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Happenings of a Day in Central Pennsylvania
PULPIT THEMES
ON WEST SHORE
New Cumberland Pastors to
Tell Flocks Their New
Year Thoughts
New Cumberland, Pa., Dec. 27. —
Services will be held at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church on Sunday as fol
lows: Sunday school, 9:30; preach
ing at 10:30, subject. "Sons and
Heirs"; 7 p. m., "Sleeping Euly
cllus."
At Trinity United Brethren
Church this will be the order: Ser
mon by the pastor, the Rev. A. R.
Ayres at 10:30, subject. "A Look into
the Future." The choir will sing its
Christmas cantata at 7 p. m.
Services at Baughman Memorial
Methodist Church will be as follows:
Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preaching
at 10:30, by the pastor, the Rev. V.
T. Rue, on a topic appropriate to the
r.-ew year; Junior League, 1:30 p. m.;
Epworth League, 6:30; preaching,
7:30.
At the Church of God, Sunday
school will be held at 9:15; preach
ing, 10:30, by the pastor, the Rev.
C. H. Heiges; Christian Endeavor,
6:30 p. m.; preaching, 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Hallar
entertained the following friends at
their home on Christmas day: The
Rev. and Mrs. William A. Cobb and
son, Alfred, of Camden, X. Y.; Mr.
and Mrs. Harper Byers, Mrs.
Shearer and daughter, Cora, of Har
risburg; Prof. Mark Sclilechter and
Miss Eva Harlecher, of Shippens
burg; Mrs. J. C. Harlecher, Mrs.
Ella Byers, Miss Frances Thomas,
New Cumberland; John Byers, Chi
cago, III.; B. L. Herman, Penbrook.
An orange social will be held
under the auspices of the Christian
Endeavor Society in St. Paul's
Lutheran Church on New Year's
night.
On Monday evening a bos for the
Orphanage and Home Will
be packed irr the social room of
Trinity United Brethren Church. Do
nations are to be left at the church
and parsonage during the day.
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Hoover, of
Hagerstown, are guests of M. L.
Baker's family.
Mr. Mason and Miss Mason, of
Washington, D. C., and Miss Mae
Yinger, of Washington, D. C., are
tolidny guests of the latter's parents,
\lr. ar.-d Mrs. Harry Yinger.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelly and
daughters, of Harriman, Pa., are
■ lsiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
1. A. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. E.
•1. Burke.
Becomes Lebanon Man's
Bride at Goldsboro Home
Goldsboro, Pa., Dec. 27.—At the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Warren on
Christmas eve, their daughter, Miss
Arglve E. Warren, became the bride
of Daniel Kreider, of Lebanon, the
Rev. R. S. Stair, Lutheran pastor,
officiating. The wedding was sol
ninized in the presence of a few of
he close friends of the family. The
lug service was used. A wedding
upper followed the ceremony, after
vhieh Mr. and Mrs. Kreider started
m a brief wedding trip, followed by
he good wishes of many friends.
Mrs. Kreider taught school very
iuccessfuliy for some years and is
iroficient in music. Mr? Kreider
.vas principal of the Palmyra High
School and served in the United
States Army in 1918. He is book
keeper and accountant for the Leb
anon Gas and Fuel Company.
Liverpool Lutherans
Celebrate Christmas
Liverpool, Pa.. Dec. 27.—An in
eresting Christmas entertainment
vas given by the Lutheran Sunday
chool on Christmas night. Among
he features of the program was 'the
;tar drill by the Junior Girls, a vocal
010 by Miss Caroline Mitchell, a
student at Coombs Conservatory of
Music, ar.-d the visit from Santa
Claus, each child receiving a pack
age of Christmas "goodies." On
Christmas morning the other Sun
day schools of town received the
asual Christmas candy and oranges.
Wind Blows Woman's
Purse and SSO in River
Wrlglitsville, Pa. ,Dec. 2 7.—Mrs
David Roach, of this place, lost her
poeketbook and SSO in a peculiar
way. She had been shopping in "Co
lumbia and was walking the bridge
to her home. In changing her hand
bag from one hand to the other it
slipped from her grasp and the high
wind curried it into the Susquehanna
river.
issues Call For Nine
Best Airmen in U. S.
New York, Dee. 27.—A call for
the nine best airmen in the United
States to represent this country in
international aeronautic contests
next year has been issued by the
Aero Club of America. National
elimination races may be the method
of selecting the best flyers in three
branches, airplanes, seaplanes and
balloons, although the Aero Club,
as the representative of the Inter
national Aeronautic Federation in
this country, is empowered to make
the selections arbitrarily. Organiza
tions affiliated with the Aero Club
of America have been asked to ex
press their preference on this point.
Asked For Sugar;
Robber Took S7O
I'lilliMlelpliln, Dec. 27.—Herbert
Schreydr, a grocery store manager.
Camden, was,held ui> at the point of
a gun by ,x "custpoer" and robbed
of $79 yesterday.
Schreydr was counting money when
R man entered the store and asked
for a pound of sugar. When Schreydr
returned with the sugar he found the
stranger pointing a revolver at him.
The "customer" gathered up the
bills to the amount of S7O and es
caped.
FIRE APPARATUS Edit CITY
Phllnilrlphln, Dec. 27.—Contracts
for $300,000 worth of modern (ire
equ'pment for the city will be signed
by Director Wilson within n few days.
