Citizen Fire Company Banquet Marks Twelfth Anniversary in Mechanicsburg
About 125 attendees including members wives and guests gathered for the Citizen Fire Company's annual banquet in Mechanicsburg marking the organization's twelfth anniversary. C N Williams R Wilson Hurst George B Hoover fire chief and local pastors spoke as roses decorated long tables and toastmaster Iredale Payer led the event with impromptu remarks.
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Mechanicsburg
Citizen Fire Company
C. N. Williams
Washington Fire Company
R. Wilson Hurst
Rescue Hook and Ladder Company
George B. Hoover
E. C. B. Castle
H. Hall Sharp
George Bb. Hoover
H. T. Bender
A. A. Arnold
William J. Stambaugh
A.S. Hertzler
Charles, ¥Ry
L. W. Kintz
A. W. Mann
W. H. Weaver
Frank Rowe
C. J. D. Eckerd
Carroll Fetzer
E. G. Luts
George Derrick
State Highway Dept Oiling Enola Road To Summerdale
The State Highway Department has a crew oiling the Enola road from the southern edge of town to Summerdale. The tar oil helps reduce dust from heavy traffic.
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Enola
State Highway Department
Enola Road
Summerdale
Hazleton storm strikes worker as lightning hits teamster
Adolph Minnich, a Laurytown Almshouse Farm teamster, was struck by lightning during a severe storm near Hazleton and knocked unconscious. His horse was killed. he remains in serious condition.
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Hazleton
Adolph Minnich
Laurytown Almshouse
Cumberland County Doctors Volunteer for War Service
In Carlisle on June 16 the Cumberland County medical staff reports thirteen doctors offering service to the government. Several accepted, six examined awaiting decisions. named commissioners include Drs E R Plank H A Spangler W T Phillips P A Wagoner H A Smith, plus others in Mechanicsburg Mt Holly Springs Newville.
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Carlisle
Cumberland County
E. R. Plank
H. A. Spangler
W. T. Philippy
P. A. Wagoner
H. A. Smith
Mechanicsburg
H. B. Fralic
Mt. Holly Springs
P. A. McLaughlin
Newville
Carlisle Hosts Second Chautauqua Parade and Junior Chapter
Carlisle Pennsylvania hosted a second Chautauqua event featuring a parade with guarantors and local supporters. Several hundred children joined and formed a Junior Chautauqua after the parade. Sessions run in a Dickinson College campus tent.
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Carlisle
Dickinson College
Poultry Dealer Sues Adams Express for Damages
W. H. Witmer of Newville files suit in Carlee Pennsylvania against Adams Express Company claiming delays in poultry shipments caused about 125 dollars in damages. The complaint alleges that one shipment did not reach its destination.
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Carlee
Adams Express Company
W. H. Witmer
Newville
West Shore social set hops to towns and cities
A long roster of Shiremanstown area residents and relatives traveled to Hagerstown Gettysburg and York County visiting family and friends across multiple days. Guests included Evelyn Heikes Roberta and Emily Strong and many local names from Wormleysburg New Cumberland and Harrisburg. Several returned from trips to Philadelphia Baltimore and Niagara Falls with updates on illness and recovery.
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Jacob H. Miller
George Kubacher
William P. Walls
Earle Rowles
Raymond A. Eberly
Shiremanstown
Hagerstown
Gettysburg
Noah R. Heikes
Evelyn Heikes
William Corman
John Fisher
Winding Hill
Murray Washburn
Harrisburg
Logan
Mechanicsburg
F. D. Sears
George Jacobs
Russell Kipp
Mary Weigle
Roberta Strong
Emily Strong
Charles Strong
Grace Strong
Slate Hill
Samuel Strong
J. Howard Beamer
Beate
Mechanicsurg
Raymond C. Renninger
Caroline
Mildred
Carlisle
Samuel Crawbaugh
Charles L. Wolfe
Milton
William Miller
Clearbrook
George Hagerman
New Cumberland
Brockton
N. Y
Charles Gardner
John Fager
York County
Ross Beckley
Washington
Frank Beckley
Aurora Hill
John Good
Philadelphia
Maj
J. F. Good
Stella Spahr
Lewisberry
C. N. Baker
Jennie Baker
Wormleysburg
W. O. Rishel
Wormleysbure
Sue Rodes
York
R. P. Hummel
Frank Arney
Frank Myers
Baltimore
William Famous
Hilda
Heim
Pitman
N. J
Pearl Stouffer
H. G. Knier
Leedy
Cast of Characters For The Colonel's Maid
Camp Hill high school presents The Colonel's Maid in three acts set in the Rudd Establishment kitchen library and elsewhere Miss M Ruth Baker directs. Cast includes Colonel Robert Rudd Hugh Harrison Colonel Richard Byrd Margret Harrison Bob Rudd Edward Good Mrs John J Carroll Elma Roser Julia Carroll Pauline Davisson Ned Graydon Samuel Basehore James Baskom Adam Neil Chingatling William Hamme
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Camp Hill
Camp Hill High School
Rudd Bachelor
Rudd Library
M. Ruth Baker
Robert Rudd
North Carolina
Hugh Harrison
Richard Byrd
South Carolina
Howard Sechrist
Marjorie Byrd
Margaret Harrison
Bob Rudd
Edmund Good
John J. Carroll
Rudd
Elma Roser
Julia Carroll
Pauline Davisson
Ned Graydon
Samuel Basehore
James Baskom
Adam Neil
Ching-at-ling
William Hamme
Surprise Party Held at Home of Charles Ream
New Cumberland Pennsylvania June 15 two dozen three inch muslin bandages eighteen four inch muslin bandages forty three triangle muslin bandages twenty one muslin head bandages twelve sponges twenty five 9x9 gauze compresses thirty nine 4x4 gauze compresses twenty eight 4x4 gauze sponges sixteen 2x2 gauze sponges making 226 articles.
