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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1917

Page

12

Advisory Board Helps Men In Cumberland District

Carlisle Pa Dec 19 Daily meetings of the legal advisory boards to aid men in filling out questionnaires have begun in the courthouse with many taking part. County bar volunteers assist at special tables in the main courtroom for registered men. No. 1 district notified to leave Friday with the next contingent including Davis Lemoyne Shur New Cumberland Sherman Wormleysburg Schriver Camp Hill Rocco Luigi Weaver Brown Enola Bair Shambaugh and others.

Carlisle Cumberland County No. 1 William B. Davis Mechanicsburg Charles R. Shur Lemoyne Rufus I. Sherman New Cumberland Clarence E. Schriver Wormleysburg Thomas J. Booth Camp Hill Conte D. Rocco Tonto D. Luigi Russel W. Weaver A. §. Brown Enola Paul P. Bair West Fairview Mervin H. Shambaugh

Carlisle Indians Enlist in U S Navy

Carlisle Indians enlist in the Navy, bringing to sixty the number from Carlisle School who have joined U S forces since the war was declared. Six more left the school December 19 at Philadelphia to serve. About fifteen percent of the boys’ section are now in the service, with most remaining youths aged 16 to 19 and few available for draft.

Carlisle

Local residents listed in county records

Carlisle R D Tolbert B Weigle New Cumberland Max L Snyder Enola William H Nailor Mechanacane William A Fink Mechan esburg appear in a compiled county roster of residents and property holders. The document names individuals with associated towns indicating a regional survey or tax record inclusion.

Carlisle R. D Tolbert B. Weigle New Cumberland Max L. Snyder Enola William H. Nailor Mechanacabnee William A. Fink Mechanesburg

Jurors Drawn in Cumberland for 1918 Carlisle

Carlisle December 19 jurors drawn for 1918 show lower end men in majority on all panels. Grand jurors include Bowman Camp Hill Cart Monroe Forney Monroe Fry Lower Mifflin Gutshall Silver Spring and others. Petit and traverse jurors listed with names and hometowns across Cumberland County.

Carlisle Criminal Court Common Pleas Jaccob L. Bowman Camp Hill Harry Cart Monroe Addision Forney Fred J. Fry Lower Mifflin Abram Gutshall Silver Spring Harvey Martin Dickinson Jacob McQuate Lower Allen Abram Orris East Pennsboro McClellan Whitcomb South Middleton George Zacharias Upper Allen W. Scott Davis Lewis E. Weidman John Brinton Walter K. Burkholder 8. C. Brownawell Victor Harlacker Mechanicsburg H. A. Walter Daniel Deckman Harvey Shughart Harry Leach Lemoyne Elmer Erb West Fairview Quick M. Hoover J. H. Quigley Wormleysburg A. Leroy Line David Shover C. B. Nebinger G. Lb. Greenfield William A. Miller S. A. Thumma Silas Morrison John F. Springer Levi Sheely Shiremanstown James Chamberlain Hopewell Traverse J. O. Senseman William Hollar T. K. Wonderly A. A. Bowman Ember D. Givler George Brandt Middlesex J. S. Bitner Jacob Gleim Charles H. Gutshall F. Miller J. A. Pryor H. M. Glessner W. L. Otstot Hampden

York County Farmers Make Their Own Stock Feed

Franklin township farmers in York County plan to grind mix and use molasses to create their own stock feed due to high dairy feed costs and shipment delays a grinding and mixing machine is being contracted for and production will start soon MILK PRICE ADVANCED at Dillsburg dairy farmers raise milk price from nine to ten cents per quart SECRETARY GOES TO FRANCE the Rev Clifford E Hays son of Ira W Hays a former Hagerstown publisher to serve as Y M C A secretary with the American expeditionary force for the war MASTELLER BUYS VALUABLE FARM M Masteller of Frederick Va purchases Klein farm near Donerville a retired railroad superintendent with south wide interests

Dillsburg Franklin Township France Hagerstown Clifford E. Hays Ira W. Hays Hays Gettysburg Seminary Bethany Lutheran Church Philadelphia Marietta M. Masteller Frederick Klein Donerville Masteller Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad South

Prisoner Seeks Christmas Parole in Lewistown Court

In Lewistown Pennsylvania on December 19 a local attorney asked the court to consider parole for a prisoner sentenced to nine months for assault and battery so he could spend Christmas with his family. Judge Bailey remarked that many would like to be home for the holiday but would be unable, and the petition was withdrawn.

Sires Bailey Lewistown Peter Wertz Reedseville Kishacoquillias Mr. Wertz

Local Notes Highlight Social Visits Across Towns

Suburban Notes recounts residents visiting Harrisburg Reading and Philadelphia, attending funerals and holidays, and sharing family time. It lists numerous names from Hummelstown Millerstown Halifax and Dillsburg with brief moves and gatherings across December weekends.

