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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
5
In Marysville on Monday council set the bor ough building mill rate at two mills. The new building will cost 3500 dollars and bonding work was awarded to C B Smith. F W Roberts resigned from the council at the meeting.
The Enders family third reunion will be held at Enders Grove in Enders Pa on June 9. Rev G W Enders of York will deliver the address and Prof H E Enders of West Lafayette Ind will attend to gather data for a family history. Visitors have arrived and annual reunions will rotate locations nationwide with officer elections set for the ensuing year.
A social gathering marked Mr. Jonathan Keiser’s seventy ninth birthday with many relatives and friends attending from Harrisburg Mifflintown Williamsport and local towns. In Sunbury on June 8 Robert J Leeser of Sunbury and Estella M Otto of Williamsport wed in Williamsport officiated by Rev Ly W Ott.
Chambersburg Pa June 9 This morning the forty fifth annual commencement of Wilson College for Women was held in Frank Thomson Memorial Hall. Twenty seven graduates received bachelor of arts degrees. The address was by Dr Josiah Harmar Penniman and Dr Anna J McKeag will depart for Wellesley after this term.
Annville Pa June 9 The Schwalm family annual reunion will be held at Valley View Park on Saturday August 7. Waynesboro Pa June 9 The Waynesboro Motor Club completed all plans for the Booster's Day run to Gettysburg on Thursday and good attendance is expected.
Mt. Gretna Pa June 9 A battle royal and spectacular marked the concluding exercise in the tour of duty by the officers of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. Two combined companies led by Colonels Ellis and Ripple engaged silhouette targets at unknown distances and practiced live troop deployment before lectures by army instructors. The camp broke at noon with most officers departing before 2 pm.
Gettysburg College elected new professors and assistants including John H. Ashworth as professor of economics and political science and head of commerce and finance, Chester Allen as civil and sanitary engineering chair, and others. President Granville reported $30,000 raised for the building fund, while Dr. George D. Stahley offered a $6,000 residence for professors on campus.
Abbeville Henry C. Ruth aged 77 died after a long illness leaving three children. Quarryville Mrs. Austin Ferguson aged 48 died after a short illness an organizer of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Grand Army. Sunbury Mrs. Dorothy Schwéppen another local death in Mifflinville aged 77. Bloomsburg Civil War veteran Samuel Overdorff aged 80 died after a long illness. Mausdale Mrs. William Reeser aged 58 died at home. Marietta Feast of Roses June 9 at Manheim Lutheran Church marks 26th anniversary of debt payment with a red rose to heirs of Baron Henry William Steigel.
City board to elect teachers for coming term this evening. Funeral services for Miss Emma Ditlow held in Harrisburg. Children day exercises planned at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Standard Bearers meet at Miss Mary Wrights home tomorrow. Borough council to join Citizens Hose for July 5 parade celebrating new auto truck. Samuel R Deckard dies aged 71 at daughter’s home in Valley street Marysville. Survivors include wife two half sisters and one brother. Services at Liverpool Thursday.
Lewisburg officials propose vitrified brick paving on two blocks in the borough with concrete foundations and a square in Market Street. Two thirds of the cost would be charged to adjacent property owners. Final adoption slated for the next council meeting.
Miss Dorothy Irvang of South Baltimore street has been appointed as clerk in the Dillsburg post office by Postmaster J. Robert McClure. She began work on Monday.
At a board meeting of the Exchange National Bank of Marietta Samuel L. Frey was elected a director to fill the vacancy caused by Joseph Miller's death. In Enola Pa a fire company meeting decided to purchase a new combined hose and chemical wagon.
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