R. H. Thomas Jr buried in Mechanicsburg today
Funeral services for Robert H. Thomas Jr were held at his West Main street home with multiple pastors officiating. Attended by prominent state figures and Masonic pallbearers, the service concluded with burial in Mechanicsburg Cemetery where Masonic rites were performed. The D Wilcox Manufacturing Co and other firms closed in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Robert H. Thomas, Jr
West Main Street
J. J. Resh
Methodist Episcopal Church
T. J. Ferguson
Silver Spring Presbyterian Church
H. Hall Sharp
Trinity Lutheran Church
George Fulton
Presbyterian Church
Thomas Printing Office
Masonic Lodge
Frank E. Wilcox
Linwood Lamb
N. W. Hershner
George E. Lloyd
J. A. Kilmore
F. A. Lovell Harrison
Camp Hill
D. Wilcox Manufacturing Company
Thomas
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
E. J. Stackpole
Harrisburg Telegraph
Henry B. McCormick
The
Harrisburg Patriot
B. F. Meyers
William Meyers
Star-Independent
Harrisburg
Robert P. Habgood
Bradford News
J. H. Zerby
Pottsville Tribune
A. Nevin Pomeroy
Chambersburg Repository
D. R. Thompson
Carlisle Sentinel
E .W. Shapley
Dillsburg Bulletin
Walter Kauffman
Penna Troops to Start Coming Home January Eleventh
Camp Stewart, El Paso, Dec. 26. Recalled Pennsylvania troops will begin homeward movement in January. The Sixteenth Infantry leaves and completes January 11 with the exodus of auxiliary units. Philadelphia infantrymen will start leaving January 6 with the Fourth Regiment and January 9 with the First Cavalry. The Pittsburgh Field Hospital and Field Ambulance and the Field Bakery under Captain Frank Muller will entrain for home January 11. Movements depend on rolling stock and unit work completion.
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Camp Stewart
el Paso
Tex
Pennsylvania
Sixteenth Infantry
Philadelphia
First Cavalry
Pittsburgh
Field Bakery
Frank Muller
Haresfoot Dramatic Club to Present Christmas Comedies
Dickinson College amateurs form the Haresfoot Dramatic Club in Carlisle to stage modern comedies including What Happens to Jones with male actors and female roles by law students. Director Alexander Scribner will lead the cast, with January performances planned in Carlisle Mechanicsburg Chambersburg Harrisburg.
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Carlisle
Dickinson College
Haresfoot
Cumberland Valley
Dickinson Dramatic Club
Broadhurst
Jones
Alexander 8. Scribner
Brookville
Mechanicsburg
Chambersburg
Harrisburg
Birthday and death notices from Harrisburg area
Dr. Harry F Broude veterinary surgeon of 1516 Green Street noted for civic activity and long education path. Philip Latchard of Markelville dies at 85 after heart failure. funeral at 10 AM with Rev John W Weeter. Lassen Peak emits Christmas smoke forming a halo as eruption continues. Hazleton offers a seven passenger touring car for sale as city officials switch to alternative transport.
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Harry F. Broude
Green Street
Harrisburg
Broude
Central High School
University of Pennsylvania
John Mayo Veterinary Hospital
Philadelphia
Europe
New Bloomfield
Philip Latchard
Markelville
Hazleton
Highway Department
Dying Alone From Hunger in Prosperous Pittsburgh
Michael Quick once wealthy resident of Pittsburgh was found dying of starvation in a small house at 611 Brownsville Avenue. Since his wife died twenty two years ago he lived as a recluse avoiding help, earning the title the most courteous old gentleman in his neighborhood. He had refused aid for some time and was believed to have some money until his death on Christmas.
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Recise
Pittsburgh
Michael Quick
Quick
Brownsville Avenue
New Pastor Takes Up Duties at Lemoyne Church
The Rev. E. B. Munson has been elected pastor of the Church of Christ in Lemoyne to succeed Rev. Melvin Menges and has already assumed duties after six years of ministry. The piece notes multiple regional church updates and social calls in Pennsylvania on December 26.
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Marietta, Pa
James C.gallagher
McSparran
E. P. Fulton
Lemoyne Church
E. B. Munson
Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore
West Shore towns feature visits by Louise Crow and daughter Lydia from New Cumberland to Chambersburg and others from New Cumberland visiting Rye and Elkwood. College student Margaret Reigle returns home for Christmas. several relatives from Baltimore Shelby Lucknow and Pittsburgh are listed as visiting New Cumberland. Christmas wedding at New Cumberland home of Mr and Mrs Harry Leicht as Edna May Leicht wed Norris Ely of Wilmington Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Crow
Lydia
New Cumberland
Chambersburg
James Davis
B. C. Ro‘John
Rye
York County
Maggie Powell
Manchester
Florence Hull
Pittsburgh
Sherman Hull
Charlie Bicker
John
Baltimore
John Ricker
Elmer Mathias
Elkwood
Harry Ebersole
Margaret Reigle
Simmon's College
Boston
Clarence Yohn
Joseph
Shelby
Ohio
Peace
Flurrie
Elmer
Lucknow
Wepding
Harry Leicht
Geary Street
Edna May Leicht
Norris
Christmas cantatas fill Trinity and Methodist churches
Rev Ayres notes cantatas by Trinity United Brethren and Methodist choirs. Sunday school scholars performed The Lost Reindeer and a tree presentation delighted children. Church entertainments also featured at Church of God and St Pauls Lutheran with strong congregational turnout.
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Dauphin
Anna Houck
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Charles Lyter
Francis J. S. Morrow
Methodist Episcopal Church
F. J. 8. Morrow
West Fairview
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
J. BE. B. Rice
United Brethren Church
J. B. Bidlack
Methodist Church
Franklin Martin
Good Will Firehouse
Third Street
Santa Claus
Santa
Charles Taylor
H. B. McAfee
Lima
A. R. Ayres
Trinity United Brethren Church
New Cumberland
United Brethrenare Club
Trinity
United Brethren
Methodist
Church of God
St. Paul's Lutheran
Dog Leads Searching Party to Dead Hunter
Chester Nelson, 17, son of George Nelson of Doubling Gap Springs, was accidentally killed while raccoon hunting in the mountains near his home. His gun discharged while he tried to retrieve a trapped raccoon, the shot killing him instantly. A dog led the searchers to his body.
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Carlisle
Chester Nelson
George Nelson
Doubling Gap Springs
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R. H. Thomas, JR
Speer
Presbyterian Association of Harrisburg and Vicinity
Pine Street
Robert E. Speer
Boyd Hall
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sponsler
George Harris
William A. Spensler, Jr
Penna
Haresfoot” Dramatic Club
Marietta
Joseph Riale
Riale
J. W. Hawthorne
Bailey Kennedy
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
J. D. M. Reed
Dancing Club
William Rodenhaver
William
Clark
Eleanor Leonard
Helen Wallis
Carrie Gerberich
Evelyn Waid
Miriam Girtland
Ora Bickel
Bertha Sellers
Olive Douden
Lucy Buff
School of Commerce
Troup Bldg
S. Market Sq
Bell Phone
Sanday
Philip Latchord
Lassen Peak
Redding
Cal
Bill
Nessir
Joe
Fin
Cumberland Valley Telephone Co
Federal Square
West Shore News
J. R. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Iain
New Cumberland, Pa
George Z Zimmerman
Fourth Street
John Bricker
Hogestown
George Kaufman
York
James Bricker
New Market
West Shore
Hall
Dr. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dog
Bellans
Eckman
Savannah
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Florida
Merchants & Miners Trans. Co
W. P. Turner
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