Gettysburg Times (Newspaper) - October 18, 1935, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Evening It takes quarter of a second to wink an eye and a quarter of a month to explain to the wife THE GETTYSBURG TIMES Truth Our Public Our Aim Weather Forecast Cloudy probably occasional light rain tonight and In southeast tions Saturday Oct tan wU ESTABLISHED 1902 Member of The Associated Press GETTYSBURG PA FRIDAY EVENING OCTOBER 18 1935 FOR FIREMEN IS ATTACKED HERE Members of eastern Association Are Advised To Go COWARD F WISE NAMED PREXY Firemen attending the fourteenth convention of the istern association at the agles home Chambersburg street evening were advised to slow and to investigate before memberships in the home for aged and firemen and their families McKnightstown James B Aumen president of the fire company delivered ic first blast against the proposed home when he read a r he wrote to the president of the state ation who had asked him for in- about the wn project In the letter Mr Aumen wrote at the three properties near known -as the Mineral chard farms are owned by Olive Young and that there are two totaling against ie properties Selling Memberships Mr Aumen said Thomas L Pfarr marshal of Allegheny county no claims to have an option on e properties has an organization Pittsburgh known as the home association whose ents have been selling ins for each The president of the Gettysburg pointed out that the state association turned down e home proposition M M Tawney of Harrisburg Abraham Baker Buried Thursday Funeral services for Abraham Franklin Baker 82 dent of Adams county who died suddenly at his home at Mt Carmel Orrtanna R 1 Tuesday morning were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mt Carmel United Brethren church the Rev Palmer M Slenker officiating Interment was in the cemetery adjoining the church Pallbearers were E F baugh C S Baltzley Luther M Wetzel Jacob Moritz Luther ley and Charles Shindledecker CONFERENCE OF LUTHERANS SET FOR OCTOBER 28 West Penn Group of County to Meet in Bendersville eran Church Read by Nearly Everybody in Adams County PRICE THREE CENTS Gettysburg Tourists in New York NAME LEADERS FOR DISCUSSIONS wed Mr Aumen chief The former said an en- of the home project as in a prospective used by e home association er his signature was not id He said he talked with Pfarr out the plan saying he thought a good one but emphatically de- ed that he gave a written ent as shown by the prospectus Offered Commission Mr Tawney said he had been by Pfarr to sell the in the home MI with the understanding that was to receive of each I sold I hope I never get so poor or so w as to persuade any fireman with ch a Mr Tawney con- With more than 250 firemen from e seven counties in the association attendance the session ened at o'clock with F V of McSherrystown presiding After the invocation George A McClellan of irg chaplain addresses of welcome given by Burgess Wilbur J and James B Aumen J illiam Morgan of Harrisburg ve the response In his report President Topper the association officers and for their cooperation 5 the year He said 50 new rs had been added to the ition during his term as nt Reports Submitted Reports also were given by Ivan Kauffman Columbia recording Norman T Finger i financial William L uss Harrisburg financial ry James B Aumen chairman of e executive M M chairman of E law and legislative William Morgan of B fire prevention Earl Steel ton chairman of E credentials Claude Lancaster chairman of the committee rhe report of Treasurer Jauss wed receipts of a balance of last year th expenditures of of lich was invested Mr report also showd the now has invested Tawney pare a The Adams county conference of the West Pennsylvania synod of the United Lutheran church in America will convene in Bethlehem Lutheran church Bendersville Monday October 28 Sessions will be held throughout the day The Rev Dr O D Coble is pastor of the Bendersville church The morning session will open at 9 o'clock with devotions in charge of the Rev Dr C W Baker At o'clock officers will be elected nominations and appointments made At 10 o'clock the Rev George E Sheffer will lead the discussion on What Should be the Nature and Scope of the Synodical Examination of Candidates for the The Rev Dr Luther Kuhlman will lead the discussion at o'clock on the subject What Relationship does the Congregation sustain