Peerce Rise To Fame On Coast To Coast Tour
Metropolitan Opera star Jan Peerce dubbed Americas foremost tenor by Toscanini will perform at the local high school on October 2 under S Hurok management. The concert marks his fifth coast to coast tour this season and follows a demanding schedule with the Met Opera and various companies.
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Jan Peerce
Metropolitan Opera
Arturo Toscanini
S. Hurok
Hagerstown Civic Music Association
America
Pearce
Metropolitan
Lewisohn Stadium
Philadelphia Orchestra
Robin Hood Dell
Hood Club Meeting At Mrs Kaylor Home September 26
The Hagerstown Hood Club will convene at the residence of Mrs. Omer T. Kaylor on West Irvin Avenue at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday September 26.
Degrees to Be Granted at Maryland University
Fifty nine Washington county residents are among 61 students set to receive degrees at Maryland University commencement on Thursday September 28. Summer quarter graduates will assemble in the Women's Field House at 11 a.m. A banquet follows at 7:30 p.m. Monday September 25 at the 24006 Club in Washington. Local candidates include Violet Corbett Hancock Eleanor Harbaugh East Irvin avenue Ross Greenspoon Hancock Ruth Startzman Oak Hill avenue and William Yeager Jr The Terrace for Bachelor of Science in Arts and Sciences and Bachelor of Education.
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Washington
Ross Greenspoon
Hancock
Ruth Startzman
Oak Hill Avenue
William Yeager, Jr
the Terrace
Recital on New Organ at Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran
The first recital on the new Moller organ at Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran in Sharpsburg will be held Wednesday September 27 at o'clock. Dr Carl Wiesemann of St Johns Lutheran in Hagerstown will perform opening with Handel Water Music and present a varied program ending with A Mighty Fortress in Our God.
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Moller
Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church
Sharpsburg
Carl Wiesemann
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hagerstown
Wisemann
Handel
Dickinson
Boex
Grieg
Yon
Mereaux
Clokey
Kreisler
Dawn
Sheldon
Faulkes
Luther
Miss Deborah Bowers Weds Lt Arthur O Keefe in Baltimore Home
Announcement states Deborah Bowers of Baltimore formerly of this city married Lt Arthur O Keefe of Baltimore. The September 10 ceremony at the bride’s home was small among family and close friends. The couple will reside in Columbus Ga as he is stationed at Fort Benning. the bride previously taught at Hagerstown High School.
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Deborah Bowers
Baltimore
Arthur O'Keefe
U D C Chapter Entertained Friday at Cavetown Pike home
Mrs Truman Johnson hosted Henry Ryd Douglas Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy at her countryside home. Delegates elected to the ADBC Division Convention in Baltimore October 25 26 and to the general convention in November. A historian led a program on Rear Admirals Semmes Buchanan and Gen Henry Kyd Douglas. Supper on the lawn followed. Birthday observances noted for 220 West First Street resident. Attendees listed. MEETING TOMORROW Auxiliary to the Military Order of Purple Heart will meet Sunday at 3 pm at the American Legion Home in Hagerstown with important membership discussions.
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Truman Johnson
Henry Ryd Douglas
United Daughters of Confederacy
Cavetown Pike
A. DB. C
Baltimore
W. J. Crabbs
Harry Conrad
Almira Darby
William Norment
Johnson
Walter Byron Stehl
A. B. Schofield
A. McDanield
Almire Darby
Military Order of Purple Heart
Hagerstown
Births in Washington County Hospital this week
Sergi and Mrs Leroy Metz announce a son born September 21 at Washington County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Rodger L Harshman announce a son born September 22 at Washington County Hospital.
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Sergi
Leroy Metz
North Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Rodger L. Harshman
East
Washington Street
Touring show wife recalls small towns on midwestern fairs
Mrs. Ernie Young, wife of a show producer, describes life touring with her husband. She highlights St Charles Minnesota’s big annual fair, private home housing for performers, and the postwar shift to smaller towns while noting quirky local quirks like scarce sugar in York Pennsylvania.
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Ernie Young
Hagerstown Fair
Young
Minnesota
St. Charles
Fairgrounds
Mr. Young
Fair Board
St Charles
Mrs. Young
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Birmingham
Knoxville
York
State Council Board Meeting Set at University of Maryland
Arrangements completed for a statewide meeting of the Maryland State Council of Homemakers Clubs and county homemaker council presidents at the University of Maryland October 3 and 4. The session will be opened by Mrs. J Homer Remsberg with a forum led by Mrs. Norman McCardell and other county leaders to discuss advancing women’s clubs and engaging young women.
