Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17


ner: Donald Millar as Simon Croll;
Beverly Ward as Ezekiel Dorsey; Will
mot Brown as Samuel Baptist, ana
Bernard Valentine as James Taylor.
The Glass of 1912
This class was a representation OF
the first to meet in the church which
was built at Second and Cherry streets
and later destroyed by fire. Mrs. Will
bur f. Harris appeared as Miss Eliza
beth Grain, the teacher, in costume of
the period and as in the case of the
youngsters of 1916, her scholars wore
the clothes of the early parties. The
program was also taken from a school
record and the recitations and songs
were given with the same juvenile
shyness which undoubtedly character
lied the well-known Harrisburg men
and women represented when they
were scholars in the basement OF the
old church.
Those in this class were Richard
| Hartwick, John j. Motfitt, Jr., Samuel
Gray, Douglas T.. Dismukes. Jr., Hugh
! Hamilton, Jr., William Erskine Orr,
! Jr, Rebecca Johnston, Florence w.
Hamilton, Constance Morrell. Evelyn
Spicer Gertrude lmber, Elizabeth
Fahnestock and Margaret Louise
! LOCKER.
Those OF Fifty Years Ago
Then came the Sunday school of
fifty years ago with fifty living mem.
bers of the school of that day, includ-
ing the following who are still on
the rolls: Mrs. T.. c. Kunkel, Miss
Pearson, Mrs. Agnes NJ Hardy Miss
! Julia E. Fem, Judge S. ]. M. McCar-
rell, Truman ID. Boyd, w. II. Etter,
David Fleming, Samuel w. Fleming,
George Roberts and William j.
Beatty. Others present included
Spencer C. Gilbert Edward Bailey,
William f. Bailey, John w. Reilly and
many others well known in Harris
burg life.
In company with this class there
were shown under arrangement by
Miss Carolyn r. Keefer some of the
members of the school fifty years ago.
Among them were Mrs. Elizabeth
Reilly by her daughter, Miss Mary f.
Reilly; Mrs. Sarah e.. Dixon, by her
granddaughter. Miss Anna S. ID. Orth
and Mrs. David Fleming by her grand
daughter, Miss Martha Fleming.
Another group was composed of the
Rev. DIR. George Edward Hawes, the
present pastor, and the Revs. Drs.
| George B. Stewart and j. Ritchie
Smith, former pastors and their wives.
Tribute to Mr.. Weir
Probably the most notable tribute
| of the celebration was paid by Judge
McCarrell, superintendent of the
! school, to the memory of James w.
Weir, superintendent Tor over forty
years. Mr.. Weir, who was one of the
| leaders of Sunday school work in the
State. was the judges predecessor in
the superintendency. Last night his
portrait surrounded by evergreens
was placed upon the wall and Judge
McCarrell called attention to a por-
ton of blackboard upon which Mr.
Weir had written a text the Sunday
before his death in 1873, the writing
being preserved as an inspiration TO
| the Sabbath school workers of the
years that have gone and that are to
come.
In the succeeding number Miss
Roberta Orth, who directed the rep
resentation of the modern school,
referred in loving words to Miss Anna
Weir, q niece of Mr.. Weir, who had
been for over fifty years active as an
officer of the school and who died
! last winter.
The Modern School
Miss Orth directed the modern
school, with assistance of Miss Anne
| r. Kelller. There were four classes
and the banner class" and the honor
roll'' with other features of the school
of to-day were present. Following a
Bible drill the lesson was taught by
Miss Suzanne Westbrook and the Bible
story told by Miss Annie E. Miller.
The contrast in the methods was as
striking as the garb of the scholars of
the different years and illustrated the
method which has been worked out
for Bible study.
Mr.. Landes presented his greetings
and the pastors and their wives ro,
ceived after conclusion OF the exer-
cises.