to the Synod with respect to Vacancies Pulpit Supplies the Calling of a Minister and other Practical ations which are of Con- Afternoon Session As a conclusion to the session the Rev A R Longanecker will discuss Should our ence Moneys be raised on a will Basis or Some Method of Afternoon sessions will open at o'clock with devotions con- ducted by the Rev J Harold Little At o'clock the Rev Dr John Aberly will speak on The ment and Significance of the ford Group Movement The Rev Dr Robert Fortenbaugh will speak at o'clock on The Minister and the Historical Process A panel discussion on What should be the Attitude of the Lutheran church Toward Present-day Social and Economic will be held at o'clock with the Rev L B Hafer Rev ff W Sternal Rev S W Aungst Rev H J Crouse and Rev H H Schmidt participating Dr A R Wentz will address the young people's service at o'clock on The Best Seller in Our Tongue which will conclude the Officers of the conference Rev D F Putman president Rev J M Myers secretary Rev C M treasurer Football fans who made up the excursion conducted by Ridgeway Tours O H Shenk Sons directors Lancaster from to West Point New York last Saturday for the football game who accompanied the party were Mrs Richard Cole John B Keith Charles R Rupp Mr and Mrs H F Beard Charles Weikert Mrs W A Taughinbaugh Miss Viola Sheely R A Hildebrand Arthur Hungrer C K James A Shea Kenneth Dengler James Hudson J B man David Deitch Miss Eleanor Romberger Miss Kathryn Maust Edmund W Thomas Jr Mr Benner Howard Williams Mrs Margaret E Miller Mrs Paul L Roy and Mr Rau F M GARLACH EXPIRES AFTER RECENT STROKE Retired National Park Employe Dies Today Was Stricken on Saturday HOLD FUNERAL 2 P M MONDAY WOMAN IS HURT AS CAR UPSETS Daughter Loses Control of Auto While Assisting Her Sleeping Baby Mrs Flora Spangler 59 of Square Orners was seriously injured at o'clock Thursday afternoon when the automobile in which she was riding and driven by her daughter Mrs Elizabeth Hartlaub who lives with her mother ran down an embankment and upset The accident occurred on the road a short distance west of McSherrystown According to reports of Hanover police who investigated a baby in the car went to sleep and Mrs laub the mother attempted to straighten its head losing control of the car Mrs Spangler who was taken to the Hanover general hospital by a passing motorist is said to have a possible fracture of the skull a severed artery in the right arm and shock Her condition is re- ported serious The car was badly damaged SCHOOL PLAY THIS EVENING Students to Present Miss in School England and France Continue Squabbling Over War Sanctions By The Associated Press Great Britain has no intention of warring on Italy alone That statement came from London sources today a reiteration and amplification of Sir Samuel Hoare's remark of a night England not in- tend to be policeman The British view was made known liance to Laval it he would turn away from British support Russia announced she had begun enforcing sanctions against Italy halting arm shipments and credits Others Enforce Sanctions Sweden and Norway other league members decided to put Into effect sanctions against an embargo on arms shipments to that country at the same time ing the embargo on arms to pia The shadow boxing in the diplo- matic rings assumed an importance France in You greater even than the African war shortly after reports from Paris said France wanted Britain to re- formally any blockade of Italy or any thought of individual sanctions against U Duce's ment Said which has caused it The news from the fronts along which Italy is seeking to push ahead into the unconquered kingdom of Ethiopia continued contradictory but for the most part indicated that the Italian forces had as yet not re- their forward movements either from the or Italian Somaliland fronts Final rehearsals for Miss Col- i to its Will you back us a comedy drama to be j in case of an Italian attack upon presented by the Mask and Wig j British ships in the must say to us that you plan no in- dividual action either at arms or bv boycott If you give us your ise then we will be in a better tion to give a yes answer to your request for our support in out the edicts of the League of tions against Italy Take Collective Risks A British spokesman said today that his country had always insisted that if risks must be run for peace they must