The apparatus wl'l he supplied by the
Ainrrlcan La France Fire Engine
Company, of Xew York.
SATURDAY EVENING.
BRIEFS FROM THE
TOWNS IN VALLEY
Woman in "l(X)th Year Dies at Brethren Home at Huntsdalc
on Christmas Eve; Reunion Held in Honor of
Woman's 83d Birthday Anniversary
Mrs. Elizabeth Owen, for many
years a resident of Carlisle, died at
the Brethren Home, Huntsdale,
Wednesday evening. Had she lived
until August next she would have
been. 100 years old. She was the
widow of "Richard Owen, Sr., who
made and carved the soldier's mon
ument on the public square in Car
lisle.
Constable Jerome Kauffman, of
Carlisle, went to Doylestown, where
he arrested William Quan, of near
Sliippensburg, who is charged with
stealing a load of corn from a
farmer in that vicinity..
E. W. Shulenberger, Newville, re
ceived word from Washington that
he has been appointed census enum
erator for the North and South wards
of the borough of Newville.
The frame dwelling house of C.
N. Gray, in Alechanicsburg, on East
Keller street, was sold to W. T.
Chambers, of Alechanicsburg, for
$2,000.
C. A. Thomas, proprietor of the
Boiling Springs Hotel, near Carlisle,
has leased the Wallace cafe room at
Chambersburg and will convert It
into a restaurant. He will get pos
session January 1.
FORMER SOLDIER
OF LYKENS WEDS
Frederick Paul, Formerly of
28tli, Takes Bride at Tower
City Parsonage
Lykens, Pa., Dec. 27.—Yesterday
forenoon Frederick Paul, son of John
Paul, of this place, wedded Miss
Mabel Peters, daughter of Mrs. Artz,
the Reformed parsonage at Tower
City, the pastor, the Rev. William
Slinghoff. They are spending their
honeymoon at Renovo. The groom
was a member of the 28th regiment
and served I t months in France. Mr.
and Mrs. John Hoffman announce the
wedding of their daughter. Lottie, to
George W. Doneker of Philadelphia.
They were married there by the Rev.
Zenan M. Corbe. of Philadelphia, on
Friday. The attendants were Miss
Dorothy Litchel and David Jarvis,
Miss Viola Doneker, a sister of groom
attended the wedding.—Mr. and Mrs.
George Laurer visited at Lebanon.—
James Golden, of Miller Xova college,
is home for the Christmas holidays.—
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ueppard, of Har
risburg, are guests of Sir. and Sirs.
Michael Hoffman.—Miss Ruth Powell
is spending the holidays \at Willow
Grove. —Miss Henrietta Haster, of
Ilarrisburg, is visiting her parents
here. —Miss Laura Collier is home
from Philadelphia for the holidays.—
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Good of Cam
den, X. J., are spending Christmas
with their parents, Sir. and Mrs. Good
and Sir. and Mrs. O. F. Reigle.—Mr.
and Sirs. Scale, of Philadelphia, are
guests of Mrs. Seal's sister, Sirs.
Geiner.—Sliss Annie Barder is home
from Philadelphia to spend Christmas
with relatives and friends. —Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Trumpeter, of Lebanon,
are guests of the latter's parents, Mr.
and Sirs. Allen Grim.
Perry County's New
Judge Is Sworn in,
Succeeding Keller
Xetv BloomfieUl, Pa., Dec. 27.
Judge-elect James M. Barnes, of
Xew Bloomfield, elected to the presi
dent judgeship of the forty-flrst
judicial district of Perry and Juni
ata counties at the November elec
tion, has been sworn into office by
Prothonotary H. W. Robinson.
His commission was received from
Governor Sproul several days before
he took the oath. He will jissume
his new duties the first of the year,
succeeding Jeremiah X. Keller, of
Miffiintown, who had been appointed
to the bench by Governor Brum
baugh to succeed William X. Seibert,
deceased, and'who had defeated the
new judge in the previous campaign.
before the contest for the office was
put on a nonpartisan basis.
SH EPHERDSTOW X
Shcphertlstown, Pa., Dec. 27.
Miss Xania Miller, of New York, is
visiting her parents here.—Cora Ben
gard, of Allentown, is home for the
holidays. Miss Dorothy I.enhart.
teacher of the public school, is spend
ing the week end at her home in
New Cumberland.—Mrs. John Whit
ters and son, Robert, are visiting
friends in California.—The United
Brethren Church is being wired for
electric lights.—The Sunday School
Christmas celebration here was well
attended.
U. S. Starts Move
to Bring Back Dead
tVnwhlngton, Dec. 27.—Disinterment
of the bodies of American dead who
were buried in the zone of advance in
France has begun, according to an
nouncement to-day by the War De
partment, and as rapidly as the work
proceeds the bodies of the United
States soldiers buried in the more re
mote sections of France will be
grouped at Suresnes. near Paris.
If negotiations with France result
in permission to bring back the
bodies of American dead before the
two-year period which has now been
tlxed. the War Department will be
gin the transportation at once.
Maid Is Left $250,000
by Grateful Mistress
Host on, Dec. 27.—The faithfulness
pnd Kindness with which Miss Agnes
June McN'evin cared for Mrs. Mary C.
