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20 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH, Harrisburg, Thursday, June i. 194 News ot West Shore, Cumberland Valley Communities flew Cumberland Council Adopts Amendments to Zoning Ordinance Three amendments to the New Cumberland zoning ordinance were passed finally at a meeting of the borough council, Andrew Hanemann, president, announced. Pastor Arranges Children's Day At Calvary U. B. The Rev.

John W. Fisher, pastor of the Lemoyne Calvary United Brethren Church, today announced Childrens Day will be observed Sunday in the church. Sunday School will be held at 9.30 a.m. and the Children's Day Service at 10.45. The Cradle Roll, Beginner and Primary, and the Junior Departments, under the direction of Mrs.

Paul R. Sierer, Mrs. Donald Shover, and Mrs, H. H. Fidler respectively, will have charge.

The program will include recitations, songs and a playlet. There will be no evening service in the church due to the United Brethren Evangelical ost service at the Forum at 7.30 in which this congregation will par ticipate. The Rev. Dr. Hermann W.

Kaebnick, district superinten dent of the Pittsburgh district in the Pittsburgh conference of the Evangelical Church, will speak. There will be a massed choir made up of 200 voices of the church choirs participating under the direction of Earl Caton, minister of music at the Steelton United Brethren Church and director of music at the William Penn High School. The choir will sing three numbers: "Open Our Eyes," "Grieve Not the Holy Spirit" and "The Hallelujah Chorus." Because of heavy rain last Sun day, the collection of food at the Churches of Greater Harrisburg, Dauphin county and the West Shore will be extended through Sunday, June 9, with canned goods being collected June 10. The Lemoyne Daily Vacation Bible School will begin Monday June 10 at 9 a. m.

and will be held each morning Monday through Friday closing June 21 with exercises to be held in the Church of Christ. The beginners deoartment will meet in the Church of Christ, the primary in the Evangelical Church and jun ior deDartment in the United Brethren Church. A banquet for the school staff will be held the twenty lirst in the United Brethren Church at 6.30 p. m. The school is under the direction of the Lemoyne Ministerium.

Festival Arranged The Citizens Fire Company, No. 1, of Enola, will hold its annual fair and festival at th; firehouse, June 25, 26 and 27. Gloucester Bride Guest at Party Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.

Shuler, Mechanicsburg, R. D. 3, enter tained at their home in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R.

Hoke, Mechanicsburg, R. D. 4. Mrs. Hoke was the former Miss Violet Parsons, of Gloucester, Cheltenham, England.

She arrived in New York, May 20, aboard the President Taft. Mr. and Mrs. Hoke were married in Cheltenham February 26, 1944. Among the guests attending the Shuler party were: Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Levan and son, Kerry, of Hummelstown; Mrs. Irene Bower Scrignoli and son, Jack Bower, of Landisburg, R. D. Mr.

and Mrs. Mrs, Aaron Fack ler and daughter, Velma, Lemoyne; Mr. and Mrs. James Pari vahanian, Lemoyne; Mr. and Mrs.

D. W. Lehman and sons, Leonard and Daniel, of Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. C.

W. Shenfelt and children, Carol, John and Renee, of Mechanicsgurg, R. D. Mr. and Mrs.

George D. Brown and chil dren, Donna and David, of Me chanicsburg, R. D. Phyllis Shu ler, Charles Shuler, Carl Shu ler and Linda Shuler, all of Me chanicsburg, R. D.

3. Enola Church Asks For Food Donations All members of the congregation of the Enola United Brethren Church are requested to bring their donations of food or cash for Europe's hungry to the church as soon as possible. This request is made so the donations may be forwarded to the shipping station Requests are for condensed milk, fish, peanut butter, baby foods, beans, stews, soups, honey, fruits, vegetables and fruit juices, all in cans to eliminate breakage Firearms Registry Continues in City West Shore area residents who own firearms brought from foreign countries may register the weapons Friday from 9 a. m. to 6 p.

m. in the Harrisburg City Hall. The firearms must be registered under the National Firearms Act or violators face a fine of $2000 or imprisonment for five years. Lions Club Meets The Marysville Lions Club will meet tonight at 6.30 in Trinity Reformed Church. Following the meeting, the welcome home committee of Marysville and Rye townships will meet in the church.

