Talks on National Defense Courtesy By Woman's Council
The House of Representatives hosts free talks tonight at 7 45 directed by Mrs. Wilbur F Harris with singing by the Wednesday Club. Mrs John W Reily presides and Rev Edwin A Pyles leads devotion. Miss Mary Ruth Fisher from State College speaks all week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatves
Woman's Council of National Defense
Wilbur F. Harris
John WW. Reily
Council For National Defense
Edwin A. Pyles
Mary Ruth Fisher
State College
William Jennings
The
War Relief
Samuel Friedman
Temple Sisterhood
Council of National Defense
James G. Sanders
George Edward Hawes
Golf events draw Harrisburg club members on Saturday
Harrisburg Country Club members enjoyed a Saturday golf tournament followed by tea for members and guests. The Colonial Country Club hosted city visitors with a Ladies Auxiliary tea table led by Mrs. J. D. Hawkins and helpers. Brothers in the service Everett C. Howard and Gilbert C. Howard, both sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Howard, have been promoted to sergeant ranks in military assignments. A Japanese dinner marked the Vaughn anniversary at 14 South Fourth Street with 20 guests. Mrs. Sam S. Fackler opened her Ocean City summer home and Dorothy Chubbuck heads to Harvard Summer School with Jacobena Mayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg Country Club
Braxton
Colonial Country Club
J. D. Hawkins
Clarence B. Hench
M. W. Allen
Everett C. Howard
Washington, D. C
War Department Corps of Engineers
U.S. A
Steelton High School
University of Pennsylvania
Gilbert C. Howard
Camp Hancock
Headquarters Ordnance Supply School
Lehigh University
H. H. Howard
Market Street
John S. Vaughn
South Fourth Street
Anna Brenneman
Peffer Street
Dorothy Strouse
North Third Street
Norfolk
Joseph Claster
North Second Street
Mt. Gretna
Sam 8. Fackler
Derry Street
Ocean City
Dorothy Chubbuck
Irene Burns
Kittatinny
Northumberland
Harrisburg Lad With Pershing Arrives in France
Jacob L. Swanberry son of Mrs. Jacob Swanberry 2168 Brookwood arrives in France with his company after a stop in England described as a pretty place Private Swanberry formerly called for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company A simple home wedding of Miss Eleanor May Manaham and George Dewey Turtle at the groom’s parents home witnessed by immediate family LOCUST VALLEY FARM OPENS Locust Valley Farm near Mechanicsburg opens June 29 as a YWCA summer resort for self supporting women Registration at the general secretary’s office ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE Miss Adalene Youngman and Lorenzo Stuart Young wed at Camp Curtin M E Church Rev John H Mortimer officiating Miss Gertrude Wilson returns home from Philadelphia area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob L. Swanberry
Jacob Swanberry
Brookwood Street
France
Land of Battle
England
Swanberry
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Eleanor May Manaham
Annie Petters
George Dewey Turtle
Strawberry Street
Ellis N. Kremer
Locust Valley Farm
Mechanicsburg
Fourth
Walnut Streets
Adalene Youngman
Lorenzo Stuart Young
Williamsport
Camp Curtin M. E
John H. Mortimer
Births at Middletown announce two new babies
Mr and Mrs John Forney of 85 North Seventeenth street report the birth of daughter Anna Katharine Forney on Tuesday June 11. Mr and Mrs Earl C Smith of 2316 North Sixth announce son Robert Chandler Smith born Tuesday June 11 1918. Mr and Mrs Luther D Mumma of 1817 Bellevue Road announce son George Luther Mumma born Wednesday June 12 1918. Mrs Mumma was formerly Miss Marion Dean of Penbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilson Forney
North Seventeenth Street
Anna Katharine Forney
Luther D. Mumma
Bellevue Road
George Luther Mumma
Mumma
Marion, Dean
Penbrook
C A O dances at Dauphin with Central High crowd
Members of the C A O Society at Central High School hosted an informal dance Saturday afternoon in Dauphin. The hall was festively decorated with roses and pennants. Guests included Helen Leavy Lillian Speakman Mildred Sheesley Katherine Roeder Helen Hoff man Katherine Brackenridge Emma Keeny Ethel For ney Nancy McCullough Eleanor Jones and others. C A O of 17 will host a Paxtang picnic Saturday for the C A O of 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. O. Society of Central High School
Dauphin
Helen Leavy
Lillian Speakman
Mildred Sheesley
Katherine Roeder
Helen Hoffman
Katherine Brackenridge
Emma Keeny
Ethel Forney
Nancy McCullough
Eleanor Jones
Lewis Crayphill
Herbert Myers
William McBride
Women plan Fourth of July parade leadership meeting
