Breeze Hill social engages Lucknow Missionary group
Seasonal and social news from Breeze Hill notes J Horace McFarland entertaining Lucknow Missionary Society of the M E Church at the last meeting for the year. An inspection of Breeze Hill gardens is described along with reflections on outdoor life and fruits, vegetables, and trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McFarland Delly
Lucknow Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Breeze Hill
McFarland
W. F. Paul
Z. Shope
E.todd
Bagnell
C. 8. Bell
Ellenberger
William K
George W. Miley
Young
Mary Young
Co. Sites
George W
Minnie Gotta
Ellenson
Coleson
Woner
Shuey
George Stillman
H. E. Todd
Jella Foote
E. BE. Lainton
Artists Benefit Concert for Nursery Home in Fahnestock Hall
Musical Art Society presents a benefit concert at Fahnestock Hall featuring prize Madrigal In Pride of May by Will C. Macfarlane and Arthur Dunham in What the Chimney Sang. Soloists Sara Lerer Margaret Vaughn and Mary Buttorff. chorus and audience will join in community singing. tickets available at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Art Society
Fahnestock Hall
Will C. Macfarlane
W. W. Kimball Company
Arthur Dunham
Sara Lerer
Margaret Vaughn
Mary Buttorff
Benefit Recital in Union Chapel Linglestown
Mrs Roberta Swartz Harling and pupils present a benefit recital at Union Chapel Linglestown at 8 o clock to raise funds for a piano. The program features readings and musical numbers by local performers with a silver offering collected and no admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Swartz Harling
Union Chapel
Linglestown
Red Cross
Graybill
March Mongrosse
Kowalski
Mrs. Lentz
Miss Miller
Peg O' My Heart
Whilming Wolforth
Hallett Gilberte
Miss Sweigert
Pollyanna
Children's Day in W C T U Tomorrow Afternoon
An afternoon program for children follows a Harrisburg W C T U sermon at Fourth Street Church of God tomorrow at 3. Mrs. W N Yates presents an illustrated tale Happy Town with solos and a boys dialogue When I m a Man. All children eligible for T L B and L T L invited. Lieutenant Harvey H Frank arrives overseas after service with 109th Field Artillery, former Princeton man Ivy Club member and Chase Bank trust officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iarrisburg W. Cc. T. U
Fourth Street Church
L T. L
Frank
Harvey H. Frank
109Th Field Artillery
Camp Hancock
Frank H. Hoy, Jr
Green Street
Ivy Club
Chase National Bank of
New York City
Sara Lemers Pupils Heard in Violin Recital
Violin pupils of Sara Lemer perform at Stieff Music Hall 24 North Second Street Monday evening June 10 at 8 o'clock. No tickets or invitations issued. Assisting: Mrs Roy G Cox Miss LeNora Fry no Spairs Newell Albright. Several young players showcase early musical talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Lemer
Stieff Music Hall
North Second Street
Roy G. Cox
LeNora Fry
Newell Albright
Births Arrive for Runkle Knox and Hogan Families
Master James Franklin Runkle Jr announces the birth of a sister Dorothy May Runkle on Saturday June 1 1918. Mr and Mrs William R Knox announce the birth of daughter Lois Emma Knox on Saturday June 1 1918 at Harrisburg Hospital. Mrs Knox was Grace Singer. Mr and Mrs Robert H Hogan of Chicago formerly Harrisburgers announce the birth of son Harold James Hogan on Saturday June 1 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Franklin Runkle, Jr
Green Street
Dorothy May Runkle
William R. Knox
Chestnut Street
Lois Emma Knox
Harrisburg Hospital
Knox
Grace Singer
Robert H. Hogan
Chicago
Harrisburgers
Harold James Hogan
Dancel and Orchestra of Philadelphia at Summerdale Park
The colored Dancel and Orchestra of Philadelphia perform at Summerdale Park on Thursday evening June 6. Admission is 60 cents, 76 cents with canto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Summerdale Park
Auxiliary Women Meet at Country Cottage Card Party
The Polyclinic Hospital Women's Auxiliary gathered at a Dauphin area cottage for a card and knitting afternoon with many members attending. A Saturday Civic Club card party raised over a hundred dollars toward a new nurses' home, and regular meetings are paused until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Warner
The
Polyclinic Hospital
Dauphin
Samuel Z. Shope
John Fries
Rose O'Nail
H. W. Kreidler
H. C. Reineard
B. B. Kennedy
Charles Machamer
A. EB. Wolford
Alvin I. Miller
Emma J. Seibert
Mary Elder
Fortenbaugh
Mary Cleckner
Wilbur Early
Landis Strickler
Etta Kolbenschlag
Walter Middaugh
M. J. Swovelin
W. H. Spooner
S. H. Zimmerman
E. K. Lawson
Wayne Singer
