Miss Watts Tells of Her Arrival in France
Mrs. David Watts shares a letter from daughter Miss Marion Watts serving with American troops in France. She arrived mid November and requests field work over town canteens. She describes cold French weather, eager soldiers seeking mail, and reports liking her duties and uniform. Also notes Lieutenant Edward B. Tustin visiting his grandmother in town and a August marriage of Edith Johnston to Mark W. Haller in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
David Watts
Marion Watts
Watts
Thomas H. Johnston
Riverside
Edith Johnston
Mark W. Haller
St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Rollin Alger Sawyer
Haber
Hear Miss Faas In Fine Program Tomorrow Evening
Miss Faas returns to Bethlehems Wednesday Club concert with Sascha Jacobinoff the young Russian violinist. She earned acclaim at the Bach festival in Bethlehem last June for her pure tone and expressive range. The program features Handel Faure Grandi and Kreisler selections with Jacobinoff and covers a broad vocal and violin repertoire. Members may attend with tickets. others may pay the usual fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sascha Jacobinoff
Miss Faas
Bethlehem
Larghetto,"” “Allegro,"* Mr. Jacobinoff
Paul Vidal
Bemberg
Faure
Wrancoeur- Kreisler
Reger
Tarmbourin Chinois
Kreisler
Jacobinoff
Friday Dancing Class Hostess Miss Bailey Entreats Local Members
Miss Annette Alger Bailey of Front and South streets hosted the Friday evening dancing class at her home. Attendees included Lydia Kunkel Honore Patton Louise Hickok Winifred Meyers Susanna Maguire Cecilia Kunkel Katherine Rutherford Alice Lescure De Wight Luddington William Lescure Daniel Bacon John Lescure Wilbur Morse Fred Stone Alger Bailey George Devore William Abbott Lewis Kunkel and others from Chicago and local circles. The group enjoyed games and refreshments, followed by a birthday party for Warren Leroy Cless with local youths. John Troup Martina Moeslein provided music and readings afterward. The Y M H A auxiliary meeting in December will be held tomorrow evening at 1321 North Sixth street with Mrs Sol G Cohen presiding and full attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette Alger Bailey
Front
South Streets
Lydia A. Kunkel
Honore Patton
Louise A. Hickok
Winifred Meyers
Susanna Maguire
Cecilia Kunkel
Katherine Rutherford
Alice Lescure
de Wight Luddington
William Lescure
Daniel Bacon
John Lescure
Wilbur Morse
Fred Stone
Alger Bailey
George Devore
William Abbott
Lewis Kunkel
Harry Cless
Warren Leroy Cless
Della James
Evelyn _Kreeburn
Floyd Haupt
Miss Rodes
New Cumberland
Rose ,Rogers
Gladys Shoup
William Shellenberger
Lewis Berges
Charles Long
James Smith
John Troup
Martina Moeslein
Woman's Auxiliary
North Sixth Street
Sol G. Cohen
Military Wedding For Pretty Miss Emily Ball
Miss Emily Wagenseller Ball bride of Lieutenant Wesley Weaver Harting in Second Baptist Church Germantown. Ceremony attended by Army Navy officers. reception followed. couple to honeymoon in the South before he reports to command. Also notes other local marriages and furloughs of military men with brief statuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Wagenseller Ball
William H. Ball
Musgrave Street
Germantown
Wesley Weaver Harting
United States
Second Baptist Church
Brumbaugh
Charles H. Dodd
Edward 8. Nindle
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Army
Navy
France
Harting
Samuel Harting
East Johson Street
Germany
W. Whitney Ball
Fort Niagara
N. Y
Frances Dowling Ball
Edythe Lawton
Eva Harting
Walter HH. Chapman
H. G. Culpitt
Robert G. Rauscher
United States Navy
Richay Haig
William H. Whitney
Birth of a son for Mr and Mrs Ralph K Elicker
Mr and Mrs Ralph K Elicker of 1319 North Second Street announce the birth of a son named Charles Kenneth Elicker born Tuesday November 27 1917. Mrs Elicker formerly Miss Mary Belle Shettel of Lewisberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph K. Elicker
North Second Street
Charles Kenneth Elicker
Elicker
Mary Belle Shettel
Lewisberry
Cadet David Cameron Returns Home on Brief Furlough
Cadet David Cameron of the Signal Corps aviation section visits his parents at 200 Pine Street after completing ground school at the Army School of Military Aeronautics in Ithaca New York. He will shortly proceed to the flying school at Love Field Dallas Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Cameron
Aviation
The
Signal Corps
Pine Street
United States Army School of Military Aeronautics
Ithaca
N. Y
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
GeoRge E. Landis
8. C. Landis
