Timely Season Opens at Stoverdale
Children's Day exercises closed the Stoverdale Sunday school program led by Superintendent Edward Stober with address by Harry M. Horst. Miss Lilian Goodman and Miss Maude Goodman of Harrisburg sang. Elmer Swartz of Stoverdale performed. The Rev. James Werrick gave the welcome, and Prof. J. J. Gibson directed the music. The storm damaged the west end of the Limit cot e. many local residents appeared at Pine View cottage and various cottages for the summer. A Luther League meeting at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Shiremanstown is set for 7:30 p.m. tomorrow with topic Father Heyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoverdale
Edward Stober
Harry M. Horst
Hummelstown
Lilian
Maude Goodman
Harrisburg
Elmer Swartz
James Werrick
Middletown
Stoverdale Churen
J. J. Gibson
Lancaster
Russel Gleim
Anna Houck
Dauphin
Esther Brinser
Sarah Muth
Marion Walter
Catherine Shull
Ruth Kilmer
Esta Kilmer
Bertha Hummel
Joseph W. Mumma
George Muth
Ralph Gingrich
Oak Glen
Emory Fisher
The
Oleander
William Peiffer
Miss Nettle Hamperly
L. R. Fisher
J. W. Graffius
William Graffus
Emory Cottage
F. M. Sourbeer
Robert
Chelsea
Harry E. Warner
Kathryn M. Morrow
Earnest Barbush
Arthur Henry
Wohelo
Charles C. Kerns
Edward Stover
Burgess Cracks Down on Speeding in West Fairview
Constable Albert J. Shaull used a high powered searchlight over several nights to record twenty car numbers on the borough main street. Burgess Disney ordered arrests and warnings to owners. Valley Railways employees also face notices on speed. In Mechanicsburg, Miss Mary Tritt Eckert wed George Zug Fisher in Baltimore and will reside in Blackburn Apartments after a Washington trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fairview
Albert J. Shaull
Borough Main Street
West Shore
Harrisburg
Burgess Disney
Valley Railways Company
Burgess
Mechanicsburg
Mary Tritt Eckert
George Zug Fisher
Baltimore
Eyster
Evangelical Church
Washington, D. C
Penmar
Fisher
Gardner Axle Works
Carlisle
Union Prayer Service At Trinity Reformed Church
Marysville Pa June 26 monthly union prayer meeting will be held at Trinity Reformed Church Thursday evening at 7 45 o clock Rev S L Rice pastor Zion Lutheran Church will preach sermon Official board of Methodist Episcopal Church to meet in church tomorrow evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Trinity Reformed
Union Deposit
George N. Hocker
Martin Hocker
Mifflintown
Union Deposit Cemetery
Wedding at Lemoyne Unites Anna Smith and Charles Gallagher
Miss Anna Smith and Charles Gallagher were married at the bride's home in Lemoyne on Sunday night by Rev. H. T. Searle. The couple includes a Smiths family relation and a Steelton merchant as groom. Welfare League of Lemoyne contributed $10 to the Red Cross fund. A committee will finalize oiling reports for Rossmoyne street and Hummel avenue soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemoyne Lemoyne
Anna Smith
Charles Gallagher
Steelton
Herman Avenue
H. T. Searle
United Evangelical Church
Jonas A. Smith
Welfare League
Lemoyne, Pa
Welfare League of
Lemoyne
Red Cross Fund
Rossmoyne Street
Hummel Avenue
Box social tipped by Ladies' Aid at Locust Street home
The Ladies' Aid Society of the United Brethren Church will stage a box social this evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Mervin S Etter Locust Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiremanstown
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
United Brethren Church
Mervin S
Etter
Locust Street
Dr. John L. Good and Local Civic Notices in Union Deposit
Dr. John L. Good of New Cumberland, first lieutenant in the Eighth regiment medical staff, has a detailed career spanning Cumberland Valley State Normal School, Gettysburg College, Medico-Chi University, and hospitals in St. Louis and Philadelphia. He trained at Fort Harrison amid mobilization and served at the Mexican border before returning to Philadelphia. Also reports the death of George N. Hocker at Union Deposit and a Red Cross meeting at Dauphin with bandage making and scrubber preparations. Center township sets seven month term for several rural schools including Camp's, Airy View, Mansville, and Laurel Grove, with a July 2 meeting for settlement and reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Good
