This Was Doylestown, 1921

World War veterans buried in military ceremonies -

Three flag-draped coffins containing veterans of the World War were buried over the week-end in ceremonies attended by details from the and firing squads from Company D, 111th Infantry.

Editor's note - Company D, based at the Shewell Avenue armory, was Company G during the war.

Full military ceremonies were carried out at all the funerals. All of the veterans were well known in Bucks county. They had either died in France of disease or were killed in action or died as a result of battle wounds.

Saturday afternoon, the funeral of Private Wilson S. Rosenberger, son of Abraham Rosenberger of Chalfont, was held at the Hilltown Lutheran Church. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery. At a funeral was a detail from the Atkinson Post, in the charge of Samuel Spare.

The funeral of Irwin Pearson, son of Joseph Pearson of Carversville, was held Saturday afternoon. No representative of the Atkinson Post attended this funeral owing to the fact that the Post was busy at Private Rosenberger's funeral.

Sunday afternoon, Doylestown ex-servicemen officiated at the funeral of Sergeant John W. Fackenthall, son of Jacob H. Fackenthall, of Phillipsburg, N.J. Sergeant Fackenthall, formerly of Doylestown, was killed in action overseas as a member of Company G, 111th Infantry. The services were held in Riegelsville, where interment was made in the Lutheran Cemetery. Atkinson Post Adjutant Bartram Moore had charge of the funeral. A firing squad from Company D attended.

Next Sunday, the funeral of Sergeant Raymond Long, a member of Company G killed in action overseas, will be held. Interment will be made in the . There is a possibility that the ceremony may be a double funeral.

Boys' Brigade enjoying summer camp -

Editor's note - George C. Murray (1866-1932) founded the Boys' Brigade of Doylestown in 1907. Murray bought a building on Donaldson Street in 1917 for the brigade's Social Center, where the boys drilled and played basketball. The boys, who wore uniforms, put on a minstrel show each spring and camped along the Delaware River each summer.

The Boys' Brigade is enjoying their summer camp at Point Pleasant.

Saturday night was "Rookie Night," and twelve rookies ran through the paddles, to the immense enjoyment of the regulars and much to the sorrow and discomfort of the rookies.

After this was over, "Cabbage" Kentopp, the rookie boss, lined up the twelve rookies, fastening each one with a long rope, and marched them up in front of the Thomson Hotel. Then followed a series of speeches, songs and dances by the rookies, and the festivities finally wound up with the good old Brigade yell.

Sunday morning, the company attended services in the Point Pleasant Baptist Church and heard a very good sermon by the pastor. The boys were busy Sunday afternoon entertaining their parents and friends.

Monday evening, the Brigade played the Lumberville Boys' Club in a five-inning twilight baseball game, and won by the score of 4-1. Lumberville scored their first and only run in the first inning. The Brigade scored one run in the third, and three runs in the fifth inning.

Mr. Murray has detailed three fellows each day to help in the kitchen, besides the detail for each meal, so that he will have plenty of help to get the meals on time.

The night guard is working well in more ways than one. They have been very successful in keeping the fellows in camp after Taps. They have also had great success in paddling the rookies after they go to sleep, and in drinking the cocoa Mr. Murray had hidden so carefully in the main tent.

The Brigade will hold their annual camp fire and marshmallow roast this Saturday evening. There will be a program consisting of songs, speeches, etc. All are welcome.

V.I.A. to assist nursing council -

The August meeting of the Village Improvement Association was held at the home of Mrs. William H. Satterthwaite, Jr. on Tuesday evening.

A communication was read from the Council for Nursing Education of Southeastern Pennsylvania, asking the co-operation of the association in its work. There is, all over the country, an acute shortage in the number of graduate nurses, due in part to a lack of knowledge on the part of young women and their parents, of the tremendous opportunities for service which the field of nursing opens up to the young women of today.

The association was asked to have the film, "Following in Florence Nightingale's Footsteps," shown in our local moving picture house. It was decided that the V.I.A. would arrange with Mr. Power [owner of the Strand Theatre] to have the film shown sometime in September, and would co-operate in every way possible with the council.

The Visiting Nurse Committee reported that 131 visits had been made last month. Miss Munsey, the visiting nurse, leaves for her vacation on August 8th, and in her absence, her position will be filled by Miss Hannah Haddock.

Miss Taylor, director of the Nursing Service of the Atlantic Division of the Red Cross, recently visited Doylestown. She went over the work of the Visiting Nurse Committee, making suggestions and expressing approval of the work being done by the committee.

