Spicer Bible Class Meeting At DeGray Home
J Henry Spicer announced the annual Sunday school meeting at John DeGray's home 2325 North Third street was poorly attended due to extreme cold. Officers may be re elected. A social will be held in January. Attendees included A Floyd Whalen Burton E Cummings Simon E Miller William McDowell Benjamin W Wright Edward W Critchley Rev E P Robinson John Fulton and visitor W G Karsakledgs a Mercersburg College student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Henry Spicer
Market Square Presbyterian Sunday School
John DeGray
North Third Street
A. Floyd Whalen
Burton E. Cummings
Simon E. Miller
William McDowell
Benjamin W. Wright
Edward W. Critchley
E. P. Robinson
John Fulton
W. G. Karsakledgs
Mercersburg College
Witmer Boas Bridal Tonight At Zion Church
Miss Margaret Ramsey Boas will marry Donald Hervey Witmer of Pittsburgh at 6:30 pm in Zion Lutheran Church South Fourth Street. The ceremony features Bermuda lilies and white candles, with Rev Stewart Herman officiating and Edwin J Decevee playing. Afterward, a reception at 124 Walnut Street precedes a Western trip, returning January 15 to 4013 Vincent Street Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Zion Lutheran Church
South Fourth Street
Margaret Ramsey Boas
Donald Hervey Witmer
Pittsburgh
Stewart Winfield Herman
Edwin J. Decevee
Cadman
Evelyn Cumbler
Highspire
Harold Black
Allentown
Richard Kinnard
Wynnewood
Harry Leonard
Park Weidler
City
Paul Bletz
Camp Hancock
Boas
Walnut Street
Witmer
David H. Witmer
Maclay Street
Central High School
Department of Horticulture
State College
Bell Telephone Company
Direcor
John N. Speel
Alexader R. Speel
Washington, D. C
Anne Cassell
Radford
Lucille McWayne
Lynchburg
Laura Hetzel
Lewisburg
Olive Barbett
Markleton
Leonard H. Kinnard
Philadelphia
Walter A. Jones
Holiday events for young folks in season at local clubs
The narrative lists two gatherings for girls and young people during the holidays. An informal tea hosted by Miss Elizabeth Bergner Hurlock and Miss Dorothy Hurlock at 1719 North Front Street featured numerous guests and knitting chats. A Civic Club dance hosted by Miss Honore J. Patton drew young schoolchildren, with the Delone and Bryan orchestras providing music. Guests and attendees included many named young women and several male invitees, with a festive setup of holly, Alabama smilax, and year-end/ new-year festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bergner Hurlock
Dorothy C. Hurlock
North Front Street
Mary Kunkel
Jean H. Hickok
Jean B. Chamberlain
Elizabeth Mullen Brandt
Gertrude H. Olmsted
Elizabeth Ziegler
Mary W. Hawes
Louise Plank
Open House at Executive Mansion for New Year Greetings
Governor and Mrs Martin Grove Brumbaugh invite all good citizens to the Executive Mansion from 4 to 6 tomorrow afternoon to wish them a Happy New Year. No formal calls or invitations are issued. Other Personals on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Grove Brumbaugh
Tableaux dance by Junior Aid Society at Civic Club house
Mrs Marlin E Olmsted staged tableaux from war cartoons for the Junior Aid Society show at the Civic Club house. Girls Rebecca Johnston Nelle Payne Katharine Meredith Nancy Campbell Harriet Gilbert Betty Oenslager Eleanor Bailey Jane Ely Elizabeth Harris presented roles while Mrs Wilbur Harris sang Pass Up Your Dollars to the Red Cross Fund and Star Spangled Banner. Flowers cigarets and posters were sold. over a hundred dollars was raised for the Red Cross and Soldiers' Smoke Fund. Officers are President Annette Bailey Vice President Margaret Davis Secretary Sarah Bailey Treasurer Honore Patton. Members include Alice Bentley Elizabeth Bailey Lydia Kunkel Jane Ely Elizabeth Ely Betty Oenslager Eleanor Bailey Rebecca Johnson Avis Anne Hickok Jane Olmsted Margaret Keister Elizabeth Shearer Mary Hale Elizabeth Harris Louise A Hickok Honore Patton Margaret Davis Cecilia Kunkel Elizabeth Hilleary Nancy Campbell Harriet Witman Mary Cooper Katherine Rutherford Helena Martin Winifred Meyers Susanna Maguire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin E. Olmsted
Junior Aid Society
Civic Club House
Rebecca Johnston
Nelle Payne
Katharine Meredith
Nancy Campbell
Harriet Gilbert
Betty Oenslager
Eleanor Bailey
Jane Ely
Elizabeth Harris
Wilbur Harris
Red Cross Fund
Red’ Cross and Soldiers
Annette Bailey
Margaret Davis
Sarah Bailey
Honore Patton
Alice Bentley
Elizt Bailey
Lydia Kunkel
Elizabeth Ely
Rebecca Johnson
Avis Anne Hickok
Jane Olmsted
Margaret Keister
Elizabeth Shearer
Mary Hale
Elizabeth P. Harris
Louise A. Hickok
Cecilia Kunkel
Elizabeth Hilleary
Harriet Witman
Mary Cooper
Katherine Rutherford
Helena Martin
