If you haven't
to buyinB a Second Way
stop and think
would mean to you if
diets hadn't gotten round
the fight.
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]Entered Im Seeead L'lam-Matter at the Poet Office, MifflinburJr, P~, udel" the Act of Coufreu of March 3, 1789
$2.0O Per Year. Publimhed Every
MIFY'LINBURG, PI~INA., THURSDAY. JUNE 3. 1943
NO. 2
l~rs. Harold Flinsch, Chairman of
Union Cotmty Bl~od Donor Set-
'today that with half
time gone 31 Blood Donors have
for appoirttments in Sun-
June 14 a~d 15. Of these 10
'giving blood for the second time.
County should provide at
75 donors to come anywhere
its quota. This will ,be your
~Pportttrfity ,to give a very vital
to the boys until next Sap-
Please call Mrs. Flinsch
or Mrs. Maim 5-2852 in Law-
Mrs. D. W. Stock in West
• Mrs. F. A. Doyle in Win-
Mrs. Sam Wilbur in Hurtle-
for appoi~,tments.
1~!8. ~ Gtrl~T8
P gWEIJL P J I'I 8
~v. and Mrs. Robe~ Cl~k of
were guests of honor at
events arranged by group~
Hartleton Lutheran Parish.
Clark has resigned as pastor of
: parish to accept u call from the
Royal Lutheran Charge.
On Fkriday evening the union con-
of the Ray's Church en~
in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
at ;he home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ruhl a~d Mr. end Mrs. Don-
RuM, Millmo~t, R. D. Approx-
forty-one were in attend-
The Luther Leagues of the four
of the parish, Har-
Laurelton. P~ay's and Sweng-
entertained at the parsonage in
Surtday e~,ening. Re-
were served at both
Clarence Miller, p~pr~etor of a
,pool room in Miff-
for more than fourteen
sold the business to James
also of Mifflinburg, last
The restaurant is located in
Buffalo Valley Inn Building,
Fifth and C~estnut Streets.
M~UP~
Responsibility for organizing and
directing a farm labor program h~
been assigned to the "agricultural
extensiort services of the land-grant
colleges by recent Congressional ac-
tion, according .to J: M. Fry, Direc-
tor" of Extension of the School of
Agriculture of the l~nmj~vania
State College.
,F~rm lecher placeme~tt has been,
ene of the functions of the United
States E~aploymertt ~-n-vi;e. The
U.S.E~S. will discon'tinue its pro-
gram of local recruitment and the
placement of farm labor in Penn-
sylvania except as it cooperates
wi~h the agricultur~l extension ser-
vice in the in,terstatb recruiting and
transportation of farm labor.
Director Fry reports ,that the Ag-
ricu,ltural Extension Service will
function through farm labor offices
r~ow being established in each coun-
ty. Thee offices will be under the
direction and supervision of the
county farm agents. V;here needed,
add~fion~l personnel ~riU be em-
ployed to handle the program. Coun=
ty emergency farm labor committees
composed of farm leaders, urban
b usiwe~ £n,terests, and school auth-
orities will serve in, an advisory ca-
pacity rand assist ~n making the ,pro-
gTam as efficient as p;m~ble.
~l~he committee in Unio~ Cour~ty
is composed of: George A. McCor-
mick, Allenw~xt; George Diefen-
bach, Lewisburg; William Reitz,
Lewisburg; Harold Erd]ey, Mifflin-
burg, R. D. 2; Chai~les Beaver, Miff-
linburg, R. D. ]; Kermit Boop, Mfff-
Hnburg, R. D. 1~, Dr. ~r-'r,~}/~ ~oyer,
Mifflil~burg; ~rs. W. T. Koste~bad-
t~r, Lewisburg, R. D. 3;and Elmer
Wagner, Lewisburg.
On June 1 this committee opened
~n office with Mr. Fred Showalter,
Mitlmont, in ch~rge in the Donehow-
in" Building, 424~ Market Street,
Lewisburg. The office can be reach_
ed by telephone by calling Lewis-
burg 5-13591.
