METHODISTS WILL HELP
kEBUILD 12 TOWNS IN
EUROPEAN WAR ZONE
Villages on Battlefield of Chateau-Thierry Have Been As
signed to American Churches
Now York, May s.—Twelve vil
lages on the battlefield of Chateau
Thierry, where United States sol
diers and marines won undying
lame by stopping the German drive
on Paris at its sepearhead early last
summer, have been "adopted" for
reconstruction work by the Ameri
can Methodist Episcopal Church, it
was announced to-day by the Metho
dist Centenary Committee, ill Fifth
avenue.
Bouresches, Vaux and Le Thiolet,
names which will always live in
American history, are three of the
towns entrusted to the American
churches by special arrangement
with the Prefect of the Department
of the Aisne, and M. Uebruu, mini
ster of the liberated territory in the
French Cabinet. The others are
Bonneil, Mont de Bonniel, Azy, No
gentel, Vincelles, Mcnneaux, Mont
court, Crozy and Aulnois.
The towns are in a district bor
dered on the north by the Belleau
Wood, changed by the ' ulor of the
sea-fighters of the United Staic3 Sec
ond Division to Bois de la Brigade
de Marines (Marine Brigade Wood).
The district is just northwest and
west of Chateau Thierry.
The city of Chateau Thierry itself
is not in the Methodist reconstruc
tion area but will serve as headquar
ters for the Mtehodist workers.
Plan Community Center
An elaborate community center
will be built in Chateau Thierry by
the Methodists. This is an indepen
dent project, however, the physical
rehabilitation of the city being en
trusted to other forces.
The announcement of the Metho
dist plans was made by Dr. Ernest
IV. Bysshe, for ten years superin
tendent of Methodist missions in
France, on his arrival here from
Paris. The Department of War,
Emergency and Reconstruction,
Methodist Joint Centenary Commit
tee, has charge of the arrangements
here, including the forwarding of
supplies.
"For the present we are co-oper
ating with the American Red Cross
and the French government," said
Dr. Bysshe. "Our workers are al
ready on the field and are in touch
with the villagers. Supplies are be
ing distributed by our force.
"In order to get the work started
quickly, we are for the moment us
ing French government motor trucks
and drawing our supplies from Red
Cross warehouses.
Own Relief Ships
"We are sending our own supplies,
however, from the United States in
the Methodist relief ship, which will
sail soon. It will bear essential ar
ticles for certain districts in France.
Italy, and the Balkans, as announced
some time ago.
"For the Chateau Thierry district
the 'relief ship' will carry clothing,
kitchen utensils, plows, harrows,
horse rakes and other farm machin
ery. seeds and small tractors. Prob
ably no food will be taken in the
■ argo, as this is now supplied satis
factorily. We may take choice cat
i!e to help rr.wock the region, which
is destitute of livestock.
"Just before I left for the United
States. I made a tour of the villages
which have been assigned to us. The
neople were drifting back slowly to
find heaps of ruins. Into some of
the villages the Germans never pen
etrated. but most of the houses in
them were shattered by the fire of
t he enemy's long range guns. Others,
Bouresches and Yaux especially,
were the scenes of desparate hand
to-hand struggles and the targets for
desolating barrages.
Evangelism Dropped
"While the Methodist churches
have this work in hand they will for
the time being devote ncne of their
efforts here to evangelistic propa
ganda. but will concentrate on physi
cal and moral reconstruction. We
wish to see these people again in
clean, comfortable homes. We wish
to see their family and community
life normal again. We will try to
supply them with sane and wliole
rom amusements.
"We expect to offer the services
of an architect skilled in town plan
ning. so that the new villages may
be better arranged, especially from
a sanitary standpoint, than the old.
The actual construction of buildings
is being done by the French govern
ment. We shall also devote atten
tion to spreading ideas of modern
agriculture through addresses by ex
perts. Hands are fewer than before
the war. and there is additional need
of greatest efficiency to secure max
imum product.
"In each of our twelve villages
we will build some sort of a com
munity center, along the lines of a
i". M. C. A. hut, but open to men.
vomon and children. Here we will
Take once each
mornind-more
tv
IT nec
essary
Corn Flakes
"Vou'll Like
POST
TOASTIES
MONDAY EVENING,
-.supply light and cheer, a place to
J. rest, to read and to enoy at times
- I music and moving picture shows.
