Halloween Parties Fill Hagerstown With Festive Costumes
A roundup of Halloween gatherings across Hagerstown features Miss TMary Leafer hosting a masquerade under yellow moonlight, with many guests from Hagerstown. Dorothy Long hosts a costume party on South Potomac Street, while Fred Paughaner in Williamsport hosts friends at his grandmother’s home. Chapel School seventh graders stage a masked evening disrupted briefly by local youths. Edith Schildknecht hosts a neighborhood party with varied costumes and games. Virginia Avenue residents and Chamber of Commerce events join the spooky social slate, including an auditorium decor for Western Maryland Employees Dance. Several local residents and visitors are noted, with routine illnesses and engagements mentioned.
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Tmary
Hamsport
Hagerstown
Dorothy Long
South Potomac Street
Hallowe'en
Fred Paughaner
Williamsport
Reheny Hagkere
Chapel School
Corner
North
Locust Streets
Margaret McCauley
Sters
Edith R. Schildknecht
Elizabeth Street
Letha Reest
Mary J. Reese
Freda
Virginia Robinson
Brown Smart Shop
Virginia Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Western Maryland
Dumberland
Baltimore
Jim Kelly
Altoona
Pearl M. Beam
Pauling Wook
Catharine Rechter
Mildred Bennett
Gilbert H. Wpriend
Howard M. Tenney
Frank P. Davis
Presbyterian Sunday services shift to popular singing
The Presbyterian Church alters Sunday night worship embracing congregational singing and solos with violin. They favor the Christian Endeavor Hymnal for a more popular style than the Presbyterian hymnal. The text mentions a song sequence by Albert Sormon with unclear phrasing.
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Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Aecyico da
Albort Sormon
Jamaica Negroes’ Letters Reveal Early Jamaica Writing Style
A Jamaica Canal Zone letter by a then guardian sues for marriage, illustrating the Jamaica negroes’ clumsy, formal English and fractured rhetoric. The article discusses Major C. J. Whimple’s collection of educated Jamaican letters and their literary embryonic stage.
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Dew
Panama Canal Zone
C. J. Whimple
Herald-Mail Publishing Company
Ae Literatura
Jamaica
Indiana
America
Africa
Warlay
Legion Men Off to Convention in Kansas City
A Maryland American Legion delegation led by Col. Washington Bowie Sr and Major John Carmicheal left Baltimore for Kansas City to attend the third annual convention. They aim to back Capt. Charles Macklin for a national vice presidency, with four posts available to Army and Navy men. Marshal Foch will attend as a guest.
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Maryland Department of the American Legion
Col
Washington Bowie, Sr
Baltimore
John Carmicheal
Hagerstown
H. Findlay French
Morton B. Steele
Easton
W. W. Cook
A. P. Dixon
Crisfield
Robert L. Vansant
W. §. Blake
Kansas City
of the Legion
City
New York Woman Made Honorary Colonel for Armistice Parade
Varda Burnette of New York has been named honorary colonel of the 77th Division under Army regulations for Armistice Day. She will lead the division in the parade, though not in uniform.
Pure Food Supper Planned by Washington Square Class
The Semper Fidelis class of young men at Washington Square M E Sunday school will host a Pure Food Supper this evening from 6 o clock. Baltimore's Baper Company provides special chefs to cater. Church ladies and Miss Marie France oversee serving. Price is twenty five cents, with ice cream home made cake and candy for sale.
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Washington Square
M. E
Baper Company
Baltimore
Laura Newcomer
Isate
Marie France
Two Baby Girls Born to Local Families
Mr and Mrs James Parks of West Church Street welcome a baby girl born last night with Dr Layman attending. Mr and Mrs Roy Brant of Mechanic Street announce a daughter born this morning with Dr Layman in attendance.
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James Parks
West
Church ‘Street
Dr. Layman
Roy Brant
Mechanic
Love in Leash and a star’s reflective shade
A fragment from 1921 NEA Service column portrays Motherdear guiding the star Cissy through studio trust issues and fan mail while a new actor Dick Barnes joins the Love in Leash project. Bangs, an assistant director, plans an at distance introduction to May via phone as the narrator lies blind in bed awaiting the next scene.
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Motherdear
Cissy
Watts
Galahad
Mothedoar
Mothedear
Autt
Slay
Leash
Dick Barnes
Bangs
Paw Badman
May
Matherdear
NEA
Better English Posters Spark Schoolroom Debate
The Better English Posters shown at Half Way School impressed visitors and students for originality and skill. A sixth grade illustrated poem scorns English with a playful cartoon of Good English chasing Bad English, while Principal Mrs. George Bell notes weekly debates and heated grade contests in a campaign for Better Speech.