The need for food and feed crops
is extremely important this year,
states Director Fry. Many thou-
sands of skilled farm workers have
James F. McClure, prominent left Pennsylvania farms for the
V~bm attorney and former As- ~rmed services and for many re-
~blym~ for Un~on County, wasmunerative posi, tions in industry. If
~ed a Bucknell University alum- the need for food and feed is to be
trustee for a five-year term at me;, it is necessary to mobilize per-
spring meeting of the board of sons who can be made available for
Friday afternoon. Mr. Mc-
is the son of the late Harold
and Margaret Focht McClure,
graduates of Bucknell.
AND EGG
PRICES IN COUNTY
l~.nlshed by Milton W84~er
................................... ~4
................................ ~45
b7 Miminbu~ Farmm
for Wedn~day o~r
...... (new) .... I.S0
.70
.60
(new - 70 Its.) ..... 1.05
.~0
-.-~. (ewt0 .... 1.50
by J. H. Snook Mill-'
Mifflinbqr~, Penna.
........... (new) ........ 1.50
........ {new - 70 Its.) ....... 1.06
.70
__-~_ (ewt.) _.---.1.5o
.65
.84
Furn~hed b~ C. L. Burd
Oeneral Merehand/se
.34
Furnished by D. R. 'Pursley
by A. J. Herb~ter
............... (new) ................ 1.50
........................................ 70
(new - 70 Its.) ........ 1.05
by Newton S. Shirk ~
.84
by Stewart 8htrk
.34
by J~h S, ~bold
farm work, especially during the
growing and harvesting season. Very
few available persons are skilled in
farm work but they are willing to
volunteer and do what they can.
The patience and resourcefulness Of
the farm operator will determine the
degree to which this unskilled la-
bor co~n be made effective.
Persons whether ski}led or un-
skilled in fezTa work, who desire to
work on ~farms during periods of a
week to several mon~hs or more, are
invited to enroll with the county
emergency farm labor office. They
will include persons in business esta-
;bllshmen,ts or in industry who are
able to work on nearby farms a
~part ,of a day at a time or who wish
to work on farms during vacation
periods. Farmers in need of help
should' likewise make their wants
known to this office or to their
county agricultural agent.
Enrollment of city school youth
by school authorities throughout the
state and of persons contacted by
Chambers of Commerce,. Service
Clubs, youth organizations and oth-
ers is ~already under way. This in-
formation will be rgade available to
the county emergency farm labor
cffice.
The administration of the pro-
gram is the responsibility of the Di-
m
M~emorial IDa:~, usually 'Miffl~n-
burgs--'- biggest day, was noticeably
different this year, due to the gas
rationing and other restrictions.
l
There were fewer peep e on the
street~ and blocks which were form-
erly jammed with autorr~obiles, were
almost entirely cl~ar of any vehicles.
The annual parade was held on
Monday evening with the High
School Band, members of the Am-
erican Legion, V.F.W. and their
Auxiliari~, Boy and Girl Scout
Troops, and the children of the town
participating. Cars, fire engines
and other vehicles were conspi~ious
by their absence.
Following the parade, a special
service was held in the High School
Auditorium, with C_~ptai~ T. B.
Thompson, U. S. Navy Chaplain, as
the principIe speaker. Frank L.
Wood gave a vocal solo and other
music was furnished by a quartette
consisting of Richard Kniss, Arthur
Gardner,. George Klingnmn and Mr.
Wood.
Mere,bars of the Mifflinburg High
School Band, under the direction of
John W. Throssel, presented a con-
cert in fror~t of the Mifflinburg Ho-
tel after the memorial service.
The forty musicians presented a
varied program of popular; classical
and patriotic airs to a large num-
ber of townspeople.
