■IMPORTANT NEWS OF TOWNS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA! ■CORP. MERCER i I WINS PROMOTION' Mechaniesburg Soldier Servin at Camp Meade Now Lieu- 1 tenant in National Army BROTHER ALSO OFFICER' Many Men from Various < Camps Spend Furloughs At Home. Mechaniesburg, Pa.. April 20. Corporal ♦iarry H. Mercer, of Com pany A, military police of Camp Meade. Md., has been promoted to s lieutenant. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mercer, West Main street, who have another son. Lieutenant Forrest Mercer, in the service.—Mrs. G. W. Heashman entertained the Sunday school class taught by Miss Olive Taylor in the Methodist Episco pal Church on Monday evening at her home in West Coover street. After the business session the even ing wa3 spent socially and refresh ments were served.—Sunday school workers of Mechaniesburg were well represented at the county conven tion held in the United Evangelical 1 Church at Carlisle. —George E. Lloyd I spent Monday at Philadelphia in thel interest of the Third Liberty Loan. | —A pleasant dance was held in Franklin hall on Thursday night by a number of young people for the benefit of the Mechaniesburg Red I Cross. The saxaphone orchestra ofj Harrisburg furnished music.—Miss Julia Heftlefinger and. Miss Olive Taylor returned to their home in, East Main street, after spending the j past four months among relatives j and friends in Maryland.—Mrs. Wil liam Block was at Carlisle on Mon day attending the funeral of her] uncle, E. J. Wilks. —William L. i Laubenstein, of Harrisburg. was In? town on Monday evening drilling the | Girls' Military Squadron.—Sergeant j Major R. H. Thomas, of the sSth Infantry, Camp Green, Charlotte, N. C., is home for a ten-day furlough.— Mrs. Buckingham and two children, of York, spent the week end at the Methodist Episcopal par sonage visiting her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J. Ellis Bell.—Robert R. I Bentz, of the 7th Field Hospital, Corps, was at the home of his par- j ents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Bentz, i East Main street, on a short fur- j lough.—W. F. Fishburn has accept- j ed a position in the shipping depart ment of Dives. Pomeroy and Stewart, at Harrisburg. For the r'ist ten years | he has been employ ' .it the Koller ; spoke works.—Hn 1 Trimmer, of, the Ammunition '.'ruck Company, returned to Camp Hancock. Augusta. J Ga., after spending a furlougfy at his home ne.ir here. Mrs. Frank Rhodes and daughter, of Harrisburg. spent a day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilson Hurst.—Mrs. Moses j Markley, who is 90 years 014. was; guest of honor at a dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Markley at their; home in West Main street. —A. -G.; Eberly left on Monday for Jefferson. 1 lnd. —D. F. Miller, of Altoona, spent' the weekend with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Miller, West slalnj street. Chicken Corn Soup Supper for Millerstown Red Cross ' j Millerstown, Pa., April 20.'—A 1 I chicken corn soup supper will be! held in the diningroom of the Na-1 J tional hotel, this evening by Miss( Rebecca Weimer's Sunday <school 1 class, the proceeds to go to the , Millerstown Red Cross. —A reception 1 was held in the .Methodist Episcopal j j Church on Tuesday evening in hon / or of their new minister, the Rv. 1 I Victor Nearhof. —Mrs. William Araer / and little daughter, Mary, of Claren- I don, Va.. are visiting her parents. | \ Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Wingert—Casper Swartz returned on Tuesday to Camp : Meade, Md.. after spending a fur lough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.; Elmer Peifer. —Mrs. Pearl Rowe and 1 daughter. Miss Pearl Rowe, of Har risburg, spent Monday with C. O. Spangler and family. William Rounsley " entertained the of the primary class of the Metho- | dist Sunday schbol at his home on Wednesday evening.—Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kipp, who had been visiting their children at Harrisburg for sev- j eral'weeks, returned home on Wed-j nesday. evening.—Miss Lillian Nan- i kivel, of Steelton, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nankivell.—The first quar-1 terly conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was held at the j home of William Rounsley Tuesday evening! District Superintendent B. F. Steven* was present.—Misses Mary Dietz and, Lulu Troutman were vis itors at Newport Monday.—Mrs. Pet er Shenk and daughter, Mildred. | are visiting her daughter, Mrs. John j Deitrich, at Lemoyne.—Misses Alma . and Laura Howenstine, of Newport. l were guests of their sister, Mrs. i Perry Ulsh, on Sunday.—Miss Jessie | • Kix is visiting friends at Altoona.— | Henry Attic, of Sunbury spent sev- j enil days with his brother, Peter j Attic. —Miss Mary Wallace, of Hunt- i ingdon, was the guest of Miss Nan, Hough.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hop-1 pie were Harrisburg shoppers on Tuesday.—Ralph Thompson. H. G., Rippman and Edward Rippman were called to Harrisburg on Wednesday by the serious illness of their broth er, William Rippman, who was oper ated on Monday at the Harrisburg; Hospital for appendicitis. Mrs. C. V. Henry Entertains Annville Home Study Circle Annville, Pa.. April 20.—Mrs. C. | V. Henry, of Lebanon, wife of Judge Henry, was hostess to the Home Study Circle, of Annville. Miss An- 1 na Krieder read a paper on John Philip Sousa. Selections on the Yictrola were given. Prof, and Mrs. E. E. Sheldon entertained at a dinner party. