RECEPTIONS, PARTIES, WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES
POSTCARD SHOWER
ON 77TH BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Leonard Heikes Remembered
by Many Friends on Anniver
sary Occasion
DILLSBURG STREET IS OILED
All Brickwork on New Lutheran
Church Has Been
Completed
By Special Correspondence
Dillsburg, Pa., May 30.—Mrs. Leon
ard Heikes was given a birthday post
card shower on Saturday in honor of j
her seventy-seventh birthday.—Balti
more street was oiled this week to keep
down the dust. The expense of the
oiling: was paid by the residents along
the street. —Mrs. R. S. Petty has gone
to Atlantic City for the summer.
Professor J. E. Hartman, who was,
teaching school in New York city, has
returned to the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hartman. —The
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Segelken, of
Steelton. were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Brltcher, Monday.—The brick
work of the new Lutheran Church is
now completed. Workmen have
started to build the foundation for the
new house of Mrs. Jerome Starry, in
place of the one destroyed by fire sev
eral ago. Miss Katherine
Reiver has returned to her home after
t-pending several weeks at York.
Mrs. John M. Leathery spent several
days with her daughter, Mrs. May
Comp, who is ill at her home in Car
lisle.
Elizabethville Band Concerts
Attract Large Crowds
By Special Correspondence
Elizabethville, Pa., May 30. Mr.
Mrs. D. M. Stine attended com
mencement exercises at Port Carbon
on Monday evening, where their son
is principal.—The Rev. Mr. Bailsman,
of Harrisburg, occupied the pulpits of
the Reformed charge here on Sunday.
•—The baccalaureate sermon to the
class of graduates will be preached in
the Lutheran Church by the Rev. E. J.
Heilman on Sunday evening. The
Rev. Mr. Wehr and family spent the
week at Allentown and Schwenksville.
The illness of Mr. Kehr has caused
him to take a necessary rest for sev
eral weeks. Max Byerly left for
Northumberland and Shamokin on I
Monday. The local school board |
elected several of next year's corps of j
teachers on Monday evening, viz.: Pri- J
mary school. Miss Ella N. Shutt; sec- j
ondary, Miss Florence Wehr; inter
mediate, Miss Ellen Miller; assistant 1
principal, Miss Estella Lubold. Pro- i
fessor Hertzler has resigned and will}
leave for other parts. Miss Emma |
Shaffer spent several days with her |
brother, Dr. Shaffer. Mrs. Elmer I
Gelss, of Reading, spent several days i
in town.—Mark I. TThler is home from
Muhlenberg College.—William H. Mil- j
ler, of the Capital City, is spending |
the week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. D. Miller.—Mrs. Gertie James
and daughter, of Philadelphia, are the
guests of B. F. Bufflngton.—Mrs. H.
Stuppy, of Lykens, spent several days
with Mrs. Sarah Holtzman. Large
crowds were attracted to the band
concert given in A. M. Rorr.berger's ca
pacious yard on Saturday evening.
This evening they will play for the
basketball festival.
Miss Lee Dromgold Entertains
Members of R. T. A. Club
Py Special Correspondence
Blain, Pa., May 30. —Women's |
Christian Temperance Union will hold j
b meeting on Monday evening in the j
Reformed church.—Miss Mary B. !
Gutshall visited her uncle, Wilson j
Gutshall, in Harrisburg.—The Rev. I
J. C. Reighard is attending the an- I
nual meeting of Juniata Lutheran con- i
ference in Marysvile. The Rev. Mr. !
Reighard will supply the pulpitl of the |
New Bloomfield Lutheran charge on i
Sunday.—Miss Anna Hoover, of New j
Cumberland, is'the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. S. B. Gutshall.—Miss Lee Drom- I
gold entertained the R. T. A. Club j
on Tuesday evening. Those present !
were: Miss Grace Stambaugh. Miss '
Anna Harkins, Miss Frankie B. Dimm,
Miss Hazel G. Hench, Miss Nellie E.
Book and Mrs. S. M. Woods.—Mrs.
Dervin Hollenbaugh, of Harrisburg,
was here on Monday.—Dealers are
paying 17 cents for wool in this sec
tion.—The Methodist Sunday School
will render special services in observ
ance of children's day on June 14.
The Rev. J. C. Reighard will deliver
the annual sermon before the Junior
Order Union American Mechanics,
Blain Council, No. 583, on Sunday,
June 7, at 7:30 p. m.—C. M. Btfwe'r.
chairman of the County Agricultural
Association, attended the State farm
ers' annual normal institute at
Stroudsburg this week.—Mrs. Roy
Williams, of Binghamton, N. Y., came
here on account of the illness of her
mother, Mrs. S. G. Smith.—Benjamin
H. Kell, of Saville, is president of the
graduating class of thirty-seven mem
bers at Ursinus College.
Miss Edna Martin Wins
Silver Medal Contest
By Special Correspondence
Ephrata, Pa., May 30. A silver!
medal contest under the auspices of
the Ephrata W. C. T. U. was held in
the United Brethren Church. The re
citers were Margaret Landis, Alma
Hurst, Esther Stoudt, Edna Martin,
Leona Mohler and Mildred Kllhefner;
Miss Martin was awarded the medal.
Each of the other contestants was
awarded a beautiful bound illustrated
copy of the New Testament—On Tues
day evening, May 26, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Frank, in Ephrata
township, their oldest daughter, Miss
Nora Frank, was united in marriage to
Theodore Wolle, of Lititz, the wedding
ceremony being performed by the Rev.