J. F. Good
New Cumberland
Eighth Regiment
Cumberland Valley State Normal School
Shippensburg
Gettysburg College
Medico-Chi University
Philadelphia
St. Louis University
Harrisburg Hospital
Good
Children’s Hospital
Municipal Hospital
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Maurice E. Finney
Harrisburg
Municipal
Dr. Good
Fort Ben Harrison
Indianapolis
Lancaster
Lieutenant Good
New Bloomfield
Center Township
Camp's School
Elizabeth Roth
Airy View
John Myers
Markels
Beula Davis
Mansville
Eugene Ruffenberger
Center
Olive Gantt
Okenenoke
Marie Black
Laurel Grove
Olive Hollenbaugh
Mite Society Plans Moonlit Hike in Dauphin
The Mite Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs William Minsker at Red Bridge. Members will hike out and return in the moonlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
Mite Society of
the Presbyterian Church
William Minsker
Red Bridge
Widow Sent to Prison Over Daughter’s Refusal
In Philadelphia a 65 year old widow, Mrs Cecilia Filer, was sent to prison after her daughter Mrs Dorothy Crosson refused to testify and help recover 300 dollars allegedly stolen from the family. The case arose from a December court hearing when sentence was deferred to allow repayment. Glorious Fourth in France Paris bans foreseen due to July celebrations with Premier Ribot likely attending at the American Embassy reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cecilia Filer
Salmon Street
Dorothy Crosson
Gaul Street
Bregg
France
Paris
Ribot
Local Notes Highlight Social Visits and Events
West Shore residents gather across towns with Shiremanstown Carlisle and Harrisburg visits. Alumni plan a steamboat ride while the Boys Band festival in West Fairview nets $50 to buy new suits for the Good Will Fire Company band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fairview
Good Will Fire Company
Community Notes From Millerstown and Cove
A series of social and local visits fill weekend events as residents attend showers, visits, and cottage stays. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Ar Ay Kipp’s kitchen shower, Miss Margaret Bollinger returning from Millersville Normal, and numerous trips to Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and beaches. Several townsfolk report illnesses, family visits, and imminent departures to France.
Commencement Exercises For Missionaries to China
Several hundred people are expected to attend the missionary commencement for missionaries bound for China. The program in the United Evangelical Church includes readings, prayers, and talks by board leaders and missionaries, with Bishop W. H. Fouke and Bishop U. F. Swengel among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Niebel
Hartzler
U. F. Swengel
Juniors Hold Reception For Graduating Class
In New Cumberland Pennsylvania on June 26 the junior class held a reception for the graduating class at the high school. Ninety attended including faculty and the board. The program featured solos by Margery Oren and Elma Garver, violin by Miriam Koch, readings by Carrie Prowell and Irene Seaman, piano by Miriam Koch, remarks by Professor C. B. Rice, and a banquet was served. A pigeon was presented to the freshmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
High School
Margery Oren
Carrie Prowell
Elma Garver
Miriam Koch
C. 8. Rice
Irene Seaman
Red Cross Branch to Be Formed in Marysville
Marysville Pennsylvania plans to form a Red Cross unit as an auxiliary to the Harrisburg chapter. A citizens mass meeting on the Methodist Episcopal Church lawn will formalize the organization. The Marysville Concert Band will gather at Diamond Square to escort Harrisburg Red Cross speakers from the 7:55 train to the Maple Avenue church lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Red Cross
Harrisburg
National Organization
Methodist Episcopal Church Lawn
Diamond Square
Harrisburg Red Cross Association
Methodist Episcopal
West Fairview to curb fireworks discharge
West Fairview Pa June 26 Borough officials plan to prevent fireworks discharge in the borough. No current ordinance bans sale or discharge, but officials will urge council to pass a measure next year prohibiting both sale and discharge of fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fairview
