Social and Personal Notes From Potomac Street Area
Mrs Lucretia Bock undergoes treatment at the hospital. Miss Marie Warger returns from Atlantic City. Miss Ruby Jackson travels to Harrisburg for Mrs George Barnes funeral. Families travel to Lancaster Philadelphia and Albany. Several locals spend weekends in Baltimore Washington Frederick Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr Roy Snyder and Mrs Roy Snyder announce the birth of a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia Bock They
Spruce Street
Marie Warger
Potomac House
Clear Spring
Atlantic City
Ruby Jackson
Harrisburg
George Barnes
Max Cohen
North Potomac Street
Lancaster
Philadelphia
A. H. Krider
Baltimore
Margaret
Goucher College
Roy Snyder
South Potomac Street
Simones Birth Announcement in Lewistown PA
Rev and Mrs Carl Simon of Lewistown Pennsylvania announce the birth of a son. Mrs Simon was formerly Miss Thelma Stitzell of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Simon
Lewistown
Pennsylvania
Simon
Thelma Stitzell
Birth of Daughter for Schlotter Beck Family
Mr and Mrs Edward Schlotter Beck of 28 South Mulberry announce the birth of a daughter at the local hospital last week. The baby joins the family in a joyous first arrival with both parents expressing happiness and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Schlotterbeck
South Mulberry Street
Gold Letters Awarded to Hi Y Club Members
Seventeen seniors at a Joint Boys and Girls Hi Y meeting at the YMCA received gold letter H awards for senior status. Officers Ruth Hankey Kathleen Hoffman Lois Simon Carrie Cunningham earned insignias and gifts, including gavels and ink bottles, suspended from Hi Y pins. An open discussion followed on Conduct of Modern Girls and Boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hankey
Kathleen Hoffman
Lois Simon
Carrie Qunningham
Pupils Crown Queen of the May at North Potomac fete
Miss Hoffmeier and Miss Campbell school pupils held a May Fete on the school lawn on North Potomac street. Susanne Byron was crowned Queen of the May by Bucky Hook. Kindergarten and primary pupils performed dances, songs, and a May Pole, with pages, flower girls, and a crown bearer. The event, directed by Mrs. Robert Carder, featured planning from Conrad Minlum and Hause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hoffmeier
Miss Campbell
Potomac Street
Susanne Byron
Bucky Hook
Laura Mae Hays
Billy Altenderfer
Caroline Potter
Kindregarten
Kenneth Mackley
Bobbie Moore
Joe Byron
Tarleton
Pegsey Baker
Mary Jane Cushwa
Virginia Lee Miller
Lois Smith
Florence Eurich
Pamela Statton
Dorothy Lane
Phyllis Loose
Lords
Jane Marie Wolf
Donnie Fleming
Shirley Auld
Stuart Roverne
Evelyn Kaiser
Abraham Verovsky
Valinda Willis
Jimmy Kollopolus
Kurt Blair
Frederick Thumma
Martha Jane Wingert
Buddy Brumback
Anne Catherine Emmert
Billy Hamilton
Anna Danrer
Billy Moore
Elizabeth Sprecher
Edward Cochran
Laura Maa Hays
Buddy Hoak
Robert Carder
Conrad
Minlum
Hause
Miss Martha Reed Named Queen of May at UK Carnival Ball
Miss Martha Reed of Carlisle Kentucky is crowned queen of the May by students at the University of Kentucky. The battalion sponsor of the ROTC and the most beautiful girl on campus, she is pictured in her costume for the Engineers' Carnival Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Reed
Carlisle
University of Kentucky
Engineers
Paris Parisienne Fashion Plaque and Bead Design
Fashion sketch shows a start Parisienne wearing tayo chokers with contrasting beads, long ivory upper strand and a brown wooden lower strand with ivory discs. Hebrew Ladies Auxiliary hosts a 500 and bridge party at the Hebrew auditorium on East Baltimore Street tonight to benefit the building fund. Mrs C A Shepsle chairs. Mrs Snoook hosts a bridge gathering at the Halfway House yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Start Parisienne
