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Weddings
lB Margaret Elizabeth Friedline,
rr of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fried-
H Ernest Ray Shaffer, son of Mr.
. I. E . Shaffer, both of Somer-
hship, were married in Somerset
Rev. N. A. Pearce.
Tistella Marie Queer, daughter
ind Mrs. Allen Queer, and Mel-
iam Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, both of Somerset town-
re married in Somerset by the
A. Miller.
lorence Edna Hoover, daughter
and Mrs. Elijah Hoover, of
valley , township, and Charles
elly, son of Mr. and Mrs. David
elly of Black township, were
in Somerset by Justice of the
arles J. Harrison.
lda Reese, daughter of Mr. and
M. Reese, and Harry C. Close,
Ir. and Mrs. A. J. Close, both
sville, were married in Somerset
ev. George L. Roth.
Jena Harris, daughter of Mr.
Willis Harris of Acosta, and
Harvey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey of Jenner township,
rried in Somerset by the Rev.
ayes.
fary Goniak, daughter of Mr.
Kazimier Goniak, of Ursina,
ter Enos, son of Mr. and Mrs.
ps, of Acosta, were married re-
; Justice of the Peace Robert
r, of Somerset.
Ernest Mitchell and Ocala
akefield, both of Scullton, were
hu marriage license at Cumber-
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Social and Personal
Mrs. W. H. Dill was hostess on
Friday evening when she entertain-
ed the members of the L. B. T.
Club at her home on North street.
Lunch was served after a few pleas-
ant hours spent in doing fancy
work.
Mrs. Clarence Rowe very delight-
fully entertained on Monday even-
ing with a surprise birthday party
at her home on the South Side, in
honor of her mother, Mrs. W. H.
Habel who celebrated her birthday
on Monday. Twelve guests were
present and a delightful evening
was spent in playing cards, after
which Mrs. Rowe served lunch.
Miss Kathryn Kerrigan, of Con-
nellsville, spent the week end here
with relatives and friends.
TW. H. Sutter, of Martinsburg, W.
Va., spent Sunday here with his
wife and daughter and other rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Mame Weber returned Sun-
day, from Cumberland, where she
had spent several days with rela-
tives.
Miss Effie Hasselrode has return-
ed from a few days visit with
friends in Pittsburgh.
Mrs. James Leckemby
visited in Cumberland.
recently
Miss Mame Forquer, one of the
efficient teachers in the Meyersdale
public schools, spent the week end
at her home in Ursina.
G. G. Knieriem and family, of
Hiysota, spent Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Knieriem,
500 Salisbury St.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward McKenzie,
of Greensburg, spent Sunday here
with the former’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sampson McKenzie.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry England, of
Bedford, spent Sunday here with
their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Dahl.
who
vis-
re-
Mrs. Harry Rosenberger,
spent last Saturday and Sunday
iting her home in Homer City,
turned to her home here.
The rummage sale held by the
Ladies’ Aid of the Reformed Church
at the Commercial office last Satur-
day - was a huge success and they
were very well pleased with the out
come of the sale.
Miss Mildred Stotler has accept-
ed a position with the Philips-Jones
Corp., of Meyersdale, and is em-
ployed in the office.
Miss Mary Reich, had Miss Ruth
Meehan as her dinner guest last
Sunday evening at her home on
Broadway.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Campbell,
of Confluence, were visitors to Mey-
ersdale this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keefer and
two children, of Somerset, spent
| Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Baer.
Social and Personal
Nathan Friedland and Harry
Brett, of Altoona, were visiting in
Meyersdale this week.
Me. and Mrs. J. P. Havis, of
Pittsburgh, were visitors in Meyers-
dale, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs! Geo. Smith, of
Meyersdale, R. E. Smith and son, of
Somerset, spent Monday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boyer, of
Berkley Mills.
Theodore and Frank Kirchner
took advantage of the excursion to
Washington, last Monday, to be
present at the inauguration of Her-
bert Hoover. The boys enjoyed
the day very much and are regular
“Hooverites” since they saw the
president-elect. They brought home
with them a pillow with Hoover's
photo and some fine views of the
Capitol City.
