Berkeley Springs News Roundup Highlights Local Activities
The Young People’s Society of the Presbyterian Church heard Rev L A McMurray speak on Africa’s missionary progress and the light notable since 1931. Kiwanis, Hi Y and the Youth Club hosted meetings with plans for upcoming plays and a local orchestra to aid Berkeley Springs through March.
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Berkeley
Springs
W. Va
Young People’s Society of the Presbyterian Church
L. A. McMuray
Joseph ‘cMurray
Hedgesville
M oMurray
Africa
United States
Rev. McMurray
Frica
Lere
Iy. McMurray
Rica
Igh School
Harry Hansroth
C. S. Trump
Carlisle
Pennylvania
Ora Gordon
Shepherds
Dora Walsek
Stephenson
Virginia
Thelister
J. R. Tyson
Gertrude Heare
Potomac State
Gracien Hearn
Kiwanis Club
Morgan County
Presbyterian Lanse
Ables
Nevin Kilmer
Martsburg
Foree
Ben
Kiwanis International
Hed T. Newbrough
C. 8
Trump
Ask
Lorna Leeson
Ane
Monkey Shines
Jes
Berkeley Springs
Lowea
Dear Betty Brainerd: When can a girl walk with a boy
A 14 year old girl asks if walking home with a boy after parties counts as dating. Betty Brainerd says she’s too young for any unsupervised night walking or solo time with a boy and urges group chaperoned outings, with a 16 year old minimum for going out alone unless an adult chaperone is present.
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Betty Brainerd
Blondie
W C T U Backs Sunday Beer Ban At Hagerstown Meeting
At a regular meeting in Hagerstown the W C T U endorsed a bill banning alcohol sales from midnight Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday. Members pledged to write to local House of Delegates members. Letters from Senator Tydings and Representative Byron were read praising peace. A talk on Alcoholic Education followed with notices of an upcoming Frances Willard monologue at St Pauls Church and a note on the next meeting in April.
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Hagerstown
Byron
Union
Tydings
Maryland bill seeks higher worker injury benefits
Annapolis March 4 legislation to raise injured workers benefits was filed in the House by A Sklar of Baltimore. The measure would lift the maximum total disability or death benefit to 7500 from 6000 and raise partial permanent disability benefits to 5000 from 3750.
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Annapolis
Sklar
Baltimore
Dear Wondering Reader on Love and Letters
Betty Brainerd advises the anonymous columnist to provide a pen name and date for prior letters before she can answer. She explains she cannot search scattered files and asks Wondering to send their pen name and real name. The note appears as a witty guidance column response from 680 Madison Ave New York City.
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Betty Brainerd
Madison Ave
New York City
Meet Some News Figures From Meridian to Broadway
Miss Frances Eaten of Meridian Mississippi earns praise for Broadway's best back from judges. The feature highlights a rising figure in entertainment circles and notes recognition among industry critics.
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Frances
Meridian
Broadway
Epworth League plans play at St Pauls M E Church
Tom Taggart’s three act comedy The Clay’s the Thing will be staged by the Epworth League of St Paul’s M E Church on Thursday evening at the church. Mrs Walter M Daniels directs a cast set at Eldorado College and Dudley Briggs’ Atlantic City summer home with a large list of character names.
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Tom Taggart
the Clay
Epworth League
St. Paul’s
M. EB
Walter M. Daniels
Eldorado College
Dudley Briggs
Atlantic City
Jack Norman
Kenneth Daniels
Luke Calloway
Steven Noel
Terry
Martinsburg Hobbies Exhibit For King’s Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg hosts a hobby show to benefit King’s Daughters Hospital in City Hall Auditorium. It opens tomorrow at 2 30 PM and runs to Saturday night 10 PM, with Friday and Saturday hours 10 AM to 2 PM. Judges come from Charlestown and Winchester, plus local Mrs Cushwa and Mrs Harry Rudy. Exhibitors include Mrs Nannie Brumback Funkstown hand crocheted linens, Mr and Mrs John Beckley old lamps and glass, Alice Lushy and Helen Koliopulos dolls, Dr and Mrs Lynn Brumback and family photos. A variety of hobbies will be displayed.
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King’s Daughters 'Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
City Hall
Charlies Town
Winchester
V.M. Cushwa
Harry Rudy
Nannie Brumback
Funkstown
John Beckley
Alice Lushy
Helen Koliopulos
Lynn Brumback
Frank
Honeymoons Ruled Out By Floyd County Board
Floyd County Iowa supervisors deny taxpayer funded honeymoons. A resolution bars relief to newlyweds until they have been married for a year, effectively ruling out honeymoon expenses.
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Charles City
Floyd County Board of Supervisors
Mozambique citrus exports climb to 4307 tons in 1937
Mozambique shipped 4307 tons of citrus fruits in 1937, topping the previous year by more than a thousand tons. The data highlights a notable rise in agricultural exports for the period.
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Mozambique
Homemakers Meet at Western Pike Home
The Huyetts Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Edison Groh’s home with seventeen members present. They discussed making the living room homelike and enjoyed a drapery demonstration by Mrs. Harry Doub and Miss Chloe Anthony. Mrs. William Meyers read poems, and the next meeting is set for April 5 at Mrs. Warry Kline’s home in Maugansville.
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Huyetts Homemakers’ Club
Edison Groh
Western Pike
Harry Doub
Chloe Anthony
William Meyers
Warry Kline
Maugansville
Rev H A Fesperman Speaks at Hagerstown Lions Meeting
At yesterday's Lions Club gathering in the Alexander Hotel ballroom John M Wishard of City Supply Co was welcomed as a new member. Rev H A Fesperman pastor of Christ's Reformed Church gave the after luncheon talk on Lionism urging service public spiritedness fellowship and civic pride. Lion W A Rosenberger noted the Southern Engineering Society dinner March 24 with a Glasgow foreign correspondent as guest speaker. Lions Club president John H Howard announced a club team for the Boy Scout drive.
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Hagerstown Lions Club
Alexander Hotel
John M. Wishard
City Supply Company
Lion
H. A. Fesperman
Christ's Reformed Church
Fesperman
Lions Club
Lion W. A. Rosenberger
Southern Engineering Society
Glasgow
Scotland
J. Hoffman
Lion Roy Hoffman
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Davis
Mr. Baldwin
Lion Spofford
Babies Milk Fund
Lion Rosenberger
John H. Howard
Youngest State Senator Denounces Senate on Floor
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the state’s youngest senator Robert Lee Jacobs age 28 criticized colleagues on the Senate floor saying he has drawn three paychecks this session and believes ninety nine of every hundred are liars. He accused fellow senators of competing for jobs rather than serving the public.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Robert Lee Jacobs
Senate
Legislation proposes million-dollar Savage River dam loan
Annapolis lawmakers introduced a bill authorizing Allegany county to borrow up to 1,000,000 dollars for Savage River dam construction. Senator Robert B. Kimble of Allegany sponsored the measure in the General Assembly on Tuesday.
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Annapolis
Allegany County
Savage River
General Assembly
Robert B. Kimble
Allegany
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