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Volume XL
MEYERSDALE, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929
THURSDAY’S GALE PLAYS
HAVOC IN MEYERSDALE
Terriffic Wind Storm Damages Buildings of Colonial
Hotel, Shipley Hardware Company, Meyersdale Heat
Plant, Ezra Sipple’s Barn and Several Other Buildings
—Light and Telephone Lines Out of Commission—
red.
Fortunately No One Inju
The terrific wind which accom-
panied the snowfall of last Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday,
reached its peak on Thursday morn-
ing and afternoon when it played
havoc with quite a number of places
in Meyersdale and vicinity, tearing
off the roof of the New Colonial
Hotel, damaging the roof of The
Shipley Hardware Co., the Smoke
Stack of the Meyersdale Heat
Plant, the roof of Ezra Sipple’s old
barn, and incidentally due to the
‘cold weather, and having a large
fire in the stove, the blacksmith shop
and barn combined of Jonas Len-
hart’s burned to the ground.
The New Colonial Hotel
About twenty minutes past two
o'clock when the wind appeared to
be at its worst, the temporary roof
«of The New Colonial Hotel was
blown off and in doing so slightly
* damaged the adjoining properties of
Dr. W. T. Rowe and W. C. Price.
The falling timbers of the roof fell
on the roofs of the Rowe and Price
homes and tore off some of the slate
and doing other damage.
The trees in front of the afore-
mentioned homes were badly torn
and broken from the impact of the
crash. The falling timbers in some
way hit the electric line and the
lights were out for some time. Mr.
Rush, owner of the building was im-
mediately gotten in touch with, and
in a short time arrived on the scene.
Edward ‘Miller who isin charge of
a jitney service here was just com-
ing out of The Main Theatre and
had gotten into his car when he
saw the roof coming off. He barely
had time to get out of his car and
to safety when some of the timbers
hit his car and damaged the top
very badly.
It is certainly most fortunate
that it happened at the time it did,
because if it had been a little later
it probably would have hit some
school children. The Associated
Gas & Electric Co’s men were soon
on the scent repairing the wires
while - Pete Baer of Baer & Co.
looked after the roof. The timbers
and other material was cleaned up
and hauled away by The Planing
Mill Truck.
The Smoke Stack of Heating Plant
The smoke stack of The Meyers-
dale Heating Plant was blown over,
and Jonas Lenhart who is the pro-
prietor had § another unfortunate
thing happen to Mr. Lenhart when
his blacksmith shop and barn com-
_ bined burned at his mines on Thurs-
day morning. The miners clothes,
buckets, harness and other equip-
ment were all burned up and the
loss was unfortunately not covered
by insurance.
The Shipley Hardware Com-
pany’s roof was slightly damaged
by the terrific wind. :
The roof on the barn of Ezra
Sipple’s old barn was torn off com-
pletely by the wind.
Mr. Lloyd W. Beachy’s barn roof
was partly torn off by the terrific
wind and storm at Salisbury, Pa.
Fortunately Mr. Beachy had hurri-
cane insurance and he will be fully
recompensed due to the calamity.
The roof on the home of Charles
Durr of Keystone street was partly
torn off last Thursday due to the
¢xtremely high winds. Arrange-
ments were made at once to make
the repairs.
A loose piece on the roof of the
Lloyd Vought home blew off, break-
ing one of the windows in his kitch-
en.
HOLD REGULAR MEETING
Regular meeting of the Auxiliary
to the Sons of Union Veterans, met
in Baer hall, Tuesday evening of this
week. After business was.transacted,
a very pleasant evening was spent by
all present. A delicious lunch was
served by a committee.
REGULAR MEETING
The regular meeting of the Cham-
ber of Commerce was held on Tues-
day evening of this week. Many in-
teresting things were brought before
the meeting.
MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL
CHANGES HANDS
H. G. Lepley, former Editor and
proprietor of the Meyersdale Com-
mercial, closed a deal, Saturday,
whereby L. N. Wilson and Son
have acquired this paper. Mr.
Lepley is acting in the capacity of
solicitor of subscriptions.
Miss Helen Engle, who has had
a number of years experience in
newspaper offices, is acting Editor.
The Meyersdale Commercial
will be published weekly, devoting
its literary columns to local and,
county news, and the best in short
and serial stories.