Knight during the many years she
served her as maid, were rewarded
to-day when she was given the
Knight home, its furnishings and
funds, the total value of which was
estimated at $250,000.
Long will be remembered the re
union held Christmas day at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fagan,
Carlisle, in honor of Mrs. Mary
Heffelflnger, mother of Mrs. Fagan,
who celebrated her 83d birthday.
Frank E. Eppley, of South Middle
ton township, has purchased the
Miles Clouser property in Middlesex
township.
At a meeting of the Consistory of
Grace Reformed Church of Shippens
burg. Rev. Daniel Wetzel, of Frack
ville. Pa., was nominated. An elec
tion will be held Sunday, January 4.
The Peerless Furniture Company,
of Sliippensburg, paid a bonus to its
employes of 5 per cent, amounting in
all to $1,700, this week.
Sliippensburg newspapers an
nounce that they will soon increase
their subscription rates.
The Sliippensburg public school*
sold 13,000 Christmas seals.
The grocery of J. J. Strohm, Car
lisle, was again visited by robbers
last Thursday night. They came per
auto truck, pried the front cellar
door open and then removed about
20 bushels of potatoes.
SEEK FIRESIDES
IN PERRY HOMES
Liverpool Homes Are Open to
Guests Who Return For
Christmas Vacation
' j Liverpool, Pa., Deo. 27.—Charles
i j Kerstetter, of Steelton. and Miss
i j Jean Kerstetter, of Ilarrisburg, vis
, I ited their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
•) A. E. Kerstetter.—Joseph Fox, of
I j Middletown, is visiting at Newton
• Williamson's. Cordelia Hamilton,
i °' Harrisburg, visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hamilton.
- Miss Caroline Mitchell', a student at
. Comb's Conservatory of Music,
. Philadelphia, and Lloyd Long, a stu
: dent at Susqeuhanna University, are
; spending the holidays here with
• I their parents.—Mrs. Annie Beigh is
. visiting her sister in Philadelphia,
i and Mrs. Walton Romig and
i daughter, of Harrisburg, are visit
, ing Postmaster and Mrs. George
, J. Tharp.—Eldon Snyder, of Re
nova. visited his father, James L.
Snyder. Miss Margaret Heim
j busher, of St. Louis, Mo., is visiting
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R
L. Staley.—Mr. and ilrs. Lester He
bel and son, of Harrisburg, visited
at Frank Brown s.—The Rev. H. B.
Ritter spent several davs in "Wash
ington, D. C.—Private Warren Sar
i ver. of Fort Meliehrs. Md., is spend
ing the holidays at home. —Mr. and
'Mrs. Charley Bitting, of Buda, 111., j
are visiting here.—Milton Hebel and
i family returned to their home in
I Woodland, Mich., after vesiting rel
atives hero.—Miss Alma K. Lutz. of
. i Harrisburg, is visiting her mother,
; Mrs. Annie Lutz.—James Holman,
, who is employed in Pittsburgh, is
,: home for the holidays.—Harry Mor-
II ris, who is employed in Steelton. vis
i ited his parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. A.
' j Morris.
Lebanon Jail Prisoners
Fare Well on Christmas
Lebanon, Pa. .Dec. 2 7. —Inmates
'iof the Lebanon county jail, 12 in
number, had their Christmas day
brightened by representatives of the
local Salvation Army who appeared
at the institution bearing gifts for
the inmates in the form of the
Christmas edition of their War Cry,
| a handkerchief and box of candy
j for each one. Sheriff and Mrs.
j Brunner had provided a fine Christ-
L , mas dinner for the inmates. Sheriff
,! Brunner provided a small Christmas
' tree for each corridor and as the aft
; ernoon wore on distributed cigars
and fruits and nuts. It was the first
j real old-fashioned Christmas at the
; county jail for 18 years.
INJURIES PROVE FATAL
Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 27.—Injuries
j sustained about six weeks ago by
Jacob Lehman in an automobile ac
cident on the Myerstown pike, proved
: fatal yesterday afternoon, when the
j young man died as the result of
J bruises about the head. He was a
' plumber by trade.
APPOINTS COURT CRIER
..Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 27. Charles
Ebur has been appointed court crier
and county law librarian by Judge
Henry, for the 1920 term. Mr. Ebur
has been actively and officially iden
tified with the county courts for al
most a half century.
CLASS MEETS AT
TEACHER'S HOME
Miss Dorothea Tenny Christ
mas Hostess to Members
of Sunday School
West Fnirricw, Pa., Dec. 27.
Miss Dorthea Tenn.v, of this place,
entertained her Sunduy school class
at her home on Christmas evening.
Refreshments were served and pres
ents given. The following were
present: Arthur Bougliter, John
Turner, Robert Hawbaker, Louis
Rhiner, John Kugler, William Ger
main, Henry Dell and William
Tenny.—Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
McXeely, of Dauphin, spent several
days with F. J. Shaull here during
the holidays.—Mrs. S. I. Cadwalla
drr attended the funeral of Miss
Kthel Weiler at Warren, Pa., on
Wednesday.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
la>ng and family*, of Columbia, Pa.,
spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.
