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TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
LLEVEN BANDS
TO BE MASSED
Inlcresting Features Planned
For Patriotic Demonstra
tion at Columbia
Columbia, Pa., May 10. —Chief
Biiigess D. Miller, as head of the pa
triotic demonstration to-morrow aft
ernoon, has issued a proclamation
< ailing upon all business places, in
i luding the hotels and manufactur
ing plants, to close between 2 and 4
o'clock, to permit everybody to take
part in the parade, which is being!
held to observe the unfurling of the
honor flag for the Third Liberty Loan
drive, the start of the War Savings
Slumps campaign next week and the
Ked Cross war fund drive, the week
following. Eleven bands have been
engaged for the parade, in which
ii division will be made up of fathers,
mothers and wives of men in the
service. When the flag is unfurled
liie eleven bands combined will play
"'The Star Spangled Banner," and
march to the Town Hall afterward.
'ins. SARAH STRAWSBAVGH DIES
MeehanlrsburK, Pa., May 10.—Mrs.
Sarah Strawsbaugh, widow of John
strawsbaugh, dted yesterday morning
t tbe home of her daughter, Mrs.
Peter Baker, North street, of
heart trouble. Although she had
been in ill health for some time, her
condition was not considered serious
and her death was unexpected. She
was aged 68 years and was a life
long resident of Mechanicsburg and
a member of the Church of God.
The following children survive:
Mrs. Peter Baker, with whom she
lived; Mrs. Edward Koser, Mrs. Rob
ert Miller and Mrs. William Lucas,
all of Mechanicsburg: Mrs. J. P.
Drawbaugh, of Harrisburg, and Phil
lip Strawsbaugh, of Mechanicsburg;
rtls a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. No arrange
ments for the funeral have been
made up to this time.
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FRIDAY EVENING, HAJUUfiBURO (AM* TELEGRAPH! MAY* 10, 1918.
ANNUAL MEETING
LUTHERAN SYNOD
Program Prepared For Ses
sion of Cumberland Val
ley Conference
Mei-hanict>urK, Pa., May JO. —On
Monday and Tuesday of next week}
May 13 and 14, the annual meeting
of the Cumberland Valley Conference
of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
West Pennsylvania will meet in
Trinity Lutheran Church, the Rev. H.
Hall Sharp, pastor. An interesting
program haii been prepared, as fol
lows:
Monday Afternoon, 2.3o—Devotion
al exercises; "Problems of the Rural
Church," the Rev, J. G. C. Knipple;
"The Congregation's Part in Pennsyl
vania—Crusade For the Ratification
of the National Pfohibition Amend
ment," W. N. Dolbeer, Mount Holly
Springs.
Mon'lay Evening. 7.3o—Sermon by
the president of the Synod, the Rev.
Dr. William A. Kump. The service
will be of a patirotic character.
Tuesday Morning—Devotional ex
ercises, by the Rev. D. B. Treibley:
conference business; "The Church and
the War—The Pulpit's Message in
Wartime," the Rev. Dr. A. R. Steck,
Carlisle; "The Patriotic Congrega
tion," the Rev. S. S. Games, of Trin
dle Spring; "Wartime Citizenship,
the Rev. Dr. E. D. Weigle, of Camp
Hill.
Tuesday Afternoon. 2.oo—Devotion
al exercises, the Rev. L A. P' lS "'
conference business; "Sunday School
Problems —How Shall We Encourage
the Study of the Bible?" the Rev. J.
C. Nicholas, of Mechanicsburg, - How
Shall We Develop the Missionary
Spirit?" the Rev. D. S. Martin; "What
More Can We Do For the Boys and
Girls?" the Rev. Dr. H. B. Stock, of
Carlisle. .. ,
The closing session of the confer
ence will take place on Tuesday
evening at 7.30 o'clock and the ad
dress of the evening will be deliv
ered by the Rev. Dr. Charles P.
Wiles, editor of the Sunday school
literature of the Lutheran
tion Society, of Philadelphia, and his
theme for the evening will be
"Some Problems in Church Educa
tion."
