Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-02
ADAMS COUNTY
KIND IN WAR
Gives Double Its Portion in
Clothing For The
Belgians

Gettysburg, Pa. Nov. adams
county again showed its generosity
and the great heart it has shown in
all charitable enterprises growing
out of the war by its contribution of
clothing for the Belgians. The
amount requested was doubled by
the citizens of the county through
the local REQ Cross. and almost all
of the materials given were practic-
ally new and not of the wornout va
riety, some of the gifts showing real
sacrifices on the part of the givers.
Altogether seven tons of clothing
went out of the county to help in
Keeping warm the Belgian sufferers
during the cold winter months
gettysburg is to be one of the links
in the great motor mail truck and
ana parcel post system of the. gov
eminent between Baltimore and
Pittsburgh. The service has been in
operation for some time between this
place and Baltimore and later an
other truck line was started with
Gettysburg on one and McConnells-
Durg on the other, and now the serv-
Ice is to be extended from the latter
place TO the Western Pennsylvania
metropolis. The present system be-
tween McConnellsburg and Baltimore
Will be continued, by which Gettys-
burg will be the exchange Office
The Rev. Ira g. Ernst, who has lust
resigned the pastorate of the United
brethren Church at Biglerville, and
Miss Nellie Rice, one of Adams
county schoolteachers, were mar
ried on Thursday evening, the cere-
mony being performed by the Rev.
Dr. A. Il. Station, of Hagerstown, as
sisted by the Rev. Paul o. Shettel,
the newly-appointed pastor of Big
lerVille. The bride has just recover
ed from an attack of Spanish in
nuenZa. After a short honeymoon in
e York City and Niagara Falls,
the groom will enter the training
school for chaplains at Camp Zach
airy Taylor at Louisville, Ky.-Camp
Colt now has a band. Nearly all sum-
mer efforts had been made for the
organization of such an outfit but
the constantly changing personnel of
the camp made it an extremely hard
matter, but they kept tugging away
and now the band is a real thing and
furnishes the music for all the func-
lions of the camp.-Wednesday was
~ ANNNOA , hdN III AidIIlS county
and two meetings were held, one
near Fairfield and the other near
Littlestown, which had for their OBJ
Ject the encouraging of the farmers
to raise steers to help in the produc-
ton of meat during these times
when so much meat is needed and
giving the men of the farms much
valuable information and advice
upon the subject.-Miss Minerva /.
Taughinbaugh. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Taughinbaugh, and the
Rev. Charles w. Baker, pastor of
the Lutheran Church at Confluence,
were married on Sunday at noon,
and will make their home at that
place. The Rev. Joseph B. Baker,
pastor of st. James Lutheran
Church, performed the CEREMONY
Miss Beulah Wierman has bought
the good will and fixtures of the Lib
erty lunch. She has been connected
with the place since it was opened
early in the summer and previous to
that time was connected with one of
the big lunch rooms at Harrisburg
Mrs. w. c. Shelly has announced the
engagement of her daughter. Miss
Frances b. Sheely and Otis b.
Morse, superintendent of the Steacy-
Schmidt Manufacturing Company of
York.-The epidemic of Spanish in
iuenza at Camp Colt has abated to
such an extent that four of the doc
tors have been sent to other camps
assist in fighting the disease there,
three going to Camp Eustis in Vir-
ginia and one to Fort Hamilton
In view of the large number of Ad-
ans county men in the fighting
forces overseas it is deemed best by
the local REQ Cross to having ship
ping centers for Christmas packages
in seven towns besides Gettysburg
and Abbottstown, B%iglerville, Fair
field, Littlestown, McSherrystown,
New oxford and York Springs have
been Observation-Disclosures of Adams
county's young soldiers has received
a commission, David Yohe, of Get
tysburg, being commissioned a first
lieutenant after serving with the
Fourth Infantry in France, attend
ing one of the officers training
schools over there.-Herbert Allison,
of Gettysburg, and Hiram Lady, of
Arendtsville, are now attending a
school across the water and expect
soon to be made oficers.-Three rob-
berries occurred in McSherrystown in
one night. The store of John T.
Reilly, which has been closed for a
week because the proprietor has the
flu, was n of the places TO be en-
tered, and cigars, chewing gum,
candy and other articles were miss
ing. At the fire engine house the pea
nut machine was broken open and
the peanuts and money taken while
the members of the company had
the machinery out for practice. The
other place was the residence of Will
liam Strausbaugh, from which moth
ing was taken but things generally
torn up. This was the second time
in a week that the Strausbaugh
home was entered. 1t is thought that
boys did the work.-William e.
Kump, of Cashtown, in writing to
his home folks says that he seen al
most all of the Adams county BOYS
that he knows who are in France.
Although he is not with any of them
it has been his good fortune to meet
them.-The flu is hitting another
Adams county family hard, the
Noels, of Centennial, being the suf-
ferers. Both Mr.. and Mrs. William
Noel have died from the disease,
leaving four children, and Mrs.
Noel's sister, Mrs. Louisa Smith, has
also succumbed.
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