East Berlin News (Newspaper) - May 23, 1930, East Berlin, Pennsylvania IF ITS NOT IN THE NEWS IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AROUND HERE EAST BERLIN VILLE NEWS AMD VOL. 18. EAST MAY WEIKERT NOMINATED Although J. secretary of labor in the Hoover ia conceded winner in the contest for the Re- publican nomination for United States senator from Adams county grave Joseph R. the present a plurality of almost the largest ity accorded any candidate in this With 41 of the 42 voting precincts reported at noon the unofficial vote these two candidates is 735. Gilford former governor of who ran an independent campaign for the Republican carried the county by a plurality of according to the official tabulation of votes in 41 Gaining Early Wednesday Pinchot was reported cutting deeply into the early lead established by Francis and final returns from throughout the state still to be heard from may give the fanner governor the nation he About O. R. who conducted the chot campaign in Adams received a telegram from the former governor stating that he had won and congratulated the local chairman for his The unofficial totals for Pinchot and Brown in Adams county were 2668; 820. In the fight for the Republican congressional Edward S. former York carried Adams county over Franklin the incumbent in seeking election for the fourth but majority in York county was sufficient to carry him to victory by a margin of 2393 according to the unofficial in the two The vote for the two candidates in both counties was 9358; 7085. vote in York county 7750, exceeded total in the two Adams ty's vote for the two men Was 1608; 1970. Plurality George D. New won the Republican nomination for the state with a plurality of 417 in a cornered The vote for the three candidates 1633; Emory B. 1216; Harry B 008. the IA seeking re-election for a second term in the lower Wilbur A. Adams county clerk of the defeated Clarence Straban for election as chairman of the Adams county Republican com- toy an unofficial majority of 101 being 1414, with all but one district heard from and that one so small that its figures will not change the final standing of the two who had the backing of the Grundy organization in the was given a large vote In Gettysburg Snyder had the port of the Pinchot committee in the Crushed To Death Under Road Roller Tabulated Vote in Adams County Few Wets Here Wet candidates for governor and United States senator made poor showings in On the face of incomplete Re- publican candidate for lieutenant nominated over Charles F. Armstrong who had the backing of by a narrow with Charles Dorrance and Frank P B. James Flemming was nominated Re- publican secretary of internal in a five cornered and George W Lackawanna received the Republican nomination in the county judge of the supreme court over Albert Dutton Delaware William B. Linn and J. Frank Crushed beneath the huge of a 14-ton steam roller about 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon while he was working on the rebuilding of a state highway between York Springs ana Jerry H a ident of was almost instantly killed at no his knees leveling stone with his back to the is thought not to A nave heard it approaching until it was too late to save He is said to have been slightly deaf The right side of his body was crushed and every bone in his which REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATIC I I o I 48 58 38 16 I was left imbedded in the loose stone of the broken An attempt was made to rescue Harman by Robert a low workman who resides at New Oxford Dellinger yelled to the op- of the steam Thomas Get many Hardman to stop the 1, 1 machine when he first caught amn s foot and at the same time Butler 109 44 87 106 71 85 26 14 164 1, 2 185 2 185 Cumberland Erst Berlin Freedom attempted to drag Harman from I 3 FRANKLIN MENG Wins by 417 under the roller He continued ing until he had torn the sleeve from the shut Harman was a few seconds before he would have been drawn under the machine himself Back Toward Roller While a statement from the operator of the was not available Wednesday night it was reported that he did not see the man working in front of him until the front roller of the paratus ran over Harman's when he found that he could not stop the roller who at- tempted to pull Harman from the path of the said that he had yelled at Hardman and that the latter had attempted to work the controls of the without