Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-20
WOMEN RAISE FUNDS
FOR NEW TOWN HALL
CONTINUED from First Pagel


the stands will be a big doll and the
person guessing It's name will be given
the doll. There will be a country
store in charge of Mrs. Ralph E.
Schrack and booth for fancy work
with Mrs. Vernon Kister in charge.
The candy booth will be looked after
by Mrs. II. r. Boose and the cake
booth by Mrs. George Kissinger. The
tea tables will be in charge of Miss
6eatrlce Hummel. On Friday and
saturday evenings, supper will be
served by committee, of which Miss
Florence Bruce is chairman.
How They Are Helping
For the past several weeks. the
women nave been making fancy work
and during the coming week candies
and cakes Will be made for sale at
the bazar.
The money derived from the affair
VIII De used to help pay for construct
ing the basement of the new building
so that 1t can be used for suppers and
fairs. There will be a big basement
hall and kitchen will adjoin and the
women have arranged to secure the
necessary funds to pay for this work
when the proposition for a new
town hall and firehouse was launched
town organized and decided to do
what they could to bring about the
improvement. They held festivals,
suppers. bazars and entertainments
and to the present time they have sue
ceeded in turning over to the fire COM
pany the sum of $500
Work on the new building has al
ready been started. Men are now at
work completing the cellar excava-
uons and during the coming week the
cellar wall will likely he started.
Much headway on the excavating
work was gained by the members Of
the fire company. together with many
OF 9i the towns boys, assisting in the
digging. Several women, too. showed
that they were not afraid TO work
and during several evenings they used
picks and shovels.
Plan OF Building
Plans for the new building were
drawn by M. L. Grossman, an archi-
tect of New Cumberland. The struc-
ture Will be two stories high, thirty
rect wide and siXty-five feet long, and
VIII be erected at Second and Mark et
streets. At the corner of the two
streets on the first floor will be a
storeroom. Adjoining this to the rear
will be another room which will likely
be used as a meeting place by the bor-
ough council. Alongside of this room
VIII be another which will be used as
a parlor or meeting room by the fire
company. The entire rear of the first
floor VIII be used to house the an
paratus. Entrance to the apparatus
room will in the Market street side
OF the building. The second floor will
be one big hall in which entertain
ments and social affairs will be held.
In this, too, big stage will be erected
Entrance TO the second floor will be
gained through a door opening on
the Second street side of the building.
The new structure will be built OF
red brick and will cost s4.143. AT
the last meeting of the borough coun-
Gil an ordnance was enacted author
lzlng the selling of bonds to the
amount of $4,000. This leaves a bal
ance of s1,143, but 1t is already pro
Vlded Tor. The Ladies' Auxiliary con-
trlbuted $500 and the fire company
took $500 from its treasury. When
the cost of the building was learned
a few weeks ago and the amount of
money that could be raised was
counted. the fire company discovered
there was shortage of $343 Imme-
diately committee was appointed to
go through the town to solicit sub
scr1ptions and within n few days the
necessary sum was secured. The COM
mittee was composed of L. w. Wan
baugh, r. f. Baker. II. r. Boose.
- - Shapman, Ralph e. Schrack.
j. G. Sheaffer, the Rev. S. E. Vance
j: B. Myers. l.. s. Wanbaugh and
e. L. Wanbaugh.
the contract has been awarded to
J. G. Strickner, of Enola, and the
building will be completed some time
during the Spring, according to the
plans. ''