George Phillips.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
SENATOR NAMES
SCHOOL SENIOR
Gettysburg Girl Is Awarded
Course in Philadelphia
Institution of Design
Gettysburg. Pa., Dec. 26.—Miss
Elizabeth Evans, a senior in the high
school, has received a scholarship
from the Philadelphia School of De
sign. These scholarships are granted
to one person in each county of Penn
sylvania. the appointment being
niade by the Senator from the district,
the appointment of Miss Evans being
made by Senator C. William Boalcs,
upon the recommendation of Miss
Helen Cope, supervising principal of
the schools. She will enter the
Philadelphia Institution immediately
after her graduation from the local
school.
Every colored child here was given
a free Christmas dinner at the lodge
of the colored Elks, almost one hun
dred of them enjoying the treat.
As a Christmas present and to cele
brate the eighth anniversary of the
opening of the house of the Photo
play theater to-day gave a free mati
nee to the children of the town un
der twelve years of age, the picture
shown being "Ann of the Green
Gables."
Wbilo Dan Cupid was stationed
just outside of the door of the mar
riage license office this wcekwhen the
rush was on for holiday season
licenses he got a terrible jolt, the
court of session upstairs in the court
house handing down four decrees for
divorce.
Couple Married Last
Summer Reach Lykens;
Groom a War Worker
l.jkeiiH. Pa., Dec. 27.—Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Matter of this place, announce
the wedding of their daughter, Miss
Carrie, to Dr. Charles W. Hill, of
Philadelphia, at Sunbury at the home
of a sister. Mrs. Charles Wolf. They
were married last summer, after
which they started on their honey
moon trip to Buffalo, Canada and
Kentucky, visiting places of interest
in the West. They arrived liefe yes
terday from New York City to spend
two weeks with the bride's parents.
The bride is well known throughout
this vicinity. Dr. Hill is a retired
physician, who had been since 1016
with the British Bed Cross as a phy
sician in France for 1 months.
Banks Dreese Laid
to Rest at Middleburg
Mlddlebu rg. Pa., December 27.
Banks Dreese. superintendent of the
Middleburg Leather Company, was
buried yesterday in Glendale ceme
tery. He died of Bright's disease in
the German Hospital at Philadelphia.
Mr. Dreese was 76 years old and
prominently known in the leather
business, having operated tanneries
in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Canada.
Clergymen in Perry
Plan Working Union
I>oysville, Pa., Dec. 2". Clergy
of the western part of Perry county
are planning a ministerial union. A
meeting lias been called to be held
at the home of the Rev. A. R.
Longanecker, pastor of Loysville
Lutheran Church, on Monday after
noon for the purpose of forming the
association. No territorial limit
limit will be set for membership, it
being decided that any minister who
thinks the distance not too great
may be admitted to membership.
CHRISTMAS TREE
DRAWS HUNDREDS
Columbia Man Has Yuletide
Exhibit in Home Contain
ing 4,200 Ornaments
Columbia, Pa., Dec. 27. —Columbia
has one of the most remarkable
Christmas trees in Lancaster county.
This tree is in the home of Charles
Kuntz, who for the past eighteen
years has had similar exhibitions on
Christmas. It covers the entire par
lor irr his house, at 160 South
Eighth street, and is a model of me
chanical skill. The tree is adorned
with 4,200 ornaments and these are
displayed so that the scene at night
when illuminated is one of surpass
ing beauty.
Mr. Kuntz spent two weeks and
three days in erecting the tree and
constructing the garden scenes.
These comprise a church scene, with
a bell tolling in the steeple, a negro
preacher discoursing to his congre
gation, airships in motion, stock
farms, bungalows in the mountains
and an American flag waving. The
whole scene is arranged or. move ible
bases and what adds to the beuuty
and wonder of the tree and its sur
roundings is the constant motion.
The power is supplied by the springs
cf seven clocks secreled under the
tree.
On Christmas day thero was a
steady stream of visitors to the
Kuntz home from three o'clock in
the afternoon until nirre o'clock In
the evening. The tree will reman
for about two weeks.
WILD HOLD CHARITY BALL
Lykens, Pa., Dec. 27. —Prepara-
tions are going ahead here for the
charity ball to be held on December
30. The invitation list was com
pleted yesterday. The Updegrove
orchestra, of Ilurrisburg, will fur
nish the music.
MAN PINNED UNDER AUTO
Iguicnster. Pa., Dec. 27. When
the automobile of John Peters, of
Brickerville, overturned on a hill
near Litltz, he and his wife and Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Zartman were
pinned under the car. Peters was
injured internally.
CHIEF ACCUSED Of MURDER
Beaver Falls, Pa., Dec. 27. Mi
chael Coyne, chief of police, was ar
rested under a churge of murder
here, following the death of Juntos
Terracta, whom it is alleged the
chief shot in a raid on a radical
meeting here last Sunday.
JUDGE HENRY IS
ANNVILLE GUEST
Lebanon Jurist Takes Dinner
With Friends at Home
of C. M.° Coovcr
Annville, Pa., Dec. 27.—Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Coover entertained the
following guests at Christmas din
ner on Thursday; Mr. and Mrs. G.
R. Kreider, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Krei
der, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kreider
and daughters, Katherlne and Helen,
of town; Judge and Mrs. C. V.
Henry and family, of Lebanon, and
Dr. and Mrs. D. Albert Kreider, of
New Haven, Conn.—Miss Kathryn
Lockcman, a student at Columbia
University, is visiting Miss Nancy
Kreider,—Andrew- Henry, of Atlan
tic City, N. J., is spending the holi
days heie with his mother, Mrs. S.