ping the however who was 58 years old and was at work leveling loose on a section of the highway which is being pre- paratory to having the heavy steam roller roll the roadbed into a com- pact mass He was at work on his knees with his back the roller when on the began his part of the work It is supposed that both Hardman and Harman were unaware of the other's proximity until the roller caught the latter's foot At this Dellinger yelled and ed to pull his fellow employe from beneath the heavy wheels of the By the time the machine was it had rolled over the entire right side of the body and was partially at rest on the head of the man Because of the ness of the each of which was about as as a man's the body was not mashed flat Harman's head was crushed almost beyong recognition and was imbedded among the stones on the road 134 19 79 3 65 31 118 23 102 102 4 i 2 15 224 Mount Joy 71 Mt 1 26 Mt 2 1 Mt 3 14 New Oxford 108 Oxford 22 Reading 21 Straban 75 22 Hamilton 1 2 Highland 1 2 Latimore Liberty 1 2 1 1 2 Union York Springs Totals 15 60 2711 9 12 9 4 36 16 9 48 21 10 31 15 2 64 44 77 69 2 13 9 2 10 Ifr 1 15 44 2 5 19 23 3 1 8 27 18 36 6 2 3 735 16 2" 11 4 23 11 7 40 62 8 36 14 3 73 71 99 73 11 13 10 3 10 1 29 21 12 12 26 13 8 1 7 17 17 38 3 2 15 820 34 71 33 14 108 116 37 101 83 78 90 31 13 140 166 159 159 22 86 5 32 64 39 124 23 81 87 2 8 229 78 33 14 97 10 25 78 28 15 55 34 42 10 54 65 18 85 84 34 81 20 6 131 161 157 152 2 66 1 26 52 35 108 23 71 61 7 12 89 33 19 2 14 47 9 31 45 21 7 29 26681970 23 27 19 8 72 62 39 56 65 55 49 17 14 92 71 110 81 20 19 17 20 9 26 50 60 9 11 160 67 12 96 16 16 70 11 13 38 1608 38 15 7 7 6 20 19 59 81 5 50 8 19 96 88 73 83 2 24 1 19 15 7 25 2 108 98 4 7 60 54 4 2 10 7 2 16 29 1 18 27 1216 11 48 23 7 108 89 17 52 35 59 48 19 2 84 112 121 84 20 40 14 31 11 87 14 15 16 4 6 132 23 24 8 112 26 17 56 33 1 24 1633 6 5 13 6 20 16 11 21 13 10 29 5 41 21 57 49 19 1 10 25 24 14 5 7 9 7 9 44 12 5 5 28 1 11 28 3 1 12 603 40 29 17 8 50 27 27 46 81 11 59 19 5 126 125 146 109 2 20 1 19 29 18 23 66 63 14 12 96 25 14 2 6 60 8 28 33 8 10 30 1515 17 27 17 10 64 88 10 57 28 70 52 12 4 63 85 82 99 16 00 19 28 15 98 20 1C 24 1 1 112 33 11 14 50 12 11 54 16 6 12 1414 16 3 4 7 5 5 28 12 3 15 1 4 7 6 U 6 13 2 4 32 12 21 2 15 9 35 59 3 3 2 26 6 9 13 12 13 13 10 33 481 20 9 3 2 7 4 12 22 7 13 6 8 6 8 9 13 11 5 4 3 1 2 2 1 23 10 4 9 2 54 1 I 7 28 9 9 8 2 9 3 357 15 16 6 9 22 16 11 24 16 26 4 9 47 46 48 74 4 9 5 10 5 7 2 6 17 17 8 19 3 8 3 6 66 19 13 6 1 15 3 13 653 8 4 6 2 8 17 9 4 11 3 6 6 10 9 5 1 4 4 14 6 8 3 10 5 32 44 1 14 6 30 0 2 7 5 1 7 10 8 336 32 18 6 5 24 12 18 29 18 22 3 12 43 54 73 11 10 2 6 13 11 11 2 22 34 12 45 4 19 4 13 17 40 25 10 23 1 9 12 19 744 Pinchot Victor In CHURCH Fight For Governor Gifford Independent Republican candidate for on Sunday led Francis Shunk backed the usual hoar by the 14 24 6 14 16 11 4 20 3 3 7 4 6 12 4 8 5 6 4 4 4 13 8 1 1 3 18 2 8 19 16 6 7 314 the Philadelphia Vare bv 10000 votes on the face of un- official returns from all but 212 dis- in Pennsylvania in Tuesday's primary election Additional scattered returns from rural districts overcome Brown's lead and placed the former or well in front for his party's for another term The late returns swelled the whelming plurality of Secretary of Labor James J Davis over United States Senator Joseph R Grundy to more than 238000 Expect Greater Pinchot Gain The missing districts were tered throughout the state and were expected by Pinchot leaders to in- crease his lead and to make little change to the The totals for governor from 8 489 districts out of gave chot 618504; Brown 608.454 and Thomas W. wet 260.283. A total of districts gave for Davis Senator Grundy and Francis H. of 233.877 Pinchot carried all of the 67 ties of the state except Lenten and Erie was carried by the upstate counties Pinchot received sufficient support in the unofficial returns to overcome the vote handicap he received in the City of Philadelphia Davis had the advantage of the dous Philadelphia vote and In adding to it where Grundy's strength was en far below that of V. Services Sunday and Name Speakers For 3 Services Speakers for Memorial Day cises at The Hampton and Heidlersburg were announced day by the Rev J. Harold in charge of the various services At May 28, at Joseph will be the at May 30, at 6-30 the Rev. Paul and at The May 31, at 6-30 the Rev Dr. A. R. GEORGE D. SHEELY ture in a contest With D