Oberlin Betrothal Highlighted at Green Dinner
Oberlin hosts a dinner party honoring the engagement of Miss Olivia G. Stengle to Dr. E F B Shope. Guests included Mrs. A S Green and Miss Olivia Stengle. a hornet nest with red butterflies announced the news during dessert. Dr Shope is a Middletown Medical and Temple University trained dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S&s Green
Oberlin
E. F. B. Shope
Middletown High School
Medico-Chi
Philadelphia
Dental Department
Temple University
Officers Reserve Corps
U.S.A
McNair
North
Union Street
Miss Stengle
Oberlin High School
Steelton High School
Whislers Celebrate 30th Anniversary With Surprise Party
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Whisler marked their thirtieth wedding anniversary Saturday at home 630 Woodbine Street with a surprise gift shower. Refreshments were served to Rev. George Luther Sellers, Rev. J. Owen Jones, and numerous friends including the Wolfs, Fogs, Cripples, Manleys, Stucks, Jacobs family, Burkholders, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Whisler
Woodbine’ Street
George Luther Sellers
J. Owen Jones
James Wolfgang
Oscar Fogfelsong
Donald
Luther Cripple
Benjamin Manley
Foster Stuck
Kauffman
Byers
Jacobs
Mildred Jacobs
Broomley Jacobs
Jacob Burkholder
Sarah
Fry
Melvin Jacobs
Leaves For Hampton Roads After Holiday Visit Here
Kenneth Patterson a naval aviator stationed at Hampton Roads Va returned to his station after spending the holidays with his parents at 208 South Thirteenth street A farewell party followed at his home with friends including two medical students George A Slothower and Raymond Meek who were also in town for Christmas and joined an automobile tour in the late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Patterson
Hampton Roads
South Thirteenth Street
George A. Slothower
Philadelphia
Raymond Meek
Syracuse
New York
J. Hervey Witmer
Pittsburgh
John S. Boas
Walnut Street
James B. Bailey
Bryn Mawr
Mary Emily
Louise Bailey
George W. Reilly
Bailey
Persis Holden
Bennington
Jean Chamberlin
North Front Street
Kathleen Wallace
Richmond
Alice F. Houser
Green Street
Sara Belle Ellis
Norton H. Jackson
North Third Street
Amlen Gaines
Middletown
Jerome Koons
Mary Koons
Boas Street
Philip Aldinger
York
Laurence G. Rush
Greenville
Ohio
Marian Williams
Derry Street
Atlantic City
Paul J. Strickier
Perdue University
Lyman Strickler
Narberth
Esther S. Wengert
Market Street
Josephine Ketering
Annville
Meade W C T U Presents Christmas Playlet at Edison Junior High
The Meade W C T U stages a two act Christmas playlet titled Bill Bender's Christmas with a 40‑actor cast tomorrow evening in Edison Junior High School auditorium. Mrs Anthony O Merkle directs with Miss Emma Lewis in a leading Aunt Jane role and proceeds fund social welfare work of the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bender
Edison Junior High School
Meade W. C. T. U
Anthony O. Merkle
Emma Lewis
Jane
Susan
Lucille Hamm
Tom
Leroy Whitman
Jack
Ressler Shultz
Sara Lee
John Fisher
Alice
William Graham
the Owl
Ernest Keys
Leland
New Year Afternoon Dance Planned for Penn Harris Ballrom
The Penn Harris hosts a New Year afternoon dance from 3 to 6 30 PM repeating the Christmas event for about 150 Harrisburg youths. Invitations issued to Christmas attendees. The committee includes Miss Dorothy Bothwell Miss Mary Hutman Reed McCarty and George Schreiner Jr. Visitors and guests return home after holidays with plans finalized for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn-Harris
Harrisburg
Dorothy Bothwell
Mary Hutman
Reed McCarty
George Schreiner, Jr
Fashion Notes From Local Shops Offer Style and Service
A column highlights McFall and Son’s latest evening dress accessories and the Army and Navy Shoe Store range from hosiery to shirts. It notes Saltzgiver Shop refinishing furniture, Polo Coats from Cloos Company, and French Shop patterns with Miss Swope offering a special rate on velours this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
Cloos Company
Sea- Son
Benefit Recital by Local Gals for Nursery Home
Miss Katharine V. Fahnestock and Miss Naomi Beyard present a recital in Fahnestock Hall to benefit the Nursery Home. The program blends poetry, prose, and piano, featuring works by Tagore Browning Shakespeare Rachmaninoff Chopin and scenes from literary pieces. Tickets available at Regal Umbrella Store or from Mrs. F. H. Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fahnestock Hall
Katherine V. Fahnestock
Naomi Bayard
Miss Fahrnestock
Miss Beyard
M Fahnestock
Swarthmore College
Chautauqua Association of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Anna Hampstead
Rabindranath Tagore
Elizabeth Barrett
Browning
Shakespeare
Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff, and “Scherze In B Minor,” Chopin, By Miss Revard
Penrod
Mrs Cook Hosts Temple Home Class Party
