Red Cross Nurse to Go Abroad in Spanish American War Link
Greencastle Pennsylvania reports Miss Katherine Rhodes a Philadelphia Red Cross nurse and sister of Mrs Charles B Carl has been called for examination to go abroad. She was among the sixteen Red Cross nurses who accompanied Clara Barton to Cuba during the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Katherine Rhodes
Red Cross
Philadelphia
Charles B. Carl
Rhodes
Clara Barton
Cuba
First United Brethren Church
W. M. Beattie
Samuel Johnson
Franklin
W. Va
C. P. Omwake
David Zentmyer
Byron Sense
Sease
Wdith Zentmyer
Charles L. Browbaker
John P. Stever
National Service Association of the Presbyterian Church
A. W. Johnson
Norfolk
A. J. Kreitzer
Owen Osborn
New York
B. F. Jones
East Baltianore Street
Ruth Fenwick
North Allison Street
William Gibson
Baltimore
J. C. Gilland
Jessie Yates
Butler
BE. W. Angle
Jacksonville, Fla
Swab Wagon Company Lands Large Government Contract
Elizabethville Pa December 1 The Swab Wagon Company expects to add a large force after accepting a government contract to mine army wagons. The piece notes numerous local visits and family travel, with several residents spending time in Harrisburg Philadelphia and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethville
Swab Wagon Company
M. E. Stroup
Harrisburg
Lawrence Zerfing
Philadelphia
Galen Ulsh
John Miller
Berrysburg
Isaiah Snob
Martyn
Lehighton
Clarence Snyder
Floyd T. Nomberger
Camp Hancock
Atlanta
Millersburg
Robert Schreiber
Camp Meade
Charles H. Snyder
316Th Infantry
W. L. Stevenson
McVeytown
J. Reynolds Naylor
New York City
Clarence Zeigler
Francis W. Riegle
Earl Hoover
Harold Swab
South Bethlehem
H. C. Swab
Local News Roundup From Blain Area
Solicitors in Blain raise 578.55 for Y M C A war fund. Miss Mabel Reber tops Adams Grove spelling school and Frank Sumaker wins in Manassa. Visits from Gutshall family, plus Morrow, Smith and Dennison on a Pittsburgh hunting trip. Shanabrook back to work. Garber returns from a Florin gunning trip with daughters Esther and Anna. Mort, Couch and Baltozer each shoot a wild turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blain
Mabel Reber
Adams Grove
Frank Sumaker
Manassa
Nevin F. Gutshall
Mary Jane
Lewistown
Marcellus Zeigler
Helen
Harold
York
Creigh Patterson
Mitchell Morrow
W. T. Smith
J. D. Dennison
Pittsburgh
Matilda Morrow
David
Shanabrook
A. D. Garber
Florin
Esther
Anna
James Mort
F. G. Couch
Cr.ee Baltozer
Nurse and Bookkeeper Wed at Columbia PA
Daniel C. Retten bookkeeper at Columbia Trust Company and Miss Mary E. Drenning nurse at Columbia Hospital married on Thanksgiving afternoon in New Holland Lancaster county. Ceremony by Rev. C E B Rettew. Couple will reside in Columbia among local young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Pa
Daniel C. Retten
Columbia Trust Company
Mary E. Drenning
James Drenning
Wrightsville
Columbia Hospital
New Holland
Lancaster County
C. EB. Rettew
New Holland United Brethren Church
Rettew
Columbia
Central Penns Personal Notes Mounts Joy Area
Mounts Joy notices list a flood of social visits births engagements and travels. Notables include Miss Bess Boyd visiting from New York City cousin J R Missemer hosting. Miss Goldie Shuttle returning from Laurel Maryland. Rev Eli M Engle and David Engle in Harrisburg for Moody Bible Conference. several family and local residents visiting Harrisburg Philadelphia and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounts Joy
Bess Boyd
New York City
J. R. Missemer
Goldie Shuttle
Laurel
Harriet Blessing
Harrisburg
Cumberland Valley
Eli M. Engle
David H. Engle
Dr. Gray
First Baptist Church
John Wilson
D Gilbert Rickabaugh Knits Sweater For Red Cross
Millerstown Pa December 1 The first sweater knitted in Millerstown for the Harrisburg Red Cross by a man was completed in a week by D Gilbert Rickabaugh. Local notices list visitors and events including family visits in Palmyra Altoona Newport Harrisburg and Philadelphia with social calls and Thanksgiving travels.
