Central High School Pinafore Delights Harrisburg Audience
Harrisburg eagerly awaits the Central High School graduates' production of H M S Pinafore. The comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan draws broad local interest with music and witty satire, promising a finished, colorful stage version under Principal H G Dibble. Brides and graduates also appear in local social notes, including Miss Beryl Stafford and Charles Lear’s June wedding plans in Chambersburg, and Shippensburg State Normal School graduates listed among the local seniors.
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Harrisburg
Central High School
Gilbert and Sullivan
W. S. Gilbert
Arthur Sullivan
New York
H. G. Dibible
Wedding of Miss Clara Anne McLaughlin to Paul Lloyd Barclay
The marriage took place at the Messiah Lutheran Church parsonage with Rev. Henry W. Hanson officiating at 11 o'clock. The bride wore a dark blue gabardine traveling suit and left for a New York City wedding dinner at the Knickerbocker Hotel, with a honeymoon planned near New York, Atlantic City, and Chicago. Both will reside at 1933 Whitehall Street. the bride is a choir member and railroad operator, the groom a railway police captain. Locust Valley Farm opens June 30 as a summer retreat for women, with options for time and duties through September, and inquiries directed to YWCA leaders Miss Elizabeth W. Baird and Miss Harriet H. Baird.
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Clara Anne McLaughlin
Eleanor McLaughlin
North Sixth Street
Paul Lloyd Barclay
Messiah Lutheran Church
Henry W. A. Hanson
New York City
Knickerbocker
New York
Atlantic City
Chicago
Barclay
Whitehall Street
Messiah Church
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Home Ceremony for This Couple in Enchant
Miss Mary Margaret Baughman wed Rev. Frank A. Hanley on Monday evening June 4 at the bride’s home with Rev. C H Heiges officiating. Attendants wore silk chiffon gowns as the wedding party posed amid music and flowers before a western honeymoon tour and a Decatur Ill, homecoming after June 29.
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Jonas Baughman
Enchant
Mary Margaret Baughman
Frank A. Hanley
Decatur
Ill
C. H. Heiges
New Cumberland Church of God
Helen Sellers
Miriam Shope
Mechanicsburg
Mary Snavely
Reba Houck
Martha Cooper
Mary Shope
Helen Noon
Altoona
Emma Louise Beshore
Frank Broske
York
van Nunemaker
Nestor Bair
New Cumberland
Mendelssohn
Stella Butler
West
Fostoria
Findlay
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Hanley
Collegiate Institute
Fort Scott
Kansas
Findlay College
Ohio
Lyman Hanley
Booneville
Arkansas
Sunshine Society Plans Variety of Summer Work
The Roberta Disbrow Lloyd Sunshine Society held its closing meeting at Pax Tang. Reports from committees covered work for crippled children and Rose Day. Plans for summer projects include sending cripples to a country place and a Sunshine Picnic on June 28 for city children. A special M C A hall meeting is set for June 25 at 2 30 to advance plans. President Mrs Homer Black is recovering. Various members travel and visit relatives in Kittanning Columbus and Philadelphia.
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George E. Whitney
Roberta Disbrow Lloyd Sunshine Society
William E. Seel
Paxtang
Homer Black
Tea For a Bride-Elect by the Misses Bailey
Miss Helen Goodwin Hammond, future bride of Charles Everard Childs of Philadelphia, was guest of honor at Cottage Ridge. Mrs. Walter Bruce Caldwell and many friends greeted her as summer blooms brightened the rooms, with a long list of attendees including Elizabeth Kinsley Baldwin Payne Leason McCreath Herman King McLain Ferriday Bailey Cameron Cameron Butler Etter Morrison and Wickersham Coe.