; jWe shall have a man traveling with
e | a moving picture machine from vil
t! iage to village.
r( "We will also have some one who
- is an expert in the care of children,
t lie will look out for the little oues
- of our French villages, doubly need
-11 ed by Franee to-day after the cruel
j slaughter of the war. He will tell the
„ j mothers the best modern methods of
, j bringing up their families.
3 1 "The committee in France having
i I our work in charge consists of Dr.
t! Chauncy M. Goodrich, pastor of the
t' Union American church in Paris:
. i the Rev. Louis Parker, president of
.the Synod of French Wesleyan
? Methodists, and the Rev. Walter
. \ Mouchet, who is to be the pastor of
.| a new Methodist cTiurch in the
j French capital.
. i "We shall co-operate with the
j promising new French Civic Leagxie
3 < which is planning to establish centers
_ | for a healthful, moral life in French
, I cities. The French government has
'i promised to supply sites in the de
j vastated cities if the league will put
|up the buildings for these 'civic
11 centers.'
.: "Plans for our civic centers in
_j Chateau Thierry cannot be definitely
.announced, but among the features
iwe expect to include will be exten-
„ 1 sion courses of study for young neo-
Pie. including courses in Kng'ish, a
gymnasium, a clinic and dispensary.
1 moving pictures, reading rooms and
_;a popular restaurant or cafeteria
where alcoholic drinks will not be
sold."
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M iddletown
\ Borough Goes "Over Top"
r in Victory Loan Campaign
,! Middletown has again reached its
! quota. It has surpassed the $197,-
■ 1 500 assigned to it in the Victory
1 Loan campaign and has gone "over
(the top." It is believed a total of
I $200,000 will be raised after all the
- captains and lieutenants will have
• reported. The campaign will close
j Saturday.
Phoebe Cooper, aged 11 years, died
, at the home of her parents, Mr. and
i Mrs. William Cooper, east of town,
1 jon Saturday morning from diphthe
ria. after being ill for about two
I v.eeks. She is survived by her par
i ents, two sisters. Martha and Mary,
t1 three brothers, Harry Charles and
• Clarence Cooper, all at home. Fa-
I • neral services were held this mo.-n
--. ing from the parent's home at 10
i o'clock and was strictly private. Bur
ial was made in the cemetery at
Balsbaugh Church, near Hockers
vilie.
| The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist church wiil
i i hold its regular monthly meeting
I at the home of Miss Anna Raymond,
i North Union street, on Thursday
' evening. The Pastor's Aid Society
will meet at the home of Mrs. Ar
[ thur Grunden, Ann street, on Tues
' day evening.
, i The Rev. James Cunningham, pas
, i tor of the Methodist church, was
. unable to preach Sunday morning
■ and evening owing to being quaran
tined with his family on account of
scarlet fever.
The Missionary Society cf the St.
..Peter's Lutheran Church will meet
.[in the parish home Tuesday even
. ing.
, i Sister Lydia Sipelmeyer, deaconess
, of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church,
t is ill at the Deaconess Home at
L Washington, D. C.
.: The funeral of the late Eli Good,
( the 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Good, of Swatara Hill, and
who was killed at the local car plant
I Saturday noon, will be held from
the parent's home, Tuesday morning
; at 9 o'clock, and 10 o'clock at 'he
I Geyer Church. Burial will be made
in the cemetery adjoining the church.
The Rev. John Brinser, assisted by
• the Rev. J. E. Oliver, will officiate.
The team of George Bowman, a
■ | farmer, who lives near Kingston,
1 j ran away from the grocery store of
•| E. F. Hartman, Ann street, S-Hur
' day morning. Butter and eggs were
I I scattered all along the way.
Mrs. Morris Sites and son. Earl
I Christian Sites, are visiting the for
i: mer's sister, Mrs. Aaron Yohn, Cam
den, N. J., for two weeks.
. | Seventy-five members of Columbia
. Cemmandery. No. 132, Knights of
I Malta, attended divine services in
1 1!
If You Haven't a Place For Them y Make One
AS THOUGH. 7WS WAS THE ?W ir THEy R c ALuY fo
POOR HOUSE PUT ON" A. j\/ WANTED US 7 JKI
( f C'OLTPLE. or EXTRA. PLATES run iriffiß
T3UT VVE • Airy WAY A-NTT> OPEN A CAM \\
BAVNT ANY MOPFj O" -SARDINES OR SOMETHING • 4 sT v j|
THAN ENOUC-H TO/ JT WONT HURT THE "REST Of J||r< iff?