Benjamin Wenger.—Camp No. 31,
Patriotic Order of Americans, cele
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the institute of the camp in an appro
priate manner. About eighty mem
bers of the order from Ephrata and
neighboring towns were in attendance
and an excellent musical and literary
program was rendered.—Joel Mil'er,
a tramp, who had bene given a hear
ing on Tuesday afternoon by Justice
of the Peace Harry Wealand, of Clay,
on the charge of larceny, slipped away
from Constable We.t, of Clay town-
Rhip. as they were about to step on the
3 o'clock car In Ephrata for Lancaster
hut was recaptured after a lively
chase of almost one and a half miles.
Ho was taken to Lancaster jai)
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SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 30,1914.
Survivors of Classes Will
Honor First Principal
of Maytown High School
PROFESSOR H. T. ALBERT
Special to The. Telegraph
Marietta. Pa., May 30.—Professor
H. T. Albert, now residing at Durham,
Kas., who is 84 years of age, and the
first principal of the Central High
School at Maytown, is to be honored
by the survivors of the classes with the
placing in the school building of a
life-size portrait of himself. He was
considered one of the best men who
ever taught there, and his pupils are
scattered over the world. An effort
is being made to reach them, and con
tributions have been coming in to help
dafray the expenses of the portrait. It
is the purpose of the committee to
hold a public dedicatory service, at
which time former pupils will speak,
and some of the songs sung in those
by-gone days will be used. The com
mittee is hard at work arranging for
the affair, through the efforts of the
secretary. William H. Clepper. James
F. Johnstin is the president and Pro
fessor H. B. Jacobs the historian of the
organized Professor H. T. Albert Me
morial Association.
Greencastle Minister
Preaches Farewell Sermon
By Special Correspondence
Greencastle, Pa., May 30.—Mrs. A.
A. Morganthal and little son, Alvin,
left for a week's visit with friends in
Harrisburg and Altoona. —Mrs. Daniel
Omwake and Mrs. C. Early Hollinger
returned home from a two weeks' visit
with friends at York. —Mrs. Arthur
Saiter and daughters, Misses Evelyn
and Marie, returned home Sunday aft
er an extended visit with relatives at
Pittsburgh.—The Rev. Raymond E.
Marshall, pastor of the local Metho
dist Episcopal church, delivered his
farewell sermon on Sunday morning.
The Rev. Mr. Marshall is a member of
the class of 1914 of Dickinson College
and will be graduated June 10. In
September he will enter Boston Theo
logical Seminary and continue his
studies there. He will be succeeded
by the Rev. Walter Henley, of Balti
more.—Mrs. C. A. Hunt and daugh
ter, of Bushnell, 111., are guests in
the home of Warren Grove. —Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Young and daughter, of
Washington, D. C., were guests of Mrs.
A. C. Bushey on Sunday.—Miss Made
line Dayhoff entertained a number of
little friends at her home In the Flem
ing apartments.—Mrs. D. Z. Shook is
confined to her home by a severe at
tack of tonsilitis.—Mr. and Mrs. War
ren Shook, of Summersville, Mass.,
who have been spending the past week
with relatives here, returned home on
Monday.—Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gordon
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a daughter on Sunday.—The
Misses Rose and Bertha Thompson,
of Martinsburg, W. Va„ were the
guests of Mrs. Chester Kepner on Sun
day.—Harry Brumbaugh, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Brumbaugh, near
Greencastle, who will be graduated
from Dickinson College June 10, has
been elected principal of the high
school at Rristol, Pa.—The residence
of Edward May Mayhew, situated
east of Middleburg. was totally de
stroyed by fire Monday morning about
:fi o'clock. The cause of the fire is un-
I known, hut is thought to be due to
la defective.flue. There was no insur
! ance on the property.—The Re,v. and
Mrs. T. T. Everett, D. D„ of York, ar
rived here yesterday and will make
j this their future home. Dr. Everett
| was formerly pastor of Zion Lutheran
chucrh at York.—Mrs. Elizabeth
Brindle is spending two weeks with
friends in Hagerstou'n.—Mrs. Cather
ine Walch, of Chambersburg, spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. David
Martin. —Mrs. Harriet Rhodes who
spent the winter here with her daugh
ter, Mrs. C. B. Carl, has gone on an
extended visit with friends in Carlisle.
—A teachers' training class was organ
ized in the First United Brethren
church Monday evening, with the pas
tor, the Rev. J. W. Houch as teacher.
Twelve pupils have enrolled.
VALUABLE STRAWBERRY CROP
Ixnvistown, Pa., May 30.—False
alarms of fire have been bothering the
fire companies lately.—Miss Gladius
Smith will graduate from Indiana
State Normal School.—Mrs. Samuel
Smith has been visiting friends in
New York State.—Mrs. David Snyder
is visiting friends in New Jersey.—
George Gavton. of Binghamton, N. Y..
has been visiting his parents here.—
Mrs. Charles Kitting has returned
home from a visit to friends in Phila
delphia.—Charles M. Smith has a
strawberry crop coming on that will
net him SSOO per acre.—Lewistown
has more automobiles for its size than
any other town in Pennsylvania.—R.
L. Golder, of Wilkes-Barre, is a guest
of friends here. —Hugh Hamilton, of
Akron, Ohio, is calling on friends here.
—Water Bearley will graduate from
the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy.