Edgar L. Roberts, general chairman, will be in charge of the latter The amendments are: will include Bridge street from Second to Sixteenth street; will be extended to include all territory adjacent to the Susquehanna River and Pennsylvania Railroad from the Yellow Breeches creek to 15 street; double houses and other types residents not now conforming with regulations established for may be replaced if destroyed by fire providing the original foundations are usuable without alteration in size All other sections of will remain as is. The council passed an ordinance providing for a police pension fund with a civil service ruling and regulation, suggested by the Civil Service Commission, also ap proved. The commission was in structed to hold an examination, for appointment of a patrolman, which will give the borough protection by a three man force. J.

Smith is chief and Wilson Gray patrolman on the present staff. S. Paul Baker, 200 Eleventh street, was appointed councilman to fill the unexpired of Ray Hockersmith, who recently re signed. Extension of storm sewers into the Rosemont tract was discussed and the borough engineer was asked to present final plans at the next meeting, Mr. Name Hanemann said.

A council committee composed of Paul Bratten, Jack Knorr and Jacob L. Barber was instructed to buy a road maintainer which is a combination snow plow, ditcn digger, mower, scraper and grader, providing the equipment lives up to the claims of the manufacturer after a week's trial. The street resurfacing program, which includes plans for repairing and oiling all paved streets in the borough at an approximate cost of $15,000, is underway and is expected to be completed by July 4. Book Reviewed For Church Group Mrs. Walter Stofford, Harris' burg, reviewed the book, "Daughter of Africa" at the annual June breakfast of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Camp Hill Methodist Church, today in the church social hall.

Miss Dorothy Thomas a program of marimba music. The program was under the su pervision of Mrs. Hubert Man nine. The committee in charge of the breakfast Mrs. H.

B. Dodson, Mrs. Lester Sutton, Mrs. G. E.

Larson, Mrs. W. E. Kapp and Mrs. Warren Tutt.

"Clean Up" Continues In Lemoyne District Clean up week, sponsored by the Lemoyne Civic Club, con tinued today with the completion of the area between the Pennsyl vania and Reading railroads. The sector north of the Pennsylvania Railroad was covered Monday and Tuesday of this week. Tomorrow and Saturday, the area south of the Reading Rail road will receive attention. Mrs, J. C.

McFadden, president of the club, has requested that all rubbish be placed in containers and put along the curb for collection. Vesper Seryice A Vesper Song Service, spon sored by the girl's class of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, West Fairview, will be held Sunday at 7.30 p. m. in the church.

Principal speaker will be William D. Meikle, William Penn High School faculty member. Class Meets The Young Married Class of the Church of Christ, Lemoyne, win meet tonight at the church Owners of Guns Assured Weapons Are Not Damaged Col. Thomas Sullivan in charge of a Treasury Department inspection and registration of. war souvenirs being held in the De tective Bureau in City Hall until tomorrow night, said today that investigators are not destroying any weapons brough to the in spection station.

Many telephone calls are being received by the Harrisburg police department and owners of weapons were reassured that the guns brought to City Hall are only inspected and registed, Sul livan said. bo far more than 800 guns have been inspected and of these 14 have been voluntary surrendered. Non was confiscated. Of the 14 surrendered one is a German machine rifle. Another gun turned in is the property of the U.

S. Government and not a souvenir. The registration will continue until Friday at 6 p. m. AMVETS Induct 25 at Ceremonies Steelton Post 84, will meet Friday at 7.30 p.

m. in the club rooms, 110 North Front street, Steelton, Gilbert Dailey, chairman, announced. Twenty five new members will be obligated and plans for the post's participation in the emergency food drive will be discussed. A date for nomination and elec tion of permanent officers will also be. set.