Teachers' Training Class Formed at Lewisberry
Lewisberry Pa December 1 Miss Mary Frankeberger teacher organized a teachers training class with Esther Schubauer Ida Krone Ethel Krone Anna Sutton Louise Spangler and Elsie Nebinger Albert Krone and F P Straley. Several locals are noted visiting relatives and other guests during the period with families in Dillsburg Yocumtown Shiremanstown and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillsburg
Frank Downs
Yocumtown
Morris Downs
Landis Parks
Sylvan
Shiremanstown
Matilda Parks
Wilbur H. Laird
Wilbur Herman, Jr
Steelton
Elizabeth V. Laird
Northenheim
Caroline
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Clariasa Bratten
John H. Shettel
Help Win War by Raising Fruit in Carlisle Area
Local notes report events from Mechanicsburg to Carlisle including a Cumberland County Fruit Growers' Association session with Prof H A Surface speaking on The Fruit Grower Helping to Win the War. Army officer Forrest Mercer commissioned First Lieutenant and to be stationed at Camp Jackson. Community church services and meetings detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
H. A. Surface
Carlisle
Cumberland County Fruit Growers’ Association
Camp Jackson
Columbia
N. C
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of
Trinity Lutheran Church
H. Albert Smith
Portland
Ore
Hall
J. Wilmer Happer
Hagerstown
Arthur Young
Camp Meade
J. A. Hollenbaugh
Grace United Evangelical Church
Sara Parker
South Market Street
Helen Slonaker
Douglas
Wyoming
Anna Lloyd
Hershey
West Main Street
A. R. Steck
S. M. Goodyear
Irving College
Columbian Hall
Mary and
Margery Lilly
East Main Street
Easton
Charles Trowbridge
John Clendenin
Lynn
Mass
C. C. Clendenin
Edith Fegley
Charles Fegley
Reading
John L. Eppley
West Locust Street
David Mumma
Eppleys
John Brandt
Mt Wolf Wire Fabrics Co to Begin Night Shift
Mt Wolf borough reports the American Wire Fabrics Co plant will add a night shift starting Monday. The large factory employs several hundred workers and has had steady prosperity despite railroad congestion limiting raw materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Wolf Wire Fabrics Co
Manchester Y M C A War Fund totals by groups
The town of Manchester Pa outlines its Y M C A War Fund subscriptions totaling 107.24. Contributions come from Lutheran Sunday school 56.14 United Brethren Sunday school 25 Evangelical Sunday school 10 Camp No. 42 P O S of A 10 and High School pupils 6.10. Camp No. 42 P O S of A will visit Strinestown Camp to present a traveling Bible and flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Lutheran Sunday School
United Brethren Sunday School
Evangelical Sunday School
Strinestown
B. D. Jacobs
F. G. Hoops
York
Sarah Dietz
Roy Dietz
Louise Schriver
Baltimore
Service Flag for Young Men Going Out From Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pa December 1 An effort to secure a service flag honoring local men who enlisted has begun Families are asked to submit names to ensure an accurate star count The flag if completed will fly from a post office pole Five hundred Christmas boxes for soldiers have been sent by the local Red Cross chapter for general distributionEdwin A Roberts of Ardentsville who trained at Kelly Field Fort Sam Houston describes his first flight reaching 2300 feet at ninety mph and now awaits tests at Berkeley for potential