Ambler Hears of Insurance Raise in Philadelphia Area
Insurance Commissioner Ambler received a letter from the Board of Fire Underwriters of Philadelphia stating recent fire insurance rate increases in Philadelphia and adjacent counties were caused by higher federal taxes, overhead costs, material costs, investment shrinkage, and war conditions. The commissioner declined to comment, noting interest in whether the rise would be nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambler
Board of Fire Underwriters of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Today
O'Neil
Hummelstown
Swatara
Dauphin County
Brownsville
South
Public Service Commission
Greensboro Gas Company
Removals Planned in Hancock Division Reorganization
Hancock Camp Augusta Ga December 18. A further reorganization of the Twenty eighth Division is foreshadowed with retirement of elderly generals colonels and officers to be replaced by younger men. The shift aims to strengthen the force for the coming campaign though no resignations are confirmed. Walter Schumann Heink son of Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink has enlisted as a fourth class army cook, the fourth of her sons to join the services.
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Camp Hancock
Augusta
Twenty-eighth Division
Pennsylvania National Guard
Jim Jeffries
New York
Walter Schumann-Heink
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Pine Street Schools Annual Christmas Party held in Boyd Memorial
The Pine Street Presbyterian Church primary and kindergarten departments host their annual Christmas party Friday afternoon in the Boyd Memorial building. Mrs. Harry Taylor and Miss Anne McCormick lead arrangements with a festive program including playettes songs and a kindergarten exercise directed by Miss Edna Sprenkle. All children in both departments are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Memorial Building
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Harry Taylor
Anne McCormick
Edna Sprenkle
Get-Together Meeting of Soldiers Families
Adjutant General Beary will address a get-together of the families of men in the United States service and the home service department of the Red Cross tomorrow afternoon from 8 to 6 o'clock at the Civic Club house Front and North streets. Beary recently returned from Camp Hancock Ga and will share experiences. A large gathering of wives mothers daughters and sisters is hoped for. There will be music and tea served with Mrs Lyman PD Gilbert pouring assisted by committee members.
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Beary
United States Service
Home Service Department of the Red Cross
Civic Club House
Front
North Streets
Camp Hancock
Army
Navy
Candle Light Service at Y W C A on Sunday
A candle service is planned for Sunday at 6 PM at the Y W C A on Fourth and Walnut for women and girls Mrs William Jennings will preside and Mrs Mary Snyder Rowland will tell The Holy Grail Kresge Komrade Klub will lead music singing Christmas carols and old songs A social hour will follow with many likely to attend evening church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W. C. A. Fourth
Walnut Streets
William Jennings
Mary Snyder Rowland
Kresge Komrade Klub
Local Birth Announcements From City Families Past
Gas Mr and Mrs Paul F Aukerbrandt announce the birth of daughter Evelyn May Aukerbrandt on December 17 1911. Mrs Aukerbrandt was Miss Sarah Lynehi before marriage. Harvey F Kohler and wife announce daughter Vivian Koehler born December 15 1917. Kohler formerly Miriam Quensler. Paul Finnegan and wife announce daughter Seien Louise Finnegan born December 7 1917. Finnegan formerly Beulah Bretzel. Joseph R Hall and wife announce son Jack Hall born December 13 1917. Hall formerly Sue Fratts of Middletown before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Aukerbrandt
Evelyn May Aukercrandt
Aukerbrandt
Sarah Lynehi
Harvey F. Kohler
Dauphin Street
Vivian Koehler
Hamilton Street
Seien Louise Finnegan
Finnegan
Beulah Bretzel
Chambersburg
Joseph R. Hall
Harris Street
Jack Hall
Hall
Sue Fratts
Middletown
Central High Notes Miss Blough Hosts Greek Feast at Home
Miss Mary Blough entertained the 8 P Q R Society at her North Second Street residence last evening. Guests included Principal Howard G. Dibble and a Greek dance by Miss Nancy McCullough and Miss Eleanor Jones. Next meeting will be at Frances House on Twenty second and Bellevue Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Blough
Second Street
8. P. Q. RK. Society
Howard G. Dibble
Nancy McCullough
Eleanor Jones
Helen Appleby
Mildred Mayer
Lorna Brandt
Fay Mayer
Sylvia Claster
Dorothy Engle
Vivian Hartzell
Frances Hause
Helen Hoffman
Adaline Klinehinst
Helen Shoop
Kathryn Brackenridge
Mildred Burkholder
Beatrice Krebbs
Lucie Muntz
Clara Zimmerman
Miss
Kathryn MecNiff
Miss E. Engle
George Fleck
Richard Mount
Willard Smith
Dwight Dougherty
Noble Frank
Arthur Gardner
Thomas Lantz
Blair Smith
Jay St
Culp Swab Wedding in New York Church Today
Frances Anna Swab and Heister J. Culp Jr. wed at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York. The bride wore pale lavender crepe meteor with Georgette, and orchids and pink rosebuds adorned her bouquet. The couple will reside at 1238 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, after a wedding breakfast and a dinner in their honor with relatives and friends.
