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PTIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
SUBSCRIBE FUND
TO OIL STREETS
Lemoync People Ask Permis
sion of Borough Council
to Do the Work
Lemoyne, Pa., April 24.—Petitions
were put in circulation mining resi
dents of Hummel avenue and Ross
moyne street this morning; asking 1
residents of the respective streets to
subscribe to a fund to be used in oil-
Ing the streets in an effort to abate
the dust. After the petitions are
signed by the residents a committee
will go before council with the plans
and tho financial aiil. and ask that
body if it would be willing to do any
work on repairing the road before the
• oil is applied. If'council refuses, the
league will ask permission to place
the oil and proceed.
The committee in charge of circu
lating the petitions Is composed of
Dr. ICdgar, S. Everhart, Miss Ruth
Steinhauer, John E. Myers and George
Leach.
The committee also will ask per
mission to hold a clean-up week in
the borough. Efforts will be made to
have tile second week In May set
aside for that work. A committee of
women was appointed to advertise the
clean-up period after the report Is
heard from council, by placing post
era around the town. On this com
mittee are: Miss Ruth Sutton, Mrs.
P. C. Winner, Mrs. John E. Myers,
Miss Ruth Steinhauer, Mrs. E. S. Ev
erhart and Mrs. AValter IJeltz.
The League decided to encourage
gardening among school chlldr i of
the town. A motion was passed set
ting $5 aside for the use of the Out-
Door Committee In awarding prizes
for good work of the school children.
Efforts will be made to secure the
vacant ground that was several years
ago occupied by the Lemoyne Athletic
Club.
Mrfi. Edgar S. Everhart. interested
in gardening work in the Harrisburg
.CJv,lc Club, will talk to children of
the local schools. If the school board
consents to this proposition it is like
ly these lectures will be started in
a week.
Officers elected were: President,
Prof. Alfred Ensminger, principal of
the schools: vice-president, Mrs. Ed
gar S. Everhart: secretary, Mrs. John
E. Myers, and treasurer, Mrs. Walter
Deitz.
The New Suburb
ESTHERTON
River-Drive
SALE |
May sth 1917
Tn j iitr 11 wTi ixi
20 NOKTH KWRTH
82$* Near the Young Women's Christian Association
A Clearance That Should
Command the Attention
of Every Woman and Miss
Tomorrow morning we begin a clearance that will surely
crowd our shop and the woman or miss who gets here will
procure for herself values that are truly wonderful, when
you consider the advancing market. Beautiful suits, coats,
dresses, skirts and waists at such reductions that are sur
prising, coining so early in a season—
Below wc feature but a few of the many opportunities
offered in this big clearance.
Remember We Buy No Goods For Sale Purposes
WOMEN'S AM) qe WOMEN'S AND ne
MISSES' SI"ITS MISSES* SI'ITS Pi7.i7o
Of all wool materials; splendid Charming styles, in. all wool
colors; mostly dark. Only nine materials; newest shades. All
suits to sell. Be here early.
SSSKm?... $14.75 3S® swt? ..SI 9-95
.... . , . Handsome suits; stunning ma-
Every wanted style, material terials, styles and shades. The
and shade; all regular sizes and values are extraordinary. All
extra sizes up to 51 bust. sizes.
Women's ami .Misses' QC Women's and Misses' CC nE?
SI'IUNG COATS .... SPRINO COATS *0.95
Don't delay, by all means see Of nil wnnl mnfrrinio. .
these splendid all wool spring . , Y° 0 ' " latcrla ' s . ew*st
coats; mostly dark colors. All styles and shades. All regular
regular sizes. sizes.
Women s and Misses' 4>Q OQ Women's and Misses' (Q qq
SPRING COATS gn,K DRESSES b".00
Gabardines, poplins and Crepe de chine, chiffon taffeta,
\clour 111 c\cry wwntcd sh&dc) etc in r Vcirictv of hfinntifui
I handsome styles. All sizes. styi'es and shaded AH S
AXU MUSES' SILK Women's and Misses' <tl Qt -
SCITS $17.50 Cloth Dress Skirts, . 51.95
Stunning styles in chiffon Mude of aU w ' 9ol serge: pretty
taffeta; colors'black and navy styles; colors, black and navy
blue. AH sizes. blue. All regular waist bands.
Women s and Misses' I*4 *7C Women's Extra Sl/.c (O 7j;
Silk Dress Skirls .... ***• ' Clolh Dress Skirts . . W. O
®A u . nl ?' n f taffeta stripes and Of all wool serge; colors, black
V.!l an , d .? onie styles. Hun- and navy blue: cut full; have
T ees t0 select from. deep inverted side pleats; 30 to
. legular waist bands. 38 waist bands. Alterations free.
