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Bring us your work.
“Somerset Conference Holds Inter-
esting Sessions at New Centre-
ville Lutheran Church. Thore
Who Took Part.
The Somerset, Confersiies of the
Allegheny Synod, met in the Messiah
Luttheran church, New Centreville,
May 22-24. The opening sermon was
preached by Rev. W. H. B. Carney, of
Garrett on the” “theme: “Justification
by Faith” & gal
ensuing y
Snyder; Se
- Treasurer, B
generel tovle 1 for SG oTiiE was Ar
ticle XVIII Augsburg. Confession, “Of
Free Will.” Very interestng and help-
ful papers were read on “The Will in
Civil Affairs,” by Rev. S. N. Carpen-
‘ter and “The Will in Religion, >» by
Rev. I. Hess Wagner. =.
' The following subjects wete pre-
sented at. the: afternoon session ina
very pleasing and helpful manner:
“The Kind of Preaching Needed To
av," b y Rev. J. 8. English.
ap he Kind of Shepherding Needed
vy,” by Rev. H. M.n Petrea.
‘Every Member Canvass,” 7 by Rev. B.
F. Rice. 2 ;
“Method of.’ Spiritual Res ults
Every Member Canvass,” b
Roy Hauser, 2 Sa :
The evenitig session ‘was given over
to C. H. Weller, Field Secretary
for*the Laymen’s Missionary Move-
ment. He made a Vi earnest appeal |
he Sacramental and the Sacrifi-
cial Elements in Christian Worship,”
by Rev. R. D. Clare.
“The Need of Famly Worship,” by
Rev. E. E. Oney.
The Missionary Superintendent
Rev. L. P. Young, D. D., gave a yery
encourging report of his work and
urged. to co-operation of each congrs-
gation to help push Allegheny Synod
to the front.
The conference ‘adjourned to meet
year at Mt. Calvary Lutheran
h, Lavansville, Rey. H. M. Pe-
i oa, pastor.
. TEACHERS
ARE ELECTED
directors
The Meyersdale school
the borough for the ensuing year
with the exception of three. Tere
were three of last year’s corps who
did not wish to teacher this year and
did not put in an application; all of
the other teachers were re-elected.
Those not applying were Miss Liven-
good, Miss Stiffler and a Miss Mey-
ers. ’
New teachers elected were Miss
Regina Reich, just graduating from
the Indiana State Normal; Miss Hes-
i ured Hortly before 8 o'clock Sunday
home. The child died without. regain-
‘and Keim worked vith the boy till he
“Method and Financial Results of|died. |
- er and mother; the boy is.survived by
| Speice, of Altoona; Mrs. Charles Sei-
bert, of Columba,
AUTO KI IS
SMALL BOY
Robert George ee Navegs. nine-year
old son of Mrs. Margaret Jefrey Say-
age Blough, of Davidsville, and step-
son. of Jacob Blough, was fatally in-
evening, when he ran Jin front of the
automobile of D. B. “Specht, of Kant-
ner. One of the wheels of the heavy
car, a Cadillac, passed from the boy's
left hip across his body to. the right :
shoulder, crushing his ribs and frac-
turing his skull He “died within two
hours, :
Fhe automobile was occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Specht, who had been in
Johnstown and Gallitzin and were on
their way home, Young Savage and
two or three other boys were playing
along the street, according to the
stories of eyewitésses, and young Sav-
age, in trying to avoid capture by
one of his companions, jumped in.
front: of the Specht automobile. Mr.
Specht swerved his automobile into
the supply house at the Lehman gar-
age in an effort to avoid striking the
lad.
" Howard C. Evans, of Johnstown,
who ‘came along a short time after
the accident, carried the boy to his
ing. consciousness. Drs. Zemmerman
Patrick Savage, father of the lad,
died November 14, 1914, in the Cres-
scn Sanitorium. Besides his stepfath-
the following sisters; Mrs. Charles
Pa., Mrs. Harvey
Brallier, of Holsopple, ‘and Miss Flor
ence Savage, of Altoor-a
The family hold" Mr. Specht entirely
| blameless for the terrible Bocq
0 2 mn !
oh this tale of love
and mystery is called “The Tragedy”
and in it is portrayed the murder of
Dave Pollock, the crime of which
Mary Page (Edna Mayo) is accused.
Henry Walthall plays the part of
Mary Page's sweetheart, who is the
attorney for the defense in her trial.
When the story opens, Mary Page
is appearing in the dress rehearsal of
a Broadway production. It is her first
big part. After the final rehearsal Pol-
lock, who is backing the production,
forces his way into her dressing
room. Phillip Langdon (Mr. Walthall)
who has called to congratulate Mary,
rescues her from Pollock and gives
her a revolver advising her to use it’
if Pollock again threatens her.
