Convention Opens Today At Maryland State Session
Twelve Business and Professional Women clubs of Maryland attend the 61st general session at the Hotel Alexander. Delegates arrive for the banquet as officers and committees meet, with Dr Esther Caukin Brunauer speaking on America and the European War and Dr Naomi Riches among speakers for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business
Professional Women's Clubs of
Maryland
Hotel Alexander
Esther Caukin Brunauer
American Association
Rusc
Alexander
Brunauer
Miriam Albee Schindler
National Board
State Federation
Esther Crooks
Gouch- Colegc
Naomi Riches
Goucher College
Horace B. Flack
Maryland Legislative Council
Flack
North Carolina
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Legislative Reference
Baltimore City
Local Personal Notices Compiled From Area News
Mrs. Rachel Ritchey returns home from Norfolk Va at 485 North Potomac Street Miss Shirley Pumphrey of Frederick visits Miss Henrietta Johnson in Broadway Bernard M Lite of Baltimore visits Dr Harry S Cagney in Long Island NY and Maude T Malone in New York City Mr and Mrs Hersche Thurmond move to 115 King Street Harold Perham transferred to Washington Pa Mrs Emma Binkley leaves for Pascagoula Miss Mary B Fruash attends Maryland tuberculosis sanatorium graduation Doris Bauman and Martha Erby tour Shenandoah Valley Magsanutten Caverns Miss Phyllis Britcher returns home from Washington County Hospital Officer Luther Broom able to be out Mrs Perham to join him later Mrs Stanley Owens of Washington DC visits her mother Edna Doub in Bridgeport
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Ritchey
North Potomac Street
Norfolk, Va
Bernard M. Lite
Baltimore
Wancock
Harry S. Cagney
Long Island, N. Y
Maude T. Malone
New York City
Health Lectures Begin Tomorrow by Julius G White
Julius Gilbert White, a noted health and character education lecturer, opens a five night series tomorrow at the Seventh Day Adventist church corner Cross and McCommins. Topics include High Blood Pressure and Diet, Hardening of the Arteries, Brights Disease, Apoplexy, and Heart Disease causes and prevention. Lectures are free with a silver offering and feature travel slides. readings begin at 7:45 p.m. and include a 15 minute travel picture show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Gilbert White
Bavn
Hagerstown
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Cross and
McComnns Streets
Bright
White
Associated Lecturers, Inc
Madison College
Tennessee
Final Broadcast By Southsbury High School Orchestra
The forty second weekly broadcast of the year by the county public schools aired this morning as Southsbury High School Orchestra directed by Donald Haynes performed a program over Incal station. The broadcasts have run weekly through winter and spring, showcasing various schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southsburyh
Donald Haynes
Schonbeck Is Club Speaker at Current Events Club Meeting
Rudolph Scherbeck a young German refugee spoke Thursday at the Current Events Club meeting held at Mrs Leo Miller's home on West Irvin Avenue with Mrs Samuel Greenawalt as hostess. He described postwar Germany from 1919 to 1932, Hitler's rise, Gestapo raids, concentration camps, and the collapse of food supplies, noting his family's experiences and his escape. He warned that Germany's economy remained critical and that relief for Allies would be slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Scherbeck
Clu
Leo Miller
Irvin Avenue
Samuel Greenawalt
Schonbeck
Germany
Hitler
Trade Anions Bank
New Painting Is Presented At Washington County Museum
A new painting titled The Japanese Kimono by Nicholas R. Brewer is now on exhibit at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. The portrait depicts a young woman seated in an upholstered chair with a light yellow green gown, against a dark green background. The gallery also features six new prints and two wings by Raymond Creekmore, plus the Pencil Drawings by the Story Hour Class exhibition continuing through the month. The final Story Hour for the 1935 40 season is today at 12 30 o clock in the lecture hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Urewor
Minnesota
Lay
Middle West
Washington
Brewer
Hagerstown
Justice Pierce Butler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Maud Powell
Joe Jefferson
Frederick A. Deland
Lankes
Paulette
Lawrence Beall Smith
Nicholas St. Brewer
Raymond Creekmere
Gaibling
India
Washington County Museum
Arts and Letters Club Regular Meeting Noted
The regular Arts and Letters Club meeting will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o clock in the committee room of the Women s Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arts and Letters
Arts and Letters Club
Women's Club
Bata Shoe Co Fined Eight Thousand In Wages Case