FIRE DESTROYS
NEIL GARAGE
Private Garage on North Street
Total Loss — Neil Dwelling
Saved by Prompt Action of
Fire Fighters.
Between the hours of 3:30 and 4
o'clock on Wednesday morning the
garage of Mr. Neil on North street
was destroyed by fire of unknown
origin. The delivery truck which
was used by Mr. Neil was so badly
ruined by the fire that it probably
will be a total loss. §
The fire was discovered by Wil-
Liam Emerick, who had noticed the
smoke and fire from his home and
immediately went to the Neil home
and aroused the family.
The fire laddies arrived on the
scene in short order and worked
very desperately to save the garage
and other nearby buildings. The
sides of the Neil home were slightly
scorched by the flames.
Dr. Trolley Visits
Meyersdale Church
Prominent Sunday School Work-
er Addresses Congregation
and Holds Conference With
Church Officers.
Rev. Dr. Trolley of New York
occupied Rev. B. *A. Black’s pulpit
in Amity Reformed Church Sunday
morning.
His sermon was interesting and
much appreciated by the audience.
Dr. Trolley is engaged in Sunday
School work. He is an expert ar-
chitect, and devotes much of his
time in planning and laying out
Sunday School Buildings.
Sunday School work like every-
thing else has undergone consider-
able of a change in the last decade.
Our public school buildings are
constructed to meet our present
needs. In like_manner our modern
Sanday School Buildings must be
properly constructed in order to do
efficient work and get the, best pos-
sible results.
While in Meyersdale, Dr. Trolley
had a conference with the Consis-
tory, Board of Trustees and Sunday
School officers and teachers, of
Amity Reformed Church relative to
some possible future plans.
Supervisors and Auditors
Convention March 26-27
Two Days Will be Devoted to Discus-
sion of Road Building — Annual
Banquet Tuesday Night.
The annual convention of township
supervisors and auditors will be held
at the court house, March 26 and 27.
The convention will be called to order
by. the president, C. F. Darr. Burgess
W. E. Beachy will extend the greetings
of the residents of the county seat, and
R. E. Stoughton, of Jenner township,
will respond. R. P. Longshore, division
township engineer, will then be intro-
duced and make an address.
Several representatives of the high-
way will deliver addresses at the Tues-
day afternoon session.
The annual banquet will be held at
the Ferner Hotel Tuesday evening.
The sessions on Wednesday will be
devoted to discussions concerning road
problems.
MRS. MARY BRICK,
MEYERSDALE, DIES
Octogenarian Succumbs at Home
of Daughter; Funeral on
Thursday Afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Brick, aged 89 years,
widow of Peter Brick, died at i
o'clock Tuesday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma
Deist, of Meyersdale. Death was
caused by a complication of di-
seases.
The deceased is survived by these
children: George Brick, of Alle-
gheny Township; Wilson and Char-
les Brick, both of Berlin; Mrs.
Ellen Shaulis, of MacDonaldton;
Mrs. Lizzie Hertgey, of Fairhope
Township; Miss Kate Brick, of
Summit Township, and Mrs. Emma
Deist, mentioned above. She also
leaves one brother, George Brick,
whose whereabouts are not known;
46 grandchildren and 20 great-
grandchildren. He husband died
about 15 years ago.
Funeral services were held at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon at the
Deist home, conducted by the Rev.
Howard Gress, pastor of the Rox-
bury Reformed Church. Interment
in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, at
Berlin. Undertaker J. N. Johnson,
of Berlin, had charge of the funeral.
Aged Woman Dies
At New Brighton
Mrs. William Leckemby, For-
merly of Meyersdale, Expires
at Age of 85 Years.
-.
Mrs. William Leckemby, mother
of the President of the Town Coun-
‘lcil, James KE. Leckemby, was called
by death at 10 A. M. Tuesday
morning at her home in New Brigh-
ton, Pa., at the age of 85 years.
Mrs. Leckemby had been in very
poor health for quite some time.
Her husband preceded her to the
grave just a short time ago and
since that time her health has been
declining.
Mr. James Leckemby left on
train No. 23 on Tuesday afternoon.
Obituary will be published next
week.
FINE EASTER WINDOW
DISPLAY AT THOMAS’
Many compliments have been
passed in regard to the fine window
display of The Thomas Drug Co.,
in regard to their large variety of
Easter goods they are now showing.
