Brumbaugh Eyes Joint Flood Plan With Three Jurisdictions
Governor Brumbaugh instructed Pittsburgh city and Allegheny county officials along with the Flood Commission to draft legislation for cooperation with the national government on flood reservoirs along the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. The plan calls for about 20 million dollars to build approximately seventeen reservoirs across four states, with surveys already completed. The governor requested notification of bills before the next Legislature while a delegation including J. P. Kerr and N. S. Sprague presented the request.
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Brumbaugh
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Flood Commission of
Commission
Allegheny
Monongahela
Maryland
West Virginia
J. P. Kerr
Frank J. Harris
Bedford County
L. B. Shaw
Riddlesburg
L. D. Shuck
A. C. Blackburn
Bedford
E. L. Smith
Schelisburg
Carrie Wagner
Hyndman
H. Frank Gump, Jr
Everett
David H. Styer
New Holland
Lancaster County
Public Service Commission
Scranton Railways Company
Allegheny Valley Railway Company
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Delaware County
Downingtown
Newtygle
Cumberland
Franklin
Lancaster
Chester
Somerset
C. Sylvester Jackson
Island Camp Opens July With Wide Instructor List
The Island Camp season opens Monday with most recreation and playground instructors announced by supervisor J. K. Staples. Miss Smith returns as cooking teacher. other instructors cover multiple locations including Reservoir Park and Sycamore area, with staff names and postings listed for each zone.
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Sourbier
Miss Smith
Reservoir Cooking School
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Central High School
J. K. Staples
Mr. Staples
City Council Chamber
Green
Forster
Louis K. Shaffer
Margaret B. Cover
Marion
Calder
George Potter
North
Hamilton
Margaret Johnson
Emerald
Leslie Hall
Olga Meloy
Anna P. Harris
Daniel E. Burkholder
Hattie Weidenhammer
Kelker
Frank L. Gipple
Peffer
Margaret May
G. Dixon
Thirteenth
Sycamore
David M. Heffelfinger
Mararetta
Dougherty
Twelfth Street
W. Britsch
W. Cordelia Brennaman
Mark C. Braxton
Jane Balthaser
Kathryn M. Smith
Esther Brenneman
Reservoir Park
Floyd Keener
Central High adds German instructor and staff shifts
The teachers' committee recommends Central High School faculty changes with Anna Williams King named to German, replacing Lorena Evans who retires. New hires include Elsie Yount Pearl Ebner Eleanor Leonard Paul Smith Joseph Leswing Clarence Zorger and P L Hocker moves to W S Steele principalship with Edward Keiper succeeding at Melrose. Dr. Downes backs open schoolhouses with paid supervision to maximize use of school property for community centers amid financial hurdles.
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Central High School
Anna Williams King
Lorena G. Evans
Central High
Miss Evans
Central
Elsie Yount
Pearl V. Ebner
Eleanor C. Leonard
Paul
Downes
Telegraph
Railroaders Vote On Strike Over Compensation Rules
Leaders of four railroad brotherhoods and about 500 delegates met to decide on a strike vote after rejecting specific compensation offers. Ballots will be drafted and distributed to all railroad workers, with results due before August 1. They warn that eliminating double compensation could cut wages, with engineers and firemen facing monthly losses of 75 and 30 to 40 dollars respectively.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Board of Arbitration
Brotherhoods of
A. B. Garretson
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
Brotherhoods
Tech High Seniors Given Diplomas by A. C. Stamm
Fifty Tech High seniors received diplomas at the annual commencement in the school auditorium. A. Carson Stamm, president of the school board, presented the diplomas. Dr. John L. Stewart of Lehigh University spoke, praising the school. E. G. Lowry was valedictorian and Charles Gerberick salutatorian. Daniel Roberts received the first new senior medal.
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Technical High School
A. Carson Stamm
John L. Stewart
Lehigh University
E. G. Russell Lowry
Charles 8
Gerberick
Charles B. Fager
Daniel Roberts
May Anthracite Shipments Show Partial Recovery
May 1916 anthracite shipments reported to the Anthracite Bureau of Information at Wilkes-Barre totaled 5,547,899 tons, up 1,019,115 from April but 407,050 shy of May 1915. April and May 1916 volumes trail 1915, yet five month totals rise 915,309 tons to 6,869,881, with year-to-year shipments reaching 27,784,690 tons for May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthracite Bureau of Information
Wilkes- Barre
Miller and Kades Furniture Offers Graceful Finish and Fair Prices
Miller and Kades showcase furniture with refined form and elegant finish. Contrary to impressions, prices are not at all exorbitant, offering value alongside style.
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Pittsburgh Commission
State Board of Pardons
Dauphin County
Mendel Gross
H. M. Gibson
Albert Heagy
Thomas E. Patterson
Jacobs
Perry
Capitol
James F. Morrison
State Soldiers’ Orphans’ School Commission
Morrison
Grand Army
George R. Barnett
Barnett
Dauphin
Hartienburg
J. Burrows
R. Gemble
H. M. Beard
Harry Polson
James Fesley
Master Association
Maennercher Hall
North Street
J. H. Given
Wallace Street
Alderman Hilton
Daniel Kline
Leroy Bowers Harnish
World's Purity Federation
Duncannon United Brethren Church
Harrisburg
Katherine M. Smith
the Telegraph Printing Co
Federal Square
Miller&Kades
Columbia Grafonoas
North Market Square
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