Mrs. John W. Reily chairs the Dauphin County Branch of the Woman's Council of National Defense and calls a Wednesday afternoon gathering at the Civic Club house Front and North streets for a representative from every women’s club society commandery lodge store or factory to organize the parade. Attendance urged due to short planning time. Mrs. Hursh visits son in tank service at Gettysburg. Mrs Hess dies in Columbia at 67 from heart trouble. Various locals return home from Philadelphia Harrisburg Los Angeles and other cities after events and visits. Assistant Paymaster James K. Jackson to report at Annapolis showing ongoing military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Reily
Dauphin County
Woman's Council of National Defense
Reilly
Civic Club
Percy Wilson
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Langdon
Harriet F. Langdon
Cincinnati
Roger Deane
Cumberland County
D. L. Jauss
Harrisburg
Mun
Los Angeles
William Elder Bailey
Annette Bailey
Philadelphia
James K. Jackson
U.S. N
Annapolis
Edwin W. Jackson
Chestnut Street
George W. Creighton
Mary Creighton
Riverside Apartments
Pittsburgh
Victor Lecoq
Bellevue-Stratford
Mary Elizabeth Fendrich
Marietta
J. A. Lutz
Paxtang
James Collins
Race Street
Atlantic City
New York
Frank Worley
Walnut Street
Cordelia Weimar
Wheeling
W. Va
Marian B. Whittaker
North Second Street
Russell Sage College of Science and Art
Troy
N. Y
Sergeant Herman Early Arrives in France
The safe arrival of Sergeant Herman Early in France is announced to his mother. He enlisted in June last year and served with Camp Hancock in the 103rd Ammunition Train of the Keystone Division. He was a Keystone Motor Company salesman and formerly refereed basketball games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Herman Early
Mra
Ara Early
Whitehall Street
Camp Hancock
Keystone
Keystone Motor Company
Bonniwell Plans Meeting Amid Pennsylvania Democratic Row
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell and allies mark a push to counter the Palmer McCormick dry faction as the state committee meets. A mass rally at the courthouse is planned with J W Westcott as orator to present his platform and claim boss influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene C. Bonniwell
Pennsylvania Democracy
Palmer- McCormick
Democratic State Committee
Bonniwell
State Committee
Palmer-McCormick
J. W. Westcott
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Chicago
Philadelphia Record
Harrisburg
John W. Wescott
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Ledger
George R. McLean
Pointblank
Judge Bonniwell
Shamokin
Colonial Club Golf Winners Named In HandiCap
Foint winners at Colonial Country Club last week for the all-season handicap were Cunter five points W Loving three points and W P Starkey one point. Three club members W W Kenney F M Hunter and M S Kelley attended the Lancaster match featuring Captain Small Professional French York Captain Hintenz and Professional Jones Lancaster. The York men won two up. A large gallery followed the players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Colonial Country Club
Cunter
W. Loving
W. P. Starkey
W. W. Kenney
F. M. Hunter
M.S. Kelley
Lancaster
Small
French
York
Hinentz
Jones
Red Cross Outlines Money and Mail Rules for Prisoners of War
Harrisburg chapter of the American Red Cross issues new instructions for sending money letters and parcels to American and Allied prisoners in Germany and Austria. Send checks payable to the American Red Cross to Washington DC, include full names and addresses, letters limited to two pages single side, and mark envelopes with Prisoner of War Mail No Postage Via New York. Parcels may be sent only to prisoners of war. an approved list of items is available at local chapter headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Harrisburg
American Red Cross
Germany
Austria
Bureau of Prisoner's Relief of the
Washington, D. C
New York
Marines Begin Drive for Recruits at Philadelphia Station
A Philadelphia recruiting detail opens a week long drive for Marine Corps recruits. Marines will tour theaters and street corners to describe life and duties. Lt. Harry F. Broude returns to Camp Meade Md after visiting his parents at 1007 Capital Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oarry
Philadelphia
United States Marine Corps
Harry F. Broude
Camp Meade, Md
Mrs
Philip B. Broude
Capital Street
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Federal
Gov't
Miss Fisher
Pershing
Gertrude Wilson
Jacob L. SW
Zstork News
Gohl, Rinkenbach & Rouse
Fourth St
Mavina Hursh
Quarrensburg
Ill
C. C. Getter
Gettysburg
Columbia
Emma Hess
Wrightsville
Valley Forge
John Armstrong Herman
Society of Colonial Wars
I. L. Behney
A. N. Croy
Charles E. Reeser
North Fourth’ Street
Summerdale Park
Sourbier's
Elamelaas
Grneaty
Belsinger Service
J. S. Belsinger
Locust Street
Orpheem
Soutter’s
Sue Chambray
5&C
Davyd
Card
Pocket
Ladies’ Union
Cretonnes
Nainsook
Gabardine
Sputter’s
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