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THE NEWS-CHRONICLE. SHIPPENSBURG, PA. vrTv. FIVE Tuesday, January 26, 1943 Fun and Rest in Penna. Hills Interesting Stories Connected With Many Of Old Ore Banks Along South Mountain I DON COSSACKS ON 13TH TOUR OF THE UNION 34 Bearded Giants Will Be Presented at College Tuesday Night Have Own Discipline The time was when there were number of iron furnaces clustered at and along the South Mountain and near the mountain.

Two were at Boiling Springs, one each at Pine Grove, Caledonia, Mont Alto and unamDcrsDurg, ot Sniithamrjton. Franklin county, along the run from which i 1 1. Ill rtA I -t i nil mnlv t.hrpo at intervals along the so-called hiskey Run which wends us way mrougn Cleversburg. tVipao last three wna in Ullc Ui the south side of the town of a mound of earth now marks the place where it stood. There was a turnace at Big Pond and one at Hunts- All nf tVipao ha.A tn hp sun.

with saying, "We could build furnaces but not railroads." They ultimately became bankrupts. It also is said that Pete Ahl was offering mules for sale to the government during the Civil war, and that a cowboy also offered a lot at the same time. Pete it is said, won the confidence of the inspector and persuaded him to turn down the cowboy's mules and buy his. Legend has it that the cowboy learned why he had not made the sale and hunted Pete Ahl up and handled him without gloves. When folks twitted Pete about being manhandled by the cowboy he is said to have replied that he would not mind too much going through it again for $10,000.

nlipd with iron ore for smelting, I locally. "F-TJB'i fft laffafWjj, i' their personal swu-j-- -f fc.V--Sjr i pily married, and the group points ON THE NORTHWEST FRONTIER American soldiers in this Indian village on the Alcan High- i way to Alaska get a taste of Army life of the old frontier days. The difference is that today radio com- munication and mechanised equipment speed things up over the trails of pony express riders and packhorse drivers of a century ago. (Inset Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner, commanding officer of the Northwest Defense Command in Alaska. He is the son of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Euckner, veteran of the Mexican War and a distinguished officer in the Confederate army.) I'hoto by 1'cnna.

Department of Commerca Whenever one is able to get away from wrr duties rest and relaxation can be found in the Pennsylvania hills, where energies can ba rebuilt, for the tasks ahead and fun can b-j had along with it. Even old-, fashioned bob-sledding, as shown above, is coming back. The Original Don Cossacks chorus, which will make its first appearance in Shippensburg on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at Shippensburg State Teachers college, is now making its thirteenth tour of this country. The thirty-four bearded giants are governed by self-imposed mili tary regulations, but these rules proudly to its record which 1 nn rliwnrftta Thn orrnnn maintains its high artistic standards with the rigid self-discipline of the crack cavalry regiment of which they were members in the days of the Czar. At the start of each season, the sir.gers meet in a conclave to elect their governing body of 15, this group carrying out the complicated routine of the singers.

The chorus is divided into eight squads of four. Each squad has five suitcases, four for clothes and one for cooking utensils. The members of the group are addicted to their native Russian recipes, so when the adjutant in charge of hotels reserves 24 rooms on one floor he must also secure cooking privileges. Starting an hour before travel tune, the adjutant in charge ot travel awakens each member by knocking on his door at 10 min- ute intervals. The eroun imnoses The group also has established sick, charity, and other welfare funds, thus making it a completely independent, self-sustaining, and self-governing organization.

Another of the oddities of the group is the tact tnat one mem ber wa. ordered to shave off his beard. This member, Vladimir La zareff, whose athletic dancing us i n. l. uaiiv Dnngs tne ossacKs reciuu 1 to a climax finish, used to appear' Newville and Vicinity as a much older man with a beard and in many instances members of the audience would rush back stage to inquire about the poor old man who had danced so strenuously.

Rather than give his Cossacks the reputation of being cruel to the aged, Serge Jaroff, director of Miss Beegle Visits Personals I Mrs. Kenneth Bowman was the the group, ordered tne youthful scheduled for renewal January 22 Cossack to reveal his real coun- we)e by that timc tenance by shaving off his because of the press of work lit hostess for the meeting of the economics director, visited cloth- penalties for infractions, some of Charlotte Dougherty Kough class ing club members in Newville to which include a $5 fine for late-of the St. Paul Lutheran Sunday check projects attempted or sue- ness, a $10 fine for missing a re-school Tuesday evening at her cessfully completed. Several snap-1 hearsal, and a $20 fine for missing home in Chestnut street. shots were taken for the records a concert.

In two decades of sing- The roof of the W. G. Smith! of satisfactory garment remodel- -m oniv once was a fine imposed. Success! I fro nnor at last is coming into its own, having been nominated by Pfc. Eosmcr Comfort as tne omciai cesignauon oi au organization ea.uipment at Camp Callan, Calif.