be taken by all col- None denied that the Anglo- Franco-Italian situation today was loaded with The tion of Britain's stand was ly directed to Premier Laval of France Premier Mussolini of Italy and to the British public The British government is ing for a direct reply from France ent Order of Odd Fellows at their Mrs Sewell Kapp Gets I Degree Mrs Sewell E Kapp of ville a member of the Mary Gettys Rebekah lodge of Gettysburg had the degree of the Decoration of Chivalry conferred upon her at a session of the ladies auxiliary of the Patriarchs Militant state convention in burc this week Examinations Are Given 650 Eighth Graders in County There was a sharp denial in Paris Mrs William Mentzer Water that Mussolini had held out an of- street has spending a week i club of Gettysburg hieh school in the high school auditorium this at 8 o'clock were held i fcr of an military with relatives in day under the supervision of Miss Ruth and Miss Ruth Scott directors of the play As the title implies the plot is i laid in a collegiate background and concerns Bob Stewart played by i Francis Meade Garlach 72 re- I tired national park employee died at o'clock this morning from j the effects of a stroke of apoplexy i which he suffered last Saturday I evening at six o'clock Mr Garlach died in the house in which he was born February 10 1863 a few months before the three days battle of Gettysburg was fought The deceased was the youngest son of the late Henry and Catherine Little Garlach He was bom in Gettysburg and resided his entire life here For many years he was engaged n the marble business and for 20 years he was employed in the tional park here retiring from ice three years ago He is survived by his widow by a second marriage the former Miss Effle Schwartzbaugh one son cis M Garlach one granddaughter Miss Dorothy Kauffman York street three stepchildren Charles Baltozer and Martin Baltozer both at home and Miss Sarah A Baltozer of York Mr Garlach was a member of St Meet Tonight To Decide on Xmas Trimmings The Christmas street rating committee will meet at o'clock in the business of- fice of the telephone company to hear reports and fix the extent of the street decorations for the day season This will be de- termined by the amount of money the committee will have to spend this year A tabulation of the amount of money in the hands of the committee's treasurer and the amount of money pledged but as yet unpaid totals slightly less than short of the amount the committee hoped to raise The committee will contract for street decorating for the amount of money they have The group will not incur any debt in decorating the streets for the Christmas season Those who have not ed to the fund or who wish to increase their contribution are urged to do so at once MISSION GROUP HOLDS MEETING 198 Persons Attend Annual Conference in town Thursday Mrs George E Sheffer of New Oxford was re-elected president of lodge No 124 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Patriotic Order Sons of America and the Sons and Daughters of Liberty Funeral services from the late home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock the Spencer W Aungst pastor of St James Lutheran church with burial in Evergreen cemetery Friends may call at the Garlach home from seven until nine o'clock Sunday evening the conference of the Woman's Kin Dies John I Shenberger 561 West Col- lege avenue York died suddenly Thursday evening at o'clock at his home from an attack of acute indigestion Dr P N Wentz was summoned and administered to the man but to no avail The deceased who for over a score of years had been employed by M S Gruver in- decorator and painter was a member of the York aerie of Eagles the Foresters of America and the cal Painters and Decorators union He is survived by his wife Mrs Elizabeth Shenberger a ter Mrs Roland Gerber burg one brother Harry ger York and four sisters Mrs Luke Shannon Buffalo N Y Mrs Park Pattison Enola Pa Mrs Walter Rinkenberger York and Mrs John Winslow Nebraska Funeral services at 2 p m day with services at his residence Interment in Prospect Hill tery York Bury Veteran Here James Pope 62 a veteran of the Spanish-American war who died in Pittsburgh Sunday was buried Continued on Page Two Approximately 650 eighth grade pupils in Adams county schools day were given the Otis Robert who enters Paxton tion test by their teachers under