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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1916

Page

8

Local High School Seniors Stage Ambitious Caesar

The Central High School senior class presented Julius Caesar at Chestnut Street Auditorium. Despite amateurism, the cast impressed the audience with strong delivery under Miss Annabelle Swartz as director. Proceeds aid the William Steele memorial fund to support each year’s valedictorian. The cast included Eva Selheimer, Lillian Koch, Edward Wallower, and many others.

Chestnut Street Southern Marlowe Company Central High School Annabelle Swartz William §. Steele Eva Selheimer Lillian Koch Edward Wallower William Meyers Horace Nunemaker Jay Smith Vernon Widder Gertrude Wilson Ezra Strohm Charles Segelbaum Herbert Remmer Gertrude Edwards Homer Kreider James Minnaugh Lloyd Marcus Daniel Burkholder Sara Faunce Sara Maloney W. Graybill

Seiler School Girls Attend Summer Conference

Seiler school sends a group of girls led by chaperone Miss Sara Jacobs to a ten day summer conference in Canton hosted by the YWCA at Camp Nephawin. The delegation includes Gertrude Olmsted Janie Hickok Elizabeth Ziegler Mary Hawes Mary Kunkel Annette Steele Margaret Bullitt Louise Plank Louise Johnson Alice Thompson and Judith Lee Dismukes. Mrs Wilbur Black hosts the R F O M Club Friday evening with May Bard assisting. The group will depart by Enola or Marysville car at 7 45 p m from Second and Walnut.

Seiler School Camp Nephawin Gertrude Olmsted Janie Hickok Elizabeth Ziegler Mary Hawes Mary Kunkel Annette Steele Margaret Bullitt Louise Plank Louise Johnson Alice Thompson Judith Lee Dismukes Canton Sara Jacobs Eaglesmere Wilbur Black Wormleysburg May Bard Enola Marysville Second and Walnut Streets

William Webster wins 1916 vocal music gold medal

William Webster a year old Harrisburg boy won the 1916 vocal music gold medal at St Pauls Boys School Baltimore Md The ceremony occurred after a Sunday service with the medal presented by the rector Webster will take part in tomorrow's commencement in full Scottish dress He trained under Professor A C Kuschna and is noted for pure tone and expression He and his brother Robert also earned free scholarships and both will assist St Stephen's choir this summer

William Webster Harrisburg St. Paul's Boys’ School Baltimore R. F. Webster South Fourteenth Street William Robert St. Paul's School St. Stephen's Church Choir A. C. Kuschna Webster St. Stephen's Choir

Later Baptist Church Anniversary in Green Spring Valley

Mrs C W Congdon and relatives attended the one hundred seventy fourth anniversary of the Later Baptist Church in Green Spring Valley with Rev Dr Baylor leading services. The Sater family built the church and land, brick import from England, and preserved the historic meetinghouse since 1742. A parsonage site was added 200 years later as part of commemorations in 1916.

Sater Thomas Walker

Country Club Property Sold to Dr C Rebuck

UTE at Lucknow site of the first Country Club was sold last night to Dr C B Rebuck of this city for 15000 dollars. The club retains possession until a new clubhouse is built at Fort Hunter. Ten new members were elected and ten more proposed at the board meeting. Arrangements are being made for annual matches with Lancaster and Reservoir Park golfers.

Roperty Harris Ute Lucknow C. 8. Rebuck Shees Rockville Gap Fort Hunter Board of Governors Lancaster Reservoir Park

Dancers at Mt. Holly Enjoyed Last Evening

Dances at Mount Holly Park featured a long list of attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Irons Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Gilbert Mrs. Frank Payne Mrs. C. M. Kaltwasser and others from Annapolis Whitford Washington Abbots Nebraska and locals such as George Comstock John Comstock Minster Kunkel Thomas Trail Spencer Roberts Charles Whit ney David Shotwell J. Bertron Redux Dr. George R. Moffitt and Gilbert Darlington among many.

Mount Holly Park Robert H. Irons Henderson Gilbert Frank Payne C. M. Kaltwasser Clarence Hunter Annapolis Virginia King Katharine Comstock Eleanor Earle Margaret McLain Eleanor Clark Katharine Etter Louise Carney Mary Meyers Ruth Payne Elizabeth Knnsely Jean Chamberlain Sara Thomas Whitford

Local Birth Announcements and Social Notes

Mr and Mrs Milton Fegan announce the birth of a daughter Jane Fegan on June 8 1916 Mrs Fegan formerly Miss Mabel Shoap Mechanicsburg Mr and Mrs Cosmos Slothower announce the birth of a son Harold Jacob Slothower on June 2 1916 Mr and Mrs Cyril G Tingey announce the birth of a son on June 11 1916 Mrs Edward F Dunlap travels to New York to meet her Smith College bound daughter Helen Dunlap for the summer Mrs Charles Farner hosts embroidery club at South Fourteenth Street Mr and Mrs Ralph Westbrook and son John George spend the summer at a Stone Harbor cottage Mr and Mrs David Henderson return to Toronto after a visit in the West End Mrs Carl Kaltwasser and daughter go to Norwalk Conn next week for cholwell wedding duties Vr Hummel Berghaus returns from Princeton for commencement events.

