West Fairview proposes two room school addition
West Fairview Pa June 20 The school board will decide at the July meeting to submit to voters the building of an addition to the current school. Officials cite crowded conditions and seek at least two rooms with a view to annexing four while treasury funds are lacking. The eleven mill rate will be set at this meeting.
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West Fairview Board
West Fairview
Dauphin
Red Cross
Harrisburg
The Old Peabody Pew to Be Repeated Saturday
The play The Old Peabody Pew by the Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church will be repeated in the church on Saturday evening. Cast includes Rev L Elbert Wilson and Mrs. W G Ferrow among others. Visitors return home as Edward and Bennett Hammond depart for Washington after weekend visit. Philadelphia guests stay for summer at the Hammond residence.
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Lewisberry
Peabody
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
L. Elbert Wilson
W. G. Ferrow
J. W. Armstrong
J. H. Shettel
H. M. Sutton
H. C. Hetrick
Elizabeth A. Laird
Mary Frankberger
Edith Cline
Edward Hammond
Bennett Hammond
W. S. Hammond
Washington
W. S. Nortenheim
Caroline
Philadelphia
Hammond Home
Marysville
Carlisle High to graduate 58 in class day exercises
Carlisle high school held class day with a military theme as girls dressed as Red Cross nurses and boys in naval attire. Eightieth annual commencement to follow with 58 diplomas awarded by Judge S B Sadler. Two $50 historical essay prizes from Charles L Lamberton's will and two alumni prizes to be presented.
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Carlisle
Carlisle High School
Red Cross
S. B. Sadler
Charles L. Lamberton
Alumni Association
Three Honors Awarded to Hummelstown High Seniors
Hummelstown June 20 The senior class received three honors this year instead of two. Catharine Crist was declared valedictorian by a clear margin. Caroline Schaffner and Emma Sutcliffe tied for second, prompting the Board of Education and principal to award two second honors with Schaffner giving the salutatory and Sutcliffe the second honor oration.
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Hummelstown
Catharine Crist
Caroline Schaffner
Emma Sutcliffe
Board of Education
Suburban Notes on visits and local movements
Mrs A S Lehman and son William visit relatives in Millersburg. Dr and Mrs Nile Christ entertain Lancs sister-in-law. Henry Shope of Camp Hill guests of Walton. Mrs M W Etter of Palmyra visits her parents. Mrs J W Lehman of Mountville spends week with Mrs Nile Christ. Nellie Brasefield visits Wilkes Barre. plans to attend State College July 1 for summer work. Jacks Jr entertain guests from New Cumberland and Harrisburg. Geesey couple depart for Huntingdon county. Blanche Kline of Harrisburg visits sister. Edith Bobbs of Harrisburg with grandparents Earnest. Alfred McCall visits Thomas McCall in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs David M’Holland of Harrisburg visit Harrisburg friends. Mrs Mary Givler of Mechanicsburg visits brother Charles C Hummel. Mrs William Landis and daughter Mary Esther visit Alfred Landis. Bessie Taylor spends week with Rev J E Long at State College. O M Bushman now employed at Pipe Bending Works in Harrisburg. High labor costs drive citizens to other employment. About sixty five people are hauled by railroad each day. Strawberries yield well selling for 10 cents a box. Cherry crop smaller but good quality.
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A. S. Lehman
William
Millersburg
Nile Christ
Crist
Lancaster
Henry Shope
Camp Hill
R. J. Walton
M. W. Etter
Palmyra
Martin Miller
J. W. Lehman
Mountville
Nile Crist
Misa Nellie Brasefield
Wilkes-Barre
State College
Thomas Jacks Jr
William Wright
New Cumberland
William Koons
Harrisburg
Walter A. Geesey
Huntingdon County
Blanche Ktine
Wesley Oakum
Edith Bobbs
Elias Earnest
Alfred McCall
Thomas McCall
Philadelphia
David M'Holland
William Harris
Mary Givler
Mechanicsburg
Charles C. Hummel
Bessie Taylor
J. E. Long
Marysville Visitors Tour Gettysburg and Penns Cave
A Marysville party toured Gettysburg battlefield on Tuesday including Adella Spencer Chester Mary White Elizabeth Myers and Irene Leonard. Two Marysville autos explored Penns Cave in Centre County on Sunday with H J Deckard L F Platt J L Halbach Estella Deckard Mary Deckard Margaret Deckard Esther Platt Ralph Deckard Edgar Seidel and Lewis Platt. Also on Sunday several Loysville residents visited Marysville to spend the day with Myrtle Lightner and family. Mrs Carrol Hedrick of Baltimore has returned home from Hillside. Lieutenant John Good of New Cumberland is ordered to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis Ind.
