12 Your Transformed — N . Your kitchen can be made as neat as your ideal no difference what that may be. W / / Install a Gas Range and you J j will find it clean, cool and pleas- A J ant to work in. U A Gas is the cheapest cooking V fuel - ) , J We sell Gas Ranges and Water \ \ \ Heaters on easy payments. \\ See the display at our store, or x I send for a representative. Harrisburg Gas Jf Company /• jf I 14 S. Second St. / /\ f ll JsUJiURBAIS itEW GERMANTOWN Juveniles Spend Ascension Day Fishing in Sherman's Creek Special Correspondence New Germantown, May 15.—Many juveniles of this place spent Ascension I>ay fishing along Sherman's crcck. ' Mr. and Mrs. Bistline, of Danville, are spending some time with the for mer's father, James Bistline. iMiss Keen, of Philadelphia, who has been visiting here for some time, left. Thursday for her home. Miss Keen was the" owner of a farm near here which she recently sold to John Odell. A number of out-of-town pnysiclans have beeu visiting here recently, among them being Dr. A. R. Johnson, New Bloomlield: Dr. F. A. Gutshall, Dr. Kistler and Dr. Woods, of Blair, r and Dr. William i\ (iasten. of California. David Mumper and M. E. Morrison have jointly purchased a Pullman au tomobile. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Sanderson, Ross Sanderson and Mr. and Mrs. Biers, of Enola, are spending some time with the former's father, David Sanderson. Russell Swartz, of Detroit, Mich., who was recently appointed postmaster here, has taken charge of his new du ties. Memorial Day has appropriately been arranged for when addresses will be delivered by notable citizens and music furnished by the New German town band. MILLERSTOWN Miss Mina Kreraer 'Entertained the "Campfire Girls' Club" Tuesday Spp«i»l Correspondence. iMillerstown, May lo. —Miss IMlna Kremer entertained the '"'Campfire (rills' Club" at her home on Tuesday evening. Mrs. John Wingcrt, of Renovo. spent several days this week at the home of O. D. Wingert. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner spent Sunday in New Bloomfield. Miss Amanda Kerr, a missionary in India, gave an interesting lecture on "Missionary Work" in the Presby terian church on Sunday evening. Miss Kerr was a former resident of this place. Mr. and IMrs. J. B. Parsons, of Port Royal, were recent visitors at the home of MTS. Parson's father, William Kipp. Miss Esther Swartz visited relatives in Newport this week. HIGHSPIRE Second Annual Art Exhibit in Public ' Schools Opens Special Correspondence. Ilighspire, May 15.—The second an nual exhibit of art work by pupils of the Ilighspire schools was opened for the inspection of the public yesterday. The exhibit consisted of hundreds of specimens of composition and hand work in crayon and water colors. Some ' of the exhibits were neatly mounted on I cards. During a fire drill held Tuesday the J 370 scholars in the eight rooms in the school house left the building in one' minute. The Woman's Home and Foreign t Missionary .Society of St. Peter's Lu theran church was addressed by Mrs. <>. N. Lantier, of Steelton, at a meet ing held Wednesday evening. At the close of the services, tlie Rev. [ rg , Oscar Hupp and won, of Harrisburg, visited Mrs. Gilbert Starr, Thursday. Mrs.' A. K. Mover and children,"of Steelton, visited friends in this place, Thursday. Mrs. Annie Rtthl, of Mechaiiicsbunz, visited her daughter, Mrs. Carroll ! Holh, on Valley Hreen farm, near this j place. Mm. P. F. Feisers and (laugher's, Laurie and Nellie, spent Thursday aft ernoon in Mechanicslbufg. The intermediate school closed on Monday, the teacheT, Miss Davsie .1. Russell left for her home in Shippens bur;;, Tuesday evening. The funeral of Joseph Bealor, aged 81 years of this place, was held on Thursday at 2.30 at the Reformed church, at Enola, of which he was a member, the Rev. W. H. Hartzell, pas tor of the church, assisted by the Rev. F. B. Emenheiser, pastor of' the U B. churjeh, this place, officiating. The pallbearers were Reuben Kshleman, John Maxwell, Frank KaulTman, I'eter Warner, all of this jilace. