Wilson College Honors Students at Commencement
Chambersburg Pa June 12 The forty seventh annual Wilson College for Women commencement was held in Thomson Hall at 1030 AM with a large crowd. Honor pupils named at the senior reception included Rita Mott Jones Harrisburg Elizabeth B Farber Hamburg NJ and Henrietta Swift Gerwig Pittsburgh with Dr Cheesman A Hersick delivering the oration on The Book of Books. Graduates listed include Carolyn Peterson Bacon Miriam Cassel Alice Elizabeth Colvin Evelyn Anne Davis Emma Adair Dickson Elizabeth Birkland Farber Ethel Janet Fleming Henrietta Swift Gerwig Elizabeth Parker Gresh Mabel Esther Higgs Catherine Johnston Rita Mott Jones Alice Isabel Kelly Alice Kennedy Mabel Elizabeth Lockman Rose Elizabeth Lutz Helen Arline Miller Florence Elizabeth Nickles Elizabeth Antoinette Dyer Ruth Gertrude Pantall Martha Maria Phillips Anne Dorothy Schaeffer Mary Elizabeth Scherer Alice Margaret Stupakof Katherine Elizabeth Tooker Mary Cabell Warfield Martha Cornelia Widney all of whom are from various Pennsylvania towns and other states.
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Chambersburg
Wilson College For Women
Thomson Hall
Harrisburg
Rita Mott Jones
Elizabeth B. Farber
Hamburg
N. J
Henrietta Swift Gerwig
Pittsburgh
Cheesman A. Hersick
Girard College
Swuther
Carolyn Peterson Bacon
Mauricetown
Miriam Cassel
Johnstown
Alice Elizabeth Colvin
Bedford
Evelyn Anne Davis
Pottsville
Emma Adair Dickson
Elizabeth Birkland Farber
Ethel Janet Fleming
Roxborough
Elizabeth Parker Gresh
Norristown
Mabel Esther Higgs
Rawson
W. Va
Catherine Johnston
New Bloomfield
Alice Isabel Kelly
Forestgrove
Alice Kennedy
Wyalusing
Mabel Elizabeth Lockman
Carlisle
Rose Elizabeth Lutz
Germantown
Helen Arline Miller
New Germantown
Florence Elizabeth Nickles
Shippensburg
Elizabeth Antoinette Dyer
Deckard Re elected Marysville High Principal
Marysville Pa June 12 Prof Albert E Deckard was elected principal of Marysville High School for the fourth consecutive term at a school board meeting. John L Hain will be first assistant and Miss Mae Logan second assistant. In eighth grade no selection was made and several teachers were named for other grades. Columbia Pa June 12 Flag Day events on June 14 will be observed with a parade and mass meeting at the state armory led by Major J W Yocum of the Daily Spy.
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Albert E. Deckard
Marysville
John L. Hain
Liverpool
Mae Logan
Carlisle
Chatt Geib
Mabel Ellenberger
Mary
Columbia Columbia
Columbia Lodge of Elks
Fourth Regiment
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
State Armory
J. W. Yocum
The
Daily Spy
East Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor Convention Opens in Hershey
Hershey Pa June 12 Next week the East Pennsylvania conference branch of Christian Endeavor United Brethren in Christ meets at Hershey United Brethren Church with over one hundred delegates anticipated The program features devotions welcomes by C L Garman responses by S C Enck and talks by A S Lehman H Rhoad M Wert A E Schroyer J F Musselman and J R MacDonald The officers include Enck Duncan Evans Ehrhart Boughter Krick Miller Shelly Romig and others. Police Chief Staley Resigns in Waynesboro After five years in post he leaves to lead Frick Company guards duties
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Hershey
East Pennsylvania Conference
Christian Endeavor
United Brethren In Christ
Hershey United Brethren Church
R. R. Butterwick
C. L. Garman
Hershey Society
M. H. Wert
Manheim
A. E. Schroyer
Annville
J. F. Musselman
Africa
Sierra Leona
Mr. Musselman
Philadelphia
Raymond Duncan
Rose K. Evans
Lebanon
O. T. Ehrhart
C. E. Boughter
Reading
William D. Krick
H. M. Miller
Penbrook
John H. Shelly
G. Romig
New Hollard
Waynesboro
Stephen W. Staley
Burgess Leonard Johnston
Chief Staley
Frick Company
Civil War Veteran William Shannon Dies at 81 in Milton
Sunbury Pennsylvania June 12 William Shannon aged 81 a Civil War veteran died at his Milton home after a six months illness He was a well known resident in the area and his loss is reported with sorrow by the community.
