2 CENTkAL PENNSYLVANIA NEWS CHURCH SERVICE ANNUAL EVENT Rocky Springs Presbyterian Congregation Holds Unique Dedication By Associated Press Waynesboro, Pa., June 15. Prob ably the most unique church service in | the country was held on Sunday, when a number of persons assembled in the Rocky Springs Presbyterian church near Chambersburg, for the annual j services of dedication. This is the sole service held at the edifice during the twelve months of the year. The services Sunday, were con ducted by the Rev. Roland Crist, of St. Thomas, assisted by the Rev. David Lindscy, of Shippcnsburg. The church is located three miles west of Chambersburg near the Cumberland county line. These annual services are held as a dedication of the graveyard and church and come only once a year. Tliere is only one surviving member of the church to-day, Thomas McClel lan, of Shippensburg, who has kept the place In repair. The church was built In 1794 and one of the seven original Presby terian churches In the Cumberland Valley. It Is an ancient architec tural style, with a high pulpit and sounding board, high pews with names painted on them, many being those of families who played an Important part in the early development of this sec tion. 1 The'Gold-Standard— in Tires TALUKS spring from Conditions \/ * are as the Laws of The best-intentioned Tire Manufacturer r cannot AVOID beinp heavily handicapped chasing of Raw Materials at lowest prices, through ability to take largest quantities. 3rd —The lowest Cost of Manufacturing t —through largest VOLUME of Output. 4th —The clearly-demonstrated INTEN TION to give Consumers and Dealers the full benefit of the large ECONOMIES re sulting from possession of three Cardinal Advantages above defined. "ENLACE behind this set of Conditions X-J a 47-year Record for Dependabil- A ity, Good-faith, lnitiative, and you have a Summary which fits no other Tire Mfg. 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F. GOODRICH CO. I 37x5 ? 37 35| Akron. O. GOODRICH I Black-Tread" TIRES f* r 3 7 \ rr 1 1 /t J\7 e New Goodrich Shoe Soles (for your Feet). J- -L /±1 V — Does for your SHOES what the black "Bare ———————————— * foot-Rubber" Tread does for Goodrich Tires. —Wears longer than Leather! —ls Non-slippery! —ls more Flexible than Leather! —ls Waterproof! —ls Lighter than Leather! —ls EASIER on your Feet! I Ask your Shoe Dealer or Shoe Repairer, for Textan Soles on your next pair of Shoes. THURSDAY EVENING, Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Special to the Telegraph Sunbury. —Ell Fasold, accrl 70, died at his home at Plum Creek after a lens Illness. He was a wealthy farmer. Sunbury. William Brumbaugh, aped 80. died at his homo here yes terday of paralysis. Marietta. Mrs. Susan, widow of Levi Young, died while visiting her daughter at Mount Joy. She was 74 years old and is survived by ten chil dren. She was born in Marietta and was a member of the United Brethren Church. . JUNE WEI)IKINGS Special to the Telegraph Sunbury, Pa., June 14. Charles F. Howser and Miss Estelle Boyer, both of Gordon, were married here by Preston M. Savidge, a justice of the peace. They left on a Southern honeymoon trip. Elizabethtown, Pa., June 15. Miss Stella Jjineaweaver of Colebrook, was married to-day to Edgar H. Herr of Elizabethtown, at the home of the bride. They will live at Elizabeth town. CONTRACT FOR SILK MILL Special to the Telegraph Sunbury, Pa., June 15. Susque hanna silk mills to-day awarded a contract for a five-story silk mill here to the firm of Reimard Bros., of Bloomsburg. It will employ 2,000 persons and cost half a million. SITTE SOCIETY MEETING Dauphin, Pa., June 15. On Tues day evening the Mite Society of the Methodist Episcopal church held its regular monthly meeting. Big Eels Caught— or Biggest Liar Unmasked! j Sunbury, Pa., June 15. Seven eels weighing six pounds each were caught by James Davis, at Klinesgrove. All | were sent to Philadelphia. They were j considered the largest eels ever taken j from the Susquehanna and were as large around as the usual man's leg. JACOB BRINDLE DIES Special to the Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., June 15.