Commencement Activities and Graduates of Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, held baccalaureate services and a series of commencement week events led by Rev. Dr. J Balmer Showers and Rev. Dr. S C Erick. The fifty-third annual commencement features orator Byron W King and degree conferrals by President G D Gossard, with graduates listed from the College and Music Departments. Also noted are the divorce records in Juniata County with five cases granted in one day.
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Annville
Lebanon Valley College
J. Balmer Showers
Bonebrake Theological Seminary
The
Christian Association
S. C. Erick
East Pennsylvania Conference
Board of Trustees
Ivy Oration
Edna Weidler
Conservatory of Music
Department of Oratory
York
Lottie M. Batdorf
Lebanon
Ada C. Bossard
Norman M. Boucher
Isaac F. Boughter
Pine Grove
Emma I. Boyer
Reading
Walter L. Bunderman
Edward F. Castetter
Shamokin
Luella M. Dareas
Samuel T. Dundore
Mount ‘Aetna
Martha E. Early
Palmyra
William T
Fredericksburg
Hattie Mae Kennedy
Helen E. Landgraf
Emma M. Whitmeyer
Violet Mark Kreider
Mim Intown
Juniata County
Laura E. Carwall
James E. Carwell
Pearl L. Martin
Darwin L. Martin
Ella J. Elisesser
Daniel Elisesser
Daniel K. Swartz
Elizabeth W. Swartz
Cloyd L. Renninger
Bessie
Little County
Renninger
Knights of Golden Eagles Elect Officers in Mount Wolf
Mount Wolf Lodge No. 154 of the Knights of Golden Eagles elected officers for the ensuing year at a June meeting. Noble chief Wallace Kunkel, vice noble chief Harry Kann, sir herald Charles Shearer, high priest David Rodes, and venerable hermit Har Yan Greiman will be installed at a future meeting.
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Mount Wolf
Mount Wolf Lodge
Knights of Golden Eagles
Wallace Kunkel
Harry Kann
Herald
Charles Shearer
David Rodes
Har- Yan Greiman
Children’s Day at Dauphin Presbyterian Church
Children’s day exercises were held at the Presbyterian Church in Dauphin on Sunday morning. Mrs. Robert Ramsey and Miss Elizabeth Peffenberger trained the children, and a delightful program was presented. The choir area was decorated with rambler roses, daisies and honeysuckle.
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Dauphin Dauphin
Presbyterian Church
Robert Ramsey
Elizabeth Peffenberger
Bowman Dies. Funeral Set in Renovo
Charles G Bowman died at his Erie home and was a Dauphin native and brother of Mrs Samuel Maaney. The funeral will be held in Renovo.
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Charles G. Bowman
Dauphin, Pa
Erie
Bowman
Dauphin
Samuel Maaney
Renovo
Dickinson honors Cumberland Valley students at Dickinson College
Harrisburg and Cumberland county students feature prominently in Dickinson College honor lists. Elma May Houseman of Carlisle is valedictorian with Fayette N. Talley of Port Norris as salutatorian. Multiple students receive honorary orations, Phi Beta Kappa election, and notable prizes. Graduates span sections A B and D with additions of several students from nearby towns and states.
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Carlisle
Harrisburg
Cumberland County
Dickinson College
Elma May Houseman
Fayette N. Talley
Port Norris
Caroline Hatton
Fayetet N. Talley
N. J
Edna Bagenstose
Mildred I. Day
Isabel K. Knadslow
Mr. Joy
Sylvester M. Evans
Kinzer
Anna M. Bell
Cornelius V. Bubb
Glen Rock
Margaret A. Butler
Beatrice E. Carmitchell Strong
Lilian Esther Caufman
M. Clare Coleman
Punxsutawney
Ethel Mae Ginter
Herbert G. Hamme
Brodbeck
Mary Caroline Hatton
William G. Jefferson
Steelton
Floyd C. Lepperd
Duncannon
Edwin B. Long
Bessie Pengelly
Hazelton
Esther A. B. Popel
George H. Rupp
Shiremanstown
Margaret C. Spotts
Blain
John A. Strausbaugh
Hanover
Emma M. Swain
Cape May City
Esther S. Wengert
Helen L. Witmer
Lancaster
Ada E. Bacon
Glencoe
Paul E. Beaver
Altoona
Geraldine R. Collins
Clearfield
District Convention of Knights of Mystic Chain Held in Gettysburg
Delegates of the Ancient Order Knights of the Mystic Chain met for the district convention for York and Adams counties in Gettysburg. Morning and afternoon business sessions, a town parade, and a degree teams drill followed. The twelve castles reported twenty four hundred members. Windsor in York County will host next year.
