Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-08
MIDDLETOWN
Grocery Stores to Close
Earlier; Fuel-Saving Plan

All grocery stores in town started
yesterday to close at o'clock every
evening and Wednesday afternoon
and evening by agreement with the
food administrator. The owners were
also advised to keep closed on sun
days as fuel saving measure.
The secret societies of town, are
holding their meeting in the open
air during the quarantine OF the
town.
The body of John Patton, who
Mrs. Charles e. DeWalt, Harris
burg, was brought to town this aft
ernoon and burial was made in the
Middletown Cemetery, the Rev. ii.
| s. Hershey, of the Green street
Church of God, officiating.
Mrs. Albert Good is spending
week at Richmond, Va, as the
guest of relatives.
Word was received by Mrs. James
Leggore that her nephew, Charles
Kaufman. had arrived safely over
seas.
Mrs John Updegraph received
word that her son, Adam Upde-
graph, had arrived safely overseas.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gingrich and
daughter, Marjorie, of Lebanon, are
spending the week in town as the
and Mrs. S. M. Gingrich, West Main
street.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian Church, which
was to meet this evening postponed
the session indefinitely.
John Duncan, who visited his
brother, Richard Duncan, at Camp
Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, last
week, has returned home. He was
tcalled there because of the serious
illness of his brother.
Mrs. Barbara Horst, of East Main
street, has gone to Elyria, Ohio, to
attend the funeral of Kline May
berry, son of. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Mayberry, who formerly resided in
town.
The Jitney Club, composed of
home of the Misses Mary Moore and
Louise Moore, Spring street. Plans
were made to furnish flowers to the
sick soldiers at the aviation and ord
nance depot The following were
present: the Misses Lucille and Mar
| ion King, Louise and Nancy Hanna,
Louise and Mary Moore, Senrietta
Wickey, Dorothy George, Lena
Selcher, Fannie and Margaret Men
naugh, Winifred Beard, Harriet
Swartz. Esther Mcclure, Leah
Klinger, Grace Brestle, Betty, Helen
and Sara Croll and Kathryne Deck
ard. Persons who will give flowers
are asked to notify any member of
the club.
! The Rev. C. r. Beittel is the new
pastor at the Royalton United Breth-
rem Church, succeeding the Rev.
William Beach, who resigned two
weeks ago.
The meetings of the three fire
companies usually held on the first
Monday of each month. have been
postponed.
The meetings of the Red Cross
linen shower committee and the
meeting of the club called at the
home of Mrs. D. w. Huntzberger. in
North Union street, for last evening,
has been postponed indefinitely, as
Mrs. HuntZberger is i'll.
| ]. b. Martin has returned home
from Mechanicsburg, where he at
tended the East Pennsylvania Elder
ship of the Church of God, repre-
senting the local Church of God.
William Stewart, who had gone
TO York last Friday where he is a
watchman at the York fair which
position he has held for many years,
has returned home as the fair was
nostponed because of the influenza.
Harold McNair has returned home
from a weeks trip to Reading.
| Miss Ethel Hendricks has secured
n position in the department store
of Albert Alberstadt.