Mrs. Kesecker Highlights Glass Collection At Arden Club
Mrs. Kesecker addressed Hancock Homemakers Club at Mrs. Walter Wilson’s Arden home on old glass patterns. She showcased pieces including thumbprint king and crown moon and star and more, and discussed glass history from Wheeling’s early centers to 19th century commemoratives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quay Kesecker
Arden
West Virginia
Hancock Homemakers Club
Walter Wilson
Wheeling
Oyle Institute
Craig and Whitney
Gerber
Kern and Hammerstein
Ervin Students Present Piano Recital At Home
Ervin School piano students under Mrs W Edwin Ervin gave a recital at Mrs Ervin s home on May 2 featuring pieces by Bach Chopin Liszt and Beethoven among many others a duet by Linda Jones and Mrs Ervin closed with a festive display. Hancock Flower Show drew strong interest with first second and third place honors awarded to Mrs Rockwell Mrs Hess and Mrs Hart McKinley A charcoal cookout is planned for June 11 at 6 30 p m at Mrs Jack Widmyer s home with Gay spring flowers decorating the table and refreshments served.
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W. Edwin Ervin
Stan Jones
Joseph Stephens
Copeland
BoAnn Bohman
Bach
Susie Kerstein
Jones
Evan Novenstein
Eckstein
Hancock
Rockwell
Hess
Hart McKinley
Jack Widmyer
Quay Kesecker
Junior 4H Hosts Tea For Mothers
Beaver Creek Junior 4-H Club met at Connie and Carol Martin’s home for a mothers tea. Discussion covered 4-H achievement day, style revue, dress school, and fair booth plus picnic meetings set for June 19 at 7:30 p.m. Helen Frey demonstrated proper table settings. Members honored mothers with poems and songs by candlelight and corsages exchanged, with refreshments served.
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Beaver Creek
Connie
Carol Martin
Terrace Kendle
Helen Frey
Curved Bar Awards Presented To Eleven County Scouts Saturday
Nearly a dozen area Girl Scouts received the Curved Bar, the highest award, during Saturday ceremonies at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Mothers pinned the honors after presentations by Mrs. Ethel Welch.
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Washington County
Patsy Manspeaker
Howard Manckstown
Nancy Skrader
William Shrader, Jr
Route Three
Hagerstown
World Trefail
Pioneer
Kay Carpenter
Rollin Carpenter
Beechwood Drive
Nancy Crossley
Evan Crossley
Preston Road
Claudia Huber
Claude Huber
Route Six
Nancy Pedersen
Harold Pedersen
Pamela Proksa
Joseph Proksa
Pennsylvania Avenue
Barbara Stites
Joseph Stites
Ann Young
William P.young
Henry Pitzer, Jr
Washington County Girl Scout Council
Wiliam Dorsey
Jean Glosser
County 4 H Club Meetings Dominate Weekly Agenda
County groups plan a dense schedule of 4 H and Homemakers meetings through today and Tuesday at multiple sites. Highlights include Keedynville 4 Club with Mrs. H. K. Zim Merman, Wilson 4 H at Wilson Chapel, and Greenberry Hills Homemakers at Lincolnshire School with Mesdames Glenn Thomas W. Smith and P. Norris hosting. A tea ceremony followed later with arrangements by Mrs. John Roessner and Mrs. Pitzer Ushers Marjorie Koons Jane Witherspoon Lorene Berthiaume.
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Keedynville
H. K. Zim- Merman
Wilson
Wilson Chapel
Halfway
Hancock
Greenberry Hills
Lincolnshire
Glenn Thomas
W. Smith
P. Norris
Leitersburg
Paramount School
W. FE. Stouffer
Howard Strock
Beaver Creek
Washington
Susannah
John Roessner
Pitzer
Marjorie Koons
Jane Witherspoon
Lorene Berthiaume
County Museum of Fine Arts
Mesdames
D. G. Rowe
H. C. Steffey
W. L. Hoffman
Maugansville
Glen Hicks
Mt. Lena
Downsville
Patty Middleton
Grange Conducts Business Meeting Highlights
The Lei tersburgs Grange held a regular meeting in the grange hall with Master Jobs presiding Newcomer conducted the session Mrs John Smith chaired the home economics committee They announced a church gathering at Ringgold Union Church and offered entry blanks for the 100th Bishel Corn Club through Mark Miller or Her T Stocksinger Flowers were given to mothers and daughters Present were several members and guests.
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Leitersburgs Grange
Grange
John Smith
Newton D. Baker Veterans Administration
Lester Talhelm
Ralph McCauley
Mark Miller
Elec Kline
Wilbert Daner
Mildred Smyre
Evelyn Forcino
Newcomer
Ringgold Union Church
The Danny Young Homemaker Takes Her Husband Shopping
A humorous guide urges housewives to shop smartly against office propaganda. It contrasts experience with new brides, encourages window shopping, price checks, and wise purchases, noting men often rely on wives for budget discipline and that high prices don’t guarantee quality.
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Danny Young
Windowshop
Watford
New Books At Washington County Free Library This Week
The Washington County Free Library adds many new titles this week featuring biographies of notable figures like Thomas Jonathan Jackson and postwar insights in Germany. Fiction spans mysteries, frontier life, and Alaska era stories, with works by McAllister, L’Amour, Gardner, Halliday, and Fenders among others.
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Washington County Free Library
Frank Vennliver
America
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Muriel Ruhevser
Wendell Wilkie
Alger Hiss
Mazo de la Roche
Janna
C. E. Hood
Germany
J. 4. Cale
East
West Kincs
Lucy Herndan Crockett
Spain
Europe
Maria Marret
South Pole
Sophie Jewett
Saint Francis of Assisi
Guy I
Robert McAllister
Big City
Siver Spaan
Edwin Gilbert
Fabious
Gowdene
New York
Glenway
Anton Myerer
South Pacific
Dorothy James Roberts
West Virginia
Don Tracy
Georgia
Erle Stanley Gardner
Roy Fuller
Bruce Fanders
R. W. Daly
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Mrs. Kesecker
Ervin
Girl Scouts
Stites
Nancy Shrader
Donna Spence
Arm Young
East Washington Street
E. Washington Street
Hagerstown, Md
Wrene
Rene Neherky-Wojkowics
Himvalayes
Philly Wylie
the Herald-Mail CO
Summit Avenue
Hagarstown, Md
the Morning Herald
The
Daily Mail
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