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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
10
The Associated Aid Societies report six local cases needing help this Christmas. Families require about 3 to 8 dollars a week for essentials, with funds directed to rent, groceries, and care. Donors may specify the family and will receive reports on spending.
Harry Miller presides at a morning program by Tech students for open air school children. Teachers Training class attends. Decorations gifts stockings and a Christmas tree. Saint Nicholas arrives down the chimney. Music by Prof. A M Lindsay. Open air children also perform. The Who's Who at Tech lists popular and least popular figures. Midyear exams set for February first week. Major General Morrison named director of military training with War College HQ. Fire damages the United States Biological Station lab at Fairport Iowa.
During Christmas season shoppers face exposure to colds that can lead to grip and pneumonia. Doctors link store-to-street transitions to increased illness and urge careful use of safe remedies like Father John’s Medicine to prevent sickness and avoid harmful drugs.
City residents donate funds and knitwear to the Red Cross with 25 matches by Dr Keen supporters and Frank Davenport Jr. raising money in restaurants. Members report 66 new supporters in Harrisburg and a framing of national duty through gifts and memberships.
The Government will station a Federal income tax collector in the Spooner Building in Harrisburg from January 2 to March 1 to help taxpayers prepare returns at no charge. Penalties from 20 to 1000 dollars apply if returns are delayed or incorrect. Exemption thresholds differ by marital status and income. taxpayers should begin calculating now to be ready.
The National Jewish War Relief ball at Winterdale drew over 300 attendees with a large Harrisburg turnout. Samuel Kompus and others organized the event, featuring the Updegrove orchestra and proceeds sent to national headquarters.
The Y W C A home department held its annual Christmas party with a festively decorated lobby two large trees and gifts from the trees. Guests sang carols heard stories by Miss Ella Yost and Mrs Mary Snyder Rowland and refreshments were served to a long list of attendees. The K K Club plans Christmas Eve and Day caroling with baskets of goodies for needy families and the club chorus under Miss Viola Burd prepares to sing at Sunday vesper services.
Two hostesses Mrs. Thomas E Bowman and Miss Anna Bacon host a Christmas themed bridge evening at 216 North Street honoring Mrs Fred Harry and Miss Margaret Ramsay with prizes and gifts. The guest list includes numerous local women from Mechanicsburg Carlisle Palmerton and Bertha Zulfinger Mount Jolly. Brothers in the Service Joseph S Williams of Erie and Tyron H Williams at Camp Hancock Augusta Ga are mentioned with sister Marian Williams joining them.
Esther Sponsler hosted a Sophomore class party at her home on Tuesday night with green and gold decorations. Attendees included Esther Garverich Ruth Macey Amy Smith Grace Weiser and others along with John Martin George Cain George Gruber John Lebo Charles Wise Walter Evelyn and faculty chaperone Mrs F I Martin.
The Colonial Country Club entertainment committee announces two holiday dances. Christmas night offers an informal dance for members with music and mingling. New Year’s night features the big holister dance with the Updegrove orchestra and many college guests. Albert L. Allen and Redsecker Brinser lead the events.
Roshanara's Divertissements brings a diverse cast from France Belgium Russia and the United States to the Orpheum for a Christmas engagement. Michio Iten showcases Japanese dance while Roshanara portrays Burmah folk dances and Indian ceremonial pieces. The troupe's colorful pantomime and sumptuous scenery aim to enchant audiences with a festival of dance and music.
Geraldine Farrar headlines the Artcraft release The Devil Stone opening Christmas Day at Regent Theater. The Brittany coast drama offers a markedly different role for the star after Joan the Woman and other prior spectacles, with a dramatic plot culminating in New York.
Miss Rose Garonzik hosted an informal dance for A. S. Club members at her home in honor of Seaman Charles Brenner who recently enlisted in the Navy. The Seaman's string orchestra provided music and Brenner departs for Norfolk today.
Central High Notes Miss Elizabeth Hallahan of the YWCA social committee calls a special committee meeting Friday at 4 15 PM in the clubroom to discuss the New Year’s party. Attending girls should bring party suggestions. Members named on the special committee include Grace Robinson Ferne Hoffstat Mildred Kreider Dorothy Haas Laura Althouse Mary Starry Helen Newwestine Nellie Ard Mary Katharine Shope Esther Wheeler Elizabeth Murray Miriam Ulrich.
Max Reiter and David Kaplan of Max Reiter and Company were held for court by Alderman Holoverter after bail of 500 each was posted for January quarter sessions. C B La Vigne of the American Fair Sales League testified along with a post office inspector. Hatz represented the defendants and Major Lamb spoke for the league. In a separate incident Cornelius McDermott, 36, was hospitalized with a fractured skull after being caught in a freight elevator at the Penn Harris Hotel.
Arthur D. Bacon, second vice president of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, accepts a special representative post for the government to assist in obtaining emergency supplies and coordinating with industry. Andrew B. Patterson selects the appointee for this responsibility. Prothonotary Henry F. Holler issues Dauphin County court calendars for the next year detailing court sessions, sheriff sales, and Bar Association events.
Harrisburg dealers received two shipments of 20 000 pounds each to ease a sugar shortage. Further large consignments are on the way from Louisiana, delayed by abnormal railroad conditions. Prices are not expected to fall.
The Orpheum presents Roshanara Danse Divertissements with Michio Stow and a cross nation cast. Also featured are Harry Lauder tours and the 6 act drama The Burglar at the Victoria and The Lone Wolf at the Colonial with Madge Kennedy in Nearly Married.
George Weidman Groff and family depart from Harrisburg en route to Canton China where he serves on the Christian College faculty. He will conduct agricultural surveys for the U.S. government seeking fruits vegetables and grains for new introductions. He will also stop in the Philippines on official business. Mrs Groff and their son recently returned from China and his parents remain in Canton.
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