Spring Festival and Union Picnic Plans Highlight Mechanicsburg Notes
Rehearsals and plans for Children's Day services are under way in Mechanicsburg Sunday schools. A spring festival by public schools on the high school lawn drew large crowds under Miss Mary Bush. Committees from Methodist Episcopal, Church of God, Presbyterian and Trinity Lutheran churches organize a Boiling Springs Park union picnic on June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Mary Bush
Clara Segelbaum
Agnes Long
Clara H. Lichty
William Hamme
Reading
Lillian F Weber
R. A. DeFrehn
Murray L. Dick
Baltimore
D. W. Seidle
Florence Longsdorf
S. J. Zufall
Omaha
Neb
Denver
Col
M. M. Dougherty
State College
William Dougherty
Washington Fire Company
George Fulton
R. F. McClean
T. J. Ferguson
Silver Spring
Presbyterian
Union Prinic
Boiling Springs Park
Methodist Episcopal
Church of God
Trinity Lutheran
Bible and Tract Society
Clarence Morrette
Adda Long
Kennett Square
South Market Street
A. F. Schafhirt
J. Rowe Fletcher
Harrisburg
East Main Street
Personal News Items From Nearby Towns in Central Pennsylvania
Local society notes list dozens of visits and visits by residents of Union Deposit Stoverdale Middletown Newville Thompsontown and nearby towns. Residents travel to Harrisburg Philadelphia Reading and Lancaster visiting relatives and attending events while others host family members at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Typhoid case reported in Milersburg
William E. Pottiger III of Milersburg is seriously ill with typhoid fever, the first case in years in the town. Mrs. B. C. Holmes and her son Charles left for Lowell Massachusetts to visit her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Duffy of Sayre are visiting relatives in Mrs. Duffy's native home. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lark visit their son and daughter in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonestown
Michael B. MoKay
Lewis W. Nage
Newmanstown
John Capp
George 8. Capp
Frank M. Baeshore
Philadelphia
Henry B. Lesher
Carrie
Blanch Bowman
Caroline Lesher
G. R. Deisher
Town
Topton
Allentown
Thomas H. Brenner
Florence and
Margaret
Lebanon
Kent
Brenner
William H. Bross
George W. Smith
Baltimore
Mary S. Myers
Park C. Bell
Scott Nebinger
Robert
New Cumberland
Charles Brown
F. D. Bratten
Frank
Harrisburg
James Updegraff
Elizabeth A. Laird
Harvey Erney
Howard Urich
Smoketown
Ueste
Urich
Park Trestle
Luther Sutton
H. M. Sutton
York
T. W. Barnhill
Marguerite
Alice, Stonesifer
Malcolm Reiff
Logan
Reiff
E. J. Bonner
Newberrytown
A. H. Ferrow
Milersburg
William E. Pottiger
B. C. Holmes
Charles
Lowell
Mass
Holmes
Norman Matter
J. J. Duffy
Sayre
Lebanon Valley College Students Aid at Brethren Convention
About fifty Lebanon Valley College students have secured positions at Hershey Park to help manage the Brethren convention crowds. The issue notes four diphtheria cases in town over the prior two weeks and reports minor local incidents including chicken losses, travel to Carlisle, and visits by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Valley College
Annville
J. E. Gilman
Galen Houser
Harry Smith
Harry Dishong
West Annville
John Martin
Saylor
Harry
Wernersville
Paul D. Witman
Philadelphia
Hershey Park
John Davis
Middletown
Jacob Sargent
H. Zimmerman
Carlisle
Retiring Old Commercial Traveler Ends 46 Years Service
Selinsgrove Pa June 5 After forty six years in the shoe business Samuel P Burns of this place has laid aside his grip and samples He has been a Burley and Stevens Company representative for twenty nine years Ill health caused him to collapse recently in Johnstown and quit his work The Rev Walter K Houser returned from Philadelphia after attending the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania meeting He was accompanied by Frank E Holsapple of the Middle Creek congregation who is the layman of that parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selinsgrove
