Emergency Unit Opens New Home in Sixth Ward
The Sixth Ward Emergency Aid unit led by Mrs. Mary Wilson opened its new home at 1422 North Fourth Street with a large crowd present. Harry Burrs urged continued support, and Miss Bertha Zedricks presided as city organizers and unit captains spoke. The program featured prayer, singing, addresses by Mrs. Wilson and Prof. J. P. Scott, and calls for patriotic support as units consider the uptown home as a central meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Ward
Emercy Aid
Mary . Wilson
North Fourth Street
Geo. F. Hall
Maud M. Brunner
Mary E. Wilson
Stella Prentice
Esther Holmes
Iva Ficklin
Josephine Culpepper
Edna Peters
Edith Demus
Ha Zedricks
Pottersrchestra
John P. Scott
Marshall Ficklin
Edward L. Jenkins
J. P. Scott
Dances Flourish at Colonial Country Club Final Night
More than a hundred guests attended the last club night at Colonial Country Club enjoying porch and ballroom dancing to the Updegrove orchestra. Notables included Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Alden Allen Bass and many others with plans for a Fourth of July gala and tea hosted by Mrs. Bauder. DeForest Lescure returns from Philadelphia after completing studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Country Club
Updegrove
Arthur H. Bailey
Charles A. Alden
Albert L. Allen
M. W. Allen
L. Frank Bass
George W. Bauder
D. A. Caley
S. I. Cadwallader
Robert E. Holmes
Samuel F. Dunkle
James D. Hawkins
Anson P. Dare
Harry D. Delmotte
John Kelley
Charles Kinter
Charles Hoffman
Fred B. Harry
William E. Seel
James C. Thompson
W. E. Loving
Charles D. Stucker
Edwin M. Singer
E. K. Lawson
E. T. Lawton
E. T. Selig
J.C. Orr
John C. Orr
Richard F. Pennock
E. V. Kenney
Harriet Armstrong
Pearl Orr
Gertrude Kenney
Elizabeth Hobart
Emily Jean
Dorothy Dowdell
Ruth Dowdell
Helen Wallis
Marguerite Stucker
Louise Furman
Caroline Gilmore
Reese
Anna Hershey
Dorothy Nichols
Philadelphia
Reffler
New York
Gorkes
Miss Reynolds
Katharine Kelley
Martha Lawton
A. H. Armstrong
W. H. Johnston
James Casey
C. H. Holmes
Nelson Shreiner
David Burst
Wilbur Ober
Harry Leonard
Merritt Singer
William A. Ziegler
H. J. Selig
S. P. Nissley
Fred Gilbert
Charles Reckord
Robert Sites
Victrola Dance and Porch Party at Wildwood
c E Brewer Jr entertained friends at a porch party on his country place Wildwood. A Victrola dance and games featured the evening with refreshments served to a long list of guests including Miss Katherine Hoffman Miss Mary Rodkey Miss Margaret Turner and Mrs C E Biever. Suffragists urge turnout for the Fourth of July parade inviting interested women to join their party and send names to Mrs J Sharon McDonald. Miss Katherine Middleton of Camp Hill is visiting Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Brewer, Jr
Wildwood
Katherine Hoffman
Mary Rodkey
Margaret Turner
Frances Fisher
Mary Houser
Esther Burtnett
Janet Weber
Dorothy Witmer
Mildred Fisher
C. E. Biever
Blanche Hummel
Mary Turns
Jane Lingle
C. E. Biever, Sr
Clifford Wingard
James Soladay
Edward Soladay
Dewey Swartz
Charles Unger
Charles Brewer, Jr
Allen Fritz
Harry Webb
J. Sharon McDonald
Bell Phone
Corporal Freedman Sent Overseas With 324th Machine Gun Battalion
Mrs. Samuel Freedman reports the safe overseas arrival of her husband Corporal Freedman. A Harrisburg native drafted from Cleveland, he served at Camp Sherman Ohio and Camp Merritt New Jersey before sailing. He is with the 324th Machine Gun Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Freedman
Corporal Freedman
Cleveland
Ohio
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Camp Merritt
N. J
Colored entertainer to perform in Summerdale Park
Colored of Columbus Ohio will play and sing for dancing at Summerdale Park on Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings June 27 28 29 Admission 40 and 60 cents Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Summerdale Park
Market Square Choir Members in Government Service
The Market Square choir announces its members serving in government and shipbuilding roles at the annual picnic in Reservoir Park. Appointees include Captain G. R. Moffitt, Ensign James K. Jackson, and Lawrence Moyer, with Miss Frances C. Hamilton set to join the U S Army dietitian corps and Miss Minerva Hepford heading to Y M C A canteen work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Square
Reservoir Park
G. R. Moffitt
Charles Weikel
James K. Jackson
Lawrence Moyer
Harold McCord
Vassar
Plattsburg
Martha E. Fleming
France C. Hamilton
U. S. Army
Minerva Hepford
N. S. Hench
Mary B. Robinson
Frances C. Hamilton
Catherine Peiffer
Belle P. Middaugh
Carrie Dwyer
Lillian Reiter
Howard Rodgers
J. Arthur Underwood
Fahnestock to Enter Army Corps Adjutant General Accepts Resignation
Adjutant General Beary accepted the resignation of Frank G. Fahnestock Jr of Harrisburg as first lieutenant of Company I Second Regiment Reserve Militia. He plans to join the quarter masters corps of the Army. He helped organize the Harrisburg Reserves and Company I and is an architect with offices in Market Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beary