Edna Mildred Bunker Henry G. Bunker Newark N. J Howard Clausen Welsh Cornelius E. Welsh Harrisburg Charles Dunlap Welsh Atlantic City North Third Street Riverside Lancaster Country Club John Peters Enola Friends Albert Bucher Franklin Morning Starshall College Men Bucher Green Street James Newell Moore Waltrisner Chicago Irma von Bereghy Julius von Bereghy State Street Arpad von Bereghy Sibyl Company Marcel von Bereghy Elizabeth Baher School of Industrial Arts Philadelpia Frank J. Strausner Small J Son Jacob Elder Third Street Clarence P. Hench Woodbine Street Hartford Conn New England Margaret May Morton Market Street Milton 5Regan Coato Jane Fegan Fegan Mabel Shoap Mechanicsburg Cosmos Slothower South Seventeenth Street Harold Jacob Slothower Cyril G. Tingey Briggs Street al Son Edward F. Dunlap North Second Street New York Helen Dunlap Smith College Charles Farner South Fourteenth Street Ralph Westbrook John George Westbrook Stone Harbor David Henderson Toronto West End Carl Kaltwasser Goung Norwalk Kaltwasser Cholwell Vr. Hummel Berghaus Princeton Sara Popky Wilkes-Barre David Sherman Peffer Street George Widder Gettysburg College George E. Widder Derry Street Carson McAllister Penn State College I Peffer Street

Messiah Lutheran Class Meets in New Cumberland

Messiah Lutheran Sunday School class No 5 taught by Mrs P S Zimmerman was entertained by Mrs H A Dill at her New Cumberland home. Attendees included numerous local church members and relatives in a porch luncheon with roses, music, and sewing afterward.

Messiah Lutheran New Cmberland Messiah Lutheran Sunday School G. E. Wolfensberger Margaret Fleming H. A. Dill Marian Dill Hazel Richards State Street Maude Gillespie Baltimore

Summerdale Park Concerts And Fort Washington Pavilion Ads

Two orchestras perform Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Summerdale Park with band and orchestra on Saturday evenings. Dr C C Conklin of 126 Walnut Street will be away Tuesday to Thursday for the American Medical Society meeting in Detroit. Ft Washington Pavilion features Updegrove's Orchestra on Thursday and Saturday evenings.

Summerdale Park C. C. Conklin Walnut Street American Medical Society Detroit Ft. Washington Pavilion Updegrove Adv Mahonoy City

Father's Day observance at P and R Y M C A

The Rutherford Young Men's Christian Association plans a large Father s Day event at the association building next Sunday at noon. Special music from Harrisburg and Hummelstown musicians plus sacred selections by George W. Sweigert and his daughter, with Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler giving the address. Attendees urged to wear a red or white rose.

Rutherford Young Men's Chrispos Association Association Harrisburg Hummelstown George W. Sweigert Harry Nelson Bassler Second Reformed Church

