Social and Personal All Items Highlights
Social and Personal items from the Evening Mall note gatherings at the Surrey Tea Room and visits by residents and visitors. Names include Mrs. Charles Keedy, Mr. and Mrs. George Updegraff, Miss Marjorie Koontz, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Boyle, Mrs. William Cornwell, and many others. Births, illnesses, surgeries, and travels are mentioned, with numerous appearances in Hagerstown and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Keedy
Surrey Tea Room
Miss Struell Weds Russell In Beaver Creek Ceremony
Miss Bessie H. Struell daughter of Mr and Mrs O F Struell Nor folk Virginia wed Robert Q Russell son of Mr and Mrs W T Russell Urania Louisiana Wednesday evening at 730 oclock in the Beaver Creek Christian Church parsonage Rev Z M DeShields performed the ceremony In attendance were a few friends The couple will reside at 913 Maryland Ave NW Washington DC where the groom works for the government Mrs Struell has visited her sister Mrs DeShields Beaver Creek Also noted is a separate item Chester H Barnhart 21 and Mildred V Heironimus 19 both of the city obtained a marriage license in Frederick Then Jean Lucas will sail today for Paris to study art this summer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie H. Struell
O. F. Struell
Norfolk
Robert Q. Russell
W. T. Russell
Urania
Beaver Creek Christian Church
Z. M. DeShields
Mrs. Russell
Maryland Avenue
N. B
Washington, D. C
Russell
Mrs. DeShields
Beaver Creek
Chester H. Barnhart
Mildred V. Heironimus
Frederick
Book wagon chores outlined by Miss Sparger visit
Miss Sparger of Greensboro will head a book wagon visiting rural schools in her county starting September first. She will follow advice from Miss Nellia Chrissinger, who has 25 years of traveling library experience in Washington County, to bring reading material into rural homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Sparger
Greensboro
Haserstown
Nellia Chrissinger
Washington County
Miss Chrissinger
Pupsiles Give Fine Recital at Mrs Watkins Home
The pupils of Mrs. D A Watkins held a recital last night at her Potomac avenue home. A large drawing room became an auditorium with flowers around the piano. Performances included solos duets and a one act play reading titled Counsel Retained with an encore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Watkins
Potomac Avenue
Madaline Summers
Grace Beck
Helen Anseld
Robert Foltz
A. J. Klinkhart
Constance d’Arcy Mackaye
Williamsport Women Learn to Choose Clothes for Illusion
Members of the Williamsport Women’s Club studied fabric selection to appear thinner or fatter by choosing proper materials. Miss Margaret Smith demonstrated cloth choices at the schoolhouse while Funks Town Women’s Club planned a steam pressure cooking demonstration at Mrs. Charles Green’s home, with a pork chops to live pudding menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Margaret Smith
Funkstown
Surprise party honors St John’s Sunday School chief
Officers and teachers of the Junior Department honored Mrs. John K. Baker, superintendent, with a surprise party at her Reynolds Avenue home. Today the whole Sunday School will enjoy a picnic at Reynolds’ clubhouse below Sharpburg. Dr. P L Russell spoke to the Young People’s Club of the First Brethren Church at St. James on Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Lutheran Sunday School
John K. Baker
Reynolds Avenue
St. John’s
Reynolds
Sharpsburg
P. L. Russell
Young People's Club
First Brethren Church
St. James
Buttermilk Cream Promises Clearer Complexion
A vintage advertisement promises a clearer complexion by using Howard's Buttermilk Cream daily on the face and body. It claims rapid changes within a week and lists Wareham's City Pharmacy and Peoples Drug Store Inc as sellers with a money back guarantee. A companion soap is promoted for smoother skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wareham
City Pharmacy
