Social Club Portraits and Army News Among Local Guests
Local social notes list Dr and Mrs Perry F Prather and family departing for a three week stay in Rehoboth Beach. Sgt Jake Summers on furlough from Europe visits home on North Potomac street before Pacific transfer. Cpl S Swomley visits father on North Locust street. stationed at Smyrna Air Base Tennessee. Various patients discharged from Washington County Hospital include Mrs Samuel K Bonebrake and baby, F Alexander Hamilton Jr, Mrs Walter Minnich, Mrs James Murray and baby, Mrs Viola Upperman. Many locals visit relatives in Raleigh and Baltimore. nursing cadet Delores Wolfe to join the Cadet Nursing Corps July 1. Household travel notes, visitors at Hotel Hamilton, parade observers for General Eisenhower parade, and multiple hospital discharges listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. S. Swomley
AAF
B. L. Swomley
North Locust Street
Corporal
Smyrna Air Base
Tennessee
Washington County Hospital
Samuel K. Bonebrake
West Franklin Street
Alexander Hamilton, Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Walter H. Minnich
Elizabeth Street
James W. Murray
Hamilton Boulevard
Viola Upperman
Greencastle
Delores Wolfe
West Wilson Boulevard
Baltimore
Rosella Tritech
Miss Wolfe
Cadet Nursing Corps
Coming Events at USC USO Calendar Details
June events at USC include a Saturday dance at 8 45 p m with Al Gruber and his band and refreshments by the Republican Women's Club Pat Porterfield and Wanda Sim mere as junior hostesses June 23 hostesses depart for Newton D Baker General Hospital to entertain wounded soldiers June 24 coffee hour served by Janet Beard and Peggy Stone Open House in the USO lounge all day Supper by Dry Run Homemakers Club GSO girls Sylvia Lyon and Catherine Shenk June 25 USO Citizens Committee meets at Hotel Alexander June 27 USO hostesses depart from the Y to Cascade USO
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Gruber
Republican Women's Club
Pat Porterfield
Wanda Simmere
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Janet Beard
Peggy Stone
USO
Dry Run Homemakers Club
Sylvia Lyon
Catherine Shenk
GSO
USO Citizens Committee
Washington County
Alexander
The
Cascade Uso
Honors Local Boy On Radio Program
A memorial for S/Sgt. Paul W. Kieffer will be aired Sunday June 24 on WJEJ at 2 p.m. The program Proudly We Salute honors local service members, with Mrs. John Downey Benedict receiving a booklet and a print edition of last week’s broadcast. Pvt. Stewart Snyder and S/Sgt. Jay E. Karner will speak from overseas, and Camp Lejeune interviews will be included. A war wife or mother reads a overseas letter every other Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Kieffer
Harry Kieffer
Guilford Avenue
WJEJ
John Downey Benedict
Benedict
Waynesboro
Philadelphia
Pvt
Stewart Snyder
Jay E. Karner
Chambersburg
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Many Enjoy Annual Picnic At City Park Yesterday
The Sunday School of the First Baptist Church held its annual picnic yesterday at City Park with contests and ball games and plenty of ice cream. Despite rain, a ball game between married and single men was started. the married men led in the few innings played. Rev. Paul B Watlington and A H Sherman oversaw the event. committee members included Roman Statler as chairman, Gussie Willis, Sarah Long, Virginia Richard, and Elsie Horst. Harry Kuhn led the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Paul B. Watlington
A. H. Sherman
Roman Statler
Gussie Willis
Sarah Long
Virginia Richard
Elsie Horst
Harry Kuhn
Smithsburg Lions Hear Telephone Talk At Meeting
At its regular Tuesday evening meeting the Smithsburg Lions Club heard a lecture and demonstration from Lion Roe of the C and P Telephone Company on telephone workings and common misuses. Twenty five members attended with guests Arthur Spessard from Ohio W A Reinhart Chandlee from Walkersville Lions and Roe from Hagerstown Lions. The Boy Scout Troop 14 sponsorship was approved with Lions Shuman Spessard Smyre Belk and Murray appointed to the committee. Next meeting will host Troop 14 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club of