New Cumberland
Field Artillery
United States Reserves
Fort Oglethorpe
Landis
Fort Logan
Houston
United States Army
Central High
South Brownsville
University of Michigan
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Informal Saturday Dance at Mrs Ridgway Batt’s Home
A small division of Highland area residents gathered for a informal Saturday evening dance at Mrs. Wilmer Ridgway Batt’s home at 2430 North Second Street honoring Miss Theodora Sangree Kaufmann. Attendees included Miss Katherine Beidleman Miss Theodora Kaufmann and local youths William Lescure John Lescure and Robert Charlton Kitch en of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Ridgway Batt
North Second Street
Theodora Sangree Kaufmann
Katherine Beidleman
Theodora Kaufmann
William Lescure
John Lescure
Robert Charlton Kitchen, Jr
Philadelphia
Honor Roll At Year’s End From Harrisburg Rite
The Scottish Rite bodies of the Valley of Harrisburg closed a remarkable year with an honor roll listing Consistory members who enlisted in the service of their country. The roll includes J. Roy Armington, Harry H. Baker, Aubrey H. Baldwin, Wilbur B. Barker, Harry Nelson Bassler, Percy B. Deckard, George P. Drake, Maurice B. Finney, Russell H. Gleim, Henry M. Gross, Jerome M. Hamilton, George L. Hepford, William L. Hicks, Adolph Huber, Robert F. Ligan, Frederick F. Lutz, Eugene E. Moyer, Charles M. McCoy, Hart D. Ogelsby, Jacob M. Peters, Paul P. Porter, Livingston V. Rausch, Floyd T. Romberger, Earl E. Sheesley, Henry D. Shenk, Edgar H. Smith, James N. Snavely, John T. Stewart, Charles I. Trullinger, Charles O’D. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley of
Harrisburg
J. Roy Armington
Harry H. Baker
Aubrey H. Baldwin
Wilbur 8. Barker
Harry Nelson Bassler
Percy B. Deckard
George P. Drake
Maurice BE. Finney
Sunshine Opera Ticket Sale Opens At Orpheum
Tomorrow at 9 am the reserve sale for Out Somewhere at the Orpheum Theater begins. Exchange ticket holders receive priority in reservations as the full operatic tale unfolds with dancers and singers among the Misses Keen Scott Runkle Sweeney Taylor Klinehunst Gipple Blair Hogentagler Ernest Sangree Kauffman and a shepherdess troupe. Chaperones and costumiers led by Mrs Finigan organize hems and instructions for the eager amateur cast and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theater
Katherine Keen
Leona Scott
Mildred Runkle
Irene Sweeney
Dorothy Taylor
Katherine Klinehunst
Marguerite Gipple
Miriam Blair
Bertha Hogentagler
Katharine Ernest
Theodora Sangree Kauffman
Katharine Fitzpatrick
Ruth Starry
Grace Crandell
Faye Haverstick
Jean Matter
Margarite Reynolds
G. Reed
H. Keffer
Rausch
Herman Miller
Dunbar
Thompson
Hoke
Backenstee
Hamer
Emerson
Civic Club Packs Warm Clothing for Sanatoriums
The Civic Club urges quick contribution of warm clothing for Mont Alto and Hamburg sanatorium patients. Send items to the Civic Club house at Front and North streets. Acceptable goods include underwear, coats, sweaters, mittens, shoes, and stockings. Monetary gifts to Mrs. William E. Bailey assist purchasing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club
Mont Alto
Hamburg
William E. Bailey
North Front Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mildred Faas
Miss Bailey
Ong
Uncle Sam
the Musser
Coats
Finkelstein
N. Sixth St
Market St
Miss Emily Ball
Long Stewart
J. W. Stewart
Vernon Street
Virginia B. Stewart
J. Leroy Long
Lemoyne
Hagerstown
Townsend
Church of Christ
Lottie Ernest
Evelyn Cumbler
Highspire
Troy
Emma Willard School
Charles H. Snoddy
Harold Tupple
Camp Hancock
Georgia
James H. Smith
Paul C. Montell
21St Regiment
Wm. Strouse
Miss Bwope
Reynard
City Star Laundry
Sixth Street
Blake
Blake Shop
North Second St
Lebanon
Henry C. Harlan
Mary
Ella Harlan
Peter Ditzler
Harlan
Charles Lucas
Highlands
N. J
William HH. Pomp
Parker Street
Washington, D. C
Aaron Harter
Sixteenth
Regina Streets
Ltarry Harter
Dorothy George
Middletown
Thirteenth
Market Streets
Charles KE. Pass
Derry Streets
Boston
Mass
DeForest Lescure
Lafayette College
Baston
W. J. Lescure
Albert Dean
Elsie Dean
South Fifteenth Street
Parkesburg
Evelyn Eckenbarger
Bumbau
Edna Kugler
Sigler
Joseph A. Hayes
Penn Street
Baltimore
Sara W. Coover
Pittsburgh
William Wah Courtlandt Brandt
W. T. Gonert
Miss Tranger
Atlantic City
Reunion
Sunshine Opera
Pearl Thompson
Brooklyn
Edward Lewis
Green Street
Elwood Barton
Elsie Barton
Charles D. Farley
Bell
Crego
Noth Third Street
Market Street
Elam L. Banks
Jerauld Shoe Co
Linden Street
P. M. Oyler
Music Store
S. Fourth St
Soutter
Everlyonee
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