Baltimore May 18 A United States court fined the Bata Shoe Company eight thousand dollars for violating the Wages and Hours Act by not paying about ten thousand dollars in overtime wages. The Czechoslovakian firm led by Jat Bata with a Belcamp Maryland plant pleaded guilty and urged innocence despite Judge W Cal vin Chesnut noting the option to offer evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bata Shoe Company
United States
Jat Bata
Belcamp
W. Calvin Chesnut
Weeklong diary notes on local life and events unfold
A day by day diary sketches life in a small town, noting wrecked plane mud on spectators, a dairy ice cream shop’s fuse fires, window washers in new clothes, and a joking Judas Festival idea. Tuesday highlights include kids with hot dogs and radios, a New York car with Abs tags, and library registrations. Wednesday reports private bowling, badge replacements, and summer fashion shifts. Thursday covers Camp Misty Mount food concerns, a wrong address mystery, and canal boat memories. Friday mentions a Virginia welding party, a concert plan, and World’s Fair trading floors openness for 1940 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Hill
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Hagerstown
New York
Winter Street
Abraham Lincoln
Raymond Hassey
Women's Club
Stine Bennett Wedding Friday June 8 at Zion Church
Mr and Mrs Victor F Stine announce the marriage of their daughter Doris to Floyd C Bennett Jr of Richmond Virginia on Saturday evening June 8 at 1 o'clock at Zion Reformed Church Rev Br Scott R Wagner will officiate Maid of honor Mary Elizabeth Woodard of Wilson North Carolina Bridesmaids include Edna Earle Sexton of Zohnlon NC Dorothy Bennett Cynthia Bennett Zazel Bentz Clarice Mathen and Mrs R Armand Harklass Best man William Palmer Hill Jr of Richmond Ushers George Maier Robert T Stewart James G Huckabee Jr Paul G Sticker Allen Leiter and Edwin Smead A reception follows at the Stines Terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor F. Stine
Doris
Floyd C. Bennett, Jr
Richmond
Zion Reformed Church
Br. Scott R. Wagner
Stine
Mary Elizabeth Woodard
Wilson
N.C
N. de
Robert T. Stewart
Charlotte
James G. Huckabee, Jr
Direham
N. G
Paul G. Sticker
Allen Leiter
Edwin Smead
the Terrace
Miss Schindel to Wed Mr Hoffman in Funkstown
Engagement of Miss Sarah Jeanette Schindel to Dudley Curtis Hoffman was announced at a bridge party hosted by the bride elect’s mother in Funkstown. The wedding is set for Saturday June 15 with pastel decorations and refreshments. Prizes honored guests including Mrs Donald Wolfkill and Mrs L L Quickle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jeanette Schindel
Edwin M. Schindel
Dudley Curtis Hoffman
C. B. Hoffman
Baltimore
Funkstown
Donald Wolfkill
Louisa Gimiple
Lucille Kirk
Polly Stonebraker
Alice Kerney
Sarah Holltyday
Louise Gimple
Clarice Mullen
Donald Wolf- Kil
L. L. Quickle
Howard Rohrer
Howard Messersmith
Engagement Announcement for Esher Leatherman and Ross Grossnickle
Mr and Mrs Charles Leather man of Smithsburg announce the engagement of their daughter Esther to Ross Grossnickle son of Mrs Blaine Grossnickle of this city The wedding is set for June 15 in the city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Leatherman
Smithsburg
Esther
Ross Grossnickle
Blaine Grossnickle
Surrey Will Have Pageant At School Event
Surrey School hosts its annual spring pageant The Children of Old Glory on Tuesday evening May 21 at 5 30 pm The show features Uncle Sam inviting delegates from thirteen territories for patriotic dances colonial Virginia Reel Tom Tom beating Indians and a Negro frolic plus a military drill Two hundred children participate and a PTA sponsored supper follows with a merry go round for amusement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey School
Uncle Sam
Old South
Operetta Tuesday at Antietam Pupils Stage One Act
Two hundred pupils under Antietam faculty present the musical comedy The Old Man of the Mountains on Tuesday May 21 at 1 50 pm. The scene is White Mountains forest with Boy Scouts camping as James Padian plays the Old Man. Tommy Tucker, guarded camp, is played by Helen Smith and meets Simple Simon Betty Cass Captain Widd George Uxt the Geezler of Swat Harry Sirbaugh and Tony Marvin Isanogls in a dream journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antietam
Parent-Teacher Association
White Mountains
James Padian
Tommy Tucker
Helen Smith
Tommy
Simple Simon
Betty Cass
Captain Widd
George Uxt
the Geezler
Swat
Harry Sirbaugh
Tony
Marvin Isanogls
Community event calendar May June highlights
A condensed listing of upcoming local events includes lunches and meetings by Treble Clef Club and Women's Club on May 20, a C A R gathering at Mrs Wright’s home on Potomac Avenue, and a Maryland DC Federation of Labor convention at Hotel Alexander. Subsequent entries include pageants, plays, dances, park openings, hospital commencements, and school activities through June with contact details for chamber listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treble Clef Club