Calvin Rudisill also a mer member ol the lower and Charles M Boyer running against Weikert polled 653 481, and 357, with one district to be Roy P Gettysburg was unopposed for Democratic state Irom Adams county Graff were nominated m the county for judge of ihe superior Charles E. was elected Republican state com- from Adams de- feating Harry T. The was 1849; 1416, with a ber of districts still unreported Democrats nf Pennsylvania had no contests for lieutenant secretary of internal Judge of the preme court and judge of the Nominated Harry L. burgess of Red was chosen by the as their standard-bearer for the fall congressional with Congressman Menges as nls The Red Lion burgess out- stripped Andrew J. Herthey by a plurality of about 2900 votes in a three-cornered contest The count in the two counties for the three wu 5061; 2127, and 1944 vote in Adams county WM 744; 914 Interest in the returns was at ver pitch at the office of the county commissioners and the Pinchot and Grundy headquarters after the polls closed Tuesday evening was the 1o send in Riving the figures in the Republican contests at 8 o an hour after for polls closed The three headquarters were with easer spectators un- til they were closed early the groups anxious to hear Ezra who has been fast for the past ten is ex- E A. coroner of Ad- i to to be about again the latter part of the week The trustees of the Bermudian Reformed cemetery kindly request all persons having burial lots or friends buried there to see that same are cleaned and put in a re- shape for Memorial Day Day exercises were held in Red Mount Evangelical A number of recitations and songs were presented by the children and readings by some of the Mr and Mrs directors of music at the ical were present and rendered several solos and duets A large audience was ent The offering of the evening was presented to the Old Folks home at Lewisburg Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gotwalt celebrated the fifty-fifth an- of their wedding at the home of their daughter and Mr and Mrs Edwin Thomasville Mr and Mrs Gotwalt were born and raised in York ams was called and after an signed a death saying that in his opinion death was entirely accidental 1 Harman is survived by three i with whom he sided at and near and three Mrs Hall Thompson and Mrs. William Matthews both of and Mrs. John The body was removed from the of the accident Wednesday afternoon by Deatrick Gettysburg funeral and taken to their where it will be held until funeral ices are held LOCAL NEWS L Jr. former of the WM nominated by the party for the state cal and state returns as weH Most of the judges had made their to the office Wednesday but the board in Tyrone township failed to leave one of the triplicate return sheets outside the sealed thereby preventing newspaper men from securing the vote in that dis- The official count of the ballots cast in Tuesday's primary will be- gin at noon in the office of the commissioners It cost Adams county 45 for each vote cast in the voting precinct of township No 2 in Among this year's graduates at the college at E. Deltz and Ruth Almira R Frances Ruth E Shelly and Bernadetta all of Dillsburg The number of uates from York county number 30. Upon the hardening of the ment the pouring of which has been completed upon the es to the new bridge over the Con- at the west end of East lin travel will be in order for quite a the highway practically being completed to the C. B. man farm Geo A Hull farm ry delivered nine pieces of machinery last consisting of 2 side 2 hay 1 er and 4 cultivators Read his adv. elsewhere The Lyric Entertainers will give a free entertainment on the er House lawn this coming ty They have nine grandchildren and 45 twenty-nine great-grandchildren Mr Gotwalt is a retired carpenter The regular quarterly communion service will be observed on June 1. at 9 30 a. at the Para- dise Evangelical Lutheran the Rev. G W. D. pastor Letters testamentary on the tate of Aaron G ton have been granted to Portis A Smith Joseph C. March and wife trans- ferred to Homer H Smith and a property in Warrington township Mrs. Harrison of West fell recently in the Latimore Valley fair grounds Mrs. with her husband and Violet Tuesday's Five etc Don't fail to see and cans and fourteen Democrats voted hear this entertainment in the and the election The hauling of stone for the two dav There will be I Detter was leaving the grounds expenses were