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gW mm mm I IlwlH? mtm wr mm 1 1 I 93 PROOF IP amHT RYE VH5'Y STRAIGHT 9 II 1 IT UtT 9ur No need to shop around any longer here' Pennsylvania's finest Rye Buy a history making value by National Distillers. Don't miss it! NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION Executive Offices: New York City NOVEMBER 6, 1936 6 FRIDAY EVENING HARRISBURG rS2 TELEGRAPH Mary Anstine, 1927 Mulberry, is enrolled for the coming year at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. 1 For An Purooir I HARRISBURG I LUMBER CO. I 4 Vjrt Wione M56 ENGAGED TO MARRY Carlisle, Nov. 6.

The engagement of Miss Helen Long, Champaign, to Harold P. Lau, North West street, has been announced by Miss Long's mother, Mrs. Benjamin Long. Mr. Lau is the son of Mrs.

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CANTOR'S Dependable Shoes TWELVE NORTH THIRD STREET LYKENS DEFENDS ITS REFUSAL TO DIG UP STREETS Borough Says Water Company Owes $150 on Old Permits Argument was heard in Dauphin County Court late yesterday in the eaultv suit brought by the Lykens Water Company against the Borough of Lykens to compel officials to permit the company to dig up South Second to discontinue water service to several consumers who are delinquent in payment of water rent. W. S. T. Hurlock, counsel for the water company, argued that the borough officials were not complying with the ordinance when they refused to issue the permits.

He declared that during the last year the delinquent consumers of the water company increased from 81 to 232. H. E. Buffington, Lykens borough solicitor, argued that the water company owed the borough $150 for eighteen permits. He also said that the company in the past has failed to make adequate repairs to streets which they have opened and that under the regulations the burgess is not permitted to issue a second permit to either a company or an individual if the street Is not repaired properly after the first one is granted.

The court reserved decision. OBERLIN YOUTH BURNED Burned on the right hand and wrist by hot coffee which he accidentally spilled while working at a River road lunchstand, Elwood Fitting, 19, 1140 High street, Oberlin, received treatment at the Harris burg Hospital last night. Cwnbsrland Vallsy liens COUNTY TO HAVE YULE SEAL SALE Carlisle, Nov. 6. Preparations are being made for the annual Christmas Seal Sale in Cumberland county by the Tuberculosis and Health Association.

Girl Scouts have folded more than 9000 sheets of seals. This phase of the work is expected to be finished by The Camp Hill seal sale committee has been working at the center preparing seal letters for that community. From Camp Hill were: Mrs. John F. Mohler, chairman; Mrs.

George Kehr, Mrs. Morrill Fickel, Mrs. C. E. Fisher and Mrs.

George Zook. Mrs. Verne R. Channing is chair man of the early orders committee, Others on the committee are: Mrs. Allen J.

Stevens, Mrs. Walter Berlin, Mrs. Sharpe Huston, Mrs. Walter Lorimer, Mrs. George Min nich, Mrs.

James Prescott and Mrs John Plough. COMPLETEOFFICIAL VOTE TABULATION; G. 0. P. LOST BY 3000 Carlisle, 6.

Tellers named by the Cumberland County Court today completed the omciai tami lation of the vote cast Tuesday in the Presidential election. The tabulation, which made no changes in the standing of candi dates in the county as shown by unofficial returns, is President: Landon, Roose velt, State Treasurer: Pinola, Ross, Auditor General: Sweeny, Rob erts, Congress, Doutrich, Swope, State Sen Sekulski, 25, 2251 North Third 1 street, for a fracture of the left wrist suffered in a fall at her home. W. C. Norton, 57, 554 Radnor was treated at the Polyclinic Hospital for a cut.

of the finger of the right hand and a bruised finger of the left hand, suffered while unloading stones at his home. HEIRSTOISTATE Relatives share in the $6600 estate of Mrs. Amy J. Briggs, late of Harrisburg, Letters of administration were issued at the office of Meade D. Detweiler, register.

