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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
15
Harrisburg residents receive milk well above the grade given to other cities. The November report from the City Health Bureau notes most of the supply was entirely free of contaminants with only a low percentage of colon bacteria detected in some samples.
C P Rogers died in an auto accident near his Walnut Street residence after years of public service in Harrisburg. He served since 1910 as Deputy Auditor General, earlier a lawyer in Corry, and active in steel and real estate ventures. Survived by wife, father Colore Chauncey Rogers, siblings, and several siblings in U S service. Auditor General Snyder praised his rare competence and patriotism.
The Keystone Chapter United States Daughters of 1812 held its annual election. Mrs. Samuel Z. Shope was named Regent, with Mrs. Charles J. Wood Jr as first vice regent and Mrs. Sarah A. Kistler as second vice regent. Mrs. James Barr Mersereau presided, and a program featured songs, readings, and a social hour.
Rehearsals for Moorhead’s big vaudeville event are underway with chorus groups from the Moorhead Knitting Company and a salesmen chorus preparing. The concert, vaudeville, and dance at Cheatnut Street Auditorium on Friday January 3 will raise proceeds for the Associated Aid Societies. Florence Ackley Ley directs fifty chorus women. her husband Elmer H Ley, a noted baritone, assists. the Quality Four quartet also appears.
Society column reports engagement of Miss Bettie Cary Burns of Los Angeles to Captain Lawrence Webster Fox Jr of Philadelphia. Fox, coast artillery, Yale 1917, will stay in the West after discharge to pursue business. he is tied to Attor ney John E F Fox.
In Mrs. Frederick E. Downes absence, first vice president Mrs. Homer Black chaired a Sunshine Society meeting at the YMCA. Plans include care for crippled children, Woolen caps for open air pupils, toys and candy, fruit baskets for shut ins, and shoes hosiery and rubbers purchases assisted by Miss Mary Miller of the Visiting Nurse Association. Mrs. J. H. Buffington was elected to membership.
The Central high C A O Society met at Charlotte Ferguson's home on Briggs Street with a social after the business session listing Helen Kochenderfer Dorothy DeVout Charlotte Grove Eleanor Eby Elizabeth Lloyd Hazel Collier Grace Peake Margaret Good Mildred DeShong Gertrude McDevitt Virginia Forrer and Charlotte Ferguson attending. The P B P Club will meet at Catherine Dickert's home for initiations and officer elections. Senior English classes to be hosted by Katherine Zieders at her home for a reading and discussion program. The ice plant visit by second year physics classes was led by Prof Henchen, offering a view of ice manufacture. The O T J Club met at Anna Mercurio's for games and music. The H A Society discussed holiday plans and canceled the Christmas straw ride due to a busy schedule.
The Crescent Club, at its last meeting at Mrs. Ben Olewine’s home, planned a Christmas shipment for Loysville orphans. Toys, candy, nuts, and a hand knitted robe for the home will be sent, centered on an American flag and the Crescent Club name.
Harrisburg Walking Club president Mrs Louis A Drumheller visited Mrs Free at 1830 Regina Street for an afternoon of sewing knitting and cards. The club will hold a charity subscription card party on January 18 at Cameron Hall Second and Walnut to aid orphans due to the influenza epidemic.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Soth of 621 Ross street announce the birth of a son Richard Soth on December 1 1918. Mr and Mrs Carroll Langley of Fort Wayne Ind announce the birth of a daughter Sylvia Bell Langley on November 30 1918. Mrs Langley formerly Miss Mary Kathryn Sud. Mr and Mrs William B McCall of Steertan announce the birth of a daughter Mary Catherine McCall on November 26 1918 at Harrisburg Hospital. Mrs McCall formerly Miss Anna M Lavelle of Harrisburg.
Amid laurel decorations and Christmas trees the annual Doll Show at John Y. Boyd Hall, YWCA, features about a hundred dolls on display this evening. After Santa visits, Associated Aid will distribute dolls to city orphans. Central High School Club girls organized candy, dressing, programs, and decor under Miss Lillian Koster with Ruth Langdon leading the candy committee and members listed.
Constantin Sternberg impresses a large audience with a four decade career, performing Beethoven Pastoral Sonata, Bach Andante, Chopin preludes, and works by Du Bois Spielter and Arensky. He ends with three original pieces and two encores, preceded by anecdotes in a lively piano conversazione that highlights art and artist as one.
Miss Julia Stamm who went overseas for Y M C A canteen work arrived in Liverpool on November 30. She changed from the Orduna to the Melita after learning the Melita offered better quarters, sailing four hours earlier than planned from New York. The Orduna was rammed off Queenstown by a tanker.
Sir Frederick E. Smith in Liverpool outlines memoranda for the war cabinet and argues that freedom of the seas must yield to belligerent needs in wartime. He lauds American service and urges Britain to approach the peace conference with American sentiment in mind.
The fragment notes a linkage between the British and American navies, praising past actions and suggesting continued potential for joint operations in future conflicts. It hints at mutual aid and long term alignment across eighteen months mentioned in the text.
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