\ { A 5 F 5 E, S L Vi Vv S E E Phones, a ee SE PSL OE NDR GCC Lo mmr AR PTL TA HRS ha VOLUME XXXVI. MEYERSDALE. PA. al. THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1913 FOURTH ANNUAL BANQUET LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE The Moose Herd and Their Friends Make Merry---It Was a “Feast"of Reason and Flow of Soul”--A Big Crowd and a Big Time. Bi Last Friday night was Moose night in Meyersdale. Friendship Lodge, No. 76, held its fourth annual banquet in their home in the Appel & Glessner building, corner of Center and Clay streets. The fourth floor was the place where the light fantastic was indulged in from early in the evening till late at night. The Moose’s own orchestra set the pace and there was music and dancing galore. Due to the local talent in the Donges Theater the time for the banquet was delayed somewhat. When the large herd of Moose and their friends were gathered in, Geo. A. Wagaman lead the banqueters down on the third floor to a feast of the body and the flow of the intellect. Mr. Wagaman, the Dictator of the Lodge, acted as toastmaster, and demonstrated that he not only knows bow to use the throttle on the B, & O., but he also knows how to get up steam and shut off steam and guide through an evening’s entertainment two hundred people. i After the inner man had been well taken care of with ham, cheese and Tettuce sandwiches, potato salad, salted peanuts, olives, pickles, celery, banas, oranges, ice cream, cake and coffee, which was furnisned and served by the popular caterer, Jonas Len- bart, he introduced a full fledged Moose, Joe F. Reich, otherwise known as the Burgess of Meyersdale, who delivered the address of welcome. | This address was a classic, from the home of the muse, who expressed the cordial welcome in rhyme and metre. A.M. Schaffner, editor of The Com- mercial, was a guest of the Lodge and delived a short felicitous address. Chas. J. Cuminsky, Junior Past Dic- tator of Cumberland Lodge, No. 271, L. O. O. M., brought friendly gre t- ings from Maryland. Louis Cohen, the versatile merchant and Moose, gave an interesting talk, imparting to the Lodge much whole- some advice right straight from the shoulder, impressing upon his audi- ence the great necessity of care and circumspection—that as the members honcr themselves they honor their Lodge, and that laxity of life reflects on the lodge which they hold alle- giance. Deputy Director James MacBlain, of Clearfield Lodge, was present and spoke of the exceptional prospects for a splendid future of Friendship Lodge of Meyersdale. E. J. Adams, of Cumberland Lodge, and Wm. M. Dean, Secretary of the Cumberland’ Lodge, were present to extend the glad hand and say the kind word. The chief Bull Moose, ‘Saxe’ Staub, did not have much to say for the public, but he had his hands full as master of ceremonies, and ‘‘Johnny’’ Saylor and Geo. H. Stein were good seeonds in that depart- ment, and much credit for the success of the bunquet is due to their efforts. J. B. Black likewise helped materially to keep things moving, while ‘Johnny?’ Wiland was on his job throughout. Taking it all in all, it was a very enjoyable and creditable banquet, where about 200 were present to en- | joy the evening. | {and women have an opportunity tc take up vocational studies for eleven {days each month throughout the Other schools are maintained | MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS. : The Somerset County Medical | Society did not meet on Tuesday last | time but none but the President, Sec- retary and Treasurer put in their ap- pearance so that the meeting had to | LOCAL AND GENERAL SCHOOL NEWS. Last Friday afternoon, the Sopho- more class of the HighZSchool gave a ‘“Mock Commencement’’ before the school. The program was slightly different from the preceding ones and afforded considerable amusement. The other classes were surprised, on taking their seats, to receive a pro- gram for the afternoon, printed on light tan-colored paper. The Saluta- tory, by Paul Hostetler, and the ora- tion on ‘‘Weddings’’ by Anna Merch- baker, deserve special mention. The program read as follows: Class Motta—‘fMe for a Diploma.”’ Class Flower—‘‘Gold Medal.”’ Class Animal—*‘‘A Pony.” Class Color—¢‘Light Tan.”’ PRELIMINARY. Scene from ‘‘Ivanhoe.”’ King Richard —Paul McMillan. Clerk of Copmanhurst — Harvey Pfeiffer, PRGRAM Grand March—Sanford Weinstein. Salutatory—Paul Hostetler. Oration on Pies—Sanford Weinstein. Piano Solo—Stella Baer. Autobiography of a Marion Saylor. Hair, Hats,!. and Clothes’’—Mar- guerite Smith. : Quartette—Mary Austin, Winnie Spénce, Florence Just, Marguerite Smith, ‘‘Life’’—Mary [ ichty. ‘““Weddings””’—Anna Merchbaker. Class Poem—Frederick Collins. Piano Duet—Gertrude Lintz, Stella McQuain. : Prophecy—Sylvester Stouffer. Presentation of Gifts—Mary Wiland, William Dill. Presentation of Diplomas—Daniel Schaffner. Class Song (tune of Circus Day.) Class Yell. Dismissal. Miecrobe— The High School librarian informs us that the pupils have taken out an average of forty-five books a week, since the beginning of the term. Con- sidering the fact that many of the books are out two weeks at a time, fully seventy-five percent of the pupils must be using the library regu- larly. A larger library, with greater variety, would, no doubt, add the re- maining twenty-five percent to the circle of readers. Uncle Sam, Taking Lessons in Edu- cation from Little Denmark. Glowing preliminary reports on the rural school system of Denmark have been received by the United States Bureau of Education from its inves- tigators. Prof. Harold W. Foght, of the bureau, accompanied by W. H. Smith, of Mississippi, and L. L. Frend, of West Virginia, is engaged in touring Denmark. He declares that the re- markable development of the country along agricultural lines is due to the education of not only the children, but the adults as well. Denmark’s ‘‘folk high school’? Sys- | year. tem receives chief credit for the de- | velopment. In these schools, men for the education of small farm own. ers, the principal studies being horti- | culture and kindred branches of agri- week as it had been announced. The | culture suited to in announcements were issued in good | mp \ be called off. One member arrived | American educators. later on a freight train but too late to | greet the officers. Four of the thirty- | six were in attendance. There was no more sickness on | Tuesday than on other days, but ) ably the doctors thougl be. Shall we The work of Prof. Foght is only | part of a wide-spread investigation of | rural schools, with the hope thet we may obtain valuable help i ening one of the weak places in our educational system. strength- tensive farming. | he work of the schools is very high- | ly praised by Prof. Foght and his complete report is awaited with con- siderable interest on the part of the | Order of Moose. GRANTED DIPLOMAS. County Superintendent Daniel W. Seibert last week, issued diplo- mas to the following pupils in the various districts of the county successfully passed the eighth grade examinations at the close of the 1912-13 term of school: * Milford Twp—U. M. Lingenfelter, Harry ,Tedrow, Florence Pyle, Mary Speicher. a Tm Ce Allegheny Twp—Annie Baer, Bessie Hall, Grace Caton. Brothersvalley Twp—Oarrie Nichol- sol, Edna Hentz, William Werner, Allan Smith, Eula Wilson, Ira Flamm, Jennie Walker, Alda Brant, Helen Shober, Lena Stahl. Larimer Twp—Elizabeth Habel. ESummit Twp—Harry Vogtman, Les- ter R. Sipple, Myrtle Mankanyer, Edith Frease, Edna Tressler, Mar- garet Sipple, George Griffith, Frank E. Witt, Myrtle Miller, Grace Fike, Margaret Saylor. Casselman Bor—Edward VanSickle, Malcolm Barnes. Quemahoning T'wp—Minnie Wetzel, D. W. Lambert, Ethel Naugle, Paul Custer, India ldoyle, Orville Custer, Frederick Doylé, Beryl Kocher, Alma Ackerman, Clyde Weamer. Elk Lick Twp—Edith Mort, Leota R. Folk, Raymond E. Engle, Dewey Trent, Mayme Bittner, Sara Robert- son, Clyde Smalley,” Roy E. Maust, Olive M. Peck, Galen R. Peck. Lincoln Twp—Frank L. Henderson. Lower Turkeyfoot Twp—Maude Pyle, John Rhoads, Mary Lingenfield, Guy McMann. Paint Bor—Frieda Marie Shumaker, Guy O. Gindlesperger, Foster Shaffer, Foster Luther, Edna Viola Strunk, Zena Z. Luther, Dorsey Luther, Mayme Ruth Foust, Addie Luella Weaver. - Shade Twp—Harold Powell, Carrie Brubaker. Southampton Twp—Ida Getz, Nina L. Getz. Ursina Bor—Ida King, Myrtle Pre- vier, Anna Forquer, Fay Rush, Laur- ence Thayer. % Hooversville Bor.