They are her husband, William W. Briggs, 1301 Berryhill street; two brothers, Roy and James Kurtz, a sister, Elizabeth Grove, and a nephew, Clinton Kurtz, all of Huntingdon. A NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCT Smith, 18,429. FACULTY HONORED AT WILSON COLLEGE Chambersburf, Nov. 6.

As a formal introduction of President Paul Swain Havens, of Wilson Col lege, and Mrs. Havens, members of the board of trustees entertained at a dinner the officers of the college and members of the faculty. The dinner was held in the col lege dining room. Trustees pre sided at each of the tables with about a hundred guests The Rev. Dr.

John B. Laird, president of the board, was toast master. Dr. Havens responded to Dr. Laird's remarks, and Miss Charlotte I.

Davison, professor of mathematics, spoke in behalf of the faculty. 3 DR ARTHUR BROWN TO SPEAK AT CARLISLE Carlisle, Nov. 6. The eighteenth anniversary of Armistice Day here will open Sunday with public serv ices at Carlisle Barracks in the afternoon and will be continued Wednesday with exercises in the Lamberton Building. Dr.

Arthur E. Brown, headmaster of Harrisburg Academy, will speak at the service Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in the garrison chapel. Gilbert Malcolm, assistant to the president of Dickinson College and a war veteran, will speak at the exercises Wednesday morning. The customary parade of soldiers and veterans will be held. Major John T.

Kendall, chaplain COLLEGE ADDS NINE TO DEBATING SQUAD Carlisle, Nov. 6. Three sopho mores and six freshmen were added to the Dickinson College debate squad following tryouts this week. They will be given intensive train ing with the dozen veterans of the squad. The faculty debate council which directs the coaching is com posed of Professors Ralph Schecter, C.

W. Fink, Charles L. Swift and Dr. Herbert Wing, Jr. TO GIVE MUSICAL Mechanicsburg, Nov.

6. The musical drama, "Sky High," will be presented tonight at the Mechan icsburg High School auditorium under the auspices of the Singer Band. Members of the cast are: Anna Basehore, Harry Scarth, Mary Rakestraw, Harry Lucas, Arthur Moser, Mrs. Minor 'Sayre, Ned Ul rich, Jonathan Stauffer, George Mager, Tillie Minnick and R. L.

VanScoten. Dorothy Gochenauer, Myralin Cline and Jane Rowles are the pianists for the production. ELECT TREASURER Mechanicsburg, Nov. 6. Members of the Patron Mutual Fire Insurance Company met at the office of Bernard E.

Stansfield, East Main Miss Edith Swartz resigned as director and treasurer of the company after holding the positions for many years. Mrs. Lisette Stansfield was elected to fill Miss Swartz' position. LEGION TO MEET Mechanicsburg, Nov. 8.

Plans for the observance of Armistic Day will be completed at a meeting of the American Legion, Post 109, tonight at 8 o'clock at the post home. Sunday, members of the post and the Ladles' Auxiliary will attend memorial services at 11 o'clock in St. Luke's Episcopal Church. ANNOUNCTCONCERT Shippensburg, Nov. 6.

The Shippensburg Municipal Band will begin a series of winter concerto this evening at 8 o'clock. They will be directed by Professor Ralph Schecter, of Dickinson College. ENTERTAINS CLUB Shippensburg, Nov. 6. Miss Esther Myers was hostess to members of the Southampton 4 Garment Club, "Old Turnpike Sewing Circle," at her home yesterday OBITUARIES OFFICIALS ATTEND KENNEDY SERVICES Executives of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company attended the funeral services yesterday for Colonel Moorhead C.

Kennedy, retired vice president of the railroad, who died Tuesday at his home, Ragged Edge, near Chambersburg Among passengers on the special train which left Philadelphia were: M. W. Clement, president of the railroad; Patrick Crowley, retired president of the New York Central Railroad: C. D. Young, vice dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in charge of purchases; F.

