Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-17
CIVICSOCIETIES
TO HELP EXHIBIT
Plans For Feeble-Minded Ex-
hibit Which Will Show Menace
and Treatment

Much interest is manifested in the
exhibit relating to the feeble minded
to be held the week of March 5. Rep-
resentatives of many organizations met
yesterday in the Civic Club and elected
Mrs. James /. Chamberlin chairman of
the general committee, which includes:
Arthur d. Bacon, Mrs. Homer Black,
Mrs. E. E. Beidleman Ramsey Black, j.
William Bowman, Bishop James Henry
Darlington. Howard Fry, Rabbit Louis
j. Haas, ID. ID. Hammelbaugh Mrs. j.
NJ. Heagy, of Steelton; Mgr. M. NJ. Has
sett, Mrs. Louis Kay, DIR. C. e. l..
Keene, Miss Serena Knabe, Senator
Scott Leiby, Mayor E. s. Meals, Mrs.
J. w. Milhouse. Camp Hill; DR.. c. s.
Rebuck, Mrs. John w. Reilly. George
Signor, Hershey; Miss Cora Lee Sny-
der, DR.. John NJ. J. Raunick. Mrs. Har-
vey f. Smith, Captain II. M. Stine, DR..
George Burton Stull, DR.. II. L. Oorth.
James Sweeny, Mrs. ]. X. White, DIR.
Franklin Boyer, Mrs. Mabel Cronise
Jones.
Leon Lowengard, L. J. Stackpole, Sr.,
Frank Snavely, Thomas S. Manning.
Fernando Loudermilch, ]. William
Bayles. Commissioner &C. u. Gross. DIR.
J. E. Dickinson, Or. ]. l. Lenker. DR..
H. +. Gross, Mrs. Quincy Bent, Steel
ton; Assistant District Attorney Robert
T. Fox Mrs. Kirkpatrick. Middletown;
Mrs. Rewalt. Highspire; A. Carson
Stamm, David T.. Tracy Mrs. Lyman d.
Gilbert Mrs. George Kunkel, Edwin
s. Herman, Mrs. Mercer b. Tate, Vance
C. Mccormick, Francis ]. Brady. Mrs.
William Henderson, Miss Mary G.
Hester. Morris l.. jacobson, William b.
McCaleb. Mrs Marlin L. Olmsted. DR..
Clarence r. Phillips, Miss Mary e.
Reilly. Mrs. Francis ]. Hall, Donald Nc
Cormick, John Yates, John P. Guyer.
ORGANIZATIONS To Assist
/ Organizations which have been asked
to assist in the work are: Young
Mems Hebrew Association and the La
dies auxiliary, Chamber of Commerce,
Rotary Club, st. Vincent de Paul So
cieties, Hebrew Charities Association
and the Ladies' Aid Society, Civic Club,
Young Women's Christian Association,
Young Mems Christian Association,
Sunshine Society, Visiting Nurses AS
sociation, Pure Milk Association. Adad-
emy of Medicine, Dauphin County Med
ical Association. Associated Aid Socie-
ties, Social Workers Club, Harrisburg
Hospital, State Hospital for the Insane,
Harrisburg School Board, Directors of
the Poor, City Council, County Commits
sioners, State eHalth Department, AL
ricks Association, knights of Columbus.
| Authors Club. Children's Industrial
Home, Nursery Home, Sylvan Heights
Home for Orphan Girls, Florence Crit
tendon Home
German Roman Catholic Knights of
st. George, Minister'S Association, Har-
risburg Benevolent Association, Home
for the Friendless, Ladies' Catholic
Beneficial Association. Pennsylvania
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A, Women's Aid So
ciety of the Harrisburg Hospital State
Mothers Assistance Bureau. Civic Club
of Steelton. Civic Club of Camp Hill.
Hershey Industrial School, Women's
Union Christian Temperance Union,
East Harrisburg Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. Meade Womans
Christian Temperance Union, Pennsyl-
: vania Anti-Saloon League. Pennsyiva-
mia Teachers League and the Dauphin
County section of the Public Charities
Association of Pennsylvania.
Kenneth NJ. Pray, assistant secretary
{ of the Public Charities Association. in
| giving an outline of the proposed eX-
hibit, says: a..s sa. a. .lr~iYr5.
"a series of ten booths will depict
the history, menace and treatment of
: feeble -mindedness in Pennsylvania.
, Exhibits of the products of the boys
: and girls under institutional care and
training will be shown. In this State
there are not less than 10000 feeble
minded persons, of which number but
1000 are being adequately cared for"
subcommittee will be named with
in the next few days to attend to the
. publicity, finance. arrangements, booths
and legislative work
The exhibit will be in the Hunter
building, Walnut street between Sec
ond and Court streets, which permits
: of entrance from Walnut street and
r exit by way of Locust street.