The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, June 24, 1909, Image 1
Mm! Jl A I II 1 I II II VOL 4S, BLOOMSIWRG, PA., THURSDAY JUNE 24, 1009. NO 2.' .WHEN YOU WANT TO Open a bank Account Have a Check Cashed Borrow Money, or Make an Investment CALL ON THE OLD RELIABLE -' The Fanners National Bank OF BLOOMSBURG Capital, $60,000 Surplus 8100,000 (J M. OltEVELlNG, Pres. M. MILLEISEN, Cashier. DIRECTORS J. L. Moykr N. U. Funk C. M. Crkveuno C. A. Kleim W. L. Whitk C. W. Runyon Dr. J. J. Brown M. Miixkisen 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. TEACHERS ELECTED. The Bloomsburg School Board Makes Few Changes School Cpens August 30th. At a lengthy session of the Bloomsburg school board Friday evening, organization was effected and teachers chosen for the coining year. Tbe board organized by electiug J. C. Brown, president; F. B. Hartnian, secretary, at the same salary as last year, and E. F. Car penter, treasurer. After routine business matters were disposed of, the board took up the election of teachers.making but a few changes. Owing to the overcrowded con ditions at the High School build ing, it was decided to divide the B. Grammar grade, which has occupi ed rooms in that building, and move it to new quarters in the pro posed addition to the Fifth street school building. Miss Cadman will continue to teach one section and I Prof. Frear will have charge of the other, Miss Josephine Pursel suc ceeding the latter as teacher of the C. Grammar grade. This change of quarters supplies an additional room for High School students. The following teachers were elect ed, Prof. Sterner and Prof. Mauser having been chosen last year for a term of three years: HIGH SCHOOL. C. O. Frank, T. F. Shambacb, Annabelli Swarte, O. H. Yetter, and H. E. Rider, the commercial department being left open for the . present. ror the A Grammar grade, Miss Ida Rinker and Elmira A. Wilson were elected. . - THIRD STREET. S. J. Juuston, ii Grammar; Miss Harriet Carpenter, C Grammar; Kathryn Gorrey, C Grammar; Hel en Reice, A Intermediate; Miss Blanche Ilartman, B Intermediate; Minnie Penman, B Intermediate; Mary Kline, A. Primary; Mae Rhodomoyer, A Primary; Mable Moyer, B Primary; Helen Vander slice, B Primary; Gertrude Rinker, C Primary, Clora Furmau, C Pri mary. THIRD STREET. F. A. Frear, B Grammar; Emma Cadman, B Grammar; Josephine Pursel, C Grammar; Kathryn Cad ow, A Intermediate; Edith Keller, B Intermediate; Mary Sheep, Pri mary; Xouise Robius, B Primary; Anna Fox, B Primary; Annie Sny der, C Primary; other C Primary left open for the present; Mrs. C. E. Kesty, substitute teacher. COMPLETING MATCH FACTORY. After inspecting the progress made in altering the school furnish ing plant in preparation for using it as a match factory, Fred A. Fear, head of the new industry secured for Bloomsburg, expressed himseif as wholly satisfied with the progress made, practically only a little paint ing yet remaining undone.. The work of dismantling other plants to bring the machinery here is fast progressing, he stated, and expects to have the machinery on the ground within a month and to be at the work of manufacturing matches in an even less time after wards. Speaking of his plans for the plant he stated they now con template , doubling the output as originally placed aud Bloomsburg, he stated, will have a much larger plant than the town was originally figuring on. . Mrs. Arthur B. Naylor, of West Fourth street, returned home from a six months' visit to her old home in England on Monday morning. She had a very pleasant voyage, and enjoyed her trip very much. She was met at New York City by her husband. JOHN-FRYMIRE. At high noon yesterday at the home ot the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs. G. P. Frymire, on East Street, Miss Martha Frymire of lilootnsburg became the bride o Jesse M. John of Millville. Rev R. G. Bannou, I). D., of W.lliam sport, was the officiating minister, the ring ceremony of the Lutheran church being used. The decorations were carried out in green and pink, the bower tin der which the couple were pro uounced man and wife being oma mented m blossomiug laurel. The maid of honor was attired in pink Orkeda crepe silk and the brides maids wore costumes in pale green of the same material. The bride herself appeared in white crepe de chine moasseliue and bore a bridal bouquet of white swainsanias. Miss Frymire was attended by Miss Margaret Waller as