The humble oozle-finch, bird that fiies backwards to keep the dust out of its eyes, will appear on the insignia in pale blue, with yellow eyes and white wings, chnii carr'irS a large shell, i OF I home blown off during the recent storm was repaired by a cooperat ing group of workers Thursday and Friday. Miss viola Irene Baum, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Laura Baum, Newville R. R.

1, has joined the Waacs and received orders to report Monday at Daytona Beach, Florida for basic training. Mrs. vCharles Baughman and daughter of called on Mr. and Mrs. Amos Orris last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mowers of Newville R. R. visited Mr.

and Mrs. Gordon Heishman Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zinn of Newville R.

R. 1, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Betty Zinn, to Stanley Co-hick, son of Mrs. Florence Cohick, 65 East Main street, Newville. No definite date has been set for the wedding. Second Lieutenant Harold Maxwell, who received his commission at Fort Belvoir, Virginia on Wednesday, has been transferred to Camp Clayborne, Louisiana.

Sergt. Robert Hoover, of Indian-town Gap, has been spending a furlough with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Guy Hoover. Pvt. Lynn Mowers recently was transferred from Alabama to Missouri.

His address is Btry C. 45 F.A. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, K.P.O. 8th. George Kemminger and daughter of Carlisle visited Miss Mar tha and Miss Jane Diller last week.

1. 1 Tragedy was associauin witn least two of the local ore banks, and sabotage with a third one. Number one ore bank, located just east of the mouth of Thompson Hollow, was operated in the interest of the Ahl Brothers. There were four brothers, Daniel, Peter, Carey and Parker, and they resided in Newville, near the then Cumberland Valley Railroad. Jibed By Trainmen It is said trainmen were wont to jibe them with "Well Pete, (or Dan) how is your road, anyway?" They would be alluding to the Harr'isburg and Potomac Railroad, built from D.

and the junction of the Dillsburg branch of the Cumberland Valley road, to Shippensburg. Of this line the Ahl brothers are credited SIERER'S CHAMBERSBURG, PA. FOR BETTER HOME FURNISHINGS AT FIRST SIGN 66 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS RITE-WAY MILKING MACHINES J.

FRANK PUGH Salesman 338 East King Street SHIPPENSBURG, PA. GREENIES For Any Kind of Pain Martin's Drug Store Shippensburg, Pa. FRESH FRUITS VEGETABLES AT ALL TIMES! 'Cressler' Fruit Market For Furniture, Floor Coverings, Wall Paper, Venetian Shades, etc. Always See and Learn Our Prices! P. NICKLAS SONS CHAMBERSBURG, PA.

MP I Choose Your Outfit If at a Men's Store Suits by Taylor Sports Coats Ties by Wembley Shirts Emerson Life-Tex Hats Oxfords by Jarman D. Edw. Hamilton Shippensburfr For Quality For Price For Complete Food Service CALL 211 HOCKERSMITH'S BOGAR COMPANY Lumber and Millwark PHONE 277 COMMUNITY SERVICE STORES L. S. Fogelsanger, East King Green's Grocery, N.

Penn St Long's Grocery, West King St. W. B. Brown, Cumberland Ave. J.

M. McBeth, Walnut Bottom J. H. Goodyear, South Prince St. ana Jrotuniac Kailroad, locally dubbed the.

"Hungry and Poor," was built from Cleversburg Junction to number one ore bank, and ore was freighted for a while by way of the railroad to Boiling Springs furnaces, at the rate of two 20-ton carloads a day. Peacock Bank The next ore bank was named Peacock bank. This mine was located due north of what is now called South Haven. The ore was coal, short and the mine was not long operated, but long enough to cause a tragedy. A man by the name of David Bowermaster was working there with a horse and cart, and seeing a fall of earth about to happen he ran in to try to save his horse, fioth were killed.

The next ore bank was the Coffey bank, just a bank of earth a few feet thick between the two previously mentioned. The ora from this mine was good, and so much was mined and sent to Boiling Springs that it required three mud dams to hold the clay let loose in washing the ore. The next mine 'was the Ches-nut ore bank on Col. James Ches-nut's farm southwest of what was then the Stone Church crossroads. There a tragedy occurred years after the bank closed.

Charles Yiengst lived at the Jacob Helm home, southeast of the bank. Story of Shooting It is said one Saturday night John Kelly went there, and when he passed under the overshot at the stable a dog tied there bit him, and he shot the dog dead. This angered Yiengst, who followed Kelly as he retreated toward the ore bank. The night was partly cloudy with faint moonlight. liengst had on a light shirt, and Kelly could see him, but Yiengst could not see Kelly.