JOHN HEIDI JER DIES
Dauphin, Pa.. May 10.— %\ ord has
been received by W. F. Reed, of the
death of his cousin. William Heidler,
of Shenandoah, Va. Mr. Heidler was
a resident of Dauphin for many
vears He served in the Civil War
and was a member of the Masonic
fraternity. The body will arrive heie
Saturday and will be burl "!
in the Dauphin Cemetery. He
is survived by his wife and a son.
John Heidler.
MUSIC ALE AT DAUPHIN
Dauphin. May 10.—A musicals
will be held to-morrow evening in
the P. O. S. of A. hall, in Erie street.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged with violin selections b>
Henry Frantz. accompanied by his
grandson, Norman M. Frantz, on the
piano. The latter will also give a
clog dance.
ARTHUR J. LUPTON
Arthur J. Lupton, Jiv, aged 19
years a middle division brakeman,
died early yesterday morning at the
Harrisburg Hospital. The body was
sent to Woodville, Ohio, by Hoover
& Son. Services will be held there
Saturday afternoon. He leaves his
mother, Mrs. Arthur J. Lupton, Sr.
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"Our Church Fair" Given
by Mechanicsburg Choir
Mei'hanlmliiire) Pa., May 10-—Ex
ceptionally well given was the play.
"Our Church Fair," by the girls of
Trinity Lutheran choir last evening
in the lectureroom of the church.
The parts were well taken and the
comedy throughout was highly amus
ing to the audience. The following
musical program was given:
Piano duet, "Polonais et Polonais,"
Anton Rubinstein; "Hungarian Rhap
sodie," H. Hoffmann, Miss Violet
Beitzel and Mrs. Tolbert Beitzel;
chorus, "After the Rain," Pinsuti;
"Softly Fall the Shades of Evening,"
Marchant; piano solo, ''lmpromptu in
G Flat Major," Schubert, Miss Mari
etta Sultzaberger; chorus. "Dance of
the Pine Tree Fairies," Forman. The
choir girls were assisted in the chor
us by Mrs. George Wertz. Miss Car
rie Anderson, Miss Hazel Shover and
Miss Marietta Sultzaberger.
The cast of characters included:
Misses Rachel Shelley, Ruth Dorn
baugh, Ruth Miller, Florence Orris,
Miriam Orris, Helen Hoover, Claribel
Geiger, Miriam Zufall, Ethel Walters,
Elizabeth Martin, Esther Dornbaugh
and Elizabeth Hurst.
PASTOR'S SALARY INCREASED
Hummelstown, Pa., May 10.—
Last evening the annual congrega
tional meeting of Zion Lutheran
Church was held and reports of the
various auxiliaries of the church
read. The congregation voted an in'
crease of S3OO in the annual salary
of the pastor, the Rev. Herbert S.
Games. The following church of
ficers were elected: Trustees, C. H.
Miller and A. H. Hummel; elders, S.
B. Zerfss and H. M. Wolf: deacons,
Charles'J. Wolff, Jerome K. Lauck
and Robert T. Fox.
SERVICE FOR FIREMEN
Hummelstown, Pa., May 10. —
Members of Chemicitl Fire Company
No. 1, Will attend divine service in
the Reformed Church, on Sunday
evening. As the Rev. Mr. King, pas
tor of the church is a member of
the company. Members will meet in
the enginehouse parlors at 7 o'clock
and proceed to the church in a body.
APPOINTED SPECIAL AGENT
New Rloomflrld. Pa., May 10.—James
R. Magee lias been appointed a special
Secret Service agent of the Depart
ment of Justice, with headquarters at
Scranton. Pa. He left for Scranton
this morning to assume his work.
BURNED -BY GASOLINE
Marietta, Pa.. May 10. Robert
Delp, of East Cocalico, was burned
while pouring srasoline in the automo
bile of his father. His head, arms and
face are badly burned.
PROMOTED TO SERGEANT
New Hloomfleld, Pa.. May 10.—Duke
P. t'louser, now stationed at Camp
Tay)r. Louisville, Ky., has recently
been promoted to sergeant. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Kelly
Clouser, of New Bloomfield.
WAR SAVINGS DRIVE
New Hloomfleld. Pa.. May 10. B.
