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EARLE TO GIVE STUDY TO SERVICE BOARD Governor Earle started a "careful study'' of activities of the Public Service Commission today to determine whether he would ask the Legislature to replace it with a fair rate board. The Governor disclosed his1 attitude toward the last Republican dominated agency of the State government on his return yesterday from a vacation. Earle said his study of Public Service Commission activities would be "to ascertain whether these have been in the interests of the electric consumer or in the interests of the power companies. "If, after careful study, I find it impossible to get fair play for the electric consumers in this State from the Public Service Commission TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 17, 1936 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Sore Throat Pains DUE TO COLDS Eased Instan 2, GARGLE thoroughly throw your head way back, allowing a little to trickle down your throat. Just Gargle This Way with Bayer Aspirin ftt A Showing you us Wilkens picking up our mail HM i 111 That' old Tim Stilea reaching the mail to me, and Tom toting the bag.

You can't Wf hardly ee my brother William Wilken ii JS. coming out of the door on account of the picture not being lit up so good. 2 OD II Harry E. Wilken Here is the most amazing way to ease the pains of rawness of sore throat resulting from a cold we know you have ever tried. Crush and dissolve three genuine BAYER tablets in one third glass of water.

Then gargle with this mixture twice, holding your head well back. This medicinal gargle will act almost like a local anesthetic on the sore, irritated membrane of your throat. Pain eases almost instantly; rawness is relieved. Countless thousands now use this way to ease sore throat. Your doctor, we are sure, will Copyright 1036, Jos.

8. Flneh 86.8 proof Schenley Pa. 1770 grain iPW HI III Ill I tiP Jiv I I shall recommend that the commis sion be removed," he said at a press conference. The Governor at the same time added, that "no public service commissioner or judge will be removed from office for political reasons" and "no Judge or other State offi cial who has been honest and effi cient in his duties need fear reprisal at the hands of, the Gover nor." Six of the seven commissioners are Republican. FEW FORMS RETURNED Delivery of the SS 4 forms, first mailing of data under the Social Security Act, was completed by city carriers late yesterday.

Nearly 3000 employers received the cards. A few returns were made to the post office today. All of the cards must be returned by November 21. My 1, Crush end stir 3 Boyar Aspirin tabids in ff'ass of water. 3 Repeat gargle and do not rinse mouth, allow gargle to remain on membranes of the throat for pro longed effect.

approve it. And you will say it is marvelous. Get the real BAYER ASPIRIN at your druggist's by asking for it by its full name not by the name "aspirin" alone. 15 FOR A DOZEN 2 FULL DOZEN FOR 25c Virtually lc a tablet sometimes wonder who isn't ordering our Family's Whiskey! We got folks in most every State buying Pennsylvania whiskey now! There must be mighty few ever who taste our Family's Whiskey without their ordering some right off quick! Well, I suppose you couldn't hardly expect different Not as I'd have you think William and Tom and me are asking for the credit for its being so tasty. I claim it's Pa Wilken more than anybody that is, him and Grandpa Wilken.

It was Grandpa Wilken that gave Pa his schooling in whiskey making and Pa picked up plenty in his own 44 years of dis tilling. And all that the three generations of us picked up relat ing to mildness and tastiness, we put into our Family's Recipe. I'd i. a luve iur yuu get a lasie ui ui AT ALL STATE STORES AND The straight whiskies in this product are 1 3 months or more old. 2 5 straight whiskies: ncuirai spirits.

370 siraiffiu wuistey years WEST SHORE NEWS ELKW00D FIRE CO. OFFICERS ARE NAMED Officers of the Bflkwood Fire Company of New Cumberland were nominated last night at a meeting in the fire house. A. 8. Losh was named for president.

Other nominations are: Paul Hepner, vice president; Jesse Sipe, recording secretary; W. A. Vogelsong, financial secretary; C. M. Prowell, treasurer and chaplain; W.

L. Hoffman, Georke Linebaugh and Prank Dunkelberger, trustees; W. A. Vogelsong, foreman; Prank Dunkelberger, first assistant foreman; Charles Riddle, second assistant foreman. Hose crew, M.

O. Dunkle, George Adams, H. Huber, D. Morton, Wil liam Pry, J. Morgan and Charles Riddle, drivers, Jesse Sipe, Gil bert Winters, Wayne Prowell, Si Shirk, Russel Updegraff and Nor man Treichler and firemen's relief, W.

L. Hoffman, Charles Riddle, T. J. Kline, A. S.

Losh and Jesse Sipe. The election will take place December 21, at the fire hoyse. JUNIOR CIVIC CLUB COMMITTEES MEET Mrs. Fred C. Bower, chairman of the Music Group of the Junior Civic Club of Camp Hill, has called a meeting in the Community Building for 7.30 p.

m. Thursday for a Christmas rehearsal. On Friday at 7 p. m. Mrs.

Harold B. Cromleigh, chairman of the ticket committee for the Christmas Dance, will meet the following committee members at her home: Mrs. C. Howard Shaffner, Misses Nancy Clothier, Florence Harrison, Margaret Meyer, Lucretia Heisey, Carolyn and Elizabeth Colovorias, Gale Naylor, Mrs. B.

