Harrisburg Conservatory of Music Class of 1915 Graduates
The Harrisburg Conservatory of Music held a program at Technical High School Auditorium. Graduates Miss Fannie Williams Miss Lucretia Boyd Miss Maude Hartman and Michael Hecker received praise for their piano work and technique. Violin piece by Saint Saens showcased strong tone. Mrs Roy G Cox sang with Miss Ruth Conkling accompanying. Rev Henry W A Hanson urged higher ideals in art. Diplomas were presented by Director Mr Decevee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taner
Fannie Williams
Liszt
Lucretia Boyd
Maude Hartman
Michael Hecker
Lulu Allen
Alice Decevee
Harry Trawitz
Saint Saens
Roy G. Cox
Ruth Conkling
Henry W. A. Hanson
Messiah Lutheran Church
Decevee
Surprise at Wildwood for Mrs Bomgardner party
A surprise party at Minnie Rodkey’s Wildwood home honored Mrs William Bomgardner of New Castle visiting Harrisburg. Guests included the Bomgardners, Rodkeys, Baers, Eslingers, Myers, Ens mingers and others. other notes mention guests visiting Breeze Hill and trips to Boston, Atlantic City, and a tennis tournament at the Harrisburg Country Club.
Delegates Leave Today For Bible Conference
Local women depart Canton Pennsylvania for Camp Nenahwin to attend the Bible Conference of Club Girls led by Mrs. John W. Reily as hostess. Delegation includes Miss Florence Carroll Miss Carrie Gable Miss May Crouse Miss Stella Metzgar Miss Irene Orem Miss Mary Shearer and Miss Annie Blocher. Saturday July 3 will feature a stunt day with a skit set in a Harrisburg cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Nenahwin
Canton
Bible Conference
Club
John W. Reily
Florence Carroll
Carrie Gable
May Crouse
Stella Metzgar
Girls’ Friendly Club
Bethany
Irene Orem
New Idea Hosiery Company
Mary Shearer
Moorhead Knitting Company
Annie Blocher
Blough Manufacturing Company
Harrisburg
Miss Jennings Luncheon Honoring Ross Nieces in Harrisburg
A luncheon hosted yesterday at the Country Club of Harrisburg by Miss Mary Jennings at 611 North Front Street honored her nieces Misses Frances and Elizabeth Ross of Philadelphia. Pink appointments and June rose baskets graced the table. attendees included Misses Reynolds, Johnson, Darlington, Chamberlin, Olmsted, Hickock, Brandt, Hurlock, and the Ross sisters. Several local residents and guests were noted as visitors or travelers, with social visits across Harrisburg, Paxtang, Camp Hill, and York County mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Harrisburg
Mary Jennings
North Front Street
Frances
Elizabeth Ross
Philadelphia
Clare Reynders
Louise Johnson
Kate Darlington
Jean Chamberlin
Gertrude Olmsted
Jane, Hickock
Elizabeth Brandt
Dorothy Hurlock
Misses Ross
Dancing, Drills and Music Please Large Audience
A two evening festival and benefit at Cathedral Hall drew a large crowd. Attendees paid bricks to aid remodeling of the swimming tank. Performers included Clara Sneidman and Santa Maria girls with Martina Moeslein, plus xylophone, piano, and horizaontal bar exhibits. A tots competition on somersaults and cart wheels crowned the White's team champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathedral Hall
Clara Sneidman
Santa Maria
Martina Moeslein
C. A. Dalone
Robert I’. Gorman
Stuart McCalley
Esther Sweeney
White's
Irene Cashman
Elizabeth Maguire
Mary Wall
Agnes Wall
Anna Sullivan
Mary Sheehey
EB. St. Peter
Red's
Geneva Burns
Virginia Burns
Alice Sulivan
Ellen Maloney
Mary Cashman
Marie Burns
Anne Devine
Kathryn McCarthy
Katherine Moyer
Amanda Shields
Anna Lavelle
Elizabeth Seel
Carrie Faley
Mary Carrol
Helen Ryan
Kathleen Johnston
Mary Wolz
Mary Rumpf
E. Smith
George Fetterman
Albert St. Peter
Mary Dowling
Beatrice Hilton
Margaret Boyle
Caroline McClean
Mary Herbert
Gertrude Wall
Sarah Maloney
Kindergarten Outing at Rosegarden in Erie Street
