Registrations Open For Camp At Camp Frame
Girl Scouts announce open registration for Camp Frame in Berkeley County West Virginia. Sessions run May 31 to June 28 with Saturday mornings in June and a two week period starting June 29. Early signup limited to Washington County Council units until June 15. later open to all Girl Scouts. A June 2 picnic in City Park invites leaders and troops with outdoor games and skits.
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Camp Frame
Women’s Club
Berkeley County
W Va
Back Creek
Martinsburg Girls Scouts
Washington County Council
Fuch
Personal notices from Williamsport area
Mrs. John Hamilton of Hotel Maryland left this week to visit her son in law Lt. and Mrs. Marshall Spotts in Sebring Florida and will also visit Memphis Tennessee before returning. Phyllis Ann Bichelberger eight months daughter of Pyr and Mrs Earl Hichelberger returned home after an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital with her mother Mrs Hichelberger visiting Baltimore accompanied by Mrs Florence Toston and Mrs Anna Teach. The baby’s father is stationed in Italy.
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John Hamilton
Maryland
Inlaw
Marshall Spotts
Sebring
Fla
Jin Memphis
Tenn
Phyllis Ann Bichelberger
Pyr
Earl Hichelberger
Potomac Street
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ichelberger
Baltimore
Florence Toston
Anna Teach
Italy
Church School Opens June 12 at St Pauls Methodist
St Pauls Methodist church announces Vacation Church School from June 12 1923 for children aged four to twelve with classes 9 to 11 30 each morning. No charge. departments led by superintendents and assistants. worship Bible study music and other activities included. all invited. Sunday service features Rev H C Marsh topic Lest We Forget and anthem Souls of the Righteous with offertory There Is No Death. Bach chorale prelude by organist James McLain. no evening service due to pastor preaching at First Methodist Front Royal Va. union Pentecost service urged at Trinity Lutheran.
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St. Paul’s Methodist Church
de Ep
St. Paul's
H. C. Marsh
Noble
Tory
Maurice Thomas
O’hara
James McLain
First Methodist
Front Royal
Trinity Lutheran Church
Local Student Wins Prizes At Hood College
Miss Dorig Humrichouse daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude M Humrichouse of South Potomac street received two prizes at Hood College moving up day ceremonies She won the Blue and Grey editor s award for the year s best news story and the George C Pearson prize in Biblical Literature worth 25 Miss Humrichouse a Hood sophomore was among eight students honored at the final chapel service of the academic year.
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Dorig Humrichouse
Claude M. Humrichouse
South Potomac Street
Hood College
George C. Pearson
Humrichouse
Hood
Wartime Ra-Shop Bag inspires portable wartime shopping
A pattern for the Ra-Shop Bag offers a roomy underarm tote with two side purse pockets and a central compartment for ration hooks. Designed for durability in wartime, the bag expands from 13 by 11 inches to 20 inches deep with a 6 inch expansion, using heavy upholstery fabrics and denim. Pattern 28862 can be requested from the Pattern Department of Hacerstown Daily Mail, by sending name, address, pattern number, and a remnant request to New York, N.Y.
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Hacerstown
Daily Diary Notes And Odd Local Bits Of News
A week of small town happenings blends whimsy and wartime reality. fortune tellers spark romance rumors among youths, mushrooms astonish harvesters, rats are slain and gardens suffer thefts, while a USO rodeo and a Washington encounter amuse locals. A Pearl Harbor era tapestry of life in Maryland broadens with wartime talk and memories.
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Steller
YMCA
Capitol
Washington
Maryland
Hagerstown
Senior Play Keeps Audience Laughing at Hagerstown High
The Fighting Littles, a three act senior class play adapted from Booth Tarkington, delighted last night under directors Miss Innes Boyer and Miss Mildred Kein. La Van Stultz led as Ham Ellers with slang filled banter, while Goody Little was played by Peggy Shiahan, and Paul Berger portrayed Goody’s hot tempered father. The cast featured Exlwin Neikirk, Jean Prather, Shirley Harrison, Winifred Swane, Shirley Andrews, Peggy Yates, Mildred Goetz, Jane Detrick, Robert Willis, Howard Weeks, and Mildred Ward in supporting roles.