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker Muesle man, of Lemoyne. We sincerely thank all our neighbors and friends for kindness shown and assistance rendered during the recent illness and" death of Mr. Joseph Rcalor. —By his widow and children. HUMMELSTUWN Main Street Being Oiled for Entire Length of Borough Sr>p"ial Orresoondence. HummelsfcowTi, May 15. —In order to avoid the dust nuisance oil 'is being put on .Main street the entire length of the borough. A tank car of oil has been received and an oil sprinkler is being used to place the oil. The work was started yesterday and several ap plications of oil will be ma.de duriug the summer. At the meeting of the general com mittee in charge of the Fourth of July celebration the borough was divided into districts and a district assigned to each organization represented in the committee. The* members of the organi zation will solicit subscriptions in tho districts for the celebration fund. The Busy Bee club, an organization com ; posed of girls, requested permission to I hold a button day and in the near fu j ture safe and sane Fourth of July but | tons will be sold by the girls in an effort to raise funds. The program of | events to be held during the day will i be arranged at a meeting of the com mittee and souvenir programs will be issued for the celebration this year. Mr. and Mrs. H. Wells Buser and daughter, Mrs. Alfred M(-Call attended the funeral of Mr. Buser's sister, Mrs. Joseph Fletcher, which took place from her late home in Steelton yesterday morning. Mrs. Emma Hoffer was a visitor in Harrisburg yesterday. At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Hummelstown National Bank, a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent, was declared on the capital stock of the bank. The Busy Bee Clutf is anxious to show the residents of the borough what they have accomplished by their winter course in domestic science aiuli wall hold a food sale Saturday afternoon and evening, May 29, on the lawn at the residence of F. J. Schaffner in Centre Square. Cakes, candies, pastry, biscuits and potato chips will be sold'all of the food being prepared by the girls. The Acme band will go to Middle town tfois evening to play for the Union Fire Company's drill team which is j holding a bazar. The trip will be made jin Brightbill's large auto truck. The borough council through its park I committee is seeking donations of j benches for use in the borough park. |No special kind of bench is required j and any suitable park seat will be ac ceptable. J. M. Brightbill is arranging to make a number of suitable benches : with a place provided for an advertis- I ing inscription and each merchant and place of business will be asked to do nate one or more benches, with or with out the advertising. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet in the Sunday school | room of the United Brethren church on Monday evening at 7.45 o'clock. Thomas Jacks and Leroy Fellenbaum have returned from the Fountain Springs Hospital at Ashland, Where they had gone for treatment. Miss Bertha Buser, of Harrisburg, spent yesterday afternoon with Mrs. W. B. Shope. Mrs. Victor Dippell, of Lancaster, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Fox. Mrs. George A. Larsen has gone to Duncansville to visit her mother, Mrs. G. B. McC. Hollandi Mrs. W. C. l>aag spent yesteiriay afternoon in Harrisburg. Christian Collnier, of Philadelphia, is visiting at the home of H. Wells Buser. DILLSBURG 1 High School Commencement Exercises Held in the Opera House Dillsburg, May 15. —The Dillsburg I High school commencement was held ! Thursday evening in the opera house I when twelve members of the senior class received diplomas. The opera house was I most beautifully decorated with blue j and white, the class colors, having for j u background large sprays of "logwood •blossoms. Pfof. Stewart, of C. V. S. N. j 8., Shipipensburg, addressed the class, I and County Superintendent Stine was present and made a short address. .1. S. Kapp, of the Dillsburg board of direc tors, presented the diplomas. The High school furnished the music under the direction of Miss Marietta IM'enear. The house was well tilled and an interest ing program was rendered. William R. Nelson, aged about 78 years, a well-known citizen of Carroll township, died at his home a short dis tance east of town Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. The funeral was held this afternoon at 1.30 o'clock from his late home with interment in Feley's cemetery. Mr. Nelson had a severe at tack of paralysis on Monday mormng and never regained consciousness. Among the out-of-town visitors at the commencement Thursday evening were J. W. Fortney and family, of York; 'Mrs. D. D. Ha-mm, of Harris burg; Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Hess, of York; the Rev. J. 