Standpipe dispute limits mill benefit in Telford case
The Public Service Commission refuses to order Telford Water Co to heighten its standpipe for one customer. It notes no other complaints and suggests the Dery silk mill install new appliances or source water from Souderton. The decision delays major changes and considers cost and public need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
James Al.corn
Telford Water Company
Souderton
Emg
Montgomery County
New York Central Railroad
Clearfield
W. I. Bett
Ainey
State Industrial Board
Pennsylvania
State Highway Department
Western Maryland Railroad
Reading Transit and Light Co
Reading
Middletown Man Felix Schraedley to Celebrate 85th Birthday
Felix B Schraedley of Middletown will mark his eighty fifth birthday tomorrow after visiting daughter Mrs Harry Foster in Bethlehem. He plans to celebrate with relatives in the borough and in Harrisburg. The town notes small town life with confirmations of local events and a brief look at area happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix B. Schraedley
Harry Foster
Center Street
Bethlehem
Borough
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Herman Jacobs
A. Jacobs
Aviation Corps
United States Army
Charles Rarick
Reading
Wincraft Stove
Aaron Floy
Blaine Hatz
Ohio
Leonard Boyer
Philadelphia
M. E. Sunday School
H. W. George
George Joffre
Joseph Jackson
Justice of the Peace
H. A. Lenhart
Scarlet fever quarantines and local illnesses spread
Mrs. Mary Gentzer of Water street is quarantined at home with scarlet fever as her son Harry also falls ill. Mrs. Margaret Lehman is ill at her grandson Landis Strickler’s home in Hummelstown. The infant child of Mr and Mrs Edward Boughter of Syndicate Row East End is ill. Several local young men have gone to Wilmington Delaware for government shipyard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gentzer
Waterstreet
Harry
Margaret Lehman
Landis
Strickler
Hummelstown
Edward Boughter
Syndicate Row
East End
Wilmington
Del
Snowbound Rural Delivery Delays Hit Elizabethville Route
One foot of snow and high winds blocked rural delivery in Elizabethville. Carrier P. E. Stine could travel only three miles of a twenty four and a half mile route. Star Route carriers from Gratz made one round trip, nearly exhausting their horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethville
P. E. Stine
Gratz
Churches Saving Coal in Carlisle Amid Shortage
In Carlisle Pennsylvania church groups cut back on events to conserve coal. St Johns Episcopal Church canceled this afternoon’s bazaar to avoid heating the main building and First Lutheran Church ordered all services moved to the chapel for the winter to save fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Church Council
First Lutheran Church
Superintendent Resigns After County Removal
Newport December 15 Mrs Katherine Long Spangler resigns as superintendent of the home department of the Perry County Sabbath School Association due to her removal from the county President David S Fry will name a successor. ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON New Bloomfield Pa December 14 Mr and Mrs J E Maloney announce the birth of a son George Pernheisel Maloney born December 13 in Philadelphia.
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Newport
Katherine Long Spangler
Home Department
Perry County Sabbath School Association
David S. Fry
New Bloomfield
J. E. Maloney
North Sixtieth Street
Philadelphia
George Pernheisel Maloney
Maloney Toen
8. H. Bernheisel
Special church music at two Lutheran and Presbyterian churches
Special church music will be presented tomorrow at the First Presbyterian and St. John's Lutheran churches. St. John's choir program includes Morning Anthem Calm On the Listening Ear of Night Geibel Evening Anthem Vision by Petrie but from David the Shepherd Boy Since First My Heart by Alleman and Earl Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian
St. John's Lutheran
St. John's Choir
Geibel
Lene Shepherd's
Petrie Diet
David' the Shepherd
Herrt
M. R. Alleman
Earl Thomas
Red Cross Drive Boosts Steelton Plant Memberships
Steelton plant departments race to top Red Cross drive as workers join Christmas members. Rushed figures to be posted Monday after weather delays. service flags displayed in homes. Ministers urged to promote needs and Unity in service at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Solomon Hiney
Steelto
A. K. Wier
Centenary United Brethren
Steelton
Coal shipments fail to arrive in Steelton area
Local fuel offices report coal shipments delayed with a small on hand and orders backlogged. Residents crowd offices daily while wood substitutes rise. dealers warn Wood stock is thin and coal must arrive early next week to meet demand in Steelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Ice and Coal Company