SERVING AT GUAM Pfc. Philip L. Conklin, enlisted in the Marine Corps, March 18, 1945, received training at Parris Island and left Camp Pendel ton, for Guam, his present station, November 5. A member of the 1946 class at the Enola High School, which granted him a certificate for work there, he lived with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

I. N. Conklin, Enola. Society Meets The Ladies' Aid Society of Cal vary united Brethren Uhurcn, Lemoyne, will meet tonight at 7.30 at the home of Mrs. Harry Erb, 702 State street, Lemoyne.

Congress Passes Bill For Damages In Auto Injury Bills, already approved by the House, passed this week by the Senate and sent to the White House, included an appropriation of $3500 awarded to Maurice C. Ritter, 116 South Fifteenth street, Camp Hill. The sum was for shoulder in juries Ritter received in an Army truck accident. An employe of the White Hill Industrial School, Ritter was returning with a group of boys of the school, from the Army Service Forces Depot at New Cumberland, where the boys were employed. The truck overturned on the Lewisberry Spangler's Mill road neaer Spangler Mill.

The accident occurred on the afternoon of July 12, 1944. Strike Cancelled By Mexican Workers Mexico City, June 6, (fP) A countrywide work stoppage, scheduled for Friday in protest against rising living costs, has been called off by the Mexican Federation of Labor in response to an appeal by President Avila Camacho. The union announced that it would send representatives to confer today with the president, who has promised that the Government will do all it can to improve conditions. In asking the union to call off the work stoppage the President declared that the high cost of living is partly due to deficient production and added that a halt in production at this time would not help matters. Model Airplane Club Quarters To Open June 25 The Capital City Cloud Chasers have leased club rooms at 2422 Raleigh street and will hold opening day June 25, when club rooms will be open from 6 to 10 p.

m. The rooms will be equipped for model building and club activities. President James Walmer, High spire, announced plans for a model control line meet Sunday, June lb, at Highspire. Plans are also under way for State championship model air plane contest in the latter part of the summer, to be held in the Har risburg area. The next two meetings will be held at Central YMCA at 7.30, June 11 and 18.

The club, with over 70 members, is sponsored by the Exchange Club of Harrisburg. Ensminger. ENOLA CLASS OF 1931 ATTENDS FIFTEENTH REUNION Members of the class of 1931 of Enola High School hold their fifteenth reunion in the William H. Nauss Post Home, New Cumberland. Arrangements were in charge of Mrs.

Margaret Ulrich, Miss Evelyn Hassler, George Cullen, Mrs. Mary Egan, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Way and Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Wingert. More than eighty guests were present including three former faculty members and Miss Esther HearingContinued On Shore Taxi Service Request Further hearing on the applica tion of R. Ramsey, New Cum berland, for permission to operate the West Shore Taxi Company which wal scheduled to be held before the Public Utility Com mission today, was continued until June 20 upon request of unsel The application, in which Ram sey proposes to furnish taxi service in Lemoyne, Camp Hill, New Cumberland, Wormleysburg, Fair view township and Enola is being protested by the Harrisburg Taxi Company, the Penn Harris Taxi Company and the Valley Trans portation Company. At three previous hearings which started March 27, more than a saofe of West Shore residents testified in behalf of the pplicant that additional service was needed to supplement existing, transportation facilities. Lt.

Myers Returns To Italian Station Lt. Emerson W. Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A.