commissioningCaptain C W Elliott Trench Mortar Battery commander seeks to boost morale by inviting fiction books from townspeople for sailors at sea Two more county youths have become first lieutenants at Fort Oglethorpe J Byron Horner Knoxlyn and Chester Bell Hunterstown Honey yielded from a bees nest found at Charles Howard's property Mrs Elsie Singmaster Lewars urged Adams County Institute teachers to donate 51 for Y M C A work Roof work at the county camp advances with tar and sand coatings to protect buildings for next spring noting more soldiers expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Wolf
American Wire Fabrics Company
H. W. Zuse
C. W. Whister
Henry Wolf
G. W. Livingston
St. John’s Lutheran Church
United Brethren Church
Greenmount
George Daugherty
Charles Waltermyer
Dorothy
Freeland
Waltermyer
George W. Routsan
Clarence Waltermyer
George W. Waltermyer
Stewartstown
John Hoffman
Mt. Union
Henry Hoffman
Purnace Hills
W. O. Knaub
Philadelphia
R. L. Ruhl
Henry
Joseph
Gettysburg
Red Cross
Adams County
American Red Cross
Edwin A. Roberts
Ardentsville
Kelly Field
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
School of Military Aeronautics
Berkeley
California
C. W. Elliott
Fort Oglethorpe
J. Byron Horner
Knoxlyn
Chester Bell
Hunterstown
Cc. G. Heagy
Frank Cromer
Charles Howard
Elsie Singmaster Lewars
Adams County Institute
Dinner Parties and Family Reunions at Dauphin
Thanksgiving Day brought numerous family dinners around Dauphin Pennsylvania with visitors from Harrisburg Youngstown and Baltimore. Guests included Edward Muller and relatives of Greenawalt households in Elizabeth N J and Harrisburg along with local residents visiting kin in Stony Creek Singlestown and York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John Greenawalt
Dixon Greenawalt
Elizabeth
N. J
Harry B. Greenawalt
Myrtle Bell
Stony Creek
Bessie Oyster
Elizabeth Poffenberger
Freeman C. Gerberich
el Paso
Texas
Harvey Simmons
Marguerite Williams
Macon
Sabra Clark
Goucher College
W. P. Clark
Lewis Conrad
Myrtle Facer
Margaret
Joseph Facer
van Dyke
Ralph Shoop
Samuel Shoop
Watertown
Mass
Sarah Spensler
Snyder
York
W. C. Greenawalt
Youngstown
Ohio
Elizabeth Mertz
Singlestown
Daniel Smith
J. D. M. Reed
Frank Shope
Berwick
David Barnhill
Tremont
Frank Miller
Maylon Fishpaugh
Grace
Real Thanksgiving Day Observed at Mt. Union
Thanksgiving celebrations in Mount Union Pennsylvania included union services led by Rev W B Shannon a community turkey dinner for hundreds a football game between Mount Union High School and Hollidaysburg and a performance by the Royal Hawaiian Singers before about 1000 at the Spoyrs Theater Also local residents traveled and hosted relatives over the holiday with several names mentioned of note including Roy Richwine and Mrs Mich ael Staub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Union
Union
Shannon
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Mount Union High School
Hollidaysburg
Royal Hawaiian Singers
Spoyrs
J. C. Armstrong
Oil City
Roanoke
BRP
W. P. Harley
Royersford
H. W. Slothower
Lemoyne
Fred Cox
Norman Wagner
Dickinson Seminary
C. BE. Culver
Philadelphia
Larold
Pennsylvania Dental School
Y. M. C. A. Fund Totals for Berrysburg