Women's and Misses' (1 QC Women's and Misses'
Waists and Blouses HOUSE DRESSES 2JOC
3 >ul ' .f'" 1 " , in mannish stripes Genuino Amoskeag checks,
a . n ?i co '°rs. Hundreds of chambrays and stripes. Neat
st> les 10 choose from. All regu- styles; prettily trimmed. Guar
lar sizes. Also sizes up to 6- anteed fast colors. All regular
Uußt - sizes.
TUESDAY EVENING,
WHEELS OF CUMBERLA
TO PREVENT FOOD SHORTAGE
Carlisle Chamber of Commerce, Farmers, Fruit Growers
and Others to Aid State Public Safety and
Defense Committee
Carlisle, Pa., April 24.—Wheels of
Cumberland county In an endeavor
to aid in preventing the threat
ened food shortago were put in mo
tion to-day, following the first meet
ing of the Committee of One Hun
dred For Defense,organized by the
Carlisle Chamber of Commerce,
which will act in conjunction with
the State and national bodies. Vari
ous prominent county men and fruit
grow.ers have been appointed to have
charge of the working out of the
various details of the plan.
At a meeting held here yesterday,
Dr. Guy Carleton Lee, president of
the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce,
relinquished his post in favor of
Lewis S. Sadler, appointed as a
member of the State Public Safety
Committee by Governor Brumbaugh.
Mr. Sadler addressed the full com
mittee, outlining the plans for work
at present, stating that the only de
partment which would begin work
immediately was that organized for
agriculture and food husbandry. He
appointed the Rev. T. J. Ferguson,
of Silver Spring, a former assembly
man and a man acquainted with
practical agriculture, as chairman of
this committee, witn George G. Stew
art, of Shlppensburg, as vice-chair
man and at the head of the subcom
mittees the following: Dr. H. A.
Surface, Mechanicsburg, former
SUBURBAN NOTES
COVE
Mrs. W. H. Yocum entertained a
number of friends at Helena cottage
on Thursday. They were: Mrs.
Annie Tomlinson, Mrs. James Mach
lan and children, Joseph and Cath
erine: Mrs. J. W. Linton, Mrs. Ed.
Forney, Mrs. Harry Smith. Miss Na
omi Smith, Mrs. Earl Smith, Mrs. R.
E. Stiringer, Mrs. William R. Chand
ler, Mis. William Anderson, Mrs.
Harry Motter, Mis. Charles Rhine,
Mrs. Jane Fry, Mrs. Maggie Groff,
Mrs. William Shover, MAS. James
Penhel, Miss Helen Gastrock and
Miss Leah May Yocum.
Mrs. Baker and daughter Frances
and .Mr. and Mrs. May and son, Ray
mond, were entertained ,at Glendary
cottage on Sunday.
Mrs. J. H. Curry and granddaugh
ter, Mls Dorothy Burd, spent Thurs
day at Tyrone.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wingard and
Road Charles, of Harrisburg, spent
the week-end at Manhattan cot
tage.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Donnelly, of
Harrisburg, were recent visitors at
Donna-Lee cottage.
Mrs. J. A. Fisher spent Monday at
Philadelphia.
Mrs. George 'Branyan and daugh
ter, Mildred, of Powl's Valley, spent
tho week-end with Mrs. James
Klinedlnst.
Mrs. John Alkens spent the week-
.State zoologist; Dr. 'H. H. Longs
dorf, Coatesville; T. A. Carothers,
Dickinson, and Louis J. Ladner,
I South Middleton.
! The plan as announced formally
by Mr. Sadler to-day calls for the
minute division of the work under
the chairmen and the subchairmen,
the latter appointing as many assist
ants as they need under authority
from the.main body. The four de
partments will be Home Gardening
I and Canning, General Crops and La
bor, Animal Husbandry and Poul
try Raising, Fruits and Market Gar
dening.
Mr. Sadler advisee farmers not to
try any revolutionary methods at
this time by planting of small addi
tional sections of ground, saving
everything possible, canning fruit
and vegetables, increasing poultry,
saving more calves and milk cows
for breeding stock and similar fea
tures to, in the aggregate, greatly
increase production in the county.
He advises impressing every family
with the need for a home garden,
well planned and cared for; publica
tion' of garden plans and informa
tion; the holding of canning demon
strations; organization of canning
clubs; impressing the farmer with
the importance of the staple cereal
cropu in the probable emergency;
aiding tho labor situation on farms.
end with her mother, Mre. Linawea
ver, at Colebrook.