The kindergarten department of the Erie Street Sunday school enjoyed a day open air outing at Rosegarden led by Miss Anne McCormick. About thirty children participated with several assistants listed. Also noted is a St Andrew's Episcopal Church Embroidery Guild gathering at a West Fairview country home hosted by Mrs. Joseph Plank with numerous attendees. Additionally former city residents Mrs. Frederick William Cohen and daughters Mary Lee Helen and Fredericka Cohen visit Nantille estate near Bowmansdale in Cumberland county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Street
Anne McCormick
Rosegarden
Embroidery Guild
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Joseph Plank
West Fairview
Frederick Watts
Gilbert Mattson
John Miller
E. L. Watson
George Coloveras
E. V. Leeds
Edward ¥. Doehne
Anna Valentine
Elizabeth Hicks
Dorothy Mattson
Frederick William Cohen
Mary Lee
Helen and
Fredericka Cohen
Upper Montclair
N. J
Mrs. Cohen
William J. Rose
Nantillle
Bowmansdale
Cumberland County
Ardella May Merkle Birthday Party Held at Home
Ardella May Merkle celebrated her fifth birthday with games music and ruby decorations at 10 Argyle Street. Attendees included Frances Tippett James Middaugh Irene Clark Laure Heaps Ferne Forney Dorothy Atticks Elizabeth Swords Fredericka Swords Cathryn Hiester Howard Hiester Frank Allison Vance Heeney James Shannon Gladys Shannon Martha Sugars Dorothy Nelson James Merkle Lillian Merkle John Forney May Forney Casper Troy and several relatives. Mrs. Richard Forney Mrs. John Davis Mrs. Lewis Emerich and Miss Ethel Davis of Hummelstown joined in. Off for a trip. Other local residents headed to various destinations for summer plans and visits locally and out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Ardella May Merkle
Argyle Street
Thelma Tippett
Frances Tippett
James Middaugh
Irene Clark
Laure, Heaps
Ferne Forney
Dorothy Atticks
Elizabeth Swords
Fredericka Swords
Cathryn Hiester
Piano Recital by Pupils of Walter R. Fellers
Pupils of Walter R. Fellers gave a piano recital at his studio 26 Evergreen yesterday afternoon. The program featured Irene Malseed Geraldine Walter Irene Cashman Helen Theurer Genevieve Steele Cecilia Duben Gladys Yoffe Lillian Levi Ruth Levi Lena Lane Kathryn Halbert Mildred Albert Margaret Troup Reba Heverling Yette Sachs Hannah Sachs Romaine Brown Dora Miller Ethel Murray Walter Atticks Murray Striewig Paul Wynn Earl Dubin Freddie Hamilton and Gilbert Lyons. Also noted were a social trip by Mr and Mrs Anson P Dare and others to Harper's Ferry Virginia and a June 24 marriage of Ruth Smith and Howard L Kuhn at Sixth Street United Brethren Church. The group will host an at home event at 612 Wiconisco Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R.fellers
Evergreen Street
Irene Malseed
Geraldine Walter
Irene Cashman
Helen Theurer
Genevieve Steele
Cecilia Duben
Gladys Yoffe
Lillian Levi
Ruth Levi
Lena Lane
Kathryn Halbert
Mildred Albert
Margaret Troup
Reba Heverling
Yette Sachs
Hannah Sachs
Romaine Brown
Dora Miller
Ethel Murray
Walter Atticks
Murray Striewig
Paul Wynn
Earl Dubin
Freddie Hamel
Gilbert Lyons
Ruth Smith
Wiconisco Street
Howard L. Kuhn
Jefferson Street
Sixth Street
Mount Gretna Lake Shore Illuminated and Busy Summer Grove
Cottage owners report many improvements at Mt Gretna Grove. Park Auditorium enlargements and new gravel roads appear as electric lights near the miniature beach are prepared. A 40 foot shoot the chute is completed. Local families and visitors, including Stoll and the Geist, enjoy cottages and gatherings. wedding of Hilda Houck and Roy Shaeffer decorated by a rose honeysuckle cottage setting. couple to reside in Tacoma after ceremony performed by Rev J Leonard Hynson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Gretna
Park Auditorium
Garvin Department
Tpecatter
G. M. Stoll
Jay and
Merritt
Harrisburg
Brunswick Cottage
Camp Meeting Grounds
Willis Geist Newbold
Willis Geist, Jr
Seven Gables Cottage
George Davis
Esther
Mary Hutman i
Chestnut S Knob
