The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-12
Lloyd Mellott made a trip to
Chambersburg last Sunday.

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Chambersburg last Sunday.
Miss Irene Truax, a trained
nurse, has purchased a building
lot from Jacob w. Mellott, and
expects to build a bungalow on it
during the coming summer.
Miss Dorothy Jacobs, a teacher
in the public schools of the city
of York, Pa, is spending this
week in the home of her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. C. f. Jacobs, West
Lincoln Way.
Willis Daniels, and Hillary and
Charles Ehalt, students at st.
Joseph's College, Emmittsburg,
Nd, are spending their Easter
vacation in their respective homes
in this place.
HiDES.-Frank B. Sipes
pays the highest market price
for beef hides at their butcher
shop IN McConnellsburg, also
highest price paid for calf skins
sheepsklns and tallow.
Advertisement.
Rev. J. Leidy Yearick went to
Mechanicsburg Tuesday to attend
the spring meeting of the Car
Isle presbytery, representing the
McConnelIsburg, and the Green
hill, Presbyterian church.
Mr.. G. C. Fields who has been
conducting a. barber shop just
west of the Fulton House during
the past two years, brought his
family from Clear Ridge yester-
day and they will occupy the
property on East Market Street
now being vacated by George c.
Mellott.
John Wright, who lives at the
Rack Run schoolhouse, brought
the editor a box of fine old-fash-
ioned Meadowground teaberries
Tuesday morning as an Easter
gift. John says they are very
abundant this spring. The fine
plump, solid berries made the
editor think of his happy boy
hood days in that quaint little
valley.
David, little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Kerlin near Knobsville,
was severely burned on Tuesday
of last week. The little fellow
had built a bonfire. which was
assuming threatening proportions
and in attempting to extinguish
it his clothing became ignited.
Had his mother not been attract.
ed at once by his screams and
succeeded in tearing the clothes
from his body, he would have
been burned to death.
Mr.. George C. Mellott, who
has resided in McConnellsbure
during the past three years, has
received an appointment to the
United States Railway Mail Ser
vice. He will have sale of his
personal property at his residence
next to ex-Sheriff Alexander's OF
East Market Street next Satur
day afternoon at l O'Clock, ant
his family will go to Pittsburgh
the following week, where they
will reside indefinitely. See theil
sale advertisement in the Sail
Register in another column.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. While, Of
Harrisburg, spent a few days il
this county during the past week
Mr.. While visited his aged fatheI
B. F. While at Knobsville, ant
Mrs. While her mother, Mrs. j
A. Stewart at Greenhill. Mr.
and Mrs. While who have livec
in the city of Harrisburg fol
several years, are, this spring
moving out to Camp Hill. The!
will still be within the limits of
five-cent fare from the city, anC
at the same time have all tn,
advantages of suburban life.
Mr.. W. G. Berkstresser mana
ger of Meiser's Music House
Thompsonsown, Pa, son of W
L. Berkstresser. drove over from
Thompsontown via Dry Run
Fannettsburg and Mercersburl
and went out to Taylor township
where he spent Monday nigh
with his home folks after an alb