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Sunbury
William Shannon
Milton
York Navy Recruiting Delays Marine Week Enlists
York residents note Marine Week designated by the President but no local recruiting station opens yet. Army recruiting shows 79 enlistments. Francis P. Fogarty decides to enlist and informs family as sister laments the move. A local honor roll lists new enlistees across infantry cavalry and artillery with multiple hometown addresses. Seventeen mechanics join a National Guard truck company under Lieutenant Wheeler, highlighting skilled applicants. Five bids for Capitol waste paper contracts top the day’s procurement news. The Lynch divorce bill undergoes recommitment to pensions committee after a sprawling Senate journey through varied panels.
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Naval Service
Harrisburg
Army
Francis P. Fogarty
Lesher
David P. Yost
Susquehanna Street
Infantry
Laurie G. Bitting
North Sixth Street
Cavalry
Ellerslie Street
Field Artillery
Edgar F. Schnee
Palmyra
Benjamin S. McNair
Emmittsburg
Dewey W. Zeigler
Rossville
Bertram E. Croft
Shippensburg
Mike Ajovnoc
Duncannon
Joseph Wheeler
National Guard
John L. Gallagher
Wheeler
Uncle Sam
John R. Grobe
Lester A. Ebersole
Ralph C. Black
Ray B. Wilson
Joseph I. Claster
Harold J. Astrich
Wesley de Val
State House Advances Large Appropriations Package
The House appropriations committee endorsed a 250000 state home forinebriates and drug victims 250000 for elimination of grade crossings 15000 for Pennypacker relics 75000 for Carbondale mine fire and 1200000 for the Pymatuning swamp dam. A one mill manufacturing tax faced opposition from prominent manufacturers at a Senate finance committee hearing.
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House Appropriations Committee
Pennypacker
Carbondale
Pymatuning Swamp
House
Senate Finance Committee
Boy Scouts Form Local Troop In Camp Hill
Final examinations to enter the new local Boy Scout troop were given to twenty High school boys last night by Rev. Raymond Ketchledge scout master of the Presbyterian Church. Several boys bought uniforms and the squad will be equipped soon.
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Camp Hill
Raymond Ketchledge
Presbyterian Church
Capitol Hill Notes Guard Appointments and Rate Fight
Capitol Hill notes report appointments of John E. Marshall Lebanon Homer E. Halfer ty first lieutenants in the National Guard medical corps Horace C Scott Pittsburgh Edward C Shoemaker Tyrone first lieutenants in the dental corps and Joseph Benedict Donnelly Philadelphia named first lieutenant in Company E Engineers Kick on Rates The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company Monessen filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission challenging increased coal haul rates from Velle Vernon and Fayette City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Marshall
Lebanon
Homer E. Halferty
Pittsburgh
National Guard Medical Corps
Horace C. Scott
Edward C. Shoemaker
Tyrone
Dental Corps
Joseph Benedict Donnelly
Philadelphia
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Monessen
Velle Vernon
Fayette City
Public Service Commission
Sixty nine divorce cases listed for June sessions
Prothonotary Henry F Holler lists sixty nine divorce cases for trial at the June sessions opening Monday June 25. Names of couples appear in the docket with defendants and plaintiffs including Brook Maddison Green Everly Ringler Shuler Nebinger Hershock and many others.
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Henry F. Holler
Marriage licenses issued in Northumberland county
Northumberland county marriage bureau issued licenses yesterday to multiple couples including George L. Siegriest of Sunbury and Dorothy Fredericks, Frederick G. Geise of Northumberland and Olive G. Heiser of Snyder county, and others from Sunbury Shamokin Milton Mount Carmel Bethlehem Harrisburg and Locust Gap.
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Sunbury
Northumberland County
George L. Siegriest
Dorothy Fredericks
Frederick G. Geise
Northumberrand
Olive G. Heiser
Monroe Township
Snyder County
Harry BE
Bubb
Myrtle I. Hetrick
Stanny Danorzsky
Mount Carmel
Bertha Yarnisky
Shamokin
Carroll A. Eshbach
Blanche Fetter
Milton
William Honeger
Locust Gap
Mary Wise
Harry Yoder
Carrie E. Culton
Howard F. Collins
Bethlehem
Olive F. Whelen
Robert Angelo
Harrisburg
Eerearey A. McGinnis
Ambulance Units Arrive in France Amid Cheers
An American force reaches France with 150 ambulance drivers and 75 nurses. They are welcomed by a British band and the public cheers as they march to their quarters in Boulogne on June 12.