Myers, 801 High street, Duncannon, was for merly assigned as a patrol plane commander of AMFOGE, an American unit that was stationed in Greece to aid in observing Greek elections. The duties of AMFOGE have been terminated and Lt. Myers has returned to his former station at Caserta, Italy. Overseas 12 months, Myers saw combat while serving with the VPB 73 Anti Submarine Patrol Before entering the Navy in 1939, Myers attended Renovo High School and graduated in 1931. Later he was employed as a machinist by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

Hostess Named Mrs. Delmar L. Weidner will be hostess to the Willing Worker's Class of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lemoyne, tonight at her home, 426 West Sixteenth street, New Cumberland. Firemen Convene The Wormleysburg Fire Com pany will meet Friday at 7.30 p. m.

in the firehouse. The meeting night has been changed to the first Friday of each month. Ensmingeiv GIVES RECITAL John D. Kost, son of Mr. and Mrs.

John D. Kost, 111 South Second street, Wormleysburg, will present a piano recital tonight at 8.30 in the Harrisburg Civic Club. He was a member of the 1946 graduating class of William Penn High School and has been studying piano for 10 years with De Witt Waters. The program will include: Preludes, Chopin; "Valse Bril lante," Chopin; "Polonaise," Chopin; Sonata, Op. 27, No.

2, Beethoven; Prelude from "Suite Bergmasque," Debussy; "The Lake at Evening," Griffes; Concert Etude, Op. 36, MacDowellj Riegel, teacher of French and biology at the high school. The three former teachers and their wives included, Mr. and Mrs. S.

Gordon Rudy, now at wiiiiam renn nign school in York; Mr. and Mrs. F. Douglas Biedel, now at Millersburg High; and Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Mbuer, now at Shippensburg High. Post Approves Organization Of Auxiliary By consent of the recently or ganized Carroll Lightner Post No. 7341, Veterans of Foreign Wars, West Fairview, a ladies 'auxiliary to the post will be formed. The auxiliary will organize to' night in the pdst meeting room, Third and State streets, West Fairview, with the meeting in charge of the Post 7341 commander's wife, Mrs. Charles M.

Clem ents. All mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of overseas veterans are urged to be present at this or ganizational meeting. Supper Arranged A covered dish supper is being held tonight at 8 in the Shiremans town Town Hall by the Civic Club and the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Fir Company. Members are asked to bring a dish of food, in dividual table service and bread and butter with them. A business meeting will follow.

Enola High School '36 Class Slates Tenth Reunion The Enola High School, class of 1936 will celebrate its tenth an niversary of graduation Friday at a banquet at 7 p. m. in the Penn Harris Hotel. The committee in chcarge of ar rangements includes, Helen Graden, Pauline Bloser, Helen Alvord, Virjean Campbell, Grace xoung, Meckley and George miner. Russell Marzolf will be toast' master and the invocation will be offered by George Miller.

Spe cial guests will include Miss Esther Riegel, dean of the class of 1936, and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hoover.

Mr. Hoover is supervising principal of the Enola schools, All senior officers of the 1936 class will be present and will speak briefly. They are, Victor McBride, president; Russell Marzolf, vice president; Jeanne Moore Wagner, secretary: Mare retta Shelley Gundel, treasurer, and Fauune Bloser, historian. All former school songs will be included in the program of group singing to follow the banquet. Guests will also play cards.

Guests will include: Robert Boyer. Russell Marzolf. Mr. ana Mrs. Victor McBride.

George Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stetler, Helen Alvord, Mr. and Mrs. John Young, Pauline Bloser, William Gibson, Mr.

and Mrs. William Kreiger, Virjean Helen Graden, Mr. and Mrs. El wood Bowman, Mrs. Jeanne Moore Wagner, Mrs.

Erma Rudy Erford, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Krueger, Mrs. Dorothy Seitz Wallace, Mr. and Mrs.

E. W. Gundel, Mrs. Sarah Winter Watts and Betty Meckley. Bible School Opens In Shiremanstown Plans for courses opening June 17 and continuing until June 28 have virtually been completed according to an announcement made by the committee in charge of the Daily Vacation Bible School of Shiremanstown.

The classes will be held from 9 a to noon during the two week period. The Rev. Stanley B. Jennings, pastpr of St. John's Lutheran Church, is committee chairman and Mrs.