Frank Wallis
E. E. Bagner
Benet Lawson
Samuel Segelbaum
Nellie J. Bennett
W. R. Faust
Rosina Scheffer
R. P. Essig
J. H. Dares
Miss Alma Schutt Delights At Red Cross Benefit
Thirteen year old Miss Alma Schutt daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Schutt of 510 Curtin Street gave a recital at Montgomerys Ferry Perry County for the Red Cross benefit. A net sum near twenty dollars was raised for the Montgomery Auxiliary. The New Jerusalem Church hosted the program with community singing led by choir members. Miss Schutt a pupil of Mrs Roberta Swartz Harling has appeared in many benefits and shows notable talent for her age. Also James A Smith conciliation commissioner US Department of the Union Railroad Workers is in Middletown investigating why an employee of the Middletown Car Company was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Montgomery’s Ferry
Alma Schutt
W. G. Schutt
Curtin Street
James A. Smith
United States Department of the Union Railroad Workers
Middletown
Middletown Car Company
Wounded Corporal Pressley Recovers in Army Hospital
Corporal George E. Pressley son of Mr and Mrs George W Pressley of 627 Schuylkill Street was wounded by an exploding shell while on duty in the first line trenches on the battlefront. He is now in an Army hospital, according to a letter to his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Pressley
George W. Pressley
Schuylkill Street
Apron Sale Showcases Stateside Styles At Parish House
St Andrew's Embroidery Guild hosts an apron sale tomorrow from 4 to 9 pm at the Parish House Nineteenth and Market street. Displays include ribbon lace ginghams and work garments with ice cream cake and coffee for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Embroidery Guild
Hoar
Momffe
Cary P. Williams
British Economist Praises U S Handling of Sugar Question
London reports Professor George Martineau of the University of London urges Britain to study Germany and the United States as models for sugar policy. He cites Germany’s beetroot program and stimulus to boost yield from 6 to 18 percent, and notes the U S production surge to meet demand, making America largely sugar independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
George Martineau
University of London
Germany
United States
France
Martineau
America
Corporal Rausch Arrives Safely on Foreign Soil
Friends report Corporal John L. Rausch of the 103d Ammunition Train has arrived safely overseas after a furlough. He is the son of Major and Mrs. L. V. Rausch of 2145 North Second Street. Major Rausch is at Camp Hancock Georgia and Mrs. Rausch visits in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Rausch
L. V. Rausch
North Second Street
Major Rausch
Camp Hancock
U-BOATS STILL LURK OFF AMERICAN COAST
U S Navy reports raiders attacked coastal shipping forcing expansion of patrols from New Jersey to Maryland. Survivors indicate two U boats the U 87 and U 151 were involved with several ships sunk totaling about 21 000 tons. The Navy assess the raid as a mixed success with high hopes of locating the raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Baird
Wilmington
Del
Carolina
Jersey
Navy Department
New Jersey
Maryland
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Army Aviation Service
Local Boys Return Safely Overseas Service
Harrisburg Hospital honors thirteen nurses with a service flag unfurled in the lower corridor. Three local boys pictured have arrived safely overseas, Joseph Ogelsby, Charles Erdman, and Harry Wilson, with others Robert Fohl and Horace Cassell also listed as members of the 108th Field Artillery and 1034 Ordnance Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg Hospital
Joseph Ogelsby
North Fifteenth Street
Charles Erdman
J. A. Erdman
Harry Wilson
Kittattinny Street
Ogelsby
Erdman
108Th Field Artillery
Corporal Wilson
Ordnance Department
Robert Fohl
Charles 8. Fohl
North Seventeenth Street
Horace Caussell
Irwin M. Cassell
Regina Street
Stenographers Sought in Civil Service Program
Government announces need for more stenographers and urges enlistment. George S. McCrone, secretary of the local board of examiners, will provide details on qualifications and examinations at the Post Office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 8. MecCrone
Board of Examiners
Balling
Defeat in Push for Returned American Submarine Craft
The passage notes that the American people seeking the return of American craft fighting submarines abroad have been completely defeated, signaling a setback in the effort and likely affecting policy or public sentiment.