Elizabeth Henry.—Prof, and Mrs.
Li wood Bodenhorn, of Hamburg,
are visiting relatives here. Misses
Margaret and Dorothy Sheffey, of
Harrisburg, are spending the Christ
mas vacation at the* home of their
grandfather, John L. Saylor.-;—Mr,
and Airs. H, H. Shenlc and daugh
ters, Lucile and Esther, spent Christ
mas day at Hummelstown, guests
of James G. Fox and family.—Dr
and Airs. Walter Brubaker and
daughters, Annabelle, and Louise, of
Lebanon ,are guests of Mrs. Bru
baker's parents. Air. and Airs.
Tobias Bombejger.—Miss . Arabelle
Kelchner, of New York city, is vis
iting her parents. Air. and Mrs.
Joseph G. Kelchner.—Mr. and Airs.
A. C. M. Ileister and daughters
Ruth and Alary, and Aliss Virginia
Witmer visited at the home of Dr
Frank Witmer and family at Leb
anon on Christmas day.
Robbers Frightened Away
in Attempt to Rob Bank
Arendtsvllle. Pa.. Dec. 27. Persons
walking along the principal street
here early this morning saw what
they thought to be several persons
who were out on some business like
themselves get into an automobile
and drive away. Daylight disclosed
the fact that they were robbers who
had tried to get into the bank, but
were scared away before they had
accomplished their purpose.
The only damage done was the
breaking of the lock on the gate in
front of the door, this being done
with a crowbar evidently stolon from
the Philadelphia and Reading rail
way station at Biglerville. The ap
pearance of the W"tk indicates that
the job was being done by amateurs.
Newport Druggist Has
Given Town Rest Room
Newport, Pa., Dec. 27.—Newport's
need for a public rest room has been
supplied by John S. Eby, borough
druggist and former Perry county
member of Assembly.
In order to provide a place where
out-of-town persons and borough
residents may meet for the transac
tion of business, Mr. Eby has thrown
open for public use and without
charge the former Red Cross room
in his building in North Second
street.
The room has been equipped with
tables and cliairs-and will be'heated
and lighted through Mr. Eby's gen
erosity. He asks nothing other than
that reasonable care be taken of the
equipment.
AGED WOMAN IN HOSPITAL
I wis town. Pa., Dec. 27.—Miss
Mary Caldwell, aged 78 years, a
widely known woman of this place,
has been taken to the Lew:stown
Hospital for treatment for illness
dating back about a year.
WILL SET APART
SOLDIER TRIBUTE
Marietta's Community House
Is to He Dedicated Next
Tuesday Evening
Marietta, Pa., Dec. 27.—Marietta's
handsome new community house is
to be dedicated next Tuesday eve
ning with services beginning at 3
o clock, in Acri's Theater. There
will be a program in the Theater,
after which the assembly will repair
to the community building, where
exercises are to be held. It is the
tirst house of the kind to be erected
in Pennsylvania, and is regarded as
a fitting tribute to Marietta's men
of the Civil, Spanish-American and
world wars. Mr. and Mrs. Henry H.
Hlestand and son, Gerald, are the
donors of the building with the fur
nishings. Citizens and friends have
pledged and contributed for its
maintenance. Tije Hiestand familv
lost a son. Lieut. Ren Hiestar.vl, and
in his honor the gift has been made.
Benjamin Ludlow, of Philadelphia,
will deliver the address.
MALTA PERSONAL NOTES
Malta, Pa., Dec. 27. J. M. Schroyer
was a Herndon visttor this week.—
Mrs. A. L. Zerbe is ill with pneu
moniu.—Kay S. Witmer and family,
of Miftlinburg, spent Christmas with
Mr. Witrner's parents, Mr. and Mrs
J. E. Witmer.—Mr. and Mrs. Har
rison Kebaeh and children, of Clarke,
S. D., are visiting: the former's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Kebacli.—
Nevin E. Harris visited his parents,
John Harris', at Berrysburg.—Miss
Jennie L. Witmer, of Philadelphia,
is spondiiiß the holidays with rela
tives here.
CHCRCII WORKER IHES
Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 27. Miss
Mary Elizabeth Focht, who nine
weeks ago fell on an icy pavement
while on her way to market and
sustained a fractured hip, died at
the Good Samaritan Hospital on
Chrlstmns morninß. Miss Focht was
one of the best known residents of
the city by reason of her activity as
a church and social worker.
CONGRATULATED nv CABLE
I'hllnilrlphln, Dee. 27.—Mayor-elect
Moore is the recipient or a cablegram
coiißratulatlnß him on his recent elec
tion from M. J. Richard, general
secretary of the permanent council of
the international navigation con
gresses, Brussels.
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DECEMBER 27, 1919.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
CHEERING TO SICK
Columbia Girls Visit Hospital and Sing Out Story of the
Saviour's Birth; Nativity Hymns Heard by Town
People From Midnight Until Dawn
Columbia, Pa„ Dec. 27.—The sing
ing of. enrols on the streets by a
chorus from the Girls' Putriotic
Leugue, led by Corporal Walter
ltoyc, an overseas soldier, was easily
the Christmas feature In Columbia.
