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M. SKOULOUDIS.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
Almost simultaneously with the
publication of the British rejection of
the German offers of peace, the Ger-
mans began a tremendous offensive
before Verdun and the Austrians be-
gan a drive in force against the Ital
ians.
At latest reports the Germans have
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H. S. BRIEFS
“PROFESSOR PEP.”
The Senior Class Play will be giv-
en at the Reich Auditorium at eight |
p. m., Friday. Price of admission is 25
and 50 cents. The reserved seats may.
be secured at the Thomas Drug store.
The following is the cast of charac-
ters—
Professor Pep Wiliam Leckemby
Mr. C. B. Buttonbuster John Lint
{Howard Green Chas. Fike
Sim Batty Joseph Shultz |
Peddler Benson Earl Opel
Frank Boucher |
John Hocking
Jerre Beachy |
‘Grace Weller
Edna Baker
Mildred Payne
Mary Emeigh |
Mary Darrah
Minnie Swearman
Marion Dickey
Ruth Kimble
The Baccalaureate Sermon,
The baccalaureate services of the
class .of 1916 were held in the South
Side Church of the Brethren, Sunday
evening, May 28. In spite of the in-
clement weather, the church was
crowded. An excellent srmon was
delivered by the pastor, Rev. W. M. |
Howe. All of the graduates wer in
attendance except one who was at
sent on account of illness. i
A Record Class.
| The present graduating class is
the largest in the history of thh'!
"school and will not perhaps be equal- |
led for several years. There are 14 |
girls and 14 boys. The junior class of |
Noisy Fleming
Pink Hatcher
Buster Brown
Bety Gardner
Aunty Minerva
Petunia
Olga
Kitty Clover
Vivian Drew n
{Irene Van Hilt
| caroline Kay
GLENC
RE 1
The air fairly sizzleg with an over-
dose of weddirg bell noises. Mary
Poorbaugh and Herman Keefer were
united in the bonds of matrimony at
Meyersdale by Rev. Kresge on Wed-
nesday. And a lot more “hangings”
are coming to Northampton’s fair
ones,
G. G. Delozier and son Fred spent
a few days of this week in Pittsburg,
where they took in the bmig game at
Forbes Field on Tuesddy.
Frances Rhodes and Eugene Kaplan
of Connellsville were week-end guests
of Marion Leydig.
Dr. Miller was in town on profess-
ional business Sunday evening.
An Italian employes of the Roddy
Camp fell off the retaining wall west
of town into Wills Creek, thereby
sustaining bruises, cuts and a fractur-
ed arm. He was mended at the “Em-
ergency Hospital” of Glencoe.
Mrs. John Weaver and daughter
Katharine of Connellsville are visit-
ors at S. J. Tayman’s. 3
Ethel Deal of Ashtabula, Ohio is
spending the week with her grand-
mother, Mrs. C. Spaugy.
I D. i eydig, Tannon Webreck Mrs.
Leah '-*. ig with Leah Levdig at ile
toe] r.otored to Berlin on Tuesday.
Rolatives of Chas. Liardiz of Je'ns-
town received announcements of his
marriage to Mary Hartland of Pitts-
on May 26.
Idella Meyers returned home Mon- |.
daygtter finishing the millinery sea-
son in Tennessee.
Alfred Bittner is at present employ-
ed on the Henry Delbrook: farm near
Wellersburg.
FESTIVAL AT POCAHONTAS
The Sunshine Club of St Mark’s Re-
been held to gains of an occasional this year has an enrollment of 27, formed church will hold 4 festival at
trench here and there, the village ol 19 girls and 8 boys. However, all of the Grove on Saturday evening, June
Cumieres, near Dead Man’s Hill, being ' {; 056 may not graduate next vear as 3. 3
the most notable gain. This, the
French claim, has been partially re-
gained.
taken by the French, and almost im-
mediately lost again in some of the
most bitter hand-to-hand fighting of
the war.
Telegraphic reports of the fight
here told of encounters with knives in
the subterranean passages of the fort.
Colonel Pewler, the Swiss military
expert, states that the German losses
before Verdyn up to May 156 amounted
to 300,000 men. He adds that he has
definite information that the morale
of the German troops engaged before
Verdun has been seriously diminished
The fort of Pouaumont was |
‘some have conditions to make up. |
| His Shorn Locks.
| Sad to say, David Noel has had his
luxuriant curls cut off. We hope, how-
ever, he does not lose his manly |
strength as did Samson. i
Ruth's Answer,
Oh, no, Howard! I did not figure
| that way. I thought if you did not |
go to Germany and become Kaiser,"
you might some day become burgess
of Mseyersd#le and spend a large part
of your time at the fire house. |
Woudn't you be glad? Then Hazel
and all of ycur friends would be near
by the enormous losses which have and may be they could keep you
occurred without any appreciable ' ¢oTpany.
galt, A Corn.