—Anna Barron, Elmer Lohr, Marian Berkebile, Marian Luther Lehman, Ursula Naugle. Addison Twp—Fern Cochrane, Mil- ton Turney. Somerfield Bor—Lucy Lenhart: Addison Bor—Elizabeth Nedrow, Mary Nedrow. Middlecreek Twp—Ira Sanner. Benson Bor—Vietta Hoffman, Re- becca Cassler, Mary Snably, Orlo Snably, Luther Spangler, Ernest Cassler. Stonycreek Twakl. Reitz, Annie P. Hillegass, Eva E. Will, Gla- den E. Walker, Vesta E. Caryer, Ernest Bickel. ¢ Paint Twp—George I. Seese, Maur- ice Knayel, Miles A. Murphy, Oran OC. Naugle, Merlo P. Johns, Edna V. Naugle, Amelia Boyd, Ida Weible. Upper Turkeyfoot Twp—Charles Cramer. Black Twp—Evelyn Weimer, Elea- ‘nor Kretchman, Emily Heane. Jenner Twp—Goldie Friedline, Dew- ey Beam, James Keim, Pauline Cap- lan, Gertrude Caplan, Anna A. Spei- gle, Mary E. Keim, Mary McClarren, Katharine Biesecker, Foster Lape, Mary Nye, Enola Fritz, Kathleen Pur- cell, Ella A. Witt, Alice M. Zimmer- man, Sadie E. Weighley, Charles Walter, Harry Gonder, Harry * Win- ters, Lav 1a A. Ream. Somerset Twp—Margaret Menser, Harry Dickey, Ruth Ross, Roy M. Bittner, Milton J. Brubaker, Ellwood Gasteiger, Edward Coleman, Minnie { Baldwin, Ora M. Beabes. Conemaugh Twp—Charles W. Wil- { liamson, Curtis M. Thomas, Ralph | Yoder, Frieda Kaufman, Marian | Truax, Lucinda Lehman, and trella | Swank. | Jefferson Twp.—Flora E. Baldwin, | Ella Pyle, and Dwight Putnam. ge LEFT FOR HOME. Deptuty Director James MacBlain, who had been doing field work for the ‘local lodge Loyal Order of Moose for the past two months, left for his home at Clearfield, Pa., Wednesday morn- ing. Mr. MacBlain is an affable and courteous gentleman and while in our city made a host of friends and added | many good members to the local | lodge. He is conscientious and a hard | worker and holds high above all else | the interest and welfare of the Loyal Taking everything | {into consideration and the condition of things just at this time, Mr. Mac- Blain did remarkably well and we hope he will return when conditions are more favorable. He was tendered rs of Wilson, Maurice Rodgers, Harry Clark, | Kaufman, Laura Livingston, Glendora | COURT NEWS. The issuance of an order of sale of the real estate of Charles Lohr, late of Quemahoning township, by the Somerset court has closed the litiga- tion among the heirs to the Lohr es- tate which had been fought in court for several years in the form of a will contest, the testator haying died on June 17, 1911. * The order of sale is issued to Attor- ney H. Earle Sorber, of Johnstown, whom Lohr appointed executor of his will. Attorney Sorber opposed the contestants in several legal battles seeking to invalidate the will, with the result that the instrument stands as written. Among the contentions of the contestants was one to the effect that Lohr had lefthis widow only $100, unreasonably blaming her for being too familiar with a minister of the Gospel. The widow, however, has since died, after which the child- ren did not seek strenuously to make the will void, as their object in nulli- fying their father’s provisions was mainly in the interest of their mother and not themselves. The order of sale issued by Judge Ruppel will be forwarded to the Cam- bria county Clerk of the _ Orphans’ court, as all of Lohr’s real property is’ located in Cambria county, bis personal property being worth only $900, not enough to pay. the bequests he named in his will. Lohr’s estate owns several houses and lots in the borough of Ferndale, Cambria coun- ty, estimated to be worth about $8,000, and Executor Sorber has filed a bond in the sum of $16,000. The indebted- ness of the estate is given at $3,218, $600 of which is required to defray the costs of the contest proceedings. The order of sale is necessary be- ‘cause Lohr in his will did not empow- er his executor to convey his property by deed. In his will Charles Lohr bequeathed the sum of $5,000 to his daughter, emima, wife of Simon Holsopple, of uemahoning township; $100 each to ‘wen and Elizabeth C. Lohr, children of his son, William M. Lohr, late of ‘Quemahoning township, and directed that the balance of his estate should be divided equally among the follow- ing children, all of whom reside in Johnstown: Ida May, wife of Henry Focht; Bertha Jane, wife of Mahlon H. Beeghley; Mary Ellen, wife of John Stevens, and Lowman A. Lohr. The following other matters were acted upon in the Orphans’ Court on Thursday : : In the estate of Mary Houpt, late of Somerset, order of sale issued to County Trust Company, guardian. An allowance of $200 awarded Olive June Shaffer, a minor, in the estate of Noah Shaffer, late of Quemahon- ing township. In the estate of John Kooser, late of Jefferson township, order of sale of minor's interest in real estate awarded executor. Order of sale awarded A.M. Lichty, administrator, in the estate of Samuel J. Lichty, late of Salisbury. Bond $4,000. In the estate of Eleanora B. Rals- ton, late of Meyersdale,