Fellowship Has Election Sunday at St John’s Church
Anne Stouffer was elected president of the Young People's Fellowship at St. John's Episcopal Church. New officers include Vice President Frank Yellett Secretary Caroline James Treasurer Deloris Robinson and chaplains Edward James and Hilton Bennett. The Youth Parish Council nominees and junior acolytes were also named. Installation set for October 22 with Edward James to be licensed as lay reader on October 15. Speakers Mrs. William Jochran and Mrs. John R. Vance spoke at the service.
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Anne Stouffer
Young People’s Fellowship
St. John's Episcopal Church
Frank Yellett
Caroline James
Deloris Robinson
Edward James
Hilton Bennett
James Kitzmiller
Mark Shank
Joyce Robinson
Maryin Rogers
James Masone
Philip Poole
Barbara Schlosser
Clarence Emerson
Benjamin ©. Willis
Elmer Sylveser
Courtney Mills
Tommy Schlosser
John Carlisle
Keith Hamill
Benstalled
Walter Byron Stebl
L Eader
William Jochran
John R. Vance
United States
Edward Ames
Stehl
Cochran
Germany
Geneva
Red Cross and YMCA aid roles cited by Mrs Vance
Mrs. Vance described Geneva Convention terms the Japanese would not sign and sharing letters from Col. Vance, held prisoner in Japan. She noted Red Cross arrangements to send packages to prison camps. Dr Don Frank Fenn will speak at the Youth Service Sunday at 7 30 PM.
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Red Cross
Y. M
Fifteen Local Women Join WAC Units for 29th Division Honour
Fifteen women from this area enlist as replacements for the 29th Division casualties in a Blue and Gray unit. Each 150 member unit allows post training choice of branch, with a Belvedere Hotel dinner and blue silk arm bands and carnations for new enlistees. Lieut Col Dunn cites a similar celebration in Baltimore last week. seven from the local office registered.
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Frances Robinson
WAC
Belvedere Hotel
Baltimore
Dunn
3Rd Service Command
Wacs
Leitersburg Homemakers Club Holds September Meeting
The Leitersburg Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Herman Stock Slager's home with twenty seven members. Mrs. Howard Snyder led the business session and a new member, Miss Louise Eckstine, joined. A nominating committee was appointed for officer elections.
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Leitersburg
Joseph Shuck
Ernest Dayhoff
Paul Buterbaugh
Allen Finfrock
Grange Hall
Sweet potato weighs four and a half pounds at display
Mrs. 4. A. Stephens of Hagerstown Route 1 displays a sweet potato weighing four and a half pounds at the Herald Mail office. The item appears amid a note on linguistic diversity noting most Indians in the southwest speak three languages: their tribal tongue English and Spanish.
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A. Stephens
Hagerstown
Herald- Mail
Southwest
Service News From Home During World War II Headlines
Reports from Shepherdstown and surrounding areas detail local men in the South Pacific and European theaters. Captain Waddy returns with his three year old daughter while Pvt Russell Sites serves in Belgium after landing in France on D Day. Corporal Lloyd Brunner receives the Purple Heart for wounds in France and Lt Lewis Ardinger heads overseas with an armored infantry battalion.
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Waddy
H. McKee Price
Shepherdstown
Capt. Waddy
Miami, Fla
Prt
Lewis G. Ardinger
Camp Campbell
Army GIs Reach Fronts in Europe and England
Reports confirm Pvt Durst landed in France with invasion forces and was in Germany on September 17. Pvt Donald O Walker arrived in France with a tank destroyer battalion after two years in service. Pvt Charles R Martin reached England per word to his wife at 41 Charles Street. Parents or wife will provide his address. Pvt Rhodes, formerly at Fairchild Aircraft, is in Holland with an airborne unit and expects to return soon. his wife Virginia Chronister is notified.
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Russell K. Sites
R. K. Sites
George Street
Belgium
Pvt. Sites
England
France
M. P. Moller Company
Henry Barger
Elizabeth Street
Col
Urban Niblo
Fifth Army Ordnance Office
Italy
Bargers
Cpl
Benjamin Barger
Col. Niblo
Fifth Army
Salerno
J. Byrem
Fun Vo
Cime
Jesse Moore
Summit Avermue
Pvt
Edwin L. Clark
Germany
Pvt. Durst
Donald O. Walker
Harre J. Walker
Charles R. Martin
Charles Street
Joseph Martin
West
Washington Street
Donald 4. Rhodes
Holland
Rhodes
Fairchild Aircraft
Army
Virginia Chronister
Editor's Mail Box Highlights Out-of-State Viewpoints
A reader argues that visiting outsiders encounter friendly, helpful locals in Hagerstown while noting the need for patience with local customs. The writer praises courteous police, welcoming neighbors, and shared gifts, urging tolerance and understanding of hometown pride and differences.
American friends praised by Pvt Durst in Waynesboro
Pvt Lewis L Durst reports Belgians joyful at American presence. He recalls locals who spoke perfect English, unearthed old vintages and raised toasts to the United States. He adds that Jerry cringes and shakes in his boots as the boys continue a strong effort against the foe.
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Lewis L. Durst
Carrie M. Durst
Waynesbor
Jerry
Yeste
Draft 4-F Vet Faces Job Bias in Hagerstown
A 20 year old man, 6 feet tall, formerly 4-F, recounts eight years in a patriotic group, denied work at three defense plants due to his medical status, and being labeled a draft dodger by neighbors. He seeks Army service and notes local hostility while praising Eastern hospitality. October 4, 1944. Editor Daily Mail.
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Daily Mail
Hagerstown
Community Chest funds and service men travel morale
In a letter dated October 6 1944 reader A TANPAYER asks why Hagerstown’s Community Chest funds don’t fund a U S Q style station at rail and bus hubs with hot coffee doughnuts magazines and recreational space for traveling service members and urges consideration of their needs.
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Daily Mail
Community Chest
Hagerstown
YMCA
U.S. C
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Rudy
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Hamilton Corner
Arthur Dorsey
Cor
N. Loonst & Randolph
Charles Brunner
Smithsburg
Corp
Lloyd D. Brunner
Clarence V. Burkett
Mary Boerner
Peoples Drug
Peoples Service Drug Stores
W. Washington ST
W. Franklin ST
Fleisher’s
Thrift Dep’t
Topper Coats
Coats
Thrift Department
Clearaway
Ers
Mary Alice Hampton Norman
Oklahoma
Glasser
Washington St
Stanley
Cushwa
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