Ross Willis
Ed. L. Rinkenbaugh
Camp Meetling
John Craig
Nyman Books
William Whitmeyer
Anna Bacon
Daniel Bacon
George Craig
Philadelphia
Charles Steiner
Herr Street
Steiner
Elizabeth Dunscan
Belle Walters
Hilda Houck
Roy H. Shaeffer
Hummelstown
John L. Rocky
Miss Houck
J. Leonard Hynson
Central Pennsylvania News in Brief Ranges From Falls to Burglary
Multiple local incidents span Lancaster to Sunbury with injuries from a balcony collapse, burglaries at Hazleton and Shenandoah, a fatal train boarding attempt at Herndon, and a former mine foreman’s death in Shenandoah Valley. Also announced are staff appointments for General O Neill’s Fourth Brigade National Guard of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Charles A. Kaspar
Hazleton
J. W._Treitz
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Hazleton Shaft
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Roy Kirschner
Lehigh Valley
Shenandoah
James Wilson
Ashland
Sunbury
Charles B. Koch
Herndon
John W. Moyer
Lost Creek
Shenandoah Valley
Mahanoy City
Allentown
Cc. T. O'Neill
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Henry A. Reninger
Matthew H. Taggart
Cleon N. Berntheizel
Columbia
John T. Duffy
Philadelphia
Huizinga C. Byers
Pottstown
Charles D. Rhoads
Ralph W. Montelius
Mr. Carmel
George W. Minds
J. Roderick Taylor
Henry W. Leh
J. Leedom Lewis
H. O. Numbers
Lebanon
Edward V. Bernhard
Sylvester Ross Henry
Reading
Prize for Kathryn Frick at Airy Institute commencement
Kathryn Mary Frick, deaf and blind daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Frick of 94 North Seventeenth Street, received a cash prize for crochet proficiency at the annual commencement of the Airy Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Mary Frick
William L. Frick
North Seventeenth Street
Theater Airy Institute For the Deaf
Umb
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments
Advertising warning about catarrh remedies includes mercury dangerous to smell and health. Promotes Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as mercury free and systemically acting. Mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as sold by druggists with 75 cent price per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Toledo
Hall
Ohio
F. O Cheney Co
Penbrook guests include visitors from Providence and Camp Hill
Guests at 2365 Camby Street Penbrook were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomas of Providence R I and Mrs L L Yentz of Camp Hill. Thomas traveled by auto from New England. Isabelle A Ryder of Cottage Ridge plans a visit to Kensington Md to see Eleanor Rutherford Elder a former Harrisburg resident. Mrs Harry F Beaner of Susquehanna Street recovers from four weeks illness. Mrs William Shoemaker of North Fourth Street attended the funeral of her uncle Orphy Darlington in Parkesburg Va. In Hagerstown a wedding linked Harrisburg as Miss Anna May Brannen and Guy D Schroll wed on June 25. Grace Fackler of New York City visiting at the Knull home in Hummel Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth McLinn
Pittsburgh
Helen McFarland
Breeze Hill
Boston
Katharine Hart
Duncannon
Greenwich
Mary Bowman
Elaine Stevens
Baltimore
Earl Shartzer
East Street
Shartzer
Jay C. Saltzgiver
Green Street
Atlantic City
Tucien Notestine
Helen Notestine
Bellevue Park
T. J. Reardon
Philadelphia
Hamilton Street
Mary Hunter Linn
Richard Haldeman
Yverdun
Bellefonte
Harry G. Huber
North Second Street
Charles E. Doelker
Boas Street
Norfolk
Portsmouth
William Ellis Friedman
Rodcarmel Apartments
Swampscott
Massachusetts
Robert M. Bettisworth
Cedar Rapids
Edmund Mather
Walnut Street
Edmund M. Deeter
Green
Ruth Rebuck
Carlisle
William Weigel
North Third
H. Ross Coover
North Sixth Street
Elizabeth Ross
Pine Street
Beaver Station
George Hoffman
Columbia
Clyde Kepford
Kittatinny Street
Allentown
J. Hemig
Lebanon
Charles P. Gurnett
North Third Street
Helen Gurnett
Dana Gurnett