It was presumed that Kelly shot and Yiengst fell dead. A group of state policemen scoured through Cleversburg and the vicinity, and they apprehended Kelly, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison. Another known as the Mowers ore bank was just a hole in the ground on the farm now owned by D. 1. Dyarman, about an eighth of a mile north of what was the former G.

G. Clever lime kiln, just north of the old Cleversburg Junction station. The Nikirk ore bank was at the summit of the Cumberland Valley Railroad. It so happened that D. B.

Russell was overseer of the property when two men went there and broke up the washer to sell for junk. No one even suspected who did it until one of thp men, in his cups, said to Russell, "I 'hear you blamed us for breakr ing the ore washer." After more talk the man left with the remark "Since you did blame us, we'll go back and take the balance." On this evidence two men were convicted in Franklin county court and sent to jail. Linked to Church There was an ore mine just west of the place owned by Molly Burns, a mile east of Cleversburg, called the Muglin bank, and one a field's breadth away known as the feallie Yarnck or Yarrick Clpver ore bank. Squire George Clever, who owned the land on which the mine was located, was reputed to be quite wealthy at one time, worth He was a trustee of the then United Brethren Church in Cleversburg and bought the bell that is on it from the McShane foundry of Baltimore. He used to be a local preacher, and the story is that when the Salvation Army lassies were holding meeting in the church he spied them peeping back at the men and locked the church on them.

This is said to have irked Father Henry Mowers, who foreclosed a mortgage held against the church, which was sold at sheriff's sale. The building was bought by John Hosfeld, who traded it for the old Evangelical Church and $100 and tore the latter building away. The Calico bank was located northeast of Shippensburg, toward Noakers corner. There was another toward Stoughstown known as the Springfield ore bank, well operated. Then there was the Cressler ore about a mile south of Shippensburg, and one west of Stony Point, known as the Stewart Cressler ore bank.

There was another north of the Chambersburg rike," west of Shippensburg, known as the Johnston ore bank. There were some ore pockets. One was number two ore bank at Hendrick's Gap, about a mile east of number one ore bank, which was little worked. One pocket on the Ira Long farm, midway between the Mainsville crossroads on the Baltimore road and Shippensburg. The hole was in a field and irS Miss Ada Beegle, county home ing as a home project.

During the summer months a girls 4-H Clothing Club met regularly under Miss Beegle's supervision. Basketball Scores Interest in intramural basket ball games Newville High school has been keen this winter. Thurs- day night in the class series the JJJj.J iL. senior ciris aeicaieu ine supuu- more girls by the score of 13 to 12. In the boys' game the juniors defeated the freshmen 28 to 2.

I Students and coaches are enthusiastic about intramural teams because of the much higher per centage of students given an op portunity to play on class teams. Church News Holy Communion was observed at the First Church of God Sunday evening at the 7 o'clock worship period. The Rev. J. L.

Weaver, pastor, was in charge. "What Does God Want Us to Do" was the subject for discussion at the young peoples' meeting in the United Presbyterian Church Sunday evening. Miss Anna McCullough was the leader. The winter Communion service was conducted in the Zion Lutheran Church Sunday morning and evening by the pastor, the Rev. Paul F.

Curfman. Tires and Gas As long as the tires, spare parts. help every farmer get enough tires. spare parts, and gasoline to carry on his necessary truck operations. Any farmer who is dissatisfied with the amount of mileage and gas allowed in his Certificate of War Necessity should take the matter up immediately with his county war Xard or his county transportation committee.

magician named Presto G. Slick, Said: "Money is turning the trick, So let us all sock it In Uncle Sam's pocket. Buy War Stamps that Hitler can't lick!" Delivery of Some Gas Books Delayed The Cumberland county rationing board office reports that many and gasoline ration books ationing offices. The board asked that motorists whose or books expired on that date use the valid number four coupons of their A books pending receipt of the new or books, rather than go to ration' offices-before beirg notified to do so. It is hoped thus to avoid a rush at' ationing offices and get all deliver--ies of supplemental books made before A rations for the period are exhausted.

The Same Convenient Terms at No Extra Cost jP Miss Martha Diller was ill at the and gasoline are available, the Of-time. fice of Defense Transportation will on the west side of the road. There also was one on the Bridges farm on the south side of the farm house. Rumor has it that John Bridges, who owned the farm, was offered the then fabulous sum of $10,000 for the farm by a resident of New York City. It is said the city visitor, when he saw that the pocket was not deep, asked to withdraw his offer, and Bridges agreed.

LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS United States Senators James J. Davis Pittsburgh, Pa. Joseph F. Guffey Pittsburgh, Pa. Congressmen William I.