Before opening the song exercises on
the street, the choristers visited the
Columbia Hospital, where they sang
for an hour on the lower floor, the
doors leadir.-g to the wards having
been opened so that patients in the
institution could enjoy the music.
From midnight until dawn bands of
singers marched through town while
some toured the streets on auto
trucks singing carols. From ten to
eleven o'clock the League chorus
sAng carols in the public square.
Early services were con-ducted in
nearly all the churches and Christ
mas exercises were rendered in the
evening.
PERRY FOLKS IN
PERSONAL NEWS
What People of Millerstown
Are Doing and Their Guests
Over the Holidays
Millrr*to>vn, Pa.. Dec. 27.—.Mrs. D.
A. Snyder has gone to Harrlsburg,
where she will visit her son, William
Snyder and family during the holi-
day season, going from there to
Washington, D. C„ where she will
spend the winter with her daughter.
Mrs. Charles Pike.—Miss Jessie Kipp,
an instructor in the Altoona schools,
is home to spend the holidays.—Mrs.
Mary Allen is visiting her daughter.
Mrs. William Coffold. at Lancaster,
being accompanied by her little
grandson. William CofTold.—The Rev.
Victor Nearhoof, a student at Dick
inson College, visited friends in
town, —Max -Lahr, of Newport, visited
his uncle, D. A. Lahr, at this piace.—
Wendell Sherrick, of Dickinson Col
lege. visited D. M.* Rickabaugh and
family.—Major E. S. Everhart, who is
still at Camp Dix, N. J„ was the
guest of 1). M. Rickabaugh and
family.—Mr. and MVs. Carl Ist live;, of
Altoona, ure visiting Mr. and Mrs.
John Eight.—Mr. and Mrs. Emory Fry
were visitors in llarrisbuvg.—Gilbert
Rickabaugh visited his brother.
Beaver Rickabaugh, and family at
Mount Holly Springs.—The Rev. and
Mrs. Charles Berkheimer visited their
parents at Mechanicsburg over
Christmas.—W. D. Bollinger and
family spent Christmas in Harrisburg
with William Snyder and family.—
Miss Annie Thompson, of New Buf
falo, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
James Rounsley.—Mr. and Mrs. Craw
ford Smith, of Morristown, N. J.. Miss
Helen Sherrick of Philadelphia, Miss
Irene Sherrick of Conemuugh and
Wendell Sherrick. a student at
Dickinson college, visited the family
of Edward Beaver's over Christmas.—
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dimm and son.
Calvin of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs.
Grant Patton. James Kipp and family,
of McAUistersville, spent Christmas
Day with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kipp.—
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parson, of Port
Royal, spent Christmas Day with
William Moore and family.—Miss
Lucy Alexander, of Washington. D. C.,
visited Mrs. S. C. Alexander for sev
eral days this week.—Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Kerstetter and children of
Steelton, visited Mr. and Mrs. John
Harris.
Will Require Big Bond
of Whisky Exporters
Philadelphia. Dec. 27.—A bond of
$12,500,000 will bo required of the
exporters of 20,000 barrels of whisky
hound here from Louisville, Ky., bo
fore their cargoes can be shipped,
according to custom house officials.
The bond will be demanded, it wa-i
said, to prevent the return of the
I'quor to the United States in any
form.
The cargo will he shipped to
France on the steamship Western
Comet.
I.IMIIS rXJIIRKI) HV MACHINERY
I/Cwislown, Pa., Dec. 27.—Struck
by the arm of a heavy piece of trav
eling mnchinery at the Standard
Steel works. Roy DeArmit, aged 35,
of Highland avenue, had both feet,
and his legs from the unkles to the
knees badly lacerated and mashed.
He was taken home.
WEST MAMT: HOME AFIRE
Meat Fnlrvlew, Pa.. Dec. 27.—Fire
was discovered in the home of Frank
Cramer in Third street, at 8 o'clock
on Christmas evening. No damage
was done, as the Are was gotten un
der control before it had gained much
headway. This is the third (Ire here
in a short time.
TRYING TO SAVE
MIFFLIN'S QUAIL
Herd of Eleven Deer Visits
Farmer's Wheat Field and
Feeds on Cereal
l.eivlstotvn. Pa., Dec. 27.—Warden
John J. Slautterback and Ills assist
ants are trapping all the quail pos
sible this season with a view to tak
ing the birds under cover during the
cold weather. They have requested
farmers and others who may be in
terested in the propagation of game
to co-operate with them in feeding
and carins for the wild life during
winter.
J. Z. Hostettler, who resides on the
old Noah Sharp ffcrm along Back
mountains, reports deer visiting his
wheat field dally. What they don't
eat off they trample. The game
wardens In Investigating damage
from deer eating wheat believe the
cropping only makes the roots
stronger for the spring shoots. What
little is trampled doesn't injure the
crops, they say.
Former Lieutenant Albert L.
Kraft, of Company L, Reserve Ali
litia, and Aliss Ethel Schlottkauer
were married here on Christmas
morning in the First English Lu
theran Church, the ceremony being
performed by the pastor, the Rev.
Dr. Edgar Grim Aliller.
William L. Miller, chief driver of
Keystone Truck and Chemical En
gine Company, one of Columbia's
best known firemen, and Miss Fan
nie W. Leonard were married two
weeks ago at Lancaster, but with
held the announcement until to-day,
when they tendered a reception to
members of the company at their
home.