Windows of this type are sure to
arrest the attention of those who
are out shopping and looking
around for Easter purchases.
Quilting Club Busy
The Plum Bottom Quilting Club
are very busy quilting. Last week
they helped Mrs. Barney Smith and
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
of this week they have helped Mrs.
Peter Weimer with two quilts.
The quilt which they quilted and
donated to the firemen is a credit to
any club for the fine work done. It
will certainly be a lucky person who
can win that for 25c.
New Treasurer Signs His Bond
Maj. W. O. Woods of Kansas,
United States, signing the $150.000 bond required for his new position at
his office at the capital
DRIVE CONTINUES
“FOR TRUCK FUND
Be Sure and Follow the Progress
of the Thermometer in M. L.
Barber’s: Window Concerning
the Subscriptions to the Fire
Tryck, § i-€
5 a E
The sep M1 Barbers win-
dow which < ‘Push. Em Up
Tony Everybody Push” is a very
good one indeed. Do you remem-
ber that song “Where do you worka
John” and it should have said “I
worka for the Meyersdale Fire De-
partment, why whata you do a
John, I fighta da fire, and I never
tire, when I can sava da home or
place.” |
Yes, they never tire when they
can save your home or my home, at
any time of the day or night. They
don’t ask you for any compensation.
All they want to do is to work for
you. Their purpose is to safeguard
your property and your interests, so
give them a helping hand, as the
road is going to get rougher and
tougher before they get to the
$4000 mark. Don’t shove them
away when they come to you for
your bit, but give them a boost and
a pat on the back and they will feel
like working overtime then.
The people of Meyersdale have
responded very well, but what about
the rural residents? Now it is
absolutely up to you folks to show
that you appreciate the fact that
the boys are always ready to give
you the protection that you look for
but are not paying for.
Think it over and then send in
your check to M."L. Barber, Chair-
man Fire Dept. Truck Drive, today.
. If you are looking for a good car,
see the Nash or the Whippet. Sold
by NORMAN STAHL, Meyersdale,
Pa. 11-2t
Modern Noah Completes His Ark
This is the “Ark” which William Greenwood of Olympia, Wash., (shown
in inset) has built for his own personal use in the flood which he says
will soon devastate the entire Pacific
vailing there. It will carry no animals.
coast because of the wickedness pre
The Ark is 80 feet long, 20 feet wide
and 25 feet deep. It has no steering gear for Greenwood says “the good
Lord will steer it.”
who was recently made treasurer of the
Fire Causes Damage
To Leif Dwelling
Sunday Morning Blaze Extin-
guished by Fire Department
—Sun Parlor Badly Damaged.
On Sunday morning at a quarter
to twelve an alarm was sent in to
the Meyersdale Volunteer Fire De-
partment from the e of Robert
Leif whose dwelling” was—on fire.
The fire it seems criginated from ar
overheated furnace and had first
been discovered by William Groff
who immediately notified the occu-
pants of the house, that the roof
was on fire.
It is a certainty that but for the
very quick response of the fire lad-
dies who are always, on the job,
considerably more damage would
have been done to the Leif domocile.
As it was the “sun parlor roof was
burnt very badly and one bedroom
was slightly damaged from water,
ete.
Mr. Leif through the columns of
this paper wishes to express his
sincere thanks to the Fire Depart-
ment for the quick response and fine
work they did for him.
Meyersdale Bakery
To Change Location
Will Move to Meyersdale Lunch
Room Building Near B. & O.
Station — Up-to-date Lunch
Room Will Be Conducted.
The New Meyersdale Bakery will
soon occupy the building formerly
occupied by the Meyersdale Lunch
Room which is located on Meyers
Avenue near the B. & O. depot.
A representative of an oven con-
cern of Pittsburgh arrived in town
on Monday afternoon and imme-
diately started to install the ovens.
Mr. Neil, the proprietor of the bak-
ery announces that he has secured
the services of an expert pastry man
who will have full charge of the
pastry line.
In connection with his bakery
business he will conduct an up-to-
date lunch room. Within the next
two weeks Mr. Neil will be ready to
meet and serve his custonders.
Fire at Countryman
Dwelling Extinguished
The Fire Department was sum-
moned to the home of John Coun-
tryman on Olinger Street on last
Saturday morning due to a flue fire.