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Julius Caesar Steele Memorial Fund Hono St. Paul’s Boys’ School Waryland Mary Light North Seeland Street Martin F. Jones Penn Street Hagerstown Jones Pennsylvania Railroad Company Barry Bingay Cann Bryn Mawr Mr. Cann Packard Motor Car Company Raymond M. Crane Pittman Faust Gertrude and Emilie Lett Pine Street Washington, D.C Lynette Taylor Charles F. Taylor Reel Street William C. Fisher University of Pennsylvania Curtis W. Fisher North Front Street Betty Ordwine Philadelphia Viola Martin Boiling Springs Miss Ordwine John Derrickson Swatarna Street Edwin J. Knisely Roger Thompson Middletown Bishop Green Spring Valley, Md Cooperstown May Lemer Verangeville France N. Y Fayette Cabell Cabell School For American Girls Paris Miss Lemer Ramblers Frank L. Cook E. L. Cowden C. A. Dunn Frank Nead Ramblers’ Club Wachapague Cedar Island Virginia Mr. Cook Mr. Cowden von Bereghys Beatrice. Ryder George Ob. Giles Chester County Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church A. S. Williams Ida E. Pearson Albert D. Lininger Elizabethville A. 8. Williams West Virginia J. M. Smith Wallace Street Herbert Short Keyser W. Va Short Viola Knaub David Zimmerman Katharine and Russell Zimmerman Margaret Zimmerman Rebecca Zimmerman Joseph Edward Gertrude Earl Ethel Smith Margaret Max Cramer Cumberland Street Hyman Cramer I. Cramer Esther Cramer Paul Cramer Williamsport D. Singer M Garonzik J. Garonzik Ss. Garonzik Lillian Singer Lillian Epstein Anna Epstein Esther Arch Rae Broude Bess Michlovitz Helen Arch Anna_ Michlovitz Sophie Ashier Reading Ella Cramer Sara Cramer William Yoffee D. Kaplan Ben Michlovitz Harry Cramer Country Club Dr. C Rebuck Sunbury Barbara Anna Wolfe Isaac Campbell Hiles Pardoe North Fourth Street Martin A. Cumbler Yellow House Highspire First Presbyterian Church of Steelton Maclay Street the Willows Hazel Mills Boston Marian Whattaker Albert Hartwick Carnegie Technical School T. A. Hartwick Laser Fifteenth Street E. H. Markward Shippensburg J. Bradley Markward Mpade W,. c. T. U Meade W. T J. H. Kase Ponalaend Paxton Park Robert E. Forsythe Rose Sherman Ithaca N. P Cornell University Jane Hickman Germantown Frederick A. Morgenthaler Hamilton Street Spencer C. Gilbert Francis Jordan Hall William Henderson Sanford DeWitt Coe Lara M. Bulick Ransomer Reeder Rochester James Harding Rachel Harding Buffalo Herman Duane Banner-Morton Stevens Church Aidastomaine Perry Charles Erry Charles R. Roberts Robert L. Meisenhelder Trinity Lutheran Church Marie Perry Wilbur Perry New Post Caal New Post Toasties Mt. Holly Alicia Buckalew Duncannon Carrie Gerberich Anna Hauck Dauphin Jean Allen Allen Country Place Perdix Warren Wheeler Helen Wallace Paul Clouser J. M. Wallis Walter Gaither Robert H. Lyons Anna Gay Bradley Mary Mitchell Fownes Pittsburgh Theodore G. Gould George R. Moffitt R. Boone Abbott Thomas Trail Ehrman B. Mitchell Desse Jones Mercersburg James A. Smyser North Eighteenth Street Naval Academy Harold Smyser Lowell Avenue Naval Academy At Mr. Smyser Margaret Myers Altoona Fourth Street Sharon EB. J. Stackpole Walter Bruce Caldwell Small Son Stackpole Mab Barber Lucian Barber Washington, D. C Mary Taylor Abbott Nebraska Rutherford Technical High School Commissioner of Labor and Industry John Price Jackson Brotherhood Engineers Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Order of Railway Conductors Charles H. Cless Pennsylvania Railroad Brick Church Road Mr. Sharp Enola Lutheran Church Paxtang Noriene Daniel Daniel Cless Clarence Harry Russell Thaddeus Emory Laura Crawford Sarah Cless Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company Shamokin Newberry Junction Hubler Geesey Bink- Jeyoward Newcomer Martin Baer Olfe Madenford Streeper Brubaker Yeater Hogentogler Lefever Sellers Bissinger Speas Johnson Eckman Peters Swart Eckrich Herman Swartz Finkenbinder Deitrich Shimp Killian Everhart Newman Miller Enterne Fink Flagman Hartman Stone Deselvey Beale Looker Knupp Dougherty Essig Lick Ashenfelter Crosby Coulter Smith Doede Albright Free Howard Shirk Willis Bennett Kauffman Steele Hummer Burris Grove Fien Hoffman Kepner Plack Swailes Hum Me D Fleck Yost Rhine Adams Watts Sieber Pelton Landis Beck Harter Snyder Desch Graham Fry Eyde Ewing Reeder Hitz Peiffer Snell, Jr Fleisher Libhart Smedley Carson Sturgeon Rares Wagner Yara Anthony Rider Hill Baxerling Branyon Bretz Eese Brown C. H. Hall Kline Bickhart Linn Reading Anaes Middaugh Merkie Fortney Bonawitz Massimore Freed Richwine Pletz Woland Barnhart Brougher Dowhower Stambaugh Sullivan Blicker Whitcomb Yowler Zukoswki Herr Wintersmover Grim Swee Harry Nelson Bassler Oae Yosemite California San Diego Exposition Santa Fe B. John Ghesinui Philade William E. Wright
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