James E. Rost and Aliss Anna W.
Leitheiser were married to-day at
the parsonage of Grace United
Evangelical Church by the pastor,
the Rev. Frank G. Yost.
WILL BEGIN NEW
YEAR WITH SONG
Christmas Program to Be
Given in Linglestown Church
on New Year's Night
I.lnglcstomi, Pa., L)eo. !T. A
Christmas program will be given in
the t'nited Brethren church on New
Year's night. A fine program is to be
given.—Church services will be held
in the l.'nlted Brethren church on
Sunday morning, conducted by the
Rev. R. D. Gottachall, In the evening
In the Church of God the Rev. James
Waggoner will preach.—Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Balsbaugh and daughter.
Dorothy Jean, spent Christmas Pay
with Mrs. Carrie Feeser.—Charles
Zimmerman, of Pleasant View, was a
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Austin Fchraner.—Miss Anna Bein
hardt, of Harrisburg, spent Thurs
day with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Care.—
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gets, of Mount
Joy. and Miss Salome Feeser, of Ilar
risburg, motored to the homo of Mr.
and Mrs. M. R. Bolton. —Mr. and Mrs.
John Buck and daughter. Ruth, spent
Thursday with Mrs. Annie Buck.—Mr.
and Mrs. William Feeser. daughter.
Ethel and son John of Hainton. were
the guests of Mrs. Mary Feeser,
Thursday.—Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd' Hol
land. of Paxtang. were Thursday
visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Hicks.—Dr. and Mrs. Harry
Schaner and family and Robert
Brown, of Harrisburg, were guests
of Mrs. Rebecca Baker and family on
Thursday.—Mr. and Mrs. David Felty
and daughter, Ruth, spent Christmas
Day with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Shutt
at Paxtoniu.—Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Arva and son. Robert, spent Friday
with Mr. Arva's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
H. Arva, at Progress.—Dr. and Mrs.
William Balser. of Philadelphia, were
guests of Mrs Rebecca Baker on
Christmas.
CHILD'S DEATH MYSTERIOUS
Puitxnutawnoy, i .. Dec. 27. A
mysterious disease has broken out
here, and since Monday four children
have died. Physicians have been
unable to determine what is causing
the illness and death, the victims
being girls between the ages of three
and live years.
SIX PRISONERS RECAPTURED
Montrose, Pa., Dec. 27.—Six of the
seven prisoners who escaped' from
the Susquehanna county jail here
late last night, were captured by
the sheriff early to-day only three
miles from the jail. The had pass
ed the night walking in a circle,
having traveled about 20 miles.
Little Lines From Nearby
Blooms burg—Accused of selling
opitipi to a known drug addict, Dr.
T. C. Hastr is held in bail.
Wilko--Baric—Coasting under the
wheels of an automobile, 9-year-old
Leo Noval was killed here.
Rootling—This city paid $88,300
for its street lighting lost year as
agair.-.o llarrisburg's $64,129.
Lew Lt own—A carload of pure
bred Michigan cattle has been- re
ceived hero and distributed among
dairymen in tbis region.
Hazlctou Conviction of horse
theft was held by court, a cause for
granting Jessie Irene Walk, of West
Hazloton, a divorce frcm John "Walk.
Reading—Shattering many win
dows in Fourth street, an accumula
tion of sewer gns in a conduit ex
ploded with n report that could be
heard a mile away.
Rloomsburg—-Overcome by fumes
from an automobile engine they were
repairing in a Rloomsburg garage,
John Kingston and N. M. Bo'shline
narrowly escaped death.
—Wllke.s-Bairc Playing with
Christmas leys 3-year-old Walter E.
MacNeal, of this place, walked back
ward into a tub of hot water and
was scalded to death.
Hngcrstown—Miss Amanda M.
Smith, aged 43, was attacked with
ptomaine poisoning here nrxl died
from pneumonia which followed a
violent illness.
Siinhiiry—Mrs. Sarah Jennings, for
16 years an employe at the I. O. O.
F. Orphanage, has retired' and gone
to her home in Moshoppen, Wyom
ing county, to spend her declining
yea rs.
lingers town —Calvin D. McNamee,
for 36 years an employe of the Cum
berland Vallev Railroad Company, is
dead here, aged 62 years, following
injuries sustained a number of
weeks ago.
Sbnmokln—Her head covered by a
shawl for protection from the cold,
Mrs. Michael Gluzkt, aged BO years,
of Fidler Green( walked in front of
a Pennsylvania railroad fre'ght train
at Shamokin und was run down and
instantly killed,
York—An overcoat which a char
ity organization gave Dewitt War
ring, and which Warring sold to
Curvln Wellor, of Wrlghtsville, aft
erward stealing it from him, lias
caused Warring to be arrested by
the hotel proprietor with whom
Weller boards.
DUNCANNONFOLK
IN WEEK'S NEWS
Personal and Social Mention
of People in Town Along
the Juniata River
Buticaimon. Pa., Dec. 27. Mrs.