Stiles Duncan, chairamn Perry County
War Savings Committee, announces
that Perry county towns and town
ships have been organized for the
"Pledge Week" campaign for the sale
of War Stamps. A drive will be made
during the week of May 12, and a suf
ficient number of solicitors will make
a complete canvass of each home in
Perry county.
PATRIOTIC SERVICE SUNDAY
New Hloomfleld, Pa.. May 10. A
patriotic service to be held in the
Methodist Episcopal Church next Sun
day afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, prom
ises to be one of the best meetings
of its kind held in the borough for
some time. The Rev. Robert Bagnell.
D. D., pastor of the Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church, Harrisburg, will be
the principal speaker.
BARN AND CROPS BURNED
Thompson town. Pa., May 10. A
large barn on the farm of James
Bashore, five miles west of town, was
burned to the ground on Wednesday.
Abut 600 bushels of corn. 200 bushels
of oats and 25 bushels of wheat, and
all farming implements were burned.
The horses and cattle were in the
fields at the time of the fire. With
great difficulty the house was kept
from burning.
INTERESTING DEBATE
Rnola, Pa., May 10.—This after
noon a meeting of the Literary So
ciety of the Enola High school was
held in the assembly room. The
program included musical numbers
and decorations. Two features of
the program were a debate between
members of the Junior class and an
oratorical contest between the
Freshmen and Sophomores. The
subject of the debate was, "Re
solved, That Government Ownership
and Control of Railroads Is Prefer
able to Private Ownership and Con
trol." The affirmative debaters were
Miss Margaret Hassler. Miss Martha
Addams, Miss Miriam Troup; the
negative arguments were presented
by Miss Viola Knaub, Miss Cynthia
Boyer and Roy Eshelman.
Suburban Notes
HUMMELSTOWN
William Karmany is spending a
week at New York, attending the
furniture exposition.
George L Delmler returned home
yesterday after spending several days
at Baltimore.
Dr. Ruff was a Harrisburg visitor
yesterday.
Mrs. William Karmany and Mrs.
George Karmany and son. William
Karmany, spent Wednesday at Harris
burg.
Mrs. Fidelia Holsberg and daugh
ter, Mrs. Samuel Hartz, visited rela
tives in Harrisburg yesterday.
Mrs. Edwin Bolton and daughter,
Lillian Bolton, were at Harrisburg
yesterday.
Miss Maude Zerfoss was a Harris
burg visitor yesterday.
LIVERPOOL
Josiuli Sweezy, Machine Gun Com
pany, 314 th Infantry, at Camp
Meade, Md., is spending a short fur
lough here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Sweezy.
Game Warden and Mrs. Shuler,
Mrs. H. A. S. Shuler and two daugh
ters and Miss Mary Lefler spent
Wednesday at the state game re
serve near New Germantown.
The Rev. H. B. Ritter is spending
the week on the Richfield and.Mid
dleburg charges in the interest of
Otterbein College.
W. W. Holman and wife are visit
ing at Harrisburg.
Ellsworth Lutz after spending
some time here with his mother, Mrs.
Clara Lutz, has returned to Akron,
Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zellers and
two children, of Milton; Alice Zellers,
of Harrisburg, and Pearl Foltz, of
Enhaut, were recent visitors here
with Mrs. Ellen Zellers.
Miss Elsie Libkicher, of Harris
burg, spent Tuesday here with her
mother. Mrs. Ellen Libkicher.
The Rev. G. H. Knox and family
are visiting at Harrisburg.
Mrs. Charles Ober and daughter,
Mrs. Ulsh, Miss Bowman, Miss Fry,
Mrs. Freet and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram firubb, of New Buffalo,
attended the M.E. reception here on
Wednesday night,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AT SERVICE
Columbia, Pa., May 10.—Cyrene
Commandery No. 34, Knights Temp
lar, gave a short street parade last
evening and attended services in rft.
Paul's Episcopal Church, when the
rector, the Rev. G. F. G. Hoyt,
preached a sermon on "Has the Age
of Chivalry Gone?" Mrs. Helen
Deitrich sang several patriotic solos.
