The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-20
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rwo, wife Of an Easton druggist, was
stricken with apoplexy while she was
learning to operate nm automobile, and
:;plrcd instantly. Il. w. COlllnge, who
vas demonstrating the car, drove 1t to
Ter home with the llfeless body.
The last meeting Of the state board
Df pnrdCns for the summer will be
held June 10.
Youthful Inquistveness as to the
contents Of Il dual,n cap caused com.
plete blindness and the loss of much
Of the right hand OF Tony Swatlskle,
lged eight, Of Kulpmont.
The Lehighton school board has fix.
ed the tax rate at twelve mills, the
highest of any borough In the coun.
~.
Writing from France, where she Is
serving as n Red Cross nurse behind
!he British lines, Miss Katherine Ed
wards, Of New Castle, tells her pa
rents: "You do not need to fear for
rs. We have decided that we will kill
ourselves before we will be taken pr!s-
Gner." Miss Edwards went to France
with n Philadelphia hospital unit.
The employees Of the Pennsylvania
and Hillside Coal and Iron companies
gave S2i,000 to the second Red Cross
fund. Every man in the employ o?
each company gave days wages.
This money totaed one-half OF the
quota for the Plttson district.
The service flag Of the Easton lodge
Of Moose contains 112 stars.
George Il. Hoffman, eighteen years
old, of York. was member OF the
crew of the United States transport
President Lincoln, which was sunk by
n hostile U-boat Friday morning. No
information concerning his safety has
been received by his relatives In the
city.
Two new cases Of smallpox have
been reported to the office of the state
department of health. Oae case Is
In Lebanon, and the other Is In Erie.
The patient Is negro who Travelled
from st. Marys to Erie The coach
has been disnfected and the matter
taken up with the st. Mary's health
authorities.
one of the largest classes In the
history of Shamokin high school was
graduated. The honors awarded were ::
ValcdlctOrian, J. Harold Zimmerman !:
salutatoran. Dwight lIowcrth; pre-
sentnti0n. Mary l.. Steward, and his
toran, Sidney X. Scott. There were
twcnty-nine men and forty girls In the
class.
The Pennsylvania state sheep instl-
tute was organized in Harrisburg,
with Charles Il. =. Patton, secretary of
agriculture, as president. Arrange
mpnts were made for sheep show to
be held in Willlamsport in November.
Walter ]. Adams, aged fifty, a Bal
timore and Ohio railroad engineer
died Mt Connellsville from injuries re-
ceived In wreck last November. He
had been employed by the railroad
thirty years.
Judge .Solly. at Norrlstown, has
awarded William II. Detterer and
wife. of bridgeport, $743 for nursing
and boarding Martha McCleary, who
Inherited money through the death of
n sister in Philadelphia. While there
had been no promise to pay the Det-
terers, Judge Solly rules that they are
more entitled to the money than the
collateral heirs.
A record-breaking crop of straw
berries is promised in Lawrence coun-
ty this year Rain during the past
few days has been especially beneficial
and the plants are white with bios
some. The growers are confronted
with a scarcity of pickers and call
IS TO be made for school children Of
the county.
Struck by n Pennsylvania railroad
train. Laura, the seventeen-month-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gus r.
Spangler, of Spring Grove, near York,
was only slightly injured The child
was tossed some distance from the
track.
Local business men have become in
terested in the establishing Of the Sus-
ouehanna trail in York county. The
proposed trail would cover the route
from Harrisburg to York.
There has been big jump In enlist
ments in the army and navy at the
Lancaster recruiting offices. In one
day twenty signed up at the army and
ten with the navy, while the marines
have been averaging two day. .,
John Farris, Of Pittsburgh, has been
appointed engineer to prepare plans
for the new state bridge Mt Tionesta
by the board of public grounds and
buildings.
The Northumberland Gas company
has sold It's plant to George w, Rock
ell and II. ]. Stannert, local business
men.
After serving the Hazleton Nation
al bank as cashier twenty.four years,
A. NJ. Eby retired, and was succeeded
by B. Il. Kunlle, assistant cashier.
At the reunion Of the Shamokln
High School Alumni association
service flag containing nlnety-four
stars was dedicated and unfurled.
A parade was held at Hazleton In
honor Of twelve volunteers who enlist
ed in the regular army and left for
Fort Sl0cum.
High salaries all along the line, In
creaslng the annual budget $4,000, was
granted by the school board to Easton
teachers.