America
Samuel P. Burns
Burley and Stevens Company
Burns
Johnstown
Walter K. Houser
Philadelphia
Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania
Frank E. Holsapple
Middle Creek
Mary E. Burns
Women's Medical College
Judge Johnson
Susquehanna University
R. W. Johnston
Feidt Koppenheffer Wedding in Elizabethville
William Feidt Jr and Lucy Koppenheffer wed by Rev C P Wehr in Elizabethville Pa. Other items note Elmer Culp visiting Ithaca N Y Howard Beitsfield and friend in Harrisburg at Bettsfields J M Koppenheffer ill Civil War veteran and other local moves and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethville
William Feidt, Jr
Lucy Koppenheffer
C. P. Wehr
C. Elmer Culp
Ithaca
N. Y
Howard Beitsfield
Harrisburg
J. K. Bettsfield
Isaiah Swab
Philadelphia
Esther Mattis
Herndon
Eagle Tanning Company
George Gaupp
Pine Grove
James M. Koppenheffer
May Shenk
Trenton
C. Paul Ruhl
Sunbury
Ellsworth Grove
Catherine Alleman
Middletown
Hilda Eby
Highspire
BE. J. Heilman
Lebanon
W. J. Daniel
Joseph Buffington
Pistol Bullet Narrowly Misses Montandon Girl
Miss Josephine Walter of Montandon narrowly escaped injury when a bullet from an unknown revolver struck near her head and lodged in a wall morning of June 5 in Montandon Pennsylvania. locals and visitors from Harrisburg Elizabethville Sunbury Nanticoke and Northumberland are listed with recent travel and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montandon
Josephine Walter
George Grove
Harrisburg
Pfleiger
Lem Uplinger
Merrill Johnson
Elizabethville
Dawson Rietz
Sunbury
Elmer Mants
Samuel Uberline
Forrest Hamer
Blain Telephone Station Relocated to New Site
Blain Pennsylvania June 5 The town reports the Blain Telephone Station moved to a new location. Local notices include a W C T U meeting at Zion Lutheran Church and various community updates. Names and places such as Lancaster county Harrisburg Pittsburgh Dayton Lewistown and Bistline Smith appear among short items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blain
Piketown Couple Reveal Marriage in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Piketown Pa on June 5 Mrs D C Runkle visited Lin glestown with friends. Grace Dietz and Harry Shartzer surprised friends by announcing their marriage in Hagerstown Maryland after a brief trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piketown
D. C. Runkle
George Wade, Jr
Linglestown
George Ziegler
Harrisburg
Caroline Ziegler
Daniel Strouble
Columbia
Fred Shive
Edward Nye
Rebecca Nye
Caroline Launse
John Launse
Grace Dietz
Harry Shartzer
Hagerstown
Uoon
F. C
H. B. Lucas
H. P. Peiffer
Union Deosit
Memorial Day News From Raigpena and Nearby
Memorial Day activities include visits from Silas Brewbaker and George Guyer relatives. Residents and guests Martha Robertson, Margaret Gardner, Genevieve Spangler, Elizabeth Spangler spent time in town. The Rev Lindsay to preach next Sunday. Lutheran church held new member reception. Fremen convention fundraiser flags sold. Lyonsville band gave a Memorial Day concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raigpena
Silas Brewbaker
Waynesboro
Martha Robertson
Margaret Gardner
Newville
George Guyer
Rome
N. Y
William Hykes
Blaine Harnish
Greencastle
Genevieve
Elizabeth Spangler
Chambersburg
Lindsay
Presbyterian Church
Lutheran Church
Loysville Band
Returned from Virginia Duncannon Scene of Visits
Names listed show multiple visitors and guests from nearby towns and cities. Mr and Mrs William A Harper return from Winchester and Waynesboro while relatives host and visit across Duncannon York Harrisburg Chambersburg Hummelstown Carlisle Orange N J Aqueduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake Harper
