Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09
INDOOR PICNIC
FOR RED CROSS
Novel Entertainment With
Cards and Dancing, Held
at Mechanicsburg y
install CAMP OFFICERS
Three Employees at Post Of
flee; Celebrated Compile
ton of Long Service
install CAMP OFFICERS

Mechanicsburg, Pa, Feb. 9.-On
Thursday evening, February IA, an
indoor picnic will be held in Frank
lin Hall, for which tickets will be
sold and the proceeds given to the
Red Cross. a feature of entertain
ment will be cards and dancing.
Music will be furnished by Harris
burg orchestra, who are also enter
tainers. Refreshments will be sold
from booths which will be erected.
j. J. Hemmer, of Wormleysburg,
installed the newly-elected officers
in the Washington Camp, No. 164,
Patriotic Order Sons of America,
last evening.-Wednes marked
the twentieth anniversary of John
L. Epply, Charles K. Palmer and
J. B. Beistline as employees of Me-
chanicsburg post office, who entered
the office February 6, 1S9S.-Ed-
ward Thomas, a member of the
Aero Squadron. Garden City, L. l.,
Tough with his mother, Mrs. r. II.
Thomas, Jr.. West Main street
William Kaley, of the Three Hun
dred and Sixteenth Regiment, at
Camp Meade, Md, spent the week
end at his home in this place.
George Houck, of Hershey, was the
guest of his mother, Mrs. A. S.
Houck, South Market street. - An
interesting union prayer service was
held in the Methodist Episcopal
Church on Wednesday evening, at
which the address was made by the
Rev. George Fulton, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church. - The st.
Marks Lutheran prayer service was
held at the home of William II.
Staub, Is West Coover street.-Mem-
bers of the Willing Workers class,
of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday
School, of which Miss Anna Brown
awell is teacher, were delightfully."-
entertained last evening at the home
of Mrs. Laura Springer, North Mar
ket and Green streets. Refresh
ments were served during the So
cial hour.-William a. Fink, son of
Mrs. Sadie Fink, of North Market
street, left on Thursday morning
for Camp Meade, to take his place
in the National Army.-Mrs. Muir
ray L. Dick spent Wednesday at
Harrisburg.-Mrs.J ]. Irwin Steel has
returned from New York, where she
spent several days this week.-Clar-
ence J. Weary, prothonotary, gave
a talk on the income tax last eve
ming in the Business Mems League
house, which drew a large number
of interested persons.-Miss Hazel
Fink, of Mechanicsburg, received a
promotion in her work at League
Island, Philadelphia, to assistant
job order clerk.-A pleasant meet
ing of the Woman's Club was held
last evening and the numbers on
the program included : THE Edu-
cational Value of the Motion Pic
ture," and Current Events in Edu-
cation and Literature G. w.
Hershman was hostess on Thursday
evening at her home in West Coover
street for the Standard Bearers, q
missionary society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.-Paul Hertzler
left for Buffalo, n. Y, where he
has accepted a position.-Mrs. Rowe
Fletcher, of Harrisburg, was the
guest of Mrs. A. f. Schalhirt, West
Main street, on Monday.-William
r. Main, East Main street. left on
Monday for Washington, D. G. He
was commissioned a lieutenant in
the United States Naval Reserve
Corps, Paymaster's department.