More Than 100 Women To Attend Short Course
About 4 250 Maryland farm women will attend the Rural Women's Short Course at College Park starting Monday. The five day program includes lectures, demonstrations, speeches, and entertainment with 110 certificates for four years completing. Washington County delegates total 104 with many local women traveling by auto and charter bus.
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College Park
Maryland
University of Maryland
Extension Service
Misa Iva K. Woodruff
Decatur Heights Homemakers Club
Prince George's County
Bfe
Washington County
Haverstown
H. C. Byrd
Roger Charlton
Williamsport Homemakers
George 10
Funkstown Homemakers
D. W. Grove
Halfway Homemakers
George Herbert
Huyetts Homemakers
Earl Knepper
Dry Run Homemakers
Harold Lehman
Leitersburg Homemakers
D. K. Merchant
Downsville Homemakers
J. C. Mey
Local social notes list visits and travels across multiple states
Families and friends are recorded visiting relatives in Kansas Oklahoma Virginia and Maryland. Names include Pamela Statton Gretchen Gruber Mary Mason The Mason sisters Beav er families Hamiltons Coffman Shrader and Gruber with trips to Lawton Alexandria Jersey City and Fort Leavenworth among others. Summers abroad include Camp Wentworth and Northwest travels to Baltimore and Williamsport depict a network of engagements and relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Statton
Gretchen Gruber
Race
Floyd Barkta
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Burden
Kansas
Barkman
Belvat Mae Shrader
Gretchen
Lawton
Okla
Belton
Texas
Garden Club Organized Gains Civic Gardening Aim
The Woodland Garden Club formed to promote horticulture conservation and civic beauty. The initial meeting at Mrs. Donovan Beachley Jr home featured talk by Mrs. Gordon Lewis on club aims and garden reasons. Officers named include R H Reynolds president Callas VP Hawkaker secretary Dutton treasurer Bohman. Next meeting July 5 at Mrs. Bohman’s Bolting Road. A congressional report notes 34 typewriters per federal employee on average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Garden Club
Donovan Beachley
Gordon Lewis
Town and Country Garden Club
Lewis
R. WH. Reynolds
Michael Callas
George D. Hawkaker
William Dutton, Jr
Robert Bohman
S&s
Bolting Road
Feed Bag Fashion Pattern Offer From The Daily Mail
Advertisement for spring-summer fashion patterns number 2137 with sizes and yardage details. Pattern Bureau at The Daily Mail, New York offers 12 14 18 20 26 44H sizes, 8% yards, plus 100 lb feed hams. Patten order via first class mail with price 25 cents.
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Daily Mail
Tex
New York
Flert
Reyton
Brides-Elect Are Honored At Fountain Head Luncheon
Mrs. George McElwain and Mrs. Kenneth Spence hosted a luncheon at the Spence residence in Fountain Head Heights honoring two brides elect. Laura Shatto will wed Ensign Robert M. Barlow at 3 pm today at the Presbyterian Church and Mary Gray Schofield will marry Donald Davis of Frederick in September. The guest list included numerous relatives and friends among them Mrs. R. Paul Shatto and Mrs. A. B. Schofield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McElwain
Kenneth Spence
Spence
Fountain Head Heights
iMiss Laura Shatto
Robert M. Barlow
Presbyterian Church
Mary Gray Schofield
Donald Davis
Frederick
Merrill Separates From Metropolitan Opera Stars
Roberta Polets age 21 and Robert Merrill age 32, both stars at the Metropolitan Opera, have signed a separation agreement ten weeks after their Pack Avenue wedding. A divorce is likely, though Merrill’s attorney says reconciliation remains possible.
