Social and Personal items in the Evening Mail society page
The Society Editor of the Evening Mail invites items and notes on social events. The column lists numerous local residents and guests visiting family, attending summer schools at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, trips to Baltimore and Washington, and social gatherings at Green Spring Farm, Hood College, and other area spots. Names include Elizabeth Lowman, E G Shook, Elizabeth Byers, Louise Morin, Thelma Rinehart, Grace Smith, Katharine Bowser, and many others.
Deaconess Catherine Umhardt Consecrated in Baltimore
Sister Catherine Umhardt of Trinity Lutheran church in Hagerstown was consecrated as a deaconess at a service in Baltimore. The ceremony, an adaptation of Lutheran ordination, assigns the sisterhood to church work including nursing and welfare. Dr. J. B. Simon of Trinity preached on Luke 22 27 emphasizing service.
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Catherine Umhardt
Trinity Lutheran ‘Church
Baltimore
Catherine
Trinity
Lutheran Church
Hagerstown
Simon
Mrs Ingram to wed today in Baltimore
Mrs Hannah Down Ingram will leave this morning for Baltimore to wed William J Yingling of Crewe Virginia Miss Ruth B Rockafellow will take over Mrs Ingram s piano class at her Kohler Building studio in Hagerstown Rockafellow is a New England Conservatory graduate and teaches voice piano and organ with years of concert and teaching experience in Massachusetts North Carolina and Virginia The list of local marriages and visits follows with dates and places including Frederick Martinsburg Hanover and New York as well as individuals attending and visiting local residents
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Hannah Down Ingram
Baltimore
William J. Yingling
Crewe
Ruth B. Rockafellow
Forest Grove
Ingram
Kohler Building
Mies
Rockafellow
New England Conservatory
Boston
Motte Lacroix
I. Phillip
Paris Conservatory
Notable Local Mentions From A 1913 Community News Sheet
William Artikeney and Raymond Weller among youths hurt in slight accidents on North Mulberry. Daniel Boyd harvests his wheat crop. B A Curley becomes Franklin House clerk. May Smith resigns pest office post in Smithsburg for Washington job. School officials and staff depart Annapolis for a meeting. June 26 1913 marks Peoples Bank twentieth anniversary with J L Nicodemus as president Elias Emmert as VP and A B Barnhart as cashier.
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Daniel Boyd
Clearspring
B. A. Curley
Franklin House
May Smith
Smithsburg
Washington
The
Peoples Bank
J. L. Nicodemus
Elias Emmert
A. B. Barnhart
Years Ago Today in Funkstown and Nearby
Notes recall coincidences from A. D. Sager related events: January 14 his daughter turning fourteen, February 12 a son twelve, March 17 a son seventeen, and May 22 a son twenty two. Rohrer named postmaster at Rohrersville to replace Potter. Over 450 barrels of beer emptied at Harpers Ferry. County raises a new $15 flag by George B Oswald Jr. Stamp tax to take effect July 1 with two cents on checks and one cent on messages plus 25 cents...
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A. D. Sager
Funkstown
M. T. Rohrer
Rohrersville
J. A. B. Potter
Shenandoah
Harper’s Ferry
Winchester Man Blamed For Declining Health
A damaged clipping notes concerns over excessive cigarette smoking linked to mental decline in Robert M. Steele, a well known Winchester man. The text references legal terms like power of attorney and wage scales up to 1500 dollars with extra charges per additional 500 dollars.
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Robert M. Steele
Winchester
Fashion Plaque A Rubber Dog for the Beach
A fragmented description notes a rubber dog intended for beach use serving as a container for cigarettes, matches and powder, suggesting a novelty or hazard item. The item blends playful dog shape with practical storage, reflecting midcentury design curiosities and beach culture merchandise.
Picnic Planned By Washington Square Church Unit
The Sunday School will picnic tomorrow at Conomac Park, traveling by motor trucks from the church at 9 30. Reports of park flooding are false, with only a small waterlogged area in an upper corner and the creek normal again. The day’s Pectonville Women’s Club meeting was canceled due to floodbound roads yesterday.
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Washington Square
M.E
Conomac Park
Pectonville Women's Club
Party at Myers Home Honors Wide Circle of Friends
A social gathering at Mason-Dixon Route 1 hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Myers featured music by Calvin Myers Wilbur Bayder Grant Myers Ray Snyder and Adam Snyder. A long list of attendees included numerous Barnharts Koontzs Caseys Mumмerts and My ers along with extended family members and neighbors.