maid of honor, the Misses Belle Burr aud Marguerite Eshelman as bride1 maids, and Miss Florence Caswell as flower girl. Mr. Walter W Skerry accompanied Mr. John as groomsman, aud Myron Eves and Jay urimes acted as ushers. Mrs J. Emory Eves of Millville, former ly Miss Margaret Evans of Blooms burg, rendered the Mendelssohn wedding march as the wedding party entered the parlors. During the ceremony the pianist rendered an original composition dedicated to the bride entitled "The Bride's Dream." After the cere mony the wedding party left the room in order preceded by Miss Laura Herring, whom Bloomsburg salutes as a prima donna of the days to come, singing as a reces sional "Adeste Fideles" in Latin. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Dodson during which time Miss Herring further favored the company with a number of solos appropriate to the occasion rend ered in a most acceptable mauner. A number of guests were present who uad been in attendance at the weddings of. the bride's mother and elder sister. Mr. and Mrs. John left Wednes day evening for Solon Springs, Wis consin, where they will make their future home, Mr. John entering mercantile business there on July i. COMMERCIALS PASSED. Profs. James T. Goodwin and Bruce Sneidman, who have charge of the commercial department at the Bloomsburg State Normal School, have annonnced that the entire senior class in that depart ment has passed the final examina tions. The list of graduates is as follows: Full commercial course Elmer E. Ash, Benton; Neil Harrison, Forks; Chas. Burgiugame, Almedia. Stenography course Loretta A. Daily, Plymouth; Getha Dieffen- bach, Bloomsburg; Belle Dobbs, McCoysville; Mabelle Dobbs, Mc Coysville; Clara Eastman, Blooms burg; Eesse Ferguson, Bloomsburg. Bookkeeping course North Lei dy, Bloomsburg; Rouald Donovan, Laceyville. , GEORGE W. MILES. George W. Miles county commis sioner of Montour county, who was serving his third term in that of fice, died Friday at Danville. He was aged seventy-five years and was one of tbe most prominent cit izens of the Montour county se it, having served on the school board and in the town council. He was well known throughout this coun ty. The funeral services were held Sunday. n , . L-Kpenenc is noi it Is long remembered. tmcrjon. Experience In Investing, In busi ness ventures, and evn experi ence in selecting a Bank may be costly and tlwrefort unpleasant. 11.-.1 . Y... ...ill ..MMHlL m . .. perlnce at this WE WANT YOUU BUSINESS AND ASSURE YOU OF ' CONTINUED EXCELLENT SERVICE. E BLOOMSBlfflG NATIOiJAtBANK BLOOMSBURG PENNA S. S. ASSOCIATION. Fortieth Annua! Convention Hell at Benlon Myron I. Low Again President, Generally considered the most successful gathering of its kind in the history of the county was the fortieth annual convention of the Columbia County Sunday School Association, held at Orangeville on Thursday and Friday of last week. The attendance was large, practically every section of the county being represented, and the addresses aud discussions that marked the sessions proved both in teresting and highly instructive. Particularly pleasing to the work ers in this field was the report of the statistical secretary, which showed this county second to but one other Pennsylvania county in point of percentage of population enrolled in the Sunday schools. This report may be briefly summa rized as follow.: Denominations, 14; number of schools, 139; number of ever green schools, 123; number of cradle roll, 98; cradle roll members, 2,052; number of home depart ments, 59; number of home depart ment members, 1,491; number of officers and teachers, 1,844; num ber of scholars, 14,722, total enroll ment, 20, 149. This is an increase of 2,000 in the enrollment since last year. Last year 46 per cent. of the population of tfce county was enrolled in the county; this year it is 50 per cent. Myron I. Low was again elected to lead the Association for another year. Other officers were chosen as follows: Vice presidents, H. R. Bower, Fred T. Ikeler, N. Beishliue, M. E. Stackhous; recording secretary, Martha Powell; corresponding sec retary, A. W. Spear; assistant cor responding secretary, Verua Fritz; field secretary, Martha Robinson; treasurer, Anna McIIenry; Supt. primary work, north side, Eunice Spear, south side, Bertha Gilbert; Home Department Supt., J. B. Nuss; teacher training superintend ent, O. H. Bakeless; Supt. of Or ganized Adult Bible Class Move