Smithsburg
Lion Roe
C. and P. Telephone Company
Arthur Spessard and Son
Ohio
Reinhart
Lion Chandlee
Walkersville Lions Club
Lion
Knicely and Gross Announce Two County Births
Mr and Mrs B Knicely announce the birth of a son William Wayne on June 11 at Washington County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Samuel Gross announce the birth of a son Samuel Gross Jr on June 17 at Washington County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Knicely
View Street
William Wayne
Washington County Hospital
Samuel Gross
Samuel Gross, Jr
Mrs Kendall A Niglis Weds in Williamsport
Mrs Kendall A Niglis formerly Miss Mary Jane Cushwa married yesterday in St Augustine Catholic Church Williamsport. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David K Cushwa Jr of Williamsport. Her husband is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry J Niglis of Madison Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall A. Niglis
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Williamsport
Mary Jane Cushwa
David K. Cushwa, Jr
Henry J. Niglis
Madison
Wisconsin
Local Women VFW Delegates Attend Maryland Encampment
Twelve members of the local auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 1936 attend the Maryland Department silver anniversary encampment in Baltimore. Delegates, led by President Mrs. Catherine Smith, will push a peacetime draft resolution as business sessions unfold Friday through Sunday, with new officers installed Sunday at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Maryland Department
Baltimore
Catherine Smith
Beulah C. Williams
Nannie Rush
Grace Kuodle
Freda Grimes
Mac Whiteman
Audrey Highbarger
Ruth Ridge
Cora Deloso
Myrtle Mowen
Madeline Stotkslager
Emma Eader
Colored USC Women Purchase Bench For Newton D. Baker
The Colored USC women under Mrs. Dorothy Goodloe fund and donate a maple bench for Newton D. Baker General Hospital’s Tinkes Square corridor. Donations list many contributors and invite other colored groups to supply the remaining benches within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USC
Newton D. Baker
GSC
Dorothy Goodloe
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Tinkes Square
Camp and Hospital Service Committee
USO
Mesdames
Agnes Hallands
Pearl Tate
Sarah Latney
Ada B. Lewis
Anna Evans
Anita Cook
Margaret Watson
Cora Keys
Rosie T. Brown
Madge Kent
Justine Walker
Mary Kelsh
Mary Tucker
Lucy Bell
Jean W. Robinson
Gertrude Dowry
Dora Lewis
Sarah Lewis
Elizabeth Williams
Dorothy Cook
Anna Mae Scott
Alice Scott
Mary M. J. Hawkins
Loretta Brown
Rozella Goens
Mary Ford
Ruth Brown
Josephine Miles
Meta Sanders
Nellie Ashby
Katherine O. Williams
Viola Buckhead
Mary Ethel Robinson
Buelah Summers
Lettie A. Coleman
Edwin F. Darner
Vacation Bible School Ends With Program Tonight
The Daily Vacation Bible School of Western Hagerstown sponsored by five area churches closes this evening at First Baptist Church at 7 30. An opportunity to inspect the children's handwork precedes the program. Enrollment reached 223 with 169 average attendance over two weeks, led by volunteers across primary junior and junior high groups with named supervisors and topics including Gods Plan for a Happy Home and Jesus the Great Teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hagerstown
First Baptist Church
Mesdames
Bessie Lowe
Gladys Hesson
Florence Trager
Betty Baker
Charles Norris
Adriel Keener
T. J. Ruth
Mary McClain
Dorothy Mulfenix
Marion Shepherd
Martha Mateer
Mary Lou Potterfield
Carrie Grooms
Mesdames Waneta Cushen
Virginia Richardson
Helen Fales
Jeanne Wilson
Cora Barkdoll
Violet Limburg
Lucille Crawford
Betty Watlington
Albert Snyder
Charles Gabe
Charles Galliher
Virginia Bell
Naomi Paden
Charlotte Kelly
Ruth Robertson
Beverly Lipps
Madelyn Shark
God