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Maryland State Council of Homemakers’ Clubs
University of Maryland
Venia Kellar
J. Homer Remsberg
Middletown
State
Norman McCardell
Williamsport
Linwood Hillman
Wicomico County
William Snither
Baltimore County
C. Otis McCauley
Cecil County
Donald Roberts
Montgomery County
Chewsville P T A To Install Officers At First Meeting
Chewsville P T A holds its first regular meeting September 28 at 7 30 p m in the school with Benjamin C Willis, superintendent of schools, as speaker. Officers will be installed and refreshments to follow. This is the group’s first general meeting since organization last spring. The article notes cosmetics tracing back to 5096 B C.
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Chewsville Parent-Teacher Association
Benjamin C. Willis
Association
Marriages Listed For Several couples In U S Local Registry
A long list of marriage licenses shows numerous couples from Maryland Pennsylvania Connecticut West Virginia and beyond. Names ages and hometowns include Charles D Chaput 25 Haverhill Mass with Jeanette E Gingrich 23 Waynesboro Pa and others such as Arthur H Flook 30 with Elizabeth M McCoy 42 of Keedysville and Gerald E Ingram 21 with Beatrice L DeHaven 19 of Martinsburg. The compilation reflects ongoing license issuances across multiple counties and towns with partners dating in the 18 to 67 age range.
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Charles D. Chaput
Haverhill
Mass
Jeanette E. Gingrich
Waynesboro
Alien M. Booth
Irene G. Divel
Watfordsburg
Arthur H. Flook
Elizabeth M. McCoy
Keedysville
Laurence A. Ausherman
Frederick
Martha E. Thompson
Weverton
Gerald E. Ingram
Beatrice L. DeHaven
Martinsburg
Clifford T. Deshong
Harrisonville
Hedgesville
W. Va
Mabel ¥. Pearrell
North Mountain
William A. Albright
Hagerstown
Betty L. Repp
Clear Spring
Clarence B. Carroll
Mary Alma Shipley
Winchester Sherman
South Wyndham
Conn
Laura A. Coston
Max. W. Miller
Couple Married Here On Friday Evening
Mrs Minnie L Haines and Mr Charles E Whittington both of this city were quietly married Friday evening at the parsonage of the First Baptist church by Rev Paul B Watlington. After a short wedding trip they will reside at 1101 Corbett street. Whittington was a city police officer for nineteen years and has recently retired.
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William ™.Norment
South Potomac Street
Baltimore
Yeoman
Paul Norment
Yeoman Norment
France
Woodford T. Norment
Minnie L. Haines
Charles E. Whittington
First Baptist Church
Paul B. Watlington
Corbett Street
Whittington
Graveyard of France Theme in Pertinax Biography
A Washington County Free Library shelf features The Graveyard of France by Andre Pertinax detailing France’s military defeats with portraits of European leaders. Also reviewed are biographies and novels including Dewey by Stanley Walker and Against Oblivion by Sheila Birkenhead among other new titles.
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France
Washington County Free Library
Andre Gerand
Pertinax
Europe
Dewey
Stanley Walker
Thomas E. Dewey
Sheila Birkenhead
Joseph Severn
Keats
Severn
Rome
Tokyo
John Morris
Kenneth JD. McCracken
Papa
Alger
Porter
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Woodside
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Adrian C. Milner
Navy
John R. Smith, Jr
Bainbridge
Smithsburg
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Fort Jackson
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Arkansas
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Fountain Head Heights
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Henry C. River
Randolph Avenue
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Gon
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U. S. Marines
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Potomac Avenue
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Arlington, Va
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Menton, Ohio
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Cherry Point
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East Washington Street
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Laurel Street
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Arlington Knicely
Bermuda
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Samuel Mullendere
Washington, D. C
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Preston Road
Fountain Mead Heights
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Kreider
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Zotos Lustron
Anthony
Aris
Zenith Radionic
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N. Locust St
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Bettle Low
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Arthur Dorsey
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
S. Potomac St
State Council
Fairchild Aircraft
Hotel Alexander
Phil Young
Bohman-Warne, Inc
W. Franklin St
People’s Store
W. Wash. St
Pollyanna
Bentz & Dunn
House of Shoes
R. M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Caskey
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Rola
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Robert Parrish
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Australia
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H. W. Roden
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