News: The Evening Sun, Thursday, June 28, 1917, York County, PA Contributed and transcribed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/ _______________________________________________ PERSONALS The Rev. J. W. Zehring, of Dallastown has returned to his home after a short visit here. Mrs. Harry Egger and daughter Miss Henrietta, of Tulsa, Oklahoma are the guests of Mrs. Mary Egger, Baltimore street. O. K. Parker, of Philadelphia, a former Hanoverian, spent last evening in town. C. T. Kump Jr. and daughter Miss Julia, of Brigeton, Pa., are the guests of C. T. Kump, Chestnut street. Mr. and Mrs. George Shultz and daughter Elizabeth, and Mr. and Mrs. George Eckman, Academy street, spent last evening at Sleepy Hollow bungalow along the Conowago. Mrs. James T. Huston, son James and daughter Eleanor, Carlisle street, left this morning for points in northern Pennsylvania and New York state. Abraham Fleagle, Baltimore street, went to York this morning. Miss Margaret Krug, High street, spent today in York. Miss Katherine Naill, Stock street, spent today in York. I. R. Witmer and John Sarbaugh attended the ball game at Gettysburg this afternoon. Mrs. Charles Yingling and son, Charles, Locust street, returned this morning from a weeks visit with relatives in Westminster. Miss Florence Rife, of Shippensburg Normal School, Shippensburg, Pa., is spending the summer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rife, Walnut street. H. G. Albaugh, Carlisle street, spent the day in York on business. Jacob Myers, of Hanover, was in York today on business. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THIS VICINITY Benjamin Cooper, Hanover, who was among the men sentenced to the penitentiary in York court Monday, was among the six taken there by Sheriff William D. Haas and six deputies this morning. Cooper was given from three to five years for his offense, that of holding up and robbing a man back of Five Points a few weeks ago. He is a former resident of Westminster, Md., and had resided in Hanover but a short time. Perry Heindel, alderman of the Sixth Ward, York, was committed to jail yesterday by Sheriff Haas in default of bail to the amount of $200 on a copies warrant, issued in a suit by an attorney representing Daniel Harding, a minor. Harding was arrested several weeks ago on the charge of larceny by ------ of a motorcycle and was dismissed because of insufficient evidence, but the motorcycle was not returned. HOLD SURPRISE PARTY IN NEPHEW’S HONOR A surprise party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Benton Yost, of Centennial avenue, last evening in honor of William Henry Moul, of Philadelphia, who arrived in town yesterday to spend the summer months with his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Yost, Centennial avenue. The little folks were entertained on the Yost lawn with different games, after which refreshments were served. Those present were Gladys and Marie Heiges, Margaret and Romaine Schue, Elizabeth and Alice Bollinger, Charles Koehler, Helen Klingel, David Myers, Lawrence Schott, Geraldine Folmer, Marion, Dorothy, Edyth, Thelma, Doris, Paul, Harry and Charlotte Yost, George Donald Yost and Mrs. William E. Moul, Mr. and Mrs. Stermer, the Misses Carrie Yost, Roxie Nace and Mrs. Mary Yost. PLACE ECKENRODE BOY IN HOUSE OF DETENTION Melvin Eckenrode, aged fifteen years, 1387 Stanton street, West York borough, whom William St. Clair, aged fourteen, of 442 South Duke street, York, implicated in the theft of two bicycles in Hanover Monday, was taken to City Hall by his father yesterday and was committed to the York House of Detention to await the action of the juvenile court, with young St. Clair. LOCAL BOYS JOIN UNCLE SAM’S ARMY Robert Kellenberger and Otis Barnhart, both of Hanover, have enlisted in the United States Army. The former passed special examinations in Harrisburg on June 26, and has been assigned to the Sixtieth regiment of the United States infantry. He is now stationed at Gettysburg. Barnhart has enlisted in the hospital corps and left York for Columbus today. A postal card today brought news of the good health of Stewart Hoffheins, Richard Alleweit and F. C. Stock, all of Hanover from Leon Springs, Texas, where they are stationed as members of a United States army unit. RUNS AUTOMOBILE THROUGH BUILDING Placing his right foot on the accelerator instead of on the brake of his father’s Buick automobile, Herman Kling, a local visitor, ran the car through the rear end of the Amos Kling garage on Locust street, last evening. The machine was not badly damaged. Mr. Kling, a resident of Middletown, Ohio, is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Kling, Locust street. APPOINTEES GIVEN MENTAL EXAMINATION Wade M. Becker, of Hanover, was one of a group of Congressman appointees to the Annapolis Naval Academy who took the mental examination for entrance in Harrisburg yesterday. He is the principal of the second appointment. In addition to the education Becker has received in the Hanover Public schools, he has pursued a course at the Millersville State Normal School. An alternate to the first appointment by Mr. Brodbeck is C. W. Duncan, of Gettysburg, who is well known in this borough. MEN QUARANTINED IN ARIZONA CAMP Epidemic Of Small-pox In City Responsible For Detention Of Men In Barracks Delphus Dubs, of Hanover, a member of Company 10, Battery D, stationed at Fort Douglas, Ariz., has informed his mother, by letter, that all the soldiers at that station are being detained in camp for a period of time expected to be a month or two because of an epidemic of small pox which is raging in the city of Fort Douglas. He also tells of a two-day, two-night fire in Mexico, and of the temperature reaching 125 in the shade. A portion of the letter follows: “I just received your letter and the money which was in it. Am glad you sent it, but the money does not do me much good now, because we dare not go outside the camp for a month or two on account of small pox in Douglas. “I am with a fine bunch of fellows from Pittsburgh. Tell Marie I see plenty of cowboys and Mexicans and tell sister that little girls are scarce here. I am getting fat. We get three good meals a day, drill from 8 to 11 a.m., and go to bed at 8 or 9 p.m. and get up at 5:30 a.m. We are about five hundred feet from the Mexican line. We could see that the Mexicans had a big fire for two days and two nights, and now it has spread to the south of our camp, about ten miles away. A bunch of the boys went out to fight it. “We had a little rain down here and got drowned with dust, not rain, for it’s only 125 in the shade. From 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. is best time to sleep. “It took six days and six nights to come from Ohio out here, but I enjoyed the train ride. We saw lots of sights; hundreds of cattle and lots of cowboys. Well, it’s supper time now and I have some appetite, so I’ll stop writing. Your loving son, DELPHUS.” ON THE SICK LIST Mrs. John Shultz, Carlisle street, who was operated upon at the Women’s Hospital, Baltimore, about four weeks ago for internal trouble, is rapidly convalescing. Mrs. George W. Slaybaugh, Locust street, who is undergoing treatment at the St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, is slowly improving.