Winifred Meyers
Susanna Maguire
College Students Report on Friendship War Fund Pledges
At a Y W C A vesper service local students home from college spoke on how their colleges raised pledges for the Student Friendship War Fund in a recent campaign. Speakers represented Vassar Bryn Mawr Goucher Hood Dickinson Wilson Wellesley Swarthmore Smith Penn State Simmons and more. Elizabeth Garner presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Stamm
Vassar College
Elizabeth B. Hurlock
Bryn Mawr
Laura Bretz
Goucher
Ruth Koons
Hood College
Lucille Smucker
Dickinson
Lois Fair
Wilson
Lillian J. Miller
Wellesley
Katherine V. Fahnestock
Swarthmore
Marjorie Q. Hause
Smith
Gertrude Wilson
Penn State
Margaret Riegel
Simmons College
Elizabeth Garner
Guest of Honor Miss Nancy Robinson Visits in New York
Miss Nancy Robinson of New York City and her mother Mrs Thomas H Robinson Jr are guests of Miss Mary Robinson during a week long visit. A Saturday dinner and Junior Aid party entertained the visitors with a list of guests including Gertrude Olmsted Jane Hickok Susanna Fleming John C Kunkel Marlin Olmsted Jr William Bailey Gilbert Bailey and Minster Unkel. Tomorrow Miss Jane Slickok will host a luncheon in her honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Robinson
New York City
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Mary Robinson
Dinpee
Gertrude Olmsted
Jane Hickok
Susanna Fleming
T. H. Robinson, Jr
John C. Kunkel
Marlin E. Olmsted, Jr
William Bailey
Gilbert Bailey
Minsterunkel
Robinnson
Jane Slickok
State Street
Lt Holmes in France Cables His Safe Arrival
Mrs. Robert E Holems of Indianapolis Indiana, visiting her mother Mrs William H Egle, received a cablegram Saturday from her son First Lieutenant William Egle Holmes of the Coast Artillery announcing his safe arrival in France. He will be assigned to a large artillery training camp over there for several months before heading to the front. Holmes spent Thanksgiving here and was ordered to report in New York December 5, sailing about ten days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Holems
Indianapolis
Ind
William H. Egle
North Second Street
William Egle Holmes
Coast Artillery
France
Holmes
New York
Acting Quartermaster from North Dakota on Leave
Waldo L. Myers of the U S S North Dakota is on a nine days leave with his parents at 122 North River street. He will soon be rated quartermaster and transferred to the merchant marine service after reporting back. He has twice searched the war zone for submarines without sighting any and praises Navy treatment and food. Enlisted April 2 1917 for four years, he is just past twenty, a former Tech High student, and previously worked as a gold worker at Harrisburg Dental Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo L. Myers
U. S. S. North Dakota
W. H. Myers
North River Street
Myers
Merchant Marine Service
Navy
Tech
Harrisburg Dental Laboratory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spicer
DeGray
Ladies Bazaar
S. Fourth ST
Harrisburg
City Star
Che Poe
Fisher & Cleckner
Cumberland Sts
Ellis Laun Laundry Service
Lton del
C.m.sisler, Inc
Marrisburg
Old Zion Church
Witmer-Boas
Bethlehem
Jacob McCormick
Harris Street
Ralph McCormick
Anna
Call
McCormick
Bethlehem Steel Company
Technical
Hurlock
Civic Club
Honore J. Patton
Alabama
Smilax
Delone and Branyan
Patton
Charles E. Patton
Rebecca Patton
Annette Alger Bailey
Dorthea Davis
Nelle P. Payne
Alice Virgini Cooper
Katherine Beidleman
Susanna Bb. Maguire
Alice Lescure
Florence Cocklin
Virginia Downes
John Lescure
William Lescure
William McCaleb
William Meyers
Edwin Herman
Frederick Stone
Wilbur Morse
Parker Geistwhite
Donald Oensliger
Nelson Shreiner
Alger Bailey
Dwight Luddington
Richard Carvel
Howard Minster
Winterdale
Updegrove
Executive Mansion
School OF
Melvin Menges
Crego’s
N. Third Street
Comfort Shoe
Market Street
Elam L. Banks
Jerauld Shoe Co
Linden Street
P. S
Red Cross
Lt. Holmes
North Dakota
Bible Class
Willing Workers Bible Class
Otterbein U. B
J. Frank Slike
North Fourth Street
Emma Wadsworth
C. J. Earley
C. W. Ritter
Annie Longacre
Ellen J. Eichelberger
Georgia
Frederick Lyter
108Th Artillery
William H. Lyter
Lyter
The
Telegraph
Phila
George Kunkel
Front and
Liberty Streets
Mr. Minster
Pennsylvania Military Academy
Merrill Shutt
Alma Shutt
Curtin Street
R. Gerstner
Practical Furrier
Locust St
Opp
Pont Office
Tipperary
Victor Record
M. Sisler Inc
Victrolas Son
Sen
Victor
New
Victor Records
Witmer, Bair and
See
Blake Shop
North Second St
Dear
Madam
Nhs
COL Shed
R. H. Lyon
Harrisburg, Pa
Coffee ‘Omnes
Lyo Tianieones
Kellberg Studio
the Federal Machine Shop
Cranberry Sts
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