Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-27
SPEEDY FINISH
FOR RED CROSS
[Continued From First Pagc.l

Included ib the returns this morn
ing were fifty additional memberships
from Zion Lutheran Church, bringing
| its total up to 100. The Water Supply
Commission sent in twenty-one mem
berships, and fifteen were received
from the School of Commerce, 15
| South Market Square. The School of
Commerce also turned in contribu-
| tion of 1881
| A contribution of s25 was received
| to-day from the Central Pennsylvania
Suffrage Association for the surgicar
| dressing department of the local
chapter.
The Central Construction Corpora
/ ton took out fifty memberships this
morning.
! More than $50 was raised for the
Red Cross at the concert and dance
given last night by the girl employees
| of the Dauphin Cigar Company. in
| the auditorium of the factory. Music
| was furnished by the Keystone or
| chestra.
First City to Wage Campaign
Campaign leaders and others active
| in Red Cross work in this city were
greatly cheered this morning when
word was received from Washington
that to Harrisburg belongs the dis
tinction of being the first city of its
i've Red Cross membership campaign.
Commenting on the good news, Mrs.
Lyman ID. Gilbert, chairman of the
membership committee of the local
chapter, and one of Harrisburg's for
ward-looking women. said:
Il am very much pleased to hear
| it. Harrisburg always does its part
and gives heartiest cooperation in
any movement for the public good"
Serving As Example
Harrisburg's enterprise is serving
as an example to other cities in the
State. Reading has been one of the
first cities to follow Harrisburgs
| lead, and officers of the Red Cross
chapter in that city have been in
communication with the local chapter
getting pointers on membership cam
paigning.
The Reading chapter has asked for
! the two big ambulance signs whicd
are daily recording the enrollments in
the local chapter. They are displayed
on the Red Cross building. at 206
Walnut street, and on the old Com
| monwealth Hotel building.
Supplies of the little Red Cross
stickers have been sent to Reading.
The Harrisburg chapter is the origi-
nator of this marker and has received
credit for it from National Headquar-
| ters of the Red Cross at Washington.
Ship Fifteen Boxes of Supplies
Fifteen huge boxes of surgical sup
| plies were shipped to Philadelphia
yesterday by the local chapter. The
boxes contained 11,790 articles which
had been prepared by women volun-
| teer workers during the last two
| months. Other boxes of supplies are
being held, awaiting word for ship
ment.
An auxiliary was organized at Hal
| flax last night by Mrs. George A.
Matson, chairman of the local COM
| mittee on organizing auXiliaries. Mrs.
Matson was enthusiastically received
by more than a hundred men and
women of the town.
New HummeIstown Members
The following is a list of names of
people joining the Hummelstown aux
iliary, not printed in the original list:
The Rev. Fred Carson, Miss Ella Reed,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. lands Strickler,
Mrs. Frank Strickler, Mrs. John Scott.
Mrs. Lillian Stover. Miss Annie Weav
er, Robert J. Walton, Miss Elizabeth
NJ. Grove. Mrs. w. c. Baker.
Late enrollments are: w. G.
Rauch, James A. Mclaughlin, Carl
Cross, Paul l. Ellenberger. c. A.
Fornwald, A. D. Coble, ]. Frank
Leonard, c. H. Sigler. Frank S.
Brinton, w. H. Metzger, George w.
Core, A. B. Foltz, William Ogelsby,
John A. Herman, Nick Lingerin, F.
S. Reinoehl, John c. Reinoehl, Geo.
C. Reinoehl. S. S. Eberts, E. w.
Gilpin, Henry w. Taylor, John o.
Beam, Meade d. Detweiler, H. e.
Provost, ]. S. Harris, G. Kilhafner,
Edith l.. Miller, Lou NJ. Ernst, Mae
C. Hoover, Margaret Ellenberger,
Belle f. Sample. Beulah S. Hover
ter, Cloyd C. Holland. P. w. England,
L. c. Wurster, Ralph Miller. Melvin
Zerbe, Thomas w. Hemperly, Ralph
c. Frantz. r. NJ. Glaspey, 1. F. Gaff-
ner, ]. r. Leary, ]. H. Fox, I. w.
Hetrick, F. ]. Machlan, r. f. Shenk,
]. A. Cadwallader, J. S. Smith, l.. C.
Hasskarl, +. +. Lutz, George G.
Swilkey, Carey Williams, Charles E.
Booser. j. NJ. Erbe, George B. Detz,
Sarah E. Gingher, Marion B; Town
Crawford. Harry w. Kerper, C. A.
Schell, r. NJ. Leonard, Mary n.
Reese, w. F. Zellers. w. F. Nicolle. !
Clark E. Morgenthal, Alice E.
Gingher.
Mrs. ]. W. Forney, A. L. Ritzman,
Mrs. Paul Johnston, William Les
cure, Jr., Laurence w. Phipps. Philip
S. Brown, Mrs. Arthur Brown, Ar
thur E. Brown, Mrs. Frank e. Stod-
dard, Miss D. NJ. Walters, Albert E.
Senior, Paul NJ. England, John Hen
dry, Paul Starkey, John NJ. Lescure,
Mrs. Meade D. Detweiler, Mrs. A. e.
Buchanan, II. ]. Babb, John Hoffer,
Miss Mary Hoffer, Mrs. L. w. Wal
ger, Mrs. II. J. Babb. Caroline S.
Springer. Harry c. Miller, William
J. Fickes, Harry w. Berthel, Sey-
mour Bittinger, Linwood w. Wan
baugh, w. s. Warden, Stephen HUI
bertis, Robert P. Warner. Charles L.
Rupp, Harry Lowengards Leon Low
engard, William f. Bailey, Grant
PRESLEY, Jesse Webb, George Car
penter, Robert Murray. L, Santo.
Charles Blessing, James Adams,
John Saunders, r. o. Ritchie, Harry
Carpenter Harry Bear, Frank Santo,
Charles Neeter, Roy Matchett, Mrs.
w. r. Cameron, ]. r. Denim. Mrs. !
James Harbold, j. B. Knouff. Miss
Mary f. Royal, James w. Barker, |
James A. Stranahan, Mrs. James A. |
Stranhan, Miss Norma A. Barker, !
Mrs. James A. Barker. Miss K. Mac |
Donald, Miss Margaret Gilbert. Mrs |
William K. Meyers, William K. Mey- |
ers, Mrs. Warren Zollinger. Mrs. |
Amanda Livingston, Miss Sarah d. |
Millifen, Sol. Kuhn, w. S. Carpman, |
Miss Iona Phyler, Mrs. John Shirley, |
Allan I. Shirley, |. NJ. Shannon.
Harry II. Rack, Grace l.. Barn
hart, s. B. Grubt, C. r. Deller. Le- |
rov MerkIe Samuel e White