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VOL XXXVIIL
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8th ANNIVERSARY
OF AUDITORIUM
Event to be celebrated With
Pictures and Roller Skating.
Starting Monday, December
10th, the Auditorium Summer
Garden celebrates its eighth
anniversary week: December
14th eight years ago, the Audi-
torium threw its doors open to
the public as a skating rink
with pictures in connection,
showing three reels of pictures
changing three times a week,
eight years ago, the motion
picture was in its infancy, if
the producer spent one hun
dred ¢ lars to make a p' ture,
‘he was taking a big chance;
one machine was all that was
used to project the picture
stopping between each reel, but
this is a thing of the past, the
picture industry is the fifth
largest in the couniry today.
The photo-plays have come to
stay, most of the legitimate
show houses have gone over to
pictures, it is nothing for a
director to spend $50,000 on a
five and six reel feature. Then
we wonder why the theatres
charge the price of admission,
you are getting all the big,
stage successes at popular
prices.
The last four years, the Au-|
ditorium has been turned into;
one of the most novel picture re-|
sorts in Western Pennsylvania |
Now under the name of Audi-!
torium Summer Garden, it is
known from coast to coast for!
its novel decorations, good
music and excellent pictures.
. Pick up a program and you
will find a weekly program
that is hard to' beat, take the
big feature productions that
are appearing once a week,
with music by the Auditorium
not be equaled in the smaller
town, the projection is of the
very best, two machines being
used, the music by Prof. Lew
Bittner cannot be equaled in!
any town the size of Meyers-
dale and a great number of the!
larger cities, the management
of the Auditorium, policy has
always been music to suit the
photoplays. :
“Make yourself young again
just for tonight,” this coming
Friday, December 14th, you
will have a chance to get on
the little roller as you did
eight years ago, a night that
a number of us will never for-
get. Answer this question:
What would we do without the|
Auditorium. We hive had al-
most two weeks of it, no place
when it is gone. The Manage-|
ment was talking of changing |
the Auditorium into a Garage!
in the spring, but states that
if the attendance is as good in
the future as it has been in
the past two months, they will
continue on with pictures.
Do you want Meyersdale with-
out a theatre?
Evelyn Nesbit and Her Son,
Russell Thaw, in
“REDEMPTION?”
It is not often that one hears
hisses and cries of ‘“shame’ at
a motion picture entertainment
but that is just what happens
at every performance of ‘Re-
demption” with Evelyn Nesbit
and her son, Russell Thaw.
“Redemption’” will be the at-
traction at the Auditorium
soon.
The story of “Redemption”
is a wonderful moral lesson
fearlessly drawn from the
heart of a great tragedy.
SURPRISE PARTY
A surprise party was given
Genevieve Jenkins, of the Som-
erset Hotel, by her many
friends recently. A delightful
lupch was served in the dining
room at the close of the eve-
ning’s entertainment, which
was much enjoyed by all.
a, at pricess that ‘can-| M
was given over to the Somer-
ANS ANSI NAS
CLOTHING FOR
FRENCH RELIEF
On Friday of last week four
large boxes of clothing were
shipped from Somerset to the
French Relief of the Emergen-
‘cy Aid of Pennsylvania.
Some time ago the. Fort-
‘nightly Club, a literary club
composed of 35 Somerset wo-
men, received an appeal for
clothing for Rumanian child-
ren. This appeal was read at
the Y. M. C. A. Mass Meeting
and Somerset responded gen-
erously. Before the date set
for the shipment of clothing,
a communication was received
from the Chairman of the Ru-|
manian Committee stating that
boxes nad to be shipped be-
fore the Somerset donation]
could ' received, but urgin]
to send the donation to either,
the Beleian or French Relief, !
2s the reed there was great.
As a result of Somerset’s ef-|
forts, four large store boxes
filled with clothing were sent. |
A large part of the success of)
this venture was due to the
energy of the Sewing Guild of
the Methodist Episcopal church!
and the Sunday School Class]
of Miss Clara Shoemaker of,
the Lutheran Church. These
ladies met every evening for ai
week, making up dresses and|
collecting entire outfits of!
clothing for the#boys and girls. !
Money to the amount of
$30.50 was contributed. This
was expended for new clothing
and expressage.
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP
TEACHERS’ MEETING
The following is a program
for a teachers’ meeting to be
held at the Peck School house,
December 8;:1917.
+. Assigning of Lessons—DMae
re ELA 5
Preparation of the Lesson—
Ruth Commons.
Treatment of the Unprepar
ed—Leora Gnagey.
Need of Teaching Pupils
How to Study—W. L. Tucker-|
Good Questioning — John]
Meyers.