—Harry Leason, of San Francisco]
Cal., is caling on friends here.—Dr.
Walter H. Parcels was the Memorial
Day orator at Yeagertown.
MISS IIROSS GRADUATES
Jonestown, Pa., May 30.—Miss ♦Bes
sie Euston, of Lebanon, spent several
days with E. Daniel Hinterlelter.—
Luther and Henry Kern spent a day in
Annville with their uncle, Milton H.
Shand.—Miss Estelle V. Brossman re
turned home after spending a week
with friends at West Chester.—Harry
A. Barry, of Oak Forest Park, Caton
ville, Maryland, motored to Jonestown,
his former home.—Miss Lilly Bross!
who graduated with high honors at
the Lebanon high school commence
ment on Thursday evening, had as
her subject. "The First Hague Peace
Convention."—Michael B. Mohn, who
was very ill of pleuro-pneumonia, is
slowly improving.—Dr. Lewis W.
Nagle, of Nfwmanstown, father-in
law of Mr. Mohn, spent Saturday
[night here. —Mr. and Mrs. Richard B.
I Miller attended the funeral of| their
| daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Fred
I Miller, at Lebanon.
Old Farmers Sowed Buckwheat
on "Seven-Sleeper Day"
Modern Agriculturalist in Perry County Plants Grain Earlier
and Gets More Plentiful Crops
-New German town. Pa., May 30.
Thirty-ono Republicans and fifty-six
Democrats voted at the primaries in
Toboyne township, first election dis
trict. Fifteen Republicans and fifty
Democrats failed to vote.—Russell F.
Swartz. Harry Sanderson and Ira C.
Morrison were in Harrisburg last
week. —Mrs. H. C. Showaker, Miss
Pauline Gring and Miss Jessie Mum
per were in Newport.—Mrs. H. E.
Bryner and two sons visited friends at
Cisna Run. —A birthday party was
held on Wednesday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Hockenberry for
itheir son, Frank, who has been a crip
ple since birth. He was the recipient
of many useful presents. Those pres
ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Hockenberry, sons Frank and Ross
and daughter Myrtle; Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Miller and son Roy, Messrs. Da
vid College, David Saltzburg, Harry
Briner, Raymond Stainor, Clark An
derson, Elder Gibbons, Maurice Gib
bons ,C. W. Otto, Daniel E. Mumper,
Andrew Trostle, Misses Louise Mump-
Mrs. Ryan Bressler Royally
Entertains Mothers' Club
Halifax, Pa., May 30.—Mrs. Ryan
Bressler entertained the mothers' Club
at her bungalow in Powls Yalley on
Thursday afternoon. Bobby Shumak
er and Ryan Bressler chaperoned the
party.—Mr. and Mrs. John Riland, of
Railway, N. J., spent several days at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Bress
ler.—Mrs. Ellen Bressler accompanied
them here to remain during the sum
mer.—Professor Clyde Shibe, Bert
Barnes and Victor Gustavison, of
Clearfield", are spending a few days at
the home of J. W. Clemson on the
island. They came the entire distance
down the river in a canoe.—Charles
Manning, of Enola, was in town on
Monday.—Mr. and Mrs. William Lebo
and little daughter, of Harrisburg,
spent a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Zimmerman. —Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Gilbert and little
daughter Mary Louise, of Harrisburg,
spent a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Zimmerman.—Miss
Marie Grim spent Sunday with friends
at Harrisburg.—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Fisher, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday
at the home of the latter's father,
Cornelius Koppenheffer. Robert
Troutman, of Reading, is spending
sometime with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Schell. —William W.
Bottomstone, of Baltimore, Md., spent
Sunday with his uncle, J. C. Marsh.
—Mrs. H. L. Fette"".oiT spent Satur
day at Harrisburg with friends —Mrs.
Harry Bottomstone, >.f Watsontown,
spent Tuesday at the home ot her
father, John Cratzer. —Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Cooper and son, John, spent
Sunday at Carlisle, guest of their son,
William.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fair
childs and Charles Dowden, of Millers
burg, spent Sunday at their bungalow,
near town.
District Attorney of Union
County to Deliver Address
Middleburg;, Pa., May SO. —Mrs. J.
E. Haldeman and children are visiting
at the home of Mrs. Pearl Haldeman
at Thompsontown.—Mrs. A. D. Goug
ler and daughter are visiting friends at
Williamsport.—Banks Dreese and sons
Daniel and Joseph spent Sunday with
friends at Liverpool.—The Rev. H. A.
Stauffer preached an able Memorial
sermon in the Lutheran Church on
Sunday evening.—Herman Shumaker,
of Liverpool, called on his brother, I.
A. Shumaker, on Tuesday.—Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Mover, of Freeburg, spent
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. J. E.
Haldeman. —Attorney Jacob Gilbert
spen* several days • ith his sister at
Lewistown.—R. M. Barton left for
Tyrone on Sunday where he is employ
ed as a mail clerk. —G. A. Stine, of
York, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. A.
J. Herman. —Mr. and Mrs. James Sig
ler called on friends at Sunbury on
Saturday.—Mis Edith Fowler is visit
ing friends in Watsontown—J. C. Fow
ler and daughter, Florence, spent sev
eral days with friends in Coudersport.
—I. J. Batdorf, of Harrisburg. was a
business caller in town on Tuesday.—
Mrs. Samuel Graham, of Spruce Hill,
spent several days with her daughter,
Mrs. R. M. Barton.—Cloyd Steininger,
district attorney of Union county, will
deliver the Memorial address in Mid
dleburg, Saturday evening.
