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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1944

Page

5

Girl Scouts Plan Camp Frame Delegation At City Picnic

Girl Scouts of Troop 2 held a Thursday evening picnic at City Park with nineteen girls and leaders Miss Ruth Penner and Mrs. Dorothy Bussard. They announced plans to send a large delegation to Camp Frame this summer sponsored by the local Girl Scout Council. A scavenger hunt followed supper.

FROOP Girl Scouts of Troop 2 Ruth Penner Dorothy Bussard Camp Frame Girl Scout Council

Personal Notes on Local Residents Departures and Visits

Local residents fly to Rochester New York for a government post relocation. New York visitors arrive to see relatives, while military personnel return to camps in Georgia Delaware and Illinois after furloughs. Admissions to Washington County Hospital include several residents from Boonsboro Sharpsburg and Shepherdstown. A Lakeland Florida relocation is noted for Henry Stewart Jones and family. McKay family funeral in St Mary Ontario referenced.

Washington County Hospital Ray R. Ridenour Boonsboro Florence A. Brenner Bixler Avenue Donald M. Harvey Big’ Pool Cleveland B. Earry Sharpsburg Nancy BD. Weaver West Franklin Street Helen Carbaugh Mary H. Dobbins Shepherdstown W. Va Mary E. Slotterbeck

Rev Young Delivers Banquet Speech at St Pauls Meeting

Rev G Aubrey Young of the Presbyterian church spoke on Counting the Cost at a Busy Men's Bible class banquet at St Pauls United Brethren church. The program featured school orchestra selections and vocal quartets, highlighting Hagerstown's largest men’s class with 123 average weekly attendees.

G. Aubrey Young Presbyterian Church St. Paul's United Brethren Church Sidney B. Jaynes Merle Belle Collette Mary Secor Catherine Novyinger Louise Novinger Romayne Beyard William Fraley Claudius Ryan Forrest Rogers Hagerstown F. Berry Plummer Philo A

Senior Play At High School This Evening

The final rehearsal for the senior class play The Fighting Littles clarifies spots for tonight’s three act comedy. Tickets show a large audience expected as curtain rises in the auditorium. Veterans from past plays are now in the U S Army Air Forces or missing after raids over Germany.

Kenneth Beecher U.S. Army Air Forces Germany John Eidtson Anne of Greenables James Hussong James U. S. Army Air Forces England America James Webb New Guinea

Delegates Named for State Encampment Meeting

The Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars reports a successful poppy sale. Delegates to the Maryland Encampment to be held in Cumberland June 23 to 25 include Mesdames Natalie Ruth Beulah C Williams Audrey Highbarger as delegates at large with several alternates. District Meeting No 2 of the Seneca District Association meets June 15 at the First Baptist Church Frederick.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Maryland Cumberland Nataie Ruth Beulah C. Williams Audrey Highbarger Catherine Smith Mae Whiteman Ruth Ridge Bessie Hurd Katherine Finfrock Hattie Chrissinger Susan Sixens Anna Henson Morty Heli Mary Alter Seneca District Association Washington Frederick Counties First Baptist Church Frederick

Mis and companions attend Christian Churches convention in D C

Mrs Frank W Mish of the Womens Club plans summer with daughter in Brunswick Maine. Rev Dr and Mrs William Mor ment Henry S Snavely Mrs Co A Frick Mrs Grace Delauter Mrs D M Bowarth Miss Miriam Boward and Mr and Mrs J T Rossler return from Washington D C where they attended the Christian Churches of the Capital Area annual convention at the National City Church May 22 to 24.

William Morment Henry S. Snavely Co. A. Frick Grace Delauter D. M. Bowarth Miriam Boward J. T. Rossler Washington, D. C of the Christian Churches of the Capital Area National City Church

Poppies Aid Veterans In Medical Care and Therapy

Hospital poppy production by wounded veterans supports families and aids recovery. Veterans from World War I and recent conflicts create the paper flowers for the American Legion Auxiliary to buy and resell, providing cash earnings and therapeutic occupation. A Gulfport facility notes the season lifts patients’ spirits, while a tanker survivor funds his sister’s graduation with poppy profits.

American Legion Auxiliary Chateau Thierry Belleau Woods Guadalcanal Salerno Veterans’ Hospital Col G. T. Sheffield Veterans Administration Gulfport, Miss Pacific

Miss Richardson Weds Pvt Boylen at Baltimore Church

Dorothy Richardson, daughter of Harold Richardson of Cave Town, wed Pvt. Charles A. Boylen of the U S Paratroops at Roland Avenue Methodist Church Baltimore on May 22. Rev Paul Bohi officiated with Ruth Pender in the organ recital. The bride wore navy and white with gardenia corsage. Best man was Lawrence Barton. Guests included Anna Belle Boylen, maid of honor. The couple’s short honeymoon preceded Boylen's return to Fort Benning. the bride resumes nursing at the Home for Incurables.