J. Feu, vice president in charge of account ing; C. E. Walsh, general purchas ing agent; M. W.

Hankins, assistant vice president in charge of opera tions; J. T. Wilcox, secretary; Lewis Neilson, retired secretary, and Walter S. Franklin, vice president in charge of traffic. Raymond Swenk, general superintendent of the Eastern Pennsylvania Division, and Frank W.

Stoops, superintendent' of the Philadelphia Division, boarded the special when it arrived in Harrisburg. Also taking the special from Harrisburg were William B. McCaleb, retired superintendent of the Philadelphia Division, and Spencer G. 3 MRS. EMMA P.

SINK Mrs. Emma Peters Sink, daughter of the late Benjamin and Sarah Peters, died Thursday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Horace A. McKee, Ann street, Middletown. Monday at 2 p.

m. at the home, the Rev. Elmer F. Brown, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, officiating. Burial, Middletown Cemetery.

View, Sunday from 7 to 9 p. m. MRS. MARY A. KENNEDY Funeral services for Mrs.

Mary A. Kennedy, 25, Dauphin, R. D. 1, a stenographer in the Governor's office, who died yesterday from injuries suffered Wednesday night in an automobile accident in River road, will be held at her home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev.

H. K. Robb, pastor of Dauphin Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Dau phin Cemetery. The body may be viewed at the home Sunday evening after 7 o'clock.

Mrs. Kennedy is survived by her husband, Harry G. Kennedy; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac F.

Bogner, Speeceville; three sisters, Misses Elizabeth Gladys M. and Margaret, all at home; two Harold Tulsa, and James home; grandmother, Mrs. Alice Lay ton, Speeceville; grandfather, Riley Bogner, Speeceville. 3 CHARLES E. BRUBAKER Charles E.

Brubaker, 44, of Brick Church Road, Enola, died Thurs day, home. Surviving, wife, Mrs, Winifred Brubaker; two sons, Donald and Charles Brubaker, of Har risburg; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brubaker, Enola; three sis ters; Mrs. J.

Harvard Walton, Har risburg; Mrs. Edith Maier, Harrisburg; and Mrs. Lucy Flagg, Bella Vista; four brothers, Roy, Lemoyne; Frank, Wormleysburg; Paul, New Cumberland; and Walter, Enola Funeral, Sunday 2 p. Mussel man funeral parlors, 324 Hummel avenue, Lemoyne, the Rev. Joseph Whitacre, Hummel Street of the Brethren, officiating.

Burial, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, near New Cumberland. Viewing, tomorrow evening, 7 to 9 o'clock, funeral 3 MRS. ANNIE SMITH Mrs. Annie Smith, widow of F.

R. Smith, died Wednesday at her home, 3000 North Green street. Surviving, daughter, Mrs. L. F.

Myers, Harrisburg; one granddaughter; two sisters, Mrs. Simon Newcomer, Shiremanstown; Mrs. Edward Evans, Greensboro. Private funeral, tomorrow, 1 p. home of the daughter, Mrs.

Myers, 2312 Chestnut street, the Rev. Harry King, Paxton Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial, Paxtang Mausoleum. Viewing, this evening, Mus selman funeral parlors, 3S4 Hummel avenue, Lemoyte. 3 CHARLES THRUSH Charles Thrush, 24, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Thrush, Shippensburg, died at the Chambersburg Hospital, Thursday. Funeral, 2 p. m. today, Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church, Shippens burg.

Dr. Boyd Edwards, of Mer cersburg Academy, will officiate, assisted by Dr. F. P. Corson, president of Dickinson.

College; the Rev C. Eugene Blum, Grace Church, and the Rev. William H. Gal breath, Presbyterian Church. The body will lie in state for one hour before the service.

