Miss Kathryn Reid Weds J Alaric Bowman in Brethren Church
The marriage unites Kathryn Ann Reid and J Alaric Bowman at the Church of the Brethren with Rev Paul M Robinson officiating. The bride, from Cearfoss, wore blue flowered chiffon and is a graduate of Clear Spring High School and Hagerstown Business College, now at Tristate Electrical. Bowman, a private in the U S Army, is a Hagerstown High graduate previously employed by Beachley Reichard Furniture and now stationed at Fort Bragg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Ann Reid
J. Richard Reid
Cearfoss
J. Alaric Bowman
Paul M. Robinson
Church of the Brethres
Clear Spring High School
Hagerstown Business College
Bridgewater College
Tristate Electrical Supply Company
Bowman
United States Army
Hagerstown Kiss School
Beachley-Reichard Furniture Company
Fort Bragg
N.C
Rohrer-Chones Wedding Today
A quiet ceremony at Beaver Creek Christian church united Miss Catherine Rohrer and Mr. Elmer Chones in marriage at 9 o clock this morning. Rev. Charles Hume performed the ring ceremony before the couple left for a wedding trip. The bride, from this city, is daughter of Mrs. Clayton Rohrer and the late Mr. Rohrer and has worked at Hagerstown Gas Company and the local draft board office. Elmer Chones is a San Diego native now a master sergeant assigned to Fort Eustis, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Creek
Draft Board
Clayton Rohrer
Mr. Rohrer
Mrs Beall Hosts Class Evening Plans Picnic
Mrs Edward Beall hosted the Helping Hand class of Washington Square Methodist Church on Thursday at Hamilton Boulevard. Plans were finalized for the annual City Park picnic on July 30. Refreshments followed the business session for members and guests including C W Sullivan and wife, Rev and Mrs M A Keesecker, and many others. Couple Weds Starliper Martz in city ceremony performed by Rev Wilson P Ard. bride Evelyn Elizabeth Starliper, groom Harry Stichard Martz. They will reside with the bride’s parents. Wed Here Ruth Trenary and Jess Dunham wed Saturday in city at Washington Square Methodist Church parsonage. The couple will live with groom’s parents for a while.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Beall
Hamilton Boulevard
Washington Square Methodist Church
City Park
C. W. Sullivan
Sullivan
M.A. Keesecker
Walter Dearfoss
Jessie Potterfield
Sallie Batman
Grace Cooper
Amelia Day
Clara Dorsey
Mary Warrenfeltz
Verna Spigler
Fogle
Nellie Fuller
Rhetta Ponesmith
Margaret Morton
Mary Weller
M. Hart
Mary Blenard
J. C. Crockett
Winon Lewis
Ada Fieagle
Elsie Brumgart
Ella Clevidence
Bertha Drury
Nellie Overman
Frank Baker
Lucy Roth
Virginia Glover
Helen Spa
BE. W. Starliper
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Evelyn Elizabeth
Harry Stichard Martz
Wilson P. Ard
Ruth Trenary
Jess Dunham
Bunker Hill
M. A. Keesecker
Lodge Election at Clearspring I C O F Chapter
Mt Moriah Lodge of the I. C. O. F. Clearspring held its election Monday with Noble Grand John Miller Vice Grand Paul Harsh Recording Secretary H. E. Ankeney Jr Financial Secretary G. Ankeney Treasurer HH. M. Bain Chaplain Roy Myers Warden Paul I. Shank Trustees John Miller Paul Harsh H. E. Ankeney Jr C. G. Ankeney Harry M. Bain
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Moriah Lodge
Clearspring
Noble Grand
John Miller
Paul Harsh
H. E. Ankeney, Jr
G. Ankeney
HH. M. Bain
Roy Myers
Paul I. Shank
H. E. Ankeney
C. G. Ankeney
Harry M. Bain
Wedding Tonight for Evelyn Ogden and Arnold French
Miss Evelyn Catherine Ogden daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Ogden and Mr Arnold Lee French son of Mr and Mrs Bernold French will wed at 7 tonight at Washington Square Methodist Church. Rev M Reesecker to officiate. The bride to wear blue sheer dress with white accessories and veil. They plan a Florida wedding trip after the ceremony. The couple will live at 10 Elizabeth Street after their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Catherine Ogden
John T. Ogden
Arnold Lee French
Bernold French
Richard Murray
Ralph Keplisger
Edgar Kinsch
Florida
Elizabeth Street
Wedding Of Officer Of Interest Here
The Rev and Mrs William F Byers of New Wilmington Pa announce the marriage of their daughter Eleanor Jane Br to Lt James Leslie Ridge dr of the Army Air Corps. The wedding occurred in June. Lt Ridge is the son of Mr and Mrs J Leslie Ridge of McKeesport Pa and nephew of Mr and Mrs Noah Ford of First street this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Byers
New Wilmington
Eleanor Jane Br
