Nocton's Auto Runs Off Bridge In Fog
A fogbound accident reports Noctors automobile leaving the road and plunging into the water beneath a bridge. No fatalities are confirmed though injuries are believed minimal.
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Noctor
Lebanon Valley Student Pastor at Montclare Church
A Lebanon Valley College student and Montclare Church pastor is the Rev John Jones son of Rev M H Jones long associated with Penbrook. He plans a revival at his church next week with addresses by prominent United Brethren clergy and intends to enter a theological seminary after completing studies.
Many Dauphin Visitors Callers Hospitably Entertained During Week
Local social notes list visitors and short visits across Dauphin Pennsylvania during Thanksgiving week. Names include Mrs. Howard Bailey Miss Martha Cresswell Judge Henry Duffy Miss Mary Umberger Mrs. Emory Wierman and Julian son Miss Maggie Poffenberger James Lewis Gross Mrs. Frank Kline Miss Dorothy Helman Miss Anne Shaffer Edward Garman Mrs. Edwin Winterborn Mrs. Charles Bowman and children George and Ruth Arthur Lutz Harold Lutz P. B. Young Irvin Gerhart and the Forneys.
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Dauphin
Howard Bailey
Touraine
New York City
Sarah Spensker
Martha Cresswell
Harris’ Street
Harrisburg
Sabra Clark
W. D. Kinter
Joseph Whitley
Trenton
N. J
Clarence Winegardner
Howard Rhoads
Henry Duffy
Baltimore
Robert Fulton Stirling
Mary Umberger
Emma Reel
Emory Wierman
Julian
Julia Kinter
Sarah Spousler
Maggie Poffenberger
York
James Lewis Gross
Lehigh University
South Bethlehem
W. B. Gross
Frank Kline
Philadelphia
George Kline
Dorothy Helman
Anne Shaffer
Pennsylvania Hospital
Charles Shaffer
Edward Garman
Brooklyn
William Garman
Edwin Winterborn
Lincoln Masoner
Charles Bowman
George
Ruth
Renova
P. B. Young
Haddonfield
Margaret Brooks
Irvin Gerhart
Piketown
Erie Street
Shoveled money into fire at shoe factory incident
J W Forney an engineer at the Johnson Buaillie plant says his $30 pay envelope vanished while he shoveled coal into furnaces. He suspects the envelope slipped from his vest and was burned in the fire. Local reports note other community events from Millersburg area.
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Millersburg
Maria Metzgar
Mason Foulkroad
Meiserville
KF. G. Novinger
C. G. Shetron
Shetron
Methodist Church
Grace Gilbert
Allen
Pioneer Cabin Club
R. R. Novinger
Clark
Jack Cooper
R. I Franke
George Buffington
Alfred Hoffman
Roswell Day
Herbert Miller
J. W. Forney
Johnson-Buaillie Shoe Factory
Superintendent Bittner resigns from Green Castle plant
Green Castle Electric Light Company superintendent H S Bittner has handed in his resignation last week. The successor has not yet been appointed. William Alexander and F D Mickey of Chambersburg join the board. Local society notes include a reception for Mrs John Garfield Davison and a marriage announcement for Frank Hoffman Jr and Lena Lear. A fire damaged the home of Mrs Sophia Cain.
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H. S. Bittner
Greencastle
Greencastle Electric Light Company
William Alexander
F. D. Mickey
Chambersburg
William Richardson Davison
John Garfield Davison
Community Christmas Tree to Shine in Newport Square
Newport Pa December 5 community plans a central Christmas tree in the Square with a star atop and about 200 electric lights. A large committee structure handles tree setup, finance and executive duties while local residents travel between Harrisburg Philadelphia Lewistown and Union Deposit for visits and updates.
Annual Turkey Dinner Brings Local Families Together
Anville residents report holiday gatherings as Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kreider visited their son D Albert Kreider in New Haven. Cyrus Herr hosted a turkey dinner for children and grandchildren, an annual affair enjoyed by all. Other notes include births, visits, and travels among local families in Lebanon and Harrisburg areas.
Teachers Institute Postponed in Berrysburg
In Berrysburg Pennsylvania on December 5 a local notice reports the postponement of the teachers local institute from December 12 to December 19 at Uniontown. Superintendent Shambaugh visited town schools and several residents and visitors are named along with a Christmas program at the Lutheran and Reformed Sunday school. A man named Monroe Heim aged about fifty died of apoplexy at a farm near Pillow.