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New York
Frances Anna Swab
George C. Swab
Heister J. Culp, Jr
H. B. Culp
Walnut Street
William Strouse
Georgette
Philadelphia
Central High School
Father and Two Sons Are Now in Service
Harrisburg area readers learn that Rev Wm C Spicer a former resident has resigned his Gloversville Presbyterian pastorate to join YMCA work abroad sailing tomorrow for France. His son Billy Spicer Jr in Marine Corps at Port Royal awaits orders. another son Kerby Spicer enlisted and awaits assignment. Mrs Elizabeth Spicer returns home to see father and brothers before they depart.
Civic Club Meeting Draws Wide Interest and Action
The December Civic Club gathering featured Miss May Lemer recounting France life, with Mrs. Henderson presiding. Reports covered Red Cross cooperation, patches for jail inmates, milk and crackers for deficient children, and a fundraiser selling articles by deficient school children.
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Civic Club
William Henderson
May Lemer
Thomas B. Mitchell
Bellefonte
Red Cross
Rachel Pollock
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Downey
Hamilton
Lumberjack Regiment
France
Martha Guehler
North Second Street
Annville Girl Hosts Informal C A O Party at Home
Miss Katherine Kelley hosted the Central High School C A O Society of the 1917 class at her 1900 North Second Street home. Miss Laura Millard, Annville, roommate at Goucher College, visited during the holiday. The group knit for soldiers, shared conversation, and enjoyed a buffet supper with attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Kelley
North Second Street
C. A. O. Society
Central High School
Laura Millard
Annville
Goucher College
Caroline Hahn
Margaret Bacon
Sabra Clark
Romayne Boyer
Evelyn Speakman
Helen Wall
Gertrude Weston
Martha Creswell
Mary Alma Allin
Getha High
Katherine Simonetti
Gertrude Snyder
Washington, D. C
Michael Snyder
South Fifteenth Street
Anna Glass
North Seventeenth Street
Philadelphia
Boyd A. Kohler
Officers’ School
Frank Kohler
Derry Street
William E. Bailey
Front
South Streets
Russell Alger
Detroit
Laura Bretz
Baltimore
Harry M. Bretz
Sarah Wensell
Wellesley
Colonial Res
Stern-Weiler Wedding Takes Place in Baltimore
Mr and Mrs Max Weiler of Baltimore announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Selma Weiler to Walter L Stern of this city on Monday December 17. The ceremony was held last evening at their Owosso Baltimore apartments with Rabbi Lazarson officiating in the presence of immediate family. The service was quiet due to a recent death in the bride s family. The couple reside at 412 Briggs Street. The bride is noted as a charming young woman of the Monumental City and Mr Stern has taken over his late father EK Stern s shoe business in Walnut.
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Max Weiler
Baltimore
Selma Weiler
Walter L. Stern
Owosso
Rabbi Lazarson
Madison Temple
Briggs Street
Mr. Stern
EK. Stern
Walnut Street
Christmas Candle Service Planned at John Boya Hall
Y M C A notes a Christmas candle service for Sunday at 6 P M in John Y Boya Hall with Mrs William Jennings as program chair. Trees will adorn the lobby, carols sung, and a Miss Mary Snyder Christmas story promised to be of interest. Bachelor Girls Club meets and plans social service. refreshments served to a list of members and guests.
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John Y. Boya Hall
William Jennings
Mary Snyder
Bachelor Club
Bachelor Girls’ Club
Sarah Wrightstone
Myrtle Brown
Daisy Seidie
Mary Schubauer
Bertha Schubauer
Beatrice Lynn
Ethel Seibert
Ruth Anderson
Isabelle Foster
Carrie Wheeler
Laura Kellberg
Edith State
Clara Wolfe
Myrtle Bierkower
Anna Habschmidt
Emma Stabrnau
Frances Acuff
Loia G. Scott
Miss Harriette MacDonald Weds Charles H Delaney in New York
Miss Harriette TB MacDonald married Charles H Delaney in a December 15 wedding at the Highteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church New York City with Rev J C Warren officiating. The bride wore a dark blue street costume and orchids. A breakfast followed at the Astor Hotel. They will live in uptown New York after a brief honeymoon. Delaney, born in Harrisburg, is son of the late Captain and Mrs John C Delaney.