the direction of Prof J Floyd baugh Adams county ent of schools Todays tests were one of a series of three lo be during the present school year Teachers will papers and return jo the office not later than Octo- ber 25 e report for Use Jaw and e committee He said Is favorable to paid and r firemen of Pennsylvania were wed at last session of the and that a number of Is lo werr tier killed or kept in To to Jold association that e December 31 3935 the state 1 to and pension funds The ney represents funds taken by the te for relief le also told firemen that Jer a passed by the e may contact with services of city and fire furnish fire on Page Two Group Elect Officers The Gettysburg Collect of the American Association of Uni- met at thr home of Professor W F Shaffer day evening Tho following officers wore elected for the next two President Dr T L President Dr John G Glenn rotary Dr C Alien urer Professor W D Jr college under the assumed name of Morgan Drake Junior Many com- and comical situations arise until the plot is straichtened out threw will be Hoffman cast as Beth Hart Proceeds of the will to the hich association fund j Tickets are mw on rale bv i bets of the Mask ind club I No seats are brine sold The advance sale of indicate a crowd will attend and patrons are to co Attorneys in Nixon Divorce Suit Stage Fist Fight in Court Birthday Gree tings BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr and Airs Earl Seminary ridce the birth of en dauchler Marian Louise Wednesday Both mother and baby are reported nicely Naval Officer to Speak at Rotary Club Next Monday Lieut W Hatfield States resene officer in of the r C C at Scot land Pa will cnv n talk on Hie island of Hawaii al the weekly M C A Monday dwb at the Y at fi A fist ficht between a District of Columbia court room into an uproar Thursday after a mistrial had been declared in the suit of a former Broadway for divorce from a army captain The suit filed by Mrs Pauline Nixon second of Opt Hay Nixon USA a former member of Georce White's Scandals accused the officer of infidelity Amended W Gardiner for the plaintiff an in which the named Nixon's third as and a mistrial marriace place List four days after he obtained a di- from Sis wife in the courts Justice C had iust left the courtroom and A Jr for Captain in an ob- to the manner in requested him to remain I some papers had executed i A railing separated the two yers but spectators heard some one called a crook rushed through a gateway and the fisticuffs becan Several resounding blows were struck by creams from the second Mrs of Save Mr Save Mr After the combatants had been d for the time a former of the District of Columbia exhibited a s-Rolleu hand One Witness Heard The trial less than half an hour no taken Thursday only heard WAS Leo P special justice of the Boston court whr trifled in bo- of the cave roundel for the third Mrs Nixon the former Anna Cooke of Md twenty days in to answer the court at- i nv.jlif be several The following residents of i burg and Adams county are j brating their birthday anniversaries 1 C E Tawney Springs avenue 59 Mrs Amanda Roman Baltimore street 90 Mrs Hannah Beamer R 2 Miss Kline R D Dorothy Wherley R 2 9 Hartman trandson of Mr and Mrs E W Hartman town 7 3 Thomas Reed Chambersburg street 23 John son of Mr and Mrs Felix Gettysburg R 2 13 Arthur son of Mr and Mrs Edcar Weaner Gettysburg R 4 J W of Aspers Women's Missionary society of the West Pennsylvania synod of the United Lutheran church for the third successive year at the annual meeting in St John's Lutheran church Abbottstown Thursday afternoon and evening Mrs Henry W Sternat of lerville was elected vice president succeeding Mrs J E Sanderson of Gettysburg Mrs Harry L Miller Hanover and Mrs David S merer of were re- elected secretary and treasurer re- One hundred and ninety-eight persons attended the convention which Mrs Sheffer described as one of the most successful in re- cent years Mrs J F Seebach of phia editor of the Lutheran was the principal speaker at both the afternoon and evening sessions Next year's convention will be held at St Paul's Lutheran Hanover the Rev O C Dean tor LOCAL WOMAN'S FATHER BURIED Death Claims George H Johnstown er of Mrs F J Moran George H McFeaters 59 father of Mrs Francis J Moran of burg who died in Johnstown last Saturday was buried there Tuesday Death was caused by diabetes lowing a