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Berrysburg
St. John’s Church
Lena Hartman
Carlisle
Paul Lehman
Ursinus College
Isaiah Daniel
Elizabethville
Michael Reigel
Big Run
G. M. Hartman
Ceylon Bowman
Harry Smith
Uniontown
Shambaugh
Harry Miller
Harrisburg
W. M. Bowman
Lutheran and Reformed
West End
Republican Club
A— Monroe Heim
George A. Weaver
Pillow
Attended Family Reunion and Local Visits in New Cumberland
New Cumberland residents report a family reunion at Zion's View hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Fink with Mrs. Annie Smaling and Ruth attending. Several locals made visits and returns from Lancaster Shippensburg Philadelphia Decatur IL Annville Williams Grove Wellsville and other towns.
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New Cumberland
Annie Smaling
Ruth
Fink
Third Street
Grace Shelly
Shippensburg
Neff
Philadelphia
Margaret Prowell
Cyrus Long
Rutherford Heights
Chastina Yeasel
Lancaster
George Haverstock
Market Street
Annville College
John P. Sweeney
Elizabeth Kreiger
Mahaia Fisher
John M. Fisher
George Uimnberger
Williams Grove
R.R. Reiff
Wellsville
Personal News Items From Nearby Towns in Central Pennsylvania
Thompsontown notes births and visits as families welcome a newborn son to Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Johnson. Many residents, including John Allen and David Keiser, travel to or from McCoytown and Williamsport, with visits spanning Lewistown, Harrisburg, Shippensburg, and other nearby towns. Multiple church and college affiliations appear, with Thanksgiving and weekend gatherings, parental support, and house moves among the highlighted social items.
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Pennsylvania
Turkey Dinner For Party Of Friends In Waynesboro Pa
Waynesboro Pennsylvania December 5 Herbert L Grimm state editor of the Philadelphia North American visited his parents Reverend Doctor and Mrs J Lower Grimm. Local hotel operators A Gasman Hains entertained friends at a fine turkey dinner including Eugene Bowyer Sarah C Way JT Lester Earp Baltimore and Isabel Todd Waynesboro. Samuel Care of Waynesboro celebrated his birthday with elaborate dinner hosted by his daughter in Chambersburg. Dr Mark L Heefner Daniel Heefner and Omar Kauffman drove to Philadelphia where Heefner and Heffner will resume studies at the University of Pennsylvania. A D Adams and F H Adams returned from Hanover and York. Mrs Clayton Philips and Miss Sue Philips spent weekend in Baltimore. Miss Marjorie Funk departed for Philadelphia for several weeks. John M Newcomer and family returned from their farm at Big Pool Md. Clarence Hartrook, formerly with Philadelphia Shoe Store, now with G M Spangler in Harrisburg, visited his mother. George Bartholow and family visited in Pittsburgh with Fred Bartholow of the Hotel Warner. The Ruby Seal Band of the Methodist Episcopal Church met at Miss Ethel Washabaughs home for a brief program with refreshments. Mary Babb of Carlisle visiting friends here. Dr and Mrs Joseph Enniss returned after a short stay in New York and New Haven Conn.
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Waynesboro
Herbert L. Grimm
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia North American
J. Lower Grimm
A. Gasman Hains
Glenden
Pen- Mar
Sarah C. Way
Lester Earp
Baltimore
Walter T. Todd
Isabel Todd
Samuel Care
Chambersburg
Care
Mark L. Heefner
Heefner
Daniel Heefner
Omar Kauffman
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
A. D. Adams
F. H. Adams
Hanover
York
Clayton Philips
Sue Philips
Marjorie Funk
John M. Newcomer
Big Pool
Clarence Hartrook
G. M. Spangler
Harrisburg
George Bartholow
Lloyd and
Gladys
Pittsburgh
Fred Bartholow
Warner
Ruby Seal
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ethel Washabaugh
Potomac Avenue
Washabaugh
Mary Babb
Carlisle
Joseph Enniss
New York
New Haven
Conn
Deer kill tally caps Seven Mountains season in Mifflin County
In Lewistown area reports 38 deer shot this season in Mifflin County's Seven Mountains region. The item also notes local social visits and movements, with mentions of residents from Harrisburg Cleveland Philadelphia and Baltimore visiting nearby towns and attending church gatherings and Thanksgiving meals.