—After several days' illness of disease Incident : to old age, Jacob Brindle died yester | day afternoon at his home in West : Keller street. He was in the ninety second year of his age and was a native of Cumberland cpunty. Born on November 16, 1524, he lived in ! Monroe township the greater part of his life, following farming. For the past five years he has lived in Me chanicsburg. He was $ member of the Church of the Brethren. His wife and one son. Attorney Harry Brindle, of Hagerstown, Md., survive. The funeral service will be held on Satur day afternoon at 1 o'clock In the Church of the Brethren. Burial will be made at Baker's Church near ! Churchtown. I . BOROUGH WITHOUT DFBT Sunbury, Pa., June 14.—Nescopeck borough has the unusual record of not ' having a single debt, and also has a ! healthy balance In its treasury. It is believed to be the only town In the State so situated, financially. 1,000 CARS OF GRAIN Special to the Telegraph | Sunbury, Po., June 15. A thou- I sand cars of grain for export, passed 1 over the Pennsylvania lines in 24 hours. All came from Chicago, and iwere billed to Baltimore for tranship ment to the allied armies. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH , WEST SHORE NEWS MUSIC PUPILS' RECITAL New Cumberland. Pa.. June 15. Pupils of Mrs. Ira M. Ryder's will be hourd in a recital, assisted by the New ! Cumberland orchestra and Miss Ruth ; Himes, reader, iri the Methodist : Church on Friday evening-, June 16, at 8 o'clock. The following will take part: Leon FencM. Paul Negley, Doris Paul, May Stuart. Naomi Updegraff, j John Madden, Helen Atland. Ross ! Paul. Evelyn McClewy. Anna Parthe more. Charlotte Mathias, Elizabeth 1 Mathias, Mildred Ortmyer, John Gray, I Fairy Balletta, Helen Stettler. Alta Shank, Mildred Ross, Beatrice Walker, Janet HolTman, Sainuel Fisher. Dor othy Kaufman, Virginia Gray, Maretia Danner, Almeda Parthemore, Cath erine Bentzel, Ruth Schell, Freda Mil ler, Carrie Rudy, Miriam Koch. Ray Fehl. Gertrude Keeney and Blylhe Rudy. ORGANIST AT WEDDING New Cumberland, Pa., June 15. Miss Rhoda Desenberger, organist of Trinity United Brethren Church, 1 played for the wedding of Miss Ruth Mattis Fasnacht, of Hummelstown, and Frank Eugene Gehr, of Phlla j delphia, at Hummelstown to-day. • OLD FOLKS' DAY j New Cumberland. Pa., June 15. Old folks' day will be observed in" Trinity United Brethren Church on : Sunday morning at 10.30. The Rev. A. R. Ayres will preach a sermon. ; On Sunday evening at 7.30 an illus ! trated lecture will be given bv the field secretary, the Rev. William Houck, on the Quincy Orphanage and Home. Fifty stereopticon views of the rise nnd progress of the institution will be shown. FUNERAL; OF MRS. FISHF.R New Cumberland, Pa., June 15. I Funeral services of Mrs. Elizabeth ! Fisher will be held on Friday at 10 o'clock from her late home at New Market. The Rev. A. R. Ayres. pastor of Trinity United Brethren Church, will have charge of the services. SIRS. W. H. HOI'PLE BURIED Marysville, Pa.. June 15.—Funeral j services of Mrs. W. H. Hopple, who ■ lied at her home In Philadelphia, were held from the home of J. W. Beers, Diamond Square, thif afternoon. Serv | ices were held at her Philadelphia ■ home yesterday and a short service here to-day. RECEPTION TO NEW PASTOR Marysville. Pa., June 15. —A recep ! tion was tendered by Trinity Reformed j congregation to the Rev. Ralph E. | Hart man, the new pastor of that j church and of Christ Reformed ; Church, at Duncannon, on Tuesday ! evening. The Rev. S. L. Flickinger, former pastor of the church, the Rev. S. B. Bidlack, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Rev. S. L. Rice, pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church, made short speeches. Besfdes these about 125 members and friends of the Reformed congregation at tended. British Seize Great City 225 Miles in Persia London, June 15. A Reuter dis patch from Teheran says that General S.vkes with a British column on Mon day entered Kerman, the principal town of southern Persia. The purpose of this movement pre sumably is to maintain order in the British sphere of Persia. Minor dis turbances there have been attributed to German and Turkish emissaries. Kerman, the fourth city of Persia lin size, is situated midway between Teheran and the extreme southeastern corner .of ePrsia bordering on Balu chistan. The British entered Persia either from the Persian Gulf, 225 miles from Kerman, or from Baluchis tan, 400 miles distant. Lloyd-George Will Be New British War Lord ■j London, June 15, lt is under stood that the Secretaryship o# War, | made vacant.by the death of Field .Marshal Earl Kitchener, has been of ; fered to David Lloyd-George. He is I expected to accept the portfolio, ac | cording- to the understanding, but not | to sever entirety his connection with the Ministry of Munitions. An official statement regarding the War Secretary is epexted by the end of the week. Annual Reunion of Donegal Presbyterian Church Special to the Telegraph Marietta, Pa., June 15.