Detweiler Brothers
Steelton Company
Steelton
Reading Railroad Yard and Division Crew Standings Summary
Philadelphia and Reading divisions list crew assignments after specified times. It includes engine, fireman, conductor, flagman, and brakeman rosters for multiple yards, with names such as I Gable, Blanken horn, Bitner, Brink, Hawk, and Seitz among others.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
I. Gable
Blankenhorn
Howard
Grass
Davis Dohner
Kuentzler
Gettle
Bear
Briggs
Davis
Raysey
Good
Rissinger
Bitner
Falconer Heagy
Hamilton
Lupp
Stetler
Patterson
Meehan
Ibberson
Brink
Hawk
Blizzard
Snyder
Corder
O. W. Snyder
Burris
Peck
Famous
Whisler
Pitt
Zaring
Kurtz
Schmidt
Arnold
Adams
Schell
Breen
Bickert
Mellinger
Schoffstall
Gault
Primm
Slattery
Revie
Ulsh
Bostdorf
Rauch
Beaver
Nye
Myers
Crook
Steward
Miller
Young
Frank W. Baker Placed in Charge of Sub-Station
Army recruiting station Harrisburg appoints Frank W. Baker first class private to head the local substation and moves Corporal Paul to the Harrisburg office. Baker submits a list of thirty five Steelton High School alumni aged eighteen or over to the Harrisburg office. M. M. Cusack requests posters and flags for the government building to aid recruiting. No enlistments reported yesterday or today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Harrisburg
Frank W. Baker
Paul
Steelton High School
Baker
M. M. Cusack
Negro Arrested on Charge of Pocket Picking in Locust Grove
Chief of Police Grove arrested James Smith of Locust Grove on larceny charges after a pocketbook containing 27 dollars was stolen near Front and Locust streets as he boarded a street car. Smith awaits a hearing before Justice Dickinson. Pat Tally and Dick Harris, Southern negroes, were jailed for assault with beer bottles on Charles Beaner at Front and Conestoga. Lieutenant Abram Shelley left for Camp Greene after a brief borough visit. The First Reformed Sunday School bazaar is canceled due to the war. cash gifts will be made instead.
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Police
Grove
James Smith
Locust Grove
Smith
Locust
Justice of the Peace
Dickinson
Pat" Tally
Dick” Harris
Dauphin County
Durnbaugh
Charles Beaner
Beaner
Front
Conestoga
First Reformed
Steelton Church Services and Christmas Programs
Multiple Steelton churches list Sunday services for December 23 with morning and evening sermons, Christmas exercises by Sunday schools, and varied pastor names. Notable items include Rev H H Rupp at First Reformed preaching on What Shall I Give and Behold the Man, plus Christmas programs at Grace United Evangelical and Centenary United Brethren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed
H. H. Rupp
Grace United Evangelical
J. K. Hoffman
C. E
Centenary United Brethren
A. K. Wier
C. FE
St. John's Lutheran
G. N. Lauffer
Our God
David
International C. E
Main Street Church of God
G. W. Getz
Jr. C. E
Sr. C. E
First Presbyterian
C. B. Segelken
Bressler
Highspire United Brethren
M. H. Wert
Mt. Zion Baptist
Warner Brown
0. P. Goodwin
Allen FE. Fry
B. Y. Pr U
E. L. Cunningham
Questionnaires Held Back and Draft Camp Orders Issued
The city boards mail questionnaires to registrants with seven days to return them. Exemption rights may be revoked if not returned. Men in the second district must report to the Dauphin building at 2 pm Tuesday for Camp Meade. Names include Koons, Conklin, Hoover, Thompson, Kennedy, Long, Welker, and others. Advisory judges and attorneys named as draft board advisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Raymond Kennedy
Elias David Long
Bion C. Welker
Reuben Howard
Ray L. Hefflefinger
Charles H. Shultz
Alfred O. Wiesner
Harry O. Shearer
Reuben L. Moore
Henry Greenfield
George Kunkel
8. B. Sadler
Dauphin
Cumberland
Brumbaugh
Cumberland County
Chester City
Delaware County
Harrisburg City
Market Street
Harrisburg
A. Carson Stamm
Paul G. Smith
John Fox Weiss
State Street
Charles C. Stroh
James ©. Hatz
Robert Rosenberg
Third Street
J. Armstrong Herman
Robert T. Fox
Hummelstoon
Elizabethville
Henry Lewis Lark
Millersburg
M. E. Stroup
Sumner S. Bowman
Questionnaires Sent To 800000 Draft Age Men In Pennsylvania
The 800000 questionnaires go to men of draft age at local draft boards to gather advance information under the 1917 selective service law. Return within seven days and registrants may seek help from draft board members and attorneys. Legal advisers are not binding on boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps
Governor Brumbaugh Praises Loyal Pennsylvania Women