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hil bert, Miss Anna Fasnacht and Leroy Walters. The Misses Ruth Strick ler, of Lebanon, Ruth Steinhaur, of Lemoyne, Private Ray Campbell, of Camp Hancock, AugOsta, Georgia, and Thomas Lyter, of Princeton, N.' i J., were here on Friday. Mrs. Colb, of Albertus, Berks county returned home after a week's visit at the ; Reformed parsonage the guest of 1 Rev. Delong and family. ■ — Mrs. C. ! E. Shenk and daughter, Elizabeth, spent a day at Harrisburg,- visiting relatives. Miss Celia Erhart spent some time as the guest of Miss Mil dred Dunkle, of Lebanon Valley College. Corporal William Price, of Camp Meade,. Md., visited friends in town. Misses Ella Moyer and Marjorle fjickles. of Philadelphia, •-■pent some time here' the guests of Miss Miriam Lenhart, of Lebanon Valley College. 1 SATURDAY EVENING, mJtRISBTTCG TELEGRAPH APRIL 20, 1918. Zortman Lumber Company Starts Work in New Mill Pa., Apfil 20. —The Zortmaft Lumber Company wheae mill was burned last summer, have | erected a sawmill on the old site and began operation Monday. James Olmsted, of .Milroy, is foreman.— William Bell Clark, of Philadelphia, spent a short time with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Clark, this week. —William Bell Griss and Joseph H." Fite, employed at Sparrows Point, spent Sunday with their families here.—Mrs. Eugene Garman and sons spent the weekend with Mrs. Garman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lebo, at Halifax.—Howard Bayley, of New York, who has been visiting the Misses Gayman, return ed liome. —Mrs. James Reash and children, of Harrisburg, were guests of Mrs. Reach's father, Stewart Ken nedy.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCarty, of Williamsport, were week-end guests of the Misses Croase.—Miss W. Deitch and children have return ed from a visit to Williamsport.— Wor(l has been received of the safe arrival over the seas of Clarence Shatto, member of the 35th Engin eers who had been stationed at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. —Paul Worcester, of Harrisburg, was a vis itor to the burg on Wednesday.— Miss Celia Palmer, erf Lemoyne: Miss Mary Barbour, JameS Shimp and William Shimp, of Harrisburg, were g.uests of Mr. and Mrs. William lrvia. on Sunday.— ; The annual com mencement of the Dauphin High schdpl will be held on Tuesday even- i ing lApril 30, in the Methodist ChtfrbK—Ray Hoffman, a member ofl the 316 th Infantry Headquarters dmrany at Camp Meade, Md., spent a furldtigh with his parents, Mr. and Mri 4>avid Hoffman.—Mrs. David who has been seriously ill at her home, is improving.—Mr. and Mrs. Parker Buffiington announce the birth of a daughter, on Wednes day, April 10. Mrs. Buffington, was Miss Florence Meyers before her marriage.—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schneider and Joseph Eberly motor ed from York, and were the guests of Mrs. Schneider's aunt. Mrs. Sarah Sponsler.—Mrs. John Putt and son, of Harrisburg, were the weekend guests of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Fertig.—Edward Garman, of New Yofk -City, is visiting his brother. William 'A. Garman.—Miss Cora , CofTrode is visiting her cousin, Mrs. j Clinton Hoover, at Rockville. —Mrs. j Frank Lyter and son, are visiting j her sister, Mrs. Luther Laup, at Mar- j tinsburg, W. Va. Adams County Soldier Cited for Bravery Before Death Gettysburg, Pa,, April 20. —The parents of Corporal William Gehr- j ing, the lirst Adams county soldier, to die on the field of battle in j France, have received a letter from i an officer of his command stating j that the jioung man ha dbeen cited j for bravery.—On Sunday a tablet i will be unveiled in Trinity Reformed ' Church in memory of the Rev. Dr. j Thomas J,. Barkley, who for thirty-, three years and pastor of the church. —Ethel Rohrbaugh, the lti-months-j old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos j Rohrbaugh, ef near McSherrystown. j fell from the third-story window of their home, a distance of about twenty-five feet and sustained only l bruises of the face and left side;— j Sergeant Howard Armor, son of! William D. Armor of East Middle I street, was a member of the army I truck train that was compelled to lay here for several days owing to the bad weather. The young man | was permitted to spend the time at' his home.—Dr. Maurice Bender, of! New York, son of E. M. Bender,! of Gettysburg, who was recently! commissioned a lieutenant in the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps of the National Army, has been trans- ] ferred to the Regular Army add has ! been ordered to report July 1 at the , Army Medical School in Washing- ' ton. D. C, for a special course of ( instruction. —After being in business i for forty years. Tawney's Bakery 1 has been sold by Edgar Tawney, the | present owner, to the Home Bakery Company, with M. S. Yohe as man-j ager.—Harry Bixler, of near Square , Corner, fractured several ribs when he canked his car# which was in gear. He was shoved up against a 1 fence by the machine. —Mrs. O. S. Riley raised a parsnip that weighed | three pounds and nine ounces. . j Seven Plymouth Rocks Lay 136 Eggs in Month Florin, Pa.. April 20.—Mrs. Georee Flowers is the owner of seven Ply mouth Rock hens that laid 136 j eggs during the month of March. — 1 Mrs. Harry Etchler and Miss Cather-1 ine McCullock were visitors at Lan caster. —Mrs. Jacob Stern, of Eliza- j bethtown, was the guest of her! daughter. Sirs. Oleweiler.—Mrs. Ga- ' briel Geib spent Tuesday at Eliza bethtown, the guest of her brother. —Mrs. Lydia Brandt, of Elizabeth- i town, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. i Harry Eichler.—The Rev. O. G.; Romig, pastor of the United Breth- i ren Church, will preach the second I of a series of sermons on "The Lord's 1 Prayer." on Sunday evening.—Sam- uel Fair, of Harrisburg, was the] guest of Michael Kottler. —Miss Edna Groff, of Elizabethtown, was enter tained by Miss Margaret Raymond. —-Sergeant Louis Lesher. of Camp Meade, Md„ was a visitor at the home of Thomas McKinley.—Harry and Arthur Herr, of Lancaster, and Charles Shickley, of York, were guests of C. S. Wachstetter, on Sun day.—Mrs. Albert Harris is ill.— Mrs. Monroe Ebersole and Mrs. Ja cob JRider visited friends at Rheems, on Monday.