Contracts for three schools approved by board
The school board approved contracts with architects C Howard Lloyd and Verus T Ritter for Junior High Tech High remodeling and Girls High, plus open air school and annex projects. Expenditures total 35000 for a senior school and 25000 for a four room annex. Enders criticized the move until plans are reviewed again.
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C. Howard Lloyd
Verus T. Ritter
Tech High
Supenair
Harris
Robert A. Enders
JM. W. Jacobs
Susquehanna
Boyer
Lloyd
Enders
William N. Yates
Susquehanna Township High School Commencement Honors
Commencement exercises at United Brethren Church in Susquehanna Township will feature Dr. George Edward Reed as speaker. The Sara Lemer orchestra performs with harp by Lenora Fry as the class wears gray gown for the first time.
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Susquehanna Township
United Brethren Church
State Streets
George Edward Reed
Dickinson College
Sara Lemer
Lenora Fry
Catherine Jane Hoffman
Mary Swuella_ Speck
Frances
Elizabeth Hain
Hosiery There to Be Seen, Council Decides
Lewistown Pa June 21 The borough council adjourned meeting Tuesday night refused the application of W. Stahl to erect an enclosed porch in front of his residence. The council said with women wearing short dresses and hosiery it could not block the view and disappoint pedestrians by obstructions.
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Lewistown
W. Stahl
Man Arrested After Bucket of Blood Assault and Theft
Charlie Johnston is accused of striking Walter Griffin with a stone pitcher at the Bucket of Blood and stealing ten one dollar bills from his pocket. Griffin reported fragments of the pitcher and an empty pocket when he awoke. Johnston was arrested and brought to the police station for a hearing. Dauphin, Pa. June 21. The rest of the text describes a Mite Society picnic at the Elm Tree along the river with attendees listed.
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Charlie Johnston
Walter Griffin
Walter
Johnston
Dauphin
Mite Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Robert Fulton Stirling
Harvey C. Forney
Charles Shaffer
Freeman C. Gerberich
J. W. Hawthorne
George W. Heck
William Jones
William F. Reed
J. D. M. Reed
Elizabeth Gerberich
Thomas Poffenberger
Margaret Brooks
Carrie Elizabeth Gerberich
Anna Houck
Mary Poffenberger
Annie Shaffer
Annie M. Webner
Sarah Margaret Hawthorne
Harry B. Greenawalt
Harry M. Reed
O. W. Deibler
Herbert Foster
Boston
William Shaffer
Deaths and notices from Millersburg and Dillsburg
Edward E. Long of Millersburg dies at 47 in Sunbury hospital after six months spinal illness. Funeral from West Moore street home at 2 PM with Rev. Burger. burial Oak Hill cemetery. Tillie Bentzel of Dillsburg dies at 85 in South Baltimore street home after months of illness. Funeral Friday at 9 30 AM. Lutheran Church service and burial near Franklin Church cemetery. Chief J Edward Wetzel at state police chiefs meeting in Philadelphia. Telephone worker Charles Fleck ill at home two weeks. Annual pant tat of e ce trial departments of the Pennsylvania State Reform Schools at Huntingdon set for June 28 as term ends.
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Millersburg
Edward E. Long
Mary Packer
Sunbury
Long
Liverpool
West Moore Street
Burger
Grace United Evangelical Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dillsburg
Tillie Bentzel
Baltimore Street
Eveler
Franklin Church
J. Edward Wetzel
State Chiefs of Police
Philadelphia
Charles Fleck
Fleckie
Pennsylvania
Huntingdon
Government Seeks Typewriter Typists In Multiple States
The United States Civil Service Commission schedules a July 12 examination for typewriter operators open to men and women. Vacancies exist in Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware with postings in Allentown Erie Philadelphia Pittsburgh Scranton Wilkes Barre and other cities. Applicants must be US citizens 18 or older, submit recent photos, and file Form 1371 at designated post offices by deadline.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Allentown
Altoona
Butler
Chambersburg
Chester
Connellsville
Corry
Danville
Dubois
Easton
Erie
Greensburg
Harrisburg
Hazleton
Johnstown
Lancaster
Lebanon
McKeesport
Mauch Chunk
Mahanoy City
Meadville
New Castle
Norristown
Oil City
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pittston
Pottstown
Pottsville
Reading
Scranton
Sharon
United States
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Third
U. S. Civil Service District
Post Office
Extended Pleasure Trip From Duncannon
Mrs. Jennie Mell and daughter are on a extended trip to Lewistown Altoona and Pittsburgh. Her parents Mr and Mrs Vogel traveled with them to Mifflin where they visited relatives returning Sunday evening.