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Gettysburg
Ancient Order Knights of the Mystic Chain
York and
Adams
Kurtz
Windsor
York County
Reunion of cattlemen draws hundred in Blain district
About one hundred people from Perry Cumberland and Franklin counties attended the annual cattlemen's reunion on Friday at Three Square Hollow the old salting grounds. Rev Mr Weaver of Cumberland county spoke and a basket dinner was served at the springs.
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Blain
Perry
Cumberland
Franklin Counties
Three Square Hollow
Weaver
Cumberland County
York Haven Gets Fine Town Hall
York Haven Pa June 16 The town hall contract has been let to J W Hartley a York contractor for the York Haven Paper Company project on Pennsylvania avenue and Main street Mantle Fielding of Philadelphia is the architect The structure will cost about 50000 a site survey was made Saturday
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York Haven
York Haven Paper Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Main Street
J. W. Hartley
York
Mantle Fielding
Philadelphia
Waynesboro Nurse Weds Army Surgeon in Quiet Memorial Day Ceremony
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania on Memorial Day, Miss Maude Kirkpatrick wed Dr. Samuel B. Thomas of the United States Medical Corps in Philadelphia. The couple began as colleagues in Waynesboro where Thomas trained at Jefferson College and served on the surgical staff at Camp Meigs. They plan to reside here after his discharge.
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Waynesboro
Samuel B. Thomas
United States Medical Corps
Maude Kirkpatrick
Philaelphia
Thomas
Jefferson College
Philadelphia
United States
Camp Meigs
Tewson
Waynesboro Press debuts as new afternoon daily
Waynesboro Pa June 16 The Waynesboro Press the new afternoon daily paper has appeared It is an eight page seven column form and the first issue teems with live locals and general news Owners John H Zink head of The Heat Power Corporation Baltimore and Walter T Todd veteran Waynesboro Daily Herald manager Editor N Bruce Martin founder of the Blue Ridge Zephyr and long time editorial contributor The Press proclaims independence nonpartisan and a square deal for all.
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Waynesboro
Waynesboro Press
John H. Zink
Scotland Orphans School
Heat & Power Corporation
Baltimore
Walter T. Todd
Waynesboro Daily Herald
Funeral services for Howard J L Shetter in Chambersburg
Howard J L Shetter, a Lincoln Way East dealer, died Friday by suicide with a revolver in his wagon shed. Funeral services were held in Chambersburg this afternoon.
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Chambersburg
Howard JL. Shetter
Lincoln Way East
Union Memorial Services Held by Railroad Brotherhoods in Columbia
Union memorial services were conducted in the Bucher building in Columbia yesterday afternoon under the auspices of multiple railroad brotherhoods including Locomotive Engineers, Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, Railway Trainmen, and Conductors with auxiliaries. The event featured a musical program, a roll call of deceased members, and addresses by Rev. Dr. A. M. Mehrkam and Rev. George W. Brown. Also reported: Mrs. Solomon Gehman, 90, longtime Churchtown resident, died after a stroke. she was a Red Cross worker and Mennonite.
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Columbia
Union
Columbia Division
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Columbia Lodge
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Susquehanna Division
Bucher
Harry A. Bennett
A. M. Mehrkam
St. John's Lutheran Church
George W. Brown
St. Peter's
Solomon Gehman
Marietta
Churchtown
Lancaster County
Red Cross
Mennonite Church
Boy Bitten by Snake In Allen's Cove Penn Township
Eart Miller seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Theo Miller of Allen's Cove Penn township was bitten on the foot by a copperhead snake. His leg is badly swollen.
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Pincannon
Eart Miller
Theo. Miller
Allen's Cove
Penn Township
Driver Finds Parents Hurt in Motorcycle Crash
Chambersburg Iowa June 16 a garage call sent the ambulance to Salem Church on Scotland road where Lloyd Dunkle found his father G Frank Dunkle and mother Mrs Dunkle injured after a car upset while avoiding a speeding motorcycle. Mrs Dunkle had fractures and Mr Dunkle suffered head lacerations and bruises. Children escaped unharmed. American Legion Post in Waynesboro Pa seeks charter for Post No 15 with initial 100 members after fifteen veterans applied. A lightning strike during a 6 pm storm damaged the home of Mrs Emma Spahr on West Burkhart Avenue causing a large slate-roof hole and interior disorder.