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Harvey Myers
Mason-Dixon
Route 1
Calvin Myers
Wilbur Bayder
Grant Myers
Ray Snyder
Ray Myers
Adam Snyder
Wm, Barnhart
Clarence Koontz
Preston Hykes
C. E. Casey
Wilbur Barnhart
Albert Hose
Wilbur Snyder
Margaret Barnhart
Pauline Myers
Helen Koontz
Mary Susan Snyder
Elaine Myers
Helen Eckstine
Vaunita Myers
Julia Baise
Pearl Myers
Lavan Wishard
Ethel Young
Hisie Hose
Francis Hose
Viola Myers
Hazel Wishard
Mildred Myers
Jesse Myers
Mildred Jones
Vashtie Myers
Martha Sny Jder
Gertrude Myers
Vera Myers
Irene Myers
Betty Myers
Blanche Myers
Messrs
Kenneth Barnhart
Clifford Barnhart
Junior ‘Barnhart
Bernard “Barnhart
James Koontz
Robert Koontz
Paul Koontz
Clarence Casey
Charles Barnhart
Glen Mummert
Robert Mummert
Harry Hykes
Harry Myers
Roy Myers
Paul Harsh
Harold Myers
Charles Myers
Raymond Myers
Clarence Myers
Miller Family Heads East for Louise Towers Wedding
Dr and Mrs Warren Miller and their two daughters Isabel and Elizabeth Miller left today for New York to attend the marriage of Miss Louise Towers, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hamilton of Bronxville, to Charles Goodwin Carter of Springfield Massachusetts. The wedding is set for Thursday.
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Warren “Miller
Isabel
Elizabeth Miller
New York
Louise Towers
John Hamilton
Bronxville
Charles Goodwin Carter
Springfield
Mass
Frederick wedding unites Miller and Fulton in Lutheran parsonage
Howard A. Miller of Hagerstown and Caroline J. Fulton of Port Royal Pa were wed Monday evening in Frederick by Rev Dr G Rupp at the Lutheran parsonage. Attendants included Miss Grace O Fisher and Mrs Arthur Cromwell with Ernest M House.
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Howard A. Miller
Hagerstown
Caroline J. Fulton
Port Royal
Frederick
G. Rupp
Grace O. Fisher
Arthur Cromwell
Ernest M. House
Flavver Fanny Says It Isn't What Father Plunks Down
The column jokes about a harp purchase, noting that the pain lies not in the price paid but in the ongoing plinking afterward, with humorous quips about musical misadventure and frugal budgeting.
Andersons Celebrate Second Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Charles Anderson of Leitersburg observed their second wedding anniversary at home Saturday evening entertaining friends. The house featured red roses with dancing and cards as main diversions. Guests included Keller R Kling Temma Routzahn Bruce Routzahn Philadelphia Myers Virgil Miller Grant Robison Cleveland Hartle Franklin Kine Mary Doyle Gilbert Sigler Ruth Kine Robert Kinsey Mary Kline William Kinsey Emma Kline Arnold Burkhart Page Killue Earl Blickenstaff Minnie McGockin Nettle Kinsey Mark Robison Pearl Kline Gladys Snook Irene Kline Keller Kline Jr Vernon Myers Walter Myers Frances Hartle. Anniversary presents were numerous.
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Charles Anderson
Leitersburg
Keller R. Kling
Temma Routzahn
Bruce “Routzahn
Philadelphia
Myers
Virgil. Miller
Grant Robison
Cleveland Hartle
Franklin Kine
Mary” “Doyle
Gilbert Sigler
Ruth Kine
Robert Kinsey
Mary Kline
William Kinsey
Emma Kline
Arnold Burkhart
Page Killue
Earl Blickenstaff
Minnie’ McGockin
Highfield
Nettle Kinsey
Mark Robison
Pearl Kline
Gladys Snook
Irene Kline
Keller Kline, Jr
Vernon Myers
Walter Myers
Frances Hartle
Splendid progress in garden science aids growers
The article notes improved crop ripening with science applied to vegetables and fruits, reducing pest effects via chemicals, while farmers once relied on divine aid. It mentions the senior department leaving St. Paul’s School in Hagerstown with about forty members under Lucilly Miller’s chaperonage.
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Day School of
St. Paul's
Hagerstown
Lucilly Miller
Rangementa. Es
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