Enola Slacks on Red Cross Drive in June
Enola Pa June 26 Enola’s Red Cross drive raised 36 50 by local ministers and postmaster 5S G Hepford in charge warns action unless Armenian Relief Fund gains more support. Also notes school vacation starts and playgrounds open three sessions daily. New Red Cross members in West Fairview and Boy Scouts promotions in Lemoyne. Festival planned by Calvary United Brethren Church Class No 7 with July picnic Moore Boiling Springs Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enola
Red Cross
G. Hep‘ford
Lemoyne, Pa
Lester Crow
Rankin Nebinger
Lemoyne
J. Boyd Trostle
Calvary United Brethren Church
Boiling Springs Park
Dillsburg
Dillsburg Band
Hummelstown Girl Set to Graduate From Shippensburg Normal School
Miss Margaret Bertha Mullin daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Mullin of West High street will graduate from Shippensburg Normal school this Friday She born in Philadelphia moved to Hummelstown later joined the High school and is the first graduate of the town’s new first class high school standing She entered Shippensburg Normal in September 1915 and will graduate at age 20 with teaching as her chosen profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Drawbaugh
Thelma Drawbaugh
Shiremanstown
Raymond Renniger
Carolyn
Mildred
Carlisle
McKeesport
Gertrude Livingood
Mary
Naomi Livingood
Quarryville
Alice Seabold
Camp Hill
Marie Senseman
Rena Nebinger
Joseph Rupp
Emily Strong
Sunshine Girls’ Club
Locust Street
Charles Ebert
Stuart
Mechanicsburg
Steven Frazier
H. A. Bixler
New Cumberland
Philadelphia
Robert Dugan
Hershey
Alumni Association
Samuel Sipe
Jesse Sipe
Jeanette
Williams Grove
R. N. Sipe
Grayce Shelly
Shippensburg
Frank Kline
Marysville
Sixth Engineers Regiment
Washington, D. C
Hummelstown
Margaret Bertha Mullin
William H. Mullin
West High Street
Shippensburg Normal School
Mullin
Hummelstown High School
Shippensburg Normal
Little Girl Scalded In Bucket Accident
Lucy Wetzel, three, of near Columbia, Pa., fell into a bucket of hot water and was badly scalded at Marietta. Her condition was reported as possibly fatal.
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Marietta
Lucy Wetzel
Columbia
Double Wartime Censorship Planned for News from France
Washington reports a plan for dual censorship of American front news in France. One censor would be at General Pershing's headquarters, another in Washington. The number of U S correspondents allowed to go to France remains undecided, with four seen as excessive. Limited cable facilities motivate any restriction, and queries linger over coverage from British and French outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
War Department
General Pershing
Aes
Tommy's Makins Placed Under Tobacco Controller
London imposes tobacco control as part of a government plan to regulate supplies and prices for retailers and ensure army stocks. A seven controller framework now includes Shipping Drink Food Coal Mines Railways Potatoes and Tobacco to manage national essentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stop Hair Loss and Grow New Hair With Parisian Sage
A vintage advertising piece promotes Parisian sage as a treatment for dandruff and thinning hair. It credits Dr Langeround as discovering dandruff and fall as microbe caused and claims Parisian sage can destroy the germ, stop itching, and foster new growth with simple massages. Kennedy's Drug Store sells Giroux's Parisian sage with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langeround
Paris
Giroux
Kennedy's Drug Store
Cumberland County Registers All Men for Selective Service
A county survey reports every man in Cumberland County registered on June 5 under the selective service act. Also in Carlisle Dr Lee sails for Lazy Lady Island Vermont and leads Liberty Loan for 165 employees. Dillsburg hosts Red Cross parade and festival raising funds and new members. Miss Elmina Ditmer, 64, dies in Dillsburg and is buried in Dillsburg Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Alfred Greenwood
Cumberland County
Guy Carleton Lee
National Society For Broader Education
Carlisle Chamber of Commerce
Lazy Lady Island
St. Albans Bay
Vermont
Lee
St. Lawrence
United States
Liberty Loan
Hanley Urges War Prohibition at Carlisle Meeting