After the rehearsal the company
goes to a hotel for a banquet. Pollock
lures Mary into a private dining
room and again attempts to force his
attentions upon her. She draws the
revolver, then loses control of her-
self, remembering nothing more.
Langdon, who ‘has started in search
of Mary, hears the sound of a shot
and breaks into the room. There he
finds Mary, unconscious beside Poll-
lock who is dead with a bullet in his
heart from the revolver which lies be-
side Mary.
The guests rush in and find Lang-
don with the revolver in his hand,
stooping over the victim.
of two reels e;
The first: ao
ter Meyers, who had been teaching
in Charlestown, W. Va., and Miss Lu- jhe exciting
cile Conrad. =
VETERANS OF SOMERSET
COUNTY—TAKE NOTICE!
At the last Veteran's reunion in
igerlin on Aug. 19, 1915, a new organi
cation was not effected, but it was
filed that the existing officers should
designate a new set of officers and
select the place of holding the Teun-
ion in 1916.
In compliance with this ruling the
following officers have been named:
Ww. H. Miller, chairman; John W.
Mostoleller, secretary;
bile, tereasurer, all livingStoyestown
and Stoyestown has been selected as
the next place of meeting for the reun
ion. as
Veterans will please watch the va-
rious newspapers about the middle of
August for announcement of the time |
and for further particulars.
Stoyestown will show the surviv-|
ing veterans of Somerset county and
others, a royal good
§ tember, 1918:
Philip Berke-
time, some time |
‘The episodes that follow take up
incidents in the life of
Mary Page, who is accused of the
murder.
| In the first episode is portrayed a
| play within a' play. A huge theatre
!scene shows Mary Page playing her
part in the dress rehearsal. Interest-
ing sidelights of life behind the scenes
are other features. In the dress re-
1 hearsal Miss Mayo, in doublet and
hose, has an opportunity to display
her swordsmanship, vanquishing a
villain in the stage drama in which,
in the story, she is starring.
Miss Mayo’s gowns are designed by
Lady Duff Gordin (Lucile) and the
one she wears to the banquet is a
beautiful example of the newest
spring style in evening gowns.
Shiki CR
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PHILLIPS.
By the outgoing Officers,
‘among you shall be your “se!
nour, pastor of the. Brethren pe
and. some of those who heard i ,
requested its publication.) ih?
Text: Whosoever would “bec
great among you shall be your
ter; and whosoever would be
even as the Son of man came
be ministered unto, ‘but. tom
and to give hig life a ran
juany.”
There are many pérsons y lau
at the idea of self-sacrifice be
called noble. They say ability. to
measure. “Assert thyself,” 7) t
Slogan. “Gain the mastery over
men.” “Make the common ‘crowd
pons you!” “Let othérs pay their
‘bute to your superiority!” “Capital
ize your braifgy” These are the ad
monitions they give,
Theré is no doubt that the ap] al
to self-assertion is attractive to .
selfish hearts. All of us are tempted
at times to make life one grand grab.
The selfish ' impulse shouts at times
thru our entire being; “Take: all y
can get! Let the other fellow
out for himself! To hell with the c
mon good 1 Look out for number on :
It is useless ‘to try to deny tha
this philosophy of life is the sup!
curse of the Amnerican. ‘nation to-de
Seizing pergonal advantage out of the
3 Oppose his re-
ore likely to
presentative
large appropri-
ig than if hs!
If he secures
“other improve-
~ legislation
stands four-square
DEATHS IN
THIS COUNTY
PETER NATHAN.
"Squire Peter Nathan, a highly es.
teemed and well knonw of Grants-
ville, died at his home on May 24th
after an illness of about a year, fol
lowed by a paralytic stroke a week
preceding his death. The cause of his
death was due to a complication of
diseases chiefly cirrhosis of the ar-
teries. He had undergone treatment
at the Allegany hospital in Cumber- |
land _and at the St. Agnes hospital
at’ Baltimore. ~He was almost 69 yrs.
of age and was a native of the vil-|
lage. He was unmarried and ‘is sur-
vived by one brother, ex-Postmastsr
Michael Nathan; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Miller of Grantsville at ral
recovering fom an operation of a se-
rious character and Mrs. Margaret
Fuller, Detroit, Mich; also number of
nieces and nephews. His household
| consisted of himself and a niece, Miss
Gertie Ho, who also attnded to his
household affairs and a great-njece,
Miss Marie Conner, both finding be-
neath his roof the affection of a fath-
er-at all times. He was a member of
St. Stephen’s Catholic Church from
which placé the funeral was held on
Friday morning. The pall bearers,
active ‘and honorary, were taken from
among his friends and fellow direc-
‘ors in the First State Bank. The fu-
neral was largely attended. Inter-
CHILDREN
DROWNED
ee i
to Save His Sister and Her Lit-
tle Friend.
