Christmas Pageant At Lutheran Church Draws Four Hundred
More than four hundred people attend the Christmas Eve program at the Lutheran Church in Dillsburg Pennsylvania. The event features a long sequence of recitations songs dialogues and musical numbers led by M C Thumma and Miss Resta Wirestone with the church orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillsburg
Lutheran
M. C. Thumma
Resta Wirestone
Lutheran Sunday School
Royal King
Edna Spath
Hazel Bushman
George Har Tacher
Robert Fisher
Bertha Boose
Mollie Romberger
Thelma McCreary
Theodore Chronister
Maxine Karns
Woman
King
Sarah Eveler
Miriam Shultz
Pauline Lehmer
Mary Bushman
Elizabeth Bentz
Sylvan Chronister
William Harlan
Miriam Seibert
Edna Bushman
Florence Wolf
Gifts lift suspicions at Carlisle Indian school
Carlisle Pa December 27 The story of German spies and dangerous mischief prompted anxiety among Carlisle Indian pupils as six handkerchiefs and a mysterious gift were announced. Superintendent Francis reassured students that a wealthy Lebanon donor provides the items and will reveal his identity soon. Jacob Simmons dies at 62 near Churchtown after a long illness. Funeral at Trindle Spring Church Sunday at 10:30 with Rev S B Garnes officiating. Burial at the adjoining cemetery. Advance wages promised to railway workers in Maryland and Pennsylvania with a ten percent raise for train crews on January 1 from Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Jacob Simmons
Mechanicsburg
Churchtown
Trindle Spring
Waynesboro
Chambersburg, Greencastle
Hagerstown and Frederick
Henry Holzapfel, Jr
Maryland
Samms Radways Ready Relief Featured in Dispatch
Readable text notes Samms Radways ready relief status with mentions of team and location. Details are fragmentary but indicate preparation for a relief appearance and associated events.
Carlisle Men in Navy and Engineers Promoted as Gifts
Carlisle Pennsylvania reports Christmas promotions for two local servicemen. Arthur Hepburn rises from first lieutenant to captain in the Navy and John Bruce Stuart takes command of Company A, Thirtieth United States Engineers. Hepburn, son of the late Samuel Hepburn Jr, is among the youngest Annapolis entrants and is 40. Stuart, son of Walter Stuart of Carlisle, formerly served with the New Jersey Public Service Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Arthur Hepburn
Navy
John Bruce Stuart
Thirtieth United States Engineers
Samuel Hepburn
Jud Hepburn
Annapolis
Stuart
Walter Stuart
New Jersey Public Service Commission
Waynesboro Man Appointed U S Vice Consul in Cuba
Paul Lee Clugston of Waynesboro Pa sails to Mantanzas Cuba to head the U S consular office there with a commission dated December 17 signed by Secretary of State Robert Lansing. He will arrive in Havana Friday after receiving duties instructions in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Paul Lee Clugston
Frank Clungston
Mantanzas
Cuba
United States
Havana
Clugston
Robert Lansing
Washington
Friay
Hummelstown Boy Sergeant in Camp Meade Regiment
Hummelstown Pa Dec 27 Sergeant Prowell S Mack son of Mr and Mrs Darius Mack of Hummelstown is a noncommissioned officer in Company C Three Hundred Sixteenth Regiment National Army stationed at Camp Meade Admiral
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prowell S. Mack
Hummelstown
Darius Mack
Co. C
Three Hundred Sixteenth Regiment
National Army
Camp Meade
A.S. Lehman
Harrisburg
Prowell
Mack
Homer Mack
Buffalo
N. Y
W. Homer Hendricks
New York
George W. Karmany
Russell Stoner
Helen Zerfoss
Cape May
N. J
B. Zerfoss
Harrison Shoop
Curtis Shoop
Shoop
Town
Ressler