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Harriette TB. MacDonald
Charles H. Delaney
Washington, D. C
Highteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
New York City
J. C. Warren
Astor Hotel
Delaney
New York
Mr. Delaney
John C. Delaney
Harrisburg
Washington
Bernstorff Loses Pitt Honorary Degree
Pittsburgh, Dec 18. Count Von Bernstorff is stripped of his honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Pittsburgh. Trustees dropped his name from the list of Pitt honorary degree recipients along with six other Germans who held honorary degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Count von Bernstorff
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Reading Pipe Built for Jerusalem Army Main
Reading, Pa., December 18. A 150 mile main across the Sinai desert in Palestine, crucial for British forces to capture Jerusalem and other cities, was manufactured in Reading.
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Reading
Sinai Desert
Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy Land
York County Moves to Abolish Toll Roads
York Pennsylvania on December 18 reports definite steps after four years of agitation to end York county toll roads. A delegation met with Deputy State Highway Commissioner Joseph Hunter who promised state cooperation on a fifty fifty basis to take over the turnpikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
York County
Joseph Hunter
Sta
Guillotine Warning From Trotzky in Petrograd
In Petrograd on December 16, Leon Trotzky forewarned opponents that the current terror would soon assume the feared form of the French revolutionary guillotine. He asserted the terror would intensify within a month, though not at the fortress.
Stamm Made Library Trustee In Harrisburg Board Vote
A Harrisburg Public Library board elected A. Carson Stamm to replace William A. Bell as school board representative. Casper Dull was re elected president with George A. Gorgas as vice president and D. Bailey Brandt secretary. Committee assignments were named including Investment Executive Library. A small fire at 1607 Walnut Street caused minor damage.
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Harrisburg Public Library
A. Carson Stamm
William A. Bell
MW Harrisburg
Casper Dull
George A. Gorgas
D. Bailey Brandt
James McCormick, Jr
Missakton
W. M. Donaldson
E. J. Stackpole
Haldeman O'Connor
A. Boyd Hamilton
Arthur D. Bacon
H. G. Dibble
Walnut Street
Sixteenth
Walnut Streets
Camp Meade First to Be Completed
Camp Meade Maryland the training camp for Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania National Army men finished among the leaders in final completion officers say the camp is ready with barracks administration buildings kitchens animal quarters and other structures Camp Meade was among the first to reach occupancy readiness due to site water supply and labor factors real work began in July while other camps progressed earlier in the season
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Washington
Camp Meade
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania National Army
Quartermaster’s Department
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Dunlap Gas Company
James McKay Company
McKees Rocks
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
White Deer Telephone Company
Montgomery
State Water Supply Commission
Ainey
Morrow
L. Peasley
Williamaport
D. P. Reese
Plymouth
J. G. Lesher
Huntingdon
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Charles Budagger
Thomas B. Harbison
Philadelphia Board No. 12
Little Gem
Etc
Optometrist
H.C. Claster
Market ST
Hancock
Oxford
Ecru
Nas Kox
Keeney’s
MR. and
Mrs. Heist Culp
Pine Street
Ralph Irving Dethl
Helen Cordry
Dorothy Myers
Old Paxton Church
Armenian Relief
Charles J. Wood, Jr
Evelyn Wood
North Third Street
Wood
Herbert Kauffman
Dorothy Strouse
Richmond
Jeanette Nachman
John Kremer, Jr
U. S
Fanning
Ellis N. Kremer
Reformed Salem Church
John Ericsson
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steelton
Ordnance Officers’ Reserve Corps
Ericsson
Sweden
Bethlehem Steel
Steerton
Scowell, Wellington & Co
Boston
The
Rupay Company
Cleveland, Ohie
Mary Adeline Lemer
Ely School
Greenwich
Katharine Aldinger
Margaret Landis
Drexel Institute
Elwood Herman
Nelle Herman
Jersey City
Kathryn Bordner
George W. Thornton
Samuel I. Thornton
Brooklyn
Donald
Anne Ar Wert
Stern-Weiler
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Miss MacDonald
Penn Street
Chas.h. Delaney
Joseph C. MacDonald
Bernstorff
York Co
Trotzky
Petrograd
Third Street
Claster
H. C. Claster
Market Street
N. Third Street
Nad
Bond
Reo
Smog Lawn
Gorgas
N. 3Rd St. Penna
Berryhill Locust Street
Cumberland Sts
Harrisburg, Pa
RK. H. Lyon
Penna
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