—The Rev. and Mrs. O. G. Romig and daughter, Florence, are spending several days with friends at Reading.—Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shires jisited friends at Har risburg. Class of Eighteen Will Graduate at Manchester r> Manchester, Pa., April 20.—The baccalaureate sermon was preached to the High school pupils by the Rev. H. L. Gerstmyer in Christ Lutheran Church, on Sunday evening. The pupils of the High school and direc tors of York Haven, Mount Wolf, Manchester and adjaicent townships, assembled in the High schoolroom i and marched to the church in a body. Special music consisted of an an them by the church choir, Mrs. D. V. Ness singing the solo parts. An other number was a quarte-t by Levi | Small, Milton Gross, Dr. J. C. Slay | and the Rev. H. L. Gerstmyer.—The High school commencement exercises will be held in Fraternity Hall this evening. Eighteen will graduate The Rev. A. G. Fastnacht, of York, will supply the pulpit of the Luth eran Church to-morrow in the ab sence of the Rev. H. L. Gerstmyer.— Ell Gross has returned from Me chaniesburg. where he spent several days with the Rev, and \trs. S. 8. Games. The Rev. Mr. Games has ac i cepted a call.to Hershey as pastor of I the Lutheran' Chufch. NEW CUMBERLAND WOMAN HAS THREE SONS IN WAR SERVICE Private Harold E. Killheffer. Sergt. Cecil L. Killheffer. Corp. Edwin A. KUlheffer. New Cumberland, Pa., April 20. Mrs. L. E. Kilheffer, of Second street, is the only mother in New Cumberland who has a service flag with three stars. Her three sons are in the service of the United States, as follows: Sergeant Cecil L. Killheffer, the oldest son, is a mem CENTRAL PENNA. PERSONALS! Now Bloomlielil.—Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Whitmore, of Greensburg, spent the week-end here.—Mrs. E. H. Blessing and two bright little sons of Hummelstown, have been the guests of Mrs. H. C. Slieani, the past week.—Miss Rose Miller, who has spent several weeks here on account i of ill health, has returned to teach ing at Camden.—Mrs. J. C. Smith, of Pittsburgh and Mrs. Jas. Shull and daughter. Janet, of Ickesburg, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. I>. Kistler the early part of the week. — i Mrs. E. E. Moore, Mrs. Marion Bow- ] c rnd Miss Emma Morrow, rep- j resenting the local Red Cross Aux- | iliary, were in Harrisburg inspecting i special work in the chapter room to- ] day.—Mrs. James S. Magee, who j had been visiting her husband, j United States Marshal Magee at i Scranton, has returned home. — j Charels DeLance/, of Camp Green, j ClU'llotte, N. C., came home on a fur lough Saturday, but on Sunday he [ received an order to return to the [ camp at once. —Frank Keller, of I Camp Meade, Md., spent the week- j end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j G. N. Keller. He belongs to a | trench-motor company. Frank I Shearer, of ampC Meade, Md., spent a furlough among friends at Del- j ville.—Bowman Lightner, of the Middletown camp, spent Saturday with his grandparents, Mr. and j Mrs. D. P. Bightner, at Bandisburg. j —Miss Edith Johansen, has returned j to ihc home of J. T. Alter, in this place after spending the winter at j Philadelphia.—Miss Margaret Mc- j Kee, has returned to her home after \ a seven week's visit with her sister, j Mrs. F. T. Wheeler, at NewviUe. — Mrs. Roy Harter, returned to Be- i troit, Mich., on Saturday. Her husband has enlisted in the Marines | and is stationed at Ann Arbor. Mich, i —Mrs. Jas. L. Butz, spent the past , week with her mother, Mrs. Geo. M. Crozin, at Harrisburg.—Miss Edith | Deeds. of Philadelphia, is visiting I Miss Helen Darlington. MUldlebiu-g.— Edwin Saum. ;of Carlisle, spent several days with his j grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Bachman.—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stet ler, visited at the home of the form er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stetler. —The Thimble Club was en tertained at the home of Mrs. A. F. Gilbert. Thursday afternoon. —Dr. H. D. Hayes, returned from a visit with relatives at Washington. D. C. j —The Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Kratzer of Bemont, spent Sunday with the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kratzer. —Miss Lula Binga- ; min. was taken to the Mary M. : Packer Hospital, Sunbury, Tuesday, where she underwent an operation I for appendicitis.—Mr. and Mrs. Wil- j liam Hassinser are visiting relatives j at Kanarock, West Virginia.—Mr. and Mrs. Lank Schoch, of New York city, are visiting the former's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Schoch.— i Allen Schoch. a student at Bellefonte Academy, spent several days with | Mrs. G. Alfred Schoch. —Mr. and j Mrs. Daniel Haas and son, Russell, who spent the winter at Winter j Haven. Florida, returned to their Middleburg home on Monday.—Mrs. i Beistel. of Harrisburg,*spent Sun- ! day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | E. K. Freyman.—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dreese. spent several days at Altoona. —Miss Edna Kllnger en tertained the Home Study Club at the home of Mrs. A. D. Gougler on Monday evening.—Mrs. Feess, of Sunbury, was the guest ; of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Freyman. Union Deposit—Mr. and Mrs. Ster ling H. Peiffer, of Bemoyne, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Peiffer on Sunday.—Elias Kaufman, spent Wednesday at Harrisburg.— Mr. and Mrs. John Swope, of Pal myra. viisted Mrs. Swope's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos M. Kuhns, on j Sunday.—Frank Snyder, of Camp j Merritt. Ohio, has spent a furlough ■ with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Snyder.—Mrs. C. A. Landls. spent a i day at Harrisburg, visiting her j daughter, Mrs. Neal MiUer. —Frank Whitmoyer and brother John, of | Annville, spent a day with Isaac Keiffer.