James Leslie Ridge
Army Air Corps
Ridge
J. Leslie Ridge
McKeesport
Noah Ford
First Street
Class Will Send Boxes To Men In Service
The Ruth and Naomi class of Christ Evangelical and Reformed church held its June meeting at the home of Mrs. Virginia Ont Roessner Avenue. Divisional service was led by Miss Frances Berger. Mrs. Rebecca Reid and Mrs. Edna Robison were elected president and vice president for the year. A project to send boxes to church men in the armed forces was approved and a two member committee including Mary Lou Gluck, Mary Mc Laughlin, and Louise McNinesy was formed to direct it. Refreshments were served to attendees including Mesdames Stewart, Swartz, Frick, Schneebly, Slick, De lauter, Cook, Alberta Thurmond, Funkheuser and Kaotzel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Naomi
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
Virginia Ont
Roessner
Gertrude Doering
Mary Miner
Evelyn Clardot
Frances Berger
Rebecca Reid
Edna Robison
Mary Lou Gluck
Mary McLaughlin
Louise McNinesy
Woman's Duty Today pattern transfer request
Woman’s Duty Today by Alice Brooke offers instructions for transfer patterns of a wall hanging 13 by 2 inches with color chart key and stitch illustrations. Materials, mailing address, and ten cents plus one cent for postage to Hagerstown Daily Mail are requested for pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brooke
Hagerstown Daily Mail
Household Arts Dept
W. A4th
New York
N. Y
Boonsboro Diary Tracks Daily Blackouts and Life
A humorous daily diary from Boonsboro recounts blackout mishaps and village quirks through Monday to Friday. Notes include a man’s failed kick at a dog, a warden misread of iridescent signs, a chair mishap, sugar rationing and canning jests, train reservations to Toronto, Marines at the square, and local businesses adapting to sugar shortages while pilots, parking, and social life adjust to wartime constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesson
North End
Boonsboro
New York woman to lead WAAC fitness program opening
Col Dor Faith names Catherine Van Rensselaer, a former World War I ambulance helper and truck driver, as physical education director for WAAC training at Fort Des Moines. The plan emphasizes strength, flexibility, and Danish body freeing exercises. Van Rensselaer stresses avoiding excess fat and aims to shape well rounded recruits rather than athletic specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Des Moines
New York
Mnd
France
WAAC
Army
Dor
Faith
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training School
Touy
Catherine van Rensselar
Misa van Rensselaer
Bufisl
Aha
Tam
Farewell Party For Miss Bernice Drake
Thelma Rummel and Aveline Fahrney hosted a farewell party at the Brning apartments for Bernice Drake of Falling Waters who is moving to Washington to join the War Department. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments with a patriotic color scheme, joined by Madyn Crider Roberta Willard Evelyn Johnston Pauline White and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Rummel
Aveline Fahrney
Brnning Apartments
Bernice Drake
Falling Waters
Washington
War Department
Madiyn Crider
Roberta Willard
Evelyn Johnston
Pauline White
Mesdames
Mary Howell
Melva Hichelberger
Jessie Shirk
Josephine Moats
Mae Alexander
Couple Weds at Christ Reformed Church
A Friday evening ceremony at Christ Reformed Church united Miss Hilda Drenner and Mr. Scott Franklin Pittinger with Rev. Dr. H. A. Fesperman officiating. Attendants were Harold Johnson and the bride’s sister. couple left for a short wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Reformed Church
H. A. Fesperman
Hilda Dreamer
Scott Franklin Pittinger
M. L. Drenner
West Franklin Street
Pittinger
West Side Avenue
Harold Johnson
Thea
Brandt Daughter Weds Hopkins in Front Royal Ceremony
Mrs Gladys Brandt of Williamsport announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Evelyn Brandt to Mr Lee Hopkins, son of Mr and Mrs William Hopkins near Mercersburg. They wed at Front Royal Virginia on June 12 and will reside with the groom's parents after short trip through Kentucky and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Brandt
Williamsport
Miss Evelyn Brandt
Lee Hopkins
William Hopkins
Mercersburg
Front Royal
Kentucky
Tennessee
Presbyterian Synod Completes Sessions in Baltimore