Marshall H Is the Republican candidate for representative in the House of from the Second district of York He has a sizeable lead over Chester H. present The result of the vote In the Democratic con- test for this nomination is aim mile stretch of highway through Davidsburg began Wednesday twenty trucks being The work Is being done by the York Construction and Engineering Co M usual this when Mrs. Kimmel tripped on a porch step and fell on the She was taken to the West Side where an examination revealed a fracture of the left arm at the wrist and er bruises about the She WM admitted as a patient with matches caused the spring is sending her John death of Carl four and of a batch of sweet potato sprouts that seem to grow potatoes of a larger one-half year old son of Mr and Mrs Ira In the York The and better order In the soil out mother WM also admitted to the with Raymond H. Shettle there than in Adams county ground suffering from severely leading over John H. Hankie by a small land seem to even beat the i frown of that burned Franklin York Fire Destroys Auto And Shed Fire believed to have started by a short circuit in an automobile Sunday afternoon destroyed one of the outbuildings on the farm of L V. along the creek back of Dicks Dam together with the Contents of the in- an Oakland a a binder and A number of tools The blaze was discovered at about 1.30 and persons ar- riving first on the scene expressed the belief the fire had started in the automobile and spread to the building in which the car was Neighbors gathered ly and attempted to extinguish the blaze but were unable to save the building The barn and other structures nearby were saved from the flames through the efforts of the neighbors aided by the wind which carried the fire away from the other buildings Mr and Mrs. McElwee and other members of the family were away from home at the time the fire started and knew nothing of their loss until they returned after the blaze nad been shed and the automobile were ered by PROPERTY TRANSFERS Jonas to W. H. a property in Jackson W H Stitler to Robert T a property in Jackson Jonas Gise to Stewart a property in Jackson Fannie M. March to James J a tract of land in ton township Fred by transferred to Jack two lots in Warrington township Jack Freedman transferred to Edw N Reineberg and a tract of land in Warrington Jacob W Heilman estate trans- ferred to Wm H. a erty in Dover gained 21 inhabitants in ten the 1930 population being 739. Paradise township's 1930 tion is compared with 11 10 in a loss of 85 Letters of administration on the estate of Joseph B. Wellington have been granted to Ann Gettys The Manufacturers Light it Heat Company having represented that it will be impossible for It to exercise the rights granted for the purpose of nng gas to that borough has repealed the granting the ers company a franchise to operate In The department an- Wednesday that the civil service nan certified Mrs Ada 8 M the only candidate for the at The annual ts recently defeated Dr. 11-10, E. Berlin Girl Awarded Prize Miss Helen K. East was awarded the first a check for for showing greatest improvement In her classroom work and nursing at the Harrisburg meeting Sunday at and at Bast BarUn fat by the Rev. Paul Ot Hampton at M a. u. New Chester at 3 p. m. New Cheater Missionary society at 7-30 p. m. Sunday School the Future of The Bermudian PERSONAL Mrs. Florence of spent several days with East Berlin and Abbottstown friends Mr and Mrs Samuel and near this spent Sunday with Mrs. Ellen New Miss Margaret who spent several weeks with her Friday where she Mrs. Alice at re- was graduated along with four turned to her home on other Adams county girls in a class of 27. The other girls from this county to M given diplomas in the exercises at the William High school were Mary Elizabeth Dorothy Louise York Pauline Rulick and Mary Evelyn Haines Sweeps His Home Town Harry L successful for the Democratic tion for congress from the York congressional district in the primary received 440 of the 455 votes cast in Red his home In a nearby he received every vote Haines polled 744 votes in The school class of bein taught by E. W. met Thursday ning at the home of Tolbert near Cross There were thirty-six members at the A pleasing program had been ar- ranged for the evening A carp weighing 14 and measuring 30 Inches in length and 20 inches in was caught by George F. day afternoon while fishing in the