—Mrs. Joseph Etter. spent Monday at Annville. —Miss Margaret DandUr, of Laidesburg, is spend ing some time with her sister, Mrs. ' Jesse Chronister.—Mrs. Henry A. I Millei. spent Wednesday at Harris-1 burg.—John Neidig. and daughter, Viola, of Grantville. visited his daughter, Mrs. Irwfn Hughes, on Tuesday. Blain—Miss Elsie M. a ! school teacher, left on Monday to i take the civil service course at the Harrisburg School of Commerce.— | Mrs. W. H. Stine and two children, j of Pittsburgh, came to visit the j formers parents. Postmaster and ! Mrs. D. P. Stokes, —John R. Johns- j 'ton. of Harrisburg. is visiting his ! father, James Johnston. Mrs. I Mayme Wetzel 1, iresident of the! I S'ork county Won.an's Christian J ! Temperance Union, will speak on Sunday evening In the Methodist I Episcopal Church. The annual meeting of the Joint Consistory of the Blain Zion's Reformed Charge with churches at Blain, Sandy Hill. Buffalo and Ickesburg. will be held on Saturday, April 27 at 2 p. m., in the Sandy Hill Reformed Church.— Annie Harkins, • has returned from Dayton, O. ber of the Four Hundred and Eigh ty-Sixth Aero Squadron with Ameri can Expeditionary Forces, and has been in France four weeks. Ser geant Killheffer has worn two uni forms of the United States service, having been in the Navy, for a full term of enlistment and going around the world in 1905 with the Atlantic | Ijiiis'lostowii.—Mrs. Fanny Back- j ' enstoe, was the week-end guest of I .Mr. and Mrs. Miles Backenstoe at I Mount Joy.—Fleck Meixel, of Camp ! Meade, Md., spent the week-end i with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter ■ Meixelj—Harry Farling was a recent I guest of friends at Baltimore.—Wal ter Lenker and Samuel Lenker, of : Harrisburg, were the guests of Mr. 'and Mrs. Charles Lenker on Sun | day.—Mrs. Sarah Albert, of Harris | burg, was the guest of. her mother, \ Mrs. Matilda Shuey.—Martin Goss, | of Camp Meade, Md., spent several days with his parents, Jlr. and Mrs. | Samuel Ooss.—Mr. and Mrs. Paul j Getz, of Mount Joy, were guests of j Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bolton.—Miss | i Mary Moyer, of Harrisburg. visited | ] Mrs. Augustus Hoover. Thomas j j Smith, of Camp Meade, Md., was the i 1 week-end guest of his parents, Mr. j ! and Mrs. Frank Smith.—Mr. and j j Mrs. William l-'eeser. and children . 1 of Harrisburg. on Sunday, were the i guests of Mrs. Mary Feeser.—Mr. ! and Mrs. Boyd Good and daughter, 'of Penbrook, and Mr. and Mrs. j Roger Good, of Harrisburg, on Sun- i j day were guests of Mr. and Mrs. j |W. C. Good.—Mrs. Charles Demmy ; and children of Penbrook, on Wed- ! ' nesday. were the guests of her sister j ' Mrs. Norman Koons. —Miss Alice Gingher, of Harrisburg, on Wednes- j ' day, was the guest of Miss Marion j 1 Smith.—-Nile Cassel. of Camp ! Upton, Yaphank, X. Y., is home on ] j a short furlough.—Mrs. Rebecca I Baker is spending several days with j | friends at Harrisburg.—Miss Re- j i becca and Miss Kate Mcllhenny, of I i Harrisburg on Thursday were guests • of Mrs. Annie M. Smith.—Mrs. Maria I I Zimmerman, of Harrisburg, on i i Thursday, was the guest of he'r l ! daughter, Mrs. Austin Schaver. Wi colli SCO, Pa., April 20. —The j i Rev. John J. Hunt will repeat his j j "War Sermon," on "The Philosophy j of Faith," to-morrow evening at 7 i I o'clock in the Methodist Episcopal I | Church. Harper Wiest, of Harris- I ! burg, is the guest of John Schreffler i and family. Mrs. Ray C. Bod- j . dorflf and children, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. Emily Buckley. Misses Mildred Koppenhaver and • Ajnelia Seiip spent. Sunday after- ; noon, with Mrs. Ida ttomberger, at j Elizabethville. Mr. and Mrs. ! Mathew Thompson and Mrs. Ann: James, have returned home, after visiting relatives at Philadelphia. j , Isaac Mossop spent Monday at Tower City. Edna Kissinger visited Mil- J I lersburg friends on Sunday. Mr. 1 j and Mrs. W. H. Clay Keen received i ! word from their son, Lieutenant E. i ! Leßoy Keen, that he had arrived ! l in France. Miss Edna New and Mrs. Buffington, of Sunbury, spent i | part of the week with Mr. and Mrs. : W. O. Wiest. Claude Reichard, of : Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., is vis- ! iting his sister, Mrs. John Watkins. I —Haydn White spent Monday at j Harrisburg. John Long has re- ; . turned to Elmira, N. Y„ after spend- j I ing several weeks with his father, j IJ. F. Long. Miss Margaret D. ! j Lewis left Thursday for Shippens- j i burg Normal School, where she will! | resume her studies. William A. j j Calnon, of Camp Meade, Md., spent •Sunday with his parents. \lr. and j 1 Mrs. Dennis Calnon. Mrs. Wil-1 liara Morris and son have returned - to Cressona, after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Juny. —Mrs. John L. Machamer is home from a visit to Philadelphia. Pillow.—Charles Seaman, who is j jin an ammunition truck train at Camp Hancock,- Augusta, Georgia, spent a ten-day funiough at his home here.—Alonzo Laudenslager, of Philadelphia, spent several days with his parants here.—Mr. and Mrs. Felix Snyder, and children of Free | burg, visited her sister for several I days.—Thomas Snyder and Harry Hunk, left for Buffalo on Wednesday .evening.—Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Waist, a boy. on Tuesday.—The j body of John Rickert, of Pittston, j formerly of near town, was buried in the Union cemetery her on Wednes ! day. j PROMOTED TO SERGEANT Eliza bvttUown, Pa.. ApHl 20. | Corporal Paul Schlotthauer, a for | mer employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad freight department at this I place, writes from Galveston, Texas, i where he has been stationed, that I he has been promoted to a sergeant. I —Private Horace A. Stauffer, of this place, has been promoted to I corporal in the Eight Hundred | Fourth Aero • Repair Squadron at Kelly Field, San Antonio. Texas. — I Among Uncle Sam and his "babies" in the April number of the Ladies I Home Journal appears the picture iof Miss Edna Barnes, the little j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. [Barnes, of East High street.