Y M C A Secretary Heads Enola Red Cross Drive
Enola Pennsylvania on June 21 S G Hepford Secretary of the Y M C A to lead the intensive Red Cross drive assisted by R H Holmes postmaster and ministers J S Glen T H Matterness M S Sharp and F G Sleep. Ministers will present the campaign to their congregations Sunday and a town ministers meeting will plan Armenian relief cooperation next week at the Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enola
S. G. Hepford
Red Cross
R.H. Holmes
J. S. Glen
T. H. Matterness
M. S. Sharp
F. G. Sleep
Hepford
Local Obituaries and Community Notices from Lancaster County
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Sarah A. Greenawalt 88 of Elizabeth town and William M. Harry 86 Civil War veteran, along with Thomas Whitson 80 veteran and JP. The piece also covers Coxestown Ladies Aid festival and Enola canning fruit demonstration plus a St Matthew’s Church Ladies Mite Society meeting. Councils note demonstrations will continue in West Shore towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Marietta
Sarah A. Greenawalt
Elizabethtown
William M. Harry
Lancaster
Grand Army
Order United American Mechanics
Thomas Whitson
Enola Enola
Enola
St. Matthew's Reformed Church
J. M. Esenwine
Food and Fruit Crops Hit by Central Pennsylvania Storm
A heavy thunderstorm caused extensive damage in Central Pennsylvania harming crops and washing out roads. Hail ripped corn in some districts while rain caused similar losses elsewhere. A lightning strike destroyed a barn owned by W L Rabuck near Shoop s Church with an estimated two thousand dollar loss. all livestock were saved and telephone lines were knocked out to several distant areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
W. L. Rabuck
Shoop's
Gardens Damaged by Storms Rips Through Marietta Pennsylvania
Yesterday a sequence of five storms hit Marietta Pa in under an hour. Water and wind caused extensive damage along Market Street flooding homes and washing away pavement. Evans Creek rose to street level flooding basements and washing out roads. Chickens washed away creeks overflowed garden lots and tree limbs damaged houses. Trolley service halted for hours and hail pelted the town. Maytown Bainbridge and Rowenna reported overflow and gardens damaged with fruit trees stripped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Market Street
Evans Creek
Edward Lutz
Truman Seiple
Franklin Smith
Fletcher Farm
Chickies Creek
Maytown
Bainbridge
Rowenna
County Sanitary Hospital Needed in Dauphin County
County commissioners may build a contagious disease hospital under a new act approved by the state after a joint Harrisburg Steelton health board meeting. Plans are to be county funded, located away from built up areas, with state approval and management by the poor directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin County
Brumbaugh
Health Bureaus of
Harrisburg
Steelton
J. M. J. Raunick
Crops and Fruits Damaged by Storm Near Carlisle
A severe storm yesterday afternoon caused heavy crop and fruit damage east of Carlisle Pennsylvania. Fields flooded. crops torn by hail. at Frank Bosler’s farm 100 chickens were killed. a lightning bolt shut Frog Switch and Manufacturing power plant. Dr. H. T. Sadler estate grounds flooded three feet. Shippensburg reports a barn struck by lightning and hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Hall
Frank Bosler
Frog, Switch and Manufacturing Company
H. T. Sadler
Harrisburg Pastor Addresses Lutheran Convention in Chicago
The Federated Council of Lutheran Brotherhoods closed sessions in Chicago with officers reelected. Rev. L. C. Manges of Harrisburg delivered the closing address warning against hollow patriotism and urging spiritual duty amid perilous times. In Japan Yonezawa’s silk-weaving center lies in ruins after a major fire. In Stony Beach a submarine boat burned, crew rescued and ammunition removed.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Federated Council of Lutheran Brotherhoods
L. C. Manges
Harrisburg
Mr. Manges
Yonezawa
Japan
Stony Beach
Aenzie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Y.M.C.A
Enola Campaign
Coxestown
Ladies’ Aid Society
Coxestown Methodist Episcopal Church
Church Hall
Mite Society Meeting
A. B
County Sanitary’ Hospital
Kaufman
Red Cross Fund
Co. O. D
FRIDA
Capes
Poplin
Inly Union
Ees
Cumberland
Shippensburg
Herbert Allison
Associated Press
Burns
Batiste
Palm Beach
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