Anna H. Kent is secretary. Hosts at Dance Mr. and Mrs. John Hayes and Mr.

and Mrs. A. C. Bennett will be hosts at a dance at the West Shore Country Club Saturday at 10 p. m.

Club Meets The Highland Park Improve ment Club will meet Friday at 8 p. m. in the Community Ensrnioger. CADRE MEMBER Platoon SSgt. John A.

Roe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Roe, 1401 Walnut street, Camp Hill, has been named cadre man for his platoon at Camp Hancock, after spending a furlough at his home. Enlisting in February, he was trained at Fort Knox, and was sent to Camp Kilmore, N.

as a cannoneer, for overseas duty. He was one of four men to represent Fort Knox in Chicago recently at an inspection parade for President Truman and General Eisenhower. At the time of his enlistment he was studying law at Dickinson College. Grace Adults Meet In Fellowship Event The Young Adult Fellowship of Grace Evangelical Church, Le moyne, will meet tonight at 7.30 in the junior room of the church, A program will be followed by refreshments. All youths of the church from the age of 18 to 35, are invited to attend.

Raymond Sawyer, president of the group, will be in charge of the meeting. Other officers of the Fellowship are: J. Frederick Weaver, vice dent in charge of the general young peoples program; Mrs. Ruth Zimmerman, vice president in charge of the missionary pro gram; Lois Stoner, recording sec retary; Fay Barnhart, correspond' ing secretary; Mrs. Thelma Martin, missionary treasurer, and Harriet Heagy, general treasurer, Drexell Student Wins Class Award Miss June M.

Gemmill, a stu dent at Drexel Institute of Tech nology in Philadelphia has been awarded the class of 1915 Home Economic Award at Institute Day ceremonies which were held to day at Drexel. This award is given to a home economics sopnomore tor tne highest scholastic average. The traditional Institute Day at Drexel was featured by the installation of presidents of the men's and women student government organizations and the awarding of numerous scholarships, medals and awards. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles W. Gemmill, 521 Haldeman avenue, New Gardens Inspected By Civic Club Groups The garden department of the Camp Hill Civic Club will visit the McFarland Gardens Friday. After leaving the borough hall at 10.30 a. the group will have a box luncheon in Reservoir Park. Following luncheon, a business meeting and program will be held.

In case of rain, the luncheon and program will be held in the borough hall at 12.30 p. m. Mrs. Thomas Forbes, Mrs. Ar thur C.

Hursh, Mrs. J. Earl Buch and Mrs. R. Bruce Dunlap will participate in the program.

Mrs. E. T. Farrand will have charge of transportation. Missions Meeting The monthly meeting of the Women's Missionary Society of Community United Brethren Church, will be held tonight at 7.30 in the Sixteenth and Bridge streets, New Cumberland.

The president, Mrs. John A. Shearer, will be in charge. Veterans of Foreign Wars Institute Eichelberger Fox Post in Borough Eichelberger Fox Post, 7415 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, was instituted last night in the American Legion Hall, New Cumberland, by Past Department Commander Lloyd C. Pike, Harrisburg.

Pike was assisted in the ceremonies byPast Department Commander James F. Colley, DuBois, and Commander Edgar Batten, Junior Vice Commander Fred Sitler, Past Commander. Arthur Gohn, all of Private Earl E. Aurand Post 1086, Harrisburg. The following officers were in ducted into office: Commander William Embick, Quartermaster Adjutant Paul R.

Eichelberger, Senior Vice Commander Stanley Miller, Junior Vice Commander Charles Wire, Trustees John Winn, Robert Fry and Dewitt baker. In addition to the above the fol lowing were obligated into the VFW: Rexford L. Eaton, Gilbert Wolfe, Glynn Edward Eichelber ger, Clarence Eugene Erney, John J. McAndrew, Victor H. Treo, Ev erett F.

Quackenbush, George L. Bowen, Jr. Kenneth B. Kreiger, Charles Hoover, EdWard C. Larter, George F.

