The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-07-05
Leitersburg News

is one of the three churches in the
Leitersburg Lutheran Charge, served
by the Rev. Eugene Young, who con-
Quoted the commemoration services.
Guest speakers during the week
were: Reverend Ritz, Waynesboro,
Pa; Rev. Boyd Hamm, Hagerstown;
Rev Donald Stonesifer, Boonsboro;
with the final service on Sunday
night being conducted by Rev. Fife,
president of the Maryland Snyod.
Special music was rendered at
each service, with the Leitersburg
Choir, under the direction of Mar
shall Stoner, providing the song
service on Wednesday evening.
The Women's Missionary Society
of the Leitersburg Church will hold
its July meeting tomorrow (Friday)
afternoon at 200 p. m. at the home
of the Misses Blanche, Nellie and
May Newcomer.
A communion service was held in
the Lutheran Church here on Sun
day morning, with large congrega-
ton in attendance.
Mrs. Nadine Bell accompanied her
cousin, Mrs. Esther Strife NARROW,
to Front Royal, Va last week for
visit with the NARROW family. Mrs.
NARROW came to Hagerstown to at
tend the Hagerstown High School
class of 1925 reunion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nevin Tullis and
their daughter, Miss Ann Tullis,
Glyndon, Baltimore County, spent
Sunday here visiting relatives.
Miss Tullis, pupil at the Letters
burg School during her first two
years of schooling, recently gradual
ed from the University of Maryland
and has accepted position as teach
er of Physical Education at high
school in Baltimore County, just IL
miles from her parents home.
Work on the Observation-Disclosures
burg Highway is progressing rapidly
and when completed will provide
for four lanes of traffic. In widen
ing the road, it became necessary to
fell the beautiful shade trees that
had beautifed the highway for years.
A lot of surveying has recently
been conducted in Leitersburg and
the residents of our community are
quite concerned as to what will hap
pen if the widened highway is ex-
tended through Leitersburg. During
the construction of the road, detour
by Long Meadows Church, to the
left of the highway, is available
Miss Mary Poe returned to her
home on Monday after spending a
week at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Kerr, Virginia Avenue, Hagers-
town, while Mrs. Kerr drove her
husband to New York where he is
summer school at Column
bia University. Also making the trip
with them were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Coover. Mr.. Coover, a teacher at
the Hagerstown High School, is also
taking the summer course at the uni
versity.
Carl Beer and Harry Poole, who
are attending the teachers confer
ence in California, have notified
here that they have arrived
at their destination after fine trip.
They expect to return home about
the end of the month.
Mrs, Francis Bittner, who spent
ten days in the Washington County
Hospital following an operation, re-
turned to her home on Friday. Her
Mrs. Bessie Hartle, is spend
ing some time with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon Whetzel who
are staying in Morgantown, w. Va,
while Mr.. Whetzel is taking 12-
week course at the University of
West Virginia, spent the week end
at their home in Hagerstown.
Mrs. Edward White, who spent the
better part of two weeks in the
Washington County Hospital, follow
ing an operation, returned to her
home on the Leitersburg- Hagers-
town Road on Monday, June Is. She
is improving steadily.
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When M. F. E. Swanson, of Fort
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