Ralph E. Smith, of Somerset, was
a recent caller at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Smith.
Mr. McIntyre and Mr. Barron, of
Rockwood, Pa., were visitors to
Meyersdale last Friday evening.
Miss Leah Tumpson was a Som-
erset visitor, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robley, of
Berlin, visited in Meyersdale on
Sunday.
Miss Jane Livengood, of Salis-
bury, spent the week end with Miss
Jane Baldwin.
Miss Betty Cook entertained the
members of her Sunday School
class at her home on North street,
Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Estep, of
Windber, were recent callers at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Al-
bright.
Mrs. Benj. Day, Mrs. Wm. Day,
Mrs. Geo. Keichner, Mrs. Sam
Keichner and Theo. Keichner spent
last Sunday at Boswell and Jen-
ners, visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. Rice
and Mrs. Harry Smith.
Elmer Bowman, Mrs. John Tress-
ler and son, Albert, spent Monday
in Cumberland.
Among out of town visitors Tues-
day, we notice J. C. Kendall, of
Oakland, Maryland, and John Rem-
bold, of Greenville Township.
Theodore “Dory” Merwine is
confined to his home on Chestnut
Street on account of illness.
Harvey M. Kretchman and John
Weimer were business visitors to
Somerset, Tuesday.
George Stein, of Somerset, was a
visitor at his mother’s home on
North Street, Saturday.
Rev. C. P. Bastian, pastor of
Trinity Lutheran Church, Berlin,
was a Meyersdale visitor, Monday.
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A TARY: CRAIAM - BONNER
A BLIZZARD
“The people on the earth call this
sort of a storm a blizzard,” said
Prince Sleet. “Isn't it a perfectly
beautiful name?” \
“Isn’t it?” repeated the Cloud King.
“Isn’t it?” said the Storm King.
“It’s perfect.”
“You were going to tell us a story,”
said Princess Snow to the Storm
King. Pray continue with it.”
“Do,” said the others.
“I will,” said the Storm King. “You
see I heard people say that it looked
like a storm.
“Yes, they said they could see a
storm coming. I didn’t mind that in
the least, but what do you suppose
they said next?”
“We can’t imagine,” answered the
heads of the Storm King’s armies.
“I'll have to tell you then,” said
the Storm King.
“Do,” begged Prince Sleet.
“They said that they would have
to hurry and beat the storm.
“You see there were a good many
people out walking and having some
“] Didn't Feel Them Beating Me.”
good winter exercise they called it,
when old Mr. Wind got started with
his restlessness.
“Then my dear old friend, the King
of the Clouds, upset the looks of the
sky—at least the people said so.”
“What in the world did they mean
by beating the storm?” asked Prince
Sleet.
“I didn’t feel them beating me,”
said Mr. Wind, laughing a very cold
laugh.
“That's the great joke,” said the
Storm King.
“All they meant by saying that
they wanted to beat, the storm was
that they wanted to hurry and reach
their houses before we arrived.”
“Ha, ha, ha,” laughed Prince Sleet,
as he and the King of the Clouds
danced gleefully about together.
“They couldn't beat us if they
tried,” said the Storm King, ‘My
armies are too strong, my generals
and princes too powerful, and so
when they say they try to beat the
storm—all they mean is that they
want to escape us!”
“Pretty good joke,” they all agreed.
“So I've decided that I'd give them
a real storm to beat—not just a Iit-
tle one.”
“Hurrah,” said Prince Sleet, “and
so 1 came.”
“Hurrah,”
Clouds.
“Horrah,?
“Hurrah,”
said the King of the
said Mr. Wind.
said Princess Snow.
“Hurrah,” said the Icicle Girls.
The storm creatures were 80
amused at the earth peoples’ joke that
they had a glorious laugh and game
—which meant a terrific blizzard.
The rain froze as it fell, for that
was the work of Prince Sieet, and the
Snow King and his children helped.
Mr. Wind entered into it with ali
his breath, and he blew good and
hard I can tell you!
Of course the King of the Clouds
made the sidewalks icy with the as-
sistance of the Icicle Girls and the
Ice Princes and Princesses.
