LAN QO hon WSR i VOLUME XXIII NO.2 ung PATTON JUNIOR (HAU. TAUQUA FOR 1917 WINS THE BANNER The following lettur has just been receivest by Mr. W. H. Denlinger which explaing itaelf: j Swathmore, Pn, Dec. 10, 1917 Concerts for the benefit. of the Red Mr Nh Deulnger, Cross will be given in Hastings, Car. | _ - TW rolitown, Patton and Barnesboro by V7 9€Rr Mr. Ueniinger: . the combined community choirs of the | It is with a great deal of pleasure shove named pi The Concerts hat we announce the award of the * will be lor the direction of Miss Junior Chautauqua banner for 1017 to Hattie Sharbsugh, who has for some Patton, Pa weeks been romching the Cn rralitown, | The Junior ( ‘hautauquans of Patton Hastings and Barnesboro members | competed with the Juniors of while Miss Muy Lilley of Patton, has Gailitzin, Pa had charge of the Patton choir. In| Franklin, Mass all about 900 people will takepart. | Windsor, Conn The first concert will be given in| Barre, Mass. Hastings, Monday, December 17th, ! Raymond, N. H. the second in Parochial Schoo! Hall, | Hillshore, N. H. Carrolitown, Friday, December 28th, | Orlenns, Muss Barnesboro, Tuesday, Janvary 1st, Rockland, Mass and Patton, Tharsday, January iird. | Ridgefield, Conn The choirs will be assisted by an! Bernardsville, N, J. ; orchestra. ! Glenoiden, Pa. xz The final rehearsals are being held | and carried «ff the honors this week andi the affair promisss a! We congraviate the boys and girls big success. on their rood citizenship and splendid The proceeds will be tarned aver tp Chautauqua spirit and wish them all the various kwal Red Cross tremsar. ® ¥O7¥ Merry Christmas and Happ ies and will be used for Red Cross New Year work. The participants have been working faithfully to make the con. certs un success and they deserve the support of the public We ask through thess columns thal st eath rose {ity ; pince of performance the 8 0. KE. BOYS OF THE AVIA. Cordially yours, The (rautagus Assocation, {550d y Eliza Katharine Ulrich, Janiar Director sign will be in evidence. The following will participate: i TION SQUADRON GET ROYAL SENDOFF Construing the new deaf regaia- | fupport of the dependent during the tions governing claims for dependency | absence of the registrant and onloss General Crowder holds that local | jt finds also and specifically that the thoards may assign married men with | pamoval of the registrant will remit children to class 2 in cases where the claimed dependent to public eha- Wimolute dependency is not established. | rity in part or in whole, for support. Where a wife ix skilled in some! Rule 3 The terms ‘children’ where special class of work in which there ased without qualification. shall be i an immediate opening that will en | titken to include an unborn child, and able her to support herself the hus- except as provided in section (a) of band may be placed in the seoond clas. Rule RB, shall be taken to import only | sification which would make him elic children (the issue of the registrant) ible to draft call immediately after sod stepchildren and legally adopted the unmarried non.dependent mon are ehildren. It shall be taken to import called boys under 18 and girls under i ® gener] classi. | years of age fiention rules which will govern all Rule 48.The dependency of rela. classiBeaticons Tay dependency, Gon. tives residing abroad who are tat eral Crowder suid eitizens of the United States or whe Rules Simplify Matter, have not declared their intention to The following general slanifeation became such, shall not be conmidernd ries will govern the local hoards in 8a ground for deferred slassiBeatian arriving at their decision: Rule 5 May Is. 1917, every perwin Rule 1T-ln determining whether a subject to registration had notice of i § im & clmivaed dependent ia mainly In announcing depen: his obligation to render military ser. gent on a registrant's labor or Up Vice to his country. port’ the boasrd will consider ail exint. Must Serutinize Marriages. ig or avaiable reasonably certain. The purposes of the selective services $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE A SAAT Sa et LU. 5. GOVERNMENT THRIFT STAMPS AND (ER. TIFICATE CAMPAIGN | The people of the U. 8 are asked | {to loan the Covertment two billion | dollars at four per cent compounded | fquarterly. Thin ix certainly a flrst | lelass investment. The plan ix inteniled | {to meet the revjuiremonta of the ena | As everybody knows, the Patton { investor The following are the | *chool lend Pennsylvania in their i prices during Dee. 1917 and Jan. 1618; | Savings Bank Account; they have | $5.00 cost $412. bought Liberty Bonds and have been i $10.00 cost BH 24. | most active in work of the Junior Red $25.00 cost $20.80 (Cross and Y. M. © A. organisation, $50.00 cost $41.20 | And now, what are they doing? Buy. LO S100.00 te $82.40 (ing Thrift Stamps! Like sverything These can be prodired nt any Post | ®lee which they have undertaken, they Office or bank and are redeemable at | have gone into it with a vim which their face value by the Government on | “87 have but one outcome, the First Day of Junuary, 1023, but,| The Thrift Bonds well st $4.12 dur. if in the meantime, a holder nends TK the months of December and Jang. the money, they san be redeemed at | Ary. Each succeeding month one cent any Money Order Post Office upon ten | Will be aided to the cost. Tn 1923, days notice at the price paid plus oF five years from now, these honde interest up to the time of redemption, Will be redeemed for $5.00, thus pay. consequently, these certificates prac- ‘Ng An interest of a little over 4 per tically represent cash and are x most | Cnt These bonds are negotinble for attractive business investment The PSF valde st any time they ame pre- allotment for Patton and vicinity in “ented. $10,000.00. We have every remson to AS an aid to the buyer of these believe that our ailotment can and bonds, the “stamp system” has heen will be oversubgeribed. The business installed. These stamps sell for 28e men will be called upon at an early ®ach and when sixteen have been pur. date and a commities selected Yor chased, they may he presented st the this purpose. We ust it will not be Post Office, plus the additional 12 or necessary ts make more than ne 11 cents, as the case may be, and CARYN in exchange, the purchaser will pe. Your attention is sisa culled to the ceive a “Thrift Bond ™ Thrift Stamp Campaign. This is a! The “Thrift Bond” is a modifica. investment te oar Hog of the Liberty Band and is, there. The teachars in the Public fore a safe investment. The pupils most atbractive children. Ws Hs Members of Hastings Community Choir. Hundreds of people gathered at the Mrs. W. H. Allport, Mre. J. C. Wil. station Wednesday afternoon to wit. liams, Mrs. M. M. Stevens, Naomi ness the departure of the boys of Cam. Binder, Ruth Binder, Carrie B. Mc. jbria County's Aviation Squadron for Henry, Eleanor Simpson, Rebecca Me. | Columbus, 0. It wax a very enthu. Coy, sinstic crowd, yet everyone was very n, Sosan McMimm, calm and sell possesied thus giving Mra. F. C. Petesn, Christian Paterick, [the young men as cheerful a sendoff Elisabeth Patrick, Eleanor Hunter, [as one could have axprcted. The boys Anns Noel, May Noel, Marie Waltz, | enlisted at Johnstown early last week W. C. Pollock, Dr. F. C. Peters, Chat. | and were to have left for camp Thurs- B. Simpson, E. E. Camplell, Miss day morning but these orders were re- Frances Carter. voked and they were obliged to gv a Choir. : Frances Black, Corine McGonegal, Mrs. Joseph Gaglaridi, Mrs. C. C. Ad. ams, Clara Farabaugh, Hilda Fars- day esrlier. Those who left Wednes. day were: Alex Montieth, Jr. Fran- | Daloph, William Gabrielson, Francis any source whatever, including gifts. cis Gillen, Conute Forsherger, John and excluding his labor. i sources of support other thun the ln law was not to suspend the institution bor of the registrant, evcepting only of marriage among registrants, bot public charity, and including boards should scrutinize marriages (a) Income of the claimed depen- since May 18, 1917, and especially dent from any source whatever, in- those hastily effected since that time, cluding also the income (or what res. to determine whether the marriage (somably and justly should hw the in- | polation wan centered into with a pits - | come) from the labor of the claimed mary view of svading military sor. | dependent is the wife or child of the vice and unless such is found not to be Pegistrant the income (or what should the case boards are hereby authorined 1 be the income) from the labor claimed to disregard the relationship so ps. {dependent shafl only be conxidgred tablished #8 a condition of depend. ‘where its consideration is wrpresyly | aney requiring deferred classification (adthorized In the classification she. under