Principal and Instructors
of Mifflin Schools Appointed
Mini into wn, Pa., May 30.—Mrs. E. I
A. Beal is in Philadelphia attending
the convention of the P. O. of A. as
district deputy president of Juniata
and Mifflin counties and will visit her
son Ross, a student at Gettysburg Col
lege on her way home.—John B. La
mer, of Washington, D. C., visited his
summer home at Bellard Farm last
week. —Mildred Etka, who was seri
ously ill with pneumonia, is better. —
Joseph S. Martin, of Sharpsburg, is
visiting in town. —Maurice, the oldest
child of Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Morgan,
is ill with scarlet fever and the Luth
eran parsonage is quarantined.—Rob
ert Culp went to Philadelphia to at
tend the examination of the University
of Pennsylvania.—Gilbert Rickabaugh
and his sister, Miss Katherine, of Mil
lerstown, visited at the home of Mrs.
Kurtz Kauffman on Saturday.—Miss
Mary Schlomer, of Newport, is visiting
at the home of her brother, John
Schlomer, at Mifflin. —The board of di
rectors for the Mifflin schools have ap
pointed the following teachers: Miss
Gardiner, principal; Miss Renker, of
Carlisle, assistant principal; Mr. Ber
ris. of Port Royal, for the grammar
school; Miss Grace Selber, interme
diate; Miss Hubert, second interme
diate; Miss Sara Roblson, primary de
partment, and Miss Emily McNeal,
second primary.—Mrs. Fllimalee, of
Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Elmer Mc-
Mean, of Mifflin.—Miss Margaret Eld
er has returned home after a visit of
several months at Sunbury and Phil
adelphia.—Miss Gardner has opened
a six weeks'- summer school In the
Mifflin High school building.—Mrs.
Baker's senior music class will give a
recital Thursday evening in the Pres
byterian Church.—The Rev. and Mrs.
Aurand stopped here over night with
Miss Alma Selber on their way home
to York after a visit to Mrs. Aurand's
parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Fahs. at
Tyrone.—Misses Grace and Alma Sei
ber have gone to Washington, D. C.,
to meet their sister, Miss Helfcn, who
has been at school In Virginia. After
a visit of a few days in the Capital
City they will attend the exercises at
Wiison College. Chambersburg, after
which Misses Grace and Helen will re
turn home while Alma will fro to York
to visit her friends, the Rev. and Mrs.
i Aurand.
er, Jessie Mumper, Alice Mumper,
Zora Trostle and Maggie Hockenberry.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. P. Kelin and
daughter, of Newport, and Mrs. Keim's <
mother, Mrs. Samuel Barnhart. of 1
Bellwood, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Hopple.—Miss Rhoda
Morrow and Miss Maude Smith visited
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Foose, of Ander
sonburg on Saturday.—The Rev. Mr.
Strieker, of the Church of God, bap
tized five young people by immersion
at Center Square on Sunday morning.
—Mrs. S. B. Trostle was cailed to New
Bloomfield on Monday on account of
the illness of her daughter, Mrs. John
S. Briner.—The supervisors of To
boyne townsuip have a force of men
repairing the township roads. They
are better than the State road.—The
farmers of Toboyne township for
many years had been sowing buck
wheat on June 27, "Seven-sleeper
Day," but now a great many of them
are seeding for buckwheat wljen they
sow their oats and are getting better
crops.
Personal News Items
From Nearby Towns in
Central Pennsylvania
By Special Correspondence
Newton Hamilton. Mrs. Charles
Price was a visitor at Harrisburg. on
Wednesday. R. D. Stayner was at
New York and Philadelphia, last week.
—J. G. Ewing went to Newport on
Tuesday. Clifford Norton, of Altoona,
spent a few days at the home of his
parents. Mrs. J. H. Lutz, of Reading,
was a visitor here on Monday. Miss
Lizzie Laughlln, of Lewstown, visited
her friend, Miss Maggie Craig, this
week. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Daniels,
of Altoona, spent a few days at the
home of their parents. Mrs. C. A.
Daniels and daughter, Mildred, return
ed home on Friday, after a month's
visit in Ohio. H. G. Hower, of Mt.
Union, was a visitor in town on Tues
day. Mrs. J. D. Miller was at Altoona
on Saturday.
Malta. Mrs. W. E. Lucas, of Dal
matia, called on her sick mother, Mrs.
Jacob Grimm, this week. Lloyd and
Aden Bohner, of Hickory Corners, spent
Ascension Day at the home of their
uncle, E. D. Witmer. Thomas Zerbe,
of Dalmatia, made a short call on his
son, Webster, on Thursday. Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Snyder, of Pillow, transact
ed business here on Saturday.—Flor
ence Schlegel, of Sunbury, spent a few
days with her sister, Mrs. Robert B.
Zerbe, the latter part of the week.
George H. Stein, of Millersburg, was in
town on Saturday. George H. Deppen
and family were the guests of relatives
near Pillow, on Sunday. Charles H.
Zerbe had a telephone installed in his
home, recently. Mr. and Mrs. Jona
than J. Shaffer and Mrs. Charles H.
Zerbe and daughters paid a visit to the
home of John M. Lenker. Walter H.