Dull, Robert George Lloyd, Leon Earl Zeigler, Harry J. Walsh, Gerald R. Zimmerman, Elmer Le roy Evinger, Donald E. Devine, Lee Donald Snyder. Levi Troup, Jerry Troup, Dale Milton Quigley, Claud Herbert Steigerwalt, George McGrath, Albert Joseph Strahl, John Mikos, Edward A.

Rabena, John H. Kirkpatrick. Theodore A. Rabena, Frank Freistak, Jacob S. Felker, Jack C.

Guistwhite, Fred a. uooKeriy Jay G. Elicker, Malvern W. Baker, Wilson C. Gray, Mark w.

Kicn creek, Goldie W. Hoover, Kenneth R. Keller. H. Richard Guistwhite, Guy EDDlev.

Donald Harold Martson, Clarence H. Drayer, cnaries a reo. erick Mailey, Carl William Kim mel, Frank Springer Shott. Charles Lloyd Krone, Edwin Blessine. Herman Richard Mart son, John Edwin Baker, Philip L.

Bock, George Adams, irvin W. Zeigler, Lee iox, weal Moser, Claud Herbert Steiger walt, Samuel Edward Stetler. James Vincent bpaaatore, Ouentin Edear William Dean Fencil. Charles E. Wise, Charles William Miller, William Prowell Hannum, Richard Mar lin Shuff, Ervin Edward Pot teiser.

Robert Kent Miller. Charles Samuel isewion, Walter D. Emminger, Wilbur F. Fry, Oscar Herman Stager, Horace N. Fortenbaueh.

Walter W. Shearar, Max Joseph Kistler, and Robert N. Guarini. The next meeting of the Post will be held Wednesday, June 12, in the Elkwood Fire Hall, New Cumberland. At this meeting all aDtiointive officers will be an nounced as well as all standing committees.

Eligible ex service men desir ing to join the Post can apply at the fire hall. The charter remains open for ninety days. 30 Golfers Vie For Club Honors On West Shore More than thirty golfers par ticipated in the partner's best ball tournament, during the weekly tourney for women Wednesday at the West Shore Country Club Mrs. A. Groene and Mrs.

John T. lies were winners of the first flight. A three way tie for second place in the first flight resulted Winners were Mrs. J. D.

Johnson and Mrs. C. W. Hall; Mrs. J.

V. White and Mrs. N. F. Kime; Mrs.

D. B. Stouffer and Mrs. E. M.

Craighead. Mrs W. W. Sponsler and Mrs. P.

B. Harvey took first honors in the second flight. Following the morning's play, luncheon was served in the clubhouse. Next Wednesday, players will participate in a flag tourna ment. Mrs.

E. A. Town, golf chairman, has announced that invitations have been issued to all twenty one Central Pennsylvania clubs to participate in the Invitation Tournament to be held Friday, June 14, at the West Shore Club. The pairings for the first round of the Handicap Tournaments of eighteen and nine holes have been announced by Mrs. Town.

First round matches must be complet ed by 6 p. m. Wednesday, June 12. Pairings In the eighteen hole tourney are: Ann Barnitz vs. Mrs.

John Wismer; Mrs. J. V. White vs. Mrs.

N. F. Kime; Mrs. D. B.

Stouffer vs. Mrs. Ernest D. Latham; Mrs. E.

A. Groene vs. Mrs C. W. Hull; Mrs.

J. D. Johnson vs. Mrs. R.

M. Wachob; Mrs. Lorin High vs. Mrs. Fred Wigfield, and Mrs.

George N. Wade vs. Mrs. John lies. Pairings in the nine hole tour ney follow: Mrs.

P. B. Harvey vs. Mrs. L.

H. Schuch; Mrs. D. R. Rakestraw vs.

Mrs. Richard Morrow; Mrs. C. S. Shenk, vs.

Mrs. H. B. Dissinger, and Mrs. C.