these regulations: Clase 1-~Dependency. Rule 8-—In class | shall be placed: (%) Any registrant who has neither | wife, nor child, nor aged, infirm or in. {b)—Income uf the registrant from . {ei--The contribution which the Schools are interesting themselves in who have a deponit in the savings (this work. Thin plan in very simple. bank may withdraw as much as they | Have your child go to the Post Office ‘may wish to invest in thees bonds and bay a 2c Thrift Stump. He will | and still continue to deposit. In this be furnished a card which will be hin | way, the savings bank record may personal property to which is attached | remain unbroken and the bonds may | & 25c Thrift Stamp. When 16 of thee also be purchased. | stamps are purchased the value of the sp—— card will then be $4.00 to which he FAREWELL DANCE HELD [will add 12¢ and Paschate a is TUESDAY NIGHT | Government. Thrift Certificate This ——— plan is not only encouraging to the A farewell dance was held in the children to nave Weir nickels but a. | Municipal Hall Tareday night in hosor 'wpives in them a spirit of patriotism of the boys who letft for training camp which is not only commendable but On Thursday momming. As quite a necessary for thuir present as well an | fUmber of the young men were to go, future weifsre. What better Christ. And as they had quite a number of mas gift can be given to u child than | [Tiends, & large crowd was in attend. by farnishisg him wsefleiont to bay nce. It was a very enjoyable affair ‘one or more Thrift Stamps? We sug. | 80d the revelers did not depart for baugh, Mrs. F. N. Donsonie, Aileen | sor, Thomas Boek and Edward Rouns- Donatue, Hilda Wirtner, Mrs. O. A. ley. : Hurd, Otoells Thomas, Hattie Leh. mier, May lehniier, Eleanor Harri. gan, Elizabeth Strittmatter, Clams Pliester, Helen Illig, Mr. H. M.| Some money lost recently and found Blum. Emma Kline, Frances McMul- the same day. Loser may reecive len, Mary Farabaugh, Evelyn Fees, same by describing and identifying Grace Swope, Ida Swope, Mrs. Dan property to Reverend Edwin Perron, Jones, Adelaide McAuliff, Mary Mc-(0. 8 B. Auliff, Kathleen Binder, Mrs. Cornel-| P. 8 Please call in the evening ihs Sharbaugh, Gertrude Sharbaugh, Pauline Sharbaugh, Thelma Shar. baugh, Rosella Green, Leona Sloan, Anna Sloan, Edward Blum, Edwars Farabaugh, John Sharbaugh, William Sharbaugh. Rev. Alfric Goldsmith, Names of Barnesboro Singers. Rector G. W. Stephens, Sam Beacham, — ; .- Clark, Mrs. Fiva Meredith, Mrs. Chas.| w0l4 Folks at Home” Fantasia Radcliffe, Lovell Binder, Elizabeth Fred Genovesi. Scollon, Gladys Whited, Bensie West, |. 4 Pickanniny Lullaby”. Ann Euzksuckas, Mrs. Sadie West Choir and Orchestra over, Nell Garman, Mrs. Lao Kirsch, Reading: Sue Stephenson, Nathalie Garman, “Who's Afraid?” ... .M. B. Cooke Ruth Williams, James Hollows, Harry Miss Frances Carter. t Barraclough, William Beacham, 8id-| cormet solo: ney Beacham, Henry Williams, Thom | wrhe Water Witch” as Russell, John Edmiston, Des C. David Walker. Overberger, Entwistle, Ray Lieb. | “penting On the Old Camp G - Members of Patton Community Choir, ing Sri _ round Eva Young, Laurs Winslow, Larue Choir and Orcheat Winslow, Mrs. 1). W. Coder, Miriam Vocal sok, ars n Lilley, Edna Cooper, Jeanette Brun. Miss Marguerite Palcho. eau, Rosella Christoff, Margaret! [niorpretive Dance: Christoff, Zells Mullen, Margurite “To a Wild Rose”... ... McDowell | Palcho, Rose Haden, Yvonne Yerger,! Rosella Green, Emma Milsom, Mil- Sadie Kelsall, Mary Overberger,|dred Eckentode, Marcwiline Mangold, Clair Morey, Lottie Jones, Dr. B. J. {Eleanor Harrigan, Catherine Zern. Overberger, Byron Bearer. Garfield Wilkins, ' Harry Chapman, John Vocal sol: Maude, Freeman Williams, J. Fry-| «The Ocean's Pride” singer, Don Coder, John Paicho, Is. Charles B. Simpson. adore Overbergur, Richard Rowland, | “Month of Roses” William Rodgers, John Kelsall. Choir and Orchestrs. Program... .. .. “AMERICA * | Orchestra. Marks Collette Luther, Cariton Haley, Fred : Luther, Carrolitown; F. E. Campbell, | David Walker, Fred Genovesi, Hast. Jings; May Lilley. Richard Lilley, Don | Coder, Patton: Glen Clemenson, . M { Swope, John Nicholion, W. White, ; Barnesboro. Ei NOTICE! TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH Sanday School at 2:30 P. M. Evening prayer at 3:30 P. M. Stults Kittredge Sinnhold Selected. “There Were Shepards” Choir and Orchestra. Whistling solo: (a) “Nordiva