Three children were drowned in
Stonyereek river at Hooverville on
Sunday afternoon. Two of “then
slipped trom’ the breast of the dam
into the deep water below and the
third lost his life in an attempt to
save his sister and her little chum.
The dead children are: Mary, two
and one-half-year-old daughter and
Mike, eight-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Blohowitz; and Mary, four-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Kubuchno.
The three children were playing
about the breast of the Hooversyville_
dam, which . supplies water for
Hooversville mill,
the
and the two little
girls decided to cross the dam to the
other side of the crek. As they neared
the middle of the dam they slipped on
the wet planks and fell into the wa-
ter.
Just below the dam the water is
very deep and both went down sev-
eral times before they were noticed
by little Mike Blohowitz. On seeing
their plight he made a heroic attempt
to save them but went down also to
a watery grave. Miss Mary Lazorjack
ment was made in the old village made a futile attempt to save them
cemetery. |
MRS. KATHERINE MEYERS
Mrs. Katherine 3 daughter
Daniel and Elizabeth I died at he~
home in Vix 3 29. Deceased;
i
3: ba pukey and bad for |
example followed yad 4 But it is good for both if the lead
‘safe. Just So with us mortals. Inspired by environment we can think
great thoughts and do things worth while. Depressed by environment
we can sink inte the depths of despondency. i : :
But thanks to human powers of initiative we can shape our environ-
ment—we can make it what we will, if we will. ‘And so intimately
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1s C
xi ber of the Reform
house and block to block.
But let's not wait for this creeping regeneration of our town. Let's
organize immediately a continuous “Clean Up and Paint Up”
campaign and make the refurbishing a thorough cemmunity move-
ment. Our official community can help, and so can each civic
organization and the business men, and the women, and the children.
Let’s .make “Clean Up and Paint Up and Keep It Up” our siogam
and live up to it.
RP]
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BEER CERO GRE]
See Local adve rtisers in I
MEMORIAL DAY
SERVICE = ees hp
Memorial Day was very fiittingly |W. Pile, Christian Lichty, Peter Al-
observed in Meyersdale and from the bright, John White, John Daubert,
interest manifested by the citizens | Peter Shoemaker, Elias Crissey, M.
and some of the orders, it certainly A. Rutter Joel Bauman, C. Dively.
has been several years at least since | To the tune, “Abide with Me” all
this annual® Memorial service has assembled by one of the graves of
been equalled in this locality. |the veterans and the rites of the
Under the inspiring guidance of the | G. A. R. were solemnized. Wm. But-
* the members of the G. A. R. at ded in singing “America. A fervent,
:30 p. m. led by the City Band, the | patriotic and eloquent address .was
procession was formed at the post | delivered by Mr. Kinsey, of York,
office square. | who is the state organizer of camps
There were in line a nice delegation [of the P. O. S. of A. He urged that
of Sunday School children of the | all learn» lesson of patriotism from
Toco
. etery. The names of the honored vet-
; | erans are as follows: Dr. H. C. Mc-
| Kinley, who had charge of the exer-
cises and the commander of the Post;
Samuel Hoffmeyer, August Rosen-
Eleven grand-children survive. Als
four brothers, Elias D. Lee, of Mey-
ersdale, Dr. D. R, Lee, Arcadia, Neb.
H. H. Lée, National City, Cal. and C.
H. Lee Blissfield, Mich., and four sis-
m int inke ig that when fg,
/ are our own interests linked with hose of our Beighhors : he BY ters: Mursarct Rosh,” Meyersdale”
% we improve our own surroundings, be it ever so little, we impro 2 Elvoneth Liidoman. of Meyersdale,
& theirs. : Bl | Rebecca and Rachael, Noobsack,
2 Right there the monkey in man asserts itself. ® | Wash.’ The funéral was held at 10 a.
2 Today your neighbor fixes up his yard, removes rubbish, plants 2 m. to-day. Rev. A. S. Kresge officia-
0 flowers, trims his hedge, paints his house. bg | ted. \
& Tomorrow your own place looks sick. You never noticed before i Undertaker W. C. Price had charge
g that a little cleaning up and painting up would accomplish so much EX of the funeral arrangements. Burial
® in making home life happy and healthy through the long outdoor RI |in ue Reformed cemetery, near Mey-
® months of summer. So you get busy with the pruning shears, the B |ersdaie.