Ladies of Monaghan Round Table Stage Matrimonial Exchange
Dillsburg Pa December 5 Recent the Ladies of the Monaghan Round Table presented their annual play the Matrimonial Exchange at the Dillsburg Opera House described as the most successful yet. The cast photo lists Charles Smith as Billy Light Mrs Ira Heikes as Mrs Bridget O Flanagan Robert Bailey as Michael McGinnis Mrs Charles Sidle as Mrs Clyde a widow Harry Grimes as Laurence Gotrox banker Katherine Altland as a colored maid Daniel Altland as Lord Reginald Montgomery Mrs Charles Altland as Fanny Gusher Grant Sheffer as Gustave trainer Gretna Beitzel as Pareppa De Claimer actress and poetess Mr Cook as Laury Gotrox Katherine Gintzer as Nellie Clyde Mrs Robert Smith as Alvira Slimmins Gabble with children William Sheffer as Thomas Jefferson Gabble Elizabeth Cook as Malinda Gabble Katherine Graff as Katherine Clyde Bertha Sidle as Sarah Elizabeth Gabble James Smith as George Washington Gabble and two black cats represent the pets.
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Dillsburg, Pa
Ladies of the Monaghan Round Table
Dillsburg Opera House
Charles Smith
Billy Light
Ira Heikes
Bridget O'Flanannegan
Robert Bailey
Michael McGinnis
Charles Sidle
Mifflin Girl Wins First in WCTU Work
Miss Lavina Lemon of Mifflin earns the grand gold medal for Woman's Christian Temperance Union work with the intercounty contest held last May at Ridge Avenue Methodist Church. Local notices list many residents visiting relatives and traveling to events.
Millerstown Belgian Fund Helps Sufferers at Services
A collection for Belgian sufferers at union services Thanksgiving evening and Methodist Episcopal Sunday school Sunday morning raised over 22 dollars. Various local residents visited relatives and traveled to nearby towns this week.
Mount Joy Folks Enjoy Notable Gunning Trip Chronicle
Mount Joy pa December news details Benjamin F Gochenaur of Mount Joy joining Elizabethtown Gunning Club for a two weeks expedition to Keating Clinton county capturing a fine 200 pound deer the only one shot by club members. Samuel S Stacks celebrated his 65th birthday by giving a school offering and the article notes several local social visits and events.
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Mount Joy
Benjamin F. Gochenaur
Elizabethtown
Keating
Clinton County
Harry Grosh
Johnstown
Harry W. Grosh
Sara Kreamer
Anna Lehman
Steelton
Laura Dorsey
Lancaster
Henry Bender
Harry Hiestand
Bessie
Florida
Baltimore
Jacksonville
Mennonite
Samuel S. Stacks
Florin Shirt Factory
J. R. Missemer
I. P. Bowman
Harrisburg
I. D. Stehman
Elizabeth Owens
New York
A. K. Manning
Helen Buohl
Reading
John H. Buohl
General Cameron Council
Hershey Post Office Moves to Modern Quarters
Hershey Pennsylvania reports the post office occupying newly refurbished spaces formerly used by the Hershey Trust Company in Cocoa avenue. Local residents Dr W T Sherman Culp of Chicago will speak on Unearned Kings at Hershey Central Theater Sunday at 3 PM while others are noted about visits and moves in town.
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Hershey
J. B. Painter
Middletown
E. H. Stine
C. G. Romig
Cocoa Avenue
I. Meyer Hershey
Andrew Frey
Lancaster
Frank Magee
L. Bomgardner
Thomas Ingram
Harrisburg Hospital
Joseph Dyer
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
John Sollenberger
Dillsburg
W. T. Sherman Culp
Chicago
Hershey Central Theater
Thomas Black
Areba Street
Hershey Trust Company
Western horses at Eliza Bethville Elizabethville Pa
Elizabethville Pa December 5 Miss Sarah Goodyear from Harrisburg visits the Gaulpp sisters. Mr and Mrs Jesse Sheetz attend William Sheetz funeral at Carsonville. Florence Cooper Paxtang visits parents. Clinton Miller family at Lykens Williamstown. Isaac Miller Lemoyne and son visiting. Elizabeth Weaver home from Philadelphia. Esther Mattis visits Berrysburg. John Miller Denver Pa visits. Isaac Bonawitz carpenters at Malta. Lenker announces birth of a daughter. Aaron Shoop ill Tuesday morning improved. Elmer Culp travels in New York State for Valley Shoe Co. Charles W Cook arrives with western horses. Romberger and Matter United States grangers stationed at Highspire. Local stores begin holiday styles with no decorations noted.
