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CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NEWS
LONG TRIP HOME
FROM RUMANIA
Robert R. Rakestraw Travels
Through Half Dozen Coun
tries to Reach America
Mechaniesburg, Pa., Jan. 30. Af
ter a hazardous journey, filled with
anxiety and thrilling experiences,
Robert R. Rakestraw and son Theo
dore, arrived in the former's native
town, Mechaniesburg, after a long ab
sence abroad. They are spending
some time with Mr. rtakestraw's
brother. Roy K. Rakestraw. ice cream
and ice manufacturer. Twenty years
ago, Mr. Rakestraw left Mechanies
burg, for England, where ho lived a
nunrber of years and at various other
places on the continent. For the past
eleven years he has been superintend
ing the oil wells for the Standard Oil
Company in Rumania, Europe, and
now that the invasion of the Germans
has made their operation impossible,
Mr. Rakestraw decided to come to
America, with his son, who was a
student in Germany. It required
seven weeks' time to come from Ru
mania to the United States, as they
Jiad considerable trouble with their
passports and had to travel over a
wido detour to evade the war zone.
This included passage across the
Black Sea, travel through a large part
of Russia, Finland, Lapland, Sweden
and finally England, where they sail
ed for New York. When they steamed
up the harbor at that city, and the
shores of his native country were out-,
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lined, Mr. Bakestraw said it certainly
looked good to him. Theodore, his
won, will remain here and attend, in
all probability, Lehigh University. Mr.
Rakestraw will tour the United States
and when matters abroad clear up he
expects to return, as he says Rumania
is a beautiful country, and his busi
ness interests are there.
Lebanon Valley Students
in "Anne of Old Salem"
Annville, Pa., Jan. 30.—Last night
a good diversion from midyear ex
aminations, which began yesterday at
Lebanon Valley College, was offered to
the students in the form of the junior
play. it has been the custom for the
Junior class to give an annual play
and the present class presented "Anne
of Old Salem," a three-act play por
traying life in the New England States
about the year It>29. This was the
time of the witchcraft persecutions
and the play is based on the historical
events connected with this persecution.
The cast was composed of the fol
lowing: Rufus Ness, Daniel Walters,
Paul Shannon, Hubert Snoke, Thomas
G. Foltz, Kntz Ruth, Louise Williams,
Flora Case, Dorothy Lorenz, Ada Beid
ler, Helen Shaak, Helen Hoover, Eliz
abeth Gallatin, Robert Atticks, llarry
Katerman and John Berger.
The play was directed by Miss May
Belle Adams, dean of the department
of oratory-
EVANGELICAL CON FERENCE
Marietta, Pa., Jan. 30.—The annual
meeting of the Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the United Evangeiical
Church will be held at East Prospect
York county, the last week in Feb
ruary. Bishop U. F. Swengle will
preside.
Columbia Fire Company
Holds Banquet For 250
Columbia-, t>a., Jan. 30.—Last even
ing the seventh annual banquet of
Keystone Truck and Chemical Engine
Company was hold In the assembly
room of Its building with "the largest
attendance in the history of the com
pany. There were lifty-one invited
guests and covers were laid for more
than two hundred members.
Cumberland County School
Directors to Meet at Newville
-Mechaniesburg. Pa.. Jan. 30.—Cum
berland county school directors will
hold the twenty-fifth annual conven
tion at Newville, on Thursday, Febru
ary J5. The meeting will be held In
the new high school building and
plans are made for a program of un
usual Interest. The principal speaker
will be Superintendent W. W. Evans,
of Columbia county.
The program follows: Morning, 9.15,
music, devotional exercises, Dr. G. M.
Reed: music; address of welcome, W.
11. McCrea, of Newville: response, T.
Grove Tiitt, of Carlisle: rolleall and
announcement of committees; subject.
"Difficulties of Enforcing School
l.aws; How Overcome." James A.
Steese; Dr. J. Nelson Clark; general
discussion, subject, "The Country
School and Good Roads," the Rev. T.
J. Ferguson; tlio Rev. S. Eber Vance;
subject, "Needed Legislation," mem
bers of the association.
Afternoon, 1.30 o'clock. Music; sub
ject, "Consolidation of Schools and
State Aid," W. A. McLaughlin, N. D.