How Time is wasted—Mar-
garet Opel.
Chass Management — Mar-.
garet Shockey.
A general discussion of!
methods of teaching the fourth
month’s work. .
+ Bring your course of study
with you.
COAL FOR FAMILIES
THAT ARE IN NEED
The collection which was
taken up at the Union Thanks-
giving service, which was held
in the Lutheran Church, Som-
erset, on Thanksgiving amount-
ed to $40.00. This offering
set Children’s Aid Society as
was the custom for many years.
The Children’s Aid Society will
spend. this money for coal for
any family that is in need of
help. :
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO OPEN MONDAY
With the subsidation of the
smallpox scare that besieged
Meyersdale recently and a re-
turn’ t«. the formerly normal
state of the public mind, the
public schools of this town will
be open again Monday morn-
ing, December 10th.
As announced in an article
appearing elsewhere in The
Commercial, the School Board
has decided to rigidly enforce
Article N of the School Code,
which requires that not anly
all’ pupils, but teachers and
janitors as well, must have a
satisfactory certificate of vac-
cination to enter the schools
Monday, when they are again
opened.
Hammond Dairy Feed is a
wonderful milk producer, $2.75
per hundred, at—
HABEL & PHILLIPS
SNS rr
See our fine line
of Holiday Jewelry
before making a se-
lection for Xmas.
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T. W. GURLEY|
MEYERSDALE, PA. DECEMBER 6 1917
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY SEAT
Miss Nellie M. Brown daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Brown, of Confluence, and
Charles O. Minder, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Minder, of
Rockwood, were married at
S-merset, by the Rev J. E. T+s-
keer.
ilies Rose Berkey, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Ber-
key, and Samuel Donges, son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Donges
both of Acosta, were married
at Meyersdale, by the Rev. J.
Luther Frantz.
Miss Carrie E. Leichty,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bar-
' ney Leichty, of Black township,
and Paul Leroy Romesbury, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Romesbury, of Summit town-
ship, were married at Rock-
wood, by J. R. Haines, Justice
of the Peace.
Miss Bessie Fern Warnick,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al-
bert Warnick, and Frank Sher-
man Durst, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Durst, both of Grants-
ville, Md., were married at
Salisbury, by the Rev. Ira S.
Moon.
Miss Lilliam G. Lint, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Lint,
and Palmer D. Wills, son of
O
: Nel
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Mr. and Mrs. George Wills,
both of Somerset township,
were married at Somerset by
the Rev. S. G. Buckner.
Miss Emma S. Meyers daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William shipg
S. Meyers, of Summit town-| son #
ship, and John Fogle, son of! Moc
Mr. and Mrs.gHenry Fogle, of Nort
Brothersvalley, township, were Grace
Miss Sadie Ray Brant daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Brant, and James Franklin
‘Shultz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Shultz, both of Rock-
wood, were married at Elk
Lick, by the Rev. G. R. Hetrick.
Miss Annie Isgan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Isgan,
and Frank Laskie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Severn Laskie, both
of Boswell, were married at
Windber, by the Rev. J. P.
Saas, Catholic Priest.
Charles 1. Shaver, Clerk of
the @rphans’ Court has issued
marriage licenses to the fol-
lowinlg parties during the past
week: 1
George M. Miller and Alma
Schumaker, both of Friedens;
John Koose and Gertrude C.
Bell, both of Jefferson town-
ship Paul Leroy Romesburg, of
Summit township, and Carrie
E. Legichty, of Black township;
Samytel Donges and Rose Ber-
key, both of Acosta: Charles
. Minder, of Rockwood and
lie M. Bell, of Confluence;
Geonge Fredericks and Nettie
Thinebolt, both of Somerset;
eph Zankey and Katharine
ry Manotti, both of Wind-
samuel Dipre and Joseph-
gukelli, both of Lincoln
ship; Jordan Young, of
d¢ township, and May Ber-,
kebife, of Quemahoning town-
$2 Earl Walker, of Jeffer-
ownship, and Florence |
, of Stonycreek township;
pan L. Shaulis and Carrie
Dunmeyer, both of Lin-
married at Meyersdale, by the colt township; Joseph Paul
Rev. E. D. Burnsworth.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
‘Miller, pa Bint aan
of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Em-
ert, both of Lincoln township,
were married at Somerset by!
the Rev. S. A. Buckner.
Miss Hilda E. Guyan, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Guy-
an, and John A. Pritts, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Pritts,
both of Somerset, were married
at Somerset by the Rev. S. G.
Buckner.
Miss Carrie Rog, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rog, and
Zigmont Pietrzekowski, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Pietrzekow-
ski both of Windber, were mar-
ried at Windber by James P.
