Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
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ing force but now Y. M. C. A.
war secretary at Camp Upton, Long
Island, who is home on a brief fur:
Tough, is high in his praise of the
spirit and morals of the thousands
OF men who have passed their early
training period in that camp. "The
businessman, the workman and the
women back home ought to know
the confidence the boys in uniform
have in them. They' understand
fully that it is for the younger men
to shoulder the gun but they under
stand also that the work back home
! Is Just as essential to the success
| or the army as a big force in the
held. They leave Camp Upton for
France cheered and encouraged by
the conviction that they are going
out from q nation united in all things
for the success of the war and will
| ing to go to any length to back up
the armed forces in the field. The
man back home who would like to
| go into the army but believes that
| his home connections cannot easil7
| be broken may feel consoled by TIE
thought that if he is doing his full
part in this country for the winning
of the war he is doing all the boys
III tiaHce expect OIL MIN.
|
Mothers with boys in the camps"
said Mr.. Hessenberger, need have
no fears for them. Most of them ara
as we'll off, If not better, in camp
as they were at home. The morals
| OF the men are generally good and
| the sense of personal honesty and
responsibility is generally very high.
Nearly every one wants to go over
as soon as possible in order that he
may help do the job that lies before
| him and get back to his old way of
| living. But none wants to get out
of the army before Germany has
been beaten.
William S. Essick, the well-known
| insurance man, who will fill the pull
pit of Grace Methodist Church Sum
day evening in the absence of the
pastor, the Rev. DIR. Robert Bagnell,
who has gone to Europe on a gov
ernment mission, is we'll qualified
| for the duty. Mr.. Essick, who came
to Harrisburg from Reading some
years ago, brought with him keen
interest in the duty of the Bible
and taste for general reading that
have made him a scholarly CONVEX
sationalist, writer of strength and
conviction and a speaker of no
mean ability. He has spoken fire.
quently before Rotary gatherings in
Harrisburg. Reading. Baltimore.
Washington, Cincinnati and San
Francisco and is known among Ro-
tarians all over the country.
| The next governor for the Rotary
clubs of the eastern district will be
Howard C. Fry, the well-known coal
dealer of Harrisburg. Mr.. Fry was
nominated at the Lancaster conven-
| ton of the district last winter. and
his name will go before the inter-
national "win-the-war" convention
of Rotary at Kansas City to be held
the latter part of this month. AS
nomination is equivalent to election
the honor of the governorship is
practically assured to the Harris
burg club. Mr.. Fry did not seek
the office, which came to him as a
recognition of his prominence in
| Rotary circles, he having been secre-
/ tary of the Harrisburg club for
4 years and one time Its president. He
has attended Rotary conventions in
many cities and is well known among
club members in all parts of the
country. His new Office will neces-
state considerable travelling next
summer in which will be made easier
by the recent purchase of new six
cylinder car.
]. Herbert Walker. editor OF the
Lewisburg Journal, was a Harris
burg visitor yesterday. Mr.. Walker
Is closely associates with Colonel
Henry w. Shoemaker, newspaper
man and historian. He is secretary
of the Pennsylvania Alpine Club, an
i organization founded by the colonel.
J! The members of the club climb
! PENNSYLVANIA mountains and study
their natural history. botany, and
history. Mr.. Walker is the author
of O number of historical volumes
and is prominent in the newspaper
work in the state. His hobby is liv-
ling in n cabin and roaming around
lin the Union county mountains. He
has been present on every mountain
climb made by the Alpine Club and
lis an enthusiastic woodsman. Mr..
Walker was accompanied on his Har-
risburg visit by Mr.. Grove, county
treasurer of Union county.
Some one observing the war
gardens" to which Shirley Watts Is
devoting himself as general super
visor and encourager, has remarked
upon the diversity of crops being
raised. There are to be found not
only the staples like corn, and beans.
| potatoes and peas, but no end or
cabbage and tomatoes lots or celery,
some sweet potatoes, few peppers,
but many onions and few pumpkins.
|
| Congressman Arthur G. Dewalt, OF
! Allentown, who was here for the
Democratic gathering, has been
regular visitor to this city for about
thirty years. He came to attend
Democratic convention before he
reached his majority and in the last
quarter of a century he has been
mixed up in everything pertaining TO
the Democracy that has met here.
He has been up and down, but gen.