Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-31
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awakened to the progressive idea OF
opening their doors for other than
religious services. Last Sunday an.
other uptown church, the Covenant
Presbyterian, Fifth and PETER streets,
was added to the list of churches
operating social or community CEN
ters. Members of the Derry Street
United Brethren Church and the 3.
F. Stevens Memorial Methodist Church
are working hard to have these COM
munity centers established in their
churches. The following churches now
boast of the community centers: ST.
Andrews Episcopal, Camp Curtin Me-
mortal Methodist, st. Paul's Episcopal,
Boyd Memorial Hall of the Pine Street
Presbyterian Church, Cathedral Hall
of the st. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral,
St. Francis Roman Catholic, and
Covenant Presbyterian.
.
There is a whole lot of talk about
the ice gorge between Harrisburg and
Safe Harbor. Some folks think it will
not amount to much. Those who know
something about gorges will not take
any chances. No one knows what is
going to happen as result of an ice
gorge. During the winter of 1904
there was a gorge that had the Penn
sylvania Railroad blocked on its
Columbia branch until late in the
spring. No one expected there would
be trouble. The ice moved off at
intervals and then "freeze-ups" oc-
CURED. The ice gorged to the bottom
| OF the river. When high water came
1T was not strong enough TO move the
Ice. AS late as July there were large
cakes of ice along the river near
| Marietta. Blasting was necessary to
get the tracks cleared and the Penn
sylvania Railroad had a, force of sew
| erAl hundred working lnV and
night for three months clearing up it's
property.
If a bill presented in the Senate by
| Senator Charles II. Kline, of Allie
gheny county becomes law the way
will be open for Dauphin county to
unite with the State in securing some
improvement of roads in this county
which have been declared State high
ways but which, owing to- the heavy
| demands for State funds can not be
| reconstructed at this time. In Nc
Kean county the people voted three
quarters of million dollars to match
State appropriations and by this new
legislation it will be possible to have
counties undertake big improvements
such as along the Susquehanna or out
Jamestown road or something like that.
That the war in Europe has stimu-
! lated interest in chemistry and created
q demand for chemists has been gem
orally understood, but that it las
taken many boys into college with the
purpose of becoming experts in ehemi-
cal research and especially the dye In
dustry was the assertion of President
| Sparks of State College who when in
this city recently said that the
chemistry class at State this year is
much larger than ever. Wien the
war is over this country does not mean
to yield easily the progress it has made
toward making it's own dyes and
chemicals and it is the increased de-
mand for men trained in these lines
that has taken the boys into school.
David Tate Cramer, whose death oc-
Cured in Miffiin this week, was one
of the most charming story-tellers
among the veterans of the railroad
who gathered at the annual reunions
of the vets" here and elsewhere.
James McCrea, who was his close per-
sonal friend once said to him: Dave,
what you ought to do is quit railroad
ing and go to magazine writing. The
experiences you have lad, the men
you have known and the wealth of
historical lore at your disposal with
out moments research would, to-
gether with your ability to tell a story,
earn for you far more than the Pennsy
will ever pay you" This stimulated
Mr. Cramer to write at odd moments
wonderful stories of the days of the
old canal and of tie building and his
tory of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
with which he was connected since his
early boyhood. He was aged 81 at
his death.
Tt is a long way off until summer
| time, but Palm Beach suits are being
ordered Purchasers are not prospec-
tive visitors to the South. According
to the information received, one local
dealer has already booked orders for
twenty-five Palm Beach suits. They
will be delivered not later than April
l. No explanation is given for this
rush for summer wear. Orders have
been coming in with pleasing regular
ity and the dealer is not kicking one
bit, nor is he asking any questions.
A call for an undertaken before a
person has died is a rare thing. The
other day one of the Steelton foreign
element called at one of the borough's
undertaking establishments and in
formed the proprietor that he ex-
pected friend of his to die in a few
hours and that he should be prepared
to take him away at once as other
members of the household were
afraid of him."
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was II. S. Meyer, the acting mayor of
Williamsport. Mr.. Meyer succeeded to
the office when Jonas Fischer retired
after proceedings lad been started
against his citizenship. Mr.. Meyer was
here on third-class city legislative
matters.
The Welfare League of Lemoyne,
plans many big things for the coming
year in the way of municipal improve
ment. The League is anxious to es-
tablish a closer tie in social activities
and cultivate "enjoy yourself in your
home town" spirit. The League plans
social functions at intervals during the
summer.
Ex-Mayor Ira l.. Stratton, of Read
ing, prominently mentioned for public
service commissioner, was at the Cap
.tol yesterday. He was in Harrisburg
on the Third Glass City League mat
ters.