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Marysville
Gettysburg
Adella Spencer
Chester
Mary White
Elizabeth Myers
Irene Leonard
Center County
Penn’s Cave
H. J. Deckard
Mrr
L. F. Platt
J. L
Carrol Hedrick
Baltimore
Jacob Brubaker
Hillside
John Good
New Cumberland
Bee
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Camp Hill High School Averages List By Class
Principal Fred V. Rockey reports passing averages for Camp Hill High School students. Juniors Sophia Bashore Pauline Davisson Mary Kapp Rebecca Kilborn Elma Koser Adam Nell John Nell Fannie Smeltzer Mary Strode top the year with scores from 70 to 97.5 percent. Sophomores Mildred Beck Harry Leich leberger Edmund Good Dorothy Herman Robert Lebo Margaret Rowland Sydney Shaar Kathryn Smith Lillian Wilson show strong marks. Freshmen Marion Denison Anna Folk Boyd Freese Chloe Fry Kathryn Gross Richard Hamme Hugh Harrison Verna Ickes Dorothy Kendall James Kilborn Jack Menger Joanna Myers Evelyn Nailor Frances Patterson Eli Spensler Clarence Zimmennan.
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Camp Hill
Fred V. Rockey
Camp Hill High School
John Bashore
Pauline Davisson
Mary Kapp
Rebecca Kilborn
Elma Koser
Adam Nell
John Nell
Boyd Freese
Chloe Fry
Kathryn Gross
Richard Hamme
Hugh Harrison
Verna Ickes
Dorothy Kendall
James Kilborn
Jack Menger
Joanna Myers
Evelyn Nailor
Frances Patterson
Eli Spensler
Clarence Zimmerman
Demonstration on Canning and Drying at Lemoyne
A demonstration on canning and drying, organized by Cumberland County Public Safety Committee in cooperation with the State College, will be held in the West Shore Bakery auditorium tomorrow. The Welfare League of Lemoyne supports this program.
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Lemoyne
Cumberland County
The
Public Safety Committee
State College
West Shore
Welfare League of
Mourns and Matrimony in Lemoyne and New Cumberland
Mrs. P. C. Coble hosted the Ladies Aid Society at Lemoyne Church of Christ with piano and Victrola music after a business meeting. In New Cumberland a wedding united Dr Orvin E. Ridel and Miss Bertha Anna Hummer at Trinity United Brethren Church. Mrs Clyde Strayer hosted dinner for Mr and Mrs Bert Diller and Mr and Mrs Rich.
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Lemoyne, Pa
P. C. Coble
Wormleysburg
Lemoyne Church of Christ
New Cumberland
Trinity United Brethren Parsonage
A. R. Ayres
Orvin E. Ridel
Bertha Anna Hummer
York
Strayer
Clyde Strayer
Fifth Street
Bert Diller
Rich
Obituaries and Deaths from Brillhart and Nearby Towns
In Brillhart Marietta Pa June 20 Mrs Catherine Cramer aged 82 died Monday night from infirmities of age. All her children are dead and one sister Mrs William Aldinger survives. Also Mrs Milton Meshey aged 23 died Monday from tuberculosis after a long illness. Besides her husband two children two sisters and a brother survive. Amos B Kreider aged 75 of East Petersburg died Monday. Nine children thirty six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren survive. Mrs George McClure buried Dillsburg Pa June 20 body brought from Lisburn Cumberland county and buried in cemetery there. Funeral procession was entirely automobile. Waynesboro Pa Sarah Stoner wife of John Stoner Routerville was found dead in bed yesterday morning by her husband. She died from paralysis. Besides her husband Mrs Stoner is survived by eight children.
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Marietta
Catharine Cramer
Brillhart
William Aldinger
Milton Meshey
Amos B. Kreider
East Petersburg
George McClure
Dillsburg
Lisburn
Cumberland County
Waynesboro
Sarah Stoner
John Ston
Routerville
Flagpole and flag replacement planned for Pen-Mar Park
A large flagpole is being made at Thurmont Maryland to replace the one destroyed by a wind and hailstorm at Pen-Mar Park. A new flag, also damaged in the storm, will be installed on Friday along with the pole.