Until such time as a successor is
cho~n~ to Ea~le Wflfle, ~former mus-
ical ddre~tor at the school and now
an officer at the Lewisburg Federal
Penitentiary, Mr. Throssel will con-
tinue to lead the musical organiza-
tion.
Miss Marifreda Bates, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bates of Green
Street, was graduated from the
Philadelphia School of Occupational
Therapy at Commencemen~ exercises
held on Saturday. Mi~ Bates com-
pKoted a three year course at ~he
~chool.
She is a g~aduate of the Mifflin-
burg High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Bates attended the
graduation exercises in that city.
MR. AND MRS. RISH]ELL
TO OBSERVE ANNIVER.~ARY
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Rishell will
]antic City and have farmed most of
thei,r lives ir~ Union County wRh the
exception of a few years spent in
Lewisburg. Mrs. Rishel is the form-
er Margaret Renner. Both are tn
fine heaRh.
Mr. and Mrs. Rishell are thb pa-
~ents of three living children, Wil-
liam Rishell, employed at the Dreis-
bach store in Lewisburg; Mrs. Mary
Rishell Travitla, of Orlando, Fla.;
end Miss Kathryn Rishell, of Wil-
kes-Barre.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Rishel have
been members of the Reformed
Church at Mazeppa for 60 years, and
Mr. Rishell has been a teacher of
one of the ladies classes of the Sun-
Ohio
Rollin, W~lk~r Quimby, son of
Rev. and Mrs. Chester W. Quimby
of Mifflinburg, received a Bachelor
of Arts Degree at commencement
exercises held at Ohio Wesleyan
University, Delaware, Ohio, on Sun-
day, May 30. The first commence-
ment to be held in the un'iversity's
second century, was telescoped by
wartime conditions, according to an
1
students were granted degrees.
"uniata[J
number was smaller than usual,
since some senior students, taking
the university's accelerated program,
graduated on February 1.
Gov, John W. Bricker gave the
commencement address.
]0 LEWIS 8TUI}ENTS
~ERTIFICATE8
Ten ~tudents who completed their
second year of work at Lewis Town~
ship High School in Millmont re-
ceived certificates of l~romotion
Tuesday ~fternoon at the conclud-
ing activity of the school for the
:942-43 term. Due to difficulties of
transportation,, the customary pro-
motional exercises were not held
lhis year.
In the class were: C.alen Graha~n;
Warren Humphrey, Donald Shipton,
Dean Shively, Edgar Shively, Geo-
rge Wart, Rhelda Dale, June Ruhl,
Josephine Stout, and Lois Vanatta.
The students w~ll complete their
high school studies during the next
two years at Mifflinburg, the M~tl-
Rev. Robert R. Clark, far the
i~ive years pastor of the
c 'ha~ge of the Lutheran church,
Thursday, June 3; to assume his ]
duties as pas~r of the Port
charge of the church.
The new charge is composed
two churches with a membership ¢
],000. He will be located at ,Po~"
P~y~], near Lewistown. Ray.
Clark has served churche~ at
tleton, Laurelton, Swengel
announcement made by President Members of the charge deeply
H. J. Burghstahler. A total of 193 gret his departure.
mont school furnishing only the first
two :;ears' of work.
Fred Showalter, principal of the
~chool, was in charge of the brief
program.
SEL~ LEAVE FOR
INDUCTION C'ENTER
Twenty-three Union County se-
lectees left on Thursday afternoon
ttoday) for New Cumberland where
they will be inducted into the U. S.