But the happiest of all was Prince
Sleet, who said the nicest word in
the world was the gloriously stormy
word—
BLIZZARD!
PUZZLES
Which toe never gets frostbitten?
Mistletoe.
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When is a candle in a bad temper?
When it flares up.
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When is the sun like a Christmas
Jelly? When it sets.
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Why is snow like Christmas? Be-
cause it may fall on any day of the
week.
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What is the left side of Christmas
plum pudding? The part that is not
eaten.
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Why is an orange like a church
steeple? Because we have a peel
from it.
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What would a spider do if he was
late for his Christmas dinner? Take
a fly of course.
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Why does a short boy rise early on
Christmas day? Because it is impos-
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The Tradition
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By CLARISSA MACKIE
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(Copyright.)
HE old Frost house stood, in its
majestic loneliness, on the little
hill beyond the Methodist church. In
years gone by, the Frost family had
been very prominent in Littlefield—
the men had been judges, doctors and
the real family tradition might have
been called hospitality.
War came and took toll of the
Frost young men. Judge Frost and
his “good wife both died during
that period, and an only daughter,
who had been a nurse in Flanders,
had returned to her empty home to
be married to an English army officer.
Then, locking up the house, she gave
it into the keeping of Rose Frost, a
distant cousin, who lived nearby, and
sadly said just before she sailed for
England:
“We have never heard from our
Jock, Rose. If we were convinced of
his death, something could be done
with ‘the house, but if you will look
after it—perhaps, some day, Jock will
come home again.”
No one believed that Jock Frost
would come home again. And yet
one morning his far-away cousin Rose
awoke with the sun in her blue eyes
and with a thrill in her heart.
“I just have a feeling that Jock
may come home today, and it will
never do to ignore the family tradi-
tion -and let him knock and find the
house closed! I will tell mother at
breakfast, if she does not need me,
I will go over right away and get
ready for Jock.” So Rose, brighter
than usual confessed to her mother.
“I do not need you, Rosy, and you
may take Hester, if you want her.
There is not very much to do today,”
said the mother.
So Rose and Hester spent the day
working in the big house. At five
o'clock the two women could say that
the house was ready for any returned
wanderer, or any casual guest that
might appear.
There were pleasant fires burning
on the hearths, and the glow of lamp-
light and firelight sparkled on the
brightly polished window panes. In
the small sitting room was a gateleg
table spread with a linen cloth on
which were placed the old Chelsea
china and polished old silver."
“You must be terrible sure, Miss
Rose,” said Hester. :
“I do feel sure, Hester,” said Rose
confidently, “and for that reason I am
going home to change my dress. I
will be back in half an hour.”
“If anybody comes, Miss Rose, there
ain’t much for ’em to eat,” contended
Hester.
“I will bring something over—per-
haps Sam will kill a chicken and I
will bring a loaf of fresh bread.”
Hester hurried around during the
absence of her young mistress and
had a good fire in the kitchen range
when Rose returned with a large bas-
ket. “Mother has put in all sorts of
good things, Hester, and I know that
she thinks I'm crazy!”
“She thought you was crazy the
night you dreamed that some one was
robbing the hen roost—and when your
pa and Sam went out, sure enough
they caught that furriner from the
river bottom—remember?”
“Yes, indeed,” laughed Rose, and
her laughter continued as the front
door knocker sounded smartly.
“Well, here he is!” declared Hes-
ter, whipping off her kitchen apron
and disclosing a frilly white one be-
neath it. Then she hurried to the
front door. She did not notice that
Rose Frost had fled to the large front
parlor, where she sat shivering be-
hind the great fire screen.
Hester opened the front decor and
discovered a tall, bearded man, wear-
ing a large gray coat and a hat pulled
low over his dark eyes.
“Oh, howdy do, Mister John,” said
the woman cheerily. “We been look-
in’ for you. I guess—” The stranger
entered and, removing his felt hat,
hung it on the rack, and then turned
to her.