Roscoe Daniel resumes post at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia as Y M C A funds raised in Berrysburg reach 122 dollars against a 100 dollar apportionment. Miss Harriet Weaver travels to Philadelphia for the winter. Rev and Mrs Paul Huyett and daughter Jean return from Lancaster. George Warner and Charles Lebo depart for Center County for two weeks hunting. Kennard McFarland of Harrisburg visits town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrysburg
Roscoe Daniel
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Harriet Weaver
Philadelphia
Paul Huyett
Jean
Women's Missionary Day observed in Halifax U B Church
Halifax Pa December 1 Sunday marked Woman's Missionary Day at the United Brethren Church with an evening program. Mrs. Dewitt Fry of Harrisburg delivered an address. Local residents and visitors enjoyed the service and visits, with several families noted in attendance or returning home after gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax Pa
United Brethren Church
Dewitt Fry
Harrisburg
Olive
Mary Nelson
Palmyra
Mary Bierer
Anna Bierer
Melvin Spensler
Ruth We
Elizabethville
J. I. Stabley
Fetterhoff
Fisherville
A. M. Hoffman
C. Wise
C. H. Palmer
Jerry Reigle
BE. H. Shoop
Perry County
C. C. Laudenslager
Steelton
Isaac Kinskrgue
H. S. Bogar
Robert
B. Hoffman
C. F. Still
Hummelstown
W. J. Jurey
John H. Cumbler
Dr. Cumbler
Adam Steffer
Herndon
N. A. Steffer
Samuel Motter
George Motter
Raymond Colisnitz
Penbrook
Mary Coisnitz
Fred Kein
John C. Westfall
George
Marysville
G. A. Westfall
Christine Neidig
Royalton
A. H. Neidig
Harvey Boyer
Grace
Middletown
Service Flag In Town Square In Millersburg
Millersburg will omit its Christmas tree this year and install a large service flag spanning Market street to honor local soldiers. Beneville Dreibelbis was badly injured when thrown from a horse three miles south of town. Other notes mention soldiers home for Thanksgiving and local births and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
Market Street
Brown Bradenbaugh
George Michaels
William W. Boyer
Beneville Dreibelbis
Dreibelbis
Luther Lenker
Ray Kepner
Signal Corps
New York City
Harvey W. Johnson
Cora Snyder
Visitors Share Social Visits in Linglestown Ledger
Linglestown Pa December reports a string of Sunday visits as Miss Jennie Grove of Penbrook and many Harrisburg residents are listed as guests of local families. Several households hosted friends and relatives including the Cares, Feesers, Leeses, and Balthasers, with Thanksgiving gatherings noted and former resident Samuel Balthaser joining the Engineering Corps before service in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant View
John Crum
Bailey Kennedy
Dauphin
Co. B. Care
John Geyer
Ruth
Harrisburg
Rebecca Baker
Adam Walmer
Leese
Steelstown
O. B. Leese
Samuel Balthaser
Engineering Corps
Fort Slocum
France
Harry Koons
David Felty
Alice Rabuck
Sarah Mehaney
Alfred Minnich
Robert Hoke
Camp Meade
Charles Rich
Amanda Irwin
Katie Hoover
Mary Lingert
Flershey
John Tobias
Martin Gross
Samuel Goss
Homer Heller
Reading
W. G. Zimmerman
Andrew Buck
Annie Buck
Mary Fackler
Mary Rhein
Lillie Pitman
C. H. Smith
Grace
BE. R. Rhein
Morrisburg
Kate Mellhenny
Susan Mellhenny
Annie Smith
John Buck
Elmer Daniels
Nine Pictures Given School Lectures for Women
Newville receives nine historical pictures bought with last year’s entertainments proceeds. A State College representative will lecture to Newville women starting December 11 at the High School auditorium. Red Cross branches shipped 151 articles to headquarters on Nov 14 and 21, including 21 sweaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Newville