Hebrew Ladies’ Auxiliary
Hebrew Auditorium
East
Baltimore Street
C. A. Shepsle
Entertains Club at Oak Hill Home
Miss Jane Harmon hosted a bridge club gathering at her Oak Hill Avenue residence in Oal Hill. Miss Almeda Barr won the prize in a close game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Harmon
Oal Hill Avenue
Almeda Barr
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Restores Miss Underwood
Miss Lorena L Underwood of Wheeling West Virginia writes she recovered from severe fatigue weak nerves insomnia and poor appetite after using Dr Pieres Favorite Prescription She reports three meals daily and feeling like a new woman and endorses the tonic to friends seeking help from Buffalo New York clinic for advice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lorena L. Underwood
Wheeling
W. Va
Dr. Pierce
Miss Lorena
Underwood
17Th St
Buffalo
N. Y
Do You Recall Years Ago 15 Today in 1911
Do You Recall years ago on this date reflecting events from 15 years prior. The items include Dr J McP Scott named to state educational survey committees by Gov Goldsborough, Smithsburg cornet band in new uniforms under director D V Pike, library staff Mary L Titcomb and Hannah M Lawrence attending the American Library Association convention in Washington, and Otho Show resigning as clerk with E W Miller to join Oak Hills stores. Also noted are a lightning injury to Mrs Samuel Reese and Mrs Harvey K Martz of Beaver Creek, a 1914 15 school budget of 178 995 with 39 000 for new buildings, Johns Hopkins medical graduates Davis Reichard, and reorganized Antietam reel team with Thomas Geary as manager. The piece mentions replanting corn after heavy rains, several ordinations to the Episcopal ministry, Hagerstown baseball club management changes, and the 90 year old Sharpsburne resident.
Personal friend of Hoover misled Piedmont bride in divorce case
Charles Clayton Miller claimed he was a personal friend of President Hoover and boasted a thriving law practice to a San Francisco divorce court. The bride, a Piedmont society girl, learned he was only a clerk and not the president’s friend, and she is Mary Josephine Ringwood again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clayton Miller
Hoover
Piedmont
Calif
San Francisco
Mary Josephine Ringwood
Junior Catholic Daughters elect officers at semiannual meeting
At the Junior C D A semiannual meeting in the rooms Sunday evening officers were elected for the year: President Mary Kuth, vice president Mary Donegan, secretary Helen Rang, and reporter Margaret Donegan. Initiations included Margaret Zendergraff, Helen Rang and Mary Gorman. First and second honor pins were awarded to numerous Juniors, with Stouffer Hensell Lushbaugh Boultman Councillors guiding Troops. Decoration Day dance set for Fountain Head Country Club Wednesday night with Randolph Moores in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kuth
Mary Donegan
Helen Rang
Margaret Donegan
Margaret Zendergraff
Mary Gorman
Alberta Mobley
Helen Mills
Frances Lushbaugh
Irene Harbaugh
Mary Gelwicks
Claire
Leona Clatterbuck
Camilla Hastings
Mary Kuhn
Helen Lushbaugh
Jean Wolf
Rachael Harbaugh
Julia Ramacciotti
Helen McCune
Virginia Matthews
Madeline Magaha
Agnes Smith
Catherine Harris
Jane Kreitz
Margaret Zendergaat
Stouffer, Hensell, Lushbaugh
Boultman
Fountain Head Country Club
Randolph Moores
Ladies’ Aid Society gifts secretary long-time service
The Ladise' Aid Society of St. Paul's M. E. Church honored Mrs. Elmer Trovinger with a brooch at their weekly meeting for twenty years as secretary. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Show hosted a joint birthday card party at 821 West Franklin. The Hawaiian Troubadors performed with guitar selections by Ralph Huntzberry. monologue by Mrs. Show and dances by Anna Lucas and Virginia Show followed refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladise’ Aid Society of