Peoples Drug Store Inc
Nest
Howard
Monument unveiling honors Norman R Harbaugh by Woodmen of the World
Cong David J Lewis spoke at Rose Hill unveiling while the Woodmen of the World remembered Norman R Harbaugh. The event followed a day of local activities as residents and families gathered along Linganore Avenue and South Potomac Street to honor the memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Lewis
Rose Hill
Woodmen of the World
Norman R. Harbaugh
Years Ago 30 Today in Funkstown and Nearby
Funkstown beat Harrystown 25 to 14 with Emmett Eyler and Kemp powering the win while Creighton Saller and Griedler led Harrystown. Scott McCline named postmaster of Millstone after Albert Hichelberger Jr. was removed. A West End camping party set for Sharpsburg included Newcomer Unger Moore Tritch and the Martins. Local fatality reported as a girl, 8, died in Boonsboro by falling into a well. West Washington Street grocery sold to wm Updegraff. Wheat cutting under way. harvest expected soon. Marriage licenses issued to Tripy and Morrow. Snyder and Ilinsen. Grigg and Catherman. Hanbert and Rowe. Shoemaker and Blank. Russell and Spinell. Geist and Rel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funkstown
Harrystown
Emmett, Eyler and
Kemp
Creighton
Saller and Griedler
Be Just To Your Child By Olive Roberts Barton
Article advises fair parenting and firm discipline guiding child behavior. It stresses consistent authority, calm punishment, motive-based discipline, honesty, and a few fundamental laws. Recommends second chances, then swift, certain punishment if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Long skirts for children spark reform in Italy
Rome June 23. Italy's dress reform movement pushes for modesty by lengthening girls skirts to shoetops. Bologna reports early success as the director general of schools orders teachers to enforce the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Bologna
W C T U Keedysville Holds June Meeting
Keedysville Wo m n s Christian Temperance Union held its June session with Mrs Louise Martin presiding. Members Miss Huntzberry Mrs Esta Clopper Mrs Roscoe Hammond and others participated. The group knitted an afghan and made 20 comfort bags for soldiers and sailors and voted to donate to the Mississippi flood district. Three new members were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Keedysville
Louise Martin
Huntzberry
Esta Clopper
Roscoe Hammond
Grate Buxton
Emma Baker
Keedysville Union
Soldiers and Sailors Department
Mississippi
Private Theatre Show Features Hoffman Texas Trip Film
Dr and Mrs Hoffman turned their 1317 Virginia Ave home into a private theatre staging a moving picture show. The 3300 mile route from Fort Worth Texas to home included flooded St Louis areas zinc mines in Missouri and Oklahoma and Fort Worth scenes. A Lindbergh flight reel was shown as a feature and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. and
Myre. O.K. Hoffman
Virginia Avenue
Dr. Hoffman
Fort Worth
Texas
St. Louis
Missouri
Oklahoma
Hagerstown
Lindbergh Pictures
Miss Smith Given Present by Cavetown Club
Miss Margaret Smith county home demonstration agent received a silk umbrella at Cavetown Women's Club yesterday at Miss Etta Crowthers home. Presented by Mrs J M Bushey as thanks for her work, 24 members attended. Committees named for a play and for Clean-up Week with Library Club collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Smith
Cavetown
Ferdinand Hesse
Frank Wolfe
C. R. Bikls
John Pound
Robert Barkdoll
Nobody's Business: Seals Learn to Swim the Channel
A humorous column notes odd animal sightings in Sharpsburg with a sparrow roasted near chickens and a cat that mothered baby skunks. It highlights a seal trained to swim the English Channel alongside the Zutenfield twins, joking about bath sharing and suggesting Shaeffer resuscitation training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Zutenfield Twins
English Channel
