Local social notes and furloughs for war service members
Sgt John Smith visits mother on 14 day furlough at North Avenue. Sgt Betsy Cullison leaves to report to Baltimore Third Service Command. J Ronald Reed returns from 38 months in the South Pacific and the Philippines. Mrs Fiora C Ramer and family move to Funkstown. Cadet Nurse Louise Mask leaves for vacation with Lt Dora Mask. Set Mary Jane Guernsey takes command of local WAC recruiting station. Lt Carroll Reed returns to duty after 30 day leave. Donald Davenport of the U S Coast Guard and family visit, Mrs Davenport's mother Eris Hallmann. Cpl Marion Hartzell to spend 15 day furlough in Allentown before Indiantown Gap. List of discharged patients from Washington County Hospital. Mrs R K Geaslen and son Gene return from vacation in Front Royal Va. Joseph W Crabbs and daughter Anne visiting Keller Garver family. Mrs Karl Lint visiting friends in Connellsville Pa.
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WAC
Betsy Cullison
Baltimore
Third Service Command
Cpl
Marion Hartzell
Allentown
Indiantown Gap
Girl Scouts Court Of Awards In Hagerstown May 25
The annual Court of Awards for all Girl Scout troops in Hagerstown and Washington county will be held Friday May 25 at 7 30 p m in the auditorium of St John s Lutheran Church. Scouts and leaders assemble at 1 15 p m in the church social room then proceed to the auditorium. The public is invited to attend as awards for the year are presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Washington County
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Missionary Speaks to Church Group Friday at First Baptist
A returned missionary from Africa spoke to the V.W.A. of First Baptist Church Friday evening. After a brief business session Rev. Ira Petrie shared details of his Africa work and displayed articles collected during his stay. The Women's Missionary Union attended, and refreshments were served by the Y.W.A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
V.W.A
First Baptist Church
Ira Petrie
Women's Missionary Union of the Church
Y.W.A
Sorority Honors Miss McKinley at Western Maryland College
Miss Janice McKinley daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry G McKinley Hancock was elected outstanding member of Sigma Sigma Tau at Western Maryland College She will receive her A B degree at graduation exercises on Sunday May 27
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice McKinley
Harry G. McKinley. Hancock
Sigma Sigma Tau
Western Maryland College
McKinley
Prize Winning Books Displayed At Spring Book Festival
Washington County Free Library hosts the Spring Book Festival with prize winning titles from the ninth annual contest. Sandy by Elizabeth Janet Gray leads teen selections while Little People in a Big Country and The Gulf Stream are ordered for display. Other honored books include The Carrot Seed and A Sea Between. Public viewing runs this week 9 pm to 9 pm with additional exhibits in local shop windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Free Library
Circus Book Club
New York Herald Tribune
Sandy
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Norma Cohn
Gulf Stream
Ruth Brindle
Ruth Krauss
Nathan
Canernaum
Hays
Roney‘s
Fountain Head Memorial Day Dance at Country Club
Fountain Head Country Club hosts a Memorial Day dance in the club ballroom on Saturday evening May 26 starting at 9 p.m. Phil Young and his Del Rio orchestra provide the music with a vocalist. Cocktail hour precedes the event at 8 p.m. Committee members include Kent Bradford as chairman W R Moore Jr W W Pollard Jr F S Bennette Jr and Frank D Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain Head Country Club
Phil Young
del Rio Orchestra
Kent Bradford
W. R. Moore, Jr
W. W. Pollard, Jr
F. S. Bennette, Jr
Frank D. Kelley
Harpers Ferry Girl Weds Harold Basore
Geraldine F Kern of Harpers Ferry wed Trooper Harold J Basore in a Grace Evangelical ceremony in Frederick. The bride wore a blue wool suit and gardenia corsage. matron of honor Mrs W Elbwood O Hara wore gold with talisman roses. Best man Sgt Charles V Main attended. both groomsmen are Maryland State Police. The couple announce her nursing career and his Hagerstown High School background. They planned a short wedding trip to Virelain after a working dinner with Sgt and Mrs O Hara. Agriculture supports more than a0 per cent of the population of Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Kern
Harpers Ferry
Geraldine F. Kern
Harold J. Basore
S. Edward Sagore
Ralph K. Hartman
Grace Evangelical and Reformed
Frederick
W. Elbwood O'Hara
Sgt. O'Hara
Charles V. Main
Frederick Barracks
Maryland
Basere
Martineburg City Hospital
Schnanffer Hospital
Brunswick
Hagerstown High School
O'Hara
Basore Ieft
Virelain
Rev Petre Speaks at Lions Meeting and Conclave
Rev Isa Petre, a returned Syria missionary and local native, spoke to Lions Club members at Hotel Alexander on Syria’s laws, war impact, and British administration. He described native punishments, forced labor, and a five million dollar Pan American airport at Maideiguri, plus education and postwar plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Isa. & Petre
Lions Club
Alexander
Petre
Middletown
Lion Leister Mobley
Dave Kern
Fleetwood
