Old Landmarks Removed In Mount Wolf Area
In Mount Wolf and Saginaw several historic landmarks were torn down in recent weeks. The Old Red Mill at Maple and Railroad streets, bought by BR Po ff from George A Wolf & Sons, will be used for timber in a tinshop. A century old chestnut tree at Saginaw parish grounds, six feet at the base with a four foot branch diameter, yielded nine cords of wood before being cut.
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Mount Wolf
Saginaw
Maple
BR. O. Poft
George A. Wolf
Pastor Serves Columbia Church Thirty-Five Years
The Rev. Dr. J. H. Pannebecker observed the thirty-fifth anniversary of his pastorate at Trinity Reformed Church in Columbia Pennsylvania. He has led local public movements and served as director of Columbia Hospital since its start. A Franklin & Marshall College graduate, he has been involved with the Order of Pages and Knights of King Arthur earning the Earl degree. He is noted as an authority on boys work after many years in that field.
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Columbia
J. H. Pannebecker
Trinity Reformed Church
Pannebecker
Columbia Hospital
Franklin and Marshall College
Order of Pages
Knights of King Arthur
Earl
Wounded Lancaster County Soldiers Named in War Department Reports
Four Lancaster County servicemen were reported wounded in action or in battle. Earl Dangert of Lancaster County was wounded on September 16 and attached to Company D, Eleventh Infantry. Sergeant Thomas Thompson of Marietta, recently promoted after gassing earlier, was wounded in battle after training at Camp Meade. George K. Myers of Bareville served in the Seventy seventh Division Wield Artillery and was wounded in France. Corporal Edward R. White of Lancaster County, trained at Camp Dix, was wounded in France in October.
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Marietta
Matilda Tangert
Lancaster
War Department
Earl Dangert
Eleventh Infantry
Thomas Thompson
Frank Thompson
Camp Meade
Three Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
France
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
Wounded Men Arrive at Carlisle War Hospital
Thirty five wounded from overseas reach Carlisle's War Department General Hospital yesterday. They are mainly from western states and the First Army that helped punch the St Mihiel salient. More casualties expected as medical staff and units expand and more soldiers arrive from Georgia stations.
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Carlisle
War Department General Hospital
France
First Army
St. Mihiel
Georgia
Forty Influenza Cases at Grantham Orphanage and Nearby Areas
Mechanicsburg Pa December 13 reports influenza raging in rural districts with entire families affected. Grantham orphanage shows about forty cases while Shepherdstown nearby undergoes a second surge. Death rate lower than earlier in the season.
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Mechanicsburg
Churchtown
Newville
Grantham
Shepherdstown
News of Mifflin County Soldiers in France and At Home
Messages from France report Vier Goss severely gassed and in a hospital while companions from the One Hundred and Twelfth and other units head toward interior Germany. Officers and wounded servicemen in Lewistown area receive notices and updates as influenza halts rural mail delivery. An automobile theft in New Bloomfield and a California agricultural penalties trial against the Industrial Workers of the World conclude the item.
Carlisle Chamber Banquet to Welcome Vice President Guests
Carlisle Pa December 18 One of the biggest events in the history of Carlisle will be the annual chamber of commerce banquet on Friday December 20. The guests will be Vice President and Mrs Marshall the acting head of the nation who has consented to address the banquet. Over 200 persons are expected to attend. The guests will spend Friday night in Carlisle and return to Washington Thursday morning.
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Carlisle
Luther League Elects New Officers at Mechanicsburg
At the annual meeting of the Luther League of St. Mark's Lutheran Church Mechanicsburg officers were chosen for the coming year. They are President Miss Lech Knoll vice president Miss Beatrice Heiges secretary A S Hertzler treasurer Miss Edith F E Fegley organist Miss Dorothy Heiges assistant Miss Frances Mumma. A separate item notes a Ladies Aid program at Grace Evangelical Church. Also reports wounded soldier Private John Benjamin Hall from Cumberland County and the death in action of Elmer L Wiley as well as wounded Private Clyde Barron from Carlisle.