Chambersburg
Charles McCoy
Pittsburgh
John McCoy
Middletown
Jesse McCoy
Helen Nye
York
Florence Gumber
Ellen Woods
Newport
Charles
Harry Summers
Harrisburg
Russell
W. W. Shell
Joseph Hunter
Lee Knight
William Wills
G. E. Hanshaw
Iva Claire
Hummelstown
M. Bowers
Robert
Leah Parsons
Lane 8
S. Hart, Jr
Orange N. J
James Taylor
Raymond Bomegardner
J. W. Hetrick
Aqueduct
Will Hire Three Teachers In Upper Paxton School
Rise Pa June 5 Upper Paxton school board met to day to hire three teachers for the coming term. Mr and Mrs G W Forney received a letter from their son in North Dakota stating the death of his wife. The Rev S G Rhoads of the United Brethren Church called on members on Tuesday. Mrs Lizzie Lenker and daughter Esther took a trip to Millersburg on Monday. Mrs G W Erdman called at the home of S A Holtzman on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gould Wickey
Littlestown
Lane Long
Miriam Ryan
Halifax
Helen Louise Wallis
Juniata Kline
Olive Deibler
Millersburg
Raymond Suydam
Steelton
Charles Shaffer
Dorothy Singer
Charles M. Singer
E. Bierbower
Matilda Slaseman
Annie Rose
William Bierbower
Paul Moog
Margaretta Bierbower
Katharine Bierbower
Thorton Byers
Harrisburg
Charles Bierkower
Edith
Ruth Speece
Speece- Ville
D. EF. Seiler
Sarah Nye
Sherman Spence
Harry Spence
George Taylor
Ralph Lutz
Albright College
Myerstown
Ira Lutz
Williams Trade School
Delaware
H. C. Lutz
Charles Bowman
Erie
Samuel Maurey
Mary Cofrode
Cora Cofrode
Walter Speece
Speeceville
Charles O'Donnell
Macdowell
Penbrook
William Gilday
Philadelphia
Mildred Lybarger
Sabra Clark
Emma Keeney
Eleanor Jones
Ethel Forney
Nimrod Smith
Atlantic City
Rise
Upper Paxton
G. W. Forney
North Dakota
S. G. Rhoads
United Brethren Church
Lizzie Lenker
Esther
G. W. Erdman
A.holtzman
Singlestown Girl Graduates at School of Elocution
Miss Sara Shriner, of Tinglestown Pa, completes a two year course at the National School of Elocution and Oratory Philadelphia earning a Bachelor of Elocution. She delivered an original monologue At the Theater to acclaim and flowers. Her prize for greatest improvement was announced and Bloomsburg high school will host a recital and dance this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinglestown
Sarahu
Shriner
National School of Elocution and Oratory
Philadelphia
Bloomsburg
Miss Shriner
Hulls attend daughter's graduation across states
New Cumberland Pa June 5. Mr and Mrs Sherman Hull join family and friends at Pittsburgh for the Margaret Morrison Technical school commencement where daughter Florence Hull graduates. Several local visitors and relatives travel between York Philadelphia Hagerstown Shippensburg and Williamsport for visits and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
Professor Green
York
Elizabeth Morrison
Columbus
Ohio
Charles Leiby
G. H. Reiff
Williamsport
Walter Kirkwood
M. Keister
George’ Mathias
Mt. Washington
Delegates and Visits Recap From Halifax Pa Area
Halifax Pa June 5 Lester Lebo of Millersville Normal spent Sunday with parents in Halifax township. Other visitors included Shoo family Waynesville, Loudermilk and Alvoids relatives Highspire trip, Violet Twinning and Bum Baugh Harrisburg with Mrs Poffenberger Susquehanna Heights. Mrs Eby ill. Rev Funk and family with Mountville relatives. births noted and various visits across Millersburg Highspire Liverpool Penbrook and local camps delegates to Harrisburg June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Lester Lebo
Millersville Normal School
Theodore Lebo
Halifax Township
Lebo
Adam Shoo
Lillie Lebo
Myles Lebo
Gertrude Hoover
Waynesville
Robert Loudermilch
William Alvoids
Ruth
Ethel
Joseph Straw
Highspire
Violet Twinning
W. K. Bumbaugh
Harrisburg
John Poffenberger
Susquehanna Heights
John Clempson
