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TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBSi
I WEST SHORE NEWS!
Personal and Social Items
of Towns Along West Shore
Miss Josephine Stees, of York,
spent the week-end as the guest of,
her aunt, Mrs. Mary Heck, at Marys
ville.
1.. C. Lightner, a at Frank
lin and Marshall College, Lancaster,
has returned to his studies after
spending the week-end at his home
ait Marysville.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corl, of Har
risburg, were entertained on Sun
day by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
AV. D. Corl, at Marysville.
Edgar Roberts and Dewey Bare,
11 Marysville, were at Middletown
i a Sunday.
Oliver J. Dickey has returned to
Marysville, where lie is an assistant
ticket agent at the passenger offices
o£ the Pennsylvania railroad, after
spending several days with relatives
sit Lancaster and MiUersviUe.
Mrs. L. Clouser, of Marysville,
is the guest of relatives at Lancas
ter.
12. E. Hess, of Baltimore, was a
Visitor in Marysville last week.
Mrs. H. C. H. Gnau, of York, is
I cing entertained at Marysville by
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boyer.
Airs. G. E. Strausbaugh, of York,
has returned to her home after visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Leiby, at
Marysville.
Mr. and Mrs. William Faulk, of
Harrlsburg, visited at Marysville.
Mrs. Joseph Finnen, of Lemoyne,
spent Friday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Boyer, at Marys
\ ille.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Eppley,
of Marysville, aro being entertained
at Baltimore by their daughters, Mrs.
AV. H. Harrison and Mrs. Harry Hac
kl.
Mrs. Florence Ivass and daughter,
Anna, have returned to their home
at Millheim, after visiting at Marys
ville with her mother, Mrs. Catherine
A\ agner.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shover. ofi
Shiremanstown, Mr. and Mrs. Mertel
lvemberling and family. Miss V cr, ' ilt ]
Potteiger, of Hoguestown. Mis-* Edna,;
I'ale. of New Kingston, and diss Ida
Kemberling, of Mechanicsb >rg, mo
tored to Gettysburg recently.
Mrs. lUie Harlacher, of 'iowmana
dule, was a recent guest of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. BenjaMiin Stans
lield, at Shiremanstown.
Mrs. Calvin Krone. 'teJUj.rs, Mil
dred. Lena and Franc "' rs -
Jacob AValls, of Shire an v'■ - and
Miss Carrie AValls, o I
\ isited friends at Dillsti .
Mrs. John D. Blair h 5i - jJ to
her home at Allendale! ;
Mr. and Mrs. Levi S. Sh /jj lv 10 "
manstown. a,
Frank E. Wallace, ' ™ I
manstown. is home frori * Jfc
relatives at New VufK • .
i Mrs. George V. Coble, £ <CIf e '
spent a day recently witrt
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce F.. Feister,
at Shiremanstown.
Oliver J. Dickey, of Marys'ille, is
spending several days with relatives •
at Millersville and Lancaster.
Mrs. L. C. Clouser, of Mar}sv4le.|
is being entertained by relatives at|
Lancaster.
Mrs. E. Walt Snyder, of Marysvi.'le. j
is visiting relatives at Strasburg, lan- j
caster county.
Mrs. R. E. Hartman, of Marysville,
was at Duncannon recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Epply, >f Pa-,
nama Canal Zone, are visiting rela
tives at Marysville.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Griffith of Mt. f
Holly Springs, spent a daA - with their
son. Mervin Griffith, at Alat' sville
Walter AA'hite has enlisted in hei
Quartermasters' Department of thej
I'nited States, leA>ing Thursday to
take up his duties.
Mrs. T ■"i'la'Clouser and daughter
Margaret—, v Mrs. W. F. Forien
baugh a friends at Lancas- !
tel. .jp* *9
p: fe has returned from
a • tht Rev - L - K
.<Sago.
| fi wffl Heishley is visiting
fj MB City.
" a in Rishel, of AA'ormleys
fid Mr) Taylor, of Shlremans
fcTWr called at Nsw Cum-
K '.and.
Miss of Reading, is
HAI Cumberland.
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Mrs. Ying
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MONDAY EVENING,^
Wormleysburg Boy Writes
Letter Home From France
Wormleysburg, Pa., Oct. I.—G. A.
Donbaugli. now in France with Com
pany D, First Telephone Battalion,
American Kxpeditionary Forces,
writes his parents here telling of the
conditions existing there. His let
ter, which has been censored by the
captain of his company, is as follows:
"Dear Mother and Dad: Arrived
in France all right and we all have
lots to eat, so there is no kick about
anything. How is Dad working?
Tell him to take care of the chickens
and don't kill any of the roosters.
