Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-10
ILLUSTRATED TALK
ON RED CROSS WORK
Lansdowne Man, Recently Re.
turned From Front, Will Tell
Experiences

An opportunity Of hearing some one who
has recently returned from the front will
be the illustrated talk which Mr.. C. Parker
Boyd will give at the Twentieth Century
Club of Lansdowne on Friday evening for
the benefit of the War Chest. Mr.. Boyd,
who has just returned to his home in Lans-
downe. was in France for a year with the
ambulance corps and later with the Amer
lean Red Cross. While over there he Sc
cured a great many war pictures and these
ne Will have thrown on a screen. He will
also tell the audience some of his experiences
and the conditions he saw, all of which
coming from some one who has actually
been over there will be intensely interesting.
Mr.. Frederick w. Kelly will auction off
some things which Mr.. Boyd brought back
with him. and these include a gas mask,
several German helmets. which he picked
up on the battlefield. and some fine Belgian
lace. Afterwards there will be a dance. with
excellent music.
The senior class of the ,L.ansdowne High
School held its banquet in the auditorium
of the high school on Wednesday evening.
June 5. Speeches were made by Mr.. Howard
Riddle and Mr.. William Wright. Miss
Esther Amundsen read an amusing class
prophecy and Miss Anna Crawford gave
the class history. Miss Helen McCoach gave
clever f'roasts' on each member of the class
and presentations were made by Mr.. Howard
Riddle.
Among others. who attended the dinner
were Miss Margaret Kennedy. Miss Emma
Galbraith, Miss Marjorie Young. Miss Mar
garet Dunn, Miss Carrie Nipp, Miss Anna
Drew, Miss Gertrude Drew. Miss Elizabeth
Brackin, Miss Katharine Milliken. Miss Edna
Winch, Miss Mary Ingram. Miss Dorothy
TAYLOR. Miss Lillian Wilkinson. Miss Amelia
ogden. Miss Margaret Lyster. Miss Melinda
Walton, Miss Margaret Dickinson, Miss
I Mabel Lloyd, Miss Phoebe James. Miss
Dorothy Jackson. Miss Nettier Greer, Mr..
Lloyd Jones. MIR. Bruce Blackburn. Mr..
John B. Clothier, Jr5, Mr.. Malcolm Wind,
Mr.. Carl Lewis Altmaier, Jr, Mr.. Harry
Sturges. Mr.. Albert Ernst. Mr.. Edmond
Hancock, Mr.. Robert Taylor. Mr.. Lloyd Reed.
Mr.. johnson Sat~terthwaite and Mr.. Clinord
Harrington.
The members Of the faculty who attended
the affair were Prof, Walter Phillips. prin-
cipal of the school Miss Frances Cowdrick.
Miss Daisy Halt, Miss Ruth BishoH, MISS
Mary Stritzinger. Miss Grace Filler MISS
Nettie Bender, Miss Edna Hall. Miss Emile
Groce. Miss Gertrude Chapman, Miss Helen
Taylor, Mr.. Kraber and Mr.. Henshaw.
The people of I.ansdowne are much in
terested in gardening, and always IN inc
spring and in the fall there are flower
shows given by the Lansdowne Flower Asso-
citation. The ninth annual spring show was
held this year at the Twentietn century
Club on Wednesday evening. Inc large
auditorium was nlleu with Gil hhtuS -
derful roses, arranged on long tables. There
were peonies and larkspur. sweet william.
columb;ne and all the other, garden flowers
~ this season of the year. A particularly
attractive exhibit was the large .artistically
arranred, basket of flowers sent by Mrs.
n q. Wright, which won first prize. The
Riddles had a table all to themselves and
there were all sorts OF wild howers there
and some cunning pansies.
or course, gardens could not be well rep
resented nowadays without vegetables. too,
and there was a room at the exhibition
where these were shown. Their variety and
abundance proved that the Transformers are
not nerlecting their war gardens.
The officers of the Flower Association are;
President, Mr.. Samuel $. Pennock; vice
president. DIR. Matthew II, Cryer; seere-
fary. G.. Wilfred Conard, and treasurer,
On the executive committee are Mrs. Nor
van bunting. Mrs. Robert w. Click. Mrs.
Robert Z. Mclean. Miss Helen A. Reed. Miss
Ethel Austin Shrigley. Miss Anna ID. White.
M q. Wilfred Conard, DR.. Matthew Il.
river DR.. L. w. Darlington, Mr.. Wharton
n Harris. Mr.. C. C. Lippincott, MI. George
T. Pennock, Mr.. S. s. Pennock, MI. DAVID
p Ritcbie and Mr.. Arthur Shrigley.
The Judges at the exhibition on Wednes-
aov evening were Mr.. j. Drew Bear. Dr.
pobens- Huey, MI. Fred j. Michel, Mr.. cas-
rar Pennock. Mr.. Rowland 7. Satterthwaite
and Mr.. j. Otis Thilow.