Mrs. D. W. Hershey and family
spent Sunday at Mary Ann cottage.
Mrs. H. C. Berrier and Mrs. Mey
ers, of Harrisburg, spent Thursday
here. ,
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Derr spent Sun
| day at Engiewood cottage.
| Miss Annie Aikens spent Satur
i day at Harrisburg.
DCSCANNOy
| Harry Fritz, Jr., who is employed
lat Harrisburg, spent Sunday here
j with his family..
Miss Helen Johnston, of Bockville,
| visited relatives here on Sunday.
I John Boyer spent Sunday as the
I tfuest of his son, John Boyer and
! family, at Harrisburg.
I A number of residents spent Sat-
I urday at Harrisburg and witnessed
the great patriotic demonstration.
John Hartz, of Harrisburg, spent
yesterday here as the guest of his
son, Fred Hartz.
MIIiLERSTOWX
| Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parsons, of
[ Port Royal, spent Sunday with Mrs.
j Parson's father, William Kipp.
W. F. Rounsley, of Fenbrook, vis
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Rounsley, over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hoffman, of
Harrisburg, were recent visitors at
the home or Martin Roll.
Miss Sylvia Fry spent the week
end at Sunbury.
The Rev. W. H. Dyer has moved
his household goods to Blackwood,
N. J., where he has taken up his
work as pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. Dyer will visit her par
ents at Landisburg, before going to
Blackwood.
The Missionary Society and the
Young I,adics' Mission Band of the
Presbyterian Church, met at the
home of Mrs. S. C. Alexander on
Thursday evening at which time a
social was held.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Hopple have
returned home from visiting rela
tives at Harrisburg.
The Rev. Mr. Smiley, of Eemoyne,
preached in the Presbyterian Church
on Sunday.-
Miss Margaret Cook, of Harrls
burg, spent Sunday with her aunt,
Miss Ella Tyson.
DAUPHIN
The Mite Society of the Presby
terian Church, will meet at the home
of Miss Margaret Brooks, North
Erie street, this evening.
Prof. Smith examined a class of
nine on Saturday preparatory to en
tering the Dauphin High Bchool in
the fall.
Noodle soup will be for sale at the
lionie of Mrs. H. M. Rhoads on
Thursday from 11.30 a. m. for the
benefit of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wallis and
family, of Harrisburg, moved to their
bungalow to-day for the summer.
Miss Margaret Robinson, who
spent the winter with her brother,
Dr. James Wier Robinson, at Phila
delphia, has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Speece, of
Speeceville, have returned from a
visit to Mrs. Speece's aunt, Mrs.
J6hn Dewalt, at Hammondton, N. J.
Miss Orpha Speece has returned
to Sunbury after visiting relatives
at Speeceville and Dauphin.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wenrlch,
of Harrisburg, were gusts of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bowman, Speeceville, on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Flte and
daughter. Miss Lida, have returned
from Allentown. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sourbeer and
daughter, Frances, of Harrisburg,
spent Sunday at their cottage- at
Speeceville.
FALXi CAUSES DEATH
Carlisle, Pa., April 24.—Seriously
injured some months ago in a fall
from a fence on which he had climb
ed to cut a bit of willow to make
a whistle for one of his children,
Charles C. Forney died at his home
near New Kingston, aged 36 years.
Funeral services will be held Satur
day. He was a member of the Odd
Fellows and is survived by his wife
and six children at home; mother,
three brothers, Samuel, of Nebraska;
John, of Carlisle, and William, of
Mechanlcsburg, and these sieters,
Mrs. Emma Gcnsler, Mechnnlcsburg;
Mrs. Anna Shambaugh, of Nebraska,
and Mrs. Ida Ilennlck, of Canada.
MITE SOCIETY OFFICERS
Marysvllle, Ja„ April 24. —At a re
cent meeting of the Ladies' Mite So
ciety of the Trinity Reformed church
officers for the year were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. Fannie
Fox; Mrs. W. L. Rob
erts; secretary, Mr?.' W. T. White;
treasurer. Miss Emma ICass. Ar
rangements were also made to have
cement walks laid around the par
sonage.
ROWDIES RAID RESTAURANT
Dewistown, Pa., April 24.—0n
Saturday night the restaurant of
Cratcha Brothers, recently opened
up at Reedsville, near here, was
raided at a late hour. The Interior
fittings were damaged and Gus Crat
clia. one of the brothers, was beaten
by the intruders and forced to flee.
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets.—Adv.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Social and Personal News
of Towns Along West Shore
The Woman's Home and Mission
ary Society of St. Paul's Lutheran
church, New Cumberland, -will meet
at the home of Mrs. Lizzie Negley
this evening.