Shortage of Coal Closes Dickinson College Buildings

Carlisle Pa Dec 19 due to coal shortage several Dickinson College buildings will be abandoned after Christmas. South College dormitories moved and closed with students reassigned to West and East buildings Bosler Hall to close chapel and other exercises moved to Old West auditorium law school to have its own plant in the new building. Marriage and other notices follow.

South College Bosler Old West Law School

Special session to raise endowment for Lebanon Valley College

A December 27 joint meeting in Harrisburg of the East Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Virginia conferences aims to devise a plan to raise at least 250000 dollars for Lebanon Valley College. Bishop W M Bell will preside and a committee led by Bell Enck Statton Gossard Kreider will oversee. Two sessions will be held, morning and afternoon.

Marietta Yee W. M. Bell D. D Washington, D. C 8. C. Enck Philadelphia A. B. Statton Hagerstown G. D. Gossard Annville

600 Members Sought by Penbrook Red Cross Branch

Penbrook Pennsylvania December 19 600 new or renewed Red Cross memberships are being sought by the Penbrook auxiliary as funds will aid sweaters and comfort kits for enlisted men. Canvassing is by 75 members with receipts issued, and a Red Cross button and service flag displayed in homes of new members. Leaders include R M Hoover and lieutenants Miss Emma Nissley and Mrs Edward Kirby Lawson.

Red Cross Penbrook R. M. Hoover Emma Nissley Edward Kirby Lawson

Hunters Kill Tame Turkeys in Pa. Flock Controversy

Lewistown Pennsylvania December 19. Report says hunters killed tame turkeys from J. D. McClintock near Gibboney Park. McClintock raises prize birds with mixed wild blood, noting two earlier hunters claimed wild kills but damaged his flock. This year two men reportedly killed the finest gobbler, sparking trespass concerns and hunting fairness.

Lewistown J. D. McClintock Gibboney Park Mifflin County McClintock Clintock

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Harrisburg Pennsylvania Cumberland Camp Meade Cumberland Valley U. 8. Navy Carlisle School Boas C. Ross Boas House OF Boas North Second Street Elman York County Wonder Wonder Store Market Street U. S Lewistown, Pa Oner Hummelstown Marjorie Nissley Ritts Reading Harry Strock Albert Hummel Second Street Samuel Levan Frank, Paul and Woodrow Helen Gresh William Landis Eighteenth Street Sara Shenk Russell Stoner John P. Deiffenderfer Easton Robert A. Bausch The Reformed Church Sellersville Reformed Church William Buser Hershey Alfred McCall Lucretia Wheeler Scranton Legrange Minnich Reed Walmer Elizabeth Walmer Rebecca Sutcliffe Alfred Sutcliffe Maytown Augustus Zerfoss North Hanover Street Walter Gresh William Ward Irvin Whitman Adams Express Company Pittsburgh Roy Brightbill Peersburg Academy J. M. Brightbill Harry E. Gresh Edgar Hummel Iane Bomgardner Steelton Catharine Crist Isses Ruth and Hsta Kilmer Halifax J. A. Kilmer Ruth Bowman Paul Bowman Sunbury G. W. Bowman H. W. Westfall Marysville G. W. Westfall Charles Romberger Rockville Philip Etzweiler H.S. Potter Cornelius Heisler Esther Bailey Matamoras Henry Radle Hi Uriah Radle Halifax Township William Pike Alfred Clemson John W. Clemson George Schroyer Palmyra J. M. Schroyer Bethel Wilbert Cornelius Wilbert Howard Heisler Northumberland B. F. Heisler Sheffer Fred W. Floyd Clara Heiges J. Ernest Hartman L. Doner Jerre Winters Franklintown Red Lion Andrew Bender New York S. H. Bender George Diller Gettysburg Christian Schott V. P. Fetterhoff W. D. Straw A. W. Dunkel C. W. McClellan Highspire F. B. Cratter Harvey Putt Tower City James Lewis Thomas Leebrick Jesse Rauch C. R. Shope H. A. C. Club Methodist Church Dickinson College President Morgan W. Ellis Simpson Columbia Hazel G. Simpson George H. Blank One Hundred Seventh Machine Gun Battalion Camp Hancock C. EB. Haupt Grace Lutheran Church Lancaster J. L. Weaver Terre Hill John L. Weaver Evangelical Church Lebanon Valley College Fund United Brethren Annville, Pa Lebanon Valley College Sion East Penn Sylvania and Virginia Sixth Street Ed Brethren Church Bishop W M. Bell Tors Red Cross Auxiliary Dillsburg, Pa Bank Piano Victrola Edison Troup’s Chickering Grand Pianos Chickering A. B. Chase Bush & Lane Poole Shoninger Kimball Marshall & Wendell J. H. Troup Foster Seay Livingston Haynes Haines & Co Bachman Singer Tiffany Lakeside Kingsbury Farrand Lauter Merrill Victor Record Department J. H. Troup Music House Troup Building South Market Square
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