Saas, Catholic Priest.
Miss Tillie Ogline, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. David Og-
line, and James E, Sipe, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sipe, both
of Jenner township, were mar-
ried at Jennertown, by the Rev.
C. E. McCauley.
Mrs. Jane Pele, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Vasnoc, of
Paint Borough, and John East,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Stiney troit, Mich, is spending sever-
East, of Scalp Level, were mar-' al days at the home of his
ried at Windber, by James P. brother, John W. Rephorn, of
Saas, Catholic Priest.
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TO the Business and Professional Man:,
In line with the steady increase shown in The Commercial’s
circulation under new management, and in order to ac-
commodate such prospective advertisers as do not feel justi-
fied in running large display advertisements at regular in-
tervals and to attract them to become steady customers, the
following’ announcement is now made.
Effective December 6th, The Meyersdale Commercial will
institute a distinctly new department in advertising, to be
knows as “THE COMMERCIAL’S UP-TO-DATE BUSINESS
GUIDE AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY,” in which will
be listed the business name, location, telephone number and
a brief general description of goods carried in stock, or of
professional services available to the public; for which the
charge of fifty (50) cents per month will be made, but no
single ad listed will contain more than seven lines in type
similar to that used in setting up this announcement. Out of
town advertisements will be classified so that all from any
single town or community will come under one main heading
which will be similar in style to the type used in the heading
to this announcement.
May I not expect a liberal and reasonably generous re-
sponse from communities where The Commercial now enjoys
a fairly large circulation, as in Garrett, Hollsopple, Hoovers-
ville, Berlin, Somerset, Rockwood, Sand Patch, Salisbury,
Boynton, and in the country surrcunding Meyersdale?
Eber K. Cockley,
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Miss Florence Milier, daugh-' Reis
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anor and Maude Myrtle
nger, both of aswel
Hegdore Nolan and Mae Kel-
oho RA. Richard |
M. Walker and Maggie B. Mil-|
ler,“ both of Stonycreek town-|
ship; Pasquala Antonaceci and]
Antonio Gentelli, both of Gray. |
Letters of arministration|
have recently been issued as|
follows:
S. Durst, late of Rockwood. |
The will of Mary M. Huston
late of Somerset Borough, was!
probated November 27,1917.
She bequeathed $900 to John
Mong, the remainder of her es-
tate is to be divided among her
four sisters, viz, Lavina Sorber,
Elmira Brubaker, Emma Bru-
baker and Susan Louther, Ord
M. Sarber, was appointed ex-
ecutor. The will was dated
March 12, 1918, and witness-
ed by Fred W. Biesecker and
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ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
John G. Ogle.
H. Webster Rephorn, of De-
East Catharine street.
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Editor and Proprietor. |
NO. 48
ADDITIONAL APPOINT-
MENTS ANNOUNCED
The Department of Interior
at Washington, which recently
appointed Clerk of Courts
Dan W. Weller as Commisioner
of Explosives for Somersot
county, has announced the ap-
pointment of additional Com-
missioners to assist Mr. Weller
in the administration of the
law regulating the sale of pow-
i and dynamite in this coun-
Ly.
Mr. William H. Clements,
Justice of the Peace in Garret,
has been selected for the region
in and around Garrett. |
Mr. F. G. Fryburg, Justice]
of the peace in Hooversville,!
was appointed to take care of
the Hooversville section. |
Squire Patton, of Windber,
and Squire Miller, of Berlin, |
are other appointees whose!
names were given to The Com-!|
mercial. |
We shall be glad to publish!
a complete list of these ap-
pointees if any that were not
available for publication in|
this issue are furnished. |
Every dealer in explosives is!
required to take out a license, |
and no person is permitted to
have in his possession any ex-|
plosive coming under the char-!
acter covered by the law, with-
out also having a license. These
licenses may be secured from
any of the above mentioned.
Conimissioners.
LARIMER TOWNSHIP |
INSTITUTE—PROGRAM
ike - |
The following is the pro-
gramme for the Larimer town-'
ship Teachers’ Institute to be
held at Wittenburg School
Friday evening, December 14,
1917. :
+ Opening Address—Eleanor
Hannon.
Tardiness—W. A. Hay.
Treatment of the Unprepar-'
’
ed—Grace Suder- | ed
Recitation—Sidney Lenhart.!
Song—Sand Patch School. |
of History—Ruth Mognet. i
Seat Work—J. Raveuscra it;
Impertance of Regulac At
—Sidney Lenhart.
Music—W ittenburg Band.
Songs and Recitations—Wit-|
tenburg School. :
Debate—Resolved that more
can be learned by study than!
by travel. Affirmative—W ."
