeral
George
Forrest Coljer
Green Hill Cemetery
Greencastle
Rosa C. Mann
Washington Street
Franklin County
George W
Alice Hallar Perjry
George J. Maria
Guitner
Warren Swope
Ralph Maun
Pilmore Maun
Lemasters
Erma Maun
Ross Spickler
Cearfoss
John R.maun
Paul Maun
Harold Myers
Cora Daughman
Bessie Heckman
Fayetteville
Jess Perry
Tra Perry
Greenvillage
Lester Misner
Dale Kline
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Scotland
Minnich
Murray Clifford Harbaugh
Lantz
Washington County Hospital
Harbaugh
Frederick County
Waller and
Sarah 'Harbaugh Harbaugh
Germantown Bethel Church of God
Minnie (Brown) Harbaugh
Glenn Clifford
Grace Kipe
Lewis McClain
Walter L
Cascade
Richard L
Pen Mar
Roy Moore
Grove
Howe
C. W. McGaha
C.K. Carl
Martinsburg Dignitaries Mourn Local Resident Swimley Dillon
Martinsburg obituary notices report the death of Harry Swimley Dillon at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at 211 West John Street after months of ill health. Born May 24, 1879 in Hersley County, he was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad retiree. Survived by wife Lolyde Farmer Dillon, daughter Ira Bites Lang, stepson J. E. Catlin, and several grandchildren and siblings. Funeral arrangements through Brown Funeral Home with services Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Martinsburg.
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Martinsburg
Harry Swimley Dillon
W. John St
Hersley County
Jamies Daniel
Sarah Swimley Dillon
Baltimore Land Ohio Railroad
Lolyde Farmer Dillon
Ira Bites Lang
Alinta
Danbury
Conn
Ssomjdren
Eva Porter
Any Sothern
Sileli
Leine
Tmple
Wilson Brown
J. Raymond Wood
Wurial
Rosedale
Harry Clayton Dorsey
City Hospital
Berkeley County
Henry Ardlizabeth Crawford Dorsey
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hely Ave
Louise Stolpher Dorsey
Clayton L. Dorsey
Wayne W. Dorsey
Francis Linebaugh
Winchester
William Dorsey
Akron
Fannie Hines
Brown Funeral Home
Charles Webber
Puis
Rosedale Dome
Ars
Maria Binkley
Washington
D.C
Catherine Binkley
Fred Draper
Hagerstown
Harry Draper
Fairbanks
Alaska
Alma Frush
Mable Draper
Broadfording Cemetery
William G. Burger Wiliam FE
Bill) Burger
Madison Ave
Washington County Hospital
Willian A
Belle M. Burger
Western Maryland Railway Company
Holy Name Society of St
Lana
Burger
Eagles
Ger
Fod Brothers
Charles R
Alberk
John H. Burger
Violet Spielman
Lucille Brandenburg
Alice Rowe
Airs
Delepling Head
Hazell Bowers
Mary Myers
Marta Reeder
Mabel Hoopengardner
Brunswick
Nellie Conklin
Nellie Cooklin
Frederick St
Theate John
Lydia Wren Malatt
Williamsport
Richard Snyder
Roger Dibens
Arnold
RED i
Song
John Conklin
Harry Wiles
Richmond
Year-Round Wear Funeral Services Notice
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at Year Wear Funeral Home Williamsport. Rev Vernon Miles officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may donate 15 cents for each pattern first-class mailing and special hand delivery at the funeral home. Daily hours 7:30 to 9 pm.
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Williams
Vernon Miles
U. i
Riverview
Williamsport
Friends
Open courts shaped Roman homes from huts to grand houses
In ancient times Roman houses varied by wealth but all centered on an atrium or open court. The concept evolved from one room huts with a hole in the railing to admit light and air, guiding interior illumination and circulation. Encyclopaedic Britannica notes this architectural lineage.
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New York report reveals a new healing substance Bio Dyne used in Preparation H form to shrink hemorrhoids, stop itching, and relieve pain without surgery. Observations claim prompt relief and long lasting improvement across various lasting cases, with no narcotics or anesthetics.
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New York
N.Y
Deep divers and airlift plans dot Washington briefing
From Washington this week the Navy notes the deep diving limits of the Babyscapne Trieste as it hunts the Thresher, while a Defense airlift plan for a 15 000 man division to Europe faces funding shortfalls. Separately California Indian groups seek 29.1 million for long ago land seizures pending commission approval and congressional funding.
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Washington
Navy
Thresher
White House
Office of Science and Technology
Defense Department
Europe
California
United States
Justice Department
U.S. Indian Claims Commission
U. S. Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Youths jailed for possession of alcohol here
Three minors were sentenced in magistrate court for possession of alcohol. William E. PAYTOTT iz, 421 Park Ave, got 10 days in Washington County Jail. Richard D. Garrett, 18, of 307 Ross St, and Archie Lee Spooner, 19, of 207 Summer St, were jailed until Saturday morning to allow them to reach a reserve training camp.
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Wiliam E. Paytott Iz
Park Ave
Washington County
James Strine
String
Payton
Richard D. Garrett
Ross St
Archie Lee Spoonaur
Summer St
Strine
Cairo building collapse toll rises to twelve dead
Rescuers, in a night-long search, say they pulled all bodies from three crowded tenement buildings that collapsed in an old Cairo district. Twelve killed, nineteen rescued, eight hospitalized as officials note over 100 residents in the buildings. The collapse occurred Sunday afternoon. In Venezuela, a premature bomb exploded at an American owned pipeline, killing two workers, the fourth bombing of Creole Petroleum Co. pipeline.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Creole Petroleum Co
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
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Thel Volant
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Funkstown
Pera
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Elizabeth Sarhaugh Smith
Interwoven Knitting Company
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Finnkstown Fire Company
Clarence S. Elias
Carrie Virginia Smith
Rocky Mount
Alice West
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Frends
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Bacre
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