Local Graduates At Mercersburg
Charles M. Danzer Jr and William Frederick Reynolds Jr of this city graduated yesterday from Mercersburg Academy at the front campus commencement exercises. Headmaster C B Tippectts presided and presented diplomas. Danzer belonged to the Stony Batter Dramatic Club Blue and White Melodians Orchestra and Band and the Chapel Ushering staff. Reynolds was a member of the Marshall Literary Society Gun Club Spanish Club and earned a varsity M in Cross Country. Jonathan Woods received Tyson Prize for greatest progress in Junior Class with several honors in English algebra and Latin.
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Charles M. Danzer, Jr
Charles M. Danzer
William Frederick Reynolds, Jr
W. Frederick Reynolds
Mercersburg Academy
Charles 8. .Tippetts
Danzer
Stony Batter Dramatic Club
Blue and White Melodians
Karax
Mercersburg
Reynolds
Marshall Literary’ Society
Gun Club
Jonathan Woods
Edwin E. Woods
Victor Sheridan Ross, Jr
John Downes, Jr
Charles ©. Griffith
Andrew Simonds Drury
James W. Barlett
Charles Town
W- Va
Drake
Adrian Holmes Onderdonk
John Gorsuch Campbell
Russell Nelson
George W. Hill
Chandler
Andrew S. Drury
John R Beardall
U. S Naval Academy
Annapolis
A. C. Godar
Calvin Joseph Jacobet
Reginald Jabez Vickers, Jr
Michalel D'Arcy Prescott-Day
John Arthur Ernest Harris
Allen Rawson
Beverly Cook Rich
USMC
James William Bartlett, Jr
Rev Henry Coffin Chosen Moderator of Presbyterian General Assembly
In Detroit on May 28 the Rev Henry Sloane Coffin of Union Theological Seminary New York was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States by a 291 to 169 vote over Rev George Harold Talbott of Passaic N J. Coffin, a Yale graduate and former Madison Avenue pastor, has led Union Seminary since 1926.
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Detroit
Henry Sloane Coffin
New York
Union Theological Seminary
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
General Assembly
Coffin
George Harold Talbott
First Presbyterian Church
Passaic
N. J
Stuart Nye Hutchison
Pittsburgh
Board of National Missions
Union Seminary
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Yale University
Birth announced for Shank's daughter in Washington County
Mr and Mrs Elwood Shank 805 South Potomac announce the birth of a daughter at Washington County Hospital. May 27. Nevada is noted as the sage brush state and the silver state.
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Elwood Shank
South Potomac Street
Washington County Hospital
Nevada
St James School holds commencement with Bishop as speaker
Bishop Coadjutor Noblét C. Powell delivers remarks on integrity and character as St James School grants diplomas and awards. Headmaster J B Drake presides, lists prizewinners in English history Latin mathematics and science, and salutes retiring staff and long time platform guests.
Navy Offers Many Jobs For Women
The Navy and Navy Waves and Spars recruit women for service overseas and at home to free men for combat. Lieut D O Smith says there is urgent need for women in total war and explains enlistment details, marriage rules, and job options. The WAVES SPARS booklet can be obtained at the local recruiting station. Age 20 35 enlisted 20 49 officers.
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D. O. Smith
Navy
Baltimore
J. M. Dunaway
City Hall
Lieut. Smith
Coast Guard
America
The
Spars
Dear Betty Brainerd Advice Column on Family Strife
A 17 year old girl pleads about her alcoholic mother and abusive behavior. Betty Brainerd advises maintaining civility, avoiding discussion of the mother, and pursuing work, while confirming the mother is unfit and the daughter should stay with her father.
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Betty Brainerd
Hagerstown Retail Stores to Close Memorial Day
Most Hagerstown retail shops will shut for Memorial Day Monday May 31 with the Retailers Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce coordinating the observance. Public offices library City Hall Courthouse will also close and the Board of Education votes to close schools. A Mass Prayer Meeting at City Park and two baseball games are scheduled for the day.
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Hagerstown
Fairchild
City Park
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Henry Coffin
St. James
Noblét ‘C. Powell
St. James School
Powerll
Archibald Rutledge
South Carolina
Claggett Hall
Walter B. McKinley
J. B. Drake
Peter Lea Woodside
James William Bartlett
James W. Bartlett, Jr
Theodore James Larson
Franlin Mumina Thomas, Jr
Ward Orin Griffen, Jr
Franklin M. Thomas, Jr
Peter L. Woodside
Mary Latrobe Onderdonk
David Howard Taylor
Henry Kyd Douglas
Geoffrey Browser Beardall
Frederick Burford Alien
Ernest Albert Rich
David Lowdenslager
George Wilbur Hill, Jr
Trustees
Ottom
Betty Blaise NaefAnna
Elizabeth _McDonald
Katharine Ann Hagerman
Josephine A. Seibert
Janet Florence Benedict
Catherine Eliza Deal
Betty Jane Fager
Mary Florence Shinham
Vivian Lorraine Robinson
Elizabeth Lee Long
Hartriet Alice Harter
Arlene Catherine Moses
Mildred Irene Stouffer
Church of the Brethren
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
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By Betty Brainerd
Madison Ave
New York City
N.Y
Eaton Bank
Mepis
Jain
Fisor Eyerly
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Washington
Jantzen Swim Suits
Dresemaker
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