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George Bell
Miss Ranels Weds C Howard Kretzer in Washington
Miss Susan B. Ranels and C. Howard Kretzer, both of this city, were married at Mount Vernon Memorial Church in Washington on Monday October 24. The ceremony was led by Rev. Dr. Viola A. Chappell. The bride, formerly with the Treasury Department, and the groom, a Wingert Bros. attorney, planned a wedding dinner then departed for Eastern cities. They will reside at 133 Summit Avenue upon return.
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Susan BE. Ranels
C. Howard Kretzer
Vernon M. RE
Washington
D. C
Vlovla A. Chappell
Treasury Department
Wingert Bros
Hudson
New England
Sunnnit Avenue
Marriageable matches listed in Pennsylvania and nearby states
Charles A. Lipp and Helen Trout mn Steelton Pennsylvania. John F. Eley and Carrin Mi Shaffer Chambersburg. Ross Peterson Shippensburg Pennsylvania and Ardella Helen Leesburg Virginia. Harry Poole and Florence M. Frye Washington. Delya L. De Haven Hedgesville West Virginia and Cora M. Kesecker Berkeley Springs West Virginia. Glenn W. Brosius Mourt Alto Pennsylvania and Anna J. Stoops Shady Grove. William H. Poffenberger Williamsport and Mary W. Jacobs Halfway. Edgar M. Weber and Ada H. Martin Maugansville. Clarence N. Smith and Margaret M. Flowers Middletown Pennsylvania. H Curtis Mincle and Margaret A. Kuhn Harrisburg.
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Charles A. Lipp
Helen Troutmn
Steelton
John F. Eley
Carrin Mi
Shaffer
Chambersburg
Ross Peterson
Shippensburg
Ardella Helen
Leesburg
Harry ©. Poole
Florence M. Frye
Washington
Delya L. de Haven
Hedgesville
W. Va
Cora M. Kesecker
Berkeley Springs
Glenn W. Brosius
Mourt Alto
Anna J
Note of Appreciation From Lunch Eon Committee
The general chairman thanks all who cooperated and helped in this work and to C. BE. Steele Y M C A secretary for the use of the Y M C A. Contributors in town and county are acknowledged. California's raisin crop sold for 2 600 000 a pun on raisin jack.
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C. BE. Steele
H.C. Garber
California
Etiquette Rules for Courtesy in Public Settings
The text outlines manners for bowing hats and offering services discreetly when in public, including tipping a hat to a woman you do not know, and speaking to a male friend with a female companion even if you do not know her. It reflects social expectations of polite behavior.
Rehearsal for Ep Church Pageant Marks Mission Anniversary
Final dress rehearsal for the Story of the Missions of the Episcopal Church pageant to be staged tomorrow at 7 30 PM at St John s Episcopal Church. Cast includes The Voice of Divine Mediation Adram Onderdonk The Word of God Mr Marker and The Appeal of the Human Spirit A B Mason with angels Mrs Paul Riesner Miss Roxanna White Mrs Oughten and Miss Cofisa Hiener Other details cover mission fields abroad and domestic groups with participants from local clergy and choir as officials. Public invited to attend.
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Missions of the Episcopal Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mia ‘Sions
Adram Onderdonk
St. James
Mason
Paul Riesner
Roxanna White
Mra
Oughten
Cofisa Hiener
America
Hawaii
Purlippine Islands
West Indies
Liberia
Brazil
Mra. Wrenshall
Simms Jamieson
Board of Missions
Virginia Lane
McBrien
B. P. Alexander
St. John's Episcopal Church
Mary Rawling
Walter Lee James
Papa Kennedy
the Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Virginia
Funkhouser
Magnus Davies
Pure-food supper by Semper Fi class at Washington Square Methodist
A pure food supper is planned by the Semper Fi class of the Washington Square Methodist Sunday school. The meal costs 25 cents per plate, proceeds to aid their Building Fund pledge, and will be served in the Sunday school room at six o clock.
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Washington Square
Foley Cathartic Tablets for Digestive Relief
An 1880s style testimonial promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a cleanser for constipation and indigestion. A Salem Massachusetts customer, Mrs H J Marchard of 35 Lawrence Street, reports good results and keeps them at home. Sold everywhere.
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H. J. Marchard
Lawrence St
Salem
Mass
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