Social And Personal News From The Evening Mai
Social and personal items list visits and travels of locals and visitors to Hagerstown and nearby towns. Names include Miss Julia Martin, Miss Betty Loy, Major and Mrs. C M Dow, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thornburg, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H M Ludwig, Mrs. Hizabeth Ludwig, Mrs. Walter C Binkley, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trovinger, Grace Whitmore, Ezra Spielman, Paul Trovinger, Miss Katie Travinger, Mr. and Mrs. Webster Hollingsworth, Margaret Kaflor, Gladys Poole, Omer Rouzer, Charles J Wise, Bert S Rice, Milton Bergey, Mildred Hoffman, Gerald Bowers, Mrs. Lewis McCoy, and Mrs. Charles Schaibley. Locations include Baltimore, Washington, York, State Line, Beaver Creek, Funkstown, Hagerstown, and Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Martin
Washington Street
Baltimore
Betty Loy
Irvin Avenue
Lynn H. Brumback
University of Maryland
C. M. Dow
Washington
Alexander
Paul Trovinger
Wilber Montgomery
Grace Whitmore
York, Pa
Mr. Trovinger
Frank Trovinger
State Line
Flower Show Planned by Hagerstown Garden Club
Preparations for a large Flower Show are under way by the Hagerstown Garden Club led by Mrs. Marshall Wilson. The event at St John’s Lutheran Auditorium on Wednesday June 5 runs from 1 to 9 pm with free admission and no entry fees. Open to all flower growers, prizes honor best large and small garden and wild flower assortments, best single flower, best collection of a variety, most original exhibit, and most attractive luncheon table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Moose Will Gather Here For Large Lodge Initiation
Hagerstown Lodge No. 212 Loyal Order of Moose planned a major class initiation for Tuesday June 25 with an entertainment committee aiming for the largest affair yet. Members and the drum corps will travel to Martinsburg on May 28 for a class initiation there. A public Moose meeting is set for Friday June 7 in Red Men’s Hall Boonsboro featuring a musical program and national speaker. Attendance prize was won by A. R. Arnsparser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Loyal Order of Moose
Martinsburg
Martinsburg Moose
The
Moose
Red Men’s Hall
Boonsboro
A. R. Arnsparser
Play at First Christian Church Promises Auction and Fun
A play will be given at the First Christian Church on Thursday and Friday this week featuring Deacon Dubbs visiting his nephew Amos Coleman and learning of Amos's romance with Rose Raleigh. The program includes an auction, a wedding, and an old fashioned husking bee for audience entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Gee
Deacon Dubbs
Sorghum Center
Amos Coleman
Amos
Ma-arm
Rose Raleigh
Turbanne fashion plaque style from 1929 description
The item introduces a new 1929 Turbanne that eliminates tying and matches the appeal of the 1928 bandanna. Offered in several color combos with black tricot forming one half and black and white silk the other, the ends are drawn together over a tricot band.
Do You Recall Years Ago on This Day
A four year old bit the baby of T H Claggett on South Potomace Street as a buggy stood outside Brugh's store. Items note newlyweds Ivi M Grimm and Earlie Smith and Bewlah Ward and John Eliason. Local trustees elected for Antietam Street School and Jos C Byron led a city charter push for a commission form of government. Dr J Whitridge Williams urged maternal and infant mortality action amid cool weather blamed on snowballs. The Clearspring Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Claggett
South Potomace Street
Brugh
Ivi M. Grimm
Trego
Earlie Smith
Bewlah Ward
John Eliason
Here's Our Helen in Queen's Taste at Antietam Memorial
The article notes a $5000 brick parsonage for Rev. F. W. Bald, with Hon. George R. Gaither as orator for Antietam battlefield memorial exercises. It lists Egg prices at 10 cents and fat spring chickens at 85 cents each. C class High School elected Arthur Rowland president Olive Moore vice president Mary Hoffman secretary William Ernst and Grace Sellman treasurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Gaither
Antietam
Arthur Rowland
Olive Moore
Mary Hoffman
William Ernst
Grace Sellman
Tiz Foot Bath Promises Quick Relief for Tired Feet
A vintage ad extols Tiz foot baths to draw out acids and poisons from tired feet. It claims rapid relief from soreness, calluses, and strained muscles, with shoes feeling a half size larger after use. A box costs only a few cents at drug or department stores.