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New Cumberland
Harrisburg
The
Red Cross
Thirteen to Graduate from Hummelstown High School
Hummelstown Pa June 15 Thirteen members of the senior class will graduate next Tuesday evening after completing final examinations. First honors go to Catharine Crist and second to Caroline Schaffner with Sutcliffe earning an additional honor. The program includes oration addresses music and diplomas.
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Hummelstown
Hummelstown High School
Catharine Crist
Katharine Conrad
Katherine Rhoads
Harry Miller
Sylvia Cassel
Joseph Cassel
Myra Ebersole
Elizabeth Ritts
Caroline Schaffner
Eva Smith
Ethel Stauffer
Emma Sutcliffe
Victor Hetrick
Caroline G. Schaffner
Emma R. Sutcliffe
Joseph Wilson Cassel
Katherine Sarah Rhoads
Ethel Mary Stauffer
Lily Servosse
Myra Harriet Ebersole
Harry Kreiger Miller
Eva Pearl Smith
Victor John Hetrick
Sylvia Barbara Cassel
Katherine Blessing Conrad
Catharine Amanda Crist
George W. Richards
Robert A. Rausch
Katharine Blessing Conrad
Elizabeth Susan Ritts
Caroline Gladys Schaffner
Emma Ruth Sutcliffe
Banquet Honors Seniors as Juniors Toast Serving the Country
Mount Union high school junior class held a banquet with both classes and faculty present. Principal C. C. Smith spoke as toastmaster and Bryan Gracey toasted on service to the country. Ruth Taylor sang a solo. Fay Longacre, Leah Caldwell, Mary Taylor, H. W. Slothower and Harry Rice toasts followed. juniors staged stunts.
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Mount Union
C. C. Smith
Bryan Gracey
Ruth Taylor
Fay Longacre
Leah Caldwell
Mary Taylor
H. W. Slothower
Harry Rice
Obituaries and church appointment in Penn township area
Joseph P. Pile aged 84 oldest Penn township resident died. He was a retired farmer and organizer of Penn Hill Mennonite Church. One nephew survives. Benjamin G. Hess aged 52 Elizabethtown carpenter and rural mail carrier died from a stroke. His wife and a daughter survive. Rev A T Sutcliffe to become pastor of Maytown Lutheran Church next Sunday succeeding Rev Joseph D Krout who moved to Audubon New Jersey. This is Sutcliffe’s first charge after graduating Gettysburg College.
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Engineer
Philadelphia
France
Pottsville
Silver Creek
New Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Tamaqua
Mauch Chunk
Beaver Meadow
Sacramento
Cal
Hazleton
Marietta
Joseph P. Pile
Penn Township
Penn Hill Mennonite Church
Benjamin G. Hess
Elizabethtown
Marietta, Pa
A. T. Sutcliffe
Maytown Lutheran Church
Joseph D. Krout
Audubon
N. J
Sutcliffe
Gettysburg College
Franklin County doctors urged to join medical reserve army
A meeting of the Franklin County Medical Association in Chambersburg discussed the medical reserve corps needs. Four army officers spoke on the medical role and urged local doctors to enlist in the new reserve unit.
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Waynesboro
Franklin County Medical Association
Chambersburg
Medical Reserve Corps of
Army
Franklin County
Red Cross Card Party At Arcade Aids Local Auxiliary
A June 14 card party in the Arcade building Waynesboro PA drew over a hundred attendees for the Red Cross auxiliary. Bridge and five hundred were played with twenty five tables filled.
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Waynesboro
Red Cross
Eyewash Mishap Pimps Borough Solicitor to Acid Burn
Waynesboro Pennsylvania June 15 Borough Solicitor John W Hoke mistakenly used an acidic liquid in his inflamed left eye while attempting to pour medicine from an eyeglass The acid caused painful burns and required medical attention
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Waynesboro
John W. Hoke
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R. E B. Myers
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C. H. Swartz
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Central Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church
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