month's illness Mr McFeaters an electrical en- gineer and inventor was employed by the United States steel company for 44 years and had more than 30 j Monday morning MANY PRELATES TO HONOR LATE Father Mark E Stock To Be Deacon at Solemn Requiem High Mass BISHOP WILL GIVE BLESSING Saddened clergymen throughout the Harrisburg diocese with a sorrowing community today quietly went about completing plans for the last earthly honors to be paid the Rev Father Timothy J rector of St Joseph's Catholic church In the very prime of his life end active ministry the priest beloved by members of his congregation and those outside the Catholic faith came to an untimely I death in an automobile accident on the Lincoln highway near ter Wednesday afternoon In company with three other priests the Rev Father was en route to Philadelphia to in the consecration of the Most Rev George Leo Leech as lar Bishop of Mela and auxiliary Bishop of the Harrisburg diocese Thursday morning when the car in which he was riding sideswiped the machine a woman motorist and then crashed into a telephone pole FT Stock Beacon Inasmuch as the deceased rector was going to participate in the con- service there is a hood that the new auxiliary Bishop will come to next Monday to pay a final tribute to the Rev Father Bishop Philip R McDevitt of the Harrisburg diocese will be in the sanctuary of St Joseph's church along with numerous other priests for the last rites a solemn requiem high mass beginning at 10 o'clock The Very Rev Father J F nell of chapel will be the celebrant of the solemn high mass with the Rev Father Mark E Stock rector Francis Javier Catholic church here as deacon arid the Rev Father Matthew Scanlon of Locust Dale Priests To Sing The sermon for the occasion will be preached by the Rev Father P J Enright of Locust Gap whom the Rev Father at St Joseph's more than two years ago The solemn requiem mass will be sung by the priests choir of the Harrisburg diocese comprising thirty voices under the direction of the Rev Father Leo Krichten of Harrisburg After the mass final absolution will be given by BUhop McDevitt Afterward all that is mortal of the Rev Father will be consigned to the earth in St Joseph's cemetery The body of the dead priest will be brought to St Joseph's church around noon Sunday Chant Divine Office At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon the Divine Office for the Dead will be in the church Members of the Holy Name ciety of St Joseph's church folks who worked with the Rev Father for more than two years and saw the parish grow and flourish under his skillful direction will form a guard of honor at the bier continuing in that sad duty until the mass on electrical patents to his credit He was a native of Indiana county The deceased was a decree Mason and members of that order conducted ritualistic services at the crave The Rev Dr Allen of the First Presbyterian church town was in charge of the services Mr McFeaters is survived by two daughters Mrs Moran of burg and Mrs G Clark Oldham of Johnstown In connection with the services have asked that flowers be omitted REPORT Arrest Pair on Larceny Charge Mrs Ada Fiester 30 and John Baker Jr 23 both of South Mid- township Cumberland ty near Mt Holly Springs were arrested Thursday evening by Cor- and and Mrs Charles Klunk R D were discharged as patients and jellies from John Baker also of South township Mrs Faster aad Baker were com- mitted to the county jail in default of bail for a Rosalind Shank Heads 4-H Club Rosalind Shank was elected of the Get 4-H club a meet in C held this week in Christ Lutheran church Other officers elected Helm Saby vice Spanzler Violet treasurer The meet me wall be held at the church Thursday October 31 at BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr and Mrs Earl Sincley near announce the birth of a i hearing Ann mother and babe are doing j fLt WITH PNEUMONIA Elmer Mf 32 of was brought to the Warner the up time committees and the i for Uial j leader will be chosen Woman Has Appendix Jn at Hospital Mrs Edwin of was brought to the WOMAN BREAKS ELBOW in the Gettysburg ambulance Mrs Ira York Springs Thursday evening and submitted to suffered a fracture of left arm an immediate operation for acute at the elbow ti fall Thursday afU appendicitis Her condition today She was brought to was reported good as be ex- j Warner hospital this fqr X-ray i