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Hagerstown High School
Caroline Franke
Booth Tarkington
Innes Boyer
Mildred Kein
la van Stultz
Ham Ellers
Pegey Shiahan
Goody Little
Ham
Paul Berger
Goody
Filmer
Mr. Little
Exlwin Neikirk
Almalina
Jean Prather
Shirley Harrison
Henriette
Godly
Winifred Swane
Miss Polaga
Shirley Andrews
Mia. Little
Peggy Yates
Antoinette
Mildred Goetz
Cuckoo
Jane Detrick
Screwhall
Robert Willis
Norman Peel
Howard Weeks
Dicky Harpeddle
Mildred Ward
Mrs. Harpeddile
Annual Banquet Of Class Held This Week
The Bu danho Sunday School Class of Trinity Lutheran Church held its annual banquet Tuesday evening at Hotel Patterson. Mrs Paul Fryer led the event with three guests and twenty five members attending. gifts were exchanged as Secret Panda Pals were revealed. Attendees included Dr and Mrs Wilson P Ard and Sister Pearl Eckard, along with numerous members led by teacher Mrs Paul Fryer.
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Budanho
Trinity Lutheran Church
Paul Fryer
Hotel Patterson
Wilson P. Ard
Pearl Eckard
Lenora Fiery
Anna Leiter
Catherine Leiter
Mary Main
Anna Jane Fry
Jane Souhers
Ruth Souders
Aslores Corder
Anna Mae Mites
Jane Detrich
Janet Detrich
Doris Fryer
Jean Huyett
Cora Henneberger
Jeannette Hull
Dorothy Myers
Helen DeVore
Marie Fiery
Anna G. Hightman
Hazel Boyer
Lucille Evans
Anna Catherine Hartman
Ruth Warner
Jane Warner
Alsatia Bowling Banquet caps season for local league champions
Over one hundred bowlers attended the Alsatia Club Bowling League banquet at Beck's restaurant. The 1943-44 season ended with the Cardinals led by Harry S. Snavely defeating the Dodgers captained by Landis Coffman. Prizes went to team members and top individuals including John W. Minnich with a 119.1 season average and 414 three game score, J F Thompson had the top single-game score of 57, and Dodgers posted the best three-game team scores. Dale Kane was elected next year's bowling chairman.
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Alsatia Club
Beck's
Cardinals
Harry S. Snavely
Dodgers
Landis Coffman
Omer T. Kaylor
Snavely
A. L. Sanm
Bart Hoffman
J. W. Minnich
Howard Machen
F. R. Miller
R. Jacobs
John Dunn
The
Lan Sis Coffman
H. A. Corder
Han
Clydé Hildebrand
G. Walter Smith
P. Fitez
George D. Reynolds
John Fiery
John W. Minnich
Howard Myers
J. F.thompson
Indians
New Books At Library Cover Smokies Lore And Other Works
Washington County Free Library highlights The Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge edited by Roderick Peattie with contributions by Donald Culross Peattie. Other titles include Plants And Flowers In The Home by Kenneth Post, Young Men And Machines by Raymond F. Yates, The Long Balkan Night by Leigh White, A Modern Foreign Policy for the United States by Joseph M. Jones, Morning in Vienna by Peter Domanig, Frossia by E M Almedingen, The Labyrinth by Cecil Roberts, Wait For Mrs Willard by Dorothy Langley.