New Cumberland
James Eby
Eby
Edward Chubb
Millersburg
Ross Zimmerman
Harry Reisch
Delmer K. Still
H. Stewart Potter
Washington Camp
Order
C. A. Funk
J. B. Funk
Mountville
Lancaster County
Homer Stiley
Edith Mildred
Liverpool
J. O. Bare
Matamoras
Margaret McArthur
Margaret Woltenholme
Philadelphia
Frederick Co. Smith
Alfred Bowman
Harvey Rouch
Himer E. Daugherty
Joseph Umberger
Ellen Umberger
Elizabeth Etzweiler
Penbrook
Monaghan Church Festival Highlighted by Strawberry Event
Dillsburg residents note a Monaghan round table strawberry festival set for Saturday night June 12 at Mrs. L. A. Bailey’s home. The town also anticipates children’s day exercises at the Methodist church and welcomes visitors including Dr. S. R. Posey of Lititz and Mrs. Alma Alsip of Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillsburg
S. R. Posey
Litit
Posey
Dillsburg National Bank
Beatrice Lesen
Egg Harbor
N. J
J. G. Lerew
Russell Morris
Withington
Del
Dorothy Irgang
Adaline Irgang
Baltimore Street
Windsor Lock
Connecticut
William Blicker
Pack Prosser
Tawneytown
Monaghan Round Table
L. A. Bailey
Methodist Church
Alma Alsip
Manatoba
Canada
Grouch Club Plans Surprise for Alma Byerly
In Williamstown Pa on June 5 members of the Grouch Club held a surprise party at Alma Byerly s home with music games and recitations. Alva Barnes acted as toastmaster. A school board meeting elected Frank Hantsen Oberlin instructor as high school principal to replace A B Moyer. Anna Kohl was named first assistant principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Grouch Club
Alma Byerly
Vine Street
Alva Barnes
Alice Moffett
Grace Thompson
Amy, Moyer
Nellie Stokes
Hazel Adams
Mary Budd
Town
Erma
Ada Kaufman
Reinerton
George Bond
Charles Straub
McKinley Wagner
Bryant Ralph
Max Byerly
Robert Fassold
Thomas Bond, Jr
Weldon Watkins
Charles Peiffer
Richard Doerr
Tower City
Stephen Sheesley
Lykens
Herbert Logan
Philadelphia
Frank Hantens
Oberlin
A. B. Moyer
Downingtown
Anna Kohl
Raymond Wien
Cressona
George Mellon
Evelyn
Merl Lauer
Sunbury
William Hughest
William Shoemaker
Reading
George Budd
Frank Fellows
Harrisburg
Thomas Warlow
Baraca Day Plans Outline June Observance in Lemoyne
Memorial day vacation visitors from Shippensburg York York and Baltimore gathered with Lemoyne College and Normal School students. The newly formed Suffrage Club held its first monthly meeting led by Mrs. Edgar S. Everhart. Baraca class members finished plans for Baraca day on June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemoyne
Lemoyne College and Normal School
Margaret Bricker
Cumberland Valley State Normal School
Shippensburg
L. M. Bricker
Ethel Artley
C. D. Artley
Floyd Smith
Shippensburg Normal
Jonas Smith
Hazel Kuhns
Shippersburg Normal
Johns
Alfred Ensminger
Albright College
Myerstown
Jacob Ensminger
Elizabeth Crawbaugh
Champersburg
Arella
Edna Smith
York
Milton Wilson
Gertrude Bates
Baltimore
Washington Heights
Oliver Baker
L. F. Baker
Suffrage Club
Edgar S. Everhart
Association
Hummel Avenue
United Evangelical Sunday School
Fruit Outlook Good Across Toboyne Township
In Germantown Pennsylvania June 5 Cloyd Adams rode his motorcycle to Delta for a high school commencement where his brother Wilmot J Adams is principal. The brothers then traveled to Washington DC to visit. Miss Rhoda Morrow and her sister were summoned to their father Thomas Alexander Morrows bedside as he remains in critical condition following a paralytic stroke. he is a Civil War veteran. Ida Hockenberry visited Harrisburg with friends. W R Mumper drove Mr and Mrs Luther Rhea and Daniel Mumper to Carlisle for a visit. Toboyne township expects a good fruit year with ample fruit though sour cherries may be scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Germantown
Cloyd Adams
Delta
Wilmot J. Adams