Buttorff; reports of delegates to State
convention held In Harrisburg Febru
ary 8 and 9; address. "New Ideas In
Education," W. W. Evans; subject,
"What Should the Community Expect
of a Teacher," W. G. Creamer, C. P.
Harvey.
Evening. 7:15 o'clock, address,
"How to Choose a Good Teacher," Dr.
Ezra Lehman, of Shippensburg State
Normal School; music;- address,
"Hanging Together or Hanging Sep
arately," W., W. Evans.
To Be Buried on 48th
Wedding Anniversary
Hummelstown, Pa., Jan. 30. Mrs.
Samuel Kautz died at her home in
Poplar avenue on Sunday night after
a few days' illness at the age of tis
years. Just a week from the day of
her death she entertained a number
of relatives at dinner in honor of her
husband's birthday.
Mrs. Kautz was a member of the
Baptist Church. She is survived by
her husband and the following chil
dren, Jacob, of Malvern Hill, Pa.,
Miss Pearl Kautz, of Newark, N. J.,
Mrs. Rausch, and Miss Kate Kautz at
home.
Funeral services will be leld Wed
nesday, the 4 Btli wedding anniversary
of the couple, at 2 o'clock at the family
home with' interment in Harrisburg
Cemetery.
Lebanon Man Mangled
by Acetylene Explosion
Lebanon, Pa., Jan. 30. Rufus
Weidman, while cutting a scrap tank
with an acetylene burner at the
Donaghmore Iron and Steel Com
pany's yard yesterday, was terribly in
jured by an explosion. His body was
mangled, both arms and both legs
broken, his skull fractured, and his
chest crushed. He lived about a half
hour.
Burgess Returns to Duties
Alter 7 Months at Border
Columbia. Pa., Jan. 30. —Captain W.
Sanderson Detwiler. who has been
with the Fourth Regiment of the
Pennsylvania National Guard on the
Mexican border for the past seven
months, lias been mustered out of the
Federal service and yesterday assumed
his duties as chief burgess. In his ab
sence John H. Ostertag, president of
council, performed the duties of
burgess.
Piles Cured In 0 to 14 Dit?a
Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First ap
plication gives relief. 50c.
SUNBURY MUSICIAN' DIES
Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 30. —Taken sud
denly ill with an attack of acute ap
pendicitis, Ralph E. Felix, a slide
trombone player In Gaskin's Military
Band, died yesterday. He was 36
years old.
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WOMAN DIES AT PRAYER
Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 30. —While kneel
ing in prayer at her home at Watson
town Mrs. Joseph W. Jones, 50 years
old, died of heart trouble.
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
Annville, Pa., Jan. 30.—Mrs. D. H.
Meyer was elected as one of the alter
nate delegates to the Continental Con
gress of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution at Washington next
April by the Lebanon Chapter. The
alternates were chosen at an Interest
ing meeting held on Monday at the
home of Mrs. George Bowman in Cum
berland street, Lebanon.
KILLED AT STEEL WORKS
Lewistown, Pa., Jan. 30. Caught
while making coupling connection be
tween two cars at the Standard Steel
Works yesterday morning Edward
Soubrini, of Lewistown, was so badly
injured that he died a short time
after the accident. Ho was employed
as a brakeman on a shifter in the
yards and was coupling two heavy
loaded freight cars. He is survived
by his wife.
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. — Frank
Machen, 14-year-old son of J. S.
Machen, accidentally shot himself on
Saturday, while out gunning with a
number of friends. The lads had gone
in the neighborhood of Cress Station,
Machen taking his gun along to shoot
mark. He was walking along, hold
ing the gun back of him, when ho ac
cidentally pulled the trigger. The
bullet, a 23 short, entered the calf of
his left leg and lodged In the flesh
near the ankle, passing through the
bone of the leg.
GROCERY STORE BURNED
Litltz, Pa., Jan. 30. Fire destroy
ed the grocery store and restdence of
John I/. Hosier, Monday night, en
tailing a heavy loss. Mr. Hosier who
was alone In the house, narrowly es
caped suffocation by the smoke, and
was carried from the burning struc
ture.
LANDIS FAMILY REUNION
Marietta, Pa.. Jan. 30.—The Landis
family, one of the largest in the Unltod
States, through the executive commit
tee announces that the annual re
union will be held at Litltz Springs
Park, Saturday, August 4. It will mark
the two hundredth anniversary of the
first Landis settlement in Lancaster
county.