\\ ertz, of Sunbury, visited under the
parental roof over Sunday. Henry
Dippen, a retired farmer, died very sud-
I denly at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
B F. Harris, on Friday. Charles H.
| Hepner was at Elizabethville on Mon
day. Jay A. Bingaman, of Dalmatia,
was in town on Monday.
Krenmer. Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Roush and daughter. Stella, visited
relatives here on Tuesdav. Mrs.
1- rank Brouse visited her sister, Mrs.
ISi an< ' Mrs. Ammon
Blouch, of Middleburg, visited friends
here. The following were at Wash-
P n Sunday: Clarence Gordon,
Philip Hummel, Selln Mecklv, John
Benfer, George Pontious and Miss Lena
Mull. Mrs. H. F. Aurand and Carrie
?.\ tter r ,!V. ere „ ,n Sunbury this week.
Miss Lillle Hottenstein and her mother,
Mrs. A. H. Hummel, visited the form
ers mother, Mrs. Lizzie Hummel
Henvertown. Mrs. Amelia Gund
"i a ?; of K , e »y er Springs, was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Soles and family,
» st , reet - Thomas Coleman,
°t. Jf'ttsburgh. came home suffering
JJ 1 typhoid fever. Clarence Walker,
of Selinsgrove was the guest of George
A\ nlker. William Coleman, of Lewis
town, was the guest of friends here
over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William
Gill and daughter, of Mversdale. were
the guests of Mrs. Edward Beaver
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wetzel visited the
latter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gingrich,
at Evendale, Pa. lra Middlesworth,
of Sunbury, was the guest of his aunts,
Misses Minerva and Jane Middlesworth
over Sunday. Mrs. William Moyer
was called to the bedside of her mother,
Mrs. E. Howell,, at MeClure. Pa. The
Rev. and Mrs. Fred Bingaman, of 'Reb
ersburg. Pa., were guests of James
Bingaman, a few days. lrvin Binga
man, of Harrisburg. visited his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Bingaman.—Mrs!
Delia Feese visited her son, George, at
Sunbury. William Martin, of East
Waterford, Pa. was the guest of his
sister over Sunday.
I nlon Dpponlt. Mr. and Mrs Ed
ward Stover, of Stoverdale, spent Sun
day with the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. I,andis. Mrs. John F. Shoop
spent Sunday at Mechanicsburg with
Mrs. P. Longenecker. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry A. Miller, accompanied by their
sons, Harry and Paul, spent Sunday
near Linglestown with Mrs. Miller's
sister. Mrs. John Kelar. Miss Esther
Sanders spent Wednesdav at Harrls
hur S f r - and Mrs. Neal Miller en
tertained these guests on Sunday: Mr.
and Mrs. Kelar. of Palmyra; Mr. and
Ps»h«>r r Mm wlt ™e r anrl his sister, Miss
£sther Miller, of Hummelstown. The
p .^? t P r of the United
Hrethren Church, will hold services to
morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. Con
rad Schaeffer, of Hershey, moved his
household goods and furniture into one
of A. M. Schaffner s houses, on Wednes
day- p aul Flory will soon have his
stable completed.
r A meeting of the
Indies Aid Society, of the United
Brethren Church, was held at the home
of Mrs. Ellas Arney on Tuesday even
ing— The Misses Ivy and Anna Luft,
* 5r° ya £"?• s P ent Sunday at the home
of Mrs. Eckert. Miss Effle Twlgg
spent the past week in Lebanon and
Reading. - The Rev. Mr. Renshaw has
been attending a Christian Endeavor
convention at Deer Park, Md. this
week, returning home on Friday even
hig. Mrs. Wesley Geiger and Mrs.
Renshaw attended the Lower District
Sabbath School Association, at Shlre
manstown, on Thursday afternoon and
evening. The Rev. Mr. Daugherty. of
Oakville. took dinner at the United
Brethren parsonage, on Monday.—Mrs
Lentz, of Harrisburg. spent Saturday
with the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Renshaw
Mrs. Erb and Mrs. Farrance, of Shlre
manstown, visited their sister, Mrs
Sweigert, who has been quite sick
Dnlmntia. Allen Brown, of Harris
burg, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs
B. F. Brown, a few days. Carleton
App, of Liverpool, was the guest of
Eugene Brosius, on Sunday. Miss
Katie and Miss Annie Wold visited at
Sunbury a few days. J. T. Wert vis
ited his daughter. Mrs. Chamherlln. at
Shamokin. Mrs. Byrem and daugh
ter. of Umoyne, were the guests of Mr
and Mrs. Henry Zelgler, a few days
Mrs. O. C. Leister and daughter, Arlie
are visiting at Philadelphia. E A
Latshaw. of Elizabethville. visited tiere
during the week. Mrs. Frank Pot
tPlgpr visltPd at Halifax n few davs
Charles Engel. of Shamokin, called on
friends In town recently. Miss Sarah
Lenker returned home from Harris
burg, where she had been visiting
"Should a Woman Toll?" At the
Photoplay to-day.— Advertisement
SIX G. H R. MEMBERS'
DIED IT GETTYSBURG
Corporal Skelly Post Held Memorial
Services at Battlefield Town
on Sunday 7
SERMON TO GRADUATING CLASS
Mr. and Mrs. Kadel Entertain Jun
ior Christian Endeavor Society
of Presbyterian Church
By Special Correspondence
Gettysburg, l>a., May r.<l. —Memor-
ial services were held by Corporal
Skelly Post. No. 9, G. A. R., in the
-post room on Sunday afternoon The
Rev. A. E. Wagner delivered an im
pressive and patriotic address. Six
members of the post died during the
past year.—Giflford Pinchot, the Wash
ington party candidate for United
States senator, delivered an address in
Center Square Tuesday afternoon to
a small sized audience. —The switching
crew in the Western Maryland yards
here was laid off on Monday. The
Jennie Wren Club enjoyed a day's out
ing at McAllister's Dam. near town.