Red Cross
Zion Lutheran Church
F. T. Wheeler
Big Spring Presbyterian Church
R. Woodburn
Elizabeth Ernst
Harrisburg
D. Ways Sharp
Big Spring Avenue
Hoyt Bower
F. Frank Bower
Flora Ritner
New York City
8. E. Shenk
R. M. Sollenberger
George
New Canton
Clarence Searight
Harrisbore
Andrew Oyler
Grtrude Borst
Washington, D. .C
E. M. Davidson
Sara
New Cumberland
Wedding Dinner in Honor of Mr and Mrs Wagner
On Sunday in Union Deposit Pa Mr and Mrs Frank Hi Stauffer hosted a wedding dinner for their daughter Maule Stauffer who has just wed Arthur Wagner son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Wagner Sr Guests included family friends and Harrisburg visitor Lizzie Landis and a set of silverware linens and glass were given as gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Deposit
Frank Hi. Stauffer
Maule Stauffer
Arthur Wagner
Thomas Wagner
Sarah Stauffer
Edith, Elva
Violet Stauffer
Esther Smith
Earl Stauffer
Ray Stauffer
Paul Stauffer
Lizzie Landis
Harrisburg
Frank Long
Town
H. P. Peiffer
John Z. Peiffer
Catherine Spotts
Lebanon
Frank Spotts
United Brethren Church
J. R. McDonald
Henry Miller
Harry and
Paul
Joseph Etter
Palmyra
Miller
Edward Spangler
Henry Peiffer
Mary Shertzer
Lizzie Shertzer
Ianoverdale
Irvin Cassel
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Gestevegraph
Pennsylvania
Daniel C, Rettew
Central Penna
Mayers Forman
Harry Wiest
Nelson
Nelson Zerfing
Mildred Koppenhaver
Charles Higgins
Lewistown Hospital
William E. Seip
Lucy Krauthoff
John Buckiey
J. Benton Rettinger
Lykens
Hursday
Thompsontown
Edna Packer
Mill Hall
Frank Shuman
Dickinson College
Lloyd Rh. Shuman
Green Dale Farm
Charles Himes
Millerstown
Henry Gross
Joshua Gross
Ross C. Davis
Lester and Banks Heller
Altoona
M. E. Heller
Albert Ward
J. E. Haldeman
J. G. Haldeman
Harry Bashore
W. R. Long
M. L. Keiser
Mifflintown
Jonathan Keiser
Lancaster
William Gotshall
John Laudenslager
Beatrice Oppenhaver
Robert Evans
Evans
F. M. M. Pennell
Florence Vincent
Wilson Lloyd
New Jersey
Howard Taylor
Gladys McCauley
Dock
McAllisterville
M. P. Crawford
Frank Potter
Juniata County
A. R. Meloy
Mifflin
Wednesaw
Frank E. Meloy
Wm. Strouse
D. Gilbert Rickabaugh
Harrisburg Red Cross
Peter Shenk
Mildred
James Rounsley
Margaret Rounsley
Leland Rounsley
Horace Beard
van Newkirk
Newport
D. M. Rickabaugh
Frances Snyder
Liverpool
C. D. Wingert
Banks Taylor
Marie Kepner
Edward Rumple
Cardiff
David Howe
Kipp
John Spangler
Cleveland
J. C. Kipp
Harry Kipp
McAllistersville
Thomas Gardener
Jane Sheaffer
Kenneth Ulsh
Lafayette College
James Ulsh
Madeiria
Addison Ulsh
Ella Tyson
High Street
C. O. Spangler
Edna
Grant Patton
Martha Pretz
Arthur Kipp
Ralph Thompson
Gilbert Rickabaugh
Kathaleen Thompson
Banks Lahr
D. H. Lahr
Irvin Crane
Starrisburg
Lewisberry
Cumberland Fruit Growers
Y.m.c.a.fund
Allen
Harvey Euck
Monroe Township
M. J. Rowanwell
Church of God
Gable
John Nanamaker
Wormeysburg
Michael Staub
Roy Richwine
Huiott-Fisher Typewriter
Chicago
Ill
Rinehart
Simon Backastow
John Randamaker
Martha
Levi Enck
H. B. Markley
J. H. Nickey
Women’s Missionary Day
Halifax
U. B. Church
Beneville Dreibelb
Linglestown
Newville, Pa
Nine Pictures
Mrs. Wagner
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine CO
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