The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-04-26
John. youngest son of William
Secrist is i'll with pneumonia.

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Miss Ella Kendall, of Philadel-
phia is visiting her parents Mr..
and Mrs. David M. Kendall.
A string of Reos passed through
town Tuesday evening and one
of Bucks yesterday morning.
George Barber and brother
Francis smotored to McConnells-
burg in Georges Overland Tues
day.
Mr.. ]. Calvin Comerer and
son Wilbur, near Hancock, spent
a few days recently at William
Secrist's.
P. P. Shives and r. N. Fry
man put a new roof on the sec.
ond Pres byterian church in the
Cove this week.
Miss Anna G. Johnston, who
had been spending the winter in
the Cove went to Williamsburg
last week to stay some time.
Attorney John r. Jackson,
Restaurateur Ira Diehl, and
Candidate George B. Mock spent
a day or two last week in Brush
Creek Valley.
Mr.. John Mccoy and son Ally,
and Ray Fields and Miss Mario
rie Bare-all of Fort Littleton,
were in town Monday shopping.
They made the trip in Johns car.
Mrs. Houston Johnson Ida
RingeD underwent a surgical
operation in the Allegheny Hos
pital, Pittsburgh, Tuesday, which
was entirely successful, and she
is getting along we'll.
Mrs. Mcpherson accompanied
her husband Judge Donald P.
Mcpherson to McConnellsburg
last Friday and spent a few hours
with Mrs. S. B. Woollet while
her husband was holding the
special term of court.
There will be a meeting of the
Civic Club at Miss McGovern's
at 7 o'clock on Thursday evening
of next week, when final arrange
ments will be made for the SPELL
ing Bee. A full attendance of
the members is desired.
Mr.. w. H. Baumgardner and
Charlie Deshong accompanied by
Howard Horton, Leroy Bivens,
and Miss Clara Hixson-all o t
Wells Tannery-made a trip to
McConnellsburg last Thursday in
Mr.. Baumgardner's Buick Six.
The executive board of Penn
sylvania Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation has called upon Senator
Boies Penrose to tell what he did
to keep his pledges to aid in hav-
ing the woman suffrage amend
ment passed by the legislature.
By reference to the column of
announcements. the name of
Thomas T. Cromer, of Fort Lit
tleton, will be seen as a candi-
date for Jury Commissioner.
Tommy is all right, and his name
will be on the ticket next fall, if
he is living.
Gilbert ]. Mellott and Will
Ranck of Warfordsburg. J. Frank
Lewis of Franklin Mills, and ex-
County Treasurer and Mrs. Sam
Hess of Needmore R. R. 2, were
among the visitors from the low
er part of the County in town
yesterday.
Two farms of the late DR.. VIM.
l.. McKibbin were sold last Sat-
urday. The home farm the larg-
est and accounted the best farm
in Union township was purchas-
ed by the Doctors son-in-law S.
Edward Mckee, and the one
near Buck Valley post office to
his son DR. Jas. M. McKibbin.
The Woman's Missionary Socie-
ty of the Mercersburg Chassis
will be held in the Reformed
church on Friday. April 9th.
Rev. DR.. Hoy will be the speak
er for the evening session. DR..
Hoy has spent twenty-five years
in the foreign field. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
Pennsylvania farmers are urg-
ed to plant oats and corn where
the winter wheat has been kill ed
or oats and barley where they
are reliable crops; to increase the