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Metropolitan Opera
Roberta’ Polets
Robert Merrill
Pack Avenue
Merrill
New Books at Washington County Free Library This Week
The library adds several new titles across non fiction and fiction. Notable works include Windows for the Crown Prince by Elizabeth Gray Vining Witness by Whittaker Chambers Boswell in Holland edited by Frederick A. Pottie This War Business by Arthur Guy Enoch Rooms To Let by Helen Sheranowski Rush and Mary Sheranowska ll Be Seeing You by Henry Mariy Are Your Troubles Psychomatic by J A Winter How To Travel Incognito by Ludwig Bemelmans How To Stop Killing Yourself by Peter J Steinerohn Child And His Play by Mazel Kanter Vogue s New Book For Better Sewing The Alexandrians Rage of the Soul Strange Brigade Secret Road Morning Star Proud Young Thing Scarlet Slippers Grow Young And Die Elk And the Evidence Lovely Season Hem of His Garment Tales Of Adventure
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Washington County
Hiss-Chambers
Boswell
Holland
Frederick A. Pottie
Arthur Guy Enoch
Helen Sher
Anowski Rush
Mary Sheranowski
Boston
Henry Marry
J. A. Winter
Ludwig Bemelmans
Peter J. Steinerohn
Child
Mazel’ Kanter
Charles Mills
Alexandria
Georgia
Vincent Sheen
India
Washington
Rome
John Jennings
Manitoba
Bruce Lancaster
Secret Service
Morning Star
J. L. Hobson
Helen Topping Miller
James M. Fox
William O'Farrell
Margaret Scherf
Virginia Evans
Argye M. Briggs
Geoffray
Ten Worst Scenes From Movies
Hollywood lists ten infamous scenes from classic films. selections include Claudette Colbert in The Egg and I and Spencer Tracy with Katharine Hepburn in Adam’s Rib, with other entries such as My Son John and Joan of Arc drawing critique.
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Claudette Colbert
Miss Colbert
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepbuirn
Adam
Hollywood
Hedg Ton
Marr
Serene
Samson and
Peilah
Helen Plaves
John
Jose Ferrer
Ferrer
Academy
Jim Davia
Bette Davia
Jennifer Jones
Potkhota
Clark Gable
Trey Garson
Jennings Host Honoring Coffman Family Visitors
Mr and Mrs Wilbur S Jennings entertained at their Brownsville home for Rev and Mrs Walter S Coffman and their children Mark and Myrtice of Glendale Arizona visiting in Hagerstown The dinner was attended by Ruerts including Mr and Mrs UH Page Smith Linda of Clear Spring Estella HK Coffman Karl Coffman Charles and Mary Elizabeth Ira S Coffman Iris Coffman and Naomi Coffman all of Hagerstown
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Wilbur S. Jennings
Brownsville
Walter S. Coffman
Mark
Myrtice
Glendale
Arizona
Coffmans
Hagerstown
UH. Page Smith
Linda
Clear Spring
Estella HK. Coffman
Karl Coffman
Charles
Mary Elizabeth
Wid
Ira S. Coffman
Iris Coffman
Naomi Coffman
Fagerstawn
Birth of Dale Craig Bleying in Washington County Hospital
Proud parents Mr and Mrs Dale B Bleying announce the birth of a son Dale Craig on June 11 at Washington County Hospital. Mrs Bleying formerly Miss Thuryl Louise Baker of Roonsboro.
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Melvin F. Koons
Patricia Ann Rohrer
Christ Lutheran Church
Paul Uamburg
Hagerstown
Mr. Koons
Clinton F. Koons
State Line
Dale B. Bleying
East
Baltimore Street
Dala Craig
Washington County Hospital
Phil Becher
John
Smokey Mountains
Loistfelm
Catherine Schnebly
Madeline Diftendal
Towson State Teachers College
Mra
C. QO. Huartsock
South Potomac Street
Madeline Herbert
South Prospect Street
Dining etiquette guide for correcting a bill error
A social prompt advises handling billing mistakes discreetly. It suggests quietly and courteously informing staff to avoid embarrassment, with corrected wording examples to restore tactful communication. It emphasizes composure and respect during the payment moment.
Pre Nuptial Weekend Festivities Surround Beachley Wells Wedding
The upcoming June wedding of Saiss Yvonne Beachley and Samuel Robert Wells Jr. is marked by multiple pre nuptial events. Bridesmaids host showers and cocktail parties at homes on South Prospect Street Hamilton Boulevard East Franklin Street and The Terrace while relatives hold keepsakes and a rehearsal dinner at the Alexander Hotel.
