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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1960
Page
16
Dear Ann Landers offers guidance on careless spouses, teen dating, and dealing with a cousin marriage issue. A reader asks how to handle an absent minded wife, another seeks dating help for a Cadillac life, and a teen questions marriage prospects with a longtime boyfriend. The column advises naturalness, listening, and avoiding unsuitable matches.
Miss Gloria Ellen Roache and Emmett Milton Capper were married Saturday at the Berkeley Springs Methodist Church. The ceremony featured white gladioli and pom poms with a 230 pm service officiated by Reverend W W Patterson. The couple will reside in Stevens Point Wisconsin after a wedding trip through the Great Lakes.
Miss Becky Clopper daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Clopper of this city earned a BA in education at UNC Chapel Hill during the 166th commencement. She served as managing editor of the Yackety Yack and held leadership roles in Splash Club student government and publicity for the Carolina Symposium. She joined the Sound and Fury production Oh Hellas and will teach in Norfolk Virginia.
Milton R. Lew is and Mrs. announce the engagement of their daughter Judy Elaine to Robert W. Wilhide Jr. Miss Lewis is a North Hagerstown High School 1960 graduate and he a 1958 graduate now employed at Grand Union in Bethesda. A wedding date has not been set.
The Clear Spring Sunday School class of St. Pauls Church met at the home of president Mrs. Helen Draper Cearfoss on Tuesday evening. A brief program preceded a business session.
Rainbow Loop members gathered at the Shady Rest Restaurant for a banquet. Twenty five attendees. Awards went to Amy Myers for high average Ivy Warner for high game Sandy Hughes for high set and Pearl Smith for most improved bowler. The Scarlet Red team won. New officers named Ivy Warner president Doris Myers treasurer Betty Ward assistant secretary and Lillian Spielman statistician. Season opens September 13 with team captains Amy Myers Doris Myers Marie Davis Barbara Barkdoll Dot Proctor Janet Ernst.
Pupils and teachers from the eighth grade at Washington Street School, with parents and the PTA, held a Friday farewell event. A spring-themed party featured dancing, games, door prizes, and a ninth grade South Hagerstown High School minstrel show led by Mrs. Amelia Daniel.
Rare books and prints attract high sums from collectors. The Eliot Indian Bible, first North American Bible, fetched 21 160 in 1958 for an imperfect copy, setting a record. Other items cited include a 1663 Eliot Bible edition sold to the Chicago Bible Society, Dred Scott decision reprint values, Christina Rossetti first editions, Dickens The Cricket on the Hearth first issues, and Edna St Vincent Millay 1917 Renaissance paper watermark.
The June meetings of St. Paul’s EUB Church Women’s Society circles are set. Mary and Elizabeth Circle gather Monday at Mrs. Harvey Miller’s Maugansville home for lunch at 12 39 p m with program at 2 45 p m led by Mrs. Join Wagner. Rebecca and Electa Circles meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the church kindergarten room led by Mrs. Elva Mason. branch convention report to be given by Mrs. Harry Yeattes.
Nisraeli observed that assassination had Meyer changed the history of the world, signaling how one act reverberates through global events and historical memory.
Washington School Band Boosters capped the season with a final record hop featuring finals of the dance contest. Linda Sowers and Darwin Younker won fast dance trophies, while Barbara Wolford and Merle Hovis took slow dance honors. New president Victor Robinson announced future events, with August 13 slated for the next record hop. Picnic plans for the Band Boosters family event were set for Cold Springs Park in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
The Gay Street Brethren Church at Bower Ave and Gay St announces Vacation Bible School from June 13 to 24, daily 9:00 to 11:45 a.m. The theme is Signaling for Christ with scripture press literature for children aged three to fifteen. Teachers cover nursery to intermediate groups, led by Mrs Frances Farris and others with Mrs Howard Stickler as superintendent.
Outdoor lighting fixtures should be washed frequently using a sudsy sponge or brush to remove dirt and grime and keep their appearance bright and clear. Regular care helps maintain curb appeal and fixture longevity.
Pramanvit Mrs Louise Rohrer and son Derek of Pensacola visit Trail's End Hagerstown. Elmer M Trimmer in critical condition at Washington County Hospital. Mrs Axel M Petersen and son Seaman tour western US with Thomas Hoffmaster and plan July return. Mrs J Keith Meyers returns from Farm Bureau meeting in Omaha after touring Offutt and SAC underground. Before meeting she visits siblings in Champaign Ill. Peggy Casey Williamsport and Lucille Charles return from San Francisco funeral of Lewis Foltz. Robert Linzner home for summer after Temple University. Miss Marie Smith Rosalie Sheila Mrs Richard Hook and Mrs Olive Sullivan of Baltimore visit Wills family. Mrs J Roy Ingram confined to sister's home due to illness. Myrtle Heller surgical patient at Washington County Hospital.
The Fidelis Sunday School class of Bethel EUB Church Rohrersville met at Mrs. Phyllis Cunningham in Boonsboro. Plans were made for Father’s Day June 19 and the July Rohrersville Park picnic. After a demonstration, games were played and prizes awarded.
A reception and banquet for the 1960 confirmation class will be held at St. John's Lutheran Church social hall this Sunday at 6 p.m. The Luther League and Miss Patricia Shoff plan the event with greetings by R. H. McCauley and the Rev. George E. Whetstone. The class confirmed last Sunday includes Francine Olsen Jeanne Rice Karen Younkins Ronald Taylor Gregory Hobstetter Gr atop Downs Glen Tingle Joyce Forsythe Alice Harley Barbara Leiter Susan Beatley Edward Cochran Benjamin Dorsey Edwin Crider Kenneth Olesen Sandra Harley Darlene McKean Carol Whetstone Donna Cornell Judy Fields Nancy Weikert Patsy Weikert Diane Gordon Jack Middlekauff Dennis Wine John Reichthaler Robert Taylor David Wolf Allan Colvin.
Miss Anna Lee Mills daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Mills of Watfordsburg Pa earned perfect attendance for 12 years at Watfordsburg High School class of 1960. She will interview for a job with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co in Washington DC later this month. She served as Glee Club president newspaper reporter basketball manager and member of Dancing Club Future Homemakers of America Hi Y Library Club and sang with the Methodist Church choir.
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