New York Man Chosen Boyd Memorial Director
Charles C. Thompson of New York has been chosen director of the James Y. Boyd memorial building for men and boys. A Hamilton College graduate of 1913 he has led in religious and educational work among men and boys and will assume charge in the city September 1. Eugene E. Miller known as Shorty Miller was elected assistant director.
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Charles C. Thompson
New York
James Y. Boyd
Thompson
Hamilton College
Mercersburg Academy
Eugene E. Miller
Shorty” Miller
State Board aids school districts in building growth
The 1914 report shows new schools built in all but ten counties, 177 large buildings and 119 additions with board approved plans and 53 smaller buildings from board designs. Other items note censors cracking down on film evaders, court dates for the anthracite coal tax case, and various state officials’ activities in Philadelphia and across the commonwealth.
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State Board of Education
Yuintelec
Pittsburgh
State Board of Censors
Philadelphia
Mutual Film Corporation
Fox Film Corporation
Hargest
Supreme Court
Princeton
Lew R. Palmer
Public Service Commission
Edwin M. Abbott
Abbott
State Highway Department
Enos B. Engle
Belgium
Brumbaugh
Mitchell
Lex N. Mitchell
Punxsutawney
Capitol
Ehrhardt
Scranton
McCaig
Governor Vetoes Key City Contract Reform Bill
Governor Brumbaugh vetoes the McNichol Senate bill amending the first class city act 1885, warning it would remove preliminary cost estimates for contracts and risk municipal expenditures. He also vetoes a bill barring street openings through state education lands, finds it defective, and opposes several other measures. A Shiremanstown notice covers Bethel Church of God Mite Society activities with readings, duets, and solos.
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Brumbaugh
McNichol Senate
Commonwealth
Senate
Pennsylvania
Delegates set for Dauphin County Endeavor convention
At Highspire on July 1 the Christian Endeavor gathering expects 112 societies to send two or more delegates for sessions in three churches. State standards will be adopted by the Dauphin County Union with featured addresses on junior work quiet hour and rallies and a 6 pm banquet. The program includes a big chorus and an officer election, with overnight hosting for visiting delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Dauphin County Christian Endeavor Union
Highspire
Church of God, Lutheran
United Brethren
Weed Seeds Used To Defraud Folks
Department of Agriculture agents order prosecutions against dealers across the state for selling feeding stuffs in violation. Tests show cottonseed meals adulterated with hulls and poultry foods with weed seeds, plus a mossified molasses product sold as feed at high price though low in protein. Eleven youngsters found homes during the festival month. six placed on farms as part of the Children's Aid Society report.
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Department of Agriculture
Eisie V. Middleton
Children’s Aid Society
Funeral of Miss Gertrude Eckels in Mechanicsburg
Funeral services for Miss Gertrude Eckels who died yesterday will be held at her West Main street home on Friday afternoon with Rev H Hall Sharp of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Burial is in Longsdorf graveyard near New Kingston.
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Mechanicsburg
Gertrude Eckels
West Main Street
H. Hall Sharp
Trinity Lutheran Church
Longsdorf
New Kingston
Bible Society elects Cumberland County officers
Mechanicsburg Pa June 16 At the Cumberland County Bible Society annual meeting officers were elected including J C Rummel of Shippensburg as president and Rev A N Hagerty Carlisle as first vice president along with other officers and officials from Mechanicsburg and Carlisle.
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Mechanicsburg
Cumberland County Bible Society
J. C. Rummel
Shippensburg
A. N. Hagerty
Carlisle
T. J. Ferguson
Ketterman
George Fulton
A. A. Line
W. O. Weidler
Merger Will Be Effected In Waynesboro Section
Merger of the trolley gas and electric light companies in this section is expected to be completed. H B McNulty of Chambersburg is in New York on business related to the consolidation. Clarissa Gertrude Claster, a Central high school graduate, earned a bachelor of arts from Wellesley College. John Harold Fox of Waynesboro earned a bachelor of letters at Princeton University.
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Waynesboro
H. B. McNulty
Chambersburg
New York
Clarissa Gertrude Claster
Central High School
Wellesley College
John Harold Fox
Princeton University
Dramatic critic Hector Turnbull to join Lasky feature team
Hector Turnbull, longtime New York Tribune dramatic critic, resigns to join the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company scenario department. He is brother of author Margaret Turnbull, already collaborating on Lasky projects with William C. DeMille. Turnbull's varied career includes artillery service and vaudeville writing. Lee Laubenstein of Edward B. Smith and Co. travels to Cape May for Pennsylvania bankers convention.
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Hector Turnbull
New York Tribune
Jesse L. Lasky
Turnbull
Margaret Turnbull
William C. DeMille
Thhe
the Tribune
United States Field Artillery
Phillipines
Garrison
Lee Laubenstein
Edward B. Smith and Co
Philadelphia
Cape May
Pennsylvania
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Butt Montana
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Chamberlain
Mite Society
Shiremanstown
Bethel Church of God
L. W. Parks
East Main Street
J. B. Frey
Jennie Kauffman
Miss Stauffer
Miss Knouse
Rhoda Beamer
Margaret Weber
Miriam Greenawalt
Miss Stouffer
Dauphin County
C. E. Union
H. C. Mathias
United Brethren Society
George N. Fehrer
Grace Stoner
Anna Wolf
Lutheran Society
Alice Ebersole
May Sides
Ed. Kinsley
Church of God
EB. &. Poorman
Martha Frutiger
Paul Hollenbach
Ruth Shaffner
Mary Gingrich
Lutheran
Zelma Leidig
Ruth Shuler
John Whittle
Arthur Poorman
Anna Hoch
Clyde Heckert
Ruth Stoner
Sarah Long
May Bamberger
Frank Miller
Elwood Ruth
H. P. Moyer
Martin Albert
Raymond Duncan
Edgar C. Hastings
Cloyd Leiter
Tyrrell
Paxtang Amusements
Paxtang Park Theater
Madam Rajah
Fay O'Neill
Nestlé
Nestle
Nestle’s Food
Woolworth Bidg
Miss Eckels
Bible Society Elects
Claster
West Point
Sone
Jing Lasky Tafe
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