—l3O members of the Pottsville high
school and 100 members of the Read
ing high school rpent Saturday on the
battlefield.—Dr. A. E. Wagner preach
ed the baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class of the Gettysburg
high school on Sunday evening in the
college Lutheran church. Ernest
Krixer painfully sprained his ankle in
a fall from a twenty foot ladder.—Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Kadel entertained the
Junior Christian Endeavor Society of
the Presbyterian Church on their lawn
Saturday evening.—The choir of St.
James' Lutheran Church picknicked
at Round Top on Saturday.—Dr. J. A.
Singniaster assisted at the dedication
of the First Lutheran Church at Gor
don Pa. on winday.—The Rev. A. R.
Wentz preached in the Second Luth
eran Church at Altoona on Sunday.—
J. Elmer Musselman attended the
Knights Templar conclave in EMe.—
Mrs. F. N. Frommeyer is visiting
friends in Harrisburg.—*-Dr. T. C. Bill
heimer is attending the Lebanon con
ference of the East Pennsylvania
Synod at Pottsville.—Mr. and Mrs. S.
H. McCullough and two children, of
Bellwood, are visiting friends In town.
—The senior class of high school pre
sented Miss Cope with a handsome
wicker chair.—Tarvia is being applied
to the streets of Gettysburg. Miss
Minnie Spangler, of Washington, D. C.,
is visiting her brother.
Three Break Their Arms
in Accidents at Newville
By Special Correspondence
Newville, Pa.. May 30.—Dr. John
O. Bower, of Wyncote, Pa., and Hoyt
Bower, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday
with their mother, Mrs. Rebecca
Bower. Dr. Bower expects to sail on
June 4 for Europe to continue studies
in a special line of medical work.—
Mrs. Cyrus Mentzer and son have gone
on a trip to Philadelphia.—Miss Fran
ces Maxwell, of Philadelphia, is
spending two weeks with her parents,
I Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Maxwell.—Misses
Mary and Jane McCachran have re
turned from a trip to Altoona. —Miss
Henrietta Sharp entertained on Wed
nesday afternoon in honor of Mrs.
Perry McLaughlin, a recent bride.
About twenty-five guests were pres
ent.—Beginning June 1 the Post Office
will close every evening at 6:30. —Mr.
and Mrs. O. C. Davidson, of Mt. Rock,
have issued invitations for the mar
! riage of their youngest daughter,
Eleanor, to James A. Huston, son of
Samuel Huston, of Penn township on
the evening of June 4, at the Davidson
home.—On Monday evening, Miss
Catherine Witmer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Witmer, fell off a
trapese in the Shopwell yard, and
broke her arm.—While Samuel Zeig
ler, of Lower Mifflin, was driving a
team of horses attached to a gasoline
engine one of the horses became un
manageable and Mr. Zeigler jumped
resulting in a broken wrist, a dislo
• cated elbow and various minor injur
• ies and bruises over his body.—Mrs.
' Lowrie Smith, of Cloverdale Lithia
: Springs, tripped over a scraper on her
, back porch and broke her arm in two
* places.
: Delegation Will Attend
i Quincy Orphanage Reunion
* By Special Correspondence
\fw Cumberland, May 30.—Thurs
day, June 4th. A delegation from Trin
ity United Brethren Church will ac
company the excursion to the annual
reunion of the Quincy Orphanage. —•
Miss Edna Kilmore, of Prague, Okla
homa, is visiting friends h?re. Miss
Kilmore has been teaching in the pub
lic school in Oklahoma for several
years.—Miss Irene Guistwhite is spend
ing a few days at Mt. Gretna. Mr.
and Mrs. M. K. Speakman and daugh
ter, of Williamsport, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Speakman. this
week. Mrs. Otto Kauffman and son,
who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Abner Fox returned to their home in
East Orange, N. J. Miss Roberta
Relff, a student of Metzgar College,
was the guest of her parents, Mr. and
" Mrs. G. H. Reiff, on Tuesday. Mrs.
, Edna Ralston, of Philadelphia, is visit
ing relatives here. Miss Nora Eber
" sole and Miss Mary Boss, of Sparrows'
Point, were guests of Mrs. C. D. Brown,
at Elkwood, this week. Mrs. Ward
Kprenkel, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Et
, tinger. of Rochelle, 111., were guests of
J Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sprenkel, this
week. A delegation from St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, will attend the an
• nual outing at the Loysville Home,
I June 4. Mrs. Harry Williams and
3 daughter. Mabel, of Scotland, Pa., are
* visiting friends here.
a GUESTS AT GRANTVILLE HOTEL
By Special Correspondence
t Grantville, Pa., May 30. —Mr. and
: Mrs. W. M. Shakespeare, of Sand
J Beach, visited here last week.—Harry
j Swope, of Hummelstown, and Jacob
i. Hess, of Hershey, were callers here.—
r Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Neffs, of Riverside.
- and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Miller, of Har
' risburg, dined at the Grantville hotel.
' —F. H. Gruber, of Annville, and J. B.