PUPILS HAVE WAR GARDENS
Columbia, Pa., May 10. —Pupils of
the public schools to the number of
several hundred are cultivating war
gardens in vacant lots in different
sections of the town, and in East
Columbia the war garden center,
they have joined with many families
in cultivating small lots which have
been assigned to them. The teachers
assist as supervisors of the work and
the families in the neighborhood
have an organization with about
forty gardeners at work. i
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So in order to re
f:. 75 Women's and Misses' £,;'E?2 50 Taffeta and Serge V
Suits lar assortments we Dresses
will hold this very
unusual one-day.
Various Models and Shades Wac fc shade,
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- Large and Small Sizes practicing real J or a " occasions
economy on this \ '?
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replenishing your JL
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Angora collars and cuffs, Women s Round Ticket
corn, salmon, Copen, tur- Fiber Silk Hose —sky, Co
quoise, rose and Nile. pen, lavender, rose, gold.
111 • Values to $8.95 in various models Special at
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Choice $ Ey '95 Leading dark and light shades
Materials of 2 pairs for $1.05
ONE DAY ONLY Poplin, vclour, arm DAY ONLY
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nwTahw Rln Underwear
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voile, organdie, crepe de Envelope Chemise—Crepe
chine; slightly mussed.from //t Two Groups de chine and batiste; slight
handling. jy mus - s ed from display.
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RECEPTION FOR PASTOR
Liverpool, Pa., May 10.—A recep
tion and pound party was tendered
the Rev. G. H. Knox and family, the
newly-appointed pastor of the Meth
odist Church, on Wednesday even
ing in the church social room.
TEA FOR RED CROSS
Hummelstown, Pa., May 10. —A
tea will be held to-morrow afternoon
and evening, in Masonic hall for the
benefit of the Red Cross Auxiliary.
Music, fortune telling, hot and iced
tea and cakes will be served. The ad
mission fee includes tea and cakes.
NEW SILK MILL
Marietta, Pa.. May 10. Marietta
will have a new silk mill in the west
ern end of the borough, the lease be
inK signed last , night. The company
will occupy the building erected by
the Marietta Brass and Iron Foundry
Company, and will employ 100 people.
POSTMASTIiR RETURNS MONEY
Liverpool, Pa., May 10.—Postmas
ter George Sharp, of Liverpool, is
manifesting his patriotic spirit in
more ways than one. On Wednes
day he received a check of sls from
the government for securing three
men who volunteered their services
for their country. Mr. Sharp imme
diately returned the money to the
government.
EIGHT RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Mnrletta, Pa., May 10. Commence
ment exercises of the Marietta high
school were held last night in Acrl's
Theater, and a class of four boys and
four girls received diplomas. The
orator of the evening was Professor
John S. Simons, of Music
was furnished by the Marietta high
school orchestra and the Mandolin
club. Miss Agnes O'Brien was the
valedictorian, and J. Richard Mueller,
salutatorian.
Honor Flag Presentation
at Elizabethville Tomorrow
Elir.ubethvllle, Pa., May 10. A pa
triotic demonstration will be held in
honor of having gone far 'over the
top" in the Third Liberty Loan drive,
on the public square, to-morrow even
ing, when the tlag will be presented
to and accepted by Chief Burgess
Earl K. Romberger. The Citizen's
band and the public schoolchildren
will furnish the music. A patriotic
adress will be delivered by Flavel L.
Wright, of Harrisburg.
This district's quota was 175,000, but
nearly SIOO,OOO was raised. A cam
paign to push the sales of Thrift and
War Savings Stamps will shortly be
launched.
LANCASTER COUNTY DEATHS
Mnrletta. Pa.. May 10. Adam Es
penshied. of Murrell, aged 65. died
Wednesday night, after a long illness.
He was a farmer and Hardener and
member of the Groffdale Mennonite
Church. His survivors are four chil
dren and a brother, at Philadelphia.
Mrs. J,ydia Weaver, aged 84, th
oldest woman of Elizabethtown, died
yesterday. She was among the firs I
members of the Christ Lutheran
Church.
Michael Halnley, a*ed 44. died i
• II? 1 . s station. He was a member
of the United Brethren Church. Hi
aged mother and several children sur
vive.
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