Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-24
WARM LOCAL
CAMPAIGNS IN
NEARBY TOWNS
Many Borough and Township
Offices Will Be Filled
at Primaries

for the primary election filed, in
terest in the boroughs and townships
in Dauphin county is centering on
filling the offices for the district. In
number of instances present office
holders whose terms expire will be
candidates for reelection, and while
a few opponents have entered the
field, friends of the men now holding
the positions predict they will have
little trouble getting them for an
other term.
In many of the districts in the
county the tax collectors, assessors
and auditors are candidates for re-
election with little opposition, while
in some of the boroughs burgess,
councilmen and school directors are
unopposed. In other districts they
are running on both Republican and
Democratic tickets. Following are
the candidates for the more impor-
tant offices in the boroughs in Dau-
phin county and in the townships
near the city:
In Steelton Thomas 7. McEntee is,
Washington, Democratic and Re-
publican party candidate for bur
CESS and is the only one in the field.
Justice of the Peace JamesiL. Dick
inson is out for reelection and is
unopposed. For school director four
Republicans are in the field: Gill
bert S. Vickery, two-year term;
Samuel A Brehm, Jacob b. Martin
and Quincy Bent, for six-year
terms.
Councilmanic candidates from the
various wards follow: First: Thomas
j. Nelly, Republican and Demo-
cratic; Second ward, Henry o.
Smith, Republican and Democratic;
Third ward, John c. Craig, Republ-
can and Democratic; Republicans,
the Rev. o. p. Goodwin, Peter S.
Blackwell, Harry M. Boyd Fourth
ward, Benjamin A. Capello, Repub-
lican and Democratic; Fifth ward,
Charles f. Reisch, Republican and
Democratic; Ira b. Reider, Repub-
lican and Democratic.
Highspirc and Middletown
Aaron d. Klugh, Democrat, is the
only candidate for justice of the
peace in Highspire. For burgess,
Harris Ehrisman, Republican, and
Norris Fl. Ort Democrat, are in the
field. For Council, Republicans are:
Harry Ulrich, Percy d. Myers, Dan
iel w. Yeager, Mervin j. Hooker;
Democrats, Elmer c. Waltmyer,
Lloyd Lehman, Samuel Beck and
r. l.. Brown. School director, Will
liam b. Kaylor, Republican, and Ira
r. AttickS, Democrat.
Samuel B. Gingrich and Homer K.
Baum are the Republican candi-
dates for chief burgess in Middle
town, and ID. w. Plasterer and
Lewis NJ. Miller, Democrats, will op-
pose him. For school director, Re-
publicans, John p. Alderman, W.
Scott Sides, Martin II. Gingrich.
Councilmen, First ward, Grant Sou
ders. Republican: William f. Hip
pie, Howard E. Myers and Jerome
Embick, Democrats; Second ward
Simon F. Blocker, Republican;
Third ward, A. II. Luckenbill, Re-
publican; Walter K, Rodfong and
Horace Lenhart, Republican, for
justice of the peace.
Paxtang, Hummelstown, Penbrool1
j. Harry Sheesley, Republican, is
the only candidate for burgess of
PaXtang. Councilmen, all Repub-
lican, David c. Kochenderfer, Will
liam A. Hetrick, ]. A. LutZ. School
director, Howard A. Birchall, Re-
publican.
William w. Fox and Frank
Brantner are Republican candidates
for burgess of Hummelstown. No
Democrats filed for any of the more
important borough offices. Other
Republican candidates for various
places are: Councilmen, four years,
Thomas J.. Jacks, John w. Adams
Samuel b. Zerfoss, Josiah Burk-
holder, d. G. Rhoads, Adam G..
Shope; for two years. Russell 3.
Stoner, James A. Swartz; school di-
rector, Earl J. Mumma, Uriah l..
Balsbaugh.
No Democrats filed for leading
borough offices In Penbrook. Re-
publican candidates who will have
no party opposition include: Bur-
CESS, M. L. Ludwick; councilmen,
c. l.. Writ, Joseph l.. Booser, Charles
A. Harper, Joseph e. Shenk, Ed
ward K. Lawson; justice of the
peace b. r. Speas; school director,
Elmer s. Weiser, six years; Ed. n.
Hollenbaugh, two years.
Dauphin. Halifax, Millersburg
Only Republicans filed as follows
in Dauphin: Councilmen, Henry
Sherman Megonnel, H. l. Gerberich,
George Lands. Harvey G. Forncy
Charles e. Shafferi school director,
DR.. Aaron c.. Coble.
In Halifax borough Isaac f.
Chubb. Republican, and o. F. Zim-
merman,. Democrat, out in the race
for burgessi councilmen, Republi-
cans, oliver ], Cooker, James e.
Neitz, Cornelius Koppenheffer;
Democrats, II. w. Grove, Amos w.
norman; school directors, Republi-
can, william d. Straw, II. l.. Fet-
terhoff, c. e. Rettinger; Democrats
II. c. Forney, c. w. Mcclellan.
Millersburg Republican candi-
dates also ore without party oppo-
sitlon for leading borough Offices
Those in the field: Burgess, Harry
NJ. Fairchilds; councilmen, Charles
p. Feidt, Frank c. Campbell, r. a,
Zimmerman.
EllZabethvilIe and Lykens
In Elizabethville Earl K. Rom
berger, Republican. and d. A.
Andre, Democrat, are running for
burgess. Other candidates for Of
fees: Councilmen, Republican, Will
liam Keaffer, Is. Frank Burlington,
crat, Mark c. Spacht, Harry E.
Hoke, Derwin ]. Bechtel, George II.
Temple; school directors, Republl-
can, David r. Matter, ]. A. Hoff-
man, Clair T. Romberger; Demo-
crat, Earl Raker, Charles c. Matter.
Lykens will be one of the few dis
tricts in the county to have three
parties in the field for Offices. For
burgess there are Walter s.. Young,
Republican; J. w. Wilmer, Republ-
can and Democrat; George w. Trox-
ell. Socialist; school directors, John
II. Eby, Republican, Democrat;
Jacob A. Bogar. Republican, Demo-
crat; William III. Daniels, Elijah
Councilmen, East ward. Louis
Wentzler, Republican, Democrat:
John w. Schaffstall, Socialist; West
ward, A. F. Hanna, J. S. Reiff, D.
Edward Trout, Republican, Demo-
crat. John III. Welker, Republican