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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
5
Secretary Montignani and aides at Baltimore and Ohio YM are organizing the tenth annual Christmas entertainment for South Cumberland children on December 27 with gifts and candy for each guest. Attendance last year reached 1,600 invited, 600 over target, prompting three time slots from 2 to 9 pm by age group.
The Salvation Army Special arrives on time with familiar collection pots. Adjutant Woods says donations from past helpers could fund more aid this Christmas. Letters sent to potential donors aim to boost this winter's work.
The feast of Hanukkah will be widely observed with services at the local Jewish synagogue Sunday at 3 PM. The Sabbath school program includes organ music, prayers, recitations, lighting of candles, essays, and an address by Rabbi M Bar on with Milton Beneman reading and Ingham Lord directing the music.
Notice states I will not be responsible for any debts incurred by Samuel Francis Connelly also known as M. E. Connelly father at 23 Seymour Street. The advertisement requests decist.
Police seek Paul Monroe after he forged checks to steal 9 dollars from Commercial Savings Bank using a Patriotic Order Sons of America signature and a German Savings Bank account. He later tried another 35 dollar forged check drawn on First National Bank and evaded arrest, leaving a slim young man description.
Mrs. C. C. Bloom hosts the Us Card Club gathering with a fish pond for children and refreshments for all. A social at the First Presbyterian Church lecture room features home made ice cream cake candy chocolate coffee and sandwiches from 4 to 6 pm to raise funds for the society.
More than two hundred attended the thirteenth annual pig roast of Cumberland Aerie No. 245 Fraternal Order of Eagles at the Eagles Home on North Mechanic Street. Toastmaster Lloyd J. Shaffer led singing and a program of speeches by Worthy President Boyd A. Reinhart Senator F N Zihlman and others. The La Salle students earned November honor certificates for attendance and study with Principal Rev Brother Philip praising their effort.
Mrs. Leona M. Powell county agent leads home demonstration clubs for girls eight and up teaching sewing cooking home decoration and general improvement. Clubs already exist in Oldtown Cresaptown Leartown Flintstone and Rawlings with plans to expand county wide. County Farm Agent John McGill organizes corn and potato clubs for boys, emphasizing practical agricultural training.
Sixteen firemen of the second division of the B. and O. railroad have been furloughed. This brings the total furloughs for firemen and brakemen to thirty six in the past fortnight.
A Cumberland officer and Commander Eisenhauer were robbed while patrolling the city. The piece caricatures small-town cops roaming in a metropolis and notes the incident as a cautionary tale from the Hagerstown Mail.
Fragmentary note celebrates a friendship and effort at Logal Five. It hints at mutual support and shared goals, but lacks clear subjects or events. The text reads as a poetic motto rather than a concrete news item or report.
The Junior Brotherhood of St. Luke's Lutheran Church organized with 21 members under Pastor C. F. Bergner and John A. Anderson. Officers named: President Robert Powell, Vice President Louis Baker, Secretary Leonard Thuss, Treasurer Charles Jordan. An officers election for lodge and grand lodge will follow at Allegany lodge No. 146 Knights of Pythias. A separate note reports the death of Mrs. B. Jones of Philadelphia from gas exposure in Baltimore after a visit with Clarence W. Egan, B and O general claim agent.
The coming legislature will consider many changes to state and county game laws including banning Sunday hunting and fishing, restrictions on dog training and trapping, penalties for selling game and non resident hunting, and a paid game system. Licenses set non resident state $10, non resident county but state resident $3, resident of county $1. Trout season May 1 to June 1 with streams closed for two years.
Miss Virginia G. Rusell married John Elsworth Morris at Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church Elkins Rev F H Barron officiated Bride given away by her brother G Preston Russell of Mill Creek A small wedding breakfast followed at the Johnston home The groom serves as secretary to Hon H G Davis An engagement notice also reports Miss Mary Watson Sipe Fairmont will wed Alfred Koontz Charleston December 15 at Fairmont Farms The Sipe family ties include former Senator Clarence W Watson and S L Watson of Fairmont The wedding will be a quiet family affair
William S. Livengood and Dr M Bruce Lichty witnessed a Garden of Allah production. Thanksgiving visitors included Miss Orgie Hawkins Frostburg Miss Mary Watson and Will and Richard Norris Piney Grove. Local arrivals and departures include Mrs H A Rasche and family from Oakland and others visiting or returning from Cumberland Pittsburgh Winchester and Baltimore.
Sanford Baker, 55, died at 10 a m at Western Maryland Hospital after several weeks with pneumonia. The body was moved to Walford's undertaking establishment and will be sent to Rominey, West Virginia, for burial at his home.
The Perfection Tire Sales Company of Davis Tucker County West Virginia was incorporated at Charleston with an authorized capital of 26000 dollars. The incorporators are E H Faw W M Faw of Albert J C Faw of Elkins C J Simpson of Cumberland D R Heironimus of Davis and H F E Hinebaugh of Thomas.
Nausea and insomnia are caused by nerve reflexes, corrected by expert eye glasses. Includes a small classified line for T Iattle Jewelry Co and a help wanted ad seeking a girl for general housework at 210 Green St with dates Dec3-31.
Ellen W Hodges administratrix of the estate of Charles Francis Williamson asks all claimants to exhibit claims with vouchers by June 3 1916 or be barred by law. Debts owed to the estate should be paid promptly. Notice dated December 3 1916 from Landover Prince George County Maryland.
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