“A room, if you have it, please,”
the man said sharply, and then start-
ed up the front stairway, Hester trail-
ing after. When they reached the top
of the long stairway the man paused,
as if to let Hester pass ahead of him,
and in doing so faced the large oil
portrait of Judge Frost's wife.
For an instant he paused there, as
if uncertain, staring at the dignified,
white-haired old lady of the picture,
and then, with a strangled cry of
“Mother—mother!” he fell forward
down the stairs to the very bottom.
Hester rushed away for the nearby
doctor, while Rose brought restora-
tives. She was working tenderly over
the white-faced man when Doctor
Weed arrived with his chauffeur.
They carried the fainting man up to
the room that used to be Jock Frost's,
and laid him on the freshly-made bed.
Then the doctor wrote a prescription,
sent Cyrus to the drug store, and then
went out and spoke to Rose.
“It's your Cousin Jock, all right.
Think he must have had a shock dur-
ing the war—falling down stairs was
a restorative shock. He woke up a
few minutes ago and said, ‘Hello,
Doc! I’ Then he asked for his father
and Violet—=so guess it’s up to you to
tell him, Rese.”
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TEE 0 00eS
The Frost tradition still nolds good.
The doors are always hospitably open,
and Jock Frost, one of the leading cit-
jizens, often says to his wife, Rose,
“We must keep up the Frost tradition,
my dear. If I had found an empty
house that night, goodness KEknow#
what might have happened!”
Social and Personal
Mrs. Joe Mankamyer and Mrs.
Urmson called at the Commercial
office Monday afternoon and wished
the paper success.
Louis Weld, of Hyndman, is vis-
iting in Meyersdale for a few days.
Miss Amelia Clotsworthy, R. N.
of Baltimore, Md., is here visiting
her mother, Mrs. Charles Clots-
worthy, of Centre street.
Mrs. John Darrah,
Monday in Cumberland.
Jr, spent
Mrs. Charles Sanders and little
son, Jack, left Wednesday morning
for Williamsport, where they will
spend a week or ten days with the
former's brother-in-law and sister,
Prof. and Mrs. R. T. MacLaren.
Rev. Father Brady and Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Reich, spent Friday of
last week with relatives and friends
in Johnstown.
Miss Ruth Machin, R. N. in the
West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, is
here visiting her relatives Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hare at “Casey’s Cafe.”
Mrs. Dennis Yoder, spent Tues-
day in Somerset on business.
The Spring suit sale that is being
put on by Hartley Bros. is being
very well patronized and it only
goes to show that ‘the old. old slo-
gan, “It pays to advertise” is cer-
tainly a true one.
Mrs. S.J. Grine returned home,
Friday evening of last week from
Youngstown, Ohio, after spending
the winter with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Baer. She was accompanied home
by her daughter, Mrs. Baer.
Mr. Howard Shockey was a busi-
ness caller with Somerset friends,
Friday of last week.
Mr. Wm. Daugherty was a Som-
erset visitor, Tuesday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanders,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Derry and
Miss Elizabeth Darrah were Sun-
day visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Derry, at West Salisbury.
Mrs. R. H. Philson left Sunday
afternoon for Morgantown, W. Va.,
where she will spend the week vis-
iting her sister, Mrs. Roberta Rob-
erts and family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Weaver en-
tertained a few of their friends last
Thursday evening, at their home on
Meyers Avenue. The evening was
spent in playing 500 and at the con-
clusion of the game a two-course
lunch was served.
Dr. Samuel Hoke is spending the
week on a business mission, in Pitts-
burgh.
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Mrs. H. C. Mauk, who has been
confined to her home on Main street
for the past two months, recuperat-
ing from a recent operation, was
given a surprise on Friday after-
noon when the members of the sew-
ing ¢lub of which Mrs. Mauk is a
member, called and announced that
they had come to help celebrate her
birthday, which occurred that day.
The afternoon was pleasantly spent
and at 5 o'clock supper was served
which the ladies had prepared and
brought with them.
Mr. Charles Plitt has accepted a
position with The Toggery Shop,
and it is the writer's opinion that
Mr. Baldwin has made a wise move
in adding Mr. Plitt to the sales
force.
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