Jesus the Great Teacher
Local WAC Guest At Special Dinner In Manila
Onieta Crosswhite of South Mulberry Street and her WAC unit joined over 65 Marylanders at a Manila dinner honoring Senator Millard E. Tydings. The event, in LaCordia College Hall, featured an Old Line menu of fried chicken and corn pone. Tydings spoke on soldier duties in Manila’s social and physical rehabilitation and Maryland Club plans were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onieta Crosswhite
J. M. Crosswhite
South Mulberry Street
WAC
Far East Air Forces
Philippines
Millard E. Tydings
Daily Mail
Far East Air Forces Headquarters
Maryland
Miss Cushen to Graduate From Maryland Nursing School
Miss Etta Belle Cushen daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Cushen of South Mulberry street will graduate this evening from the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore along with 36 other nurses and 8 doctors in the class. She is an alumna of Hagerstown High School class of 1942. Another local girl Gladys Ellen Abshire will also graduate this evening from the Nursing School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Belle Cushen
Robert Cushen
Mulberry Street
University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore
Lyric Theater
Miss. Cushen
Hagerstown High School
Gladys Ellen Abshire
Local Odd Fellows Host Gala Night in Gilead Encampment
Baltimore based Sharon Encampment No. 28 will present the Traveler to Gilead Encampment No. 6 and confer the Patriarchal degree on a large class tomorrow evening. Grand Patriarch W C Lindsay and staff will attend as the patriarchal Odd Fellowship gala unfolds with refreshments and entertainment to follow. Milk stains are best removed from cotton and linen fabrics by washing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Camperland
Williamsport
Frederick
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mercersburg
Waynesbero
Chambersburg
Sharon
Gilead
W. C. Lindsay
Patriarchal
Odd Fellowship
Dear Mary Haworth advises on living free from fear at home
A 21 year old woman writes of a controlling mother who threatens self harm to police limits. The columnist condemns the abuse, urges leaving home if needed, and stresses rights to freedom, independence, and safe lodging to build self respect while pursuing love and adulthood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Haworth
M.H
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nary Haworth
I Matt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Perry F. Prather
South Prospect Street
Rehoboth Beach
Jake Summers
North Potomac Street
Frederick Stanley Smith
Raleigh
N. C
Benjamin C. Hartman
Randolph Avenue
Mr. Smith
Trinity Lutheran
First Christian
Clinton O. Rowland, III
Alexander Street
Paul J. Norment
William M. Norment
South Potomac Street
Roy Travinger
Charlies Alsip
Miami, Fla
Robert Baughman
West Washington Street
Paul L. Clugston
White Plains
Frank H. Clugston
Joseph Sr
Hotel
Hamilton
Catharine Knodie
Army Nurse Corps
Walter Reed Hospital
Robert Knodie
Paramount
Howard Garlinger
Summit Avenue
Audrey Angle
Funkstown
Roatoke
Thomas Pangborn
Waldorf Astoria
Catherine Neuhardt
Trinity
Dwight Eisenhower
Hugh C. Parker
Hugh ©. Parker, Jr
Bobby
Carl Wiesemann
Broadway
Parker
Germany
385Th
West Point Air Corps
Enid
Okla
Joseph C. Byron
Kenny Dudley
Dewey Avenue
Sidney P. Newell
Orlando
Fla
Allan B. Seibert
Charles S. Lane
Tee
Bernard Wolf
Howard Street
Clarence Enkley
Charles G. Swartz
Airport Inn
Community Inn
Hershey, Pa
Egee
Leiter Brothers
Rayon Jersey
Sgt
Paul Kieffer
Smithsburg Lions
Ridenour
Triangle Food Stores
Bon Ton
Mrs. Kendall A. Inglis
Ruschke
New York City
VFW
Renlie
E. Wash. St
Reddy Money
Community Finance Service, Inc
Sgt. Crosswhite
Senator Tydings
Miss Cushen
Odd Fellows
C R
Fleisher
Pope’s School of
N. Locust St
Pope’s Beauty Shop
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
W. Washington St
Clorox
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