8 rake, lawn-mower and garden hose. You start a painier working on IH SOCIAL EVENTS.
3 your house and outbuildings. Forthwith you, your wife and the kid- 2 Miss Leah Levdiz of Glencoe hus
8 dies begin to realize more fully the “joy of living” in the good od Bi | invitations out for -a dinmer for the
¥ summertime. ’ & fyounger social set at her home in
i Day after tomorrow other neighbors will begin to perk up their 2 | that place Friday.
: premises and their persons. Then others will follow their example, &i Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller have
and so the spirit of sprirz's regeneration will spread from house to & | issued invitations for a Rainbow Din-
ner to be given at the Colonial Hotel,
Thursday evening. There will be a-
i | bout 60 guests. .
Mrs. F. B. Thomas will entertain
a number of ladies at a luncheon at
the Thomas Cafe at 1 o'clock on
Thursday afternoon. The color
scheme will be pink and, white. The
affair is in honor of eight Johnstown
ladies: Mesdames Thomas, Lackey,
Bacon, Slick, Hamill, Raab; Bostert;
and Wagner.
WOODMEN’S MEMORIAL.
Meyersdale Camp, No. 7010 M. W.
of A. will observe their decoration
on Sunday, June 4th, 1916. Will leave
cemetery by autom8biles and will
decorate the grave of Neighbor Ned-
row. Will - assemble at Woodman’s
Hall at 1:30 o’sclock p m; will leave
hall at 2 o'clock march to Union
ccmetery, lead by Citizens Band and
will hold memorial services at the |
graves of our departed neighbors. |
The public is cordially invited to
join: with us.
Luth®ran church, two camps of the the lives and deeds of the heroic
lately instituted order P O. S. of A.|dead and that there was need of the
of Meyersdale and Berkley Mills,
which did great credit to the order
and the occasion, and nineteen vet-
eorans. A fife and drum corps of two |
veterans. The members of the G. A.
stitutions which are dear to every
freeman’s heart.
Joseph Walker,, Chairman,
W. V. Marshall, Secretary,
C. A. Floto, Treasurer,
R. were conveyed in autos to the com-| Get our prices on job work,
present generation of being instilled |
{with love of country and fer those in- |
Te
Several Good Indian motor
| Also
| cles and supplies.
|
Get our prices on job work.
town at 10 o’clock a. m. go to Fritz’s.
cycles | |
other makes as well as bicy- |
{and nearly lost her life, being pulled
| almost unconscious from the water.
Paul Blohowitz and Joe Kubuechno,
the fathers are miners and have lived
in Hooversville for ‘a number of years.
Both are well known and are well
respected mn. In ach family there ase
|a number of brothers and sisters to
mourn the losg of their younger kia.
On Monday afternoon three ' white
hearses brought tears to the eyes of.
any. The triple funeral was held ¢
ge
day delivered to the hands of M
48. J. Miller, o: the South Side, a cane" &
bearing the inscription, “To be kent
in the possession of the oldest living
resident of Meyersdale.”
This cane is having a little local
history of a unique character and ‘all
its own. Perhaps a score of years a-
g0,, Rev Braden, a former pastor of
this place, instituted the “cane” idea
by giving it to the then oldest resi-
dent of the town and since then it
has traveled through the following
hands: Messrs. Chamberlain, Deal,
Amhurst and then to Mr. Oates who
died about ten days ago and who at
the time of his death was 92 years
the relic is 89 years of age. He was
much gratified to get this staff and
‘the following day he was seen using
it as he came over to town. Mr. Mil-
ler is hale and hearty and he may
set a high’ standard in years before
he surrenders it to his successor.
KEEFER—POORBAUGH.
Miss Mary C. Poorbaugh, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Poorbaugh of
near Glencoe and Mri Herman Keef-
er, of Mance, were united in holy wed-
lock by the Rv. A. S. Kresge May 31,
1916. The ceremoney was performed
at Rev. Kresge’s home, Meyersdale,
in the presence of Mr. Harry Poor
baugh. Miss Nettie Poorbaugh, Mrs.
The ring ceremony was used.
The happy couple will spend part
of their honey moon in Chicago. Mr.
Poorbaugh is employed in Akron
where they will make their home.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bittner of Gar-
rett have announced the engagement
of their youngest daughter; Miss Car-
[rie Elizabeth, to Mr. George Marker,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Marker of
{| Rockwood.
| The bride is a member of the
graduating class of 1916 of the Gar-
rett High School and is an accom-
| plished young lady. The wedding will
| be an early event
| month.
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