We have a nice camp here and got a
Y. M. C. A. and can buy candy and
tobacco. The weather is fine here.
Just about the same s nt home. I
can't tell you much, as we are not
allowed to say much. My address is
'G. A. Donbaugh, Company D, First
Telephone Battalion. American Ex
peditionary Forces, France, via New
York."
"How are you and are you all well
and tell Dad not to work too hard and
put my money in the bank. If you
need some, why that will be all right.
I will be back someday and then I
will tell you all about it. Good-by
and take good care of vourseif.
"GEORGE."
WELCOMIC PASTOR AM) BRIDE
Camp Hill, Pa.. Oct I.—The con
gregation of the Presbyterian Church
welcomed their pastor, the Rev. Ray
mond Ketchledge, and his bride back
from their honeymoon at the morn
ing service yesterday. The pastor
was married in PrifTceton several
weeks ago and this is his first sermon
here since his return. Last evening
ho preached a special sermon to the
local troop of Boy Scouts, of which
lie is scoutmaster. The troop pre
sented him with a large electric table
lamp. Harry Sigmund made the
presentation Speech in behalf of the
troop.
IiEMOYXE BOYS DESTRUCTIVE
T.emoyne. Pa., Oct. I.—Destruction
of garden vegetables by boys in the
borough has been called to the atten
tion of local authorities and is likely
that county authorities will be no
tified. The boys in some sections of
the town have completely destroyed
the crop of cabbage. One home gar
dener lost as high as fifty stalks. The
boys take sticks und chop the heads >
to pieces. Other vegetables are be- I
ing destroyed.
ACTION OX TAX SHORTAGE
AVest Fairview. Pa., Oct. 1.-> Action
j in regard to the shortage in the taxes
during the term of former Tax Col
lector Smeltzer .will be taken at the
monthly meeting of council to-night.
A committee appointed to look into
! the matter will report. What the
committee's investigation brought out
will not be known until to-night's
session. Should the matter be set
tled finally to-night, council will de
cide to proceed with the installation
of eleven fireplugs.
RECORD ATTENDANCE
Enola, Pa., Oct I.—Rally dav was
observed in the St Matthew's Re
formed Sunday School yesterday.
The highest attendance in the last
four years was reported as well as
a record collection. An interesting
l ropram was given which included
\ocal and instrumental selections and
: Idresses by the Re*\ T. H. Mat
t-mess, pastor, Ambrose Backenstoe.
superintendent, and T. L. Gray, of
Carlisle, statistical secretary of the
county Sunday school association.
The annual rally day exercises will
be held next Sunday in the Lutheran
and Methodist churches^
COVXCIL MEETINGS
New Cumberland, Pa.. Oct. I.
Nothing but routine is scheduled for
to-night's monthly session of coun
cil. No meeting of the body was held
last month. It was impossible to get
a quorum on several attempts.
AA'ormleysburg, Pa.. Oct. I.—Coun
cil will meet in monthly session to
nifcht. Nothing but routine business
is scheduled for the action of council.
NEW PASTOR CHOSEN
Marysville, Pa.. Oct. I.—At a con
gregational meeting of the Glenvale
Church of God the resignation of the
pastor, the Rev. S. T. Stouffer. was
accepted, to become effective on No
vember 1.
At the same meeting the Rev. El
bert Sheets, of Enhaut, who has de
livered several sermons In the Glen
vale church, was elected pastor to
succeed the Rev. Mr. Stouffer.
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DIINKARDSWILL
FIGHT IN ARMY
President of Elizabethtown
College Says They Will
Abide.by Decision '
Marietta, Pa., Oct. I.—Members
of the Dunkard faith in 1-aneaster
| county and other sections will enter
the Army and NaVy and fight if
President Wilson so decrees, accord
ing to a statement made by the Rev.
H. K. Ober, ot' the Elizabethtown
College. Mr. Ober and a committee
of other churchmen visi*d Camp
Meade and other military j .aces, and
this was finally decided upon. Mr.
Ober made an address and he said it
was the intention of the Church to
stand by the President. About thirty
I have gone from Lancaster county.
I'OIXII DEAD IX CHAIIt
Milton. Pa.. Oct. I.—Mrs. Anna
Metz, aged t>4, was found dead sit
ting In a chair at her home here near
midhight by neighbors who wondered
why her kitchen door was open.
Suburban Notes
PENBROOK
Mrs. J. H. Bowman and son,
Spangler, are home after a month's
visit with relatives in Ohio.
Mrs. Ed. Walborn and Mrs. David
Binder visited friends at Middletown
last week.
Mrs. S. G. Snoddy entertained at
dinner in honor of Miss Edith G.
Speck, of Burnt Cabins, and Miss
Hoffmeister, of Harrisburg, on
Thursday afternoon.
