Red Cross Forms Naval Auxiliary in Harrisburg
Twenty six Harrisburg women joined the Navy Auxiliary of the American Red Cross at Miss Mary Cameron’s home. Miss Cameron chairs. Mrs. Carl W. Davis is secretary. Committees include knitting, magazines, and newspapers. Enrolled members list multiple local women. Captain Stackpole and Captain Baker returned to Camp Hancock Georgia after a Thanksgiving furlough. Alfred Hoffsommer spearheads Red Cross and Y M C A fundraising with New Jersey success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Naval Auxiliary of the American Red Cross
Mary Cameron
Tomas M. Williamson
Howard Njamin
Burtnett
Dapp
Krinser
William B. Hammond
Georgia
Edward J. Stackpole, Jr
Harry Baker
Camp Hancock
Augusta
RED Cross
Alfred Franklin Hoffsommer
Old Orchard
Liberty War Fund
New Jersey
Y. W. C. A. Evening Vespers and Club Supper
The Y W C A holds a Sunday evening vesper service in John Y Boyd hall at 5 o clock with Mrs John DeGray leading devotionals on Religious Currents and Mrs Warren G Moltz presiding. An Industrial Club members musical program accompanies the event. A club supper was served by Industrial Moderated Clubs led by Miss Lois G Scott. attendees include May Paterson Charlotte Louden Jessie Cummings Miriam Wiser Katherine McLoughlin Bertha Adams Esther Hall Peggy Divan Myrtle H Brown Mabel Seilhahmer Anna Gearhart Currie Wheeler and Lois Scott. An open forum followed in John Y Boyd Hall with Miss Ada Kepford presiding and discussing the Patriotic League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Y. Boyd
John DeGray
Warren G. Moltz
Industrial Club
Lois G. Scott
May Paterson
Charlotte Louden
Jessie Cummings
Miriam Wiser
Katherine McLoughlin
Bertha Adams
Esther Hall
Peggy Divan
Myrtle Hkrown
Mabel Seilhamer
Anna Gearhart
Currie Wheeler
Lois Scott
Ada Kepford
Patriotic League
Central High notes entertaining Thanksgiving gatherings
Central High held multiple social events during Thanksgiving week. Miss Eleanor Eby hosted Centralian friends including Elizabeth Ellenberger of Sunbury with dancing and games and refreshments. Temple University student William Kay joined Blair Smith and other Centralians for a session featuring business, games, and music. Lulu Klinepeter hosted High school friends with contests and chrysanthemums and a supper for Dora Billett Miriam Spitler Katherine Rishel Martha Moltz Lulu Klinepeter Blair Mefkin Gordon Hinkle John Mahan Bucknell Charles Wagner Gettysburg College. The senior class dance at Hanshaw's Hall, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Richards, featured class color decor and planning by Edna Bowers and William Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Eby
Third Street
Elizabeth Ellenberger
Sunbury
Charlotte Grove
Mildred DeShong
Hazel Collier
Frances Grove
Margaret Good
William McBride
Robert Crist
Willard Smith
Albert Rinkenbach
Thomas Nevitt
Emlin Hall
Fred Wright
Centralians
William Kay
Blair Smith
Peffer Street
Mr. Kay
Temple University
Philadelphia
Herman Gohn
George Pavord
Vernon Wright
Russel Zimmerman
Elwood Deppen
Noble Frank
Charles Koser
Stadden Wiliams
Russel Wise
Thomas Caldwell
Seymour Nissley
Ray Yaple
Richard Mount
Benjamin Whitman
Garnet Wall
Arthur Gardner
Lulu Klinepeter
Iterns
Chrysanthemums
Dora Billett
Miriam Spitler
Katherine Rishel
Martha Moltz
Blair Mefkin
Gordon Hinkle
Walter Slothower
John Mahan
Bucknell
Charles Wagner
Gettysburg College
Hanshaw's Hall
Earl
Richards
Miss Alice LeCompte Hosts Elegant Holiday Tea
Miss Alice Lucille Le Compte hosted a post noon tea at 604 North Second Street attended by over sixty guests from the younger set and some elder friends. Mrs. Charles B. Lear and Mrs. Fred B. Harry assisted. Miss Elizbeth Doheney served refreshments as guests received flower favors bearing names of Miss LeCompte and Dr. Robert McGilligan Hursh who will wed in early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lucille LeCompte
North Second Street
Charles B. Lear
Louisiana
Fred B. Harry
Elizabeth Doheney
Miss LeCompte
Robert McGilligan Hursh
Joseph LeCompte
Mt. St. Joseph School
Chestnut Hill
Hursh
Newville
Medico-Chirurgical College of
Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steelton
Junior Aid plan for work on charitable youth efforts