Frank G. Fahnestock, Jr
Fahnestock
Quartermasters Corps
Army
Harrisburg
Market Square
Auto Tires Must Yield Size and Type to War
The War Industries Board and tire makers agree to reduce tire types from 287 to 32 with most discontinued by November 1 1920. Police plan strong action against auto thieves who steal cars and abandon them. Edgar Warfield’s car stolen from Reservoir Park was recovered. William McKnight is sent to Camp Meade by Local Board No 1. F H Hoy Sr heads to Gettysburg this evening with church leaders to entertain soldiers and return for an M C A event tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Conservation Division
The
War Industries Board
Edgar Warfield
Derry Street
Reservoir Park
Drabenstadt
Sixteenth
Katherine Streets
Meade
William McKnight
North Seventh Street
Camp Meade
McKnight
Hopewell
Adams Express Company
Gettysburg
F. H. Hoy, Sr
Second Reformed Church
Mr. Hoy
Engagement announced at supper party in hometown
Mr and Mrs E J Brehm announce the engagement of daughter Miss Rena Brehm to Private Otto Romanger of Wilmington Delaware at a supper party. He is overseas with United States Regulars. she works at Bell Telephone. Also announced is the marriage of Miss Sarah Elizabeth Morgan to Lieutenant James C Fitzpatrick of the US Army, wed June 22 1918 in Atlanta with Rev Dr Black officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Brehm
Pary Street
Rena Brehm
Otto Romanger
Wilmington
Del
Miss Brehm
Bell Telephone
Romanger
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Rena A. Brehm
Grace Staudt
Mildred Eschenaur
Grace Hartman
Pearl Brehm
Ruth Schell
Mabelle L. Orr
Ida M. Plough
Mabel Nissley
Alta Brehm
Clyde Emmit Patton
Maud Opperman
Ira Brehm
Roy Green
Christian H. Morgan
State Street
Sarah Elizabeth Morgan
James C. Fitzpatrick
United States Army
Local Birth Announcements for Three New Babies
Mr and Mrs W J Fuhrman announce a daughter Mary Katharine born June 25 1918. Mrs Fuhrman formerly Miss Mary Bowers. Mr and Mrs Harry Metz Whitmer announce a daughter Lois Evelyn born June 24 1918. Mrs Whitmer formerly Miss Olive C Ricker. Mr and Mrs George Mangold announce a son George Elmer born June 21 1918. Mrs Mangold formerly Miss Eugenia Kunkel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Fuhrman
Thompson Street
Mary Katharine Fuhrman
Fuhrman
Mary Bowers
Harry Metz Whitmer
Chamber Hill
Lois Evelyn Whitmer
Whitmer
Olive C. Ricker
Rutherford
George
Pretty June Wedding at Shiremanstown
A quiet 9 pm wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs A H Bistline Shiremanstown linked Miss Edith E B Foll man of Hanover and Charles Tritt of this city. Rev J W Gable presided with ring ceremony. Bride a Shippensburg Normal School 1908 grad teaching public schools. After July 10 they will reside at 1946 North Street. GIVES BIRTHDAY PARTY Ruth Etter hosts informal party at 1515 Derry Street for friends celebrating her birthday with music games and refreshments for fifteen guests. Marjorie Mason of Germantown visits Miss Miriam C Cocklin at their Heckton country place summer retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.H. Bistline
Shiremanstown
Edith EB. Follman
Hanover
Charles Tritt
J. W. Gable
Shippensburg State Normal School
North Street
Ruth Etter
Derry Street
Marjorie Mason
Germantown
Miriam C. Cocklin
Heckton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uptown
Walter Barton
Helen Barton
North Fifteenth Street
Beulah Starry
South Eighteenth Street
Petersborough
New Hampshire
J. B
DeForest Lescure
North Second Street
University of Pennsylvania
Jess Warner and Son
Lancaster
Camp Colt
Edward F. McCoy
Jennie Shartzer
Ada Culp Bowman
Henry W. Stewart
Crist Kautz
Francis Hoy
Alfred N. Sayres
Second, Reformed Church
Edwin F.mcccoy
Katherine Middleton
Camp Hill
Baltimore, Md
Market St
Batiste
Wallace
Adirondacks
Carl B. Ely
Jane
Elizabeth
Gertrude
North Front Street
Ely
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Aircraft Production
Jacobena Mayer
1611
Green Street
Irene Burns
Northumberland
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Summer School
Marjorie E. Bolles
Boston
Stella Urban Bird
South
Sixteenth Street
Katharine N. Rudy
Peffer Street
William F. Barry
Rudy
John Carlton Stewart
Major Stewart
Stewart
Hillside Farms
RED Cross
Civic Club
Honolulu
Thomas Hickson Lowe
Robert M. Hursh
Alice LeCompte
Camp Lee
Hursh
Ladies’ Aid Society
Camp Hill M. E
Roy Kilgore
Detroit
Mich
Ross A. Hickok
Jane H. Hickok
Louise A. Hickok
Hastings Hickok
Bellefonte
Corporal Samuel Freedman
Wright’s Orchestra
Market Square Choir
Army Corps
Imperial Tea Co
Chestnut St
Mrs. E. J. Brehm
the Globe
Globe
Palm Beach
ACME
Mendleson Corporation
New York City
City Star Laundry
North Sixth Street
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