Irving College class of 1914 dines at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Temple Elizabethville with Mrs Clyde Cook and guests including Miss Mollie Lenker Miss Eva Bechtel and Mr Ellsworth Grove. Also notes marriages and visits among local families and travelers during holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Cook
Irving College
George Temple
Elizabethville
Mollie Lenker
Eva Bechtel
Elda Romberger
Roy Smeltzer
William Gallagher
Ellsworth Grove
Polyclinic Hostess Nurses Hold Christmas Party
The Polyclinic Hospital Nurses and guests gathered Friday night at the Nurses Home 1524 North Second Street for a Christmas party. Holly and a large tree adorned the room as dancing cards and games provided entertainment with prizes won by Miss K F E Gerber and W A Middleton. Directress Miss A M Graham chaperoned a long list of attendees from Hummelstown Middletown Shippensburg Lebanon Lititz Altoona Hershey Palmyra Ellwood City Enola and Carlisle and Palmyra residents M P Grubb E M Grubb and Schleyer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polyclinic Hospital
Nurses
North Second Street
K. FE. Gerber
W. A. Middleton
A. M. Graham
Gerber
Hummelstown
Miss Chowers
Holiday Dance at Naval Station Newport Attended by Military Families
A holiday dance at the Naval Training Station Newport was hosted by Captain Douglas B. E. Dismukes and officers. Many Army Navy and Marine Corps officers and families joined guests from Newport and beyond with young people home from school. Welcoming hosts included Captain and Mrs. Dismukes and several senior officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Naval Training Station
Douglas BE. Dismukes
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Dismukes
Dupree J. Friedell
Robert S. Chew, Jr
Jay K. Esler
Elmer Jancer
Miss Claster Entertains Honoring New York Guest
Miss Bessie Delle Claster of 801 North Second street entertained last evening for her guest Miss Mildred Solomon of New York City. Dancing and refreshments followed with guests Mareader Simms Elsie Hope Annette Freidman Evelyn Kapner Leon Brenner Lebanon Leonard Kapner Edward Astrich Earle Alexander Richard Buxbaum Joseph Machlan and Harold Claster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Delle Claster
North Second Street
Mildred Solomon
New York City
Mareader Simms
Elsie Hope
Annette Freidman
Evelyn Kapner
Leon Brenner
Lebanon
Leonard Kapner
Edward Astrich
Earle Alexander
Richard Buxbaum
Joseph Machlan
Harold Claster
Christmas Day Family Reunion in Mifflin
A Christmas Day reunion gathered relatives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Landis in Mifflin. Attendees included Harrisburg residents and Lt. L. G. Evans of the U S Army General Hospital No 31 in Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mifflin
Joseph Landis
Harry Earley
Deutschland Uber Alles Still Hun Song in Germany War Warning
A New York dispatch reports a warning from a German official about the continued popularity of a nationalist song and the country’s preparedness for potential war within ten years if Allied control remains. The piece notes the tense mood and calls for vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Emana Pee Viever
Jersey liquor bill preamble completed in New Jersey
New Brunswick New Jersey December 29 The preamble of the proposed beer and light wine bill is before the public Senator Thomas Brown Wilk introduced the measure for next session noting the bill is not ready for publication The preamble argues New Jersey has not ratified the eighteenth amendment doubts its constitutionality and would ignore the Volstead act by enacting a state enforcement bill supreme within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
New Jersey
Thomas Brown Wilk
Brown
Edwards
Obituary notices from Harrisburg area deaths
A batch of local obituaries notes the deaths of George W. McCurdy in Harrisburg at 618 Race Street aged 68, Joseph Erb of Shiremanstown, John Boak of Harrisburg, J. P. Enders of Fisherville, William H. Bernheisel a Harrisburg native, and Alvin G. Hagenberger of Highspire. Services and burial plans are listed for each, with families and burial sites in East Harrisburg Cemetery and Fisherville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. McCurdy
Race Street
Kauffman
Nagle Street
Harrisburg
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Warren
Earl
Frank
Clifford
James
Ross McCurdy
John Gentsler
Paul Levan
Thomas Shurtliss
Youngstown
Ohio
Joseph Erb
Shiremanstown
East Main Street
W. E. Dougherty
First United Brethren Church
St. John's Cemetery
Erb
United Brethren Church
John Boak
Central Iron and Steel Works
Penn Street
William Moses
St. Paul's
William H. Bernheisel
Pittsburgh
Raymond Bernheisel
Market Street
Robert Chapman
Myers Street
Steelton
Spring Bloom Evening Wrap Described With Velvet and Skunk Fur
A charming apple green panne velvet evening wrap features green and gold satin, a generous skunk fur collar, and pink satin interlining. It uses two gown lengths by trimming a padded oblong upper piece into a coat style with oriental sleeves and a satin frill finish.