Former Governor J Frank Hanley spoke at United Evangelical Church Carlisle urging wartime prohibition. Introduced by Dr W A Hutchison he cited grain use in liquor and economic waste to boost human efficiency during war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
J. Frank Hanley
United Evangelical Church
W. A. Hutchison
Hanley
Wormleysburg Starts Street Numbering Drive
Wormleysburg, June 26. The street committee began distributing house numbers under the recent ordinance. Ferry street is the division used, with 30 days given to display numbers. A. J. Wright chairs the committee. Burgess J. Fred Hummel said an applicant seeks chief of police as council works to fill the vacancy. Oil on Front street may be applied. road repairs are shared with the State Highway Department, and residents warn speeders to comply or face arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wormleysburg
Ferry Street
A. J. Wright
Burgess J. Fred Hummel
Front Street
State Highway Department
Union and Confederate Veterans Visit Gettysburg
Dauphin Pa June 26 An interesting incident shows the wartime spirit as John Malehorn of Dauphin gathered old Civil War veterans for a trip to Gettysburg. The group included Union veterans Samuel Maurey William Baylets George Sellers and Confederate veteran Steven Cauffman all from Dauphin and keen on the Gettysburg camp commemorating their old battle site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
John Malehorn
Gettysburg
Samuel Maurey
William Baylets
George Sellers
Steven Cauffman
District N. 6 Convention Held at Delville Church
New Bloomfield Pa June 26 Sunday afternoon the annual Sunday school convention for District No 6 was held in United Brethren Church Delville with an excellent program. Officers elected President H H Bernheiser vice president Charles S Brunner secretary Anna Clouser treasurer Laura Walpe superintendent of missionary activities Mrs B B Supper home apartment Mrs Harvey Myers 0 H BR C department George Stewart elementary work Mary Rice teacher training Spensler Shearer temperance department Frank Henderson rural work Rev Roy Zeigler publicity William C Lebo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bloomfield
United Brethren Church
Delville
H. Bernheiser
Charles S. Brunner
Anna Clouser
Laura Walpe
B. B
Harvey Myers
H. BR. C
George Stewart
Mary Rice
Spensler Shearer
Frank Henderson
Roy Zeigler
William C. Lebo
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Children’s Day Services
Stover
Luther League
Luther League of St. John's Lutheran Church
Father Heyer
H. K. Lantz
Jamaica
Sheboygan Mineral Water Co
Sheboygan
Wis
Witman Brothers Wholesale Distributors
Market St
Bert
Fort Harrison
Lieut
AID Society
West Shore News
Millerstown
Ar Ay Kipp
Margaret Bollinger
Millersville Normal School
Fred. Pellow
Martin Noll
Houtzdale
Leland Rounsley
Edgar
Altoona
James Rounsley
Ruth Ritzman
East Main Street
A. H. Ulsh
PS. Caldwell
St. Johnsburg
Mts
J. B. Parsons
Port Royal
William Kipp
Annie Eckels
New Jersey
Potter Hayes
Presbyterian Church
Cove
Joseph Barnett
John McFadden
George Burd
W. H. Yocum
Leah May Yocum
Helena Cottage
W. H. Fager
Fager Cottage
Q. H. Shrenk
Marian Kennedy
M. H. Shrenk
Larue Cottage
Fountz
Nabob Cottage
Earl Blizzard
Russell Forgets
Berrier's Island
M. C. Berrier
Sally Moran
Duncannon
George Branyan
James Klinedinsthere
F. E. Ebel
Glengary
Sara Weitzel
Mary Frances Ebel
James Machlan
Joseph Machlan
Annie Tomlinson
Glengary Cottage
I. H. Wise
Dorothy Watson
Tranquil Cottage
Harry F. Shaver
C. H. Shaver
Co. H. Shaver
Huntingdon
H. E. Wingard
Buck
Manhattan Cottage
Philip Belcler
Summer Home Cottage
W. K. Klugh
J. J. Klugh
Ephriam Brown
Gardner's
Sheffer
Ben William
Niles Cook
Cumberland Valley Railroad
York
Anna Leathery
John Leathery
Alma Coulson
Matamoras
Ranges Petty
James Lau
China
Red Cross Auxiliary
Margaret B. Mullin
Tommy
School of Commerce
Troup Building
Se. Market &Q
Bell
Cumberland
Harrisburg Business College
Harrisburg, Pa
Elmira Ditmer
South Second Street
Miss Ditmer
Tillie
George Ditmer
William Ditmer
Methodist Church
Aller
Delville Church
Penene
Wdisons Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
J. B. Montgomery
Chestnut Sts
Bell Phone
King Oscar
John C. Herman & Co. Makers
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