—T0-day the | annual reunion of the old Donegal j Presbyterian Church, founded prior to 1721, was held with several states rep resented at the gathering. The his torical session was presided over by , H. S. Williamson, of Lancaster, and ! addresses were delivered by Professor j H. J. M. Klein, of Lancaster; the Rev. Charles Wood, D. D., of Washington ! D. C„ and Oliver S. Schaeffer, of Lan i caster. | At the Donegal Society meeting Miss Martha Clarke presided and reports showed an increase in membership. This society keeps the historic grave yard surrounding the church in good repair and gathers antiques. The Colonial Dames session was pre , sided over by Miss Mary Grubb. Thomas Lynch Montgomery, of Har risburg, Pennsylvania State Librarian, and the Rev. George Israel Browne, of Lancaster, made speeches. The popular meeting this evening will be in charge of Henry C. Schock, of Mount Joy. The Rev. Joseph D. Krout, Maytown. and the Rev. W. J. Oliver. York, will make addresses. The Rev. Frank <>. Bossert is the present pastor of the church. BRISTOW-SMITH WEDDING Special to the Telegraph W aynesboro, Pa., F. Bristow. Jr., of Locust Hill, Va., r>:id Miss Madeline Smith, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Val. Smith were married to-day at the home of the bride. REUNION OF COLLEGE CLASSES Special to the Telegraph Annville, Pa.. June 15. The fiftieth anniversary celebration is on In earnest at Lebanon Valley College. Yesterday afternoon a reunion of all the classes of the college that have graduated from the time of its found ing was held. Henry Houck, Secre tary of Internal Affairs, delivered the principal address. Representatives of all the classes present gave two to five-minute talks. The biggest event of the week will take place this eve ning when Governor Brumbaugh will be present to give an address. FISHING CONTEST OPENS Special to the Telegraph Annville, Pa., June 15.—T0-day the fishing contest conducted annually by Eugene Herr opens. Four prizes are awarded, one to the person catching the largest bass and one for the sec ond largesl; also, one to the catcher of the largest pike and another to the catcher of the longest sucker. One of tha conditions of the contest is that the fish must be ea'ight In tJie waters • oi Lebanon uaunix, ANNUAL REUNION OF J. 0. U. A. Mi Newport Will Entertain Dele gates and Visitors to Perry County Convention _ Newport, Pa., June 15.—Arrange- 1 ments for the seventeenth annual re- ! j union of the Junior Order United i American Mechanics of Perry county tiere on Saturday have been completed ; by the local committee on arrange- I ments. consisting of J. R. Frank, M. I W. Miles. J. C. Manning and H. E. i I Flickinger, Arnold Little, secretary, all of whom are members of Newport ! Council, No. 614. under whose auspices ' the reunion will be held. Jesse Wright will be chief marshal of the parade, which will start at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and will I march over the piincipal streets of i the town. At the conclusion of the parade exercises will be held In Center Square with the following program: Address of welcome, the Rev. W. C. Ney, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Newport; music, band; re sponse, Charles H. Hall, state secre tary, Philadelphia; music, band; ad dress, Francis A. Fry, Newport; music, | band;-address, James W. Shull, New 1 Bloomfield; music, band; address. E. B. Baldwin, state vice-councilor. Pitts ton; benediction, the Rev. W. C. Ney. i A business meeting will be held in i the lodgeroom of Newport Council at 11 a, m. The Newport and Dauphin teams of the Dauphin-Perry Baseball League are sheduled to play a game of base ball on Marshall Field at 3 p. m. r _ \ Yesterday Wat Birthday Anniversary of— V J " 11 * Wm : W : •>. m| MM J ROBERT K. YOUNG Robert Kennedy Young. State Treas urer of Pennsylvania, former Auditor j General, former legislator, lawyer, his torian and exponent of Americanism I and Pennsylvanlaisin. News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania Special to the Telegraph Columbia.—Sunday baseball will be tried out In Marietta on Sunday for the first time. Myerstown.—A class of twenty-seven yesterday graduated from Albright College at annual commencement ex ercises. Reading.