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Duncannon
Jennie Mell
Lewistown
Altoona
Pittsburgh
8. D. Vogel
Mifflin
A. A. U Decides On Title Events
National championship events under the Amateur Athletic Union will proceed as scheduled despite earlier calls to suspend competition for many athletes. Western cities may not host the track and field games, with Newark or Boston as likely East options if sanctions return. Swimming dates and bidders are announced, including San Diego Rowing Club for the one mile swim and Los Angeles Athletic Club for the high dive, with other events set in Honolulu Alameda Atlantic City and Cincinnati venues.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union
St. Louis
Newark
Boston
Southern Pacific Association
San Diego Rowing Club
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Hawaiian Association
Honolulu
Pacific Association
Neptune Swimming Club
Alameda
Cal
Middle Atlantic Association
Aquatic Club
Atlantic City
San Diego
17 Years Without a Bath Is This Husband's Record
In Marietta Ohio on June 21 Mrs Kitty Snyder Hamilton filed for divorce claiming husband R Pearl Hamilton has not bathed in seventeen years. She notes two rivers near his home and a city water works, yet he has avoided cleansing since their marriage on February 12 1900. He reportedly reacted with hysteria at the mere sight of water.
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Marietta
Ohio
Itis Door
R. Pearl Hamilton
Kitty Snyder Hamilton
Hamilton
Balfour’s US Mission Backed by American Enthusiasm
London June 21 Arthur James Balfour says the United States showed deep sympathy for the common cause and world freedom during the mission. He notes American hospitality and a spontaneous zeal that will outlast the war, with U S participation seen as advancing civilization and allied aims. A separate item reports Julia Higgins injuring her husband Hyland in a Dewberry Street quarrel. The Red Cross drive in Lancaster nets a $16.65 donation from a poor woman’s year of savings.
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London
Arthur James Balfour
Foreign Affairs
United States
House of Commons
Empire Parliamentary Association
Asquith
Britain
France
America
Dewberry Street
Julia Higgins
Hyland Higgins
Rarrisburg
Lancaster
Red Cross Fund
Hartman
Firemen Parade Highlights Sixth County Congress in Sunbury
Sunbury Pa June 21 a grand parade closed the third day of the SixCounty Firemens Association Fourth Annual Convention with over fifty fire companies and twenty bands. About 3000 firefighters marched while 20000 spectators lined Main Street. J W Stroh served as chief marshal with aides Dr H T Keiser and William Rinehart. Officers elected included President George Heinze and vice presidents Edward Wiels Albert Bittenbender Luzerne County Danville Joseph Williams Lackawanna Shamokin Edward Appleton Bloomsburg secretary Fred Vizer Shamokin treasurer George C Kerschner Mahanoy City delegate C W Fenstermacher Ashland. The group also approved purchasing 300 in Liberty bonds.
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Sunbury
J. Wstroh
H. T. Keiser
Burgess
William Rinehart
George Heinze
Mahanoy City
Edward Wiels
Pottsville
Albert Bittenbender
Luzerne
Luzerne County
Albert Mellon
Danville
Joseph Williams
Lackawanna County
Charles McCabe
Shamokin
Edward Appleton
Bloomsburg
Fred Vizer
George C. Kerschner
C. W. Fenstermacher
Ashland
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Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
the Red Cross
Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Brassieres
Men's Store
America United
U. S
McNeil
Great Parade
Street Floor
Women’s Union Suits
Spe
Oxfords
Children’s Union Suits
Men’s Union
Shepherd
Dives, Omeey
Stewart, Street Floor
Allen” Iron Board
Wilson
Sige
Duntley
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement
Panama
Oxford
Pomeroy& Stewart
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Heminway
Hanks D
M. C
Colt
Cial
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Market Street
Women’s
Market Street
Sunkist
Desert
Ritter’s
Sesh
Ceese
Bates
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