Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-28
OPERETTA GIVEN
IN RIDLEY PARK
Delaware County People Ex-
pecting Soldier Sons Home to
Spend Thanksgiving


The people out in Ridley Park. Norwood
| and the surrounding towns are always in
| tereSted in getting up amateur entertain
| mehtS. II ia lots of fun to go and seq
| people one knows act or play or sing a
sorE. especially IL they happen to do it
| very well And there are so many talented
| persons out there that they always have
| good performances. Not 80 long ago the
| operetta "koul Khan was given at Moore
| and so successful was it tnat last saturday
! evening It was given again at the Ridley
| Park Auditorium, The opcretta was written
| by Mr., Robert Martin Stults, n Norwood
| man, and the cast included people from
| Norwood. Ridley Park. Sharon Hill. Fol
| croft and the other towns around there.
| Mrs. Jenny Enccdlcr Johnson had the lead
| ing part, and the rest of the parts were
| taken by Miss Jeanette Hayes. Miss Ber-
| tina Il. Gross. Miss Dorothy Burlcw, Miss
Josephine Xurick. Miss Dorothy BCugh, Miss
| Dorothy Knoedler. Mr. Lawrence Gass. Mr..
| j. Walter Austin. MIR. j. Preston Shannon.
| Mr.. Robert q. kncedlcr. MIR. J. Ernest
| Chiquonc, Mr.. Arthur 6. Shew, Mr.. II.
| Blair Cooke, Mr. Harry T.. Deepen. Mr..
| Charles killc. Mr.. Raymond wheeler. MIR.
| Joseph T. Johnson. Mr.. Austin Braincrd.
| Mr. Donald Irving, Mr.. James l.. Bough,
| Mr.. Howard S, kucedlcr and Mr.. j., &.
Palkott There was also n large chorus
| os forty persons. The operetta was given
| for the benefit of the Taylor Hospital. in
| Ridley Park.
Thanksgiving nay this year will be more
| Of a holiday than ever, since so many OF
| the men in the service have obtained leave
| to come home. MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Mac
Henry, Df Ridley Park, expect their son.
Mr. Rodman MacIIenry, hor,c on that day.
Mr. Lucullus Mitchell son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William *. Mitchell, will also be home.
Both of these men are stationed at Fort
Oglethorpe. Mr. Harry Norman, son of
Mr. and Mrs W. " Norman. of Moore
is coming mp from Camp Meade and will
spend Thanksgiving Day at his home.
On Thanksgiving night Mrs. Charles g.
Hetzel Is giving n subscription dance In
the Ridley Park Auditorium. 1t is going
to be n specially attractive holiday affair."
so there are sure to he lots Of people there.
Mrs. HetZel has arranged n series OF these
subscription dances and after the last one
has been given she will turn over the
money that is left to some war relief or
ganization. People feel SO much freer to
dance bit when they know that perhaps
some one else is being helped by their
coming 10 that dance.
Mr.. George g. Hetzel is spending some
time at Atlantic City.
Miss Helen Atherholt has returned from
Baltimore. where she was visiting MISS
Eeen Miller for short time.
Last Monday was service day at the Rid
lev Park Woman's club. when. at the club
womens invitation. the Red Cross. the
Emergency Aid, the Needlework Guild and
all the other organizations of the commun-
ity gathered together Luncheon was
served at the clubhouse. and the women
spent the day there sewing. There were
also some interesting addresses made
Mrs. Benjamin Miller the chairman of
the Italian committee of the Emergency
Aid, talked to the women about her eN-
perience over in the war zone. Mrs. wall
ter j. Freeman then spoke of what the
Red Cross Is doing Mrs. a. a. Crooks, the
president Of the Norwood Century Club,
told Of that clubs practical experience in
starting its Red Cross work. Patriotic songs
were sung, Mrs. T.. W. Fem, the chairman
of the music committee, leading in the
singing Mrs. w. n. Craven also announced
at the meeting that the Mems Social Club,
OF Ridley Park, had very generously given
the newly established Red Cross branch out
there the use of their workroom In the day
time Before this the women have had no
regular headquarters, but now that the new
workrooms are TO be open every day,
great deal more work can be accomplished.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Shaw and their
daughter. Mrs. Joseph Ball, of Norwood.
are visiting at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga,
Mr. and Mrs S. l.. Paul returned from
there recently They were visiting their
son, Lieutenant w. L. Paul.
The annual corn. farm and garden prod
ucts exhibition was held in Media on Ihurs-
day Friday and Saturday of last week,
II was given under the auspices of the
Delaware County Agricultural Society and
ALL the different towns in the county eXhib-
tied their best products. Mrs. William d.
Craven Jr, of Ridley Park. and Mrs. Paul
Lachenmeyer. of Lansdowne, had charge
of the exhibit, which the Womens Coun-
ell of National Defense out there had ar
ranged Mr.. Ansley Anderson had charge
of the poultry. Mr.. Randall Duton, OF the
grains: Mr. Roland Evans, of the farm
products; Mr.. b. +. Field of the corn:
Mr. C. IT, Mendenhall. of the fruits and
Mrs Thomas Bradshaw Palmer, of the
products from the women's war gardens
Home economics demonstrations were also
given
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bradshaw Palmer,
of Palmers Corner, have just announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss Marion
+. Palmer. to Mr.. Russell Sloan. of Phila-
delpha.
Two Yeadon men have Just enlisted In
the naval reserve corps. They are Mr.. Hor-
ace McKissick and Mr.. George Barrett
They are now stationed at Cape May.
Mr. Warrington II. Kelam, of Oakmont
has enlisted In the medical corps.
Mrs. Catherine c. Hicks has returned
from New York, where she spent several
days.
Miss Helen Reitenbaugh, of Ardmore, ems
tertained the crochet club, to which she
belongs, on Thursday evening. The girls
who were there were Miss Dorothy Welsh.
Miss Hester f. Rawley. Miss Virginia Cam
den' Miss Bertha Shorthand, Miss Jennie
Covan. Nins Henrietta Ingle, Miss Fprence
Wjlson, MIR Irlsns Bull Miss Msrtarst
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