Schooley Mountains
N. Y
Robert Illingworth
Kansas City
Irmine Gunsaul
Delaware Water Gap
Chambersburg
Harry Thomas
Providence
R. I
L. L. Yentz
Camp Hill
Harry Wertz
Camby Street
Penbrook
Thomas
New England
Isabelle Adrian Ryder
Cottage Ridge
Kensington
Eleanor Rutherford Elder
Harry F. Beaner
Susquehanna Street
Wlliam Shoemaker
North Fourth Street
Orphy Darlington
Parkesburg
Hagerstown
Anna May Brannen
Guy D. Schroll
Harrisburg
First Baptist Church
E. K. Thomas
Grace Fackler
New York City
Knull Home
Hummel Street
Cumberland Valley Railroad Time Table May 1914
Cumberland Valley Railroad timetable effective May 24 1914 shows train departures from Harrisburg for Winchester Martinsburg Hagerstown Chambersburg Carlisle Mechanicsburg and intermediate stations with daily and additional morning and afternoon runs. Serves Dillabure and Ya with listed morning and evening departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Eave Arrisbur
Winchester
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Carlisle
Mechanicsburg
Backenstoss to Sing at Augs burg Church St John’s Day Service
Stanley G. Backenstoss, baritone, will sing O Loving Father by Del Riego at Augsburg Lutheran Church tomorrow during the annual St John’s Day sermon to the Knights of Malta commanderies. Organ accompaniment by the choir and violinist William C. Vanbaugh will provide the obligato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Backenstoss
Stanley G. Backenstoss
Father
del Riego
Augsburg Lutheran Church
A. M. Stamets
St. John’s Day
Knights of Malta
William C. Vanbaugh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Conservatory
Technical High School
Harrisburg Conservatory of Music
Wildwood
Wm. Bomgardner
Minnie Rodkey
William Bomgardner
New Castle
Bomegardner
Helen Davis
Mary Siiker
Carrie Bomgardner
Katharine March
Esther Rodkey
Ruth Bower
Mary Bomgardner
Sara Matzinger
Mabel Rudy
Mary Rodkey
Dorothy Bomgardner
Anna Davis
Country Club of
Dora Coe
Elizabeth Bailey
Margaretta Fleming
Martha Fleming
Richard V. McKay
Virginia King
Katherine Etter
Mary Kathryn Jackson
Helen Hammond
Neil Salsich
Miss Jennings
Robert Burns Duvall
Chicago
Charles J. Wood, Jr
Cameron Extension
Lillian Walton
R. R. Stowell
Frederick Squires
Cleveland
Paxtang
Juliet Shearer
York
Marguerite Robinson
Front
Reily Streets
L. W. Pindall
East Orange
J. C. Burnite
State Street
Delilah Flamer
Kelker Street
W. O. Kirkwood
Stonybrook
York County
J. Snively Ryder
Card Club
Joseph F. Miller
Harrisburg Hospital
Maryland Gourley
Wilson College
Chestnut Street
W. T. Lechleider
Lanear Lechleider
C. A. Fair
Sylvan Terrace
Lechleider
The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Entertains Guild
Victor Records
Victor
Sisler, Inc
St. Brisburg Penna
Ardella
Merkle
William J. Stewart
Market Street
Clara Stewart
Walter's Park
Yonkers
Robert Hackett
R. D. Pratt
Portland, Me
Walter R. Fellers
Anson P. Dare
Redsecker Brinser
John C. Orr
City
Harper's Ferry
Virginia
Odd Fellows’ Orphanage
S. Long
Bessie Long
Hattie Miller
Fullerton
Elizabeth Kunkle
Bertha Kunkle
New Jersey
Marlin E. Olmsted
Jane Howard
Francis Jordan Hall
Ross Anderson Hickok
Orange
Edith Walton
Mount Gretna Lake
Central
Pennsylvania
Kathryn Friock
Astrich
Milan
Panama
Mele
Cuticura
Dept
Maternity Hospital
Liberty Street
Eeaa
Great Ocean
Alenhall Oung
Genraltana
Price Family
Netherlands
New York Ave
Hoardwalk
Ruhwadel
Normandie
Kentucky Ave
J. Hamilton
N.J
Emerson Crouthamel
Mgr
Avenue
Beach
Ocean View
Samuel Ellis
Gage
S. Missouri Ave
L. Gage
Doubling Gap Springs, PA
Doubling Gap
Newville
G. A. Freyer
North End
Francis Yarnall
Atlantic Ocean
Wildwood Crest
Fail Informatio
Whitesell
Mount Gretna, PA
Mount Gretna
Lake Conewago
Crest& Forest
Conewago
Samuel H. Lewis
N. G
U. 8
S. A. Chautauqua
Assembly of Reformed Church
Inc
Brethren Summer Assembly
Philadelphia & Reading
Cornw
Lebanon , Railroad Co
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