A news report was sent out from,
Berlin telling of the capture by the
Germans of Dead Man's Hill, recog- have ‘acorns. Mary Siehl isn’t an oak last Sunday.
nized by both sides as extremely im-
portant to the progress of either side,
No official statcment on the sibject
was sent-+# frou either capital and
“Is believed it is incorrect. Th*
French were reported to have lost 40,
000 men in trying to hold the emi-
nenda.
On the Tyrolean front, the Aus-
trians, according to reports, seem to
be making more headway in their of-
fensive. The Italians have been
pushed back into their own territory.
Despite official admissions of reverses,
the Rome reports are cheerful in tone. |
seemingly sure that the offensive will
not get very far.
At Salonika the
crossed the line i100 Groce and occu
pied some Greek fortifications, the
Hellenic troops retiring without firing
a shot. Just how near these point.
are to the allied army does not ap
pear in the dispatches.
An Amsterdam dispatch
eighteen women were wounded in a
fight between police and food rioters
at. Frankfort-on-the-Main. The riot is
said to have started owing to a short.
age of meat in the local butcher shops.
Eighteen were killed and a score
of others injured in an air raid oa
Dari, on the Italian Adriatic coast, ac-
cording to a Reuter dispatch from
Rome.
SAVIOUR OF PARIS DIES
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says
General Gallieni Succumbs to Opera:
tion at Versailles.
General Joseph S. Gallieni, former
French mir ster of war, died at Ve
sailles. His death had been expected
because of severe illness. Just before
he died he underwent an operation for
transfusion of blood, but it was of no
avail. His son and daughter were
with him at the end.
The death of the general created a
profound impression through Pari:
and the nation. He had been regard
ed as the saviour of Paris against the
In discussing trees the other day
Miss Lauver said that all oak trees
yiree but she says she has “a-corn”
yiust the same,
y i Find the Ring. ,
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Mrs. James Darnley is leaving to-
day or
with her son, C. L. Darnley at Jenkins
Kentucky.
Mrs. ©D. H. Weisel returned on
Tuesday from the Merey hospital
whre she had been for th past three
weeks folowing an operation.
C. H. Shockey, agent for The Equit-
able Life Assurance society a few
dcys ago adjusted «the death claims
of the late Cyrus W. Kutz, of Ursina,
amounting to $2,500.
Rev. A, S. Kresge will occupy the
pulpit of the Reformed church on Sun-
day evening in this place. His sub-
ject will be Preparedness.
POSSUM HOLLOW ; :
Sunday School was well atten
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One of our old sriontbioge
to-morrow for a months stay |
the will be as fine a looking man as
WITTENBERG.
On last Thursday evening, May 25,
Elmer A. Petenbrink, €on of Mr. ani
Mrs. Peter Petenbrink, of Mountain
Vally, and Miss Martha J. Smith,
daughter of Susan D. Smith, of this
place, were united in marriage at the
Petenbrink home by Rev. J. T. Sha
fer, pastor of the Lutheran church.
The ceremony took place at 5 o'clock
and the happy couple were attended
'by Emory Mankamyer and Florence
Petenbrink, sister of the groom.
These two young people are highly es-
teemed by all who know them.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Smith transact
ed business in Meyersdale on Satur-
day. .
Mr. and Richard Mankamyer and
family were visiting at the home of
Wm. Murray, of Panther Hollow on
‘Sunday afternoon.
Miss Eliza Smith was shopping in
Meyersdale on Tuesday of last week
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Martz, of Ken-
nell’s Mills visted the latter's som,
Frank Murray and famly.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Petenbrink are
visitng friends at Mountain Valley
this week. ’
Miss
friends Misses
Sharp of Sand Patch on Tuesday last.
ev J. T. Shaffer of this place at
tended the Lutheran Conference held
at the Lutheran Church ot New Cen-
Xreville last week.
The Communion service at the Lu-
‘theran Church was largely attended
jon Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Baer and Mr.
and Mrs. Roland Ramhoff and son
Charles visited at tthe home of Alfred
Knepp’s on Sunday afternoon.
Subscribe for the Commercial and
get the news.