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Boulogne
France
War Veteran McElroy, Last Salisbury Prison Survivor, Dies Long After War
Edward W. McElroy of Marietta, a Civil War veteran of the Forty fifth regiment, died at 79. He was the sole survivor of his Salisbury prison pens unit, leaders noting sixteen of his seventeen comrades died by age around 70. The group met at Col E D Roath's office, with Capt John C Delaney among the youngest. Red Cross auxiliary in New Cumberland will meet tomorrow to sew.
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Edward W. McElroy
Marietta
Mr. McElroy
E. D. Roath
Comany E
One Hundred and Seventhennsylvani
RED Cross
New Cumberland
Red Cross Auxiliary
Nation Needs Support Of All, Drinker Says At Lehigh Club
President H. B. Drinker of Lehigh University urged all citizens to take active part in the national struggle. He said college trained men are needed at the front and in industry and agriculture at home as war now requires scientific effort. The Lehigh Alumni Club elected officers Mer cer B. Tate president Warren B. Keim vice president Percy L. Grubb secretary treasurer L. V. Larkin J. P. Croll Howard Rees board members and William D. R. Ainey honorary president shared honors with Drinker.
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H. 8. Drinker
Lehigh University
Mercer B. Tate
Warren B. Keim
Percy L. Grubb
L. V. Larkin
J. P. Croll
Howard Rees
William D. R. Ainey
Public Service Commission
Drinker
Lehigh
University of Pittsburgh
Paul Starkey
John P. Crow
John J. Donegan
F. B. Larkin
C. Howard Rees
M. H. Ulman
H. J. Dilcher
Andy Farnbaugh
W. D. B. Ainey
Aaron Mengeringhauser
M. A. Preston
Clare M. Loucks
H. W. Motter
C. A
Harrisburg Elks to Lead Flag Day Parade Lineup
Harrisburgs Elks marshal Captain Harry C Houtz releases parade assignments for Thursday night with Rotary Club Moorhead Knitting Co and many veterans and civic groups listed at Front and Market. All units must assemble by 7 15 and the processions route runs Market Fourth Mulberry Thirteenth Market Seventeenth Walnut to Reservoir Park pavilion where dismissed.
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Harrisburg Lodge of Elks
Harry C. Houtz
Front Street
Strawberry Street
Rotary Club
Walnut Street
Moorhead Knitting Company
Locust Street
Federation of Catholic Societies
River Avenue
Commonwealth Band
Harrisburg Republican Club
Pine Street
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Order of Odd Fellows
Knights of Malta
South Street
Sons of Veterans
Sons of Veterans Camp
State Street
Grand Army of the Republic
Front
Market
Fourth
Mulberry Street Bridge
Thirteenth
Seventeenth
Walnut
Reservoir Park
Eighteenth
Walnut Streets
Heffernan bill to bar police and firemen from politics fails
In Philadelphia politics debate, the Heffernan measure to remove policemen and firemen from political activity was defeated in the House after hours of discussion. The bill, reconsid ered and amended, lost 82 to 87 as opponents argued it viol ated the constitution and echoed past Philadelphia conflicts.
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Heffernan
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
Jefferson W. Smith
New York
Milner
McNichol
Department of Safety
Golder
M. Byer
Mr. Reynolds
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Capitol
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Capital City Junk Company
Pennsylvania Paper Stock Company
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Committee On Pensions
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Luka
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Mato Tudio
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Mary M
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Jennie E
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Albert, J
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Policy
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May B
Faber Noggle
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Elmer Dettling
Isaac
Nellie Hummer
Mary E
Roy Moore
William Henry
Emma Jane Witherow
Annie
Andy Dusha
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Lewis
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Lydia
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Thomas W
Pearl Jackson
Rezi
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Susan R
Clarence W. Marshall
Elias
Annie Deckert
eVrna
Francis’ N. Martin
Northumberland
Associated Press
Salisbury
Bill
HOTEL
Adelphia
Chestnut
13Th St
Philadelphia, Pa
Choice
Shetland
Shantung
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