Washington, D. C
Rhoda Morrow
Grundy Center
Iown
C. N. Foose
Andersonburg
Cafeteria News From Society in Newton Hamilton
Local society notes from Newton Hamilton detail visits and travel. Mrs. T F Sechrist visited Altoona. Miss Jean Shaver spent two weeks at Juniata. Mrs J H Wilson travels to Chicago to visit daughter Mrs G W Sweeney. Miss Matilda Morrison visiting Altoona. Miss Dorothy Shaver to Johnstown. Mr and Mrs J R Bratton return to Altoona after visiting here. Mrs Irvin Campbell and daughter Miss Marie from Braddock spent a week here. Presbyterian Church Christian Endeavor held a cafeteria at Mrs Carer’s ice cream parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Hamilton
T. F. Sechrist
Altoona
Jean Shaver
Juniata
J. H. Wilson
Chicago
G. W. Sweeney
Matilda Morrison
Dorothy Shaver
Johnstown
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the Rocksway Co
Spring Garden
Locust Street
Zoological Garden
Hard Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Brownstone
Swatara
Hershey
Palmyra
Enanon
Girard Avenue
31St Street
Garden Additional
Rick
Ryan
N. Second Street
Bell Phone
Newport High School
George W. Barnitz
Jesse Sunday
Stanley G. Fickes
Elizabeth Dorwart
Mabel Flickinger
H. Munson Corning
Ruth Collins
Union Deposit
Edward Stover
Stoverdale
C. A. Landis
Russel Newcomer
Spen Oli
Aggie, Hartman
Frank Spotts
United Rethren
George W. Hallman
Levi Hershey
Elizabethtown
C. Landis
Onunday
Harry Miller
Paul
Edward Spangler
Violet Yingst
Reading Hospital
Berrysburg
Andrew Meyers
Phiadelphia
Daniel
Arthur Weaver
Arthur
Dalmatia
Norman Miller
Rush
G. M. Hartman
John Mattis
Ammon Kitzmiller
Orwigsburg
Oscar Hoover
Rebecca Neiman
Israel Neiman
Henry Hartman
Swana
Henry Snyder
Catherine Hunter
William Challenger
Tuuesday
Maud Bowman
Doran Hartman
Roscoe Daniels
Elizabethville High School
M S. Daniel
Daniel Kopenhaver
Herhsey
Jesse Howe
M. P. Crawford
Helen Smith
J. W. Criley
Stewart Martz
T. R. McClellan
Mussleman
Tuscarora
B. F. Junkin
Katherine Mathers
Jean Trimble
George P. James
Eugene Beattie
Louise
Akron
Harry Fry
Paxtang
C. D. Hartzell
Osceola
Espenschade
Mifflintown
Stacey G. Glanser
Chester
Frank Bricker and Son
J. Atlee
Reuben Gottshall
Mra. c. Peffer
Selinagrove
Fanny Woodburn
Carl Slangenhaupt
Washington
W. H. Slangenhaught
Thompsontown
Daisy Taylor
Bellwood
Keturah Meredith
H. Sowers
Steel
W. R. Long
T. W. Hardman
Washington, N. J
B. F. Gayman
Luke Davis
J. C. Eppley
H. E. Walters
Mary
Beatrice Myers
Bowmansdale
Charles KE. Albright
Harry Hackel
S. M. Eppley
Harry Nace
Melvin and
Leonard
W. H. Leonard
Singlestown
Charles McGarvey
Vera Care
Irving College
Irene Nagle
Elizabeth Graybill
Millersville State Normal School
C. C. Gr
Carrie King
Marion Smith
Gatherine Lingle
Neffsville
Samuel Grubb
Margaret Rabuck
Sara Shreiner
Shoemakers School of Elocution
Bloomsburg Normal School
LeRoy Umberger
Levi Pottiger
Kevin W. Moyer
Morganza
Ross Hepford
Duncannon
E. O. Hassler
Adam Moyer
Myrtle
Lucknow
J. H
Ruth Bierbower
Charles Koons
George Shreiner
Pottstown
C. R. Bowman
Sigler
Caroline Lingle
C. K. Lingle
Alfred Yaple
C. B. Care
Philip Heckert
Mary Frederickson
John Early
Hilda Longenecker
John Cassell
Annie Smith
William E. Pottiger III
Bishop Stanford
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Zion Lutheran Church
James McConnell
McConnell
Aliss Ida Snyder
James L. Stum
Sarah Stump
Myrtle Wentz
Lakewood
M. Bower
Philipsburg
E. C. Kistler
J. W. Keener
H. J. Herber
Dayton
Ohio. Mrs. Keener
Mae Lyter
Roscoe Bilger
Lewistown
Ella R. Stum
H. W. Gray
J. G. Gray
Bistline & Smith's
Union Cemetery
Chester Waite
NEW Music Club
Virginia
School of Elocution
Miss Sara V. Shrindr
Mrs
Sherman Hull
Monaghan
Williamstown High School
Baraca
Cafeteria
Alane
D.bacon CO
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