Ross, of Harrisburg, were business
- callers here. —Mr. and Mrs. John
i- Urich and Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Urich,
J of Harrisburg, registered at the Grant-
J vllle hotel.—Mrs. Benjamin Keim and
t Miss Carrie Blatt visited Mary Baum
- gardner near Zion's church.—David
t Ensminger and the Rev. O. R. Bittner
- took an auto trip to Lehigh county
this week.—Mrs. Jacob Sherk is able
to be about again after being ill.—J.
Rufus Felty, of Green Point, visited
the Rev. and Mrs. O. R. Bitner over
Sunday.—Mrs. Myers and daughter,
-jjf Medford, returned home after
spending the week with his daughter
_ i and son-in-law. Dr. and Mrs. John L.
Groh.—Emma Sherk, of Reading, vis
ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
e Sherk. —Elian Moyer, of Shellsville, Is
confined to her bed with rheumatism.
Well-known Instructors
Re-elected to Head of
Dillsburg High School
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PROFESSOR L. W. BELL
Principal
MISS MYRTLE MAYBERRY
Assistant Principal
Special to The Telegraph
Dillsburg, Pa., May 30.—Professor
L. W. Bell and Miss Myrtle Mayberry
have again been elected to the head
of the Dillsburg High School, Profes
sor Bell as principal and Miss May
berry as assistant principal. Both
these teachers have the distinction of
working their way up to the head of
the school. Professor Bell, who is a
graduate of Dickinson College, class of
1911, began his work in Dillsburg as
assistant principal and last year was
elected principal, while Miss Mayber
ry, who is a graduate of Shippensburg
State Normal School, began as teacher
of the B intermediate school and last
year was elected assistant principal.
Henry Houck Addresses
Hummelstown Graduates
Hummelstown, Pa., May 30.—Com
mencement exercises in the opera
house were a perfect success. The ad
dress to the graduates was delivered
by Henry Houck, of Lebanon, Secre
tary of Internal Affairs. E. Z. Etter,
one of the directors, presented the di
plomas to the graduates. The music
was furnished by the high school or
chestra. Following was the program:
Music, by the orchestra; invocation,
the Rev. A. S. Lehman, pastor of the
United Brethren Church; salutatory
oration, Leta O. Alwein; vocal solo,
Zelma Landis; oration, Harry Fish
burn;oration, Bertha Stare ;flute solo,
John Burkliolder; oration, Howard
Holsberg; piano duet, Von Weber,
Annie Burkholder, Margaret Mullin;
class history, Harold Yingst; class
poem, Earnest Shope; class prophecy,
Hazel Blackburn; i resentation, Mary
E. Hartwell; valedictory oration,
Helen Henry.—Misses Edith and Alice
Shoop, of Colebrook, Pa., are spending
the week with the family of C. H. Mil
ler. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hushour
and daughter and Miss Edna Kreiner,
of Oberlin, spent Thursday evening
with Charles McClurg.—Stores and
places of busienss were closed to-day.
—A number of people spwit the day
In the beautiful Hershey Park.—The
borough council received a car load of
paving blocks on Thursday from the
Pine Grove Brick Company. Miles
Early found a gold watch and the
owner can have It by identifying it. —
The Misses Lulu Bolton and Barbara
Hummel attended the Sunday school
convention in Williamstown on Tues
day, as delegates from the Lutheran
Sunday school. —The lecture by the
Rev. Forrest Dager, D. D., of Phila
delphia, given under the auspices of
the Ladies' Mite Society of the Re
formed Church on Friday evening
was greatly enjoyed. His subject was
"Rags and Old Iron."
Farmers Light Their Houses
and Barns With Acetylene
With push button in bedroom, one
push of the button illuminates all out
buildings. D. H. Martin, of McAlister
ville, Pa., who has been in the acety
lene business for nine years has in
stalled hundreds of these gas plants
in Central Pennsylvania. Mr. Martin
is now installing one of these up-to
date plants for George Marberger, at
Eberly's Mills, Cumberland county;
B. Frank Shuman, Enola, Pa.; J. B.
Jackson, Duncannon; S. L. Kauffman,
Dillsburg; Joseph Bowman, Dillsburg
Pa.
Write Mr. Martin for estimates foi
complete plants. Also fwr testimon
ials. We will furnish you with exper
iencerl gas fitters to install these plants
ns we have one gas fitter who has
been with us for nine years and two
that have been with us for six years.
All work guaranteed. I will supply
you with a pit or cellar generator.
White for catalogue and estimate.
D. H. Martin, AlcAlistcrsville, Pa. —
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THIRTEEN GRIOIIATES
H MOM CUISS
Class Day and Commencement Ex
ercises Will Be Held Wed
nesday and Thursday
WESTERN MINISTER ON VISIT
Moved Away From Mount Joy
More Than Thirty-five
Years Ago
Special Correspondence
Mount Joy, Pa., Mav 30. Com
mencement exercises of the Mount Joy
jhiprh school will be held in Mount Joy
nail on Thursday evening, June 4.
the class day exercises will he held
on Wednesday evening, June 3. The
thirteen graduates are Dale Garher,
Kdgar R. Missemer, Fannie Strickler,
Miriam Chandler, Lottie Hover, Rav
niond Nissly, Alvin Rutt, Owen Green
vlola Heam. Esther Weber,
Martha Musser, Roy Hershey arid Har
vey Longenecker. Raymond Nissly
will be the salutatorlan; Dale Garber,
the valedictorian, and Edgar Misse
mer, the class orator. Professor
Charles Calvert Ellis, of Juniata Col
lege, will be the speaker of the even*
-The Rev. John M. Sheetz, of
Moonlight, Kan., was in town on Mon
<lay, the guest of J. R., Missemer.