Army. The group passed their fin-
al phymcal e~caminations at Harris-
burg last Thursday and were given
a weeks furlough before induction•
They are as follows: Charles Reed
Cook, Glen Iron; Daniel George Sny-
der, Lewisburg; George Isaac Trutt,
R, D. 1, Milton; George Wilfred,
'Laird, R. D. 2, I~wisburg; Harlon
Ray Loss, R. D. 1, Mifflinburg; Ro-
bert David Minium, M,ffflinburg;
Marlin Charles Renn, New Berlin;
William P~lph Mac]ay, Lewisburg;
Donald Theos Zimmerman, Mifflin-
burg; Guy Irland Mausteller, West
Milton; Albert LeRoy Singley, Lew-
isburg; Charles Beck, R. D. 2, M]ff-
burg; Theodore Eddington Chap-
man, Lewisburg; Paul McDonald
Stees, Mifflinburg; Seymour Renal
Erb, R. D. 2, Mffflinburg; Geo.rgee
Oliver Rheppard, Lewisburg; Fred
AJlacUne Strouse, Lewisburg; George
William Nogle, Lewisburg. Tr~ms-
fats: James Madison P~eil, New
York, N. Y.; Louis Hicks, Bayonne,
N. J.; Orville Ernest Brown, Sara-
nac Lake, N. Y.; Charles Gerlosky,
Export; James ~Vil]iam Virtues,t,
New Martinsville, W. Va.
Seven additional selectees who
passed their final examinations at
the same time, but who will report
for duty with the Navy are:
day School for many years. [ Lional Edward Blyler, Millmont;
The open house, at their residence ] Thurlow James Kreps, R. D. 1, Law.
~)ear Buffalo Ro~/ds, will be held lisburg; Ammon Philip Bower~x,
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p. m., June Lewisburg; David Watson Arm-
10. strong, R. D. 1, New Columbia; Leo-
M~ss Ruth Ann
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C.
Pewterbaugh of 269 Chestnut
Mifflinburg, was a member of
sixty-eev~nth gvadtmting cla~ of
Juniata College at Hun¢ingdon,
William P. Tolley, chm~celtor of
racuse University and presider~t
speaker at the commen~nent
ercises, which also m,~_rked the
tirement of Dr. Charles C.
~resldent )f Juniata College.
Miss Pewterbaugh received a
c. elor o,f arts de.tee ~he w~
member of the YWCA
chairman of that group,
the S;udent Volunteers, .;ice
dent of the French Club, and
ber "of the International
Clu,b. She is a gradu~ate of
Penn High School at York and
ing the past summer
French Institute at
State College.
LE~ION &~y
SUOC'ESSFUL POPPY SALE
rector of the Agricultural Extension
Service. The Supervisor in charge
is J. E. McCord whose headquarters
will be at the Pennsylvania State
College.
The annual Poppy Sale
by the auxiliary of Thom~s H.
! !
ham Post No. 410, American
gion of Mifflinburg, was a
,~uceess according to an
ment made by Mrs. R. R.
chairman of the committee.
roximately 1800 poppies
on Poppy I~y, May 22 ....
Poppies were sold by
lhe auxiliary in Mifflinburg
surrounding community,
the Laurelton State Village,
~on, New Bar}in, Vicksburg,
ton, Miilmont, Swengel and
Iron.
Mrs. Finkel wishes to
thanks to members who sold
poppies, persons who patronized
sale, and all persons who assisted
any manner to make the sale
of the most successful events
ducted in recent years.
PERRY SALE JUNE 12
Carl Perry will sell live stock
farm n~achinery, Saturday,
at 12:30 o'loek on the premises
mile east of Forest Hill and
miles west of Cowan.
SEND 150th ANNIVERSARY
DATA TO TELEGRAl~ NOW
All data concerning
burg's 150th anniversary
tlofl which was celebrated in
tember, 1942, is being placed
box which will be sealed,
ed and will not be opened
1992, the 200th anniversary
founding of Mifflinburg.
An urgent plea is being
all organizations in Mi
submit a list of the names of
sons who were memhers at
tir~e of the 150th annize:
This data will be of vital si
cance when Mifflinburg
]nard Preston Diehl, I,ewisburg; its 200th anniversary.
Bring your lists to the
Cbetrles Wesley Hemenway, Miff-burg Telegraph Qffice w
linburg; Eiwood Eugene Myers, R. box will be packed. The
D. 3, Lewisburg. ment was started by the
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