Shaeffer
Fine Program Will Be Given At Mercersburg
A concert by Anton Brees carilloneur of Mercersburg Academy is announced for Sunday June 26 at 3 50 p m Prelude and selections include Come Back to Erin When You and I Were Young Maggie The Rosary Minuet from Barenice Holy Holy and Traumeter with performances by Handel Nevin Dykes and Chopin in a varied program at Mercersburg Academy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercersburg
Anton Brees
Mercersburg Academy
Erin
Claribel
Maggie
Sutterfield
Rosary E
Dinner Party at Royers in Waynesboro
Mr and Mrs George Royer hosted a dinner party at their Waynesboro home on Tuesday evening guests included Miss Helen Albaugh and Dr H D Gilmer of Hagerstown Mr and Mrs Minnich and Rev and Mrs J P Horlacher of Waynesboro Also notes the First Presbyterian Sunday School holds its annual picnic in Poffenberger s Woods today Another shipment of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Royer
Waynesboro
Helen Albaugh
H.D. Gilmer
Hagerstown
Minnich
J. P. Horlacher
First Presbyterian Sunday School
Poffenberger's Woods
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Updegraff
George Undegraff, Jr
Marjorie Koontz
Washington Avenue
Taylor's Landing
Harry Burns
Chewsville
Elmer Dodd
Orville France
Church Street
David Katz
Philadelphia
Katz
Ethel Fleisher
C. B. Davis
Robert Boyle
Salisbury
Boyle
Presbyterian Church
Ash
Masters
Washington
William Cornwell
Winchester
L. H. Brumback
Luray, Va
Mary McCardell
Waynesboro Hospital
John Mowers
Chambersburg
Eleanor Bailey
New York City
Julia Needy
Boston
Mass
Alfredo McLaughlin
This City
Susie Long
Lois
Betty Myers
Clearspring
St. John’s Reformed Church
Guy Angle
Meir
Big Spring
Wilbur M. Mongan
Frances Pryor
Caroline T. Lucas
Washington County Hospital
Jessie Freaner
East Washington Street
Helen Ambrose
Winter Street
Charles Roch
Margaret Roch
Marie Armstrong
Baltimore
Paul Moser
Curtis
James Adams
J. B. Chamberlain
Martinsburg
W. BE. Hutzell
Y. MG. A. Af
Fort Wayne
Ind
W. B. Hutzell
Glenside Ave
Florence Becklemann
Robert and Burton
Wast Avenue
Ruth Derr
East Avenue
J. Sagle
Dewey Avenue
Paul Sowers
Richard
Bulwick, Pa
Charles Sowers
Dry Run
Donald Kaylor
Hagerstown High School
University of Virginia
D. C. Martin
East Franklin Street
Roanoke, Va
C. D. Garland
W. W. Weller
Frank E. Williams
James Street
Charles Crinkleton
Bess Martin
Frank Shupp
University of Pennsylvania
F. D. Shupp
Oak Hill Avenue
W. M. Neibert
Salem Avenue
William B. Hicks
Robert O'Boyle
Benjamin Keeble
Harry Hoff
Elizabeth and
Kenneth
Harold F. Bester
Harry B. Bester
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Grey Gables
Arcadia
Wixon’s Academy Sodal-Cigarettes
Dankirson
Washington ST
THE
BON Ton
Miss Struell
Happy Bride
Jean Lucas
Paris
Sparger
N. C
Elizabeth Flook
Myeraville
Miss Flook
J. K. Baker
Sapansh Gyhawls
Nea
W. Monroe Cushwa
Oscar
Corderman
Lieut. Barber
Williams and
Sailes
Sheriff Long
Gettysburg
Harry Long
South Mulberry
Mrs. O. D. Sherley
Ada French
Linganore Avenue
Susan Morin
Halfway
O. C. Keedy
South Potomac Street
J. H. Haynes
Locust Grove
Scott McCline
Millstone
Albert Hichelberger, Jr
West End
Charles Newcomer
Fred Unger
Samuel Moore
Walter Tritch
Percy
Bruce Martin
John
James Zinkand
Jacob A. Thomas
Boonsboro
Wm. U. Updegraff
West Washington Street
T. B. Cushwa
Ocis E. Tripy
Middletown
Gladys Morrow
Trighspire
Paul L. Snyder
Sylvia Ilinsen
Winston, Salem, Noc
James Grigg
Lewistown
Thelma A. Catherman
Beaver Springs
George I. Hanbert
Mifflintown
Anna M. Rowe
van Dyke
Willan T. Shoemaker
Ruth A. Blank
Robert QC. Russell
Washington, D.C
Bessie UW
Spinell
St. of South Norfolk
George W. Geist
Franens Hh. Rel
Richard HW. Dodson
Rhoda FP. Jenkin
Culpepper
Olive Roberts Barton
Dethol
Dethol Mfg. Co., Inc
Richmond
Gia
Mrs. O. K. Hoffman
Miss Smith
Library Club
HW. D. Newman
Jayson Geiser
A. L. Towson
John Wolf
W. D. Spessard
W. P. Beard CO
Peggy Nichols
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