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Helen Goodwin Hammond
Charles Everard Childs
Philadelphia
Frances
Emily Bailey
Cottage Ridge
Miss Hammond
Walter Bruce Caldwell
Sharon
Elizabeth Kinslely
Thomas Baldwin
Ruth Payne
Myrvinne Leason
Robert McCreath
John C. Herman
Virginia King
Margaret McLain
Constance Fe
Mrs Cromie Hosts Neighborhood Party At Donaldson Apartments
Mrs Mary Belle Cromie entertained a pleasant neighborhood gathering this afternoon at her Donaldson apartments near Woodbine street. Peonies filled the rooms with fragrance as friends chatted and sewed, followed by refreshments. Guests included Mrs William Pinkey Hamilton Mrs Harry G Keffer Mrs Frederick Herman Marsh Mrs Edward L McColgin Mrs M R Coates Mrs Owen Strother Mrs Charles J Wood Jr Mrs Paul J Dunbar and Miss Margaret Nesmith of Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David S. Funk
Second
Pine Streets
McCluney Radcliffe
Philadelphia
Paul R. Brown
Richmond
Durrance Foust
Peffer Street
James Marshall
Nora Wills
Harriet Wills
Shelby
Ohio
Thomas
Blair
North Second Street
Henderson Gilbert
Ocean City
N. J
Ralph Taggert
Brooklyn
Owen Samsell
Green Street
Margaret Nesmith
Warren, Pa
Paul J. Dunbar
North Third Street
Celeste Rogers
Esther Rogers
Cincinnnatti
David R
Pearl Weston
Letha Weston
Pittsburgh
Arthur Haines
William H. Jenkins
Howard F. Jenkins
New York City
Rossiter R. Fernow
Cynwyd
Charles G. Smith
Edward Watson
Lloyd F. Watson
W. A. Chambers
Forster Street
Billy
Lancaster
K. V. Bonnie
Walter C. Dunlop
Bonnie Dunlop
Washington D. C
Jacob C. BE. Wolf
Regina Street
Georgia Reily Bailey
Bryn Mawr College
James Bailey
George W. Reilly
Selly Streets
Mary Belle Cromie
The
Donaldson
Woodbine Street
William Pinkey Hamilton
Harry G. Keffer
Frederick Herman Marsh
Edward L. McColgin
M. R. Coates
Owen
Colonial Acres Guests Spend a Happy Evening
Mr and Mrs R S Sellmyer hosted a Saturday evening gathering at their Colonial Acres home in honor of Paul Lightner and his sister Minnie Lightner. The event featured music, games, and a buffet supper in a festively decorated dining room with guests including Minnie Lightner Nellie Foulk Lillie Foulk Ruth Willoughby Evelyn Neary Horace Jackson Mrs Harvey Biggs Paul Lightner Mrs Austin Lightner Howerdartman and the Sellmyers. Also noted are engagement news for Jane Blanche Gingrich to Jonas A Cassel and visitors from Morgantown, West Virginia traveling with C Alfred Ellenberger in their touring car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sellmyer
Colonial Acres
Paul Lightner
Minnie Lightner
Nellie Foulk
Lillie Foulk
Ruth Willoughby
Evelyn Neary
Horace Jackson
Harvey Biggs
Austin Lightner
Howerdartman
J. G. Lazelle
Mildred Price
Donald Lazelle
Morgantown
West Va
C. Alfred Ellenberger
Riverside Drive
Rifle Match Off By War Department Notice
Washington announces the annual rifle match will not be held this year due to the war. The War Department stated the decision reflects war conditions and scheduling constraints.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
State College Commencement War Time Tone Sets Penn State
State College Pa June 12 wartime commencement noted khaki clad students and many graduates absent due to enlistments and training camps. Deans praised patriotism as diplomas go to distant graduates. Enola High School plans tennis tourney on church court Thursday to select team for interschool games.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Enola
Athletic Association of the
Enola High School
Funeral rites for War ren Shaffer former Harrisburg inspector
Funeral services for War ren Shaffer former Harrisburg building inspector who died Friday were held this afternoon at 2 from his home 2401 North Sixth Street. Rev A M Stamers and Rev Joseph Daugherty conducted the services. Survived by wife two sons Charles and Walter and his mother Mrs Elizabeth Shaffer.
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Warren Shaffer
Harrisburg
North Sixth Strea
A. M. Stamers
Joseph Daugherty
Charles
Walter
Elizabeth Shaffer
Bird Motif Decorates Bride's Room and Summer Finds
The Blake Shop offers a charming bird motif for brides and graduates featuring a delicate toned paper, rose-bordered borders, and a yellow-winged bird accent. Nearby, Grand Union Tea Co. advertises amber iced tea to beat muggy days, while Walk-Over Boot Shop promotes budget pumps at eight dollars in ivory and gray. Pearls by Jacob Tausig's S ons entice graduates, with dainty pieces from 1.50 to 10 dollars, and Astrid's Market displays Shetland sweaters priced at 5.98 and 6.98 with Angora collars, for stylish summer wear.