J. Roberts, Mrs. Thonias Bernard, Mrs. John Boggs and Mrs. Fred C.

Bower. LEMOYNE CLUB MEETING The Lemoyne Civic Club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in the Grace Evangelical Church, Lemoyne. John C. Dight, former Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs, will be the speaker. All residents of the West Shore are invited to attend the meeting.

The social committee, Mrs. Hubert Manning, chairman; will serve a luncheon. Mrs. McCabe will sing accompanied by Mrs. H.

B. Howard. NEW CUMBERLAND New Cumberland, Nov. 17. A social will be held Thursday night in Trinity United Brethren Church in honor of the 200th anniversary of Robert Raikes founder of Sunday School.

The adult classes, officers and teachers, and Women's Missionary Society will have part in the program. The Cheerful Worker's Sunday School Class of the Church of God will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. M. O. Dunkle.

The Noble Daughter's Class of the First Church of God Sunday School meet tonight at the home of Mrs. Raymond Westhafer, 709 Second street. The Fidelity Sunday School Class of Trinity United Brethren Church will meet tonight in the church. AT YOUR FAVORITE BAR oiu, irxaignc wniSKey 15 montns Ola. 7 the HOME STUDY IS TOPIC FOR GROUP Principals to Discuss Prob lems at Dinner Meeting A dinner meeting will be held by the, Cumberland County Prin cipars Association tomorrow eve ning at 6 o'clock at the Carlisle Inn, Carlisle.

A discussion on, "Home Study Problems," will be held with the following members of the associa tion taking part, C. W. Hoover, supervising principal of the East Pennsboro Township Schools; L. Swanger, principal of Center' ville Consolidated Schools; J. W.

Potter, superintendent of the Car lisle Schools and W. P. Harley, su pervising principal of Shippensburg Schools. Officers of the association are C. E.

Hassler, Newville, president Karl W. Etshied, Lemoyne, ivice president; S. Gordon Rudy, Enola, secretary and C. W. Hoover, Enola, treasurer.

3 WEST SHORE W. C. T. U. ORGANIZES LEGION The Wormleysburg Women' Christian Temperance Union last night organized a Loyal Temper ance Legion at a meeting in the Wormleysburg Church of God, Nineteen charter members were en rolled.

In charge of the organization was Mrs. C. Earle Carter, Camp Hill, State organizer; Miss Beth Stearns, Camp Hill, State secretary; Mrs. Black, Mrs. William Gumpert and Mrs.

William Murdorf, of the Wormleysburg unit. John Shugart was elected presL dent. Other officers are: Shirley Kensler, vice president; Laura Ann Stanley, secretary; Doloria Hall treasurer and Miss Ann Bruce, ad visor. The new group will meet the third Monday of each month In the Church of God. SOCIETY TollOLD TEA The Women's Missionary So ciety of St.

Paul's Church of God will hold a silver tea in the church Wednesday afternoon from 2 to o'clock. Mrs. Howard Cover, a returned missionary from India, will be the speaker. She has been in India for thirty years. Mr.

and Mrs. Cover will, speak at a public meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Church of God. 3 MOTORIST ARRESTED Burgess T. G. Greene, Camp Hill, yesterday held Herman Low of Car lisle, R.

D. 4., in $500 bail for Cumberland County Court on a charge of violating the State Motor Ve' hide Code. Chief of Police E. Carr said that Low's auto crashed into the rear of an automobile operated by Thomas Kerstetter, 2915 Market street, Camp Hill, Sun day. A companion of Low's, Albert Cramer, Carlisle, R.

D. 3, was slightly injured. CIVIC CLUbTtO MEET A reception for new members will be held by the New Cumberland Junior. Civic Club tonight at meeting in the William H. Nauss Post No.

143, New Cumberland American Legion Home, Sixth street. Speakers will be Miss Martha Ludes, and Miss Margaret Reigle, both of Harrisburg. Miss Sara Gray will preside. ELECT OFFICERS Officers were elected at a meeting of the Enola Youth Temperance Council held in the Enola Method ist Church. They are: James Mil ler, president; Miss Helen Andreas secretary and Miss Clara Bucke treasurer.

4 ATG. 0. P. CONVENTION Mrs. Gilbert Beckley, president of the Council of Republican Women of New Cumberland, and Mrs.

Ira Buttorff, vice president, are attend' ing the convention of Republican Women in the Penn Harris Hotel, Harrisburg. CLOTHING SALE The Ladies' Aid Society of the West Pairview Methodist Church will hold a children's clothing sale in the church social hall Wednes day afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock. 3 MACLAY ST. BRIDGE IS FIREDBY SPARKS Fire, confined to planking on the south sidewalk of the Maclay street bridge and blamed on sparks from a passing locomotive was extin guished by district fire companies summoned by an alarm from the State Farm Show Building. A sec ond blaze, thirteen minutes later at the home of Mrs.

Blanche I Schaeffer, 24 North Fourteenth street, was confined to a chimney The Mt. Pleasant Fire Company was summoned. A backfire ignited gasoline In the carburetor of an automobile owned by B. Fry, 1837 Forster street. The Pleasant View Fire Company extinguished the blaze.

