Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-07
TURKEY SUPPER FOR
FOOTBALL ELEVEN
Elizabethville Players Guests of
James E. Lentz; Big
Celebration
Special to The Telegraph


Elizabethville, Pa, Dec. Z. - The
members of the Elizabethville high
school football team were presented
with their varsity "E's" at a public
melting in the high school of this place
Saturday evening following a turkey
supper at the Washington House, at
which the members of the eleven and
prominent educators, ministers and
men of affairs in the upper end of the
county were the guests of James E.
Lentz, chairman of the athletic asso-
citation advisory board.
The dinner was very informal and
at its close the party marched to the
high school where they attended the
public presentation meeting. Mr..
Lentz presided at this affair also. Miss
march and Fred Dotts, of Lebanon
Valley College, led the high. school
chorus in a selection.
Professor F. e. Shambaugh, county
superintendent of schools, was the first
speaker and dwelt mainly upon the
splendid showing of the Elizabethville
team made on the gridiron this Fail
and the spirit of neighborhood Coop
Grafton in school work of all sorts
demonstrated by the large attendance
at the meeting, Lykens, Wiconisco,
Millersburg, Williamstown, Halifax
and other nearby places being repre-
sented.
After Professor Clarence Toole had
sung a solo, Professor A. d. Meyer
spoke on the merits and success of the
team and the Misses Irene and Doro-
thy LentZ played a very charming
piano duet. Other speakers were Pro-
fessor c. NJ. Weigle, to the boys c. c.
Mclaughlin, manager on the history
of the high school athletic association;
w. r. Zimmerman, on the good work
of the association; II. Bowman, on the
spirit of the occasion; Professor j. Il.
Adams, on the advisability of a coun-
fessor J. f. Shambaugh, on football;
the Rev. c. p. Wehr. on the spiritual
side of the game; DIR. w. L. Steven
son, of the advisory board, thanking
the public for support
Mr.. Lentz in 2 splendid address,
presented the "E's" TO the players and
Ralph Lehman responded. the meet
by all the students present.
Under the guiding hand of the ad-
visory board the team this season won
four games, lost four and tied in
two, having 127 points scored to 126
scored by opposing elevens.
The guests present at the supper
given by Mr.. Lentz were:
e. II. S. Team esse Zeigler, cap
tain; Russell Bolts, Clair Hoke, How
ard l.. Weaver. William A. Gallagher,
Clayton Stroup, Frederick Keaffer,
Dewey Keaffer, Allen Lentz, Mark l.
UhIer, Harry Lenker, Scott A. Weaver,
Carolus X. Martyr, Miles V. Miller,
Ralph Lehman. coach.
Board of Directors-S. II. Knisely,
ID. d. Helt. j. II. Lyter, G. w. Bolts,
II. II. Hassinger.
Advisory Board-James e. Lentz,
chairman; Professor c. NJ. Weigle, DR..
w. L. Stevenson, II. II. Hassinger.
Guests, the Rev. ]. S. Farnsworth.
Edgar Van Newkirk, secretary of
board of directors; c. G. Mclaughlin,
managr of the football team; Roy
Smeltzer, typist for e. II. S. A. A;
Fred Bolts, music instructor of Il. IL.
s.; Professor j. f. Adams, Millers-
burg; Professor Clarence Toole, Lyk-
ers; Professor f. E. Shambaugh, Lyk-
ems, county superintendent of schools;
Professor ]. f. Shambaugh, Wico-
nisco; Professor A. b. Meyer, Will
Jamestown; w. r. Zimmerman, Lyk-
ens II. Bowman, Millersburg.
The entire affair was arranged by
James e. Lentz and Howard L. Weav-
er and was most successful.