Delightful Dance for Supply Squadron at Middletown
The 6th Aero Supply Squadron and Aviation General Depot in Middletown hosted a reception and dance. Officers and performers organized by Jes Maxwell and Neil G. ch featured Mannix orchestra with a large turnout of attendees and festive decorations. Also noted is the engagement announcement of Katherine Mumma to Norman Jones with Jones family ties to Belvidere and the War Treasury in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Supply Squadron
Aviation General Depot
Middletown
634Th
Aero Supply
Jes Maxwell
Neil G.ch
Rus- Davies
S$. Mooney
Decn
Felix E. Booth
Mannix Orchestra
B. Curzon Fager
V. Hummel
Victor Lecoq
Illiam J. Tate
Cherbrook
Cherbrook, Mrs. ‘William S, Ein, the Misses) Margaret Smiihe
Artley
Martha L
Arm- Ardell Floyd
Agnes Lichtenberger
Helen Y
Barbara O'Neal
Bess Stey
Tethel Metzger
Frances Ham
Helen Bennetham
Cherrybrook
Kathleen Westbrook
Jet Wilson
Margaret McDon
Theodora Kaufman
Marian Lass
Mary Jane Wills
Nannies
Gertrude Kenney
Marie Mary Campbell
Mary Roth
Eth Boher
Dawn Harderode
Taggert
Harvey Mumma
1526
Street
Katherine Mumma
Norman Jones
Jones
Jon Jones
Belvidere Ents
North Second Street
War Auditor's
U. S. Treasury
Wash D. C
Feeling the pinch for new glasses this month
A reader contemplates purchasing glasses now but hesitates due to insufficient funds. The note reflects budget concerns and the lure of essential eyewear despite financial strain.
Morning Bridal Unites Sara Hombaugh Chayne and Edward B Black
Miss Sara Hombaugh Chayne and Edward B Black were quietly married at 8 this morning at the bride’s home 405 North Second Street with Rev. George Edward Hawes officiating. The couple will honeymoon in Atlantic City and New York and reside this summer at the Wyoming cottage in Perdix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Hombaugh Chayne
A. I. Chayne
Edward B. Black
North Second Street
George Edward Hawes
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Blinck
Black
Market Street
Pennsylvania
Europe
Knights of Labor
Harrisburg
Capitol
Perdix
Harrisburg Rotary Club
John P. Gallagher
Agnes Brennan
Regina Street
Hazleton
John Brennan
F. F. Healy
Healy
New Rochelle
N. Y
Major
William B. Gray
Bellevue Park
Chicago
Senator Healy
Westinghouse Company
New York City
J. Thornton. Balsley
Narberth
W. Harry Baker
Atlantic City
Samuel Fackler
Derry Street
Ocean City
N. J
Elizabeth M. Raker
401 North Second Street
School of Industrial Arts
Philadelphia
Berwyn
Donor list highlights May contributions at Nursery Home
May donations to the Nursery Home include food items and clothing from numerous donors at 434 Hummel street and Mrs. Oswald in Camp Hill. Notables include Mrs. Joan Huston and Mrs. Arthur Bailey providing clothes. Yarnsburg Walking Club contributing 37.50. Charles Chiara in France confirms his safety after Ammunition Truck Company service. Also notes Colonial Card Night at the Colonial Country Club with porch play and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummel Street
Oswald
Camp Hill
Claster
Seal
Silk
Flamm
Diener
Patton
Orr
Bernard Schmidt
Hershey
Joan Huston
Arthur Bailey
Yarnsburg
Charles. Chiara
France
Joseph Chiara
North Seventh Street
Charles Chiara
Chiara
Pennsylvania Railroad
Enola
Ammunition
Camp Hancock
Colonial Country Club
Pretty Wedding at Grace Church Unites Rahn Hean and Dearth
A Grace Methodist Episcopal Church ceremony united Miss Augusta Rahn Hean and Major Walter Alfred Dearth at 4 pm. The event featured palm and bay decor, silk flags, and a military backdrop. Guests from Pittsburgh, Atlantic City, Camp Hancock, and Washington paused for a reception at 1717 North Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Augusta Rahn Hean
Walter Alfred Dearth
Robert Bagnell
Marian Louise Rahn Hean
Georgette
John Alexander
Pittsburgh
Camp Grant
Illinois
George McKee
James Houston Canning
Atlantic City
Frank Rahn Hean
Camp Hancock
Spencer Ross
Stonesifer
Mendelssohn
Hean
North Second Street
Orlando P. Dearth
Washington, Pa
Otto Cy Gaub
Houston Canning
Updegraff
Akron
Ohio
John McBride
Herrick
Cleveland
Frank R. Hean
Emma Larer
Pottsville
Robert Colbaugh
Wilkinsburg
