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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1944
Page
2
Officers and members of the Hagerstown Civil Air Patrol will hold their annual dance in the Hotel Alexander ballroom on Friday evening June 23 marking the end of spring activities for the auxiliary of the Army Air Forces. Dancing starts at 10 p.m. with Phil Young and his Club Del Rio orchestra. Non members may attend, tickets from patrol members.
Navy Mothers Club chapters nationwide aid promotion of the film Dr Weigel a navy physician Tomorrow evening local members plan a special meeting to fold hand bills describing the movie Descriptive pamphlets will be distributed under Navy Mothers auspices before the local showing tentatively scheduled for July The meeting will be at Mrs Iva Lindsay 140 Winter Street with a party and a small gift requested for all members to attend
Freshman student nurses from Washington County Hospital enjoyed a picnic at City Park last evening. The event, hosted by faculty, nurses, and the Board of Trustees, featured games and a picnic lunch.
News brief notes Robert Wibberley son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Wibberley of Dewey Avenue has entered Gettysburg College class of freshmen. Several local residents and visitors are mentioned including Miss Irene Snyder and Miss Helen Moser as well as guests at Oak Hill Avenue and Snyder's Landing.
Odessa Bishoff of Oakland was elected president at the Mountain District semi annual meeting held Saturday at Hotel Hamilton. Guests included national director Henrietta Snider. New officers named: secretary Laura Beery Hagerstown treasurer Henrietta Snider Washington chaplain Mary Feigley Hagerstown attendant Ethel Matheny assistant attendant Boreal Casteel auditors Margaret Graham Myrtle Sellars Delphia Parker inner sentinel Eloween Evans outer sentinel Elizabeth Bittinger captain Gypsy Luzier musician Elsie Schaefer. Rhoda Barhart of Hagerstown is past president. Next meeting planned for Cumberland at a later date.
The five Negro congregations of Hagerstown open a union Vacation Bible School at Rex W. Camphors church. Rev. W. M. Claybon attends the opening. Miss Margaret Lowery oversees, with Mrs. H. C. Weigel teaching music. The program, June 19 to 20, includes county teachers assisting, as one of the first combined church efforts in the area.
Mr and Mrs J L Crowther of Martinsburg West Virginia announce the marriage of their daughter Betty Howell to Marion H Myers on Saturday June 17 in this city at the Presbyterian Church with Rev Aubrey Young officiating Mrs Myers a Martinsburg High School graduate works in the Interwoven Stocking Company office Mr Myers a Martinsburg graduate works in the experimental department of Fairchild Corporation they plan to live in Martinsburg Also notices of visits and hospital admissions follow including Miss Julia Schnebly visiting her mother Mrs W J Schnebly and others newly admitted to Washington County Hospital plus several relocations and guests staying with local families.
A group of six soldiers returning from the West Indies share impressions on a Sunday bus ride. They note the intense heat versus the U S climate, discuss M P inspections, compare tropical smells, and reminisce about ice cream, road building, and local workers. They contrast wartime changes in women’s uniforms and rationing with prewar arrangements.
Elizabeth Raphael Brezier of Waynesboro and Corporal Henry Spencer Cason Jr of Savannah Ga wed in a Wednesday evening ceremony at a post chapel near an Army camp. Rev William B Cavanaugh officiated with only family and close friends present. Maid of honor Georgiana Shrader and best man Harris W Fuller attended. The bride, a Fairchild Aircraft Division employee and Waynesboro High School graduate, and the groom are stationed nearby and plan to live in Waynesboro.
Miss Helen Hebb hosts a dessert bridge and shower at her Funkstown home honoring Miss Margaret Louise Hoffmaster whose marriage to Mr. Charles Edward Schmidt is planned for Friday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Funkstown. Green and yellow decor set the tone with guests including Mrs George Lambilotte Jr Mrs Ernest Palmer Mr Guy Hoffmaster and several others.
Mrs A R Cohen hosted 21 members and eight visitors of the Dry Run Homemakers Club at her Clearspring home. Demonstrators built a dress form with Mrs William Bloyer Mrs Walter Myers Mrs Paul Kretzer and Mrs Roy Ebersole as model Mrs Fred Draper. Plans for attending the State Council meeting in Baltimore were discussed and several members signed up for the trip. Mrs Charles Dennis named club rep on the County Scholarship Committee and Mrs B T Hayman to the County Council program committee. Refreshments were served.
A large crowd gathered Monday night for the Tall Cedar Fair opening on George and Wise streets. The event runs through Saturday with games and rides, drawing locals to the fairthis week. A food safety tip about storing berries on the fridge lowest shelf appears in the text.
The Washington County Free Library will close Wednesday afternoons and evenings to match downtown store hours. It remains open daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. except Sunday. Wednesday closing reduces downtown traffic. branches add scheduling challenges. To allow book borrowing after stores close at noon, the library will stay open until 1 p.m. on Wednesdays, a first in six years. The children's room remains open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily except Sunday, and all-day Wednesday hours resume July 5 after July 4 closures. CLASS PICNIC The Berean class of Christ Reformed church will picnic at City Park Thursday June 24 in the south pavilion. rain plan serves supper at 6 p.m. in church basement.
The YMCA in Hagerstown marks its centennial with a dinner at Franklin Court auditorium featuring Lieutenant Colonel Fred C. Reynolds, post chaplain at Fort Meade. Ticket sales reports are due tonight as the organization recalls its 1917 founding after earlier attempts dating to 1871 and a 150000 dollar fundraising drive.
Mr and Mrs Hugh W Bowman of Smithsburg Route 2 welcomed a son Harold Hugh born at the city hospital Monday. Mr and Mrs Oscar Aguilar Pon Mar Pa announce a daughter born June 19 at Washington County Hospital. A 600 birth to Mr and Mrs George Vallese 913 Summit Avenue also occurred June 19 at the Washington County Hospital.
Capt. Lucy E. Shannon a senior WAC officer in Baltimore believes the army offers strong educational and career benefits. A Tampa native and former high school vocational adviser, she joined in 1943 after earning a master’s at NYU and reorganizing Tampa’s vocational program. She now tours the Baltimore district advocating military service as a practical path.
The Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge will host a basket supper in the forth pavilion at the City Park on Thursday June 22 at 6 p m. All members are invited.
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