Jesse Baum, of Rye township, spent
Christmas here as the guest of her
daughter, Mrs, Charles Johnston.—•
Edward McC&rrell and Benjamin
Boyer, aged residents, are very ill at
their homes.—Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Fliektnger, of Altoona, visited rel
atives here on Tuesday. Harold
j Probst, of Altoona, was a recent
| guest of relatives.—Christmas was
j quietly observed here and many fam
ily reunions were enjoyed.—Slush ice
was running freely on the west
branch of the Susquehanna river
Tuesday evening and farmers who
live on Huldeman's island had to be
careful in crossing the stream front
Benvenue.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ebner and son, Charles, of Harrls
burg, spent over Christmas here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Lehman, Sr.—Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Books and children, of Al
toona, are spending the Christmas
holidays here with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Fuller. —The Rev. and Mrs.
Filmore T. Kohler and son ,of Le
moyne; Mr. and Mrs. Lester llimes
and daughter, of Newport, spent
Christmas here at the home of Mr.
I and Mrs. William Owen. —Arty A.
Johnston, of Atlantic City, formerly
of this place, and Miss Julia Smith
j Huzzard, of Altoona, were united in
I marriage at Altoona. Mr. and Mrs.
I Johnston spent Tuesday here at the
home of the former's sister, Mrs. C.
W. Sieg.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
j Dunkle and two children, of Altoona,
I are spending the week here at the
I home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
| K. L. Dunkle.—Some of those who
I store fee will commence to house the
I beginning of next week unless there
jis a rise in temperature to break
j the ice on the creeks.—A. P. Nickel
and son, Earnest, of New Bloom
i field, have purchased the undertak
! ing and house furnishing business of
! C. G. Moses.—W. W. Smith had lits
left eye hurt one day during the past
I week when his glasses were broken
j and a piece of the glass cut his eye.
I —Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lehman, Sr..
I spent last, week in Ilarrisburg as tho
guests of relatives.—Mr. and Mrs.
j P. F. Duncan, Jr., are spending the
j Christmas holidays with relatives in
| New Jersey.—Mrs. Charles R. Mil-
I ler, of Enola, visited relatives here
I on Friday.—A. C. Logan has opened
j his new store in Market street.
1 A special train was run over the S.
I K. and W. R. R. Friday morning
I which brought the boys from tho
| Tressler Orphans' Home at Loys
j ville to this place where they board
ed trains for various points to spend
the Christmas holidays with rel
atives and friends. —Remember the
newspaper carrier who serves you
with your favorite paper in all kinds
lof weather. A word of good cheer
j makes his route seem shorter. A
j horse and sleigh on Market street
the other day seemed about as much
of a novelty in the way of traveling
as the automobile did several years
ago.-—The coal fleets at Benvenue
were all securely moored for the win
ter before the freezeup .
High Prices For Furs
Make Trappers Active
] l.ewistowit, Pa., Dec. 27.—High
prices paid for furs has boomed
| trapping in this section-. John
j Harbst has trapped several polecats
I and a white weasel within the past
few days, Lester Rager trapped
muskrats and Oliver Yoder a num
ber of skunks, several weasel, a fox
and an opossum. Muskrats are be
coming scarce in this section.
+
Lewisberry People and
Their Christmas Guests
I.owisberry, Pa., Dec. 27.—Mrs
I Ida Kunkel. Elizabeth, Minerva and
j Pauline Kunkel. of New Cumber-
I land, are visiting the former's
I daughter, Mrs. Elmer C. Wise, and
family.—Mr. and Mrs. Y. R. Slade
I Baltimore, are spending the holidays
j with Mrs. Slado's parents, Mr. anc
! Mrs. E. ft'. Wolfe. —Mr. ar.-d Mrs -•
I Harvey Erney visited at New Cum
berland, where they attended a re
union of the Erncy family at the
j home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
j Baiikert.—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence .1 ,
' Beidel and children. Leonard, Le
| ona and Grace, visited Mr. and Mrs
Cramer, of Centervllle. —Mr. and
I Mrs. Harvey 11. Fetrow visited thy
1 latter's sister and family at Cly.—
i Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Crumlic visited
I Mr. ar.-d Mrs. G. J. Strayer.—Mr. and
| Mrs. Elmer J. Bonner and Mrs. Bon
| ner'.s mother, Mrs. Catharine B. Fet-
I row, were guests of William Fetron
I and* family at Goldsboro.—Mr. anc ,
1 Mrs. Dean R. Hudson and daughter
Miriam, and Mrs. Elizabeth U
Laird are home from a visit to Mr
I and Mrs. Wilbur H. Laird, at Steel
j ton. —Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Snavely and
I son, Gerald, spent Christmas dai
j with relatives at Mechnrrlesburg.
American Legion Has
6,561 Posts in U. S.
' Indianapolis. Dec. 27.—America!
i Legion posts in tlio United State)
! and foreign countries now total 6,
! 361, It was announced at nations,
j headquarters here. . France, Eng-
J land and Canada each have on<
post, Alaska has four posts, Hawaii
five, Cuba one, Panama one, Mexic
one, and the Philippine Islands one
Ten states have more than 200 post)
each.
New York leads the states witl
777 posts and Pennsylvania is sec
ond with 497.
The number posts chartered ii
other states include: Delaware, 18:
Maryland, 70; -New Jersey, 224.
I,AI) HI'RT IX COABTIXG
Lewis town, Pa., Dec. 27.—Lloyt
Miller, aged 8 yearp, while coastlni
on a short steep hill on a sled he goi -
from his grandparents as a Chrlstmai
present, ran into a fence, a gash ii
one cheek and an injury to his righi
shoulder resulted.
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