ment, George Styer; delegates to State convention, Miss Ida Her ring, chairman. The delegates selected to attend the state convention are: Anna Her ring, George R. Styer, A. U. Lesh- er, Rev. I. E. Spangler, A. W. Spear, Martha Powell, Prot. O. II. Bakeless, N. Beishhne, M. E. Stackhouse, H. J. Traub, O. Beish liue, Mrs Anna McHenry, Mrs. A. L. Ent, Mrs. A. Scott, Miss Lou Robbins, Mr. Robert Crispin, Rev. C. E. Miller, Rev. J. O. Biggs, I. C. DeMott, Rev. O. E. Sunday, Miss Ella Stewart, Rev. W. I. Bur- rell, Rev. T. Myers, Mrs. E. M. Knorr, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Hess. Mrs. Zerban Low, C. M. Laubach, Levi Remley, Frank Kocher. RACES SATURDAY. Saturday the second matinee ra- ciug event of the season, under the auspices of the Bloomsburg Driving Club, will be held at the county Fair grounds. The regulations that made the first event so suc cessful will again be in force, and the classification of horses will be in tbe hands of the same racing committee. George S. Knorr, J. G. Quick, and A. V. Kressler will serve as judges, and Tilden Kline, Theodore Smith, and Charles Yea- j ger as timers. l ...j. 1 1 easily gained dui i Bank with pleasurf . I J, i NORMAL EXAMINATIONS. State Examining Board Announces Results ot Work Commencement Next Week. Announcement of the results of the examinations at the Normal School under the State examining board was made yesterday morn ing. All of the 96 Seniors in the regular Normal course were pass ed. These, together with the 11 commercial graduates and the 15 college preparatory students, will make a total of 122 graduates this year. All of the 126 Middlers were also passed by the State committee, and this means a Senior class of equal size for the Normal next year. Of the 214 Juniors examined, 198 were passed. Only three of the sixteen who were rejected were students at the school during the past year. Commencement exercises begin Sunday with the baccalaureate ser mon by Dr. D. J. Waller, principjl cf the school. Monday night comes the annual drama by the Junior class. Tuesday will be devoted to class reunions, with the Senior class day exercises at night. On Wednesday comes the com mencement exercises proper, Dr. George Edward Reed, LL. D., S. T. D., president of Dickinson Col lege delivering the commencement address. The annual alumni din uer immediately follows. COURT TWICE REVERSED. In the only two cases from Columbia- county before the Pennsyl vania Supreme Court, sitting in Philadelphia Tuesday, Judge C. C. Evans was reversed. In the case of tne First National Bank of Bloomsburg vs. Emanuel Gerli, as administrator of the estate of Joseph Ratti, a new trial was ordered. The case is an action involving the pay ment of a note for $5000, and the first trial resulted iu a verdict awarding the plaintiff $5381, rep resenting the face value of the note with interest. The second case, that of B. Frank Rice vs. Harvey Ruckle, et. al., involving owner ship and distribution of profits from two lots of land in Espy, went up on appeal from the confirming absolute of the referee's finding awarding the plaintiff the title to the property aud S605 additional The Supreme Court reversed Judge Evan, putting the costs on the ap pellee. CATAWISSA MASONS' CLUB. An elaborate banquet in which sixty-five members and their friends participated, marked ths opening Tuesday evening ot tne lyrian club recently organized by the Cat- awissa members of the Masonic fraternity. The banquet was held in the new and handsomely furnished quarters iu the post office building. The rooms, which are admirably adapt ed to club purposes, are equipped as game, pool, and reading rooms. Following the inspection of the new quarters as formally opened on Tuesday evening, refreshments were served and a few after-dinner speeches closed what had proven a most enjoyable social function. The reception committee in charge ti all arrangements that marked, the opening of the club was composed of Messrs. W. M. Vastiue, Kline, ana j. j. iewis. , , fllf, id hi i:i! '1 it f'i 'rfV' V' MO VililfiR t'J'ii:! Jl iiil'i(i(H fxll 'lot . (.I ! '!:? "'1 ll'lw Townse Eckrheimar; SUITS, SHIRTS, HOSE; MUMJI'J i, 11, oil 1." 7), .1. CORNER Of" 1 ) i' Mo liffJ )i 1 Wl.,l vl 111 1 1 .M.i il oi (iti iiw Ufjiio-.o i' i'll C OTHIlVn )o, ui uivicwi in: wn At ,nifi'l. nl)(i6'. So jertl e I'l l -i'i'4 on'' ti !Oi.u :!' I'd". 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