C,o US TO yt A LITTLE UESS ANY
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I
1 the Presbyterian Church last eve- I
I ning, when the Rev. T. C. MeCarrell '
preached a special sermon.
Harry Orner and daughter Blanche J
of Philadelphia, are visiting rela- |
tives and friends in town and Har- j
risburg for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schaeffer, !
who spent the weekend in town, with j
the latter's sister, Mrs. John Hous- ;
er. Swatara street, returned to their j
home at Chester.
Miss Florence Long, daughter of !
Mr. and Mrs. John Long, East Wa- ;
| ter street, and Patrick Farren, who
! was formerly an electrician at the
, aviation depot, west of town, but
: recently mustered out of service,
! went to Hagerstown, Md., and were
(married. The mother of Mrs. Farren
! received a telegram Friday evening
[announcing their marriage.
| Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Bowers have j
! returned home from a weekend visit I
to the former's brother, Fred Bowers, j
J Speeeeville.
Mrs. Philip Ettele, and son Dale, i
have returned home from a two i
weeks' visit to the former's daugh- j
:ter, Mrs. Charles Numbers, Phila- :
• delphia.
Mrs. Ira Springer, of North Spring
! street, is spending several days at
| Bethlehem with her husband.
A. L. Kruger has returned home ,
from a several days' trip to New
York City and Philadelphia.
The official board of the United !
' Brethren Church will meet in the j
I church Tuesday evening.
I F. AY. Myers moved from his prop- :
erty in Pine street, that he recent
i ly sold to Arthur Girton, to the Ger
berieh property, in same street to- i
i day.
William Balrd and grandson,
, T*homas Carter, of Altoona. spent ,
• the weekend in town with relatives.
Must Raise $37,478,128
a Day to Meet Quota
Bjf Asaociaicd -Press.
Philadelphia, May 5.—-To All its ■
! quota $375,000,000, the Third
1 Federal Reserve district, comprising 1
Southern New Jersey, Eastern [
Pennsylvania and Delaware, must ;
i raise an average of $37,478,128 on
each of the remaining days of the
i Victory Liberty loan drive. Al
though two weeks of the drive have
, passed, 156 banks in the Third dis
trict have failed to make a report i
1
Why Pennsylvanians
Should Buy Bonds
Pennsylvanians are going to
buy Victory Liberty Loan Bonds
for the same reasons that they
bought Liberty Bonds of the first,
second, third and fourth issues.
First—Because the debt incur
red by the United States of
America in the prosecution of the 1
European war is just as much
the debt of any one of us as it is
the debt of the Nation.
Second The debt of the
United States is not a "scrap of I
paper" and cannot be destroyed, j
It is the duty of every one of us (
| to do everj*hing in our power |
I to reduce the debt.
Third—When we buy Victory i
I Bonds we do not give our money ■
j away. What we do with it is !
j loan it to Uncle Sam for a period
of four years at an interest rate
better than can ordinarily be j
secured. During the time he has '
our money. Uncle Sams pays us
for the use of it, and at the ex- •
piration of the four-year period,
he gives us back what we loaned
him, with interest.
Pennsylvanians are going to
buy Victory Liberty Bonds be
cause in every war since the
United States of America became
the United States of America,
Pennsylvanians have been fore
most in patriotic endeavor. From
the time of Valley Forge Penn
sylvania has never faltered. I
predict that the State will, as
usual, lead the Nation in sub- '
scriptions to Liberty Bonds.
Edward E. Beidleman,
Lieutenant Governor I
of Pennsylvania.
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H.VRRISBXJRO fcAs TELEGRAPH
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| of subscriptions they have received. I
, Of these 12S banks are in Pennsyl- I
S/2/2/2Z/S/Sy r E!/ / 1
1 The Biggest Two Sale Days j
1 In The History of Special Events I
I A t Our Store |
1 Were Friday and Saturday |
m Last Week |
1 _ 1
The old time before the war crowds that attended the opening m
{U days of the Manufacturers' Sale of Surplus Stocks and Canceled S|
hj Orders were more than pleased with the
I Tremendous Savings Of This Sale |
j|| When you stop to consider that for more than two years merchan- l||
dise of all kinds was hard to get and the prices were away up in (jy
Us "G", you will then commence to realize what a great achievement nj
[U this big sale is. j|j
Weeks of preparation foretold the success of the event but j|j
it remained to be seen what really was accomplished. And (jy
vj there is no doubt now in our minds but that the people of
ly this community longed for a good old-fashioned Kaufman
jtl Sale—the kind they have always looked forward to and bi
i?j attended in throngs. KJ
ill There will be hundreds and hundreds of articles brought forward j|)
[| for the week—merchandise that was bought for the sale but which nj
m just arrived-. bj|
ill! In
j|j . All the incoming lots will be quickly unpacked and put on la
b the tables so that as you come to the sale day after day new i
lots will greet you at sale prices.