TWO VIEWS OF THE
SAME ACCIDENT.
william H. Stotler, while assisting
in decorating the banquet room of
Amity hall, Wednesday, fell from an
elevation and very badly bruised ons
of his legs. He is up and about town
but is using a cane:
A physician of the town believes
that the account of the accident
should read somewhat in this wise.
“Mr. William H. Stotler, one of
Meyersdale’s most highly esteemed
citizens while assisting in decorating
the banquet hall at Amity church on
Wednesday at two minutes after half
past two o'clock, fell from a chair and
'seriously contused one of his legs in
‘the region of the shin bone. While the
|injured man in all probability will re-
[gain the proper function of the dis-
fabled member, is it doubtful whether
[in Possum Hollow with some of her |. wag previous to the accident owing
lady friends from Meyersdale. We dO |, gne fact that the pain coincident
one notice the ring Guy,” ot know just whom she came to see, | yj the healing of the wound is cre-
'Floto was wearing last week? But, ‘but all of her friends here were glad ating what is to be feared some per-
ales! it ‘s gone n-w. Perhaps it went
with its ~wrer to Hyndman. \
Bert Wish-s.
We, the Scphomores, wish to give
our congratulatiecns to our sister
classmates and heartily wish them
‘success in whatever they may take
up as their life-work.
To the Editors:
‘to see Miss Grace.
Some of the Greenville boys are al-
ways “slamming” Jake for taking all
the girls auto-driving but we have
him knocked out at last. Some of cur
boys took their best girls out for a
I drive. They had not gone far before
| somthing got wrong with the injector,
| the machine this time being a tractor
manent contortions of his otherwise
benign countenance. The community
hereby extends sincere sympathy.
. "EYERSDALE AUTO CO.
NEW MANAGEMENT
Messrs. J. E. Kelly and E. M. Berk-
ley have purchased the entire inter-
ezt of O. C. Gurley in the Meyersdale
As this is the last week that the engine. All had to then take it afoot. ,.i. co. This makes Mr. Kelly and
High School News will be printed
for this term, we take this opportu-
nity to express our hearty thanks un-
to whom thanks are due. First, we
wish to express our graitude to. the,
editor for lis kindness and consider- |
Secondly we wish!
ation, and aid.
to thank these of the Conimercial
section of Senior and Junior classes
for typewriting these items. Al-
so the efficient reporters and those
who contributed to this column. We
hope that this will be continued next
vear with bigger and better results
because of the experience of the past
| past year
; Again thanking the editor and wish
ling him boundless success,
We remain,
Meyersdale High School.
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i VICINITY OF MEYERSDALE.
i of the Elk Lick
have organized a Potato
Asscciation. They expect
{to plant their potatoes between the
| tenth and fifteenth of June.
John Brown of Larimer bought a
! valuable mare fom Wilson Weller of
! Summit.
Some township
farmers
| Growers’
: Mrs. J. P. Kinsinger and Mrs. Jno. |
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| Livengood visited at the home of C.
onslaughts of General von Kluck at. Gnagey on Sunday.
the ceginning of the war. Long be: The b t Charlie Schaff
fore that he was idolized by the, ¢ hafn 0 Drie ] ° 81 er was
struck by a bolt of lightning one
French people, particularly the poor.
FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING
Bronze Powder Factory Damaged to
Extent of $50,000.
Fire caused by lightning did $50,000
damage to the frame and concrete
structure of tie C. Hommel com:
pany, r:anufacturers of bronz-
powders and china colors, in Hope
street, Glendale, Pa.
The lightning struck the polishing
department, where several men were
at work.
were answ- ved by the
Heidelherg and Kast Carnegie volur
teer firemen and the Carnegie fire
company.
They escaped injury. Alarms
Glendale,
| night last week and burned to
: ground. Mr. Schaffer had not yet re-
| tired for the night
‘livestock and some machinery.
| S. M. Gnagey traded automobiles
one day last week.
| Samuel Bittner, of Black township,
i visited friends and relatives around
St. Paul on Sunday.
| Don’t fail to hear Miss Kathleen
{Bach in the Methodist church next
| Tuesday evening.
FIELD GROWN CABBAGE 30 cts.
per hundred or $2.00 per thousand
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and saved his few days of an
'! The Baer Bros. have moved their,
| engine from the Suder farm and it isi
' PERSONAL AND LOCAL
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Mrs,. Peter Landis is very ill. She
has been suffering from dropsy. :
Sand Patch had a big frost
morning. One ahead of Meyersdale.
