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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1916

Page

20

Labor Department Party Turns Gifts Into Cash for Children

The Department of Labor and Industry Christmas party at Masonic hall tomorrow invites guests to donate money for the Atlantic City Children's Sanatorium. Contributions, not mandatory, drop in a box at the ballroom door. A RoR Rae opens the event with a department talent, then Sara Lemer orchestra at 9. Committee includes Gould, Moffatt, MacDowell, Sellers, Myers, Dunn, and Lippincott.

Department of Labor and Industry Masonic Hall Atlantic City Pennsylvania Sara Lemer Theodore J. Gould Glenn W. Moffatt John A. Mac

Annual Academy Dance by Old-Time Candlelight

Decorations of Christmas greenery lit by candles set the scene for the annual academy dance held last evening in the school gym. The Sara Lerer orchestra provided music. Patronesses included Mrs. Edwin S. Herman and others, with a long guest list featuring Miss Wyche Davis of Savannah and many local names. Milton Myers celebrated his 64th birthday with a private party hosted by the Millers at 547 South Front Street. Holiday plans include Dr. and Mrs. John Price Jackson leaving for New York City to spend Christmas with their daughter. Alice Buchanan and Harry P. Loser were wed in Hagerstown on December 15, 1916.

Academy Sara Lerer Edwin S. Herman Lane S. Hart Hazel Falvey Frederick L. Morgenthaler G. &. Matter James F. Bullitt Howard M. Bingaman Frank Payne Arthur E. Brown Howard R. Omwake Wyche Davis Savannah Katherine Hart Laura Bretz Margaret Landis Mary Lutz Esther Hogentogler Mary Roth Margaret Motter York Mary Quinn Anna Bennetham Anna Smith Mary Lawton Sara McCullough Margaret Wilson Mary Wolz Mary Boas Judith Marsh Alice Decevee Alma Thompson Williamstown Sylvia Claster Roberta Reif Mildred Sheesley Marie Smith Isabel Schreiner Mary Witmer Anna Nissley Margaret Bullitt Martha Bullitt Dorothy Hurlock Nancy McCullough Katherine Nissley H. M. Bingaman Gordon J. Platt James T. Carroll Robert Conant Raymond Kennedy Fred Schlicter J. M. O'Connell William C. Bruce James Finn Harold Astrich Claude Stroup Jack Froelich Theodore Morganthaler Robert Stewart Frank Payne, Jr H. Elmore Smith Edwin Sourbeer John Kuhn Dana Garnett de Forest Lescure Robert A. Bell Edwin Herman Fred Strohm Cleveland Hicks Robert Mercer Lawrence Phipps Edward Lapp Parker Geistwhite William Hurlock George A. Baer George Schreiner Meetch Stroup George Bacon Milton Myers P. R. R. Company Lim H. G. Miller South Front Street Albert Boak John Myers William Thompson H. A. Walkemyer Beatrice Myers William Ga New York John Price Jackson North Second Street New York City Frank Winthrop Reynolds Loser-Buchanan Alice Buchanan McVeytown Harry P. Loser Harrisburg Hagerstown Kieffer Zion Reformed Church North Sixth Street

Efficiency engineer eyes new city for vacation stay

An efficiency engineer based in New York City Boston and New Haven is home on vacation and weighing locating in this city. Several locals travel for Christmas visits including Mrs William Elder Bailey and Miss Annette Bailey to Detroit to see Mrs Russell A Alger. Miss Alice Marie Decevee returns home from Ossinning School for holidays. Miss Elizabeth Dill visits from Philadelphia to stay with her parents at Crescent street. Mrs Ida R McKinney mother of Captain Paul L Barclay of the Pennsylvania Railroad police plans Christmas with her son O W Barclay, linked to the Quaker City fire department.

New York City Boston New Haven William Elder Bailey Annette Bailey Front South Streets Detroit Mich Russell A. Alger Alice Marie Decevee Second North Streets Ossinning School Elizabeth Dill Philadelphia I. W. Dill Crescent Street Ida R. McKinney Whiteshall Street Paul L. Barclay Pennsylvania Railroad Police O. W. Barclay Quaker City Fire Department

Abigail Inn Pig Roast Ad

Sunday evening pig roast at Abigail Inn from 5:00 to 7:30 PM at 916 North Sixth Street. Plates priced at 60 cents. Community event advertisement.

Abigail Inn North Sixth Street

Birth Announcements for Helen Louise and David Lester Arnold

Mr and Mrs William H Chrisemer announce the birth of a daughter Helen Louise Chrisemer on December 13 1916 at 735 South Twenty third Street. Mrs Chrisemer was Miss Hulda Troeder of Frankfort on Main Germany before marriage. Mr and Mrs Harold James Arnold announce the birth of a son David Lester Arnold on December 14 1916 in Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Howard F Spencer announce the birth of a daughter Helen Mary Spencer on December 18 1916. Mrs Spencer was Miss Harriet Lester prior to marriage.

William H. Chrisemer South Twenty-third Street Helen Louise Chrisemer Chrisemer Hulda Troeder Frankfort-on- Main Germany Harold James Arnold Cincinnati Harrisburgers David Lester Arnold Howard F. Spencer Scranton Helen Mary Spencer Spencer Harriet Lester

Dr Dixon Re elected President of Philadelphia Academy

Dr Samuel G. Dixon, Commissioner of Health, was re elected president of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences for the twenty first time and curator for the twenty fifth time at the annual officers election last night. Army medical officers on the border report no danger of an epidemic in spinal meningitis among Georgia and Pennsylvania troops with three deaths in Georgia and two cases in Pennsylvania, all now recovering.

Samuel G. Dixon Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences Dixon Washington, D. C Georgia Pennsylvania

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