Social and Personal All-items in the Evening Mail
Social news lists locales and travels of residents. Frances Sappington and relatives spend the summer in Frederick and Carroll counties. Mrs. Summers operated in Washington County Hospital. Clara Knott visits Leechburg. Rebecca Schnebley hosts a card party in Williamsport. Miss Haines nurses in New York, visiting family in Virginia Avenue. families from Miami, Glasgow, Baltimore, and Martinsburg travel or visit, with several heading to Europe on a two months tour. local students and staff attend summer programs and plan trips to Gettysburg, Johns Hopkins, and Canada. a birth announced for Ernest Wolfe's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Haines
Garfield Memorial Hospital
New York
Virginia Avenue
Alsatia dance at Braddock Heights opens season
Alsatians and Alsatianettes will head to Braddock Heights for the Alsatia Club’s first open air dance of the season. The Braddock Heizitts orchestra will play from 9 to 12, with a large turnout expected and potential additional dances if attendance warrants.
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Alsatia Club
Braddock Heights
Braddock Heizitts
Lansing
Tanights
Orchestra to Give Concert for New Organ
The Orchestra of Grace United Brethren Church under Howard Gaines performs Thursday at 8:00 pm in the Sunday School Auditorium. The Male quartet including J Roy Nekstine Frank Bearinger James Kiracofe and Albert Snyder sings My Bonnie My Dear Old Southern Home and My Old Cottage Home. Proceeds from a silver offering fund a new pipe organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace United Brethren Church
Howard Gaines
J. Roy Nekstine
Frank Bearinger
James Kiracofe
Albert Snyder
Bonnie
Samuel Gaines
D. E. Paulsgrove
Garnett Gehr
Grace Mateer
Lloyd Stone
Paul Andrews
Mrs. Dehart
Mary Louise Stone
Mr. Burton
Homer Kendal
Leslie Early
Arthur Seligman
Melvin Robinson
James Andrews
Merle Gibney
H. Jones
A. O. Keedy
Ammon Gargin
Charles Wolfensberger
Mr. Fockler
Charles Dehart
Elizabeth Ground
Miss Witmer Marries Arthur Whitehair in Rites
Miss Wilmuth Salome Witmer of Hagerstown wed Arthur E. Whitehair formerly of Trenton at Christ Reformed Church parsonage. Rev. Dr. Conrad Clever officiated as guests Estele Chessey and John H. Witmer Jr. attended. Bride, a Washington County High School 1927 graduate, will reside in Harrisburg where groom works after a motor trip through Pennsylvanian states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmuth Salome Witmer
Hagerstown
Arthur E. Whitehair
Trenton
N. J
Christ Reformed Church
Conrad Clever
Estele Chessey
Frederick
John H. Witmer, Jr
Washington County High School
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Harrisburg
Whitehair
Rural Clubs Week Schedule and Local Marriages
Rural Women's and Girls' Club meeting schedule announced by Miss Ardath Martin for this week with events at Sharpsburg Pectonville avetown Tone loway Funkstown and a Saturday Rural Federation picnic committee meeting. Also listed are multiple marriage licenses and an announced marriage between Miss Sara Mae Tritch and Oliver Clinton Sutphin with wedding details and residence plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardath Martin
Sharpsburg
Pectonville
Ray Rohrer
Rural Federation
Court House
Sara Mae Tritch
S. Boulevard
Oliver Clinton Sutphin
Paramount
Chapman
Walter H. Tritch
Sutphin
Garland Sutphin
Roanoke
Reception for Young Couple in Maryland Wedding Circle
Mr and Mrs W Lloyd Rhodes hosted a reception at the bride’s mother home near Tilghmanton Wednesday evening after their wedding trip through Hagerstown to Lanark NL. Attendees included numerous relatives and friends, with gifts received by the newlyweds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lloyd ‘Rhodes
Hagerstown
Lanark
Tilghmanton
Mae Irven
Poffenberger
Middlekanft
William Rhodes
W. L. Remsburg
J. C. Poffenberger
Hubert Stire
Charles Poffenberger
Alexander Poffenberger
Benjamin Swain
B. L. Swain
Howard Swain
Allen Poffenberger
Hugh Spielman
Evans Poffenberger
Lloyd Culler
Frederick
Roy Po
Victor Cooler Door Co Employees Picnic at Conomac Park
Several hundred workers and families attended a Saturday picnic at Conomac Park. Games included a shopmen vs office force baseball, won narrowly by the shopmen. R J Funkhouser outlined growth and future expansion, with plans to make the event annual. Winners listed in multiple contests and events, including tug of war, nail driving, potato race, and pie eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Cooler Doors Co
Conomac Park
Picknickers
Victor
R. J. Funkhouser
Mr. Reese
Walter Jones
Robert Weigand
Mildred Reed
K. French
Jim Reed
A. Hoch
Mrs. Hoch
Clyde Raff
Miss Beyard
Mrs. A. Hoch
Richard Stotlemyer
J. French
Robert Keller
Louella Conrad
Reading at Rural Women's course features One Hundred Hours
A reading by Mrs. C. A. Tenney of the Clear Spring Rural Club titled One Hundred Hours stood out on last Thursday’s program at College Park. The item highlighted local club activity and community engagement.
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Rural Women’s
College Park
C. A. Tenney
Clearspring Rural Club
Junior C E Picnic at City Park Draws Washington County Youth
A junior Christian Endeavor picnic was held at City Park on Saturday June 23 with children from numerous Washington County societies attending. It was the first event of its kind and despite unfavorable weather the gathering was a great success.