A. Hay, Simon Murray, W. H.
Knepp. Negative—C. W.|
Christner, Alfred Knepp, John!
Ravenscroft. ?
PROSPECTS OF FED.
ERAL AMENDMENT
The sudden and unexpected
release from jail of all the wo-
men who were imprisoned in
Washington for the “crime” of
having picketed the White
House, has caused all the
friends of suffrage to feel that
the prospects for the passage
of the federal amendment have
grown considerably brighter.
It appears as if the opposition
of the government is broken,
and tyrannical methods of re-
pression are to be abandoned.
With Congress re-convened,
the issue of nation-wide wo-
man sugrage looms large upon
the congressional horizon. Not
only will the released pickets
and their fellow workers of,
the National Woman's party|
be on hand to present their,
case to the senators and con-!|
gressmen, but the conservative
suffragists. represented by the
National Woman Suffrage as-
sociation will also add their
plea to Cnogress.
On December 10th a week
after the re-openning of Con-
gress, that organization will
open its forty-ninth annual
convention in Washington, and
much of the time at this con-
vention will be devoted to the
federal améndment. The New
York suffragists especially with
the case for suffrage closed in
their own state, will be eager
to win for other women what|
they, themselves, have obtain-|
ed, and will feel that to con-|
centrate on the federal amend-|
ment is the greatest task be-|
fore them at the present time. |
Pratts Poultry Foods will
make your hens lay; at—
"HABEL & PHILLIPS |
U. S. CIVIL SERVICE
EAANMUINATIONS
eeeee——. —
Stenographer and Typewriter
December 15, 1917
_ The United States Civil Ser-
vice Commission announces an
open competitive examination
for stenographer and type-
writer, for both men and wo-
men, on December, 15, 1917;
at the places mentioned below:
Florida—Eustis, DeFuniak
Springs, Milton, Panama City.
Illinois—Elgin, Flora, Mt.
Carmel, Savanna, Spring Val-
ey.
Indiana—Elkhart.
Montana—Dillon.,
North Carolina — Thomas-
ville.
Pennsylvania— Dubois, Hon-
esdale, Meyersdale.
Texas—Coleman.
Wisconsin—Hartford.
Vacancies in the Depart-
mental Service, Washington,
D. C., will be filled from this
examination.
The usual entrance salary
for this position is from $1,000
to $1,200 a year. The War
Department states that during
the continuance of the war tne
entrance salary in that depart-
ment will be $1,100 a year and
that it will be the policy of the
department to promote to
$1,200 a year ali clerks, in-
cluding typewriters an dsten-
graphers and typewriters, who
after three months of service
are reported by bureau chiefs
as being well qualified and in *
{every way worthy of promo-
tion.
Full information in regard to
the scope and character of the
examination is contained in
Form 1424, “Information for
Applicants -for- Stenographer
and Typewriter Examinations,”
edition of July, 1917.
Applicants must have reach-
their eighteenth birthday
on the date of the examination.
Applicants must be examin-’
ed in the State in which they
reside, and have been actually
domiciled in such State for at
Effie Durst, estate of Georg o tendance in the Primary grades least one year previous to the
examination, ‘and must have
the county officer’s certificate
in the application form =xe-
cuted.
Applicants must submit to
the examiner on the day of the
examination their photographs,
taken within two years, secure-
ly pasted in the space provided
on the admission cards sent
them after their applications
are filled. Tintypes, group
photographs, or proofs will
not be accepted.
This examination is open. to
all citizens of the United States
who meet the requirements. In
view of the needs of the ser-
vice, subjects of countries al-
lied with the United States will
be admitted to this examina-
tion, provided they are other-
wise qualified. Such persons
may not be certified for ap-
pointment, however, so long as
there are United States eciti-
zens on the eligible lists.
Applicants should at once
apply for Forms 304 and 1424,
stating the title of the exam-
ination desired, to the Civil
Service Commission, Washing-
ton, D. C.; the Secretary of the
United States Civil Service
Board at any place at which
this examination is to be held,
or at Atlanta, Ga., Cincinnati,
Ohio, Chicago, Iii., St. Louis,
Mo., Seattle, Wash., Philadel-
phia, Pa., or New Orleans, La.
Applications should be proper-
ly executed, excluding the med-
ical certificate, and filed with
the Commission at Washing-
ton in time to arrange for the
examination at the place se-
lected by the applicant.
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M. R.MILNE, D, D S.
respectfully announces that com-
mencing with December 1st he
wil adhere STRICTLY to the
CASH SYSTEM.
Hocking Block, Nov. 20. 1917