by baltWIE | Aug 15, 2024
Mrs. Bessie Orphan at the dessert counter in the WIE Shop, Photo Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun, (Unknown Date). Bessie OrphanNovember 19, 1911 – December 16, 1990 Bessie Faye Fletcher Orphan was born on November 19, 1911, in Princeton, West Virginia....
by baltWIE | Aug 14, 2024
1921 – July 6, 2005 Rita Marie Hegarty was born around 1921 and lived in the Baltimore area for 62 years, where she attended the now called Notre Dame of Maryland University. She was married to Elmer V. Knox. Rita was the manager of the Woman’s Industrial...
by baltWIE | Jul 15, 2024
Marguerite SchertleMarch 20, 1901-April 18, 2001 Marguerite Klaus was born on March 20th, 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the identical twin of Anna Klaus. Marguerite, Anna, and their three other siblings were the children of German immigrant parents. Marguerite...
by baltWIE | Jul 14, 2024
Phyllis Sanders was born around 1923. She began to work at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange in 1939 when she was about 16 years old, after graduating from vocational school. She was best friends with fellow waitress Rosalie Simon, to whom Phyllis referred the...
by baltWIE | Jul 13, 2024
Layne Bosserman was known as “The Baby” when she worked at the Woman’s Industrial Exchange for about 2 ½ years from the late 1990s to around 2000, when the Exchange was being revitalized. When she began working at the Exchange, Marguerite Schertle had recently retired...
