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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1928
Page
4
The Society Editor notes visits and moves across Watertown and Hornell, with many local names. Rev William Voodre and Mrs Voodre visit Werverton. Dr Frederick A Miller and Emma Miller return from Cambridge Maryland. multiple residents relocate, host gatherings, and attend events. A birth announced for Doris Dawn Downey. other local celebrates include Apple Blossom Festival plans and dental society activities.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schepp of 236 Harrisburg Avenue Lancaster Pa credits Ten Herbs with curing years of digestive woes bloating gas and irregular bowels She reports better appetite normal sleep relief from dizziness headaches and rheumatic pains and weight gain Ten Herbs sold at Wareham's Pharmacy Franklin Street Hagerstown and other local drugstores.
Mrs Zeigler was re-elected president of the King's Daughters for the eighth year at the annual meeting. New officer Mrs P J Prather joined alongside re-elected officers including Mrs Edward Oswald and Mrs George D Crawford. The group reported last year’s expenses at about $20,000 and noted fewer calls in April due to outdoor work and housecleaning. The organization began 38 years ago with 10 members and a $12 budget, and last night entertained by three colored boys’ singing proteges of the Circle, which started a colored branch in winter.
A surprise dinner party was held at the home of Mrs. Bingaman near Waynesboro on Sunday, April 29. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bingaman and many relatives with extensive guest lists, spanning multiple Bingaman and Swisher families and friends.
The executive board of the 4 H girls club will meet Saturday afternoon at the Court House basement to plan the semi annual federation meeting set for May 26. A program and speakers for May 26 will be chosen. Miss Jane Bowser of Williamsport will graduate from Beaver College's primary pedagog department in Jenkintown.
Mrs. Howard B Fahrney welcomed the Treble Clef Club at her Oak Hill Avenue home for a regular meeting. Frances Allitsen, English sacred song composer, was featured in a paper read by Mrs. Fahrney along with pieces by Mendelssohn Debussy and others performed by club members. A surprise party at 829 West Washington honored Miss Louise Settle with a guest list of friends and relatives.
Do You Recall mentions Hmmert hardware store being robbed again of rifles and revolvers. Robbers hid in the store until after closing, marking the fourth looting in two years. Also notes Justice and Mrs Daniel W Doud returning from their wedding trip. A drugstore clerk at Campbell Bros. drug store was struck in the mouth by a baseball while catching without a mask, suffering tooth loss and lip laceration. Barnum Bailey's circus booked for May 30.
Wm Manning, Wm Dover, Wm Hart and Ed Rayman promoted to conductorships on Western Maryland. BE Updegrove named engineer. Manila reportedly fell to Admiral Dewey and Spaniards plan to focus naval power on Cuba. Charles Hoffman elected burgess of Smithsburg. commissioners named include W O Donaldson John Martin John Ferguson and W G Hollingsworth. Gen H Kyd Douglas to present high school diplomas June 6. Missionary meeting of Williamsport Lutheran Women’s Society Friday at 7:30 at Mrs. John Renner’s home.
Mrs James Fitzmaurice and Mrs Hermann Koehl visited Fifth Avenue shops in New York buying outfits as gifts for themselves and their young daughter Patsy. The ladies shopped over two hours, debating outfits, while their husbands attended a municipal banquet. Patsy finally chose coral with blue accents. mothers favored blue ensembles.
Potomac Playmakers close season with For Ladies Only a Haerstown set comedy written by Mrs John B Edleffer and bought by the group. Cast includes Mrs Bertram Mrs Charles A Little Lola Elizabeth Purdum bellhop John B Ferguson and Marshall Reed. May calendar opens with May meeting May 14 dinner May 16 speaker Mrs Lucy Maderna Wing at 12 30 luncheon. May 22 card party hosted by four society members.
Thornton Baer aged 22 and Elizabeth Hoy aged 18, both from Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania. Harold T. Kratzer aged 32 and Mary E. Broadmyer aged 20, from Harrisburg Pennsylvania. George L. Phillips aged 23 of Montoursville Pennsylvania and Eleanora Woodly aged 18 of Munsey Pennsylvania. Clyde R. Foley aged 21 and Susan R. Bond, both of Albright West Virginia.
A surprise 68th birthday party for Mrs. Kephart was hosted April 26 at the home of Mr and Mrs Luther Kephart in Boonsboro. Guests included numerous Kepharts and Friends with Jingo prizes awarded.
A bridge lamp sold by the Nomads of Arru daka for the benefit of the organization was awarded to Violet DeHart. The next regular meeting is set for May 7 in Washington D C. Charles Chase and Roger Jones attended the week in the capital with Mr and Mrs Roy Cochran, with refreshments served after the meeting.
Four delegates Rev W M Norment John E France G W Tyler and John M Miller were named by the Lions Club to the district convention in Hagerstown May 28 and 29. At the meeting G W Tyler presented the entertainment. Reports from the Monday night card party and dance showed success with prizes announced from multiple local businesses and won by Miss Palmer. Guests included Buck Buchanan Charles Wilson Miss Bessie Palmer and Lion Lund. The Music Girl Co. played at the Maryland Theatre during the event.
A party from Peterton traveled to Martinsburg on Sunday evening to attend a Pentecostal revival meeting. Participants included Rev. Mr. and Mrs. William Woodie of Watertown New York Mr. and Mrs Calvin Miller of Hornell New York Mr. and Mrs J A Spencer Mr. and Mrs Frank Badger and son Cleveland Mrs C William Spencer Mrs Ernest Spencer Miss Nora Lee McGolerick Miss Anna Loleta Spencer and Miss Audray Spencer.
A long, imperfect paragraph details a tall female athlete known for soccer baseball and other sports. It notes she denies smoking and drinking, resists being labeled a flapper, and cares about team acceptance. The piece also recounts a social dinner at the Godericks home for Evan Woodie and others, followed by a revival trip to Martin, West Virginia.
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