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Saiss
Yvonne Besachley
Samuel Robert Wells, Jr
St. Paul's
Hamilton Boulevard
Barbara Ellen Hartsock
Beachley
Mr. Wells
J. Keiffer Funk
East Franklin Street
Raymond W. Parks, Sr
Joe Andrew Tames, Jr
Parks
Oak Hill Avenue
Jane Hershey
Alexander Hotel
Catherine Beachtey
Mrs Whitmore Hosts Luncheon for Anne Whitmore
Miss Whitmore entertained at her home on Marhern Road yesterday for Miss Anne Whitmore as she retires from teaching. Guests included Anne Whitmore Annilea Browne Alma Moore and several others with floral decorations and a silver nut dish as a gift.
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William C. Clopper
Marhern Road
Anne Whitmore
Homor
Anne Whittmore
Annilea Browne
Alma Moore
June Riinkleman
Joyce Davis
Alyce Rauschenhberger
Frances Harp
Eleanor Zecher
Vida Dorsey
Marjorie MacRoberts
Thelma Jesson
Finma Dowler
Catherine Lehman
Anglo Saxon Bridegroom Receives Shoe Test of Mastery
An early Anglo Saxon custom required the bridegroom to strike his bride on the head with a shoe given by her father to prove his authority and mastery.
Between Se Lines A Tired Salesman Struggles Home
Story of David K. Poole of Williamsport who hurries to catch the Capitol Limited to Martinsburg. A misstep leaves him on the wrong train, then a scramble by taxi and fence climb to reach the correct route. He ends up deposited on the right train by evening, homeward at last.
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David K. Poole
Williamsport
Grand Central Station
Chicago
Capitol Limited
Martinsburg
Rid Street
Lard Street
Gage
Hone
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A. R Spessard
D. A. Kirk
Margaret Brent
Ray Rohrer
Williamsport Homemakers ‘Club
Porge Wats
Mary and
Theodora Mason
Portsmouth
Virginia
J. A. Mason
Parks. Beaver, Jr
Mrs
Park O. Beaver
William C. Hamilton
Louisville
Kentucky
Hamilton
Liw School of Washington and Lea University
Lexington
Martin H. Beachley
St. Petersburg
Florida
Estelle E. Coffman
South Mulberry Street
Earl Coffman
Mark and
Myrthe Coffman
Glendale, Ariz
David FP. Gruber
Genevieve Shrader
City
Ruby Greenberg
Ruby Shrader
Oklahoma
Kathleen Bush
Alexandria, Va
Samuel Glesner
Maugansville
Pergy Heiberger
West Wilson Boulevard
Roy E. Burtner
Ella
Emma Burtner
Gurnea Wilkinson
Greensboro, N. GC
C. H. Conner
Betty
New York City
Jacob H. Burtner
Manor
Walter Etridge
Benjamin H. Swartz
Forest Hills
Long Island
Louis Y. Lyons
Robert Zinkland
Orville
Ohio
John Burton
Washington Coun
Maugansty Hospital
Ville
Potomac Street
David P. Gruber, II
David P. Gruber
Wentworth Military Academy
Bernard CG. DeLosser
North Bay
Ontario
Canada
Tracy, Calif
Charles South and Son
Ambaves
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Western
Apie
Laura Shatto
R. Paul Shatto
A. B. Scho‘field
Edward Barlow
Betsy Shatto
Mary McElwain
James McElwain
Alice Lusby
Janice Zaiser
Tane Mathias
Marian Harsh
Barbara O'dend'hal
Nanvey O Milton
Dorothy Porter
Marilyn Aw
Terry Cannon
Pat Stilts
Annette Reynolds
Ho EL Krier
Glen Gumble
Catherine Baker
Lucille Geiselan
Mes
Merrills Separate
Bees Vogue
By Bob Thomas
the Jennings
Coffman
Miss Beachley
Peggy Gantz
Goia
Lucy Jane Stoner
Ilo
General Electric
Eagerstown
Maroon and Grey
al Davis Ie
Swirnining
Rick Pottenberger
Shockey
Necchi
Summit Ave
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