Miss Blanch Sweeney and Miss
Dorothy Kaufman, of New Cumber
land, spent the week-end with Misses
Helen Shelly and Ruth Thomas at
Steelton.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rumberger,
of New Cumberland, announce the
birth of a son, Friday, April 20. Mrs.
Rumberger was Miss Nora Forry
prior to her marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Grace Kinley and
son, Jacob Glace, of Hummelstown,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Kinley in Market street. New Cum
berland.
Miss Grace Apple, of Wellsvllle,
spent the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. R. R. Reiff, at New Cumber
land.
Mrs. Elliott B. Wharton, of Third
street, New Cumberland, returned
from Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Myers, of
Wormleysburg, entertained at dinner
on Sunday in honor of the birthday
anniversary of their daughter. Miss
Ruth. Covers were laid for: Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Mackey, Robert
Mackey, Marguerita Mackey. Robert
Jenson, Ruth Myers and Mr. and
Mrs. John F. Myers.
Mrs. Lewis Harlacher and Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller, of Mechanicsburg,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
James Wilson, at Wormleysburg.
Miss Margaret Jenkins and Miss
Mary Ristael, of Wormleysburg, vis
ited Miss Sara Kister, at Washing
ton Heights, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Skiles, of Har
risburg, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Skiles, at Wormleysburg.
Mrs. S. H. Hetrick, of Seiinsgrove,
was the week-end guest ot her hus
band. Prof. S. H. Hetrick, at Worm
leysburg.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Peffer, of
Washington Heights, and Mr. and
Mrs. I. W. Rlshel and Miss Mildred
Smith, of Harrisburg, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Rlshel, at Worm-'
leysburg.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sweger, of Har
risburg. spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. John Sweger, at Wormleysburg.
Mrs. Gastrock and daughter. Rose,
of Harrisburg, were guests of Mrs.
John Freeburn, at Wormleysburg.
Mrs. John Scliaffstall. Miss Mar
garet Schaffstall, Miss Helen Miller
and Fern Haine, of Harrisburg,
spent Sunday with Sir. and Mrs.
John Jenkins, at Wormleysburg.
Miss Edith Zeiders, of Harris
burg, was the week-end guest of
Mr. and Mrs. George Stouffer, at
Wormleysburg.
Mrs. Alex McAlllcher and daugh
ter, of Harrisburg, were guests of
Mrs. Wesley Geiger, at Wormleys
burg.
Mr. and Mrs. Budman and family
and Harris Peters, of Carlisle, visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller, at
Wormleysburg.
Miss Mabel Landis, of Enola, spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Groff Sheaffer, at Wormleysburg.
William Keffer, of Harrisburg,
visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Keffer, at Wormleysburg on
Sunday.
Mrs. Wesley Geiger, of Wormleys
burg, has returned from a visit with
friends at Philadelphia.
Mrs. W. O. Rishel, of Wormleys
burg, was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. A. B. Lantz, at Hillsdale.
Hobart Gosneli, of Harrisburg,
was the guest of his mother, Mrs.
Jennls Gotenell, of Marysville, on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Eppley, of
Harrisburg, were entertained on
Sunday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Eppley, at Marysville.
Walter W. White, cr Marysville, a
sophomore at Penn State, was one
of the students of that institution
freed by the faculty from class room
work for the remainder of the year
in order to assist In farm work.
Miss Grayce Shelley, teacher at
Mumpers schoollioutc, near New
Cumberland, took her school for
wild flowers yesterday.
The Sunshine Guild will meet at
the home of Mrs. Joseph Wetherly
at New Cumberland this evening at
8 o'clock.
Miss Cora fitouffer and Miss Ruth
Huntsberger, of Bowmansdale, vis
ited friends at New Cumberland on
Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie Thorley. of Atlantic
City, and Mrs. Susie Neidigh, of Har
risburg, visited friends at New Cum
berland yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ebersole, of
Milton, are visiting their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ebersole and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leihy, at New
Cumberland.
Miss Margaret Flurrie. of New
Cumberland, visited friends at New
port to-day.
Lottie Drawbaugh, of Cly, York
countv, is visiting her grandmother.
Mrs. Matilda Grass, at New Cumber
land. f
Mr. and Mrs. George Detrich, of
York Springs, motored to Shiremans
town on Sunday and were entertain
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Steven Frazier.