Hoover to limit White House receptions to one day weekly
President Hoover will cut public receptions at the White House to one day per week starting next week. Receptions, once daily then reduced to two per week, will shift from Mondays and Thursdays to Wednesdays, with an eventual full elimination expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
White House
Mr. Hoover
Victor Corp Forms A Club For Industrial Athletics
Victor Products Corporation employees formed an athletic association to promote baseball basketball bowling and other recreation. Officers elected for one year include President J C Annan Vice President A Ward Secretary L E Sellmann Treasurer A M Algers Publicity Manager W R Lowe. Annual employees picnic planned for the last Saturday in June at a yet undecided location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Products Corporation
Athletic Association
J. C. Annan
A. 4. Ward
L. E. Sellmann
A.M. Algers
W. R. Lowe
Beauty Contests Condemned by Rome Authority
Rome bids beauty contests and similar events be forbidden as grave inconveniences to moral order. Benito Mussolini, orated this stance, banning contests and related exploitation of feminine vanity and parodies thereof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Flapper Fanny Says Warns Against Love Blindness in Marriage
The correspondent cites a quip that marrying a man deeply in love is unwise until he gains stability. The piece frames a lighthearted, cautionary view on courtship and financial footing, reflecting social wit of the era.
Local marriage licenses listed for four Pennsylvania couples
Guy L. Landis aged 22 of Carlisle and Margaret A. Martin aged 18 of Newville obtain a marriage license. Steven Curry aged 23 of Lancaster and Anna G. Pyle aged 20 of Elizabethtown also secure a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy L. Landis
Carlisle
Margaret A. Martin
Newville
Steven Curry
Lancaster
Anna G. Pyle
Elizabethtown
Warns Women To Check High Blood Pressure
Thousands of women at the changing time of life are warned of danger from high blood pressure caused by waste buildup and organ weakness. Symptoms include dizziness breathlessness headaches flushed face nervousness and sleeplessness. The ad promotes Norma as a doctor’s prescription that relieves symptoms without habit forming drugs.
Surprise Birthday Dinner for Mr Palmer at Home
A surprise dinner was held at Mr. and Mrs. John C. Palmer’s home for Mr. Palmer’s fifty first birthday. Attendees included Mrs 5. T. Brandenburg, James Hessing family, Leatherman family, Easterday family, Theophilus Herbert, Blane Crossnickle, Maurita Palmer, Thelma Sinyer, Maurice Palmer, Urich family, Halifax visitors, and many Grossnickle, Hessong, and Palmer relatives plus neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Palmer
Palmer
5. T. Brandenburg
James Hessing
Addis Leatherman
Roy Easterday
Theophilus Herbert
Blane Crossnickle
Maurice Palmer
Maurita
J. L. Sinyer
Thelma
Albert Mosier
Russell Urich
Junior
Urich
Lloyd
Halifax
Emer Brandenburg
Charles Plummer
Leroy Stotlemyer
Roessner Grossnickle
Wilmer Branderburs
James Hessong
Frank Brandenburg
Howard Palmer
Walter Good
Barfield Palmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mai
Harry Thornburg
Roanoke, Va
Mrs
Robert Thornburg
East North Street
Charles HM. Ludwig
Mr. Ludwig
Hizabeth Ludwig
Virginia Avenue
New York
Walter C. Binkley
M. E. Draper
Salem Avenue
Ezra Spielman
City
Katie Travinger
Mrs. Webster Hollingsworth
Mrs. H. J. Hollingsworth
Summit Avenue
Margaret Kaflor
Beaver Creek
Gladys Poole
Oak Hill
Omer Rouzer
West
Washington’ Street
George Rouzer
Charles J. Wise
Charles Wise
Bert, S. Rice
Phillipsborn’s
Milton C. Bergey
Newcastle, del
East
Baltimore Street
Mildred Hoffman
Maryland Theatre
Washington County Hospital
Gerald Bowers
Funkstown
Lewis McCoy
Charles Schaibley
South Prospect Street
Muselone
Muserone
Clifford
Ponck St
Ru Wied
Wizard Headquarters
Christian Church
Henry Holzapfel
Leslie C. Benard
Frank T. Bennett
Antietam Street School
Jos C. Byron
D.C. Gilbert
T. L. Richard
the Mail
J. Whitridge Williams
Johns Hopkins
the Clearspring Reformed Church
Grey Gables
Tolis Mn. 2
Helen
F. W. Bald
Daily Mail-Nea
Helen Wills
Buckingham Palace
American Woman's Club
London
Kohler & Sons
Gruen
Anderson CO
Washington St
Silk Shop
W. Franklin St
Victor Corp
Flapper
Fanny
Brown’s
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Jesus
A. D. Rowland
North ‘Mulberry Street
Alexander Flower Shop Funeral Designs
Public Square Hotel
Herald-Mail
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