Newton Mumey drew a bye. Camp Hill Student Home on Vacation Miss Lois Eldridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Stewart Eldridge, 29 South Twenty fourth street, Camp Hill, who has majored this year in costume design and illus tration at the Traphagen School of Fashion, N.

is vacationing after the closing of the spring sessions. During the past term, she participated in many events in which the school has taken part. She says the visits to museums and manufacturers have been of great interest and practical assistance in preparing for her fashion career. Residents Asked To File Requests In Child Program Mrs. Earl Zimmerman, Median icsburg, chairman of the program to entertain New York fresh air children this summer, today re quested any residents of New Cumberland, Shiremanstown and Grantham to contact her if they wish to take a child for a two week period this summer.

Children from the tenement dis tricts of New York have been in vited visit private homes in Mechanicsburg and the co operat ing boroughs for the two weeks starting Tuesday, July 9, and con tinuing until Tuesday, July 23. The deadline for notifying member of the committee whether a resident will take a fresh air child or not, is Saturday, June 22 Assisting Mrs. Zimmerman on the committee are, the Rev, Charles H. Davis, vice chairman Mrs. Harold Lynch, Ray E.

Hut ter, Howard J. Thompson, W. Lair, Mrs. David P. Ralston, and Mrs.

Stewart Kauffman. A picnic for the children will be. held at Memorial Park, Me chanicsburg, Thursday, July 11 Mrs. Stewart Kauffman is in charge of arrangements for the picnic and is assisted by Mrs Harold Lynch and Ray E. Hutter, Fifteen children from New York's districts enjoyed a fort' night vacation in homes of New Cumberland, Grantham and Me chanicsburg last summer.

Mrs, Zimmerman has expressed the hope that the number will be larger this summer. So far only six requests for children have been turned in to the committee, Mrs. Zimmerman emphasized that all of the children are given complete health examinations be fore they are sent out of New York. Host families have no ex penses beyond maintaining the children for the two weeks they are here. "Tribune Fresh Air Vacations, said Mrs.

Zimmerman are de signed to help the poorest of New York's poor children, the children of the tenements. For one of these children two weeks in the country can be a period of great happi ness, a pleasant experience to re member all their lives. It cannot fail to be a period of freedom from the confinements of prison' like streets and privations of an unwholesome dwelling." Carlisle: School Planning Religious School Carlisle, June 6. A plan under which junior high school stu dents will receive religious in struction next term on school time, as permitted by law, has been worked out by the Carlisle Board of Religious Education with the co operation of school au thorities. Arrangements have been made for participation by children of all faiths: Protestant, Catholic and Jewish.

The children will receive one hour's instruction each week, starting with the new term in September. The hour has not been desig nated, but will be part of the regular school day. The classes will meet the school building and credit will be given for at tendance. The instruction, it was an' nounced, will be given by competent persons selected from the teaching forces of the public schools and church schools. A survey is now being con ducted to determine the number of pupils desiring to receive in struction.

Keturn government post cards placed in the hands of Barents of all children wno will be in junior high school next term must be mailed to Principal Mark N. Burkhart by June 15 by those parents consenting to religious instruction for their children. Schedules will be worked out after the cards are received. All cost of instruction will be met by the churches. The lumor high school enroll ment is 600.

10 Summoned Local Draft Board' No. 3, Kron enberg Building, has summoned 10 registrants to report on June 10 for the pre induction physical ex amination. Birth Announcements At Carlisle Hospital: Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Miller, Carlisle, R.

D. 1, a daughter, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Wilson.

New Bloomfield, a son, Monday. Club Holds Meeting The Cumberland County Senior Extension Club held its regular monthly meeting at the Shippens burg High School recently. De votions were led by Blanche Lebo. The feature of the evening was a movie, "Life in Williamsburg, Virginia, in the Eighteenth Century." The club has planned a swim ming party for June 20 at Grahams (Woods and member are asked to bring their friends. The next regular meeting will be held June 27 at the Dickinson Parish House..

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