Miss Jennie Mcllhenny, of Her
shey, is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Alex. McElhenny.
Solomon Ramsey has moved his
family back to the house that was
damaged by the recent fire. Roy
Garverich has moved to the same
apartments. Both these families lost
a great deal of their household goods.
Mrs. Samuel German visited her
sister in State street, Pleasant A'iew.
Mrs. John Snyder and children of
Herr street, have returned home aft
er several days' visit with relatives
at Harrisburg.
Miss Zarker is entertaining Miss
Mendler.
The Jonestown Road Literary Cir
cle was entertained at the home of
Miss Grace I. Henry, after two
months' vacation. The year's work
was completed and Miss" Tilda Zar
ker was placed at the head of the
civic division. The next session of
the circle will be held at the lionie
of Mrs. L. A. Hetriek, October S.
The following were present: Mrs. L.
A. Hetriek, Miss Grace 1. Henry. Miss
Caroline Rauch. Miss Esteila Reese,
Miss Emrrui Nisley, Mrs. Ray Shoe
maker, Miss Mary Roese, Mrs. J. A.
Miller, Mrs. Harry Raysor, Mrs.
Charles Raysor, Miss Elizabeth
Rauch, Miss Mae J. LeA'an, Miss
Tilda Zarker, Miss Mary Mendler,
Miss Ruth LeVan, Mrs. J. A. Smyser,
Aliss Nellie Arue, of Lancaster; Mrs.
Elizabeth M. Henry, Miss Maurine
Lowery, of Hammond, 111., and Mrs.
Emma M. Henry.
Mrs. A. 1,. Shope and Mrs. O. E.
Houston will attend the State AA T . C.
T. U. convention at Greensburg, Pa.,
next week. ,
Mrs. Harry Sweigard and daugh
ter, visited her mother, Mrs. Smith,
of Oberlin.
D. A. Fishburn is rebuilding the
mill recently destroyed by fire. The
builfiing will be a brick structure
with all the modern equipments.
Mrs. Minnie Arnold, who was shot
by her husband, Walter Arnold, re
cently, is improving slowly. She is
now at her home, Thirtieth and Penn
streets. The bullet has not been lo
cated. t
Miss Mystie Acker, second grade
teacher, was at her home at Acque
duct, for the week-end.
NEW BUFFALO
Mrs. Margaret Slocum is spending
several days as the guest of relatives
at Duncannon*
Mrs. Ella McMorris is being enter
tained by relatives at Pittsburgh.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall, of Bethlehem,
are being entertained at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell.
Mrs. M. E. Fessler is the guest of
relatives at Harrisburg.
William Freey. who has been em
ployed for some time at the aviation
plant at Middletown. has returned to
his home here.
H. AA". Liddick is spending several
days as the guest of relatives at
Marysville.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LATE NEWS FROM THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY
SOLDIERS MAKE
SECOND ESCAPE
Captured at Carlisle After
First Flight From Jail,
Again Get Away
Gettysburg. Pa., Oct. I.—ln jail
four days, out for two days, back
again four days more and out again
is the record made by AA'alter Forbes
and Robert Straub when they escaped
from the Adams county jail for the
second time within a week Saturday
night. The two men are soldiers from
the camp here and had been placed in
the prison—Forbes on the charge of
taking an automobile from Oyler
Brothers and Straub charged- with
taking a suit of clothes from the tal
lcving establishment of Rogers, Mar
tin and Company. Last Sunday morn
ing they escaped by sawing the bars
from the window of their cell and
crawling through and two days later
were captured at Carlisle. A detail
of soldiers was sent to the Cumber
land county town to bring them back
and when they reached Biglerville
they were ordered to get out of the
automobile and go on foot to Get
tysburg. Several soldiers rode horse
back behind them and made them
double-time it for nearly the whole
seven miles between the two towns.
When they reaohod the prison Forbes
was placed in the granite cell in or
der that he could be kept securely.
During Saturday last he picked the
lock on the door and got out into the
corridor. Going over to the sleeping
turnkey he relieved him of the keys
and twelve dollars in cash. He then
went to the cell of Straub and re
leased him. Both men attired them
selves in the clothes of the other pris
oners hanging on hooks in an outer
room, and leaving their soldier cloth
ing behind, with the exception of
their shoes, they went through the
door to freedom.
Eight Selected Men to Go
to Camp Meade Saturday
Carlisle, Pa.. Oct. I.—Reversal of
decisions by the district board who
released married men certified for
service, make probable the calling of
more men for examination to fill the
county quota to the National Army.
AVord has been received here that B.