Mrs. William Stough, son Lloyd, of
Mechanicsburg, were week-end visi
tors at Shiremanstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Spahr,
daughter Dorothy Elizabeth Spahr,
M. H. Gettys, son Fred, of Harris
burg. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wolfe,
eon Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neb
inger and Mr. and Mrs. X*. L. Wolfe,
of Shiremanstown, were entertained
Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Neb
inger at their residence, at Shire
manstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Moss Rowles, son
Frederick, of Mechanicsburg, spent
Sunday with the former's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Rowles, at
Shiremanstown.
David Eshleman, of Lemoyne,
spent Sunday with his brother, R. R.
Eshleman, at Shiremanstown.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kapp, Mrs.
Charleo Grossman, daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Grossman, of Dillsburg,
motored to Shiremanstown Sunday,
where they visited friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Nebln
gcr, of Shiremanstown, have gone to
Fenbrook to spend several days with
their daughter, Mrs. Simon Walters.
Cheater Beamer, of Shiremans
town, and Vance Wolfe, of Steelton,
motored to Shippensburg on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Eliclcer
and Mrs. Susan Wiley, of Franklin
town, motored to Shiremanstown on
Sunday, where they visited the lat
ter's sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Comfort.
Mrs. Frances Lambert, Mrs. Harry
D. Frey and daughter, Frances
Elizabeth Frey, of Shiremanstown,
spent a day recently with the for
mer's daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Lav
erty, at Enola.
Miss Sara iiarman has returned to
her home at Shiremanstown, after
spending several weeks with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Carl, at Dillsburg.
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY
Mothers who value their own comfort and the
welfare of thcirchildreu, should never he without A
box of Mother (iray Sweet l'owdersfor Children,
for use throughout the season. They Break up
Colds, Relievo Feverish new, Constipation, Teeth
ing Disorders, Headache and Stomach Troubles.
Used hy .Mothers for 90 years. TiIICSK POWDEItB
NRVEII FAIL. Sold by all Drug' Stores, 2Rc.
Don t accept any mbMitute. Sample mailed FKJCK.
Address, Mother Gray Co., Le ltoy, N. Y.
News Items of Interest
In Central Pennsylvania
Mlflllnloivn—Bread lias Jumped to
six and twelve cents a loaf, and the
people will insist upon a sixtcen
ounce loaf.
Glrnrdvllle—The bakers of Girard
ville raised the price of bread to
twelve cents a loaf yesterday because
of the advancing price of flour.
I)nlln.stoMii—This little borough has
enrolled 250 Red Cross members. Tills
is one of the largest enrollments of
any small town in the State.
.HluunukJn—The home of Frank Kar
ptnsky, near Bear Gap, was totally
destroyed by fire yesterday while his
family was away visiting. The sparks
Ignited timber land, twenty acres be
ing destroyed.
I.elilKlitun —Town council is dead
locked over the selection of a succes
sor to Asher J. Schaeffer, a Repub
lican, who resigned as a member of
that body.
l.ebnnon—Twenty-seven represent
ative men have been elected to mem
bership in the board of directors of
the Lebanon Chamber if Commerce
and organization will follow April 27.
Slmmokln—b'rank P. Conrad died
yesterday. He was a leading member
of the State Volunteer Firemen's As
sociation and one of the best-known
miners in the local fields.
lioyrrlom—Postmaster George XT.
Schoenly received a mail pouch from
Washington containing fresh lettuce,
sent to determine the effect of ship
ment on fresh vegetables. It arrived
in good condition.
NcM<iuelinl>iK —The American flag
has been hoisted at every colliery of
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany throughout the Panther Creek
Valley.
Mniiclt Chunk—There is a move
ment here to stretch a rope across the
valley between Flagstaff mountain
and the Bear mountain and display a
large American flag from the center,
850 feet above the Lehigh river.
m iWi TRM
pjng
Every woman in charge of
a household realizes that it is
a large part of her duty to j
keep that household well.
In this task she must know
the simple horns remedleo to be ap
plied at the first symptom of illness.
Coughs and colds are two
of the foes she must constantly
combat, and digestive disturbances ;
need immediate attention. Thous- i
ands of American housekeepers have
found the most help to come from- i
ever-ready-to-take
PERUNA
Because Peruna has estab
lished Itself as the reliable family medicine
of Amorioa, la the 45 years It has been be
fore the public, the forehanded housekeepers
keep it ready for instant ministration in the
period of depression that precedes a cold, or
when stomach troubles manifest themselves. I
Both of these disorders are caused by
inflammation of the delicate membranes
lining the bleathinf apparatus and thedifies
tlve tract. Peruna clears away the waste,
aids the membranes in recovering from in
flammatory conditions and tones up the sys
tem. Its effectiveness isthfl reason that so
/<ss. many depend upon it. and Its
long record of merit main
/iu it as the dependable
/ farm
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