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Mechanicsburg
Boiling Springs Park
Methodist Episcopal
Presbyterian
Trinity Lutheran
Church of God
Waynesboro
Pen- Mar Park
Thurmont
Rural Route Established From Washingtonboro Office
Postmaster Wertz of Washingtonboro reports a new rural route will start July 1 to serve patrons who previously walked long distances to collect their mail.
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Marietta
Wertz
Washingtonboro
Camp Hill Parents-Teacher Association earns praise for school reforms
Camp Hill Pa June Work of the Parent-Teacher Association draws favorable comment as it winds down for the season. Notable successes include stopping cigarette smoking among students and reducing poolroom loitering. Committees studied teacher conduct and professional environment. Officers include Robert L. Myers Sr. as president and F. V. Rockey as treasurer. Marysville group plans strawberry social at church lawn. Birth announced for Robert Steeger at Hillside.
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Camp Hill
Parent-Teacher Association
H. J. Hamme
E. KE. Wilson
J. W. Kilborn
F. M. Koser
H. C. Lawton
H. W. Zook
Co. K. Deen
W. C. Sigmund
Charles E. Gross
George D. Cook
R. L. Myers
E. D. Weigle
Lutheran Church
Warren Keim
W. C. Enterline
Robert L. Myers
Association
W.L. Roland
E. O. Pardoe
Red Vv. Rockey
Annette Russel
Robert L. Myers Sr
Lemoyne Trust Company
W. M. Denison
G. D. Cook
F. V. Rockey
Miss Mumma Entertains in Honor of Detroit Visitor
Miss Edith Mumma hosted a card party at her East Main street home in Mechanicsburg to honor Miss Ora Harnish of Detroit visiting her parents, with guests including Miss Harnish and many local residents and relatives.
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Miss Mumma
Detroit
Mechanicsburg
Ora Harnish
Mich
A. B. Harnish
Edith Mumma
East Main Street
Miss Harnish
Claire Harnish
Annville
Wilbur Harnish
Indiana
Walter Dietz
Ruth Reeser
A. d. Ensminger
Lemoyne
C. A. Long
New Cumberland
George C. Dietz
Guy M. Eberly
Dora Rowe
Esther Ryan
Frank Mumma
Charles Shriver
Fred Mumma
Robert Mumma
Schoolteachers Salaries Raised in Fairview Township
Fairview township school directors meet at Cedar Grove school house and raise salaries from 40 to 50 dollars and 50 to 60 dollars per month. Teachers organized a county institute with H M Straley as president and Tessie Kerlin as secretary. Elmer Ellsworth Lower and Mary Anna Sutton wed in Silver Spring and will live in New Cumberland.
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Lewisberry
Fairview Township
Cedar Grove
Pinetown
H. M. Straley
South Point
H. M. Sutton
New Market
Lizzie Kunkel
Eichinger
Malinda Baylor
Brick
W. C. Trout
Nauvoo
Blaine Seitz
Walnut Grove
New Market Grammar
Cross Roads
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Pennsylvania
Mary Weaver
West Locust Street
Grace Evangelical Church
D. L. Kepner
Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Chautauqua
UNION
Ee. U.S. Pat
Bayer Manufacture
Bayer
King Oscar
John C. Herman & Co
Ers
School of Commerce
Troup Building
Trpew Bell
Aufman Bidg
Bell Phone
Harrisburg Business College
Market St
Harrisburg, Pa
Chas. H. Mark
Hemlock
United Ice & Coal Co
Forster & Cowden Sts
Hummelstown High
Christian Endeavorers
Hershey Church
Christian Endeavor Society
S. C. Enck
D. D
A. 8. Lehman
Conservation of Christian Endeavor
J. F. Musselman
Africa
Sierra Leone
Con
Gladys Eppley
Ursinus
Trinity Reformed Church
Miss Eppley
William G. Eppley
Oxford
Neb
West Shore News
AID Society Entertained
Lancaster County
Oscar Steeger
Robert Steeger
Horlick
C. W. Ejisenhour
Cleckner & Burke
Boyd
Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association of Harrisburg
Packard
Packard Motor Car Co
Market Street
Rife
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