Italy’s Fiume policy blasted as a string of blunders
General Robilant told the Senate that Italy’s handling of the Fiume situation has been a succession of blunders from the start. He is a former Fourth army commander and served on the Inter Allied Military Commission at Versailles and on the inquiry into disorders at Fiume last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiume
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
General Robilant
Senate
Robilant
Fourth Army
Inter-Allied Military Commission
Versailles
Cavalry Appointment in Pennsylvania National Guard
Lock Haven, Pa says a troop of cavalry in the new Pennsylvania National Guard is assured. Captain Edward T. Miller may be promoted to captain of cavalry and command of K Troop. Announcement pending from Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania National Guard
Edward T. Miller
John P. Wood
Philadelphia
First
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Miller
Harrisburg
Odessa Evacuation Ordered as Bolsheviks Advance
Odessa is being evacuated by the civilian population due to the rapid Bolshevik advance in southern Russia, according to a Constantinople dispatch to Exchange Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
London
Russia
Constantinople
Exchange Telegraph Company
New Planned to Wed Girl, Counsel Says
The trial of Harry S New for the murder of his sweetheart Freda Lessor began with defense arguments that New had borrowed money to obtain a marriage license and cover travel to Fresno for a wedding. They contend the evidence aims to show New intended to marry and start housekeeping, challenging the state's claim that he planned her death weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Harry
New
Freda Lesser
Miss Lesser
Fresno
California
Fritz Kreisler Reveals Indefatigable Versatility
Fritz Kreisler plans a January 5 visit to Harrisburg at Chestnut Street Auditorium. The renowned violinist discusses his diverse interests from medicine to painting, noting his early talent and the strong belief of his Vienna doctor father in his serious musical path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Kreisler
Harrisburg
Chestnut Street
Harold Bauer
Kreisler
Vienna
Fritz
Paris
Massart
Julien
Regulation of Milk Industry in New York Demanded
The Fair Price Milk Committee urges state regulation of the milk industry as a public utility more vital than transportation, and asks Congress to focus on U S dairy and milk industries. It cites rising European demand for manufactured milk products risking child health due to milk shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Smith
Fair Price Milk Committee
United States
Congress
Europe
Ex-Judge Gray Opposes Smaller Soft Coal Board
Former U S district judge George Gray of Wilmington criticizes the plan to appoint a three member board to settle the soft coal strike. He notes his role on the seven member board that settled the 1902 hard coal strike and warns that a reduced board may hinder fair consideration and settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Wilmington
Del
George Gray
Roosevelt
Millionaires Club Rumored Near Shore in Chelsea
Prominent hotelmen urge city officials to probe reports that a club named the Millionaires Club operates within 200 feet of the boardwalk on a fashionable Chelsea avenue, posing as an incorporated social organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Millionaires' Club
Chelsea
Wilson May Or May Not Call League Council Meeting