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Elizabethville
Sarah Goodyear
Harrisburg
Gaulpp
Jesse Sheetz
William Sheetz
Carsonville
Florence Cooper
Paxtang
Clinton T. Miller
Lykens
Williamstown
Isaac T. Miller
Lemoyne
Elizabeth Weaver
Philadelphia
Esther Mattis
Berrysburg
John Miller
Denver
Isaac N. Bonawitz
Malta
H. C. Lenker
Aaron Shoop
Elmer Culp
New York State
Valley Shoe Company
Charles W. Cook
George F. Romberger
I. E. Matter
United States Grangers
Highspire
Blain Boys Take Midwinter Course At State College
Blain Pa December 5 Lou Bistline Robert Wentz and Edmund Book attended a midwinter course in agriculture at State College. Other items note Miss Sallie Collins learning dressmaking at Mrs Sallie Kreamer and several local visits and social notes including marriages and visits among residents.
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BLAIN
State College
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Toboyne Township
Teachers’ Institute
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H. W. Woods
Blaine
J. R. Gutshall
Union Schoolhouse
Annville
John O. Jones
Blemel
Otterbein
H. N. Hart
Rhoda Morrow
N. Foose
Madison Township
E. F. Middleton
B. Trostle
Columbus
Philip Sheaffer
Sheaffer
A. D. Bowman
Tuscarora
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Harris
Concord
Oren Morrison
T. A. Morrow
Foster T. Seager
Albert Mumper
Utica
A. L. Mumper
Snyder
Shiloh
Emert Trestle
Jackson Township
R. A. Wagner
A. C. Pershing
Bellwood
Bruce Jacobs
Honey Grove
Charles J. Tressler
Harry Briner
W. R. Brothers
Landisburg
William J. Allen
Halifax
C. W. Stinespring
Otterbein United Brethren Church
Quincy
William Hilbut
Snyder County
Homer Stailey
Lillie Stailey
Liverpool
C. A. Funk
Harry Bottomstone
Watsontown
William Millard
Abner
Daniel
Plymouth
Sarah Pike
Warren Pottieger
S. B. Pottieger
Miriam Dunkel
Mary Clippinger
Charlotte Heisler
H. C. Sipe
Herndon
Ira B. Zimmerman
Elias Flowers
I. P. Miller
I. ©. Miller
Fisherville
W. H. Keller
Joseph Shive
F. P. Barnett
William Mourer
Hegins
Cornelius Bowman
Caroline Chubb
George W. Bowman
S. L. Brubaker
Adam Hoffman
Alfred Bowman
Harvey Rouch
Rev
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S. B. Goff
Charles Morris
Rossville Lutheran Church
Martha Bailey
Women’s Medical College
Josephine Bailey
J. E. Hartman
Baltimore Street
Franklin Church
G. H. Eveler
Newport Square
Newport
John E. Eby
William G. Loy
Wesley W. Potter
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B. KF. Damaree
William M. Benson
Paul R. Hombach
John L. Snyder
L. Soule
George W. Taylor
Roy Wagner
David Ickes
Ray Wertz
Wylie Davis
Albert L. Dorwart
Francis A. Fry
Anson B. Wright
William Dorwart
Joseph B. Baker
H. Munson Corning
William T. Hanly
Lewis M. Blatzer
Paul R. Flume
W. Nelson Grubb
Gertrude Mertz
Lewistown
David Mingle
William H. Happle
Harry Kaylor
Union Deposit
Kuhn
Tampa
Annie Dewalt
Charles E. Kerr
Kerr
P. Irvin Kerr
Oskear C. Miller
Texas
Hazel Flurie
Flurie
Margaret Flurie
Ethel Watts
Emilie Fleisher
Ellen Heim
Loysville
Plummer MecVitt
B. F. Demaree
Claire K. Demaree
J. Kyle Gilmore
H. O. Orris
Minneapolis
Mrs. Cyrus Herr
Joseph Kreider
D. Albert Kreider
Cyrus Herr
Howard Miller
Howard, Jr
George Levan
M. H. Shaud
H. Zimmerman
Morris Nye
Lebanon
John Hinkle
Williamsport
Elizabeth Marshall
Margaret Fronfield
Jessie Marshall
W. M. Rohland
Shellsville
Rohland
Paul Lingle
Thompsontown
Earnest Johnson
Johnson
Grace Allen
John Allen
McCoytown
David Keiser
Jonathan Kkelser
Ira Boyer
van Dyke
Burris
Mexico
Nate Vanhorn
