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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1939

Page

4

Snow White operetta staged by Fairplay school Friday

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be performed by Fairplay school children Friday at 7 30 p m. Snow White is Helen Swartz with Arthur Rossman and Kathleen Cave as her parents and Ralph Mills as the prince hero. A large cast includes George Berger Calvin Bowers Elmer Hutzel Leon Crampton James Rohrer Thurman Smith Lyle Mellett and many others in flowers guards and townspeople roles. A carillon recital by Bryan Barker is set for Saturday at 3 30 p m featuring a varied program.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Fairplay School Helen Swartz Snow White Arthur Rossman Kathleen Cave George Berger Calvin Bowers Elmer Hutzel Leon Crampton James Rohrer Thurman Smith Lyle Mellett Ralph Mills Frosty Feie Agnes Showe Hugh Boyer Nibbles and Nutty Evelyn Bowers James Roberts Gracia Barnhart Magic Mirror Phyllis Smith George Lowery Catherine Miller Handyaman Harry Davis Dorothy Ruffner Vera Showe Violet Lizer Mildred Ensminger Mildred Jones Claude Thomas Caryell Davis Elsworth Davis Richard Swartz Paul Ruttner Floyd Daton Leo Robrer Pegsy Smith Joan Moats Melody Brown Junior Henesy Delores Myers James Nave Marjorie Moats Joyce Berger Betty Huntsberry Norma Jean Cradler

Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Events Nearby

Mrs Earl Brewer of Jackson Mississippi guests of Mr and Mrs Samuel G C Strite at Terrace Court. Mrs BE A Shewbridge visiting Baltimore relatives, will join her daughter in city for weekend. Daughters of Cumberland Valley Chapter cleaned graves in Shippensburg before meeting led by Mrs W H Snyder. Rev BE Harris visiting Boonsboro from Springfield Illinois. Various families from Ringgold Fairview Milner and Beckley area appearing in town news. William C Kerns sails for Hawaii around June 15. Terrace play cast includes Miss Asina Danzer in Shall We Join the Ladies at Emma Willard June 10 and 12. World’s Fair attendance noted for John C Clark Roland Selman and Miss Goldie Kaplan. Miss Betty Aday visiting from Toston Massachusetts. Blue Ridge Gladiolus Society meets tonight at Mansion House City Park at 8 o’clock.

Asina Danzer Charles M. Danzer Preen James M. Barrie Emma Willard School Miss Danzer Interpreters Dramatic Club Blue Ridge Gladiolus Society

Benefit on Friday Night at Hotel Alexander

Warfield Jones known as the colored Bing Crosby features at a bene fit dance by the Junior Police Clubs in the Hotel Alexander ballroom. Johnny Sommers and his band perform with the Baltimore Police Quartet and Great Malley with Edldie Dugan. Proceeds fund uniforms for 200 underprivileged boys. tickets $1 per couple at police dept Hamilton Hotel newsstand and Silco drug store.

Warfield Jones Bing Crosby Alexander Johnny Sommers Baltimore Police Quartet Malley Edldie Dugan Hamilton Hotel Silco Drug

Mrs Chapman Honored At Surprise Shower Before Marriage

Mrs Allen Chapman, formerly Alta Speck of Clearspring, was celebrated at a surprise shower hosted by Mrs Frederick Speck and Mrs Millard Shank. A pink and white theme highlighted refreshments and a gathering of relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs Chapman and many named guests.

Frederick Speck Millard Shank Allen Chapman Alta Speck Clearspring Chapman Frederick Speck, Jr Edna and Catherine Rohrer Mary Martha Beard Virginia Shupp Eva Angle Nora Newkirk Harriet Brennan Charlotte Knepper Joyce Gloria Shank Mesdames Jesse Hull Alvin Kelley Franklin Hull Leon Gossard Russell Johnson Guy Boward Charles Hedrick John Corbett Clyde Shupp George Rohrer Ivan Zimmerman

Senior Young People Enjoy Outing at Washington Monument

The Senior Young People Department of St. Paul's M E Church held a combined social and business meeting at the Washington Monument Tuesday evening. An appetizing fireside supper was served to Mr and Mrs Bailey Mr and Mrs Mann Mr and Mrs Charles Beecher Miss Helen Lewis Miss Katherine Noel Miss Madeline Miller Miss Elizabeth Koontz Miss Ruth Reuzer Miss Dorothy Jones Hilton Long Francis Metro Jack Low man and the Rev J E Kemp Horn.