Paris December 29 Informal notice of the first meeting of the League of Nations council may come after ratifications of the Versailles Treaty. It remains undecided whether President Wilson or Premier Clemenceau will issue the call and where the meeting will be held, decisions expected tomorrow. Harvey A. McCreary dies at 55 in New Cumberland Pennsylvania after five weeks with stroke. He leaves a wife two children Emory in New York Stella in Chicago and several stepchildren. Funeral plans not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
League
Associated Press
Paris
Council of
League of Nations
Wallace
State Department
Washington
Supreme Council
United States
Clemenceau
Harvey A. McGreary
New Cumberland
Harvey A. McCreary
Fifth Street
Mr. McCreary
Triangle Lodge
Knights of Malta
Emory McCreary
New York
Stella McCreary
Chicago
Tepchildren
William
George
John Beaver
Mervin Bomberger
David Sipe
Edith Beaver
New York Transit Tieup Halts Subways and Lines
An unusual disruption hit New York as the entire Interborough Rapid Transit system including subway and elevated lines and several Manhattan surface lines stopped at 9 15 am due to a power house failure on West Fifty ninth street. Thousands of commuters were stalled between stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Interborough Rapid Transit
Subway
Elevated Division
Manhattan
West Fifty-ninth Street
Toledo Sunday Times Raises Price to Seven Cents
The Toledo Sunday Times will cost 7 cents starting January 4, after being kept at 5 cents through the war and postwar period. The price increase is blamed on another sharp rise in paper costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Sunday Times
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Annie Catherine Lentz
Harry Joseph Braceney
On Street
H. R. Bender
Ridge Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Braceney
Sixth
Boas Streets
M. Glenn Gottschall
The
Associated Aid Societies
Booda
William F. Elder
Ellie Liddick
JC. K. Neigle
Arthur Eristman
Jean Hardy
Mildred Erdley
Myrle Hamm
Alice Pickell
Margaret Stouffer
Irene Peregory
Mildred Alone
Betty Chamberlain
Jere Fishel
Robert Fishel
Claribel Elder
David Chidsey
Don Nissley
Russel Kellar
Fred Raub
John Byrem
Edgar Erisman
Mary Fager
Ethel Hoyer
Isabelle Boone
Marienner Simms
Jeanette Hamil
Dorothy Myers
Helen Myers
Ethel Geisking
Dorothy Bamberger
Anna Hoyer
Dorothy Beiser
Lucille Beckley
Sara Palm
Dorothy Baldwin
William Pickel, Jr
Lenore Gross
Lucille Appleby
Irene Appleby
Ruth Appleby
Nelson Peregoy
Paul Stunn
Luke Weirick
Roy Shade
Charles Miller Pinnlasters
William Pickell
Mrs. Merkle
David J. Hetrick
Norman Hetrick
Franklin County
Gabriella Cameron
Jean Cameron
Broadnax Cameron
Malcolm Cameron
Lyman D. Gilbert
Petersburg
James Weir Fahnestock
Baltimore
Frank Gordon Fahnestock
Bellevue Park
Anna Brammer
Paul N
Marks & Man
McFall & Son's
McFall
Saltzgiver
Katherine Fahnestock
Bevard
Edith Hain
J. Markwood Young
M. B. Young
Berryhill Street
Naval Station
Miss Claster
John P. Blosser
Rockville
Miriam Helen Blosser
William T. Schubauer, Jr
W. T. Schubauer
Mary Mitchell
North Street
Ethel Calder
Edward E. Bausman
B. F. Bausman
State Street
Harold M. Lippincott
Mechanicsburg
Perth Amboy
N. Y
J. Haldeman O'Connor
George R. Bailey
Edward Bailey
Elizabeth Ross
Elizabeth Mullen Brandt
Richard T. Irving
Frank B. Deckard
Harold M. Harwood
Brooklyn
Lewin’ H. Greene
Herman T. Youngman
Edward H. Barton
Howard F. Thomas
West End
Elwood M. Johnston
Newton HT. Rogers
Jersey
J. P. Enders
E. O. Shoop
North Fifth Street
Fisherville
Hoover and Son
Enders
C. Shoop
O. M. File
Henry Bat
Alvin G. Hagenberger
Harrisburg Hospital
Mr. Hagenberger
July Street
Highspire
Fashion Camera
M. Evelyn Essick
Whitehall St
Stouffer’s Restaurant
N. Court
A Amery
Superior Optical Service
J. S. Belsinger
Penn-Harris Hotel
North Third St
Bell
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