W. J. Roberts
Garardsevile
J. S. Sherman
Smithsburg
Joe Fisher
Baltimore
P. E. Cutright
Martinsburg
W. Va
Adam J. Harsh
Williamsport
Amos E. Reeder
Beansboro
C. Miller Petre
Maurice R. Domenici
Edward L. Mobley
Keyar
Frederick
M. Welty
Hot Springs
ACT MEETING NOTICE OF LOCAL TRAVELERS COUNCIL
The Tinited Commercial Travelers of Hagerstown Council No 311 will meet Friday evening May 25 at the Odd Fellows Temple at o o clock. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Arthur L Burger of 906 Spruce Street a daughter Shelby Jean born May 12 at Washington County Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Odd Fellows Temple
Arthur L. Burger
Spruce Street
Shelby Jean
Washington County Hospital
School Faculty Dinner Meet Highlights Local Junior High
James E Spitznas, supervisor of high schools for the State Department of Education, and Benjamin C Willis, Wash ington County superintendent, were guest speakers at the Washington Street Junior High School faculty dinner at the Hotel Hamilton. Spitznas discussed observations from his day visit and praised the school’s progress toward its objectives, while Willis noted advances in the school’s three years as a junior high. Mrs Eleanor Paulsgrove organized the dinner arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Spitznas
State Department of Education
Benjamin C. Willis
Washington County
Washington Street
Hotel Hamilton
Spitanas
P. Wilson Cahall
Spitznas
Willis
Eleanor Paulsgrove
Birthday Party Honors Shaw Family at Rockhill Furnace
Local residents attended a Sunday birthday party at Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Shaw's Rockhill Furnace home. Guests included Catherine and Josephine Shaw, Warren Madden, Isbelle and Gene Shaw, Nora Barger, Violet Higgins, and Stanley Bryan, with ties to Hagerstown Cumberland and Williamsport. The Shaws formerly lived in Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Shaw
Rockhill Furnace
Shaw
Hagerstown
Catherine
Josephine Shaw
Warren Madden
Isbelle
Gene
Rockhill
Nora Barger
This City
Violet Higgins
Cumberland
Stanley Bryan
Williamsport
Colored Groups Plan For Party At Newton D. Baker
The Colored Community Club led by Mrs Minnie Williams hosts an open meeting for Washington County Camp and Hospital Service Committee at Kingapostle Holiness Church West Bethel Street on Monday May 28 at 7:39 p m. Colored civic groups are urged to send reps to learn their roles helping Newton D. Baker General Hospital convalescent soldiers. individuals invited. A hospital speaker will explain how locals can aid patient recreation and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored Community Club
Minnie Willams
Camp and Hospital Service Committee
Washington County
Kingapostle Holiness Church
West Bethel Street
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Camp and Hospital
Tal' Q First Husband a Sealawag Taken by Army
Dear O R, the case supports your present husband's disapproval of your former husband’s prying letters. The ex halted support, seeks money, and has no moral claim after divorce. Your second husband acts as father and should guide you to cut off contact. instruct him briefly to stop writing and refer inquiries to your parents.
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Tal’ Q
Sealawag
Mary Haworth
O.R
Ash
Alary Haworth
Daily Mail
The
Washington Post
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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William A. Smith
North Avenue
Get. J. Ronald Reed
Mrs. Rey Reed
South Pacific
Philippines
Fiora C. Ramer
Johnny
Carcivated
Funkstown
Louise Mask
Dorothea C. Mask
A. N.C
FL Storey, Va
Mary Jane Guernsey
Carrol M. Reed
Hay Reed
Donald Davenport
U. S. Coast Guard
William A. Heniine
Hancock
William H. Grove
Beechwood Drive
Lillian Perrett
East Irvin Avenue
Reighl Co. Gamby
Frederick Road
George E. Richardson
Pope Avenue
Claude L. Crawford
John F. Myers
Sharpsburg
J. Arnold Myers
John H. Gance
South Canton Avenue
R. K. Geaslen
J. H. Geaslen
Front Royal
Joseph W. Crabbs
Anne
Washington, D.C
Mrs
Keller Garver
Karl Lint
Elzabeth Street
Connellsville, Pa
Panty
Everly
S. John’s Lutheran
Miss McKinley
L. F. Beecher
Rest Haven Chapel
Pope’s School
N. Locust St
Charlie Spivak Record Shop
East
Glick’s
Kreider & Ephrata
Glick’s Shoe Store
Washington St
Renlie
E. Wash. St
Leiter Brothers
Cbbauty
Sunes
Free Library
Fountain Head
Harold Basore
Palestine
Prince and
Commoner
Francee
Carl Johan
Gustaf Adolf
Kerstin Wijkmark
Stockholm
Cafe
Gustav V
P.T.A
Lions Meeting
Japan
Margaret Moore
Washington County Council For Parents and Teachers
Parents-Teachers Organization
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
U. S. State Department
San Francisco
Parents
William A. Hastings
United States
Church of God
Knights of Phythias
Keedysyville
Ruth Smith
Venetta
Empire Indiviernal
Gale's Beauty Salon
Wrahington Stone
Ridenour
James E. Spitznas and
Benjamin Willis
Newton D. Baker
Londonderry
Howard St
San Franco
Fleisher’s
Women’s Ats L. & B. Hat Shop Northeast Cor. Public Square
Robert Benchley
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Siow
Pope’s Beauty Shop
Locust Street
Socony- Vacuum Research Laboratories
Meeene
Cabled Fouseke
Heeriet
Sor
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