Waltz (b) “Mocking Bird" Edvrard Radcliffe. “Softly Now the Light of Day" .Tourjee +» Lansing Accempanists. Choir aiid Orchestra. Miss May [lilley, Patton: Miss Violin solo: Christine Paterick, Hastings: Mrs “Viennes Popular Song” | Kreisler Charles Radeliffe, Barnesboro: Miss Richard Lilley. Hattie Sharbaugh, Carrolltown. “Alleulia, Alleluia!” Brannder Director--Miss H. M Sharbaugh, Choir and Orchestra, | Planist—Miss May Lilley. i Yeager, Law Evans, Robert H. Ander ; registrant may reasonably wad just. | Yudid parents or grandparents, or : "brother ander 18 years of Age, Nor sis. iy be expected to make or which he or under 18 years of age, nor helploan is required (0 make from his pay as ; other a soldier. id) ~The amount of suppent which the claimed dependent would receive: from any provision of feders! law made hereafter to he made to sup. part such dependent during the ab. sence of the registrant or to insure such dependent agains: loss entailed by the death or disability of the re. gistrant. {e)~The #ffect of any moratorium statute, made or hereafter to le made, ‘on the claimed condition of dependen. ey. (fi—The amount which other per. suns {who have or have net hitherto mainly or partially sepported the cinimed dependint and who can rea. sonably and justly be expected to do sa) are able and willing to contribute to the support of the claimed depen. dent during the absence of the regis. 'trant except that, where the claimed dependent is the wife or child of the registrant, support by persons other (than the registrant shall not he con- sidered. If, considering such of these cir ‘cumstances ns the board is suther. ized to consider, or other ¢irram. stances not herein mentioned, the board finds that the removal of the registrant will deprive the claimed dependent of reasonable adequate sup- port, the board may find that the per- son claimed to be dependent ix mainly dependent upon the registrant's labor | for support Directed by Miss Thelma Sharbsugh, What Constitutes Support. The attention of lxal boards is particularly directed ts the fact that contributions made for the support of alleged dependents, if carefully ‘examined would tures out to be merely ithe board and lodging of the pro. spective soldier, and that other chil. dren should do their share Rule 2-— Where the claimed depen. dent is not the wife or child of the ther than the registrant have contributed to the support of the registrant, und where persons cansmad depen. dent, or have an equal legal or moral obligation to do se, the board should, all circumstances stated in rule 1. but it should mot find the person ‘mainly dependent upon the registrant's labor 3 ¥ i 5 x for support’ unless it finds thar sgeb persons can reasonably and justly be expected to undertake the ‘brother or sister of whatever PH mainly dependent on his labor for : Support. th) Any married registrant with or without children and any father of motherloss children where the wife of children are not mainly dependint ton his labor for support for the ression that the registrant has habitually failed to sspport them for a suffleinnt time to justify a finding of the bose that he hat been making no hors fide Allempt te sunport them in the pba and eannot be relied upon Ww de so in the future -this regardless of apport recently rendered or tendered for tha purpose of evading military service, {2} Any married registrant. with or without children, whose wife and chil. dren (if any) are not mainly depen. dent upon his labbe for sapport {or the remson that such wife and chil. dren (if asy) receive no substant al proportion of their support from the fruit of his labor: but where, on fhe contrary, such registrant is mainly de- pendent for his own support on the income {including earnings} of bis wife, Must Have Useful Occupation. td} Any married registrant with sr without children who is not engaged in any useful occupation and whose wife and children (if nny are net mainly dependent on his iubor fir support for the reason that his inconie or the incoone of his wife, or bath, is amply sufficient to support his wile and children and that the removal of ‘The registrant will not deprive such | wife or children of reascrubdy ade- fuate support Class 2— Dependency. Rule T—In class 2 shall be placed: (ai Any registrunt with both wife 3 and children or any father of mother. less children, where such wife and children or