The Junior Aid plans for winter began with a meeting at Miss Eliza Bailey's home. Officers were elected for 1917 and plans outlined to fill stockings for the Children's Aid Society and to sponsor a French orphan, with new members Elizabeth Hilleary Thelma Kuhn Rebecca Johnson joining the regular roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Bailey
Maclay
Alice Cooper
Helen R. Davis
Katherine Beidleman
Annette Alger Hailey
Margaret Davis
Sarah Bailey
Honore Patton
Harrisburg Hospital
Beulah
Children's Aid Society
Tthe Society
Elizabeth Hilleary
Thelma Kuhn
Rebecca Johnson
Surprise fruit shower for former Redeemer president
Members of the Adult Bible Class at Redeemer Lutheran Church honored former president Mrs. Henry Geisel who returned after months in Cleveland with a canned fruit shower. Ladies present included Mrs. Jacob Bard, Mrs. Daniel Ommert, Mrs. EH Ebenower, Mrs. Paris Horner, Mrs. Eli Horner, and others. Refreshments followed a social evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Redeemer Lutheran Church
Henry Geisel
Cleveland
Ohio
Jacob Bard
Daniel Ommert
Ebenower
Paris Horner
Eli Horner
Alice Phillips
A. Burnman
Frank Bowers
Eighth Regiment Claims a Mascot
George E. Schutt poses with Izie the mascot Boston bull terrier, five months old, adopted during the Eighth Regiment encampment on the Island and now at Camp Hancock Georgia. Izie has become the regimental favorite, often shared with soldiers and Schutt, a member of the Eighth Regiment band who enlisted in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George’ E. Schutt
Camp Hancock
George Allsworth Schutt
Eighth Regiment
Izie
Regment
Mr. Schutt
Little Boy Celebrates Third Birthday at Regina Street Home
Master J Charles Newcomer Jr. marks his third anniversary with a party at 1530 Regina Street. Relatives and friends from the Newcomer and Dunkle families attended games and refreshments, aided by several adults and children. Also, Sara Lemer, violinist, will perform in Reading for the Elks Memorial service Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Charles Newcomer, Jr
Regina Street
Arline
Norma Stober
Louise
Margaret Leighman
Dorothy R. Ful
Wider
Dorothy Jane Newcomer
Lillian Oberdorf
Charles Newcomer, Jr
Lloyd
Arthur Dunkle
Henry Eby, Jr
Jack N. Eby
Herbert
Carl Smith
Emma Newcomer
Robert C. Smith
Leighman
Vesta Smith
Stober
Eby
Fulwider
Dunkle
Thalia Oberdorf
Charles Newcomer
Reading
Sara Lemer
Elks Memorial
Pretty Wedding Unites Emily McNeal and Lyman A Guss in Mifflintown
Miss Emily McNeal and Lyman A. Guss were married on Thanksgiving Day in Mifflintown Pennsylvania. The ceremony at 3 30 p m was performed by Rev J C McConnell at Westminster Church with a reception at the National Hotel. The couple will live in Mifflin after January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily McNeal
Lyman A. Guss
Mifflin
Students Spend Thanksgiving Recess at Home
A list of Princeton University students and women from Vassar Bryn Mawr Goucher and State College enjoying Thanksgiving recess at home includes James H Stewart Henry Fink Marlin Geiger Dorothy C Hurlock Miriam C Cocklin Laura Bretz Rebecca Stewart Sabra Clark Helen Kelley Judith March Helen Shoemaker Dorothy Shoemaker Caroline Lynch Elizabeth B Hurlock Marian Bretz and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Stewart
Henry Fink
Princeton University
Marlin Geiger
State College
Dorothy C. Hurlock
Vassar College
Miriam C. Cocklin
Miss Girl’s School
Bryn Mawr
Laura Bretz
Rebecca Stewart
Sabra Clark
Helen Kelley
Judith March
Helen Shoemaker
Dorothy Shoemaker
Goucher College
Caroline Lynch
Elizabeth
Straw Lauder Bridal in Mifflintown Married Couple
A quiet wedding united Miss Ethel Grace Lauder and Walter Mitchell Straw at the Lauder home in Mifflintown on November 29. The Rev W H Lilley presided. After a Philadelphia honeymoon the couple will reside with the Straw family in Marysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Lauder
Mifflintown
Ethel Grace Lauder
Walter Mitchell Straw
Edward N. Straw
Marysville
W. H. Lilley
Evangelical Church of
Mifflin
Philadelphia
Miss Virginia Fox Weds Lieut. Paul J. Sykes
A pretty military wedding was held at James G. Fox residence in Hummels town. Miss M. Virginia Fox married Lieut Paul J. Sykes of Camp Greene Charlotte N Y. The Rev H S Garner performed the ring ceremony. Organist Miss Katharine Nissley played and Master Harry Lee was ring bearer. The couple left for a honeymoon trip after a wedding supper. Sykes has a leave of absence for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Fox