Harold Richardson Cavetown Dorothy Richardson Charles A. Boylen U. S Lawrence Barron Pvt. Boylen Fort Benning, Ga

Missionary Union Meets at First Baptist Church

The Missionary Union's Women group met last evening at the First Baptist Church with Mrs. J. P. Richard presiding. The Grace Watlington Circle led the program including articles by Nora Barger and Velma Mantous on China, a prayer by Mrs. J. Mowen, and a selection titled Fling Out The Banner. W. A. girls will host the June program and the Livingston Circle will provide refreshments.

Livingston Circle

Program at Meeting of First Church of God group

The Adult Christian Endeavor Society met at Mrs. Nora Rogers home on Chestnut street to present a Memorial Day program. Refreshments followed the business session for Rev. H. C. Gonso and many members including Mr. and Mrs. Weller Holmes Reeder Hahn Werking Mummert Kidwell Louw Sostar and Jeraldine Holmes.

Adult Christian Endeavor Society of the First Church of God Nora Rogers Chestnut Street H. C. Gonso R. G. Weller Earl Holmes N. Reeder Roy Hahn Mary Werking Mary Mummert Mollie Kidwell Charles Smith Leroy Hahn Jeraldine Holmes Mary Louw Virginia Sostar

Annual Dance At Fountain Head Club By Del Rio Orchestra

Phil Young and his Club del Rio orchestra will provide music for Fountain Head Country Club’s Decoration Day dance on Monday evening May 29. Dancing runs from 9:30 to 1:20. An informal terrace party follows on the club terrace, kicking off a series of Saturday night events for the summer.

Phil Young Club del Rio Orchestra Fountain Head Country Club

Summer Meetings Planned By Beaver Creek Homemakers Club

The Beaver Creek Homemakers Club outlines August box social in the community hall with a guest policy. June and July meetings are scheduled at Mrs. Hofman’s and Mrs. Funk’s homes respectively. Sixteen members attended. three members donated blood to the Red Cross, and war stamps and bonds sales reached $154.60. Members logged two hundred hours at the Red Cross sewing room and worked on salvaging waste, gate, paper, and tin cans. Ardath Martin led a tabletop refinishing demonstration.

Beaver Creek Red Cross Red Crogs Ardath Martin

Winners named in fourth Washington County radio program

Ruth Ford and Patsy Beck were judged winners yesterday in the fourth program featuring imitation radio broadcasts at the Washington County Free Library children's room. Honorable mentions went to John Davenport and Helen Harshman among 13 fourth grade participants.

Washington County Free Library Ruth Ford St. Mary’s Catholic School Patsy Beck Antietam Street John Davenport Surrey School Helen Harshman Winter Street Robert Allen Ann Briddell Marie Coss Billy Murdock Trizie Ann Ellroy Lynn Meyers Nancy Porter Sarah Robinson Jack Warrenfeltz

School Art Is Unique Exhibit At Washington Museum

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts hosts an expansive Public School Art exhibit drawing visitors from across the county. About 500 items reflect art’s role in schools from elementary murals to junior high design and utility arts, with notable displays in wallpaper, agriculture themed art, leather craft, block printing, and carved wooden boxes. More than 3800 people have visited so far.

Washington County Woodland Way Biggs West Washington Street South Potomac

Christian Science Lesson Denounces Necromancy and Mesmerism

The Church of Christ, Scientist and Ha geretown Christian Science Society schedule Sunday May 28 services with a lesson sermon titled Ancient and Modern Necromancy Denounced. Romans 16 19 20 serves as the golden text and Isaiah 8 19 frames citations alongside passages from Mary Baker Eddy's Christian Science textbook page 72 noting that divine law, not personal intercommunication, communicates truth health and harmony to earth and humanity.

Christian Science Service Churches of Christ, Scientist Christian Science Society of Earth

Births reported in Washington County Hospital notices

Mr and Mrs J D Holt of Chambersburg announce a daughter born May 25 at Washington County Hospital. Mr and Mrs George F Hamill of 921 Maryland Avenue report a daughter born May 25 at the same hospital. Pvt and Mrs Orville L Kyler of 21 Washington Avenue are parents of a daughter born May 25 at Washington County Hospital.

Anngunge J. D. Holt Chambersburg Washington County Hospital George F. Hamill Maryland Avenue Orville L. Kyler Washington Avenue

Electro-chemical Process Restores Worn Metal Files

A new electro chemical method reportedly reconverts worn metal surfaces to their original efficiency, potentially restoring full performance without material replacement. The process claims to recondition worn tools to near new condition, offering cost savings for manufacturing.

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