Dickinson College student body, football squad, fraternities and faculty will be represented at the funeral. 3 MRS. MATTIE K. AINSWORTH Mrs. Mattie K.

Ainsworth, 68, of Camp Hill, R. D. 1, died Wednes day evening in a Philadelphia hos pital. Surviving, two sons, J. K.

Ainsworth, Pittsburgh; C. F. Ainsworth, Camp Hill; one "daughter, Miss Ina L. Ainsworth, Philadelphia; four sisters, Mrs. Lucy K.

Goodell, Mrs. Rose Foster, Mrs. Dora Rhoads, and Mrs. James H. Kurk, all of Fertile, la.

Funeral, Monday, 10 a. Musselman fu neral parlors, 324 Hummel avenue, Lemoyne. Burial, United Brethren Cemetery, Shiremanstown. View ing, Sunday evening, 7 to 9 o'clock, funeral parlors; 3 MRS. AGNES V.

McKEEHAN Mrs. Agnes Vanderbilt McKeehan, widow of Samuel McKeehan and daughter of the late Cornelius Lane Vanderbilt and Mahala Vanderbilt, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Horace B. King, 2201 North Front street. She lived In Carlisle following her marriage in 1873 and had been a resident of Harrisburg for about twenty yean.

In addition to her daughter she Is survived by six grandchildren. Funeral, daughter's home, Saturday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Raymond C. Walker, Market Square Presbyterian Church, officiating1.

Burial, Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle. MRS. NORA McGOVERN Mrs. Nora McGovern, 802 North Sixth street, died last evening at her home. Surviving, son, Charles McGovern and a daughter, Alice McGovern, at home.

Funeral, to morrow, 10 a. Mary Ott funeral parlors, Towanda. FRANK J. KRAFSIG Frank J. Krafsig, 36, 1913 Penn street, an employe of the traffic department of the Western Union Telegraph Company, died Wednesday at the Polyclinic Hospital.

He was a native of Scranton, but resided in this city fifteen years. Requiem High Mass, Monday morning in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dickson City, near Scranton, Mgr. Stanley Spotanski, celebrant. Burial, St.

Peter and Paul Cemetery, Scranton. Survivors: Widow, Mrs. Stella; daughter, Eileen; sons, Frank, and James, all of Harrisburg; mother, Mrs. Agnes Krafsig; brothers, Bernard and Chester, all of Scranton; John J. and Gar field, both of Harrisburg; William, New Haven, sisters, Miss Frances Krafsig and Mrs.

Elizabeth Darsczewski, both of Scranton. DANIEL E. COVER Daniel E. Cover, 78, a tinsmith, and resident of Walnut Bottom for fifty eight years, died at his home, there, Monday following a heart attack. Surviving, a son, George and a daughter, Mrs.

F. W. Black, both of Walnut Bottom; two brothers, Isaac, of Plainfield, and J. Dixon Cover, Palmyra. Funeral, this afternoon, Evangelical Church, Walnut Bottom.

MRS. ELIZABETH G. SHELLEY Mrs. Elizabeth G. Shelley died Wednesday at her home, 31S East Main street, Mechanicsburg.

Surviving are, three sons and two daughters. Mrs. Shelley was a daughter of the late George and Sara Hummel. Private funeral services will be held at the home with burial in St. John's Cemetery.

The Rev. Dr. M. R. Hamsher, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Mechanicsburg, will officiate.

3 MISS ELLA WILD Miss Ella Wild, 67, formerly of Carlisle, died Wednesday in Washington, D. C. Funeral Saturday, 1 p. Martinsburg, W. Va.

Taken ill suddenly, Miss Wild died in a Washington Hospital. Mrs. Jacob Keeny and Mrs. William Kronen berg, Carlisle, are nieces. 3 MRS.

ROBERT KLEIN Mrs. Robert Klein, 63, died yes terday at her home, 236 Hamilton street, after a short illness. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Tee Klein, and six sons, Maurice, Sam uel Harry, Macey, Dr. Herman and Dr. Edwin Klein, all of Harris burg.