such motheriess childrun are not mainly dependent upon his ior for support for the reason that there are other reasorably certain sodeces of adequate support {exelud HE earning or possibiv earnings from the bain 4 Fon 3 sien § EA : { § taal the removal of the redstrant wii " ¥o53 . ; or al the wife svailable, and sot deprive such dependents of reason. | % a # ' Fe BAERLe Suppo. Any married registrant, with. | out eitildren, whose wife, although the registrant 0s engaged In a useful ix gest to parties who have been giv. their homes until the “wee small hours ing cash Christmas presents that thin i of the morning.” year instead of giving money, they! Among those who left’ Thursday buy Government Certificates. What morning were: Alexander Mon. ean be more appropriate for a Christ. tieth, Jr, Francis Gillen, Canute Fors. mas present than something that will berg, Joha W. Dahlof, William Ga- remind the holder of the fact that he brielson, Alfred Yeager. Lew Evans, holds something in his possession Robert H Anderson, B BF Sperry. which represents the life of a nation. Cyril Fisher, Ralph Winslow, Barton This is not the time for an expendi. Winslow, Dun Link and Walter Noo. ture of a lage amount of money for han Christmas presents. It will be mere tea patrintic and more satisfactory to the NOTES FROM RED CROSS HEADQU ARTERS a — So 55 ve rr recipient to recetie a Government Caer. tiflemte for $5.00 than a pair of govies, & ring, bracelet, brooch oz other or. naments, i wrote As unual, everyone is busy, and de. spite the fact that the weather han | ben bitterly cold, the attendance at the hemdguarters | keeping up very ‘well, A number of bath robes are in DINING ROOM OF PALMER progress and comfort Kits are being HOUSE TO BR CLOSED fished All the boys leaving this CHRISTMAS DAY week were supplied with kits, and ne (boy guing in service needs to be with. On account of the high pries of 08 one. It is a pleasure to the wo foodwuffs and the waste incident 10 men to make these kits and present limited holiday business, this acriun them to the boys is imperative. Your indulgence is; Mrs E C Brown, Chairman, though requested. out of town this week, has arranged 12.14. 2¢ for a new supply of sewing materials sain - ‘to be shipped here from Johnstown. cupation, is not mainly dependent up. | The box is expected to arrive at any lon his labor ofr suppers, for the rus- time and no doubt would have been son that the wife is skilled in some here sooner had the shipping facili. special class of work which she is phy- ties been better. sieally able to porform and in which| The Patton Branch made its last she is employed, or in which there is Shipment to headquarters on Decem. an immediate opening for her under | ber ith. Since then a splendid lot conditions that will snable her to sup- | °f knitted articles have been finished. port herself decontly without suffer. | They were packed and sent by parcel ind or hardship, {post to Johnstown Wednesday after Clos 3--Depenidency. { noon, December 12th. The list is as Rule SI class 3 shall be placed: follows: 30 sweaters, 23 pairs socks, (a) Any registrant who has chil. | Pair wristlets, 3 scarfs, 2 wash. dren, not his own issue. but in re. | Cloths, 1 helmet. ‘spect of whom he has in good faith | The amount of work being accom assumed the relation of parent, aad j plished 's very gratifying. Every per. has fulfilled the obligntion of such ®" «an do something and if each relation when such children are mainly member would do her shure, the re- dependent upon his labor for suppest. | suita would be stupendous. | ib} Any registrant who has aged ‘OMe to headyuarters—there is and infirm or invalid parents or grand | work for everyone there. W H DENLINGER, Postmaster Wm——— do ere Mm. J T. Mullen parents mainly dependent on ais labor ; in ————— for support DON'T FORGET te} Any rogistrant who has a help. | less brother or sister, regardless of | age, manly dependent on hiv labor for support. When you wake up these cold mornings and find your water pipe frozen and busted, don't forget that we curry a good stock of galvanized Class t---Dependency. pipe all the time and we can eut and Ruie S-—In class 4 shall be placed: thread the pipe for you in a few (a) Any married registrant whose moments. wife or children am mainly depen- BINDER & STARRETT, { dent on his labor for support. |
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