Mr. W. W. Stiver, of Bedford is a
this
guest at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. E. C. Naugle. I
Some thieves recently despoiled
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the Blue Lick Hollow numping sta- |
tion of the Sand Spring Water Com-
pany of about $300 worth of brass.
The n-stmaster of Blackfield has
resigned. presumably because the e-
mcluments of his officer: are not ali
that might be desired. |
a well-to-do farmer |
W. H. Landis,
of near Rockwood was here on Me-
morial Day. He is about to enjoy his
new Overland bought from Reich
Bros.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fike of
Pheasant, N. D. arrived in Meyers-
dale, last Friday and are now stop-
ping with the !atter’s parents Mr. and
i Peter Landis.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Hay, their son,
Mr Edison Hay and the latter's wife
‘expect to spend next week in the
Cumberland valley. They will attend
the wedding of a relative.
Dr.
turned home on Wednesday from a
they covered about 400 miles, going
to Gettysburg, Harrisburg, and Car-
lisle. The last named town sort ©
captivated them a pretty fine burg.
SPECIAL PRICE ON CALIFORNIA OU town and will mean a different
S LARRABEE’S BEST FLOUR IS MA-
KING FRIENDS EVERY DAY. ARE
' APRICOTS at
BITTNER'S GROCERY
3— ten cent ROLLS TOILET PAPER
FOR 2%: at
BITTNER'S GROCERY
i Fine sale bills printed here.
- neh,
Mr. Berkley the sole owners of this
thriving auto establishment.
‘now being used for road construction, Under the new management im-
provements are to be made and a high
grade of business is to be carried on.
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Mr. Gurley purposes moving
F int, Michigan.
DULL STORE ROBBED.
Burglars dynamited the Dull Mer-
store at Jenners Tues-
day night and while they pulverized
cantile Co.
the safe, thy got little money.
The thieves stole the Ford of Er-
nest D. Snipe, drove to Jennerstown
‘and traded some knives they had tak-
‘en for gasoline. From Jenaerstown.
: vhere they
they went to t’resson
wrecked the car in a di‘“h. Detec
tives are on the lookout for them.
\ THE BIlJOU.
At the Bijou the rest of the pres
ent weck as well as next week,
usual excellent program will be giv
en. The Iron Claw was started
evening. To-night Wm, Farnum ir
The Soldier's Oath. On Saturday, the
Broken Coin and Other Features.
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excellent features.
president of
Rubber
Mr. Sprague
. Spring Cushion
local representative was
enterprise of which Mr. Sprague i
{the head, ought to mean much fo
its present statu
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| Meyersdale from
ijn a year or so, if all will give th
ight kind of boosting. Let us stand
‘united in this matter.
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TO OBSERVE FLAG DAY.
A movement is on foot in Meyers- |
which 4 ths. RICE FOR 25¢c AT
BITTNER'S GROCERY.
dale to observe
| Flag Day
comes on June 14 at the Band Stand.'
Lydia Smith called on her |
Annie and Blanch |
the
last
and 22, Peg O’ the Ring
by the matchles plavers of the Bro-
I ken Coin. Don’t miss any of these
the
Tire Com-
W. H. Ryland and family re PaBY of this place whose home is in
Pittsburg, was in town this week and
auto trip in which in company with Mr. H. H. Lang, the
interview- |
ing some -of thec itizens. The propo-;
£ sition is unsurpassed and tRe local!
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PAINT up
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to renovate the Augean stables
“Clean Up” has had its place in
the world’s vernacular. With Spring
the desire to refurbish comes sub-
consciously into the hearts of men
and women, and communities. But
without direction and sustained effort,
the expression of that desire, inthe!
form of the ordinary “Clean Up Day’
or “Week,” is apt to result in a super-
ficial sally against filth.
Years ago Allen W. Clark, a St. Louis
editor, made up his mind that this
natural “Clean Up” instinct could be
turned to account, that it could be
developed into a real campaign WOrk-
ing toward definite ideals and sccom-
plishing permanent results. And so,
in May 1912, Mr. Clark founded the
National “Clean Up and Paint Up”
Campaign Bureau, with headquarters
in St. Louis. He hoped that a thor-
ough-going movement, national in its
scope and practical in its principles,
might take the place of the “annual
bath” idea as expressed in the old-time
“clean up day” or “week.”
A National Civic Movement.