—Mrs.' A B. Hambright and daughter, Miss Irene Hambright, spent the past' | week with relatives at Utica, N T . Y. ! —Raymond Snyder was the guest of friends at Florin—J. F. Epler, of I.ansford, spent several days with Samuel F. Helsey and family in West High street.—John Solomgn, i> private at Camp Meade, Md., was the guest of Frank Geibe and fam ily.—Mrs. Catharine Barnhart has received a letter from her son, l Omar Barnhart, that he has arrived in France.—H. G. Reese, of Lancaster, was the guest of relatives at May town. battleship fleet. The second Is Cor poral Edwin A. Killheffer, Company D. One Hundred and Twelfth Unit ed States Infantry, stationed at Camp Hancock. Augusta, Georgia. The third, is Private Harold E. Kill heffer. of the Twenty-Eighth Aero Squadron. He arrived in France, March 12. Nine Girls Graduate at Bainbridge High School Bain bridge, Pa.. April 20.—The j High school commencement exercises] will be held on Tuesday evening, April 30, at 8 o'clock in the Lutheran church. There are nine girls in the graduation class. Instrumental music will be furnished by the Marietta or chestra. Amos J. Hershey, a well known reader, entertainer and recit er, of Lancaster, will play an inter esting part on the program. Miss; Esther Mueller, of Lancaster, will give a vocal solo. The speakers of the ! evening will be Dr. H. M. J. Klein, | head of the department of history, !at Franklin and Marshall College, : Lancaster.—Miss Marion Engle, of Mary town, spent Sunday with her i grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William | Wise. —Mrs. Wesley Houseal and ! Miss Ruth Finneran spent Tuesday at Columbia.—Miss Helen Engle vis ited at Harrisburg on Tuesday.—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Marshall spent Tuesday at Harrisburg.—Miss Ellen [Ely, of Harrisburg, spent several I days with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. ] Samuel Ely.—Miss Edith Herring, of | York, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. N. R. | Hoffman.—Carl Smith, of Steelton. spent several days with his parents, j Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith. —Miss j Margaret Ashton, who was the guest I of Miss Erma Ashton, has returned |to her home at Columbia. —Miss j Ruth Walton, of "Middletown, spent 'several days with Mr. and Mrs. Aus | tin Hawthorne. Miners Fight Fire and Gas in Brookside Colliery | Tower City, Pa., April 20.—0n! | Sunday a fire was discovered ih one : of the breasts in the East Brookside i colliery. Men were sent for at once I and they worked all day putting out ' the tire and beating back the gas to • avoid an explosion.—The Methodist ! Church will hold a dollar plan social ; in the basement of the church this | evening. A program has been ar ; ranged.—A patriotic pageant ,"Mem ■ ories of America," will be given in i the P. O. S. of A. opera house, April ' 25 and 26, by five hundred pupils of | 1 the Tower City public schools. Mrs. I Jones, a music teacher is the director I 1 and the proceeds will go to the Red I 'Cross Auxiliary.—Miss Emma Lewis \ held a social for her Sunday schodl ' class. Games and music were indulg- I ed in and refreshments were served. ' NO CASES IX JUNIATA COURT ! Miffiiiitown, Pa., April 20.—0n ' account of all the cases being either .settled or continued, the jurors for April court were notified not to re | port as there will be no regular .session held. Mrs. William Weber 'and son. William, are visiting her mother, Mrs. J. K. Robinson. Miss ! Rebecca Cunningham left Monday to j spend the winter at Bronx, N. Y.— [ Miss Mary Brannen, of Lewistown, spent Sunday with. Miss Rhoda j Alayer. Mrs. John Penny and Mrs. Ezra Fasick spent a day at I Lewistown. Mrs. Wilburforce \ Schweyer and sister. Miss Pidge Patton spent several days with rela tives at Philadelphia. Eldred i Pennel lof Camp Meade, Md., sjltent ! Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. M. Pennell —Moris Schott, iof New York city, is spending a | week among relatives in the twin j towns. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant j Zelders, wife and little daughter, of j Burnham, spent Sunday with his I parents, Mr. and ' Mrs. W. H. Zeiders. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Ernest, of Washington street, an nounce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Alma, to Harry Hutchinson, of Harrisburg. Mrs. H. R. Shaver, of Hollidaysburg, vis ited her mother, Mrs. Sara Davis.— Mrs. Thomas Evans and daughter, of Philadelphia, are visiting at the home of her brother, F. M. M. Pen nell. FOUR FEET SNOWDRIFTS. Kndcrs, Pa.. April 20.—The main road to Elizabethville is at some points still blocked with snow banks and it was necessary to have a force of men employed to make them passable. The snow that fell during last week was at some points four feet high, it retarded farm work considerable. Harry Loudermilch and George Loudermilch employed at Halifax, are spending -ome time at home.—lra P. Snyder, has se cured a position at Halifax, as fire man at the shoe factory.—Mr. and Mrs. Leander Zimmerman, announce the birth of a son.—A number of people from town attended a Sun day School convention at Fishervllle on Wednesday evening. WOMAN MAIL. CARRIER HURT Mount Joy. Pa., April 20.—Mrs. Bamuel Walters, who has been car rying the mails between the Penn sylvania Railroad Station and the post office at Florin for many years, met with an accident on Thursday forenoon. She was in the act <jf placing a mall pouch on the crane and slipped and fell to the ground. A sprained wrist and shoulder and a number of bad bruises were re ceived. —M. C. Bowman has arrived home from fc ten days' visit to his sistef. Dr. Mary R. Bowman, mt Clifton Springs, N. Y. —Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dear, of West Main street, announce the birth of a daughter. 