Hummelstown
M. Virginia Fox
Paul J. Sykes
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. Y
H. 8
Garner
Zion Lutheran Church
Katharine Nissley
Harry Lee
Philadelphia
Sykes
Harrisburg benefit opera Out Somewhere to aid war work
In Harrisburg the Ro berta Disbrow Lloyd Sunshine Society stages the two year benefit opera Out Somewhere featuring local singers and children the Breton Babies. Proceeds fund war work with 20 percent donated. ticket sales begin December 4 at the Orpheum box office with performances on December 7 and 8 and no war tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Roberta Disbrow Lloyd Sunshine Society
Mildred Claster
Helen Capin
Blanch Tausig
Cecilia Tausig
Ruth Kapner
Louise Koons
Marian DeLeon
Ruby Fry
Ruth Marian DeLeon
Rudy Fry
Ruth Gross
Helen Farling
Sara Whitcomb
Eleanor Halbert
Margaret Frego
George Reed
Almer E. Shirey
Ohn S. Boas
Homema
Charles Ryder
David Buehler
E. M. Singer
William Seel
Ross Hall
Preston Crowell
Ernest Sullings
Anna Walzer
Elizabeth Dill
Mary Witmer
Margaret Boas
Dorothy Black
Jane McDonald
Eveline Cumbler
Anna Tacon
Orpheum
Shower Honors Mrs. Rudisill With Household Gifts
Mrs. Jakob Rudisill, an October bride visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Hartman at 2226 N Fifth Street, received a miscellaneous shower by Miss Grace Dittinger. Guests enjoyed dancing knitting and cards followed by a buffet supper for family and friends in Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Rudisill
Rufus Hartman
Fifth Street
Grace Dittinger
Rudisill
Johnstown
Sam Mehring
BE. T. Mehring
Rufus Starts Man
Calvin Shanabrook
Charles Travor
Christine Shanabrook
Margaret Ferguson
Jessie Revie
Elizabeth Koons
Ellea Romberger
Gladys Koons
Marie Yount
Birthday Neon for George R. Kuhlwin at 18th Birthday
Surprise party in honor of George Robert Kuhlwin marked his 18th birthday with dancing and refreshments at 116 Evergreen Street. Guests included local youths and families. also noted are a birth announcement for a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Penny of 3330 Derry Street and a visit by William L. Kay of Philadelphia to Central High alumni family homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Robert Kuhlwin
George Kuhlwin
Evergreen Street
Bertha Miller
Vera Warner
Maizolth
Katherine Graeff
Ruth Starry
Laura Starry
Beulah Magin
Margaret Seastall
Helen Miller
Evelyn Beatty
Eliabeth Cozer
Bernarda Warner
Stewart Harman
Ben Keil
Earnest Sperll
Edward Concord
Leroy Strawhecker
Carlton Gardner
Bruce Kleckner
James McFadden
Bus” Snyder
Carlisle Earley
Peter Bocus
Bertram Katz
Joseph Penny
Derry Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Penny
Mary Ivany
New Foundland
Canada
Miss Stotz Hosts Church Choir Event at Home
Miss Anna Stotz of 1728 Regina Street entertained the State Street United Brethren Church choir at her home on Thanksgiving evening. The gathering honored her upcoming marriage to Eli R. Miller of Detroit, with the choir presenting silverware. Guests included Professor and Mrs. T. Howard Davies, Rev H. F. Rhoad, the Bushmans, the Monsons, and several Stotz family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Schock
Joy
George
H. Jeffers
George Jeffers
E. E. Curtis
Westminster Church
Mary Elizabeth Curtis
Mary Jeffers
Bryn Mawr
Roland H. Jeffers
Evetta Jeffers
Coatesville
Florence Peeples
Ing
Miss Stotz
Eli R. Miller
Harrisburg
Detroit
Mich
State Street United Brethren Church
T. Howard Davies
H. F. Rhoad
Arthur Bushman
Viola Bushman
William Idmonson
Norman Spidel
Harry Batdorf
Sdmonson
Margaret Amonson
A. L. Buck
Anna Hidley
Carrie Walker
Anna Black
Howard Davies, Jr
George Mat ® A. Lingle
W. Myers
L. Kow
Gilbert Kennedy
William Stotz
Ree Stotz
Jean Stotz
Reba Stotz
Middletown
Miss Darby Hosts Little Knitting Party
Miss Rachel Darby of Steelton hosted an informal knitting party this afternoon for her house guest Miss Janet Heath of Philadelphia. Chrysanthemums and ferns adorned the rooms and a buffet supper was served to a group including Miss Heath and several local ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Darby
Steelton
Janet Heath
Philadelphia
