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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1915
Page
8
The big campaign opens with the general chairman five division chairmen 20 captains and 200 workers gathering at the Y M C A banquet hall at 6 30. William Knowles Cooper of Washington to speak at 7 50. Members and friends invited with balcony seating available.
Don t take chances with firearms. The guide warns against rushing, pointing at people, carrying loaded guns in vehicles, or leaving guns around. Emphasizes breaking guns, safe handling, avoiding intoxication, following game laws, sharing game, and staying calm to improve scores.
M J Farrell 63 father of Rush H Farrell chief clerk to the division engineer of Western Maryland railway died Sunday at Mercy hospital Pittsburgh after a weeklong illness. He was Oakland board of trade president and a native of Johnstown. Survived by his widow four sons and four daughters. funeral will be 9 AM tomorrow at St Pauls cathedral with high mass of requiem.
The association praises Y M C A coaching and school work as a service to the community. John Em Edwardes notes YMCA officials aided school athletics. Allo wany county boys captured third place at the state meet in Baltimore last June.
Basketball has been the leading sport at the YMCA for years. The association notes no other town venue matches the authentic spirit of a YMCA basketball game where men gather for competition and camaraderie.
The Y M C A sponsors a city basketball league with six last season and plans for ten to twelve teams this winter. Dr Karl P Heintz leads basketball activities as tryouts begin with Tuesday and Thursday practices and Saturday first team games.
The Y M C A renews football after years of inactivity with plans for a rough eight-game schedule. Theodore E Damm leads the season opening October 16 against Maassanutten Academy of Woodstock Virginia with return for November 27. Former college stars like John Lind and Murray Smouse coach and bolster a sixty member candidate pool.
Chicago, October 5. Civil War veterans at the forty fourth annual Illinois Cavalry Association convention call World War I trenches a parlor life beside Civil War hardship. Robert Commons of Company B recalls Andersonville days and warns young troops about prison hells, mud, and scant rations, contrasting camp comforts.
The Maryland Public Service Commission issues a monthly tariff bulletin on freight and express rate changes for October. It details local applicability including Western Maryland Railway and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adjustments, with notices for inquiries and copies available from the Commission.
Thirty-two years ago Dailey of Cleveland in the National League pitched a no hit game against the Philadelphia club. He remains unique as the only one armed pitcher to achieve such stardom, while others like Lee Meadows and Jimmy Archer faced noted handicaps and scars in their storied careers.
Orphans Court proceedings grant letters testamentary to Louis La Neve for Salvatore Amantea's estate. John Sloan's last will from Allegany county is admitted to probate. James L. Dean, guardian of George A. Enshaw, settles first account with an order of allowance. Thomas G. Sloan is named on John Sloan's estate. Elizabeth M. Gerbing, guardian of Frederick C. and Lawrence D. Gerbing, settles first account with allowance. James Corfield, administrator of Oscar T. Corfield, files a list of personal property sales due. J. W. S. Cochrane, executor of Catherine A. Laing, files thirteenth account of sales.
County rules set limits on players age and enrollment for high school teams. No post graduates over 21, grammar school players allowed, 20 weeks attendance required unless immediate eligibility after elementary promotion or 20 day wait after entering from outside. discipline bans participation. four academic units needed. prior play for lower grades bans high school play. officials named two days before games.
Godwin Burley Carter Otis Godwin and Una Pearl Burley of Hendricks West Virginia wed Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs John R Rode cap 411 2 North Centre street with Rev J L Ward of the First Methodist Protestant church officiating In a second marriage Bettie Athey of Bedford street and Clifton Naughton a Colgate salesman were married in Hagerstown
Continental Trust Co. transfers Orchard tract 155 section D at Green Ridge to Walter L. and Mary B. Beard for 10 dollars. Isaac Swain and wife convey part of tract Y called wet Weather Corry ted to D. Herbert Swain for 1 dollar.
Berlin assigns full authority to Count von Bernstorff to negotiate the Arabic case and submarine policy with the United States. A personal memorandum was exchanged with Secretary Lansing, but no formal Berlin note was sent and no new instruction was issued.
William Joseph Duff of Expert and Sarah Helen Pailfitt of Claridge. Barney Cleveland Cessna and Mabel Viola Rose from Cumberland Valley. Milner Brown Frankenberry and Nonnie Noon of Mt. Lebanon. William Lloyd Gahagan of McConnellstown and Elizabeth J. Havelmond of Saxton. Crover Harrison Leathers and Nellia Virginia Keach, both of Juniata.
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