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Mechanicsburg
Luther League of St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Lech Knoll
Beatrice Heiges
A. S. Hertzler
Edith FE. Fegley
Dorothy Heiges
Frances Mumma
Will King
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Grace Evangelical Church
Mast Tweust Street
George Coble
West Locust Street
Edgar Cole
New Jersey
York Haven Sergeant Survives Wiped-Out Frontline Action
York Haven Pa December 13 Sergeant Edger L Shearer son of Mr and Mrs J E B Shearer was recalled from the trenches to officer training school just before his company was almost wiped out in combat He has completed the fifth company fourth platoon candidates school and awaits a commission The Seventy eighth division remains overseas in France after recent front line service He had fifty five days of active service including a stretch of seventeen days on one occasion and thirty eight on another The letter dated November 17 was received by his parents Also Perry County supervisors plan annual sessions in New Bloomfield at the county courthouse December 28.
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Mifflin County
Lewistown
John H. Goss
Mount Rock
Vier Goss
France
William Calahan
One Hundred and Twelfth
Germany
Wayne Crissman
Company M
One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment
Fred Edling
L. J. Kirwan
Staten Island
N. J
Lakewood
One Hundred and Fourth Engineers
Vaughn Rupert
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Charles R. Beaver
James Fink
Juniata
Sylvester Albert Fry
W. H. Neely
Miffilintown
Fiftieth Aero Squadron
George R. Phillips
Herman _ Longacre
Robert P. Moyer
Mississippi
Edger L. Shearer
J. EB. Shearer
York Haven
Shearer
Illness and obituaries in Annville and Lebanon area
The Wengert family of Annville suffers influenza losses as a son and his wife die within days. Joint funeral services are held in North Annville. George D. Gossard returns from Baltimore. Paul Kreider travels to New York City. LVC ROTC begins de mobilization with about half staying and half returning home. Kinpotts guests visit Reading. Fred W. Light, Lebanon Valley College graduate, named cashier at People's National Bank. Shroyer son recovering from influenza. Civil War veteran John Ulrich reads patriotic pieces at Henry Houck School flag unfurling.
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Annvillee
Adam Wengert
Church of the Brethren
Wengert
North Annville Township
George D. Gossard
Baltimore
Paul Kreider
New York City
Army Training Corps
Lebanon Valley College
George Kinpotts
Bessie Kinpotts
Reading
Fred W. Light
People's National Bank At
Lebanon
T. Werner
A. Lincoln Bolton
Hartisburg
David Shroyer
A. I. Shroyer
John Ulrich
Henry Houck
Deer hunter wounded in hunting accident near Pine Grove Furnace
In Adams county a deer hunter, Harvey Taylor age 26 of Wenksville, was injured when he trampled a stick that set off a companion’s gun, bullet entering his left foot. The incident occurred about two miles from Pine Grove Furnace as hunters from the Taylor camp were in the mountain. He is hospitalized with a hole in his foot. Also reported, the Waynesboro Motor Club elected officers for the coming term including President J. J. Schmidt and Vice President Paul Stoner.
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Waynesboro
Pine Grove Furnace
Adams County
Harvey Taylor
Wenksville
Taylor
Motor Club
Waynesboro Motor Club
J. J. Schmidt
Paul Stoner
H. R. Finney
C. W. Sexton
S. A. Funk
R. Arthur
H. MH
Henneberger
D. &. Harshman
Ralph Stoner
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York County
Harvey F. Keener
Elizabethtown
Ammon Keener
Gordon McLanacan
J. H. McLanacan
McLanacan
Keener
Brotherhood of the Presbyterian Church
John T. Reeve
Columbia Church
Lancaster County
Amos R. Hougendohler
Fredericksburg
Cookman Rangers
Joseph W. Fisher
Wyomings
Abram Reese
Edward Bonselliers
Hougendobler
Market St
Court House
Harrisburg
Munson
Neil
Denier
Little Boys
Bagk’s Shoes
Cumberland Valley News
Meredith
Western Union Telegraph Office
Frederick
Washington Camp
Roy Weaver
New York Mechanicsburg
New York
Grant Weaver
West Coover Street
Meadville
Fiftty-second Infantry Machine Gun Company
Camp Foster
Gale
Cly, Pa
William Eppley
Cy Shelley
Cly
New Bloomfield
John P. Adams
E. BE. Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Luther League
Cumberland County
John Benjamin Hall
William Hall
Elmer L. Wiley
Hunter’s Run
Clyde Barron
Pennsylvania National Guard
Michael Barron
Perry County Supervisors
Perry County
Men's Store
Third Street
Talking Machine
Victor Records
Rishell
Hoosier
Liberal Credit
Market Street
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