'B. Wolf, of Glen Hock; Klsie Hooper, of MechanieSburg; Dr. Spath, of Ho'boken, N. J.; Clyde S.pahr, of Harrisburg, and Verna De muth, Brantsville. Mothers' Day services will be held in ( Calvary IT. Hi. church to-morrow evening at 7.30. The ladies of Dillsburg camp met at tho camp grounds Thursday to plant , the flowers for the summer. John F. Evans has purchased a Chal mers runabout. . Clayton Hinkle, of Ephrata, is spend ing several weeks with his mother on Harrisburg street. Mr. Hinkle has been . suffering from ill health on account of overwork anil is trying to recuperate, i C. W. Strayer, of Lemoyne, was in town on business yesterday. NEWVILLE High School Commencement Exercises Held Thursday Evening Special Correspondence. Newville, May 15. —The High school commencement exercises were held Thursday evening in Zion Lutheran church when ten members of the grad uating class received diplomas. The graduates are 'Mary Caroline Clouse, Charlotte Roberts Dougherty, Lucretia Mjje Ott, Sara L. Ovler, Eleanor E. 1 Sharp, Lucy W. Sollenberger, VV. Rea 'Duncan, George Mterrett Eckels, Donald \ McKee T'ipes. Oliver C. Tritt. The ex- I ercises were interesting throughout, j Prof. Leon C. Prince, of Carlisle, was I the speaker for the evening. His ad dress was "Square Pegs in Round J Holes." The decorations were very at tractive. The alumni banquet was held i last night in the sijhool "building anil was greatly enjoyed by all present. Dr. H. Everett Kend'ig anil family, of » Philadelphia, were guests of his mother, t Mrs. William Kendig, Nurth High . street Miss Helen Scouller, teacher of the grammar grade, left Monday evening on a Three months' trip to Sacramento, C'al.. and other points along the Toast. 3 (Miss Sara 'Myers has gone to Roches ter, Minn., and later will visit her sis ter in Missouri. Dr. K W. Remsberg attended the fu neral of his nephew in Middle-town, Md., ? Tuesday. i The Rev. A. A. Kcliy, of Waynesboro, , will (ill the pulpit in Zion Lutheran s church Sunday. Mr. Kelly is a former pastor. 1 A large number of out-of-town people attended the commencement exercises • Thursday evening. HALIFAX I tl. B. 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' r* SAILING 1 on the Atlantic Ocean and the In land Waterway is one of the srea-t attractions at WILDWOOD and Wildwood Crest Fine al'coninvodatlone. Plenty of other amusements. FISHING HATH ING DRIVING automobi-I.INO HA NCI NG A MUBHIMKN'TS Excellent hotels, patronized by peoplo you will be Klad to meej. Reasonable rates. Cottages and apartments at moderate rental. Quick trains on both P. R. R. and Reading Railway. Full information from J. WHITiKSKU* City Clerk, Wildwood. N J„ the Rev. B. L. C. Baer, pastor of the Church of God, Highspire. A. H. White, lecturer for the Ameri can Civic Reform Union, addressed two audiences in New Cumberland last Sunday. In the morning he spoke in the Trinity United Brethren church and at 3 p. ni. he addressed men only in tho Baughmjn Memorial M. E. church. He appealed to men to lend their as sistance in the correction of the social vices of the times. The Ladies' Circle of St. Paul's Lutheran church held its fifth anni versary at the home of Mrs. Andrew Kane. North Bridge street, Thursday evening. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi dent, Mrs. H. G. Young; secretary, Mrs. Mary Stiles; treasurer, Miss Sarah Myers. Those present were Miss Ruth Lingle, Mrs. H. G. Younii, Miss Edith Cripple, Miss Fay Apmyer, Mrs. W. L. Keeney, Mrs. Brook Weigle, Miss Sara Coover, Mrs. E. Clarke, Mrs. Mary Stiles. Miss Sarah Myers, Miss Gertrude Keeney and Miss Bertha Bankert. who assisted the hostess in entertaining. Mrs. Margaret B. Proweil, who lias been spending several weeks with her nieces, Mrs. .1. C. Neff, of Overbrook, and Mre. Edward Freeland, of Phila delphia, has returned home. Walter Brinton returned from Los Angeles, Cal., and is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Brinton, .Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Winters and two children, spent yesterday in York county. Mrs. M. K. Hench. of Camden, X. ! J., is visiting her .brother, M. L. Baker, I and family on Fifth street, j Harry Ross, sexton of Mt. Olivet I cemetery, and his men are mowing the ' grass and getting the cemetery ready for Decoration Day. Baughman Memorial M. K. Church -—Sunday school at 9.20. The firo'l quarterly communion will he observed at 10.30 a. in. and 7.30 p. m. Members will also be received into the church. The pastor the Rev. ,f. V. Adams, will preach in the evening before the ad ministration of the Sacrament. First Church of (iod —Sunday school at S). 