Frederick Md June 27 elects Mrs D Holmes Evans of Hrattesville Md president of the Baltimore Synod at closing sessions of the 17th annual Conference. Resolutions were adopted to protest grain use for malt liquor and letters will be sent to U S Senators. Officers elected include Mrs Samuel P Rolph Wilmington Del first vice president Mrs Bruce H McDonald Baltimore second vice president Mrs J Claude Kieper Washington third vice president Mrs Warder B Jenkins Chevy Chase Md secretary and Mrs E C Saner Washington treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Bruce H. McDonald
Baltimore
J. Claude Kieper
Washington
Warder B. Jenkins
Chevy Chase
E. C. Saner
Marriage licenses listed for several couples in Maryland and West Virginia
A list of marriage licenses shows ages and hometowns for couples including Charles E Showe and Battie Potts in Hagerstown, Elmer Chones and Katherine Rohrer in Fort Eustis and Wagers town, plus numerous others from Hagerstown, Berkeley Springs, Big Pool, Williamsport, and surrounding areas, with partners from Cherry Run to Shippensburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Showe
Battie Potts
Hagerstown
Elmer Chones
Fort Eustis
Katherine Rohrer
Wagerstown
Berkeley L. Custer
Shepherdstown
Francia M. Allen
Bakerton
W. Va
Russell L. Paugh
Shallmar
Anna L. Castle
Cherry Run
Light Love Stories Among Summer Library Additions
Washington County Free Library expands reading for warm weather with free seven day rental titles and new mysteries novels and light stories. Notable items include Rachel Field works And Now Tomorrow and The Gates of Aulis, plus Stout and Stout titles, Di al Press Award entries, and a Josephus trilogy volume The Law of Rome Feuchtwanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Aulis” Schmitt
Storysburgh
Hitler
Norway
Dennis Wheatier
Armstrong
MacDutt
Bailey
Fortune
Daly
DuBois
Tield
Gardner
Duck
Donahue
Hurst—Lously
Loring
Lutz
Ohara
Flicka, Sabatini
Columbus
Steinbeck
Moon Is Down
Stout
Alphabet Hicks
Stuart—Sword and
The
Net
Prochnow
Feuchtwanger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Reid
Mr. Bowman
Mrs. Beall
L. & B. Hat Shop
N, E. Gov. Public Square
Mary Jane Lumm
Newport News
Richard Clevidence
Winter Street
Margaret Bordwell
Frederiick Street
Camp Quannicut
Harry Saum
South Mulberry Street
Atlantic Cit
James A. Borer
West Washington
Street
Maxwell Pield
Montgomery
Ale
J Ensian W. J. M. Jr
U.S. Naval Academy
Wington
Ays
Hiwood Hauver
Stanley Hauver
Smithsburg
Camp Nawa
Kawe
Biglerville
Mrs. J. Fornsy Young, Jr
San Antonio
Tet
Lt. Young
Helly Field
Betty Whitelegs
East Irvin Avenue
Fairfax
Oscar V. Burger
Fred A. Burger
Medical Field Service School
Carlisle Barracks
W. Ross Cameron
Fourth Corps
Int Sa
Leona Conaway
Delaware Hospital
William Conaway
G. E. Stonebraker
Pangborn Boulevard
Cumberland
E. M. Tyler
Women’s Club
Witherville
Grace Gerber Silverberg
Carmen Rosenburg
This City
Jerome S. Culler
U. S. Navy Dental Corps
Cullen
University of Maryland Dental School
Beltimore
S. C. Paxton
Eas
Washington Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Myra Ruth Snyder
State Teachers’ College
Frostburg
D. Earl Wolf
Washington, Db. C
Jacksonville
Augustine
Fla
Ww, Reichard
John H. Burger
William A. Burger
Washington County Hospital
Gertrude Boardman
Edwin Boardman, Jr
Ashland College
Ashland
John J. Rowland
West Washington Street
Harry B. Fiery
Joseph D. Mish
Wiliam P. Lane
Maryland Bar Association
Atlantic
Jean Renfrew Oylereville
Fay Harry MM Boward
Alexander Street
Danial E. Stoner
Lanvele Street
Elsie M. Metcalfe
Waynesboro
Philo A. Statton
Potomac Avenue
New Rone
the Terrace
Levi Hitler
South Potomac Street
Camp Len
Etta Elizabeth Faughander
Matthew Fanghander
William Andrew Hatcher
Milton Hatcher
Philadelphia
New York City
Hatcher
Fort Dix
Miss Ogden
Washington Square
Mess
Margaret Stewart
Ethel Swartz
Pauline Frick
William Schnebly
Velma Slick
Alma Delauter
Irene Cook
Alberta, Thurmond
Garnetta Funkheuser
Margaret Kaotzel
Zonta Club
Toronto
Ctty Hall
Navy Recruiting Office
Civilian Defense Headquarters
Cone
Frigay
Hagerstein
No- Heeman
Canada
Tensenes
Miss Drake
Miss Brandt
Presbyterian Synod
Roy E. Shives
Big Pool
Mildred ©. Bartles
Big Spring
Dale E. Taylor
Doris EB. French
Nagerstown
Scott F. Pittinger
Hilda G. Drenner
John R. Barklow
Gladya C. Tevanlt
Luther C. Bitler
Nettle L. Kreider
Frank MM
Glenn K. Campbell
Best Haven Chapel
Bible’s
Swoxim
Hachestown, MP
Berlin
Katherine Sloan
New Yor City
C.P
Baum
Marion
Burt
Edmonds
Young Ames
Coyle
Fleisher’s
Rene
Renlie Beauty Salon
East Woakingtar Bt
America
the Nicodemus National Bank
Maryland
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