Women's Club
Fred ©. Wright
Potomac Avenue
Maryland District of Columbia Federation of Labor
Alexander
Surrey
DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Lincoln Park Men’s Quartet
Bethel United Brethren Church
Rohrersville
Potomac Playmakers
Hotel Alexander
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Washington County
Boonshore
Byron J. Grimes
Washington County Teachers Association
Zonta
Pen Mar Park
Washington County Hospital
Donald Grey
South Potomac Junior High School
Christian Laymen's Association
Hagerstown High School
Chile
Health shelf gains new health books at city library
The Business and Professional Women’s Club of Hagerstown funded new health materials for the Washington County Free Library. New titles include Unconquered Enemy by Boris Sokoloff on cancer, Stiles Human Physiology eighth edition, Be a Healthy by Katharine Crisp, Out of the Test Tube by Harry N. Holmes, Unto the Fourth Generation by Irving Simons, Attaining Womanhood by George W. Corner, and Recipes and Menus for Allergies by Myra May Haas with Cay Hillegas and Nathan Schaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s, Club of
Leo Loeb
Clarence Little
Francis Wood
James Murphy
Carl Voetglin
of Stiles
Katharine Crisp
Harry N. Holmes
Irving Simons
George W. Corner
Myra May Haas
Nathan Schaffer
Exclusive Alice Brooks Design JOP 139 Pattern 6579
Embroidered bedspread motif ideal for a young girl’s room features a wreath and graceful figure. Pattern 6579 includes a transfer pattern sized 15 by 204 inches and 4 by 17 inches, color schemes, materials, stitch illustrations, and instruction. Send ten cents to Hagerstown Daily Mail Household Arts Dept at 259 W 14th Street New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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House and Arts
Hagerstown Daily Mail
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Usher Club Social Held On Thursday
The Usher Club of the First Christian Church hosted a progressive party Thursday evening at three homes. Hosts were Mr and Mrs Jacob Bare at one stop with cards and light appetizers, Mrs Ethel Boward at Reid with games and refreshments, and Mr and Mrs Welser Cagetown concluding with dancing. Prizes went to Evelyn Baker Christine Zimmerman Charles Lantz Morris Fleming and Paul Kelser. grand prize to Paul Nigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Jacob Bare
Ethel Boward
Reid
Welser
Cagetown
Evelyn Baker
Christine Zimmerman
Charles Lantz
Morris Fleming
Paul Kelser
Paul Nigh
Walter C. Cleland
Vivian Rouzee
Eddie Carpenter
Doris Simpson
Charles A. Lantz
Hazel Crosswhite
Regina Clover
Dan Smith
Marie Miller
Roscoe Boward
Marriage Licenses and Commencement at Maryland Sanatorium
The list records marriage licenses for pairs including Merle F Price and Kathleen E Boyd from Smithsburg and others across Hagerstown Waynesboro and nearby towns. The Maryland State Sanatorium held commencement exercises with Dr. Ross Cameron delivering the address, Dr. Victor Cullen presenting diplomas, soloist Mary L Howard, and Joseph Bowers providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle F. Price
Kathleen E. Boyd
Smithsburg
Jacob M. Price
Kathryn
B. Stoner
Waynesboro
Wiliam Griffith
Lula Hupp
Hagerstown
Alfred W. Henson
Mary E. Mulligan
Edwin A. Younkins
Mary P. Huffffman
Breathedaville
Charles F. Turner
Margaret ¥. Tabbler
Martinsburg
Paul Grove
Anna M. Williams
Security
Samuel BE. Crider
Shippensburg
Joanne M. Swanger
Roxbury
Paul Rasmussen
Albie C. Tesar
Tobias
Neb
Ross Cameron
Washington County
Maryland State
Victor Cullen
Mary L. Howard
Joseph Bowers
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Gwynn Oak
Niente
Kiddles
Troy Laundry
Fleisher
Glick Shoe
Washington St
Women’s Hats
L. & B. Hat Shop
N. E
Car
Public Square
Bikkle
AO Rari Tome AH
Shirley Pumphrey
Frederick
Henrietta Johnson
Broadway
Hersche Thurmond
North Avenue
King Street
Harold Perham
Park Lane
Potomac Edison Company
Washington, Pa
Perham
Emma Binkley
Marvin Funkhouser
Pascagoula
Dhlss
Mary B. Fruash
Maryland Avenue
Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Nellie Marie
Hazel Frush
Doris Bauman
Martha Erby
Magsanutten Caverns
Shenandoah Valley
Stanley Owens
Washington, D. C
Edna Doub
Bridgeport
Luther Broom
East Baltimore Street
Phyllis Britcher
Garlinger Avenue
Howard's Paint Store
Baltimore St
2. P. Cohn
City Hall
Tower Steps
Antietam Street
Hancock Lbrary
St. Mary's
South Potomac
Veek
Athleti
Camp-Misty-Mount
Merlingues
Stine-Bennett
Miss Schindel
Mr. Hoffman
Lene
Hamilton Hotel
Samn’s
Jonathan Street
Alice Brooks
Usher Club
the Nicodemus National Bank
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