Almyra Logan
Abram Sieber
Bunkertown
John Grace
Gayman House
Eugene Cameron
Jacob Sausman
Jesse Nyehart
H. Sowers
Jacob Sausman, Jr
Margueretha
Marion Dimm
Albert Ward
Pfoutzes Valley
Walter Rebuck
Gettysburg College
Russell Jacoby
Tillie Cassel
Bellaman
Grantville
Luella Runkle
Fishing Creek Valley
George Wade, Jr
Emma Megonnel
Isaac Seiger
Harry Mumma
Dalmatia
D. W. Radel
Lizzie Showers
Anna Lenker
Catharine Lutz
Hazleton
Andrew Spotte
M. R. Fenstermacher
David Boswell
Mary Bubb
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
W. C. Bubb
Linn Batdorf
Lansford
William Anderson
Danville
W. C. Bingeman
John G. Bingeman
Hr. S. Byerly
Norristown
Frank Byerly
John Hasenplug
B. F. Batdorf
Charles Trego
Tower City
Mary Seider
TI. J. Batdorf
Frank Burnett
Winton Baker
Harry Baker
Kaylor
Hagerstown
Charles Baker
J. J. Hemner
Mary Ilgenfritz
New Kingston
Mr. Gregorey
Jerold Fox
F. H. Stauffer
Harry Walmer
W. H. Rapp
Harry Fasnacht
Elizabeth
United Brethren Church
G. W. Hallman
C. C. Groff
John Groff
H. . Peiffer
Henry Carmany
Caroline Lingle
Calvin
Benjamin Keim
Henry Brandt
Jacob Blatt
Alfred Bickle
Rosa Basehore
Irvin Lingle
O.R. Bittner
John Sellers
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Pen Mar Hotel
Seven Mountains
W. F. Eckbert
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Cleveland
Ruth Snyder
Chas, Woomer
Yeagertown
Andrew Long
San Rafael
Cal
Raymond Schell
Jennie Nighthart
Jeryl Bowers
H. C. Estep
John Gantz
Mifflin County
John Fike
Carnegie Hero Commission
Fasick
Lewisberry
Lewinberry
A. 8. Fasick
D. L. Dixon
Lorena Kilmore
Mechanicshore
Annie Laird
Ella M. Sutton
Margaret Zinn
Edith Cline
Stough
Edward Hammond
Washington
William Traver
Yocumtown
Mabel Yinger
Malcolmn
Helen Reiff
Celia Balilets
Harvey Erney
Fitzgerald
Newberry Township
Bruce Nebinger
Pearl
Smith
Bittner
J. Spayd Bomberger
Margie
G. B. Whitmyer
Palmyra
Grantville Hotel
Ladies of Monaghan
Mimflintown
Louise Jackman
Albright College
Myerstown
Gladys McCauley
Wilson College
Joseph McCauley
D. L. Berry
James Neely
Churchill
Ebright
Leigh
Carl F. Espenschade
Frederick Espenschade
Harry Scholl
Wilson
Junifate
Mahlon Guss
Elizabeth Okeson
Mary Zug
Bowie
H. E. Watters
Ridge Avenue Methodist Church
Lavina Lemon
Mifflin
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mr. Osburn
Bradford
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rebecca Doty
Charles Flood
Nook
Charles McClellan
Millerstown
C. J. Wagner
Gon Oren
Wooster
A. A. Willis
Forest City
Iowa
J. C. Hall
C. C. Page
Altoona
Marie Keptner
Nan Hough
Margaret Brown
D. A. Lahr
Anna Bollinger
Helen Rounsley
Professor J. Charles
Calvin Dimm
James Kipp
J. C. Kipp
Walter Allen
Grace
William Spangler
Grace Light
Susan Wagner
Ida Ward
Methodist Episcopal
Mary Pellew
Calvin Cox
Rounsley
Elizabeth Crocker
Edward Rumple
Hoyt Johnston
Anna Lacey
Roland Harrison
O. D. Wingert
Washington, D. C
Clara Wingert
Lillian Nankivel
Thomas Nankivel
C. A. Pike
W. D. Bollinger
Clinton
Benjamin Gochenaur
Elizabethtown Club
Lou Bistline
Robert Wentz
Edmund Book
Sallie Collins
Sallie Kreamer
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Elsie Berrier
J. ¢. Reighard
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Rickard
W. W. Woods
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G. W. Gutshall
Olive Martin
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Nelile Murray
J. A. Shumaker
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Florence Woods
Ralph Murphy
Samuel Woods
Maria Stroup
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