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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
5
Visiting relatives and holidays fill the scene as John Stonebraker visits sister Mrs Fazenbaker in Pittsburgh area, and Delmar Workman travels to Buck Valley Pa with others. Local residents like George Boden and C W Way return home for holidays amid gift ads from Powell's Jewelry on Virginia Avenue.
County Agent Lester McGill proposes prize winnings be deposited for investment in farm animals or crops, to be managed with a chosen financial advisor and bank. After 12 months an inventory and net earnings comparison will reward the best return per prize dollar while teaching prudent farming and business. Lester Hite, a Cumberland boy, sent ten cars of corn to Maryland Week and later received $3 first prize for ten ears in Allegany and $7 for the mountain district after misboxing.
Dr J Lee McComas Sr 81 died at his son's Oakland Maryland home after a long medical career mainly in Garrett County Funeral services set for 10 30 am at the home with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery He leaves a widow and two sons The Carpenter Hardware burglary netted 173 but left 40 in a vault undisturbed and investigators weigh how the entry was made This is the store’s third theft in about two years with prior break ins and weapons taken State's Attorney Frank A Perdew led the morning inquiry.
Charles Bennett age 85 died last night at 9 30 at his Eckhart home after illness of about a month. A Eckhart resident for 60 years he came from Ledford county where he was born. He married twice and his second wife survives with six children Anna Wenn A L Porter Charles Bennett Clever Bennett W 8 Bennett and Burman Bennett. One brother George and two sisters Mrs John Leasure and Mrs John Ash live in Bedford County Pa. Funeral tomorrow at 9 from St Stephen Church Frostburg with burial in the church cemetery.
A preliminary hearing is set before Justice Hillmbird at the jail tomorrow at 2 30 pm for James McCormick proprietor of the Red Onion saloon Reynolds and John McCormick and Joseph Winkler regarding the discovery of Thomas Watson Howell's body in the saloon with a bullet wound to the forehead. If no new evidence emerges, McCormick may face a charge of illegal liquor sales. Elkins West Virginia December 22 Fred L Jones of Stanley Virginia was killed when the steam skidder cable snapped and hurled him 150 feet into a stream.
Former West Virginia Public Service Commission chair Lee Ott testified under cross examination in Charleston that Governor Hatfield did not dictate gas rate reductions. Ott recalled only a governor’s urging to speed the Charleston water case, denying coercion or influence. The Manufacturers Light & Heat Company appeals the order.
Durbin correspondence notes M. Cavenaugh owns the champion hog at 717 pounds after cleaning. Farmers around Marlinton weigh four to five hundred pounds, with attempts to find any larger hog in Pocahontas County.
The W. Gai. U. will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at Central Y M.
Master Mechanic Miller of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Round House Foreman Nee are in Keyser West Virginia inspecting 20 large 6000 class engines stored there. The engines will be moved to Connellsville to serve the Connellsville Division after periods of inactivity. Adjustments were needed to accommodate their size on the division’s tracks and curves.
Tomorrow Cumberland residents are urged to skip luxuries and donate the saved funds to relief effort. Adjutant George Woods of the Salvation Army notes funds trail last year and hopes this day boosts the annual total to match previous contributions.
Cumberland Aerie No. 245 Fraternal Order of Eagles will host a New Year afternoon Christmas event in the Eagles Building on North Mechanic Street with a decorated tree, Santa Claus, numbered gifts, and candy for guests. An annual Holiday dance follows on Dec 30 in the Eagles building ballroom. Open house for members on Christmas Day.
City schools lead a generous drive for Haystack Mountain Tuberculosis Hospital. St Marys South Cumberland and St Patricks contributed sizable gifts while Ss Peter and Pauls sent canned goods and jelly. Public school Thanksgiving offerings topped prior efforts with eggs vegetables and more. Civic Club coordinated the distribution with Westernport and Barton schools also contributing.
The Cumberland Press will host Christmas treats for 25 or more paper carriers. They will dine at 7:30 p.m. at the Central Y M C A date room, then attend a Maryland Theatre vaudeville show, then receive a candy box. B N Garstin and Lewis Webster oversee the event.
Frank Gordon of Beverly West Virginia told police he was robbed of 149 dollars after drinking a peculiar tasting beer in an alley behind a window. He awoke near the Baltimore and Ohio tracks with his money gone, after being taken to the Pennsylvania Hotel by a bystander. He works for Alexander Lumber Company and had travelled to Cumberland to buy clothes.
The Orrs Mountain Band toured several local homes on Sunday, starting at Mrs Frye’s and visiting H B Cornells J W Veach’s Mrs Mollie Willis and William Feaster’s dining room, then Aldine Rexroads William Vanfleet’s and Ann Frye’s. Meals and refreshments accompanied the performances with thanks to the generous hosts.
The Citizens National Bank of Frostburg secured 80 thousand dollars in Raleigh municipal bonds after a competitive bidding process that included several metropolitan banks and brokers.
Joseph Myers of Everett Pa presented a Hassenpreper to John Youngerman of Frostburg at the Lyric Cafe in Frostburg last night in settlement of an election bet. Myers and guests including former Mayor George G Young and Circuit Clerk Lloyd L Shaffer enjoyed a German supper and praised its quality.
Numerous families and students from North Mechanic street to Baltimore and Emmitsburg are returning home for the holidays. Herman Haake and daughter Lina stay at Brad dock, Pa. Joseph Day arrives from Akron to visit his mother in Oak street. Various travelers head to Elkins, Oldtown, Tunnel Town, and Grafton after gatherings with relatives.
Miss Mil dred Kimmell of Martinsburg dies in bed at her sister Mrs. Weton Collins home in Parkersburg while spending the holidays. She was a Martinsburg High School graduate of 1911 a gifted violinist with ties to the Wednesday Club Thursday Orchestra and Presbyterian Church music efforts. She is survived by her parents and three sisters Edna Margaret and Mrs. Collins.
Marriage licenses were issued to multiple couples across Pennsylvania and nearby states. Latrobe pair Morris B. Flowers and Josephine M. Persk. Westernport couple Marcus E. Grove and Ethel E. Rob inett. Johnstown pair John Hanin Jr and Helga R Hipp. Accident Maryland pair Harry M. Beachey and Alice P. Renger. Cumberland pair Joseph P. Reilly and Nellie Larger. Latrobe pair Frederick W. Himmler and Bessie M. Queer. Kerrmore pair Samuel B. Passmore and Effie Thurston. Meyersdale pair George A. Martin and Imma A. Jackson. Pennsylvania Furnace pair Wim A. Gumms and Anna C. Sun day. Ridgeley West Virginia pair George T. Conrad and Agnes Kinser.
Cumberland Council 686 Knight of Columbus hosts year end dance at Mechant street home. Curated by Joseph McKenna as chairman with Guck McEvoy Corolan and Welsh directors. Francia Hodel joins Lichmitz orchestra for midnight luncheon and celebration with many out of town guests.
Mrs Frank Aldridge of Mount Savage Maryland suffered severe facial burns when a flame swept across her face as she relit a stove after the gas had gone out. The incident occurred this morning at the hoarding house she operates on Mount Savage.
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