Roy Kauffman, leader of the first
contingent of district, No. 2 has been
appointed a mess sergeant. Eight
men leave here as the second con
tingent. next Saturday. They are:
District No. 1, Harry S. Slowther,
Mechanicsburg; AVilliam R. Kline,
New Kingston: Arthur N. Young,
Mechanicsburg; Reno Simmons,
Allen.
District No. 2, Samuel H. Caroth
ers, Carlisle: Luther Baker, Ship
pensburg, R. D. 5; Israel Finkey,
Dickinson; Leray B. Harnish, Car
lisle. The latter has been state sec
retary of the World's Purity Fed
eration.
,Peach Shipments Heavy
During Season of 1917
Waynesboro, Pa., Oct. I.—Jacob
F. Good, Western Maryland railroad
agent, at Midvale station, near Way
nesboro, was in town Saturday and
when asked as to the peach ship
ment situation at this time, said that
middle of next week would see the
windup of the peach business for this
season in carload lots.
Four carloads were shipped from
Midvale yesterday and four on Fri
day.
JOHN AA'IERMAX RI'RIED
Dillsburg, Pa., Oct. I.—Funeral
services for John Wierman was held
from his late home in Carroll town
ship, Friday. The Rev. O. E. Krenz,
conference evangelist of the United
Brethren Church, conducted the
service. The United Brethren Church
choir sang the hymns and John
Bushey. John Morthland, JSlin E.
Cook, C. U. S. G. Coulson, James
Mummert and Lewis Wiley, were
pallbearers. Services were held at
the home and the body was then
taken to the Friend's meetinghouse
for burial.
MANY CASES AT
CARLISLE COURT
Camp Hill Annexation Ques
tion Will Probably Re De
. cided This Week
Carlisle, Pa.. Oct. 1. —Important
cases are listed for trial at the ses
sion of criminal court which opened
here to-day. in all, twenty-five hear
ings are <jlown and decision will come
at the same time on the Camp Hill
annexation project.
Leading the list are t"ie false pre
tense charges against .lohn C. Gill,
a Harrisburg real estate man. There
will be two unique cases, also, John
Bailey and Clarence Brown being
charged with jail-breaking. Brown
dug a hole in the jail wall, which al
most resulted in the freeing of pris
oners. There are two additional
.charges against Bailey. He is a mem
ber uf the famous Cockley gang, one
ol whom, Eddie Morris,, has just been
taken to the penitentiary for a twen
ty-seven-year sentence. H. N. Mor
row, a New Kingston blacksmith, is
charged with trying to burn a build
ing: Henry Ilalleman. of Camp Hill,
is up on charges of larceny, and two
cases of cruelty to animals with
minor charges of assault will also
feature.
The Rev. Peter C. Crist
Appointed Prelate by Pope
Waynesboro, Pa., Oct. I.—The
Rev. Peter C. Crist, a native of this
county, now at Scranton, Pa., has
just been advised from Rome of his
appointment by Pope Benedict as a
domestic prelate with the title of
monsignore.
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CALEB S. BRINTON
NEW CHAIRMAN
Cumberland County Repub
lican Committee Chooses
Campaign Leader
Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 1. —Expressing
high hopes for victory for the entire
ticket in November, a meeting of
the .Cumberland County Republican
committee was held Saturday when
an organization was perfected. Caleb
S. Brinton, of Carlisle, was elected
chairman, succeeding Josia'n AV.
Kline.
Offices were opened hero this
morning and the campaign formally
launched. Mr. Brinton, the new
chairman, was a former postmaster
here. He has been active as a party
leader for a number of years and has
a large personal following. Joslali
AV. Kline, an employe of the State
Library, the retiring chairman, held
the post for four years, resigning be
cause of press of personal business.
Mr. Brinton was elected treasurer
also, and George D. Frey. Newville,
and J. Harvey Line, of Carlisle, were
chosen as secretaries.
Greencastle Surgeon Now
Lieut.-Colonel in Army
Greencastle, Pa., Oct. I.—J. Ralph
Shook, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Z.
Shook, of East Baltimore street, has
been promoted to lieutenant colonel
in the United States Army Medical
Corps and is now division surgeon at
Camp Dodge, lowa, one of the larg
est cantonments in the West.
OCTORHfi 1, 1917.
SERVICES I OB SOLDIERS
Marietta, Oct. I.—A patriotic serv
ice in honor of twelve young men
from the Marietta Presbyterian Sun
day school and church who went to
the Army was held yesterday morn
ing. In the evening the annual serv
ices to the memory of the late Dr.
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John I I. Grove, of Philadelphia, wV
was ti ic donor of the Presbyterian
chapel were held. The pastor, the
Rev. j irthur Richards, was assisted
by thi > Rev. Dr. John R. Laid, of
Frank Tord, Philadelphia, the latter
delive 'ing the memorial sermon.
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servic s.