Charles M. Stine
Wilmington
Del
Gladys King
Local Birth Announcements From Baltimore and Penbrook
Captain Richard MacSherry of Baltimore announces the birth of Richard Rollin MacSherry on June 4 1918. Mrs MacSherry is the former Dorothy Wilbur of St David's a granddaughter of Mrs Robert A Lamberton. Edward L Geary of Penbrook reports the birth of Louis Geraldine Geary on May 28 1918. Helen Garverich is noted as Mrs Geary prior to marriage. Walter L Harper of 1700 North Sixth announces the birth of Walter Scott Harper Jr on June 1 1918. Ada Hain Brightbill formerly of Penbrook, wife of David E Brightbill of 622 Emerald Street, reports the birth of a son yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mac-Sherry
Baltimore
Richard Rollin Mac-Sherry
MacSherry
Dorothy Wilbur
St. David's
Robert A. Lamberton
Captain MacSherry
France
Edward L. Geary
Penbrook
Louis Geraldine Geary
Geary
Carney Stair Nuptials Stir Bethlehem Interest
In Bethlehem at the Pro Cathedral of the Nativity Miss Louise Carney and Jacob Stair wed in a ceremony led by Rev. Clifton Macon. The bride wore satin and tulle with pearl bodice. ushers were young women, and a wedding breakfast followed with notable gifts. Stair is a Navy lieutenant and Carney active in war relief and charity work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Macon
California
St. James’ Parish
Kingsley
Church of the Nativity
J. B. Larned
T. Edgar Shields
Eleanor Earle
Lavinia Jones
Christine Linderman
Polly Colby
Balle Godshalk
Bethlehem
Virginia Stair
York
Stair
Lehigh University
Chi Phi Fraternity
Alabama
Motor Messenger Service
Woman's Club
Sunday School Class Gifts Pastor $50 at Meeting
The Ladies Sunday school class of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, led by Miss Sarah Mardorff, hosted Rev. and Mrs. Moses at the parsonage on June 8. Miss Edith Miller led devotional exercises and the group voted a $21 draft toward the piano balance, presenting the pastor and family with a $50 purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Sarah Mardorff
William Moses
Edith Miller
Mardorff
Moses
Treasury
Margaret Tilghman
Ida Dice
John Kraber
Tilghman
Edna Miller
Ed. Drinkwater
Hellen Tilghman
U S Daughters of 1812 Meet Thursday in Keystone Chapter
Keystone Chapter United States Daughters of 1812 will gather on Thursday June 18 at 2 30 pm in the Civic clubhouse hosts Mrs Meresereau and Mrs Samuel Z Shope The Rev Dr George Preston Mains will speak on A Malignant Obsession Prevalent In This Country Mrs Mersereau will report on the state conference at Scranton and Miss Katharine Dobbs will sing The afternoon ends with a tea and current events led by Mrs Mabel Cronise Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
United States Daughters of 1812
Meresereau
Samuel Z. Shope
George Preston Mains
Mersereau
Daughters of 1812
Scranton
Katharine Dobbs
Solomon Hiney
Washington
Mabel Cronise Jones
Bellevue Park Association Plans Unique Entertainment
The Bellevue Park Association social committee outlines a June 12 floral display tour at member homes starting 7 p.m. The event includes park entrance tours at Twenty‑first and Market, a follow up in Peat Water Grove, talks by M. I. East and N. E. Hause, J. Horace McFarland, and likely Jesse E. B. Cunningham, plus performances by Miss Elizabeth McCord and Walter R. Deitrich. Additional local features will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Park Association
Association
W. R. McCord
L. C. Notestine
Frank Fahnestock
William Wilson
Lewis Haehinen
I. P. Bowman
Fred W. Watts
Twenty-first
Market
New Heads Named For Eastern Railroad Lines
New York June 10. James H Hustis named president of the Boston and Maine Railroad and Harry A Worcester appointed district director of railroads announced by Alfred H Smith regional director of eastern railroads Hustis takes charge of New England roads with offices in Boston and Worcester heads Ohio Indiana district with offices in Cincinnati. The appointments cover federal controlled roads in the eastern region west of Pittsburgh and the Ohio river and south of the Erie main line. Marietta Pa June 10. The Reform ed church classis installed Harry E Shephardson as pastor of New Providence Reformed Church transferred from Eastern Pennsylvania to Lancaster county classis with special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James H. Hustis