A note of thanks was read from the Near East Relief Committee in acknowledgement of the donation of $50 sent them from the V.I.A.

The treasurer announced a generous donation of $10 from Thomas D. Tanner of the Soldiers' Home, Erie, Pa., which he gave to show his great appreciation of the work of the association. It was directed that a letter of thanks and acknowledgement be written to him.

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Tree surgeon working in Doylestown -

For the last month, there has been a considerable amount of tree surgery done throughout Doylestown, notably the trimming of the Court House trees.

According to O.E. Asplundh, the Philadelphia tree surgeon who is trimming Doylestown's trees, many of the trees at the Court House are 150 years old, while others are from 40 to 50 years old. With proper trimming every four or five years, the life of these trees will be prolonged for probably 250 years.

It is the opinion of Mr. Asplundh that the trees of Doylestown are among the finest specimens in this section.

He said that tree surgery is the term used in describing modern methods of treating trees, as they are similar to those used in human and animal surgery.

"When limbs are so close as to interfere with one another, thinning out is necessary to prevent their injuring each other, but this thinning may be overdone so as to effect the beauty of the tree. All limbs should be cut as close as possible to the tree, and cuts over 2 inches in diameter should be treated antiseptically to prevent decay," Mr. Asplundh said.

"Many of the cavities in trees are caused by leaving long stubs on the trunk of the tree, which become infected and disintegrate, the decay following back into the heart of the tree. It is therefore essential that close pruning and antiseptic treatment of the wound should be practiced in order to prevent this decay," he stated.

The tree expert said that the practice of topping trees is injurious and should never be resorted to except in special cases. Trees like the willow, he said, will survive any amount of mutilation, but elms, maples and others must be handled more carefully to obtain the best results.

Highway under construction south of Doylestown -

With the first mile-and-a-half almost finished, construction is progressing nicely on the seven-mile concrete highway between Doylestown and the Montgomery county line.

"We expect to have the road completed this year," said Mr. Hayman, of the firm of Goodman & Hayman, contractors.

It takes 43 tons of stone, 30 tons of sand and 289 bags of cement for every 100 feet of concrete highway built. The roadway is almost as smooth as a newly finished piece of sidewalk.

The project seems to be the last word in concrete road building. Picture a little railroad built temporarily along the side of the road. On it, drawn by a gasoline "locomotive," is a train of steel cars carrying tons of stone, sand and cement to a giant mixer. A crane swings around and picks up each car one at a time, dumping its load into the mixer.

Aside from the grading and the concrete road itself, there have been two notable improvements: the construction of a wide concrete bridge to replace the small wooden bridge at Edison, and the cutting off of a corner of the big stone bridge, where there was but little space between the wing wall and the trolley track.

At the rate the work is going, the road will probably be completed to the Bucks County Home in two weeks.

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Doylestown Town Notes -

Investigation is being made as to who placed three dynamite caps or large shells on the Easton trolley tracks at the corner of Clinton street and Oakland avenue Thursday morning. When the 7 o'clock car came down Clinton street, an explosion occurred which shook the entire neighborhood. Jefferson Michener, who was leaving his house at the time, was struck on the leg and severely burned. Police have been unable to locate the guilty party.

Wilson H. Swartley has started excavating a cellar for a double brick house he will erect opposite the silk mill on Harvey avenue.

Miss Sarah Abbott is spending a few days in Ocean City, N.J.

"Buddy" McKinstry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. McKinstry, entertained a number of his little friends Tuesday evening at a birthday party.

Twenty-four head of fine grade cattle will be sold at auction Thursday afternoon at the stables of the Court Inn [on North Main Street].

Carmon Ross, supervising principal of the Doylestown Public School, has returned to his home after spending the last month at State College, where he had charge of the summer school for teachers.

Rev. and Mrs. C.W. Haines have returned from a vacation in Atlantic City, where they stopped at Craig Hall.

Deputy County Treasurer William F. Murphy, who was taken ill at his office in the Court House on Friday, was greatly improved Saturday.

Ira C. Shaw is making extensive alterations to his house on Church street.

The two new tennis courts at the are nearing completion and will be ready for play within two weeks.

Miss Harriet Roberts, of Philadelphia, was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weidner, of Shewell avenue.

The Ely & Hellyer automobile agency on Tuesday delivered to Albert Fell, of Danboro, a Studebaker Special Six touring car.

From the Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, Week of July 31-Aug. 6, 1921