Hagerstown Garden Club leaders honored for 50th anniversary
Leaders of the Hagerstown Garden Club pose with a banner after winning District V Sweepstakes Baw in a Mower show. Posed are co-chairman Richard Hauver and long-time contributor Mrs. J. Gower, past president Mrs. James Snyder, new president Mrs. Philip A. Booth, and co-chairman Mrs. James Byron. The group reflects on Western Maryland members earning city rivals’ respect as the club marks its 50th anniversary.
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Hagerstown
Tars
Richard Hauver
J. Gower
James Snyder
Philip A. Booth
James Byron
Weewter
Edgemont Waterworks Resevoir
Garden Club
Snyder
Sam T. Blamilton Jr
National Federation
National Council
Blue Star Highway
Maryland
Jeanne McCauley Covey
Robert McCauley
Hagerstown Qh
Robert W. Clark
David W. Byron
Cooey
Hine Ridge Summit Garden Club
Marshall Wilson
Lenora Hamilton
William T. Hamilton
O'Rynne
Blue Bridge
Sarah Gites
Lewis Byron
Win
Preston Lane Jr
Joseph Byron
Wilkkam Byron
Norman Seal
Thomas Hardinge
Adrian Onderdonk
Augustus S. Mason
Roger Whipate
John Stonebraker
Palmer Tennant
James Briscoe
Emmell Gans
First in this area Hagerstown Garden Club marks golden anniversary
Libbie Powell reports on the Hagerstown Garden Club celebrating its 60th year, recalling founding members, key projects like preserving the Edgemont Waterworks Reservoir, and ongoing work at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. The event featured memorial trees, awards, and tributes to past presidents, with emphasis on conservation and community ifcivic efforts.
Charter Garden Club Members Are Honored At 50th Anniversary
The Hagerstown Garden Club honors its three living charter members, recalls early activities from 1920 to 1943, including shows, plantings at the Washington County Museum, and community fundraisers. The celebration featured lectures, tours, a card party, garden open days, and the installation of new officers led by District Federation president James Zimmerly.
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Jeanne Casey
Maryland
William Preston Lane Jr
Roberk Wsott
Thomas Wardinge
Norman Scott
Charleston
S.C
Stott
Lenora Wilson
Bagan
Jeanne Cosay
Jeanne Cooey
Warren
Funkstown
John Rauster
State Roads Commission
Mr. Rauster
The
Hagerstown Garden Club
William Preston Jone Jr
Robert A. Stott
Anter
J. McCauley Covey
Hagerstown Garden Club backs Edgemont watershed protection
The Hagerstown Garden Club unanimously approves a formal resolution urging county commissioners the planning commission and the City of Hagerstown Water Department to protect the Edgemont Vale watershed. They call for stricter development rules no new houses roads or paving and designate the district for preservation noting the 1901 reservoir and 0.6 square mile area with mixed public and private lands.
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Hagerstown
Edgemont Vale Works
Henry Graff
City of
Agerstown Water Department
Maryland
North High Class of '62 Seeks Lost Members Reunion
The Class of 1962 at North High School in Hagerstown plans a fifth anniversary reunion for Saturday July 23 at Venice Trail. A reunion committee lists many missing classmates by name including JoAnne Hare Kennedy Nancy Bodycomb Gary Buherp Theresa Domer Cameron Donrose Eyler Helen Grabber Schneider Donald Hartington Mark Hammond Sharon Hendériot Gloria Martin Ellen Bergaman Sami Montgomery Lawrence Hammond Norma Roser Gary Hovermale Alice Hell Meta Jackson French Wayne Kiser Patricia Kline Renny Krouse Nancy Hoffmen Bonaie Marin Alice Turner John Seaboll and others.
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Nasty Hagerstown High School
Venice
JoAnne Hare Kennedy
Jono 1
Belan
Nancy Bodycomb
Gary Buherp
Theresa Domer Cameron
Donrose K. Eyler
Helen Grabber Schneider
Donald Hartington
Mark T. Hammond
Sharon Hendériot
Gloria Jean Martin
Ellen Miller Bergaman
Sami Montgomery
Lawrence W. 1
Oat Jr
Norma J. Roser
Gary Hovermale
Alice C. Hell
Metma Jackson French
Wayne Kiser
Patricia A. Kline
Renny Krouse
Nancy Lushbagh Hoffmen
Bonaie
Marin
Alice C. Raw Turner
John Seaboll
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Libbie Powell
E. Thrall Campbell
J. Gower $R
Flower Mart
John Lirser Jr
William Clark
Ile Mninles
Baltimore
Mary Bester
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ralph Stanfier
W. Washinglon St
William T. Hamilton Jr
Buena Vista
Washington Countty Museum
William Singer
George Washington
Stuart Haller
Gregory Conway
Edward Marshall Boehm
Boehn
Armilies
American Red Cross
LSO
Ballingre
Les. James Zimmerly
District VY
Federated Garden Clubs of
Philip A. Raulh
Ister
Albert Watson
Frederick C. Wright
Richard Ndswailer
Frederick Wilson
Edgemont
North High
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