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Washington County Free Library
South
Great Smokies
Blue Ridge
Roderick Peattie
Southern Ranges
Donald Culross Peattie
Kenneth Post
Raymond F. Yates
Leigh White
Balkans
Hungary
Rumania
Greece
Jugoslavia
United States
Joseph M. Jones
State Department
Fortune Magazine
Peter Domanig
Vienna
Victor White
America
Rossia
E. M. Almedingen
Petrograd
Frossia
Russia
Cecil Roberts
Crete
Mrs. Willard
Dorothy Langley
Student Winners To Broadcast Today
Connie Kershner, Susanne Geary of St Marys Catholic School and Broadway win in Washington County Free Library child radio contest for the Spring Book Festival. Honorable mentions go to Derek Sheen and Beverly Barnhart among third graders. Ten winners and three honorable mentions will deliver two minute talks this afternoon on local station.
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Connie Kershner
Broadway
Susanne Geary
St. Mary's Catholic School
Washington County Free Library
Derek Sheen
Beverly Barnhart
Howard Street School
Donald Burkholder
George Cooper
Betty Dudley
Dolores Harshaw
Betty Nigh
Ruth Ford
Patsy Beck
Marilyn Moore
Joan Obaugh
Catherine Daughterty
Thomas Horn
Laura Shatto
Anne Schindel
Betsy Cannon
William Stadtmiller
Derek Skeen
Library Daily
Hagerstown
Surprise Birthday Party At Santmyers Home
A surprise party celebrated for Mrs. Raymond Hoover at 181 Summit Avenue hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Santmyers. Guests enjoyed gifts, games, and refreshments with attendees including Mrs. Valetta Doyle, Miss Irene Goes, Mrs. Rodger Harshman, Mrs. Mary McCune and son David, Mrs. Martin Kelly, Mrs. Lester Kretzer, Mrs. Ivan Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kuhn Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Hoye Brandenburg, Mrs. Hilda Galliher, Master Irvin Galliher, Ars. Harold Kline, and Mr. Raymond Hoover.
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J. R. Santmyers
Summit Avenue
Raymond Hoover
Valetta. Doyle
Irene Goes
Rodger L. Harshman
Mary McCune
David
Martin Kelly
Lester Kretzer
Ivan Miller
Ivan Miller, Mr. and Mrs.’ Robert L. Kuhn, Sr
Hoye E. Brandenburg
Hilda Galliher
Irvin Galliher
Ars
Harold B. Kline
Philathea Class Social For Sixty Members At Church
The Philathea Sunday School Class of the Church of the Brethren held a class social in the church school auditorium on Thursday evening. A covered dish supper fed sixty members and gifts were exchanged by the Sunshine Sisters. Mrs. Aaron Beecher presided as toast mistress and the program included devotions by Mrs. Grace Plank readings by Mrs. Bessie Long and Mrs. Cora Kershner an address by Miss Densie Hollinger group singing led by Mrs. Ada Hammond spring flowers and roses provided festive decor the class colors green and white featured in the table appointments. New names were drawn for another year and there was renewed interest in the class entertainment started by Mrs. Arthur Stoner, who has been ill for years and received gifts and flowers from members.
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Philathea
Church of the Brethren
Church School
Aaron Beecher
Toass
Grace Plank
Bessie Long
Cora, Kershner
Densie Hollinger
Ada Hammond
Sunshine Sisters
Arthur Stoner
Stoner
Williamsport High To Exhibit Clothing Display
Williamsport High School will host a home economics display on Wednesday May 31 showing student garments from the past year. Visitors may view from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm and again from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. Marriage licenses issued in Frederick include James M. Hyerly and Erma Shank both of Hagerstown Ladeimer Zanski of Seattle and Madeline Forrest of Smithsburg.
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Williamsport High School
Frederick
James M. Hyerly
Erma Shank
Hagerstown
Ladeimer J. Zanski
Seattle
Wash
Madeline L. Forrest
Smithsburg
Longest Floating Bridge Reported in Kawartha Lakes
A mile and a quarter long floating bridge in the Kawartha Lakes district of Ontario is described as the longest floating bridge in the world. The landmark structure spans a body of water, attracting attention from locals and visitors. Officials note its scale and engineering significance as a notable regional feature.
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Kawartha Lakes District
Ontario
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Zotos Lustron
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Arte Blée
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Bridge Primes
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