Miss Heath
Mary Witmer
Katharine Peters
Elizabeth Dill
Helen Gerdes
Katharine Kelker
Marian Martz
Charles A. DeLone
James McK. Reiley, Jr
Ellen Marks
Prize Essay Contest Launch Planned By Three Unions
A joint committee of Women's Christian Temperance Union groups met at the Y M C A to organize a prize essay contest in eighth grade public schools on How Prohibition Will Help Us Win the War. Twenty five dollars in prizes is planned with possible additional contributions. Two ten dollar prizes are likely to be awarded to students. A thousand circulars will outline the contest rules to teachers and pupils. The committee includes Mrs. C M Spahr Mrs Alice Rollison Mrs Walter S Fisher Mrs Viola Plan and Mrs H B Hartzel Mrs Walter B E Davis and Mrs John DeGray. CALLED TO WEST VIRGINIA William T Hogsett of 1328 Williams Street was summoned to Martinsburg W Va on Thanksgiving Day due to his mother Mrs M L Hogsett’s serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Spahr
Alice Rollison
East Harrisburg Union
Walter 8. Fisher
Viola Plan
Meade Union
H. B. Hartzel
Walter BE. Davis
John DeGray
Harrisburg Union
West Virginia
William T. Hogsett
Williams Street
Martinsburg
W. Va
M. L. Hogsett
D. A. R. Meeting Cards Out For Wednesday Afternoon
Harrisburg Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution cards announce a meeting for Wednesday December 5 at 3 o clock in the Y M C A Assembly Hall Second and Locust streets. Adjutant General Frank D Beary will speak on Pennsylvania's Part in the War. A glee club will sing Pennsylvania and J F Gibson will perform two patriotic numbers. Members have guest privileges and other DAR chapters are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Daughters of the American Revolution
Assembly Hall
Locust
Frank D. Beary
Pennsylvania
J. IF. Gibson
Miss McNeal Hosts Thanksgiving Party Attended by Club Members
Kathryn McNeal hosted a Thanksgiving gathering at 20 North Eighteenth Street for A. fi Club members. Music and dancing entertained guests with a blue gray color theme and luncheon served to listed attendees including Miss Sophoene Ellicker, Miss Jennie Blecker, Miss Maude Daniels, Miss Anna Ulrich, Miss Kathryn McNeal, Miss Phyllis Davisson, Fulmer Reif, Lester Cohler, Harry Bleecker, Fritz Henry, and Lee Ohrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn McNeal
A. Fi Club
North Eighteenth Street
Kendall Bannan wedding announced at Messiah Lutheran
Mr and Mrs John H Bannan announce the marriage of their daughter Sara to Delvin H Kendall this morning at the Messiah Lutheran parsonage with Rev Henry W A Hanson officiating. The bride a Central High School 1913 graduate and Penn school teacher will reside at 1816 Briggs street after their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Bannan
Prince Street
Sara
Jane Bannan
Delvin H. Kendall
Messiah Lutheran Parsonage
Henry W. A. Hanson
Central High School
Teachers Training School
Penn School
Kendall
Harrisburg Pipe On
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Mishler Stroup
Bethesda
Maryland
Charles Harrison Bair
L. K. Graber
Lenore Graber
Elizabeth Garner
Forster Street
Carlisle
J. C. M. Ellenberger
Mary
Helen
P. Eby
North Third Street
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Robert M. Hursh
Alice Lecompte
Annette A.bailey
Wm. Strouse
Town
J. C. McConnell
The
Westminster
Guss
James K. McNeal
Shippensburg Normal School
E. M. Guss & Sons
Gettysburg Colege
Virginia Fox
Educational Department
Civic Club
Harry G. Keffer
William L. A. Shellenberger
North Fifteenth Street
Reeves
Robert B. Reeves
Brooklyn
Church of the Pilgrims
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
North Front Street
Sunshine Opera
Marian DE Leone
George E.reed
Sara Jane Tunis
Mrs. Rudisill
George R. Kuhlwin
Gates
Harry Land
Bradentown
Florida
F. S. Gates
Huntingdon
L. H. Bolton
John
Betty
West Fairview
John C. Gates
Market Street
William L. Kay
Blair EB. Smith
Anna Stotz
Regina
State Street United Brethren
Miss Darby
Eor
Organizations of Women's Christian
Miss McNeal
Kendall-Bannan
James C. Poffenberger
Margaret
Jean
Phillipsburg
N. J
Isaac Poffenberger
Boas Street
Anna Garr
Mulberry Street
John Q. Stewart
Aviation Corps
Princeton
John @. Stewart
Stratford House
New York
KK. R. Termine
William S. O'Hrien
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