Clown Rider George Hanneford Touts Circus Skill in America
Prominent European equestrian George Hanneford of the Sells Floto Circus arrives in America and, though modest, is praised for masterful riding and clowning. He is described as versatile on a horse and renowned nationwide for skill and comedy. He is set to perform in Hagerstown on Friday, June 29.
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George Hanneford
America
Sells Floto Circus
Hagerstown
Hanneford
England
Europe
Glove Styles For Dress Attire And Sportswear
Short sleeves or sleeveless outfits at events require six button length gloves. New washable off white kidskin and chamois slip ons offered.
Birthday Party for Mrs Murphy in Waynesboro
Carrie Murphy hosted a 47th birthday gathering at 606 Washington Avenue with a rose themed decor and a large cake. Leah Cooper read aloud as a long list of attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shupp, Mr. and Mrs. John Hikle, George Ridgely, Nellie Overman, Nora Pope, Leah Cooper, Virginia Bell, Doris Fleagle, Garnetta Murray, Caroline Murray, and Emmett Castile of Williamsport attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Murphy
Washington Avenue
Rosay
Leah Cooper
Thomas Bard
James Shambaugh
Daniel Shupp
John L. Hikle
Laman McGinfey
William Dyshe
Tracy Calhoun
M.M. Brown
Amelia Day
L.D. Betts
Bessie Guster
George Ridgely
Mary Barger
Mollie Overman
Nellie Ovelman
Ada Fleagle
William Murray
Nellie Rhodes
Francis Crawford
Nora Pope
Maggie Getridge
Eli Janey
Mabel Barnhart
Surprise Birthday for Dewey Springer in Local Home
A birthday party was held Friday June 22 at the home of Mr and Mrs Geo E Bowers honoring Dewey Springer. Relatives and friends gathered including his aunt Mrs S A Baker whom he had not seen in 25 years. Mr Springer a former boy now in Brooklyn New York visited relatives Chas E Springer G E Bowers W H Horn W H Springer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Springer
Geo. E. Bowers
S. A. Baker
Springer
Brooklyn, N. Y
Chas
E. Springer
G.E. Bowers
W. H. Horn
W.H. Springer
Civic League Prizes For Foresters In Hagerstown School
The Hagerstown Civic League awarded three sixth grade pupils at Antietam Street School prizes for the best forestry essays. Winners Clifton Bachtell Vivian Monath and Mary Lancaster received school forestry books after bimonthly talks by Mrs Findlay promoting a town forest on the city farm. The league also sponsored bird study and Audubon activities, awarding bird books and Nature Magazine pictures to eleven rural schools.
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Hagerstown
Clifton, Bachtell
Vivian Monath
Mary Lancaster
United States
Findlay
Antietam School
Civic League
City Farm
Bruce Horsfall
Nature
Wilsons
Hopewell
Sandy Hook
Weverton
Mt. Lena
Fountain, Rock, Shank
Indian Springs
Mt. Briar
Ditto
Strite
Williamsport Hosts Prewedding Parties for Two Brides
Williamsport society scenes show Miss Edna Neikirk hosting a Friday dinner for Miss Frances Virginia Hetzer of Williamsport who will wed Thursday in Jannette Pennsylvania to William Hamilton Welch. Miss Mercia Miller hosted a luncheon for Miss Elizabeth M Beard of Williamsport whose marriage to Mr Mc Cloud is set next Saturday evening at 8 in the Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Edna Neikirk
Virginia Avenue
Frances Virginia Hetzer
William Hamilton, Welch
Jeannette
Mercia Miller
Elizabeth M. Beard
McCloud
Bets Christian Endeavor Delegates Head to Lynchburg Summer Conference
Ten members of the Bets Christian Endeavor Society of the First Christian Church travel by automobile to Lynchburg College Virginia for the Chesapeake area summer conference this week. The group includes Mr and Mrs H W McElwee and several Misses Grace Ethel Rohrer Eloise Henson Phyllis Trone Josephine Harp Doris Cline Camille Rohrer Frances Rohrer Meredith Norment Charles Leckrone and Herbert McElwee.
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C. EL
Bets Christian Endeavor Society
Christian Church
Chesapeake Area
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg
Key
H. W. McElwee
Grace
Ethel Rohrer
Eloise Henson
Phyllis Trone
Josephine Harp
Boy Scouts Hunt Hidden Treasure Amid Mysterious Clues
A rough, fragmentary report describes a boy scout burying treasure in a yard. Mysterious events unfold as townsfolk notice unfamiliar activity and a strange parcel is found. Meanwhile Miss Virginia Brendh of W. Ton Street is reported improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Brendh
Been
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Wlamaport
Mary E. Kern
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Wapwallopen
Clarence E. Welfe
Smithsburg
Ruth Perry
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William Tedrick
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B. C. Schildnecht
Washington County Hospital
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Edith Stevenson
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia
M. E. Meginniss
N. Potomac St
Emily Hoffmeier
West‘chester
Calvert Apart
New England
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Virginia ‘Williamson
Betsy Schaibley
S. Prospect St
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Miss Williamson
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Washington, D. C
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Guilford Ave
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Corbett Street
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Buffalo
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Jacobson's
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W. Franklin St
Courten
Ipsbarn
Washington St
GREY
Braddock
Orchestra of Grace U. B. Chiurch Plans
Miss Witmer
J. Augustine Haines
Winchester
Marie Baumgardner
Shenandoah
Cyril T. Michaels
Mildred G. Kerlin
Fort Treverton
Martz Electric CO
Jonathan St
Houston
Woodrow Wilson
Peter Oleson
Minnesota
Emily Newell Blair
Missouri
Democratic National Committee
Gertrude Atherton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nellie Ross
Wyoming
Clem Shaver
W. Lloyd Rhodes
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Willys-Overland Inc
Hoffman Brothers
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Commercial Service & Credit Co
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