i 1
| All items that opened the sale that have not been exhausted will be jiS
h: here at the sale prices—with all the new ones to sweeten up the
b specials. [|j
I I
J COME EVERY DAY IT WILL PAY YOU (|j
v I P
vania, sixteen in New Jersey anil i
twelve in Delaware.
DECLARE WAR
ON BOLSHEVISM;
Governors and Mayors Unite; | s
Keister Is on the * |
Committee
New York May s.—Governor of S j
eight states and the Mayors of 72 I
important cities, scattered through- j
out practically every state In the I
Union, have accepted membership in '
the Honorary Committee which will I
assist the National Security League,
and associated patriotic bodies, ;
in the promotion of a great
nation-wide celebration of the birth- I
day of the American Constitution on
September 17. This committee will
also aid the Security League's Organ
isation Committee, which is headed
by IYr. David Jayne Hill, the well
known historian and diplomat, in the
preliminary educational propaganda
of Constitutional popularization and
interpretation which the committee
i is already conducting throughout the
country to give added force and .
meaning to the celebration.
The National Security League en- '
listed the co-operation of the great
patriotic organizations of the coun
try in this effort as a means of com
batting Bolshevism by going to the ■
lost of the evil. In all its many ac
tivities against the growing menace
of Bolshevism in this country, which
are occupying the principal attention
of the Security League at this time,
the League is working on the basic
idea that the best antidote for Bol
shevism is merlcanism and that
tlmericanism is purely a question of
education. Believing that a thorough i
knowledge and appreciation of the j
real meanings of American institu- '
tions and ideals by all the people will
effectually overcome all un-Ameri
can doctrine, the Security Leauge
launched this great nation-wide Con- j
slitutional celebration and fyelimi- !
nary campaign of interpretation as i
the best means to this end.
I
VICTORY LOAN
This Loan will be the last, so we
should try and get the "Fifth Stripe"
and the "Loan Flag."
it is called the Victory Loan be
cause it is to pay the debt which we
contracted in gaining a victory. In
hesitating to subscribe to the Loan,
think of the disabled soldiers that
have come home from France; some
of them are without an arm, some
without a leg, while others are blind,
and again, some without the use
of reason.
When the armistice was signed,
the people went out into the streets
waving flags, some blew whistles,
| others rang bells, while others
| shouted 'till their voices were hoarse. '
: When asked to buy a bond, they ;
say. "Can't afford it." If the soldiers
could afford to pay for our freedom
MAY 5, 1919
by being crippled and wounded, we
can also afford to buy a bond.
Should we fail to do so. then we
are not true patriots. To buy bonds
we become thrifty and help the
Government, and in that way become
better citizens. It is as safe us put
ting it into the bank, tinee Uncle
Sam is at its back.
I A Big Purchase oA
Canceled Orders i
|j And |
I Surplus Stocks |
I Involving More Than I
| 500 SiSk Dresses |
i| for 0
I Women & Misses I
| Will Be Placed on |
| Sale Wedn|
I In Three Big Lots |
| All the fashionable materials and [i
m colors are represented and in the |
j| season's smartest models for street |
ti and afternoon wear. All sizes for |
regulars and extra sizes, too. |
I $75.00 and $/6.50|
I Silk Dresses Will Be B
I Sold Wednesday for |
1520.00 and $22.50 l
I Silk Dresses Will Be 1
1 Sold Wednesday for |
! $25.00 and $30.001
I Silk Dresses Will Be I
I Sold Wednesday for |
I None on Sale Until 1
Wednesday Next!
Full particulars will be an- 1
nounced in this paper tomorrow. |
j?) See our window display and if
make your plans to attend. j|
! To purchase is also a personal
gain, -as it pays four and three
fourths per cent interest. So wi
I must try and invest all the monej
we can in the Victory Liberty Loan
and thereby help our country.
—Joseph Barber, Eight)
Grade, St. Mary's,
Lykens. Pa.
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