Troutman Congressman-at-Large Shamokin, Pa. John C. Kunkel Nineteenth District Harrisburg, Pa. Chester H. Gross Twenty-second District Manchester, Pa.

State Senators Paul M. Crider Thirty-third District Channbersburg, Pa. George Wade Thirty-first District Camp Hill, Pa. State Representatives Jacob A. Coulson Cumberland County Carlisle, Pa.

C. Frank Gillan Franklin County St. Thomas, Pa. CALENDAR Of Coming Affairs This eolumn is published as a service feature. No eharg is made for listings here and organizations ara invited to list meetings and special affairs herein.

The News-Chronicle cannot assume responsibility for inadvertent missions or for ehanges of which it ia not advised. Tuesday, January 26 The Tuesday Club will meet with Miss Nancy McCreary. Tuesday, February 9 The Junior Civic club will- meet at 8:30 o'clock in the evening at the Old Court House. Thursday, February 11, 1943 Franklin county D. A.

R. will meet at 2 p. m. in Waynesboro with Waynesboro members hostesses. Friday, February 12 The Civic club will meet at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon at the Old Court House.

Saturday, February 13 Hymn sing at the Church of God at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, conducted by the Rev. Clyde W. Meadows, of Chambersburg. Wednesday, March 10 Union Ash Wednesday service, Dr. Bernard C.

Clausen, speaker. Saving Fat Suggestion The New Orleans fat salvage cam- paign stresses used fats by telling housewives that waste fat from a half-dozen fried soft shell crabs makes enough glycerine, processed into explosives, to fire one 37 mm. i anti-tank shell. YES, THERE WILL BE A S1ERER FEBRUARY SALE AS BIG, AS VARIED AS EVER. IT BEGINS SATURDAY, JAN.

3Cth IT IS NATURAL THAT MANY OF YOU SHOULD WONDER IF THERE IS TO BE A SLE IF, THIS YEAR, THERE WILL REALLY BE BARGAINS. HERE ARE THE ANSWERS TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. READ EVERY WORD WILL THERE BE A SALE? Yes, of course. Due to Sierer's policy of planning in advance, the values in this event were ordered and built 6 months ago, 8 months ago, a year ago all offered at savings beginning Saturday. HOW ARE THE PRICES? Every item in sale is lower than the established March level, some even lower than last February.

HOW ABOUT VARIETY? Believe it or not, the selection is just as big as last February. Over 150 bargains in suites for the Living Room, Bedroom and Dining Room and hundreds of odd pieces of furniture of all kinds. HOW ABOUT RUGS? We have on hand a most complete stcck comprising over 350 room size rugs for immediate delivery at the sale prices, all because we saw what was coming and went into the" floor covering market early and bought quantities of rugs at the old prices. SHOULD YOU BUY FURNITURE AND RUGS NOW? If you need them, yes. The facts are that Wool Hugs are practically out for the duration.

Some furniture is no longer being made, all is restricted. SO WE SAY IF YOU NEED FURNITURE AND RUGS, BUY THEM NOW AND GET THEM IN SIERER'S FEBRUARY SALE THE EVENT THAT, DESPITE EVERYTHING, IS AS WONDERFUL THIS YEAR AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS THE EVENT THAT'S BASED ON BARGAINS! IT BEGINS SATURDAY. Merle Zeigler has returned to his home in Buchanan street from the Mont Alto sanatorium. Miss Louise Hemphill, student at M.S.T.C., spent her mid-semester vacation with Miss Esther Boyd at Manheini. Mr.

and Mrs. Lester Mowers and family visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Heishman. Newville Row Sold Sale of the 12-apartment build ing on Vine street in Newville, known locally as Knitting Mill row, by the Newville Knitting Company to William H.

McCrea Newville attorney, is reported. The consideration was $5,000. Mr. I McCrea said he will continue to use the building for apartments, but plans changes when present war priorities are lifted. Barn Raising Friday a barn raising was held at the Hugh McCullough farm now tenanted 'by Don Tritt.

The barn was erected on the foundation of the original building which hurned during a thunder- storm In the late summer and was built-from reclaimed lumber from a building secured on land purchased for the Letterkenny Ordnance Depot. Graduates from Bucknell Stanley, Bear, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bear of Bloserville will be graduated from Bucknell university on Saturday. Mr.

Bear has completed the pre-medical course and will enter Temple uni- i versity next semester to study medicine. He is a graduate of Newville High school, class of 1939. Baby Clinic The regular clinic period was he'd in the Municipal building Thursday afternoon from 2:30 to 4 o'clock. Members of the health committee of the Newville tivic club were hostesses. Mrs.

E. S. Manning kept the records. Miss Maud Phillips, county secretary, attended the meeting. A Deposit ill Reserve Purchases for Free Delivery Later if Paired lit CHAMBERSBURG.