The Rev. Mr. Sheetz is one of the
most progressive ministers of the
Brcthr«jrf in Christ denomination. He
came cast to attend the national con
ference of that church at Fairland,
Lebanon county, last week. Thirty
five years ago the Rev. Mr. Sheetz
moved to the west from the neigh
borhood of Mount Joy—At the Church
of God missionary meeting on Thurs
day evening the Rev. C. D. Rishel,
Thomas Stark. Miss Mary Longenecker,
Mrs. Eli Smeltzer, Miss Edith Myers,
Mrs. J. K. Stauffer and Miss Emma
Shookers took part in the program.—
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Roedell, of Phila
delphia, spent Sunday In town, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Camp
bell.—Frank W. Peffer and Miss Mary
Hess, of Harrisburg, were here on
Monday.—Constable Kramer found an
old copper cent dated 1808 while dig
ging the garden of Lawyer Hollon
bush.—A lawn social will be held on
Saturday, June 6, by the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Lutheran Church at the
residence of Frank Schock.
Twelve Members of G. A. R.
Post Die During Past Year
By Special Correspondence
Meclianlosbiirg, pa., May 30.
Memorial services were held on Thurs
day evening by the Colonel H. I. Zlnn
Post, Grand Army of the Republic, In
the Grand Army Hall, in the Rescue
Hook and Ladder Company Building.
The service was public and followed
the ritual of the Grand Army and was
participated in by the Woman's Re
lief Corps and the Sons of Veterans.
The following veterans died since the
last memorial service was held: Jonas
Deckman, Jacob H. Sipe, David H.
Mumma, Frank Stehle, John Moses,
■ David Rider, Daniel Ashenfelter, John
r Walker, John Crout, John A. Funk,
I George Berkheimer and David Wea
■ ver.—Mrs. J. Irvin Steele entertained
■ Mrs. Wesley M. Oler, of New York;
i Mre. Andrew Hazejhurst, of Evanston,
N. Y., and Mrs. Cuppy, of Lititz, on
Tuesday.—Mrs. A. C. Stamm and
i daughters, the Misses Julia and Kath
arine, were visitors of the brother of
; the former, George W. Owen. —Miss
! Olive Taylor entertained the Standard
■ Bearers, a missionary society of the
r Methodist Episcopal Church, on
• Thursday evening at her home in
I East Main street. Following the busi
ness session, the time was spent so
cially.—Mrs. John Leiby, of Newport,
and Mrs. James Seig, of Harrisburg,
are in town, called here by the illness
and death of their father, E. Rankin,
I Huston. Charles M. Senseman, of
New York, was in this place several
. days, attending the funeral of hla
L aunt, Mrs. Sarah Eckels.—Mr. and
. Mrs. Frank Mohler and Mr. and Mrs.
I Ralph. Cabanas, of Mexico City, Mex.,
. are spending some time with relatives
, in this place.
: INDIA MISSIONARY PREACHES
By Special Correspondenci
, Rife, Pa., May 29. —The Rev. C. F.
s Crider, a returned missionary from
r India, preached an able sermon In the
, Lutheran Church on Sunday.—A num
ber of town people attended the fu-»
, neral of Harry Holtzman at Berrys
-1 burg on Sunday.—G. W. Noll Is nurs
, lng a sore hand. He was helping to
; start an auto and his hand was caught
3 in the wheel.—Members of the G. A.
, R. were at the cemetery on Sunday
r decorating the graves of their com- 1
, rades.—Mr. nnd Mrs. J. A. Lauden
i slager, of Pillow, called at the home
r of Aaron Strohecker's on Sunday.
r ————_
Business Locals
1 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
r Memorial Day throughout the na
* tlon is the one day of the year when
' the floral tributes vies with the elo
s quence of the platform orators. More
3 eloquent than words are the many
3 sentiments conveyed through the me
- dium of a floral wreath or a spray of
1 fresh cut flowers or a blooming plant.
1 Phone your requirements to Schmidt,
- Florist, 313 Market street.
l
s LOOK, MOTHER
f From now until Decoration Day,
- we are going to have a special re
? ductlon sale of our children's hats,
s and we have an extraordinary display,
comprising all the new and vogish
models. Our liberal reduction In
prices will meet with your approval.
Come while the situation is at its best,
j Mayy C. Glass, Fashionable Millinery,
* 1306 Market street.
5 LADIES OF HARRISBURG
We would like to call your attention
- to an Important subject that will be
- of seasonable interest to you, now.
s The Keystone Rug Co., 1116 Mont
l gomery street, are prepared to give
- you the best carpet, rug and chenille
t curtain cleaning that you ever saw or
; hear. 1 of, without the slightest harm
• to color or fabric. Our prices and re
■ suits will please you. This Is the ,
. | time to do such work.
I THE LADIES' FAVORITE
Those who are fortunate enqugh to
s be wearing the famous La France
a shoe, will tell you they have & quality,
"> comfort and style about them that ia
. really worth talking about. We have
r' them in high oxfords or pumps, at
$3.50 to |5.00. This Is the only store
i. j that sells the La France shoe In Har
-1 rlsburg. Edward F. Deichler, 18th.
j and Market streets.
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