Esther
Mary Baumgardner
Eliza Etat Mlle
Mabel Landis
Philadelphia
Philip Deimler
Katie Deimler
Abner Demmy
Oberlin
Lawrence Wolf
Bethlehem
Samuel Wolf
Texas
Waynesboro
John K. Long
Isaiah Long
Routerville
Weidell, Klinger and others attend Christmas events
Williamstown notes many Weidell family members from Altoona Buffalo Scranton Camden and Chester Springs attend the funeral of Mrs Sara Weidel and students from Shippensburg State Normal School visit home for holidays. Various locals host relatives from Harrisburg Philadelphia Camp Meade and beyond during the Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BLAI
Elizabeth L. Hall
Pierce College
Philadelphia
Mary Reighard
State College
Mae Wentzel
Leslie Wentzel
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Mass
Edith Bistline
Shippensburg State Normal School
Leslie Shumaker
Millersville State Normal School
J. F. Harkins
Lee Smith
James Neidigh
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
Margaret S. Potts
Carleton Spotts
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Emmett Shrefer
Emmett
Chicago
Ill
David Stambaugh
Ervin P. Miller
Chloe
Plainfield
Reuben H. Kell
Professor C. Kell
Kell
Mill City
Williamstown
Jacob Weidell
Altoona
Wesley Weidell
Buffalo
H. O. Weidell
Scranton
Eleanor
Pearl Weidell
Camden
N. J
Ruth Weidell
Chester Springs
Sara Weidell
Emma Klinger
Helen Woffenden
Mildred Crook
Elizabeth Watkers
George Walker
Younastown
Ohio
William Lynch
Edna Kessler
Harrisburg
Hannah Kessler
Ross Syders
New York City
Thomas Griffith
Nave Hopple
Ben Nace
Alva Barnes
Charles Straub
Camp Upton
N. Y
Marie Golden
George Fetterhoff
Pauline
Martha Griffith
Thomas Lewis
Mae and
Eisie
Alfred
South Bethlehem
John Williams
Edward Ebersole
Samuel Dewalt
John O'’Brine
John Batdorf
Bethlehem
Robert Shuttlesworth
Joe Stinner
Russel Haller
James Gaffney
Byrant Ralph
Thomas Bond
George Gillingham
Reading
William Gillingham
Mae Batdorff
Charles Batdorf
Estella Moffett
Herbert Cooper
Aaron Cooper
Italian Burns 200 In Stove At Lewistown
John Carlos an Italian worker at Hawstone Lewistown burned $200 in savings to start a fire in his room at a brick plant shanty. Companions tried to stop him but he fired a shot into the ceiling and escaped into the wilds believed insane after also burning his best clothes. He was well liked at Hawgpone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
John Carlos
Hawstone
Carlos
Wilds
Christmas Guests and Local Notes from Harrisburg Area
A long list of Christmas visits and homecomings from Steelton to Dillsburg, with relatives hosting relatives in towns including Harrisburg and Washington. Notables include Curtis Nace, John E. Nace, Hatter family, and local soldiers stationed at Camp Meade. The article also notes the Metho dist Sunday school cantata, a silver wedding anniversary, and community items from Hummelstown and Dillsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millerstown
T. P. Cochran
Pittsburgh
Carl Laurer
Camp Meade
J. S. Crane
Erie
George Lent
Lillie Nankivelle
Johnstown
William Rounsley
R. & Caldwell
Connecticut
A. H. Ulsh
W. PD. Bollinger
W. S. Snyder
Harrisburg
John Taylor
William Taylor
Greensburg
James Pletz
Arthur Kipp
Holman Cathcart
U Hartford, Conn
T. P. Cathcart
Curtis Nace
Steelton
John E. Nace
John C. Freeburn
H. Stewart Patterson
Lee
Rae
W. D. Keller
Washington, D. C
C. M. Tanden
Millersburg
Emma Hess
E. C. Hatter
Sunbury
Bethel Walbert
William Dunn
Little Son
Lancaster
Cornelius Wilbert
William Cooper
Royersford
O. J. Cooper
Anna Biever
Sates
Mary Biever
George Schriver
Elizabethville
W. B. Nace
C. F. Kuoreff
