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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1957
Page
5
In Mounsville a sixth grader unveils her booklet art project during the annual student exhibit. The display features a creative booklet opened by the young artist, highlighting school arts and student creativity.
Pangborn Boulevard Elementary School groups Brownie Troops 18 and 28 and Girl Scout Troop 65 held a joint cook out at Hager Park on Friday evening May 10. The event emphasized games and group singing as a social gathering for the three units.
The Howard Street Parent Teachers Association will hold its final meeting Thursday May 16 at 7 30 PM in the school. New officers will be installed and entertaining and informative slides will be shown. Plans will be made for a future activity.
A spring festival is planned at the school to be held on Wednesday May 22. All patrons of the school are urged to attend this meeting.
Mrs. Raymond Womeldorf of Winchester Virginia retired missionary to China will be guest speaker at Hancock Presbyterian Church women of the church meeting on Thursday May 16 at eight o clock All women of the church are invited The Women’s Groups of Mt Olivet and Watfordsburg churches will be guests
The Smithsburg PTA schedules the installation of new officers and a program titled Wagon Wheels Westward at Smithsburg Elementary School. A supper at 5 p.m. precedes the 6 p.m. meeting on Wednesday May 15.
The William B Byron Post Auxili ary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars announces a meeting this evening with a Mother's Day program. A new officer slate is named led by president Mrs Elsie Powell and senior vice president Mrs Belle Rinehart. Additional chairmen include hospital Mrs Turner and blood donors Mrs Bachtell. Poppy sale set for May 24.
The Regina M Feigley pupils present a piano recital tonight at 8 at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. The program includes works by Bach Mendelssohn Beethoven Scarlatti Gounod and Schubert among many others with numerous performers listed. The public is invited to attend.
Frank Girard, age 51, serves as the dean of Southern Assa. umpires and has been in the league since 1942, continuing a long tenure in the officiating corps.
National Girls Club Week activities filled the recently renovated West Church Street club with twenty four girls and advisors. Visitors toured cooking in the upstairs kitchen, games in the recreation room, and dancing nearby. The group prepared cookies for Homewood residents for an upcoming Thursday visit, as photographed with Doris Manspeaker Rhea St Clair Diane Baker Carolyn Buck and Betty Bellomo. The evening closed with a Friendship Circle and singing Taps.
South High sets May 28 for the Spring Fun Festival at the school with a rain date May 29. PTA sponsors the event featuring supper, amusements, movies, auction, Gymkana, square dancing, pony rides, child rides, and twenty five student booth projects. Committee chairs invite volunteers to join, contact Mrs Nelson Conley at CA 38-4107.
The Men s Brotherhood of Han cock Methodist Church will observe charter night at 8 p m this evening. All the church and church school families are invited. Pictures of the Holy Land will be shown.
Hancock residents from St. Thomas Episcopal Church attend the Cumberland Convo cation at St Johns Episcopal Church. Bishop Noble Powell of Maryland and Suffragan Bishop Harry L Doll will preside. Rev John B Wheeler of St Andrews Clear Spring and St Clements Indian Springs preaches. Rev Charles Wood Jr of the Diocesan Department of Christian Social Relations speaks in the afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Fleming entertained Sunday at their Antietam home honoring the first birthday of their daughter Tina Marie. Prizes were won by Paul Jr David Beacher Linda Kirby Doris Rohrer and Maxine Campbell with James Kirby Jr receiving the door prize. Guests included Terry Theresa Phillips Linda Kirby Debbie Kirby Dinah Campbell Lana Mentzer Shirley Jamison Douglas Carbaugh Penny Danison Paul Jr Petie and David Beacher Sandy Evans Jackie Fleming and many Kirbys Campbells and Carbaughs. The guest of honor received many gifts and cards.
Joyce Grove daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Grove 2115 Lexington Ave was chosen Miss Shepherd in the Shepherd College beauty contest at Shepherdstown Recently crowned she wore a blue sash and received orange carnations The localite is a Shepherd junior majoring in speech and English and previously attended Hagerstown Junior College and Hagerstown High School.
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