The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-11-14

Two Are Chosen" play about
Young men and women who apply
for jobs at the personnel office of
Western America Manufacturing
and Supply Company, will be pre-
sented by the commercial depart
ment of II. H. S. in the near fture.
The characters include the follow
ing juniors and seniors: o. D. EN-
cry. Charles Madison, Robert Cush-
in, Kenneth Evans, Jack Crunkle-
ton, Beverly Burger, Janice Pedi-
lof, Marion Pentz, Kathleen Poffen-
berger and Phyllis Cline.
The first meeting of the French
Club was held October %, under
the sponsorship of Mrs. Helen Krey-
enbohm, French teacher at HIS.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting: President, Charlotte
Chambers; president, Alice Lus-
by; secretary, Arden Eikelberger;
assistant secretary, Kemper Muse;
program chairman, Robert Sagle;
Newspaper representative, Ann
Stouffer.
Guests at the meeting included:
Miss Beachley, Mr.. Shook, Mr..
Shove and Mr.. Troxen Gall mem
bers of the faculty.. Refreshments
were served and games were play
ed.
Westminster, Pa, is the home town
of one of the jollieSt, youngest, best
known and all-in-all the happiest
teacher at HIS. have little feel
ing that she doesn't particularly like
her first name, but here goes-MlsS
Lucy Jane Stoner (known by most
people as L. j. Stoner) attended the
Westminster High School and West
ern Maryland College.
Her favorite hobby is (most I'M
usuaD eating - anything with cal
cries, but you would never know it
by her looks (hubba-pardon my eX-
preston, but you can ask anybody.
Tossing her head to one side she
stated, with a CLEAN in her eye,
Just daring me to include this in the
interview; Il suppose that's because
/ used to eat dirt"
She has travelled in SO states out
of the AZ. (She gets around, but not
as much as she would like to she
says.) Miss Stoner likes to swim and
dance and she also likes dramatics
(the liking of which landed her the
Job Of being dramatics sponsor at
HIS although her teaching posi-
ton - this is her first-is teaching
Sewingl.
The kids won't like this (she says)
but she finds them both interesting
and amusing. Taking Hagerstown as
whole, Miss Stoner thinks there is
nothing like it. 81 have never been
any place where people are so nice,
no kidding" she stated, There is
lust 8 certain something (friendli-
nesS) that isn't found in any other
town"
CHATS something no other perl
son, I have talked to, has ever said |
about our little town of Hagerstown,
and 1 consider it a great compli-
ment.)
With Bob Sagle acting as master
of ceremonies, the curtain rose to
present a stirring Armistice Day pro-
gram in the honor of the dead of |
the last two wars, on Friday, No
venber 8, in the High School audi |
toriuEn, The program was opened
with a scripture reading and the
salute to the flag, Nancy Saylor
then read the opening address,
which was followed by the singing
of the national hymn and unison
prayer by the student body.
''The Meaning of Armistice Day"
was given by Mary 10 Murray and
this was followed by excerpts from
the Gettysburg Address," by Don
aid Hoffman. The GHOSTS of Fland-
ers Field read the poem ''In Fland-
ers Field" from back stage - Civ
ing the right effect of ghosts voices
and group of boys on stage gave
Americas Answer" A world Sc
curity" dramatization was acted out
by Roy Henck, Eugene Gardner,
Charles Lillard Bob Slagle and Rob-
ert Howard. The most stirring
feature of the whole program was
"a High School Girls Plea for the
Youth of the world to the United
Nations" by Ann Stouffer, which
drove some of the audience
to actual tears. (Ann did swell
iob.)
The roof of the point" nearly flew
off when the student body swung
out ia those old favorites like "Over