—The Berks County His torical Society has raised $15,032 of ; $25,000 needed for a new museum in , a central location In Reading and will i proceed to buy the structure, already i selected. Slicnandoali. Charles Yergo, 10 years old. drank a pint of whisky last evening. His condition is critical. Ha/.loton.—Theft of the police docket and ordinance book from McAdoo bor ough building has stopped the prose cution of forty autoists charged with speeding and scheduled for hearings before Burgess Fox. Iloyertown.—Constables of townships of Berks county during the last ten j days killed 300 dogs whose owners re- ; fused to pay the dog license. The con stables received $1 for every dog. killed. MUSIC CLASS RECTTAL New Cumberland. Pa., June 15. —A recital will he given by the pupils of Mrs. I. M. Rider's music class in the \ Methodist Church on Friday evening. 1 The Table Drink Make your drink, a cup at a time. No waste in that, when you use INSTANT POSTUM Just a level teaspoonful from the tin (more or less to suit taste) in a cup with hot water. Add sugar and cream as you wish, and you have a drink fit for a king! Order a tin from your grocer now. Two sizes: 30c and 50c. Postum has a rich Java-like flavor that is superior to much of the or dinary coffee used and far more healthful. * From every standpoint—Flavor, Convenience, Economy, Health "There's a Reason" INSTANT POSTUM At grocers everywhere. • i 1 1 i JUNE 15, 1916. Schleisner's Men's Suits Fifteen Dollars- Twenty "five Dollars-- We Feel Proud of What We Have Accomplished The many new faces added to the old ones who have learned to know of this Men's Clothing Store— of its dependability—of its ability— I of its service, which only asks for your patronage on the broad and up-to-date ground of full value for your money while elated, we will never feel satis fied till many, many more men come to know Schleisners , Men's Clothing | Store as a store for merchandising of the highest order. STABBED IN THE BACK Special to the Telegraph Sunbury, Pa., June 15. John Ket nisko was stabbed in the back by James Bubber, at Watsontown, in a fight, and is in a serious condition. His assailant escaped. WEDDING AT PUNXSUTAWNEY Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., June 15. Wil bur Krlse. of Waynesboro, and Miss Frances Brown, of Punxsutawney, were married yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride. ELKS HONOR VETERANS Special to the Telegraph W T aynesboro, Pa., June 15.—Civil War Veterans of this place were tendered a reception by the Elks at their lodge rooms yesterday evening. SPENDS BIRTHDAY AT HOME Special to 'the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., June 15. —A. Nevin Detrich, chairman of the Wash ington party State committee, spent yesterday with his mother, Mrs. Lottie E Detrich, which has been his annual custom. Mr. Detrich has just return ed from Chicago where last week he was a delegatc-at-large and one of the secretaries of the Butt Moose Na tional Convention. DINNER UN HONOR OF GUESTS Special to the Telegraph Annville. Pa., June 15. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Kreider and Mr. and Mrs. Coover entertained at dinner at the Hershey cafe in honor of Mrs. Eugene Linnard of Glenside. FASTENS SHOTGUN IN VICE THEN PUSHES THE TRIGGER Special to the Telegraph Reading, Pa., June 15. Securely fastening a shotgun in a vice, David B. Frederick, 44, of Gilbertsville, stood in front of the weapon and pushed the trigger with a wooden prop this morn ing. The contents of the shell passed through his breast and heart and lodged in his back. There is no known motive for the deed. He was considered wealthy and owned an SIB,OOO poultry farm. His widow, convalescing after an opera tion, may die of shock. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION Special to the Telegraph New Germantown, Pa., June 15. — Professor Daniel A. Kline, superin tendent of the Perry county schools, will hold an examination of the teach ers of the county for provisional and professional certificates In the court house at New Bloomfield on Friday and Saturday, June 16-17. There arc about 200 teachers in the county. CONVENTION AT McVEYTOWN Special to the Telegraph Lewistown, Pa., June IS. On Saturday, June 19, the third annual P. O. S. of A. convention of Mifflin county wil he held at McVeytown. A committee of arrangements is busy on an interesting program. Three bands will be present and Judge Thomas Bailey, of Huntingdon, will make an address.
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