From reports coming to this office
as usual the fire fighters were right [high scorers for Meyersdale. Banett|
There [and Bittner with §
on the job when needed.
was no serious damage done.
SPECIAL
for Friday and Saturday
Shampoo and Marcel
$1.00
Shampoo and Finger Wave
$1.00
VANITIE SHOPPE
Meyersdale
stances.
The first game of the local Basket
Ball season was played on December
19, 1928 at Cumberland, Md., between
the LaSalle Institute of that city and
the Meyersdale High School, the for-
Capt. Dull, and Johnny Wagaman,
each had 3 field goals, while Capt.
Mullaney with 6 field goals was high
scorer for LaSalle.
In the second game which was
played at Meyersdale between the lo-
cals and Alleghany High School of
Cumberland, Md. Alleghany was re-
mer winning by a score of 37-20. |
Summary of Meyersdale
Hi Basket Ball Season
High Spots in the Games Played by Local High School,
as Recorded by Live Fan and Lover of the Sport—
Resume Recalls to Mind Many Hard Fought Games
With Victory for the Locals in the Majority of In-
| by a score of 24-16. Reich with 4
{goals and D’Este and Maust with 3
leach were high scorers for Meyers-
(dale. Pritts with 4 goals and Youn-
‘kin with 3 were high for Somerset.
The 10th League game was played
jon Feb. 8th at Boswell, Meyersdale
| winning by a score of 28-26. Thé
{game was very fast and interesting.
| Not withstanding the fact that in a
game that became as rough as this
| game was, that a total of 2 fouls was
{called on Boswell and 12 on Meyers-
dale. Dull with 5 field goals and
turned ' victor by a score of 33-22.|D’Este with 3 were high scorers for
|
Wagaman in this game was high scor-
er with four field goals and D’Este
had 3 field goals. Rhoades with 5
field goals, Ryan with four and Som-
erville with 3 led the Cumberland
team.
On January 2, 1929 Meyersdale
played its third Maryland opponent,
Beall High of Frostburg, Md., and
defeated them in a very close and ex-
citing game at Meyersdale 29-28.
Dull with five field goals and Maust
with four were high scorers for Mey-
ersdale. Timmons with 7 goals and
Matese with 5 were the leading scor-
ers for the Beall Hi team.
On January 4th the first Somerset
County League game was played at
Somerset, Meyersdale being returned
the victors by a score of 23-8. Dull
with five field goals and Wagaman
with four led in the scoring. Wei-
mer with 2 field goals and Younkin
with one were high scorers for Som-
erset.
The second league game was play-
ed at Meyersdale on Jan. 8, between
Boswell and Meyersdale. Dull with
7 goals and D'Este with 4 were high
scorers for Meyersdale, while Corley
with 6 field goals was high man for
Boswell. The final score being 32-25
in favor of Meyersdale.
Friedens was the third team which
the home boys met in the league and
the game was played at Friedens on
Jan. 11, 1929, the home boys being
returned the victor by a score of
28-16. D’Este with 3 goals and Dull
and Boyer with 2 each were the high
scorers for Meyersdale. Beachey
with 3 goals and Sterner with 2 were
high men for Friedens.
In the fourth league game which
was played at Meyersdale between
Windber and the home boys, Windber
was returned the victor by a score of
21-19. Rich with 4 field goals and
Marrow with 3 were high scorers for
Windber, while Dull and D’Este with
two each were high men for Meyers-
dale. #
On January 17th the High School
journeyed to Johnstown, Pa., to play
|
the Johnstown Catholic High School
team and were defeated by a score of
28-27. Maust with 38 field goals,,
D’Este with 2, Reich 2, and Boyer
with 2 were high scorers. For Johns-
town Conrad with 5 goals and Pilot
with 3 were the high scorers.
The 5th game of the League was
played on January 22, at Ream’s
Auditorium at Berlin and Meyersdale
was defeated by five points 24-19.
Wagaman with 4 goals was high man
for Meyersdale. Capt. Donner with
6 field goals and Hillegass with 3
were high men for Berlin.
The sixth League game was played
with Stoyestown at Meyersdale on
January 21, and Meyersdale just
barely won the game by a score of
43-32. Dull with six field goals and
Reich and D’Este with 4 were high
scorers for Meyersdale. D. Shaffer
with 6 field goals and Specht with 4
were the leading scorers for Stoyes-
town.