creek at East Berlin A battle of an hour and 30 minutes was required the Mr. Boyer was assisted in bringing his catch to terra by two of his companions on the Clair Thoman and Charles Harbaugh The East Berlin News extends its congratulations to Dr I. H a prominent physician of on the occasion of his birthday The Gettysburg classis of the Re- formed which met in its 48th annual session at near adjourned on Wednesday at 4'35 p m and will again convene on October 28th in the New Oxford Reformed church The Rev Harry D pastor of Zwingli Reformed East has been elected June 14. Z E of estate of J W will sell the poultry together with equipment and a lot of other personal John who makes weekly trips to Baltimore through his ness as a fish and produce on Wednesday delivered at the Hoover on the Bast a turtle from that city that was converted Into a fine of soup by a chef brought for that The Bast Berlin band will go to Red Lion on and J Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Chapman and were visitors on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Mrs. David and Mrs. Theodore of on Sunday visited Mr. and Mrs. Cor- Eugene Darone will return home this the spring term of the State college at having Mr. and Mrs Charles Mrs Elizabeth Jacobs and Iva Mr and Mrs Lewis Kauffman anc all of Emory of and Miss Josephine of were all visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John Mr. and Mrs Morris ol were guests on Sunday of Mrs Georgia Detter Mr. and Mrs. Burt Trimmer anc and Lucy Red Merle of Guy and Clara were visitors on Sunday of Emanuel Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kauffman and and Mr. and Mrs John ot were visitors on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie ers Miss who spent several days with E. A Brown and at has re- turned home Mr and Mrs Emory Mr and Mrs Lewis Mrs Emory Sr. and Miss Lila Fisher all of visited at the home of the Misses Sara and lah Leas Sunday afternoon The following irom this place at- tended the funeral of Mrs. Milton Rohrbaugh at near Spring on Sunday Mr. and Mrs Robert George Mr and Mrs Washington Hoover and Mr and Mrs W H Sinner and family The following were guests of W A Sinner and Mr. and Mrs Ross Rohrbaugh and Clarence and of Md Mr and Mrs. George dren's Day Sunday 1st, at The recital by Prof. K. A. occurred in the church on Thursday well-rendered and enjoyed audience. The association of Gettysburg classis will Reformed at Monday at The executive of the Fourth district Sunday School sociation met at the East to arrangements for the next tlon to fee held In the church at on and of The district in composed Of and Emmanuel Reformed Chorda School a. Service of a. m. Please note the in The church be held in the instead the evening because of an with new Be at School promptly at nine m we em get into the church service at This will enable us to baccalaureate services of school widen be held to St Sermon The monthly the society bs at the church on Holiday May 3Mb, at 1-M. Lower at a. a. m. York School at a. at p. service at p. m. Chestnut School at a. m. Lutheran services At Hampton at 10 a. at at 2 p. at at p. m. High School Commencement The annual commencement ex- of the Bast Berlin high school will be held in Reformed Hay 20, at 0 The program has been woven around one central of Romantic Interest In Salutatory Ethel M. Jesuit Mission of Buchanan Solo Mrs. Lavere Burgard Oration Merrill Of James Organ Solo Merton HUnes Valedictory Lucy Hoffman Church of the Solo Mrs. Lavere Burgard Address Dr. G. M. Presentation of Class Day Class Day exercises will be held In the P O 8 of A hall at 8 o'clock this Thursday as 1 Class History Piano Solo Class Will Reading Class Prophecy Presentation o George Roberta Dorothy WerU Ethel Spangler Merrill Wisler Dorothy wertt Carl Jacobs Piano Solo Reading Dorothy Werts Lucy Hoffman Cramer and Effle and i Awarding of the Honor Key and Mr and Mrs Maurice Mantle Oration Kathryn Roberts of and Mr. and j Receiver of Mantle Lester Brown Mrs. Arble and of Mr and Mrs. P. W. Mr and Mrs C A. Butt and Mrs. Louise this were guests of Edward Kinter and family in Sunday Adjournment Two chestnut out feet and the other seven feat to were removed farm of Mrs. Annie Miss Beatrice York the week with Irene Harry and In spending Sinner a cross cut they triad The Bast Berlin band will hold a biff picnic and festival at down near on Saturday May 31. Tho Labott band will f Mr UM