96 PER CENT. IN SEED CORN TEST Franklin County Farmer Re ceives Remarkable Figures from State College Men RUN OF TWO CRIBS Greeneastle (Circulating Lib rary Has Received Books for War Service Greoncastle, Pa., April 20. J. Adam Carl has received word from State College that both tests of his large-eared yellow corn was 96 per cent germination, which is a much better report than 100 per cent, weak or averaged germination. Mr. Carl's tests were made on the run of his cribs and not on laid by seed corn in two. three, eight or ten selected ear lots. Mr. Carl has had local tests of hundreds of ears of his corn which germainated 100 per cent, strong, but a State College test of 90 per cent, strong on the run of two cribs is certainly remarkable.—The Greencastle circulating library has already received over 500 books for the war service library. The books are all in fine condition and etnbrace the works of the best authors. The library drive will be continued the summer.—William McKinnie, of Washington, was a week-end visitor with his parents.—Mrs. P. M. Cling | an is recovering from her recent iII : ness.—Mrs. Frank Sleeper, of Chi- ; ! cago, spent the week here.—Mr. and I Mrs. Samuel Wilhelm and sons, of j Harrisburg, were week-end guests of Mrs. Wilhelm's parents.—Mrs. Mary Boreau, of Moorestown, N. J., is vis iting her daughter, Mrs. G. A. So well.—Fred Brant is ill with typhoid fever at his home, in West Franklin street.—George Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Augusta Warner, of East | Baltimore street, who has been with I the Sanitary Detachment at Camp I Hancock, Augusta, Ga., for nine, I months, spent a brief furlough with I I his parents. He traveling with a I United States Army truck train from j Detroit, Mich., and left the train at! McConnellsburg to make a short vis-1 it at home.—The women of the Me-, "thodist Church realized S7O from the recent dinner and super they served in the Krep's building, in North Car-; I'lisle street. | Party For Member of Ladies' Bible Class [ Halifax, Pa., April 20.—The Ladies I Bible Class of the United Brethren | Sunday School, taught by the Rev."j Ira D Lowery, were entertained on Tuesday evening at the home of I i Mrs. W. A. Steffen, in Armstrong! street, in honor of one of the mem- I bers, Mrs. W. B. Fehren, who will ! remove to Harrisburg.—Miss Helen Helt has returned to her studies at ; Irving College. Mechanlcsburg, after 1 spending several days at the home jof her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira I Helt. —Milliard Enders has returned to Harrisburg after a visit to his mother, Mrs. Jacob Enders.—Stan ley Sweigard and Marie Hoffman, students of the Matamoras High School, and Huldah Whitnker, a pupil of the primary school, have j been awarded certiticates of merit! Iby County Superintendent Shani baugh for having attended school every day during the term. They were also presented with prizes by their teachers.—C. I. Glace and! family spent Sunday at Harrisburg. i —Christ Webster and niece, of I Steelton, Spent the weekend at the I home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ! Daniel Webster, near town—Charles! Lebo and Mrs. Eugene Garman and ! sons, of Dauphin, spent Sunday at j the home of their parents, Mr. and ' Mrs. Theodore H. Lebo, in Halifax i township.—Curt A. Cratzer was home from Atlantic City this week, j visiting his sick father, John Crat- 1 *er. —Irwin L. Wagner, of 'Balti- i more, Md., spent Sunday at the j home of his sister, Mrs. H. S. Potter. I —Miss Mable Stoneroad spent over i Sunday with friends at Harrisburg and Steelton.—Wilbur and Harry: Smith, of Nesquehoning, spent sev-: eral days with their brother, the I Rev. J. George Smith, at the Meth j odist Episcopal parsonage.—Mrs. Susannah Attick, of Trenton, N. J., spent Sunday at the home of Mr. ! and Mrs. C. C. Metzgar.—Joseph Eplie spent Sunday with relatives at Middletown.—Mr. and Mrs. Harrv P. Campbell were at Berrvsburg on Sunday, at the home of Mrs. Camp bell's aunt. Mrs. Mary Feas.—Mrs. | Harry Sweigard. of Harrisburg. and j Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Sweigard, i of Enders. spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Jane Miller. —Mr. and j Mrs. George F. Landis and children.! of Lucknow, visited relatives here on ! Sunday. | 1 ~ Smalloox Quarentine Closes Lewisberrv M. E. Church Lewisberry, Pa., April 20.—N0 services will be held in the local Methodist Episcopal Church on Sun-' day on account of the smallpox quarantine. The church has been closed for the past two Sundays. The pastor delivered his first sermon on the Lewisberry and I,lsburn charge at the Lisburn Church, on Sunday evening.—Miss Sara Hake, of Cone wago. and Walter A. Zinn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Israel P. Zinn, of near Lewlsberry. were married recently. —Miss Annie Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Snyder, of Oyster's Point, Camp Hill, is spend ing the week with her great grand mother, Mrs. Lydia Lease.—Mrs. Laura Kline is visiting her daughter land son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Armstrong, of Harrisburg.—Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, of Fishing Creek VaHey, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Zeiders and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Fetrow. —Mrs. Eliza beth Reiff and daughter, Miss Ellen Reiff, of New Cumebrland, are oc cupying their summer home.—The entertainment announced to be held Saturday evening by the Lewisberry High school, will not be given on account of the smallpox quarantine. —Miss Rena Frankeberger, of Wil liamsport, who was spending a va cation at her home here, is still con fined to the house by illness.