Young People’s Department of St. Paul's M. E. Church R Washington Original Monument Bailey Mann Charles Beecher Helen Lewis Katherine Noel Madeline Miller Elizabeth Koontz Ruth Reuzer Dorothy Jones Hilton Long Francis Metro Jack Lowman J. E. Kemp Horn

Marmola Tablets Sell To Help Slim Faces And Figures

Marmola Tablets claim to aid weight loss by normalizing thyroid-related fat storage with a 4 tablet daily dose. The ad notes no cure for all ailments, emphasizes self care under physician guidance, and states the formula is in every package after thirty years of public distribution.

Junior Police Clubs Aim To Guide City Youth

In Hagerstown a new Junior Police Club program engages over five hundred boys across three clubs. Detective Peters leads efforts to curb truancy and delinquency by offering sports, music, Sunday school, and school attendance rewards. A plan includes a Washington trip and a new eastern club, with no reported complaints to date.

Detective Peters Mr. Peters Washington Hagerstown Police Peters Roger C. Harp Rlayst

School Play Is Tomorrow Night at Hagerstown High

The Senior class presents Fly Away Home a three act farce set in a Provincetown cottage. Cast includes Jane Stottermyer as Nan Masters Stephen Noel as James Masters Lease Swomley Cory Masters Kitzi Blair Linda Masters Phyllis Kibler Buff Masters Robert Munson Harmer Masters Richard Young Armand Sloan Juan Cooksey Penny Helen Paxson Tinka Collingsly Robert Clattson Johnny Heming Martha Wingert Maria Glenn Messersmith Gabriel and Elvin Beard as a taxi driver. Father and mother reconcile with the professor as the children push for their father.

Hagerstown High School Innes Boyer Jane Stottlemyer Nan Masters Stephen Noel James Masters Lease Swomley Cory Masters Kitzi Blair Linda Masters Phyllis Kibler Buff Masters Robert Munson Harmer Masters Bright Richard Young Armand Sloan Juan Cooksey Penny Helen Paxson Tinka Collingsly Robert Clattson Johnny Heming Linda Martha Wingert Maria Glenn Messersmith Gabriel Elvin Beard Cape Cod Provincetown Mass

Music Teacher For 68 Years Honored by National Federation

Mrs. Crosby Adams, 82, has taught music for 68 years, spreading music making in small communities and aiding American composers. She helped organize the National Federation of Music Clubs, riding 600 miles to the Baltimore convention with her husband, a choral director. She joined the Music Teachers' National Association in 1880 and is its oldest member.

Baltimore Crosby Adams National Federation of Music Clubs Adams Montreal Asheville

Grenfell Association Appeals for Articles and Donations

The Grenfell Association of America seeks warm garments silk stockings silk pieces flat heeled shoes books magazines toys sewing materials kitchen utensils glass jars medicine bottles and related items from supporters on the Labrador and Northern Newfoundland coast. Mail contributions before June 6 to 156 Fifth Avenue New York City. Hagedown residents recall Sir Wilfred Grenfell from his lecture at St John’s Lutheran auditorium years ago.

Grenfell Association of America Sir Wilfred Grenfell Labrador Newfoundland Fifth

Ascension Day Observed by Churches And Knights Templar

Ascension Day commemorating the ascent of Christ is marked in several churches. St Bernard Commandery Knights Templar members will attend services at St John Episcopal Church at 7 45 tonight as part of their annual observance.

Our Lord St. Bernard Commandery Knights Templar St. John's

Benefit Card Party Planned by American Legion Auxiliary

A benefit card party is scheduled for Friday evening May 19 at the Armory by the American Legion Auxiliary starting at 8. Tables for five hundred and bridge will be arranged. Mrs. Paul H. Smith is general chairman with Mrs. R B Stonebraker chairing bridge and Mrs L Stine heading five hundred. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments served.

Armory American Legion Auxiliary Welock Paul H. Smith R. BD. Stonebraker L. Stine

New Books for the Week at Washington County Library

Washington County Free Library adds recent and older titles. Notable works include It Ran Away to Sea at Fifty, We Shall Live Again, Natives Return, Poland Key to Europe, The Summing Up, Before I Forget, Selected Poems, Crime and Justice, America South, Swastika, End of the Lane, Lucien, Edgar Wallace biography, Such Harmony, Passport for a Girl, The Woman in the Hall, Eastward in Eden, and notes on the first paper made from cotton.

Washington County Free Library May Sheridian Fahnestock Bruce Sheridian Fiji Islands Maurice Hindus Czecho-Slovakia Louis Adamic Poland Europe Raymond Leslie Buel W. Somerset Maugham Burton Rascoe John Gould Fletcher Lincoln Sheldon Glueck Carleton Beal America South Allingham Bates Cambridge Miller Pedler Seifert New Rental Books Germany Oscar Schisgell Liberty Bnd Warren Howard Maryland Avery Hopwood Lucien Vivian Parsons Margaret Lane Edgar Wallace Susan Goodyear Matthews Mary Borden G. B. Stern Lorna Blake David Garth Eden

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