11 o'clock this morn ine at the home; Rabbi M. Etter, of Chisuk Emuma Temple, officiat ing. Burial, Progress cemetery. 3 MRS. MARY A.

BENDER Mrs. Mary A. Bender. 64, wife of Daniel Bender, 'died yesterday morning at her home, 3232 North Fourth street. Funeral, Monday, 1.30 p.

home, the Rev. George T. Miller, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Riverside, officiating. Bur ial, East Harrisburg Cemetery.

Viewing, Sunday after 4 p. m. She was a member of St. Paul's Church and was treasurer of the Ladies uuua. surviving, husband; one son, Ezra D.

Bender; a grandson Stanley E. Bender, and a brother, Jonathan Mummert, all of Harrisburg. 3 F. WILLIAM HARE F. William Hare, 74, former em ploye of Swift and Company, died yesterday morning at his home, 814 South Cameron street.

Funeral, Sunday, 2 p. home, the Rev. Norman S. Wagner, St. Paul's Methodist Church, of which he was a member, officiating.

Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery, New Cumberland. Viewing, tomorrow evening, 7 to 9 o'clock, home. He was a member of John Harris Council, No. 174, Jr.

O. U. A. M. Surviving, two sons, William T.

and George W. Hare, both of Harrisburg; four daughters, Mrs. Edward Drink water, Lemoyne; Mrs. Florence Weitzel and Mrs. Joseph Swenson, both of Harrisburg: Mrs.

L. B. Kline, Progress; sixteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Caura Lichtenberger, Chester, and Mrs. Lewis Tress, Penbrook.

MRS. ANNIE E. MEHRING Mrs. Annie E. Mehring, 87, widow of Samuel formerly of Littles tawn, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs.

R. A. Hartman, 2226 North Fifth street. Funeral Monday at 1 p. m.

at the home, the Rev. David Dunn, pastor of St. Johns Reformed Church, officiating. Burial, Littlestown cemetery. View, Sunday afternoon and evening at the home.

Survivors, son, Elmer City; daughters. Sister Bertha, of the Lutheran Deaconess Home, Baltimore; Mrs. Calvin Shanabrook, Mrs. Hartman, both of Harrisburg; three grandchildren, Mrs. Jacob E.

Rudisill, wife of the Rev. J. E. Rudi sill, Harrisburg; Dr. Samuel Hartman, Palmyra; Miss Christine Shanabrook, Harrisburg; eight greatgrandchildren; sisters, Mrs.

E. A. Wright, of Illinois; Mrs. Martha Melhorn, Philadelphia; Mrs. Sara Keller, Red Lion; brothers, William A.

and George Crumbine, both of Indiana; Amos Crumbine, of MRS. AMANDA LEOB Mrs. Amanda Leob, 83, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Heckard, Lawn Survivors, daughters, Mrs. Benjamin Minnich, Lebanon; Mrs.

Edmund Troxell, Annville; Mrs. Heckard; sons, Dr. M. L. Loeb, Cleveland, Frederick Leob, Reading; five grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; sister, Mrs.

Clara Shott, Dayton, brother, Ruben Kohr, of Illinois. Funeral, Monday at 2 p. m. at the Rohland funeral parlors, the Rev. Joseph Gross, pastor of St.

Paul's Evangelical Church, Lebanon, 01 which he was a member, officiating. Burial, Mt. Lebanon cemetery. View, Sunday from 7 to 9 p. m.

at the parlors. The Boy Scout Mother's Club of Troup 32, Second Reformed Church, will meet tonight at 8 0 clock at the home of Mrs. Nevin Myers, 3210 North Fourth street. "took! the new Chevrolet jSMp' and you can buy the NEW CHEVROLET on the GENERAL MOTORS INSTALMENT PLAN with its low cost .1 '1.

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