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Elmer ‘Trovinger
Trovinger
Mrs. Charles Show
West
Franklin Street
Mr. Show
Ralph Huntzberry
One Cent a Day Accident Policy Offered for $100 Monthly
An accident policy from the National Protective Insurance Assn in Kansas City offers up to $100 a month for a day at a time. Over 122000 policies already in force. Mail for a 10 day free inspection with name age address beneficiary relation. If read, return policy or send $3.85 to start a full year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Protective Insurance Assn
Scarritt Bldg
Kansas City
Birthday party at home entertains with song and guests
Flapper Fanny Says a birthday party at 732 Weet Washington was entertained with singing by Miss Mignonne Hockersmith. Guests included Miss Char Horst, Miss Catherine Horst, Miss Margare Heard, Miss Vivian Fleagle, Miss Milds Fleagle, and Frederick Eutler. Also present were Ba Thurston, Thurman Thurston, Weaver, and Henry Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mignonne Hockersmith
Washington S
Char Horst
Catherine Horst
Margare Heard
Vivian Fleagle
Milds Fleagle
Frederick Eutler
Ba Thurston
Thurman Thurston
Weaver
Henry Chapman
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Belle and Phylis Cohan
Sylvia and
Reba Lyon
Edith Myers
J. C. Beard
Mrs
Nora Clair
Albany, N.Y
Mildred
Madeline Weller
Frances Stonebraker
Harold Ryser
Washington
Jack Slack
William Shaffer
T. Tdnebaugh
Dick Gruber
John McCune
George Burke
Cacafee
M. R. Grossman
Hamilton Boulevard
Altoona, Pa
Harriet Kemp
Frederick
Alice Ullrich
Worthy Strite
Summii Avenue
Mr. Godfrey
U. S. M. C. Garage
Mrs. W. J. Chambers
Alexander Hotel
Vivian McClain
Winter Street
Wernersville, Pa
Joseph Snyder
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Pine Street
Mrs. H. C. MacKenzie
Hagerstown
Mrs. Kitzmiller
Frederick Road
Eric Summers
Lena Ramsey
Kathleen Harbaugh
Summit Avenue
Rose Haire
Mildred’ Krouse
Charles Eillsin
R. E. Spessard
Pittsburgh
Marie Kaetzel Igs
Gapland
Virginia Ankeney
Mrs. Lushbaugh
Annie Metz
D. T. Lesher
Williamsport
J. William Fisher
Sharfaburg
Washington County Hospital Today
Elmer Travingar
South Locust Street
J. R. Garlock
W. C. Vedder
Oak Hill
Cleveland
Ohio
Emma Bassett
Chewsville
F. J. Real
Mulberry Avenue
Wm. K. Derr
Moller Apartments
C. Frank Bloom
Mechanics Loan Apartments
James Shirey
Park Beaver
William Slee
Harry Angle
Les Artley
Black Forest
Allegheny Mountains
Alexander Flower Shop Funeral Designs
Public Square
Alexander
Grey Gables
Gettysburg
LEE House
Smithsburg
Pure Mountain Spring
Wat
Washington Street
E.O.M
Miss Shenk
Peabody Group
Julia Belle Shenk
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Shenk
Ortman
Letitia Shenk
Peabody
Laurence A. Terrain
Charles Shenk
U. D
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
J. McP. Scott
Goldsborough
D. V. Pike
Mary L. Titcomb
Hannah M. Lawrence
American Library Association
Otho Show
E. W. Miller
Oak Hills
Samuel Reese
Harvey K. Martz
Beaver Creek
Maritz
la Coma
Davis Reichard
W. M. Reichard, Fairplay
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Antietam
Thomas
Geary
W. EB. Conner
Rex Linn
Charley Harris
John HB
Ewell, Hancock
Episcopal
Parer
Richard Dix Hartle
Harry Schueler
Timmy Carty
J. Vincent Jamison, Jr
St. John's College
Bruce McGraw
Tthe McGraw Hotel
Sharpsburne
Hied
Silk Shop
W. Franklin St
Maryland Motor CO
Flapper
R. Bruce Carson
Bill Folds
Reytainers
Potomac ST
Roney Bros
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