Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-01
OCTOBER BRINGS WOMEN'S CLUBS
TOGETHER FOR WINTERS WORK

While most clubs of the city CLOSED
for the summer to begin their worl
again this month. the women did MOI
energies to the Red Cross and work
of various kinds for the soldiers and
sailors, whether at home or on vaca-
ton trips,
October brings the clubwomen to-
gether again, eager to start their vel
planned programs of work.
The Civic Club
The Civic Club with the largest
membership in the city, Mrs, Will
liam Henderson president, begins the
seasons work officially Monday aft
ernoon, October Is, at $40 o'clock
in the clubhouse. The speaker will
be Attorney Jesse E. B. Cunningham
who will make an address on "Prac-
teal Patriotism" Miss Martha
Buehler, chairman of the outdoor
department, will report on the sum-
mer garden schools and Mrs. Solom-
on Hiney, vice chairman of the
municipal department, will speak OF
the fly contest. The officers this year
president, Mrs. William Henderson
ce-presidents, Mrs. John w. Reilly
Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones and Mrs
James I. Chamberlin; recording sec
responding secretary, Miss Eleanor
+. Skunk; treasurer, Mrs. Edward f,
Dunlap; directors, Mrs. Robert H
Irons, Mrs. William T.. Bailey, Miss
E. Blanche Clute.
The Authors Club
Presidents night of the Authors
Club tomorrow evening with Mrs
Maurice e. Finney. at her home,
1407 North Front street, marks the
opening of the twenty-second year
of this purely literary organization.
The general subject for the winter is
Pennsylvania in the Making" and
at this get-together session the work
will be discussed generally with Miss
Mary c. Orth speaking informally on
THE Making of Pennsylvania" Mrs.
j. p. Garner, on Pennsylvania
Highways" and Mrs. Finney on
Pennsylvania Verse" A social hour
will conclude the evenings pleasure.
The club officers include: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Maurice E. Finney; first
vice-president, Mrs. Lewis NJ. Neiffer
second vice-president, Miss Mary
Orth; secretary, Mrs. A. E. Shirey;
treasurer, Miss Anna V. Crowl.
The Walking Club
Members of the Harrisburg Walk
ing Club walked to Reservoir Park
this afternoon where the first autumn
meeting was held in the pavilion.
The work of the year was outlined
and reports made of gifts to chari-
ties, S25 to the Soldiers Libraries
campaign and of the special interest
of the club in the Red Cross during
the summer holidays. Mrs. Louis A.
Drumheller is president this year,
with Mrs. George Barnitz, Vice-presi-
dent; Miss Edith Sible, treasurer,
II,
The College Club
THE Irish Renaissance, will be
the general subject of study for the
College Club this season, with Mrs.
Harvey f. Smith speaking of the
Historical Background" as an in
PRODUCTION to the years work at the
first meeting held with Miss May
Lemer, 213 South Front street, Tues
day afternoon, October 8. Red Cross
work and a generous subscription of
500 to the Soldiers Libraries, will
be among the reports presented. The
officers are: President, Mrs. Paul
Johnston; vice-president, Mrs. Lew
Russell Palmer; secretary, Miss
John Barr McAlister; chairman
program committee, Mrs. z. H.
Downey.
Harrisburg Chapter ID. A. r.
Harrisburg Chapter Daughters of
the American Revolution formally
starts its autumn meetings Thursday
afternoon, October 25, in assembly
hall of the Y. NJ. c. A. with the
Rev. DR.. Robert Bagnell speaking on
THE Passing of American Isolation"
Delegates to the Penn-State Confer
ence at Allentown, the week of Oc-
tober s, will report special phases
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there will be several musical num-
bers on the program. The chapters
contribution of S125 to the soldiers
libraries is it's latest gift to outside
work.
The officers include: Honorary re-
gent, Mrs. Robert A. Lamberton; re-
gent, Miss Cora Lee Snyder; vice.
regents, Miss Caroline Pearson, Mrs.
Henry Mccormick, Mrs. John C.
Kunkel, Mrs. A. j. Herr, Miss Mar
garet Rutherford, Mrs. George Pres
ton Mains; registrar, Mrs. S. j. M.
McCarrell; assistant, Miss Ellen K
McCulloch; historian, Mrs. Charles
j. Wood, Jr.; recording secretary,
Mrs. Mary Boyer McCrea; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. F'rederick
II. Marsh; treasurer, Mrs. Rudolph
K. Spicer; assistant, Mrs Samuel f,
Dunkle; prize committee, Mrs
David S. Funk, Mrs. Douglas E.
Dismukes, Mrs. Joseph A. Thomp-
son; governing board, Mrs. Levi
Brandt, Mrs. William e. Bailey, Mrs
James l. Chamberlin and Mrs. Mabel
Cronise Jones.
Industrial Clubs
All the industrial clubs of the
Y. w. c. A. have begun their activi-
ties in first club nights. Miss Lois
G. Scott, the new industrial secre-
tary, who comes here from Carlisle,
has had a wide experience in her
special work and the girls are all
anxious to get fully into their spe-
cial lines in the factories. mills and
schools.
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