The seventh League ‘game was
played with Salisbury High at Mey-
ersdale before a capacity crowd.
Meyersdale played a very nice game
and were returned victors by a score
of 36-16. Dull, Maust, and D’Este
with 4 field goals each and Reich
with 3 were high scorers for Meyers-
dale, while J. Petry with 3 goals and
P. Livengood, Kretchman, and L.
Knecht scored one each.
On the last day of January Mey-
ersdale went down to play a return
{game with Alleghany High at Cum-
berland and were defeated by a score
lof 34-26. Maust with 3 goals and
| Dull and D’Este with 2 each were
| were high men for Cumberland.
The 8th League game was played | Main
| Meyersdale. Daniels with 4 goals,
| Stotler with 3 and Corley with 2 were
high scorers for Boswell.
The eleventh league game was
played between Friedens and Meyers-
dale on Feb. 12th at home, and the
final score was 47-20. D’Este with 9
goals Maust 4, and Reich and Boyer
3, were high for Meyersdale. Beach-
em with 3 goals was high for Frie-
dens.
Meyersdale played Beall high away
on Feb. 13th and was defeated by a
score of 35-31. Dull with 6 goals and
Boyer with 5 led for Meyersdale.
Middleton with 4 and Matese with 3
were high for Frostburg.
The twelfth game of the league was
played at Windber on Feb. 15th and
Meyersdale was returned the victors
by a score of 47-33. Dull with 6
goals, Maust and Boyer with 4, and
Wagaman with 3 were high for Mey-
ersdale. Stevens with 7 goals and
Rich with 3 led for Windber.
Meyersdale played a return game
with Johnstown Catholic Hi at home
after an extra 5-minute period by.a
score of 51-46. Wagaman with 11
field goals, Boyer with 4, Fisher 8 and
Maust and Dull 2 each were high
scorers for Meyersdale. Conrad with
6 goals, Pilot with 5 and Tumbas with
4 were high for the losers.
The thirteenth league game was
played on Eeb. 22, between Berlin and
Meyersdale at home. The final score
was 39-24. Dull with 5 goals and
D’Este, Maust and Boyer with 3 each
were the high scorers for Meyersdale.
Capt. Donner of Berlin with 4 goals
and Coughenour and Deitz with 2
each were high for Berlin.
The fourteenth league game was
played on Feb. 26th at Stoyestown,
Meyersdale winning by a score of
56-15. Wagaman with 8 goals and
Boyer with 7 were high for Meyers-
dale while D. Shaffer with 5 goals led
for Stoyestown. :
The fifteenth league game was
played at Salisbury on March 1st,
Meyersdale being returned the victor
by a score of 30-11. Boyer with 4
goals, and Wagaman with 3, Dull and
Maust, with 2 each were high scor-
ers. Petry with 2 field goals was
high for Salisbury.
The sixteenth league game and the
last one was played between Meyers-
dale and Rockwood at Meyersdale.
The final score being 30-14. Waga-
man who played the last half scored
8 goals, Boyer 3, and D’Este 2, Zear-
foss and Schrock with 2 goals each.
were high for Meyersdale.
Meyersdale won 14 and lost 2 and are
tied with Boswell for the lead. Mey-
ersdale defeated Boswell in the 2
games Boswell lost.
Work on Catholic
Church Progressing
which is being taken care of by the
J. 1.. Brinker Co., is progressing
very rapidly since the weather has
moderated. It is expected the work
will be finished in a very short time,
weather conditions permitting. The
steeple has been deemed unsafe for
some time and it is very fortunate
that the greater portion had becn
taken down before the terrific wind
of last Thursday.
“Give and Take” to be
Given Monday Night
“Give and Take,” a play which
field goals each [is the last number of the local Ly-
|ceum course, will be given in the
Theatre, Monday evening.
lon Feb. 1st at Rockwood where Mey- | Each number of the course has been
|ersdale was returned the victors by a |
score of 31-16. . D’Este with 5 goals
and Dull with 3 were high men for|
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| Meyersdale.
|for Rockwood with 3 field goals.
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| well received and we hope that aJj
| will turn out for the closing number
|as the plays given are always of the
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on Feb. 18 and were returned victors
The work on the Catholic steeple,