Harvey Boyer
Middletown
Boyer
John H. Lentz
James E. Nietz
Akron
Ohio
Ross E. Zimmerman
Orwigsburg
Methodist Sunday School
David G. Sweigard
Second Street
Elk Herd Raids Blair County Farms in Peaceful State Raid
A drove of eleven elk, led by a tame elk owned by John Kazmaier of Altoona, raided Allegheny township farms destroying grain. Colonel Robert C Irvine of Hollidaysburg reports $500 of corn lost. Farmers may sue Kazmaier and seek state recovery through new legislation. Wedding at Newville Bride Miss Mabel Elder W C Koons wed at home of Mrs S A Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollidaysburg
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania
Joseph Kalbfus
Allegheny Township
John Kazmaier
Altoona
Robert C. Irvine
Kazmaier
Newville
A. Davidson
Mabel Elder
W. C. Koons
Bolivia
Mary McCachran
Blain
Newport High School Reports Perfect Attendance
Forty six pupils at Newport High School achieved perfect attendance and punctuality in the third month per records by Principal George W. Barnitz. Names include Mary Swab Ada Dean Emma Wright Mary Harting and Harry Zeiders among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Newport High School
George W. Barnitz
George J. Moyer
Elizabeth Dorwart
Mary Swab
Ada Dean
Emma Wright
Mary Harting
Harry Zeiders
Leslie Troup
Eleanor Fleisher
Annie Wright
Margaret Arndt
Isabel Deckard
Frank Sharar
Mary Brimmer
John Kough
Herman Kough
Ruth Grubb
Louise Leiter
Carrie Rowe
Carrie Newlin
Annie MccKeehan
Arn Ludwig
Viola Saucerman
Anna Bassett
Red Cross Membership Campaign Reaches 1786 in Waynesboro
The Red Cross reports 1786 members in Waynesboro and surrounding area with a goal to reach 2000 by January 1. Local drives and recruitment efforts continue to expand the rolls as winter approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Red Cross
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Cumberland Valley
Dillsburg Lutheran Church
Lebanon
Radway
Dr. Simpson
Anderson Zouaves
Riker’s Wi
Riker
Col. Tisdale
Oscar V. Dayton
Ad. Treas
Radway&co
Centre St
N.Y
U. S. Army
Matanzas
H. E. Speelman
C. 8. Williams
William Grove
J. W. Elicker
J. J. Klugh
John A. Goudy
Dick's
Kapp & Seibert’s
J. Donald Hockman
Fifty-fifth United States Infantry
Edith Stevens
Emory Stevens
Huntingdon
Dauphin
The
Dauphin High School Alumni Association
P. O
Eftie Zweizig
Leanor Emmett
Ellen Feaser
Ethel Forney
Susan Jackson
Christina Long
Mildred Kline
Rebecca Lyter
Ruth Deibler
Annie Hinkle
May Yoder
Alice Minsker
Marion Minsker
Esther Shaffer
Frank R. Carlin
Charles 8. Gerberich
William Shannesy
Mr. Chubb
George Howard
Joseph Kennedy
George Feaser
Max Long
Derrickson
Lester Strohm
Elmott Rudy
Ellwood Gates
Jerry Irvin
Iowa
John Stum
Lancaster County
Union Trust Company OF
PENNA
Fiorin
MacDonald
C. G. Romig
United Brethren Church
Dora Wagner
Cover
Palmyra
Ephraim Hertzler
Harvey Geyer
Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Circuit
George Geyer
Florence Romig
Hershey
David J. Walters
United Brethren Parsonage
O. G. Romig
Unite Brethren Church
Dillsburg Clark Mayberry
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Benjamin Knaub
John Lerew
United States Navy
Maggie Lerew
Emanuel Enrich
Enrich
C. 8. Smith
Lansford
Ray Klugh
Lumbago
Blair County
WM. Strouse
the Man’s Store OF
Market Street
Liverpool
G. A. R. Hall
J. D. Snyder
W. D. Hoover
Middleburg
Eve Renninger
George Steininger
John Moyer
L. C. Bachman
Enterline
Arthur R. King
Lancaster Classis
Ellis N. Kremer
Reformed Salem Church
Homer
Fourth Reformed Church
M. W. Schweitzer
Ephrata
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