3 DR. JONES TO SPEAK TO FOREMEN'S CLUB Dr. Walter Jones, of the State Department of Education will be the speaker at a meeting of the Foremen's Club Tuesday evening at o'clock at the Central Y. M. C.

Front and North streets. He will speak on, "Training In Industry." Entertainmen: will be given by A. L. Huber on the chimes and Harry Scarth will sing. A report on the membership drive being held this month will be given by Lundy Werkheiser, chairman of committee.

ONE YEAR OLD SONNY HUSIC Sonny Husic, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Husic, 336 North. Front street, Steelton, celebrated his first birthday, Sunday. He is the grandson of Mr.

and Mrs. Jesse Wells, of Harrisburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Husic, of Steelton. Mrs, Husic was formerly Miss Lillian Wells.

CHURCH TO MARK 94TH ANNIVERSARY The ninety fourth anniversary of the Highspire Church of God Is being observed with services each night this week. The Rev. R. O. Musser of Bethlehem, and the Musser Quartet will be in charge of the services this evening.

At the birthday service tomorrow evening, the Rev. H. E. Wagner, pastor 01 the church, will speak. Entertain ment will be furnished by the Kutch sisters of Lebanon.

The combined choirs of more than fifty persons from the senior and young people's choirs of the New Cumberland Church of God and the Highspire Church of God, will pre sent a musical at the session Thurs day evening. The program will be under the direction of Arnold Bow man. The Rev. J. O.

Weigle, of Mechanicsburg, will deliver the address Friday evening. 3 MAJOR ADAMS TO BE BANQUET SPEAKER The annual father and son ban quet of the Neidig Memorial United Brethren Church of Oberlin will be held this evening at 7.45 o'clock in the Sunday School rooms of the church. Major Lynn G. Adams, su perintendent of the Pennsylvania State Police, will be the speaker. A special musical program will be presented including several selections by the Sunday School orches tra and men's quartet.

All fathers and sons of the church have been invited to attend the meeting. FAIR TO OPEN The annual winter fair sponsored by the St. John's Catholic Club of Steelton will start tomorrow evening in the St. Aloysius Hall, South Sec ond street, Steelton. A feature of the fete will an amateur contest to be held every night of the fair Contestants are requested to reg ister at Rhens Drug Store, Front ana towatara streets, steelton, or with Andrew Miller or Fred Schmidt, C0VEREDDISH SOCIAL covered dish social will be served by the Sunday School Asso ciation of the Centenary United Brethren Church this evening in the social rooms of the church.

The committee arranging the affair is comprised of: U. Balsbaugh, chairman; Charles Andes, Clarence Desenberg and Harry R. Reynolds. A recreation period will follow the dinner. OPENS OFFICE Announcement was made today of the opening of an office to practice medicine by Dr.

I. O. Silver, 193 South Front street, Steelton. He is a graduate of the Steelton High School, class of 1926 and attended Penn State and Franklin and Mar shall. He is also a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College, Phila delphia.

CLUB TO HAVE DANCE A dance under the auspices of the Girls' Club of the Steelton Dress Factory will be held Friday eve nine at 8:30 o'clock in the Croation Hall, Second and Washington'streets, Steelton. Rose Bowman is cnair man of the committee formulating the plans. SAUERKRAUT DINNER A sauerkraut dinner will be served by the Steelton League of Demo mratic women Sunday evening, ue cember 6, at 6 o'clock at Johns Place. North Front street, Steelton. Miss Betty Grulch, secretary will be in charge.

BAKE SALE A bake sale under the auspices of the Sunday School Class of the St. John's Lutheran Church, taught by Mrs. Effie McFarland, will be held Saturday morning at 46 North Front street, Steelton. FINAL WELFARE REPORT With optimism prevailing in the ranks of the Steelton Welfare As sociation it is anticipated that the goal of $8500 will be reached at the final meeting this evening at 7 'clock at the residence of Frank A. Robbins, 251 Pine street.

WOMEN TO MEET The Steelton Council of Demo cratic Women will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs, J. C. Bryant, 152 Lincoln street. Miss Pauline Newkam, 619 South Front street, Steelton, was treated at the office of Dr. John Ulrich for sprains of the ankle suffered Saturday.

JAN SMETERUN TO PLAY HERE The second of the formal concerts by the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra will be given at the Forum on Tuesday evening, December 1. George King Raudenbush, director of the orchestra, now has the program in rehearsal. The soloist for the evening will be Jan Smeterlin, famous Polish pianist. The number seven seems to be playing an important role in the symphony plans this season. This is the seventh season for the orchestra.

Mme. Lotte Lehmann, the brilliant Metropolitan Opera star, who was the guest artist for the premiere concert of this season, is in America for her seventh consecutive season. Jan Smeterlin, the soloist for, the coming concert, is also playing his seventh consecutive season in this country. Mr. Smeterlin has built up such a loyal following among concert goers since For Solving Circle 'I Don't Miss This Opportunity Don't miss this opportunity to win, absolutely free, one of these prizes.

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