—Mr. aijd Mrs. Frank Powns spent Tues day at the homes of William Shelley, Goldsboro, and Bruce Powns, of Yocumtown. —Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Beldel and daughters, Leona and Grace, spent Sunday with relatives at Cntervllle.—Bruce Peardorff, of New Cumberland, was a Sunday guest of ihis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paniel Peardorff.—Lorraine Kunkel, of New Cumberland, was a guest of his sister, Mrs. Elmer C. Wise.— Walter J. Erney and Oliver Scott Erney, sons of Mrs. Sophia Erney, of New Cumberland, have both gone to the National Army. Walter is at camp ir. Portland, Maine, and Scott Is at Camve Mea.de. ild. High School Senior Enlists In U. S. Medical Corps . WILLIS A. ARNOLD Mochaiiicsburg, Pa. t April 20. Willis A. Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Arnold, East Marble street, left on Sunday for Philadel phia. after enlisting in the National service and being accepted. He will become a member of the Marine Corps and was ordered to a station in Rhode Island, for which place he left on Monday. The young man was a member of the senior class of the Mechanicsburg High School and a member of the Singer Band. 12 Pupils ofMt Wolf School Have Perfect Records ! Mount Wolf, Pa., April 20.—Twelve I pupils of the local public schools ■ ) mv( Vnot missed a day at school dur. ; ing tfhe past winter term, which end- I ed Tuesday, and two of them have I perfect attendance marks for the . past .two winters. They are Rufus I Stoppard, Luther Kunkle, Luther | Diehl, Mary Herbst, Phyllis Greiman, ; Helen Bare, Allene Melhorn, Ray- I mond Kohr and Charles Lehman, the j latter two having the perfect marks for the two winters. These are from I the primary school taught by Miss j Pearl Shenk. Those from the inter i mediate room taught by Miss Bci-iha I Fisher, are Joseph Stoppard and Wil [ b#rt Lehr, and from tfie grammar I school taught by Prof. Everhart, j there is one, Mary Lehman.—Ar j rangements are being made to en | tertain the county officers of the Luther League on Sunday evening, April 28, at St. John's Lutheran I Church. The officers will visit the i local organization and render a pro gram which will be presented as a ; surprise. Sunday evening they enter ! tained a number of members from ! the Bee Hive League, of Christ Luth eran Chjinch, of York.—The mem j iters of the Do Something Bible class | of St. John's Lutheran Sunday school met Tuesday evening at the church I and with a number of friends did I spring cleaning around the building. I Considerable work was done on the ! lawn which was beautified and otlier j wise improved.—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. | Waltemyer, of Stewartstown, spent > several days visiting at the home of [ their son, Charles Waltemyer, in 1 Third street. Hiram Landis Finishes Journey on Horseback Killiiiucr, Pa., April 20.-—Hiram J. | Landis had a breakdown on his way home from Millersburg. Owing to the j heavy snow the road was In bad j condition and his wagon slipped to I the side and broke the wheel. He j unhitched and finished his jotfrney | on horseback. The township super- I visors procured six new steel road j drags .which they expect to use on I the roads instfad of the road ma ! chine, which they cannot use on ac count of the scarcity of coal. —Mr. land Mrs. Elmer T. Witmer and ) daughter, Arlene, spent a day at the i home of Mrs. Witmer's parents here. ! —Mrs. Fisher, of Philadelphia, Is ! spending a week with her brother, | John E. Motter, east of town. —J. Fred Netgloy, drove to Millersburg. jon Saturday and while there his J horsa had a stroke of paralysis which ! affected the animal so baoly that he j could not be driven home till Mon day. ACCEPTS CAM, TO EASTON KlizabetliTillc, Pa., April 20.—The j Rev. E. J. Heilman, of the Lutheran ! Church, has accepted a call from J Easton, Pa., for which place he will leave during next month. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Blanning spent several days at Willlamstown. District Attorney M. E. Stroup, of Harris burg, were in town on Tuesday. Mrs. John A. Romberger spent Tuesday with her father at Lyßens. ; Dr. J. W. Shaffer was confined j to his home with a severe case of grip this week Russell Potts was operated on at the Harrisburg Hos pital on Tuesday. Stanley Snyder employed at Hog Island shipyards, near Philadelphia, spent several with his purents here. Mark I. Uhler spent Saturday at Harris burg, was in town on Tuesday. Washington, D. Q., on Saturday morning, where she will enter the government service as stenographer. —Mrs. James Smith, of Middleburg, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. iH. H. Hassinger. * — Sergeant Percy A. Swab and Private Lloyd Ischopp, of Camp Meade, Md., spent Sunday here. John J. Paul left for Har risburg on Monday, where he has secured employment. Miss Cora A. Bonawitz, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with her parents here. Fred Boljner has gone to Hershey, where he is employed. Mrs. Harry C. Swab is home from a prolonged visit at Nashville, Tenn. Station Agent A. E. Grove and family spent several days at Millmont. MONEY TO BUY KEATS Berrjrsburg, Pa., April 20.—The school entertainments were well attended both evenings, and the pro ceeds went toward a fund for seats in the auditorium.—A public meet ing was held on Monday night for the sale of Liberty Bonds. Speakers from Millersburg and Harrisburg and a Canadian soldier made ad dresses. Recorder James Lentz was present.—Mr. and Mrs. William Ke boch and two daughters and Mr. Kllck, of Allentown, were recenit visitors at the home of Henry Dan iel. —Grant Hartman served as a Juror at Harrisburg.—The Rev. Mr. Brown, of Sellnsgrove, will preach In the Lutheran Church to-morrow evening.—Joseph Stove was at Har risburg on Tuesday to take the ex amination for the service.—Forrest Keboch Is homp from Myerstown College. He will report for duty on twenty-sixth. COAL STORAGE PLANT CLOSED Lack of Fuel Causes McClel lan Yards to Cease Opera tions for Summer. 