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Blake
North Second Street
Grand Union Tea Company
Jacob Tausig
Market Street
Dame Fashion
Astrid
Bids Opened for Dauphin Clarion Greene County Road Projects
Deputy State Highway Commissioner George H. Biles opened bids for road improvements in Dauphin Clarion and Greene counties. Dauphin Oberlin road 1,270 feet vitrified block on concrete base 26 feet wide bids: Reily 18,886.65. Stucker Brothers 18,192.15. Clarion Paint townships Route 65 14,128 feet vitrified block on concrete base 16 feet wide bid: Scanlan 106,167. Greene Center township 4,836 feet reinforced concrete 14 and 16 feet wide bids: Swan 42,816. Reed Yoders Moore 32,300.82. Hallam 28,732. No bids for Cambria county or for Allegheny and Washington counties.
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George H. Biles
Dauphin
Clarion
Greene
Dauphin County
Oberlin
F. J. Reily
Lancaster
Stucker Brothers Construction Company
Harrisburg
Clarion County
Paint Townships
Brenneman’s Corners
M. J. Scan
Lan
Newcastle
Greene County
Center Township
Ten-Mile Creek
Rogersville
Hagus Creek
Middleburn Road
Robert Swan Jr. Company
Pittsburgh
Reed
Yoders
Moore
Waynesburg
John W. Hallam
Washington, Pa
Cambria
Allegheny
Washington
Canada to Consider a Conscription Measure
Ottawa June 12 A bill for compulsory military service by Canadians aged twenty to forty five was put before the House of Commons by Sir Robert Borden. The premier said he had authorized 500000 men for overseas service from January 1, 1915, as a pledge to raise the number under the voluntary system more than 400000 men had been recruited and their efforts brought cheer to the British and glory to Canada.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
House of Commons
Robert Borden
Canada
Taft Urges Heavy Effort for Lasting Peace
Pittsburgh June 12 William Howard Taft warned at a national conference of charities and corrections that the United States must devote billions of dollars and millions of men to the effort to secure a just and lasting peace. He blamed Germany for acts he called deliberate murder and argued America fights to protect citizen rights and uphold international law against military dynasties.
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Pittsburgh
William Howard Taft
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
United States
Mr. Taft
Germany
Economy and duty in a steady nation’s outlook
The piece contrasts prudent economy with extreme frugality, warns of the harms of both, and notes expected steady work and plenty for households. It expresses confidence in national duty during the war and a successful spring season for business with plans for a larger fall, keeping prices low. Prices are satisfactory, customers satisfied, and optimism abounds.
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Gay “Pinafore
Central High
Lear
Stafford
Chambersburg
Beryl Margaret Stafford
Alexandria
Charles Bernard Lear
Greencastle,mear
King Lear
Princeton
Cincinnati Reds
Newport
Shippensburg State Normal School
Miriam E. Pollock
Sara A. Tack
Esther Nell
Miriam M. Hornung
M. Carolyn Sparrow
Ervin R. Mitchell
F. A. Hanley
Paul L. Barclay
Locust Valley Farm
Young Women's Christian Association
Elizabeth W. Baird
Harriet H. Baird
Los Angeles
Cal
H. B. Mark
Rodearmel Apartments
Sheraton
Adam” Partaenea
H.C. Claster
Market St
N. Third St
Somerset
James M. Endsey
Somerfield
Somerset County
Senator Endsley
City
Gilbert F. Endsley
Aalistanjo Orchestra
Wilkes-Barre
Summerdale Park
Sunshine Society
R. M. Myerowitz
Wallace Street
Kittanning
David Saul
Chester
Henry T. Young
Miss Kirby
Lester Kirby
Eden J. Hungerford
Kenneth Yountz
Columbus
Misses Bailey
Mrs. Cromie
Howard M. Gingrich
Jane Blanche Gingrich
Jonas A. Cassel
MR. Shaffer
A. 5S
Ad Busey
War
Navy
Commerce Departments
Socret
C. P. Turner
Bethlehem Steel Company
C. A. Emerson, Jr
State Health Deartment
Frank P. McKibben
Lehigh University
Edward R. Dasher
Central Iron and Steel Company
John O'Connell
Harrisburgailway
Arthur H. Bailey
American Peony Society
Horticultural Hall
Colonial Club
Lenore Graber
Colonial Country Club
Charles H. Hunter
Rose
Stuckers
Oberlin Road
Greene Counties
Taft
America
the Ladies’ Bazaar
la Rue
China
Pennsylvania
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