Women Suffered Intensely in Open Boats At Atlantic City
Survivors Samuel Johnson and J R Connellly report a sea green submarine sank the Carolina and vanished quickly after forcing the liner to sink. Sixty four victims were landed on the Boardwalk as women prayed, lifeboats were pulled ashore, and the crowd cheered amid emotional scenes on the strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Associated Press
N. J
New York
Porto Rico
Carolina
Samuel Johnson
J. R. Connelly
Shriners
Germany
U-Boat Commander Forbids Signalling
Refugees recount the Carolina's peril after a German U-boat surfaced off the ship firing a shell and sinking the vessel in eighteen hours of terror. Survivors describe calm crews aiding lifeboat distribution and passengers joining in singing The Star Spangled Banner as rescue came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
United States Army
San Juan
Vogel
Sparks" Vogel
Werner
Isabel B. Wiley
Barour
Cape May
Hunsender shells ship as crew evacuates amid chaos
Witness recalls a near-miss artillery barrage aboard a vessel as the crew and passengers abandon in boats. The narration describes shots crossing the bow and over the deck, then a hurried escape, destruction of sensitive papers, and the captain’s orders to abandon ship while a wireless operator destroys a Navy code book. Naval Auxiliary to the Red Cross holds a meeting, and Colonel James B. Kemper, formerly with the Adjutant General, is reassigned from Camp Devenna to Camp Lee, Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbour
Huns
Spurlos Versenkt
Kemper
James B. Kemper
Adjjutant General's Office
Camp Devena
Mass
Camp Lee
Eighth Regiment
National Guard
Fort Niagara
Harrisburg
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Ission Society
T Breeze Hill
Grace M.church
ES Pollard
Georgia
R. Pollard
BH. Pollard
Ord Department
Georgia Ial College
Atlanta
Lockwood & Green
Gordon
Pollard
Washington and Lee Univer
Edgar . Lesher
Street
Frank D
Boxview Farm
Town
William Jennings
Duncannon
Grready
Klsinger
Marge
Orpheum
Bara Lemer
W.C.T.U
Featuring
Sheffield
Saltzgiver’s Art and Antique Store
N. Second ST
Palm Beach
Enola
Dial
National War Aid
George Kunkel
National War Aid Society
Arch Dinsmore
Glacier National Park
Montana
Charles J. Wood, Jr
Amy Burd
James G. Sanders
Reserve Park
Corporal Anderson
Benjamin E. Anderson
One Hundred and Ninth Field Artillery
Division of Hygiene and Engineering
Department of Labor and Industry
James Jackson
Navy
James K. Jackson
United States Navy
Washington
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Belford P. Atkinson
Clarence L. Perm
Francis P. McGinnis
Frances M. Snyder
Rebecca Stewart
Sabra Clark
Helen Shoemaker
Dorothy Shoemaker
Evelyn Gutman
Catherine Kelley
Goucher College
Baltimore, Md
Leonard Sparrer
North Fifth Street
Sidney
Ohio
Don C. DeWeese
California
W. ©. Hickock
North Second
St. Andrew’s
W. H. Jones
Kensington Street
Florence M. Jones
Miss Jones
Jefferson Base Hospital No. 38
Lancaster
Belle Herr
Harry Victor Keen
Hershey
Ada G. Gilliland
Labor and Industry Department
Anna V. Gilliland
Huntingdon County
Mary Weaverling
Lona Shaw
Park Street
U. S
Corporal Rausch
Corporal J. L. Rausch
Naval Auxiliary
Civic Club House
Front Streets
Mornitoph
Consulman & CO
N. Third St
C. M. Sigler, Inc. Pianos—Victrolas
Missisquoi
Lake Champlain
Gordon J. Platt
Harrisburg Academy
Nuss Mfg. Co
Smcrease
Secania Tap
Oys
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