Boston and Maine Railroad
Harry A. Worcester
Alfred H. Smith
Eastern Railroads
Hustis
New England
Boston
New York State
Canada
Mr. Worcester
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Erie Railroad
Marietta
Reformed Church Classis
D. G. Glass
A. Red Rentz
A. V. Hiester
Harry E. Shephardson
New Providence
Huns Make Slow Progress In Amiens Offensive
German assault along the eastern Montdidier front faces strong resistance. General Foch concentrates reserves near the line while high hills and Oise river positions limit gains. Analysts note a pincer-like strategy linking from Soissons to Paris with 200000 troops engaged over twenty miles of front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amiens
Foch
Oise
Montidier
Aisne
Mackensen
Russia
Serbia
Romania
Noyon
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Montdidier
Cambrai
Flanders
American Spirit Must Be Strong Until War Ends
Secretary of State Robert Lansing spoke at Union College in Schenectady on June 10 urging Americans to persist in the war effort. He traced causes to German world dominion, praised Allied resolve, and warned against complacency while calling for continued sacrifice until victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Schenectady
N. Y
Robert Lansing
Union College
America
Foreign Office
Lansing
Sussex
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
United States
Bernstorff
Germany
Valley of Shadows
Foch Urges Offense as Key to Victory in War
London June 10 General Foch declares that victory comes only to the army that strikes first and maintains the offensive. He says war seeks the destruction of enemy forces by battle, with decisive attacks built on mass reserve, surprise, and speed. Defensive stances merely delay defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foch
the Field
Decisive Attack in Battle Overthrows Adversary
The text argues that despite misleading appearances, history and reason support a single worthwhile argument in battle: a decisive attack. Only by delivering a forceful, decisive blow can the enemy be overthrow, regardless of feeble handling or obscuring accessories.
Checks in France Bypassed by Tax and Cash Culture
The piece notes that checks are rarely used or accepted in France. It explains payees are rarely identified, the payer bears risk, and taxpayers must use cash in person or face jail for nonpayment. It contrasts with no Paris clearing house and banks settling via cash messengers in lines at cashier windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
American Line repulses assault on Bouresches and Picardy
A June 9 communique reports the American line repelling a night attack northwest of Chateau Thierry near Bouresches with heavy machine gun fire and artillery fire. In Picardy the fighting was intense, while on the Marne sector artillery activity decreased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Thierry
Picardy
Bouresches
Plcardy
Marne
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Eddings
Our Optical Club
Optical Club
Orpheam
Dr. Hawes
Market Square Church
Nursery Home
Finkelstein Service
Grace Church
Augusta R. Hean
Louise H. Taylor
North Third Street
Cold Springs Cottage
Williams Grove
Walter Dearth
Louise Carney
Lieut
Jacob Stair
U. S. Daughters of 1812
Lochiel
Lochiel l
England
Alice Musgrove
Richard Hamer
One Hundred and Third
Hamer
Albert M. Hamer
Herr Streets
Frederick Barton
G. I. Gracey
United States Medical Corps
John R. Rote
Stuart B. Rote
Wilkes- Barre
Danville
Elmer Heckert
Reilly Street
Patience Sewing Club
Andrew 8. Patterson
North Front Street
James Y. Sieg
Donaldson
John& Leiby
Newport
William Turner
Phoebe 8. Turner
Peffer Street
Samuel C. Todd
Detroit
Reading
Mich
Mary Mitchell
Biurman J. Mitchell
Beaufort Lodge
Duffy
Eloine Bergner
George Bergner
Eaglesmere
Eastern Railroad
Goht Rinkenbach
Warrisburg, Pas
Hun
N. Market Sq
Soutter
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