15. Breaching at 10.30. < . K. at 6.3'0. Communion services at 7.30. Trinitv United Brethren church — j Sunday nrhool at 9.30. Breaching at I 10.30. ,lr. E. at 2. Sr. C. E. at ti.3o. , Breaching by the Rev. A. R. A.vres, | pastor at 7.30. St. Baul's Lutheran——Sunday s"hool at 9.30. Breaching at 10.30. Christian Endeavor at 6. u'RG Frank H. Neidlg Entertains IfMO High School Class i IMivhanicsburg, May 15.—Thursday I evening Frank H. Neidig. a member of I the class of 1916 of the High school, entertained the class at his home east of town. Tho evening was devoted to games, j iano, violin and vocal music, ami was very enjoyable. A 'course supper was served, attractive both to tha palate and to i.ie eye. The table dec orations were in white and blue, the class colors. Toasts followed the feast. When the time for departure came the whole party, 'before coming home, "hiked'' to Shircmnnstown, leaving there one of their number whose home is there. The class is composed of the following young peoiple: .lanet Eckels, Ha/.el Fink. ( arroll K. Frey, (Eleanor It. IHarold, Beatrice Heiges, E. Uorena Kilmore, Olive R. Lauck, Xenia Miller, Martha M. iMorrette, Anna D. Muinma, Frank H. Neidig, Katherine Kiegel, i.Marie Senseman, Miriam Shope. Helen Sowers, Lloyd Ulrich anil Henry Wil son. 'Mrs. Coover E'berlv arrived last even ing from her home in Terre Haute, Ind. She has come to attend the funeral ot her father's aunt, 'Mrs. Mary Ellen Singer. Miss Freda Kistler. of Carlisle, was in Mochanicsburg yesterday. Brof. and Mrs. Kast are spending a few days at Mt. Olivet camp. Mrs. S. E. Basehore has returned home after a visit of several weeks 111 'Baltimore as the guest of her parents. The senior class of the High school had their last regular recitations.yes terday. The first three days of next week will be devoted to examinations, after which the senior vacation will be gin. The other classes continue work two weeks longer. A'bout 10 o'clock Thursday night Mr. 'Rowles, in crossing the alley which runs back of H. C. 'Brown's residence, ob served an automobile standing across the alley, back of Mr. Brown's garage. 'He reported the fact to' Mr. Brown who had locked up the machine in the gar age. An investigation showed that some person had taken it out and was either unable to get it turned and out of the alley or was frightened away. Mise Maibcl Givler, of West Fairview, is the guest of hwr uncle, Mr. Givler, West Main street. J. A. Lefever, of Lidburn, was a i visitor to Mechanicsburg last evening. The Rev. Mr. Pahs and family moved j yesterday from the Huber apartments j to South Market streot. LUTHERAN FEDERATION LINK The Susquehanna Synod Is First to Favor Movement to Unite All Branches Selinagrove, May 15.—First link in j the proposed federation of all the J Lutheran churches in the United States I was forged here yesterday in the forty ! eighth annual convention of the Hus- I quehanna Synod when that body unan ! imously favored the movement. Tho movement was launched last month in j Akron, ()., by a conference of presi dents ot synods, and it" successful will i unite all Lutherans into a body of 10,- I 000 ministers and 2,500,000 communi- I cant members. The Rev. Dr. Frank P. Manhart, I dean of the Susquehanna University | School of Theology and president of j the synod, was chosen delegate to the ! general synod which opens its annual j session in Akron, May <26. Dr. Manhart | is secretary of the general synod and i one of the promoters of the federation | proposition. j The synod discussed the. scarcity of i young men for the ministry. This sub ! jeet came up in a debate on the sug gestion that the regular three-year I course in theology and four years in i college for prospective clergymen | should be shortened. The majority vote was that dead languages should be | eliminated from the course and at least j three years lopped oil' the term. j SCHOOL PRINCIPALS CONFER j Sixth Annual Meeting Held at State College | State College, May 15.—High school i principals from all parts of the State j met here yesterday tor their sixth annual conference. They are the guests iof the Pennsylvania State College. 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