35 FEET OF BLACKSNAKES Millersburg Man Kills Seven Long Reptiles Sunning Themselves Along Road Millersburg, Pa., April 20.—The McClellan coal storage yards, the largest in the world, two and one half miles fiouth of MUllersburgj, closed down for an indefinite period last week, because of lack of coal to store. This plant when running full capacity employed from fifty to one hundred men. The fires were withdrawn from under the nest of boilers and only about nine men will be retained, who will make ex . tensive repairs to the plant during the summer. Pennsylvania rail road foreman, Charles H. DeVeny, ' killed seven blacksnakes on Mon day along the Lykjns Branch of the ! Pennsylvania Railroad, east of Mil- I lershurg. The reptiles were out sun . ning themselves, after the snow of l last week. The snakes ranged in , | length from four feet to five feet ! ' eight inches. Mr. DeVeny esti , mated that the total length of the I | snakes was thirty-five feet. The Liberty Loan solicitors are making ' ! a qanvas of the town and valley and ..are meeting with success. More [ i than SIOO,OOO of Millersburg quota, of $130,300. Is already subscribed. I Thomas Hoffman is home from Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., and will remain hero for an indefinite 3 period. The colony of Martins - which make their home. In this - place during the summer months are - back from their winter home in - South America. Mr. and Mrs. H. ,b. Hoffman, Miss Florence Free j burn, Miss Velma Campbell and I brother, Frank, were recent visitors lat Camp Meade, Md. Peter A " Campbell, who is ill, is said to be I I improving. Si . ; Duncannon Red Cross r Auxiliary Elects Officers Duncannon, Pa., April 20.—A . public meeting will be held in the s Presbyterian Church Thursday even , Ing next, at 8 o'clock, for the pur i pose of electing officers of the Bed e ( ross Auxiliary for the ensuing year. . There will be special music and the x names of the speaker for the occk - sion will bo announced later. The i Kev. Dr. George H. Johnston, pastor " " f the Preshyterian Church, spent Monday at Chambersburg, where he 1 attended the exercises commemorat ing the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Wilson College. A. R. , Lenker has sold his farm In Penn township to B. F. Alexander, of _ Duncannon, consideration, $2,600. , |\V illiam B. Hart, a member of , [ Evacuation Ambulance Company, f[-\o. 1, stationed at Fort Riley, Kan ;l j sas is spending a ten-day furlough I with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lane !S. Hart, Jr. The several com- ' mittees in charge of the arrange ments for the County Sunday School . j convention to be held here May 8 L j and 9, are busy maßing arrange ments for the occasion. Larue Hess, ' music director, expects to have sevl B enty-five voices in the chorus. i Mrs - Charles Ebner spent Wednes , day as the guest of relatives at Har b risburg. McClellan Cox has moved y from Blain to his farm "Amity Hall" - in Watts township. Mr. and Mrs. 1 A. L. Light have received word that i their son. Franß E. Light, has ar " rived in France. ' Man's Leg Broken While . Tearing Down Stone House Thompson town. Pa., April 20. • In tearing down the stone end of the * '• house on the lot recently purchased s by H. C. Rowe the rope broße and 1 the men fell back on Leslie Ora" e breaking his leg. He was removed to - his home.—Mrs. E. B. Cameron hail sale of her household goods and two properties yesterday. She will ac company her daughter. Mrs. Harry 0 Conner, to her home at Philadelphia. 1 —Mrs. E. S. Thomson and three i children, have returned from visiting 1 her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry 1 frowther, at Oak Lane.—Mrs. Roy 1 Nelson and daughter spent Wednes t day with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. . Amos Kinzer, near East Salem.— _ Miss Marguerite Dimm is attending t ("arson Lon Institute at New Bloom field.—William Bipman underwent. . " :iii operation for, appendicitis at the I Harrislnirt Hospital Monday.—Mrs. ' ' Florence Hor.tetter and two children. s |are visiting her brother at Philadel -1 phia.—Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Schlegel r i and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knight, i,! are spending part of this week at i; Buffalo, N. Y.—Mrs. H. Z. Sowers. ( Mrs. S. W. Cameron, Miss Vertie and • - Miss Marlon Cameron and I.ee Shirk _ spent Wednesday at Lewistown.— y Miss Pearl Haldeman visited her 0 brother, J. E. Haldeman and family. . at, Harrisburg George Keiser, of , .' Harrisburg; M. L. Keiser, of Mifflin town; David Keiser, of Williamsport, ' and Mrs. Holmes Books, of near ' Mexico, were guests of Miss Rose ' '• Keiser, on Tuesday.. V •* , s People of Mt. Union Put 1 | Half Million in Bonds ■ t j Mount Union, Pa., April 20. y ! Onco more Mount Union has gone ] ' over the top. The towns's quota of 1 ; $270,000 has been far oversubscribed 1 1 and the latest reports are to the ef i feet that we have reached the $500,000 mark. A case of small pox developed at the home of* Mr. e Ripple on Wednesday. The schools 1 were fumigated and every precaution - taken by the borough authorities.— s Miss Lottie Hoilenbaugh entertained - several of her friends at a birthday r party on Wednesday evening. s Harry Hollingshead, tailor, left here < Wednesday for Texas, being drafted - for war work. The Rev. C. W. 8 Todd addressed the High School stu ~ dents on Monday. A number of '• socret service men who have been in town several weeks, made a raid " yesterday and disclosed the fact that there were nine speakeasies.—Mi* Gladys Stratford, formerly of this v place has enlisted for wiw work aa . a nurse. The schools of Mount . Union had visiting day yesterday, t In the evening there was an exhibi n tion of the work done during the u year and a parent-teachers' meet jab
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