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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1944
Page
2
Entertainment committee reports strong demand for another evening of organ music by Mary Donegan and her trio. The intimate ensemble blends soft background for conversation with a lively tempo to inspire foxtrot rhumba and waltz. Members and guests invited to attend Saturday May 6 from ten to one.
The Miss America Girls' Club meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm at the YMCA. The club has more than two hundred members. A rummage sale to aid the club is set for Wednesday and Thursday in the basement of the city market house.
Members of the Greensburg Boys and Girls 4-H club attended the Lutheran church at Greensburg on Sunday to hear Rev. Donald R Stonesifer preach to youth on Where Are We Going. Local leaders Mrs. Walter Bromley Mrs. J C Frayer and R Kenneth Frey accompanied the group along with Smiths burg 4-H club members. They also attended Sunday school before services.
Piecemeal notices recount furloughs and visits of soldiers and families. Paul Hill, stationed with Army Air Forces in California, spends time with Mrs Hill in Keedysville and will visit his mother in Bucks Valley, Pa ris. Clyde Bowers returns home on Jefferson street after visiting parents in Washington DC. Pvt. G. Lee Myers returns to Camp Maxey Texas after two weeks with parents and wife. Capt. Jay Hunt of Weston Va, back from Alaska, visits sister in law in Virginia avenue. Mrs. E. M. Tyler returns from Baltimore to spend time at the Women’s Club. Pvt. George R. English on furlough with his mother on Sunset avenue. Charles Gordon Myers on leave from Beaufort DC visits parents on West Washington street. Doctors N. E. Osborne and L. Kathena attend Maryland Chiropractic convention in Baltimore. Auxiliary joins Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs and engages in Red Cross work. Mrs. Annette Lawrence of Augusta Ga, formerly of this city, registered at Hotel Alexander. Mrs. Grover Swartz returns home after hospital operation. Recent hospital admissions listed include Divilbiss, Dullabaum, Orndorff, Cie, Duffield, Duffy, Potterfield, Strite, Moats, DeHaven, Carroll, Knott, Sollenberger, Brewer.
Miss Doris E Valentine daughter of Mr and Mrs Join Valentine of Devonshire road married Saturday evening to Mr Eugene Lee Wolford son of Mr and Mrs Theodore E Wolford of Funkstown The ceremony was at Grace United Brethren parsonage Rev G Rider officiated In attendance were immediate families She wore a light brown suit and two corsages She is a 1945 Hagerstown High School graduate now a time keeper at Fairchild Aircraft Division He attended local high school and formerly worked at Mullers He has joined the navy and will report for active duty soon.
Miss Helen Regina Palmer daughter of Mr and Mrs James R Palmer marries Paul Eugene Reeder son of Mr and Mrs Paul Reeder of Scotland Pa on April 29 at St Marys Catholic Church Parish House Rev J Francis Leary officiates altar decorated with palms and flowers Bride wore white taffeta lace gown veil with lace coronet bouquet of gardenias and white sweetpeas Sister Virginia Palmer maid of honor in pale blue crinkle organdy Best man Emmett Snowberger from Waynesboro Pa Groom employed by Horn Motor Company Bride employed by Pangborn Corp They plan home at 510 North Mulberry Street after May 6 Also notes Bowling banquet at Grace United Brethren Church and Navy Mothers Club meeting at I C C F hall Wednesday night.
Mrs. Mark E Reed and Mrs. Leo HH Miller travel to Baltimore for the Maryland State Daughters of American Revolution board meeting. Also in the weekend visit are Dr and Mrs William F Campbell Newark Delaware Allan Campbell of San Francisco Thomas Campbell Merchant Marines in training at Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn and Miss Van Liew Parsons Washington DC.
A reflection on war era recordings sent to mothers and wives. It contrasts a loved voice preserved on disc with letters and phone calls, noting the eerie, lingering presence of the voice from afar and the lasting impact as families cope with loss and memory.
The Washington County Free Library marks Russian Book Week with a display of Russian works and by Russians to urge preservation of potentially valuable volumes amid Nazi losses. Highlights include Night of the Summer Solstice and U O S R by Duranty, Russian Enigma, Journey Into the Fog on Vitus Bering, and a Treasury of Russian Life and Humor, as the library notes the Soviet need to restock postwar.
Mr and Mrs John C Funk announce a daughter born May 1 at Washington County Hospital. Mr and Mrs James O Gitron report a daughter born April 30 at the same hospital. Cpl and Mrs Charles Miller announce a son born April at Washington County Hospital.
Advertisement notes half price sale on expensive costume jewelry at Alice Weagley Corset Shop located on S Potomac Street beside Columv Theatre.
The article lists several factors linked to dry socket after tooth removal including infection inflammation of the tooth root area trauma during extraction improper post operative care lingering infection exposed socket saliva and food in the socket and tongue manipulation. It also notes natural jaw growth spaces between baby teeth indicate future room for permanent teeth and potential overcrowding if growth is insufficient.
Mr and Mrs Walter Banzhoff of Williamsport announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Anne Marie Banzhoff to Pfc Allen T Rankin son of Mr and Mrs Silas Rankin of Berkeley Springs W Va The wedding occurred in Sarasota Florida on Monday April 26 The bride wore a powder blue suit with white orchids Her maid of honor Miss Beulah Teach wore a spring violet suit and corsage of orchids Lt James Johnson best man Rankin formerly worked at Fairchild Aircraft Division and is now stationed with Army Air Forces at Vettee After time with her husband Mrs Rankin will return to her Williamsport home for the present
Seventeen new members joined the Senior 4 H Council of Washington county at a Friday evening gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Ernst near Clearspring George Stiles was named chair of a committee to arrange a booth at the Great Hagerstown Fair this fall Dan Downey vice president of the State 4 H council reported on the Baltimore meeting Miss Alice Rohrer chief of the All Stars of Maryland invited all Washington county All Stars to a Brad dock Heights meeting May 6 and 7.
An unsolicited testimonial from Mrs. J. F. Grabb of Knoxville praising Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle, regulating remedy for constipation. The letter argues dietary fiber tackles lack of cellulose and promotes regularity, urging regular consumption and water intake, and endorsing genuine All-Bran from Kellogg's Battle Creek.
Pfe. William G. Porter Jr of the U S Army was guest speaker at the Zonta Club dinner in the Crystal room of Hotel Hamilton. Porter, a pre medical student at Temple University, spoke on the International Labour Organization convention in progress at Mitten Hall.
A report notes radium is used in a ten percent share of luminous coatings for clock hands gun sights and military instruments highlighting its role in military and timepiece technologies.
Miss Virginia Anderson spoke on the women of China at the Business and Professional Women's Club dinner meeting at the Hotel Alexander. Girl Scout Troop 20 members attended. a China craft display was shown. The club voted to fund a Chinese nurse education and planned for the Open House on June 18. Kathryn McCullogh was welcomed as a new member. Officers were re elected: Rose Copley president, Gladys Poole vice secretary, Kathryn Stouffer treasurer, Betty Winn nominating chair. Coffee and tea were served.
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