SO CASES OF PNEUMONIA
New Cumberland, Pa., Jan. 30. .
There are about twenty cases of pneu
monia reported at New Cumberland.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Social and Personal Items
of Towns Along West Shore
Mrs. Beard, of Lancaster, visited her
sister, Mrs. Edward Sheesley, at New
Cumberland, on Sunday.
Mrs. George Sanderson, of Pleasant
Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kemper,
ley and Miss Qussie Sanderson, of
Harrisburg, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Besecker at New Cum
berland on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sunday and
daughters Thelma and Emma, of
Lucknow, visited relatives at New
Cumberland on Sunday.
Miss Mary Lelhy, of New Cumber
land, spent the week-end with her
sister, Mrs. Henry Ebersole, at Mil
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leihy, of New
Cumberland, visited friends at Pal
myra on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sheely and
children, Claude, Kathryn and Lester,
of White Hill, spent Sunday with the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Sheely, at Shiremanstown.
Miss Minerva Hersliman has re
turned to her home at 1549 Vernon
streto, Harrisburg, after being the
guest of Miss Gertrude Eshenbaugh at
Shiremanstown.
Walter Weigle. of Harrisburg, vis
ited his parents at Shiremanstown on
Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Koser and daughter,
Miss Elma Koser, of Caftip Hill, were
recjHit guests of the former's sister,
Miss Mina Smith, at Shiremanstown.
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Erb and
daughter Ada, of Sporting Hill, mo
tored to Shiremanstown Saturday and
were guests of the Matter's grand
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Spahr and
daughter Dorothy, 1936 Penn street,
Harrisburg, spent. Sunday with Mrs.
Spahr's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Wolfe, at Shiremanstown.
Mrs, William Sutton has returned to
her home at Washington Heights after
visiting her daughters, Mrs. George
Fllckinger and Mrs. Samuel Fisher, at
Shiremanstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Kennedy, of
Chambersburg, visited Mrs. Kennedy's
aunt at Shiremanstown Sunday.
Woman's Death Caused by
by Cutting Out Windows
Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 30.—When Fred
erick Wise refused to move out of a
house owned by Carl Schroth, of Wat
sontown, it is alleged that Schroth
went there on Decenfber 17 and de
clared: "If you don't leave I will
freeze you out," and therewith cut
the windows out of the house. In a
few days Mrs. Wise took pneumonia
and died.
Yesterday her husband appeared be
fore Squire P. M. Savldge and swore
out a warrant, charging Schroth with
manslaughter.
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Men's Bible Class of Enola
Church to Give Mnsicale
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EDWARD Z. GROSS
Enola, Pa., Jan. 30. City Com
misioner E. Z. Gross, of Harrisburg,
will speag on "The Value of Organized
Work in the Sunday School", at the
benefit musicale and entertainment
to be given under the auspices of the
Men's Bible class of the First United
Brethren Church Sunday school, in
the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. on
Thursday evening.
This musicale is expected to bo the
best of its kind heard in Enola for
some time and members of the class
have spared no efforts in making it
so. The officers of the class are:
Teacher, the Rev. J. Stewart Glenn;
president, C. L. Cocklin; secretary, W.
W. Gracey.
MISSIONARY DAY SERVICES
New Cumberland, Pa., Jan. 30..
Missionary day will be observed at
Baughraan Memorial Methodist
Church next Sunday. The Rev. Dr.
Bovard, of Philadelphia, will assist
at the services. On Sunday evening
an interesting program will be ren
dered in which a number of the Sun
day school scholars will participate.
Special music will also be given by
the church choir.
WOMAN'S LEAGUE MEETING
New Cumberland, Pa., Jan. 30. —•
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety if the Methodist church will hold
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a meeting at the home of Mrs. L. 11.
Kohr, in Third street on Friday even
ing.
SERMON BY DR. FASICIt
New Cumberland, Pa., Jan. 30.
The Rev. Dr. A. S. Fasick, superinten
dent of the Central Pennsylvania con
ference, preached his last sermon in
Baughman Memorial Methodist
Church on Sunday night to a large and
appreciative audience. x
SUNSHINE GUILD TO MEET
New Cumberland, Pa., Jan. 30.
Members of the Sunshine Guild arc
requested to meet at the home of
Mrs. Joseph Weatherby in Third
street at 8 o'clock to-morrow even
ing.