Harrisburg Red Cross Canteen Totals Shown for 1917 19
From October 1917 to June 1919 the Harrisburg Chapter American Red Cross canteen served 198 064 men on trains, including 20 948 wounded soldiers, with 38 627 served in May this year. Mrs Francis J Hall chairs the committee and praises Pennsylvania railroad workers cooperation. A long list of officers and lieutenants is provided along with the workers’ names. A separate note covers a Women’s Home Missionary Society meeting at Market Square Presbyterian Church to discuss Porto Rico and Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
The
American Red Cross
Francis J. Hall
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hall
Walter H. Gaither
J. Miley Jones
George H. Orth
J. E. Murray
Anna Henderson
Henderson Gilbert
Anna Nauss
Ross A. Hickok
John Graham
Edna Dunbar
B. B. Harrington
Philip T. Meredith
John Oenslager
Christian H. Sayers
Mabel Updegrove
Helen Armor
Emily Bailey
Martha Bailey
Eloise Bergner
Death of G. R. Kinney Shuts Harrisburg Store
Word arrived of G. R. Kinney president of the G. R. Kinney Company a New York based chain of shoe stores nationwide. The Harrisburg store will close all day due to his death. Kinney rose from apprentice to head of the firm and backed profit sharing for employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Kinney
G. R. Kinney Company
New York
Kinney
Harrisburg
West Shore social and town notices of reunions and events
West Shore items report alumni reception for New Cumberland High School class of 1919 and a community chorus practice in Shiremanstown. Other notes include marriages in Philadelphia, injuries to local ball players, a young girl hurt in Marysville, and plans for a 2000 foot memorial tower in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
Mary Switzer
Leroy Sweigert
Pauline Wright
W. O. Keister
Dorothy Lenhart
R. R. Kohr
Peggy Devin
Helen Guistwhite
Also Mentioned on This Page
Almeda Herman
John C. Herman
Mary Hiester
Matilda, Hiester
Carl M. Kaltwasser
Elizabeth Kinsely
Kennedy
Victor Lecoq
Ig Ya Meyers
Mary Mitchells
Lesley McCreath
John Mahon, Jr
Mary McLain
Harry T. Neale
Robert c. Neal
Martha Ogelsby
Ruth Payne
Clara Shawen
Julia
Horace Witman
N. J. Wakefield
Dora W. Coe
Frank W. Payne
Rex Auto Garage
Lemoyne
Lemoyne, Pa
West Shore
Big Shoe Company
May ‘Eshleman
Shiremanstown
Raymon Eberly
E. Henderson
Warren Andrews
Lisburn
Benjamin G. Baker
John R. Nebinger
Mechanicsburg
Blanch Fisher
Kathrysh Fisher
Margaret Asper
Asper
York
Nellie Bloxam
Washington, D. C
W. T. Rue
Methodist Parsonage
Amanda Guistwhite
Camp Sterret
Virginia
Bethel Church of God
West Fairview
Third Church
United Brethren In Christ
Logan
L. Ira Cargill
Steelton
Mary J. Dick
A. K. Wier
Logan United Brethren Church
Harry Katerman
Tower City
Marysville
Fred Lightner
Newport
Lightner
Goldie Genevieve Rupley
Ormond Rupley
Maple Avenue
Duncannon
Sidney Sible
Cove
John Hess
Mite Society
Military Service Corps
Villa Villa
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Henry Pennywitt
Weather Bureau
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Pomeroy & Stewart
Bolivia
Dives
Street Floor
Market Street
Men's Store
Nainsock Athletic Union
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement
ETIGA
Aio E.eaty & Oki Nam Enas
Oseh
Sina
Satieste Ford
Basement
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