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Chambersburg
John Dpd. Sehaal
Chambersburg Hospital
Salem Church
Scotland Road
Lloyd Dunkle
Dunkle
G. Frank Dunkle
American Legion
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
Chambersburg, Pa
Emma Spahr
West Burkhart Avenue
Suburban Notes from Hummelstown and York Haven
Local social notes list visits and travels of residents including Dr and Mrs Ralph Schaeffer from Tacoma Mrs Howard Deimler returning from Panama Howard Holsberg Naval service now home Leta Alwein Philadelphia Helen Zerfoss Cape May summering with family Caroline Schaffner Hood College vacationing with parents Elizabeth Henry hosts Captain Frank Erico Atlantic City Katheryn Stein Wilkes-Barre commencement exams Mount Holyoke College Prof S H Derickson family in Reading and Uniontown trips Mrs J Wells to Boston other brief movements across Harrisburg Annville York Haven named with graduates and weddings
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Hummelstown
Ralph Schaeffer
Tacoma
Wash
Lizzie Schaeffer
Howard Deimler
Panama
Harry Cassel
Howard Holsberg
Naval Service
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Leta Alwein
Philadelphia
Samuel Alwein
Helen Zerfoss
Cape May
N. J
Samuel B. Zerfoss
Joseph Hoffman
Caroline Schaffner
Hood College
Frederick
Harrisburg
Ross Cassel
Clayton Stecher
Harry Sutcliffe
France
Alfred Sutcliffe
Anna Snavely
Annabelle Bowers
Middletown
Caroline Rudy
Wallace Gerhart
Reading
Benjamin F. Bomgardner
Elizabeth Rudy
William Rudy
Ammon Hitz
Annwill
Sarah Bachman
East Main Street
Samuel Louser and
Minghter
McAvon
Selma Reinhold
Lebanon
Virginia Witmer
Virgie Bachman
Annville
J. Wells
Boston
Mass
Frank Erico
Atlantic City
Elizabeth Henry
W. Earl Light
Uniontown
Big Mail Plane Lands In Dauphin Field
The United States mail plane No. 78 made a forced landing in a wheat field near Dauphin on Saturday due to a leaking fuel tank. After help from Middletown, the plane resumed its New York to Bellefonte flight on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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Dauphin
United States Mail
Town
New York
Bellefonte
Middletown
New Cumberland Juniors Honor Graduates At Banquet
New Cumberland High School juniors hosted the graduating class of 1919 with a program of songs essays and mock commencement exercises followed by a banquet. Dr George Becht and County Superintendent J Kelso Greene gave addresses as diplomas were presented by the school board president. Palms and crimson and steel colors adorned the room and dancing followed the banquet. ADOPTS LITTLE GIRL Marion Hake eight adopted by Mr and Mrs George Watkins of Market Street whose father died last October leaving seven children. ELKWOOD TIGERS WIN Elkwood Tigers defeated Bellavista 11 to 9 Friday afternoon.
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New Cumberland
Luetta Kaufman
Evelyn Freeburn
George Becht
J. Kelso Greene
Kathryn Seip
Dorothy Heffleman
Clark Bair
Paul Brown
Sophocres
Board of Directors
George Watkins
Market Street
Marion Hake
Ethel Hake
Storms Damage Small Fruits Across Marysville Area
Marysville Pennsylvania reports severe weekend storms causing heavy fruit loss. Small fruits dropped from trees, ground littered with peaches and plums, and cherry trees suffered damage. Large tree limbs blown down, hail injuring corn and wheat crops across Perry county.
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Marysville
Perry County
Saturday Evening Power Outages Describe Widespread Wires Down
Saturday evening traffic reported a small turnout as power lines and telephone wires were knocked down in several spots. Marysville lost light for hours due to minor wire damage.
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Marysville
Beecham's Pills Advertises Liver Relief
An old Beecham's Pills advertisement urges relief for a fatigued liver and upset stomach. It claims light doses stimulate the liver regulate bowels and improve general well being with one or two doses.
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Lebanon Valley
Cumberland Valley
Dickinson
District Convention of
Knights of Mystic Chain
Paper Company
Priincipal Street
Union Memorial Services of Railroad Brotherhoods
Minnie Clinosky
Wolf Clinosky
York High School
Irvin Heathcote
Thomas Green
Camp Hill
George Smith
Phoebe Melhorn
Dauphin Field
ELKS
Columbia Lodge of Elkshela
John D. Allison
W. Gardiner Conklin
William J. Fleckenstein
Edward F. Fager
West Shore News
Elkwood Tigers
Bellavista
Tigers
Beecham
N. R. Black
National Cash Register Company
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