Governor Brumbaugh urged religious democracy in York addressing the York Woman's Club after dedicating two cannon in Wrightsville donated by the federal government. He noted Pennsylvania's wartime loyalty, recalling Civil War history and the 1863 Confederate invasion of Wrightsville. The governor and Mrs. Brumbaugh were hosted at dinner by State Banking Commissioner D. F. Lafean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Brumbaugh
York Woman's Club
Wrightsville
Pennsylvania
Union
Commonwealth
Grace United Evangelical Church
Paul E. Keen
A. J. Warfield
Steel plant shutdown hits 5000 workers
Lewistown Pa December 15 The Standard Steel works closed down nearly all departments after coal shortages halted operation. About 5000 employees were affected until fuel deliveries resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Standard Steel Works
Automobile burns on road between Waynesboro and Hagerstown
Det. 15 C G Cashman of Cashman Tool Company had a frightening night when his car caught fire while driving through a heavy snow drift between Waynesboro and Hagerstown. He was alone, and the overheated engine led to the chassis being the only remaining part after the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
C. G. Cashman
Cashman Tool Company
Hagerstown
Red Cross drives momentum in Harrisburg push
The Harrisburg Red Cross campaign reports 100 percent member efficiency from Witman Schwarz Company and 42 workers. Forty new members were added at Silk Mill auxiliary formation with officers and organizers named, while donations and buttons move to strengthen headquarters efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittee
Réd Cross
Witman- Schwarz Company
Redross Ther Hasantee
Reinoehl
Mary Russell
Red Cross
Silk Mill
Harrisburg Silk Mill
Yestern
Caseholder
Alice Brown
Ruth Gilbert
Helen Blizzard
Harvey F. Smith
Harrisburg
Lew R. Palmer
Paul Johnston
Smith
Helen McFarland
Martha Fleming
Ethel Fair
Horse Taken Out Through Side of Burning Stable
Fire yesterday destroyed a large stable in Waynesboro used by Col. Charles B. Clayton for seven horses. All horses except one were saved. the seventh was rescued after flames cut off its route and boards were torn away. The horse had its hair badly scorched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fler
Robbers Fail at Mount Union
Residents of Mount Union heard four gunshots at 2 a.m. Patrolman Martin spotted five suspicious men and was fired upon as two groups converged after they fled. The burglars escaped in a Maryland licensed car after forcing entry to the post office cellar and aiming for the safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Maryland
Post Office
Elizabethville Red Cross Drive Aims To Top Quota
Elizabethville Pennsylvania prepares for the Red Cross fundraising drive with a 415 member town quota. E K Romberger leads the men’s division and Andra Ji. H Shussinger heads the ladies committee, with a listed roster of local leaders and supporters ready to mobilize canvassers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethville
Red Cross
E. K. Romberger
Andra Ji. H. Shussinger
Adies
C. P. Weler
Charles BE. Leiber
Tr. J. Heilman
F. P. Margerum
H. Miller
H. H. Collins
Rothermel
Ralph L. Lehman
K. K. Buffington
Charles Manning
Joseph W. Shaffer
Willam T Steven
C. W. Cook
Stephen Miller
F. Blair Miller
H. E. Hoke
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Public Service
Dr. Dery
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Andrew Redmond
Chandler
Gorgas
N. 3Rd St. Penna
Middletown
Highspire
United Ice & Coal Co. Lumber Department
Foster and Cowden Streets
Wm. Strouse
News OF Steelton
Groves
Nevin
Wasseyr
United Ice and Coal Co
Rudy
Cullin
Buffington
Brown
Gingrich
Kingsberry
McNally
Feas
Sheaffer
Kapp
Meek
White
Holmes
Milliken
Crameer
Brubakr
Morris
Shuey
Haubecker
Sanders
Schreck
Keiser
Keane
McDougal
Crimmel
Alexander
Crum
Zeigler
Gladhill
Thompson
Keller
Newark
Naylor
Huggins
Hudson
Bealer
Ramsey
Seitz
Gillums
Smeltzer
Pleam
Welsh
Shaffner
Shive
Colepant
Platt
Dodd
Dialow
Ruth
Kohl
Hoffman
Griffith
Warner
Bream
Morne
Felix
Deardorf
Kauffman
Erb
Looker
Bush
Bohner
Howe
Fessler
Braum
Hetrick
Daub
Lehman
Patton
Kichman
Slusser
Zelders
Hain
Snader
Larkin
Stahl
Bryan
Raymond Hain
Bertier
Wiley
Abraahm Shelley
Camp Greene
North Carolina
Shelley
Steelton Churches
Cumberland County Local Board No
Tionnaires
Ros Atee
Walt
Mack’s Ve
Gorgas 16 N. 3Rd St. Penna. Station
Laurel
Lakewood
N. J
Wrightstown
A. J. Murphy
Mer
V. Murphy
Anst
Boas
Market
Court Streets
Second Street
Walnut
Market and Court
Charles B. Clayton
Charles Shef
Mount Union
Maio
Consulman&Co
Third St
Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Co
S. Second St
Telegraph
Gately & Fitzgerald Supply. Co
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