For four years the scope of the Na-
tional Bureau's service has rapidly ex-
tended until this vear it is ce-operat-
ing with more than 6,000 local com-
munities in the organization and di-
rection of real “Clean Up and Paint
Up” campaigns, not “days,” or
“weeks.” Continuous campaigns for
homes and hometowns beautiful, sani-
tary and safe, conducted by permanent
committees, and involving the co-op-
eration of city and town officials, club
women, commercial organizations, the
children, fire prevention interests, all
business men and property owners,
is the goal aimed at by all of the
National Bureau's propaganda.
Mr. Clark declares that the bane of
any community is the citizen who
lacks even a semblance of interest in
the community, and that, strange as
it may seem in a democracy, absence
. | of this interest seems to be pretty gen-
erally prevalent in the average Ameri-
- can community. Such a citizen would
have “The Town” or “The City,” what-
aver those names may signify when
ihe body of citizens is eliminated,
i.eep the streets and alleys clean, pre-
- serve the public and individual health,
climinate nuisances, make everything
, in town spick and span and satisfac-
tory—while the citizen sits back and
looks on. ;
The real “Clean Up and Paint Up”
Se Hercules diverted the river
| their hometown beautiful,
' and safe.
owners and tenants.
A Suggestion for Our Town.
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T scription of the local
campaign
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YOU USING IT? If not start now.
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campaign, organized on the plans of
the National Bureau, gives everyone
CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP
A CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGN
Suggestions for Making Our Town a Better Home
Town— Chairman of National Bureau
Says Start Now and Keep It Up J
the Year ’Round.
ganization in St. Louis. With various,
pdaptations this St. Louis plan has.
been found practicable in any city, no:
matter how large or smail. :
The entire campaign is under the
direction of the Continuous St. Louis.
“Clean Up and Paint Up” Campaign
Committee, of which Charles M. Tal-
bert, director of streets and sewers,’
Is chairman. On this committee are
various civic and business leaders, in-
cluding the leading club women of the
city.
Each member of the general com-
mittee is chairman of a subcommittee
responsible for some definite depart-
ment of the campaign's activity. The
Director of Streets and Sewers is
chairman of the committee on “Refuse
Clean-up,” the chief of the Fire De-
partment is chairman of the commit-
tee on fire prevention and the head
of the Health Department is chair-
man of the committee on housing re-
form. :
A partial list of these campaign
sommittees, with notation of some of
the objects of each follows:
Committees for the Work.
Street Department — Household
waste, permanent plan, improvement
of districts which will be center of
cratic Convention,
boxes.
Landscape Gardening—Ordinances,
campaign among property owners,
yard planting campaign among chil-
dren.
Fire Prevention—Clean up rubbish,
roofs, condemn shacks that are fire
risks.
Housing—Insanitary yards, privies,
tenements, lodging houses, garbage re-
ceptacles.
Vacant Lots—Reported by Boy
Scouts, flower and vegetable gardens
by school children and Real Estate
Exchange, weed cutting, bird boxes.
Flower Boxes—In congested dis-
tricts, downtown and opposite Union
Station.
Unsightly Advertising—Posters on
buildings, “For Rent” signs, ordi-
nances. !
Appearances of Buildings—Vacant
buildinzs, painting, lighting of promi-
nent corners.
~ Street Drinking Fountains—General
and on downtown corners.
Smoke Abatement.
Publicity—Billboards, posters, street
cars, circulars for children, buttons,
newspapers, moving pictures.
Speakers—On general subject, also
something definite to do to help make
sanitary |
And the campaign’s edu- ;
cational influence should work stead-
ily the year round and year after
year, automatically eliminating many
nuisances caused formerly by careless-
{ ness or thoughtlessness of property
The methods for accomplishing all
of this suggested by the National Bu- |
reau are well illustrated by a brief de. |
or-
Sen
on special phases of campaign.
District Organization—Report nui-
sances, see property owners and urge
| to clean up and paint up and plart
' trees.
School - Children—Distribution
printed matter, school gardens.
Police—Report nuisances, distribute
directions for rubbish collections, re=
quest co-operation of residents.
The chairmen of these various come
mitt~es should be the city or town
officials or civic leaders who are most
interested in the work to.be done by
the committee.
ANNAN NANAAAA AA
Brethren Church, H. L. Goughnour,
pastor: On June 4th, there will be
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m., charch
service at 10:30 a. m, Christian En-
deavor at 6:45 and church service at
7:30 p. m. in the Meyersdale church.
All are cordially invited.
| Get our prices on job work.
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interest in coming National Demo-
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