Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-21
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1t is interesting to recall to-day
when the state organization of the
Young Mems Christian Association
meets in our midst in commemora-
tion of its golden anniversary that
Harrisburg has had fiourishing
branch of the great international
body for uplifting of the young men
for siXty-four years. And one of
the facts about the Harrisburg as
sociation is that in all that period
ii has had but three locations. Many
men prominent in affairs founded it
and men active in the daily life OF
the city have always been prominent
in its management as they are to-
day. The association has lately en-
tered upon what is proving to be
the most useful time of its existence
and in it's extension more people are
concerned to-day than ever before.
The association was organized here
four years after the first association
was formed in Montreal. 1t is said
to be the sixth oldest association in
the world, a rather unique diSt!nc-
ton for the institution. 1t was rctm-
ed here on December II. 1854 and
it's first home was in the Kelier
building on Market Square. Prom
inent in it's foundation was a num-
Der of men who have gone before,
among them being Judge John w.
Simonton, who was an early secre-
tary; II. Murray Graydon, president;
DR.. Jacob F. Seller, James McCor-
mick, II. C. Fahestock, Rudolph y.
Kelker, Henry A. Kelker, the Rev.
DR.. Charles A. Hay, prominent IN
Lutheran church affairs for years:
j. Wesley Awl, the Rev. r. A. Casf-
leman, who was Episcopal rector;
George Cunkle, the Rev. William
Mooney, of the Church of God;
Robert McElwee. jeremiah Uhler,
Charles Conner. Il. S. German and
A. w. Young. Among it's secretaries
were the two McConaughys, James
and William, John Lynch, William
Crow and Homer Black. After leaV-
ing the Kelker building the associa-
ton was domiciled for a time in
College Block and in 1877 it bought
the Pennsylvania House at Second
and Chestnut Streets, one of the
famous hotels of the middle part of
the century, and ten or twelve years
later added to it the old Lamberton
residence in Second street. In 1902
the present fine home was started
and dedicated in the fall of the fol-
lowing year. 1t has a record of good
service in Harrisburg and has still
better service to come for this COM
munity.
Howard Marllle Hoke, the short
story writer, has written a story
which appears in the March Ameri-
can and is so good that the editor
goes out of his way to say that peo-
pie ought to read it and take the
message to heart. Mr.. Hoke has for
A. -, carine of
stories he has written, and had pub
lshed. used the Capitol as part of
the scene. 1t is a story of faith.
While some would not expect to find
that spirit always strong in public
service, it tells how Julie was uncon-
querable in her love for the young
clerk who became a famous aviator
in France, and in her belief that her
PRAYERS, that she might find her alive
| would be answered from on High.
| There is quite a picture of life in a
State Capitol and maybe there is
some fluttering over identihc9tions
of the characters in the story among
the folks on Capitol Hill. Julie goes
! from her typewriter to England and
then to France to hunt her aviator.
who has not written for ever so long
and whom she feels she will find.
The Capitol folks send her the
money to travel and when she al
most fails in England, notwithstand-
ing some doubters, they send her on
to France. Julie writes letter after
letter telling of her search, sub
lime in her faith and telling of her
long and after dispiriting hunt 1t
is not hard to identify the kindly
"chief" to whom she writes of her
troubles nor the generous spirits
that contribute to help her on. FL
nally in Bordeaux. through an
American family, she finds her
wounded aviator. He has become
famous-and crippled but Julie
signs herself as married.
It's rather odd how quickly people
get on the job when there is any
| thing new in sight, The other day
| it was announced that farm tractors
are to be bought by the state for
renting to farmers who have been
embarrassed by shortage of labor
and whose fields may run chance
of not being cultivated to the extent
desired this summer. In the last
| tWenty-four hours number of calls
have been made at the Capitol by
men who want the tractors and.
want them as soon as the snow has
gone away. There will be a bigger
demand for tractors than the state
or any commercial or community
| organizations can supply inside OF
| the next six weeks