Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04
WOMEN DO MUCH
FOR THE EY.M.C.A.
Auxiliary Board Responsible
For Many Good Points
at Association

The robust plans for a greater
Y, NJ. c. A. in Har"isburg have
found immediate response from an
auxiliary which comparatively few
Advisory Committee. When eminent
military experts tell us that women
will win the war it is no exaggera-
tion to predict that women of Har-
risburg will be very influential in
the splendid plan to make the Y. NJ.
c. A. great civic center. Long be-
fore a good many of the present
generation were born women in this
city were cooperating with the Y.
NJ. c. A. although it is strictly an
organization for the sterner sex. Did
you know that this advisory board
had its beginning back in the year
1875? Well, that is the fact, and
ever since the Harrisburg branch
has had the benefits resulting from
systematic, tender ministration
from good women actuated only by
a desire to better the moral stand
O. VI IilC IltS bOS uOOu ana youth.
When you step into the clean,
crisp, airy apartments of the build
ing here have you ever considered
for how much the patron is in
debte dto this committee of women,
company of workers, small in
numbers, for there are only sixty
six at present. who are continually
making the Y. NJ. c. A. a more
home-like spot. That is the aim,
to make these establishments a
genuine home with the necessary
feminine touch. That it is needed
we see evidenced by the demand for
women to help in Y. NJ. c. A.
shacks on the battle lines.
Need Wider Cooperation
What is needed now in Harris
burg. is a wider cooperation of
women in the churches. A campaign
to accomplish this has already
started and in n short time it is ex-
pected that additional members will
be announced from at least a dozen
of the big congregations.
No civic machinery in Harrisburg
operates so smoothly as this auxil-
liary which shoulders the wheel of
the Y. NJ. c. A Following are the
present officers: President, Mrs.
Paul A. Kunkel. first vice. president,
Mrs. Edwin S. Herman; second vice
president, Mrs. George Kunkle; Sec
retary, Mrs. Meade Detweiler; treas
urer, Mrs S w. Herman. The eX-
ecutive board which includes four
members of certain churches meets
now once each month and 1t is more
generous cooperation from the
churches that is most wanted. From
Pine Street Presbyterian, the active
workers are: Mrs. A. ]. Herr, Mrs.
Henry Mccormick, Mrs. James D.
Chamberlain, Mrs. John Campbell,
Mrs. Henry B. Mccormick, Mrs. e.
u. Gross and Mrs. John Y. Boyd.
st. Stephens is represented by Mrs.
George D. Ramsey and Mrs. Robert
A. Lamberton. Zion Lutheran con-
tributes EIrs. Mary E. Rue, Mrs. s.
W. Herman, Mrs. Charles A.
Kunkel and Mrs. V. Hummel Eager
From Memorial Lutheran is Mrs. e.
G. Hoover; from Grace Methodist
are Mrs. w. W. Jennings. Mrs. Ed
win S. Herman and Mrs. William P.
Starkey; from Market Square Pres
byterian are Mrs. John H. Weiss,
Mrs. Meade Detweiler, Mrs. Edward
Bailey and Mrs. W. o. Hickok, and
Reformed Salem is represented by
Mrs. George Kunkel, Mrs. Paul A.
Kunkel, Mrs. William Hahn and
Mrs. A. E. Shirley.
Look After Housekeeper
The entire housekeeping of the
Y. NJ. c. A. is under the supervision
of this auxiliary, for one thing, but
that is only one feature of it's aid
Notable are the individual contribu-
tions which go to make the build
ing serviceable and attractive. In
the last year. for example. Mrs.
Henry Mccormick installed a large
gas range in the kitchen. Mrs. John
II. Weiss refurnished the gym
nasium. Mrs. Weiss originally
equipped the entire gymnasium in
memory of her son. Frank. When
it comes to team work, nothing is
impossible. The purchase of china
ware, silver and linen for the use of
the social work" connected with
the boys department amounted to
1882, and it was raised in a jiffy.
On July 11th the boys of the
Eighth Regiment were given a fare
we'll entertainment in Fahnestock
Hall where % of the woman's COM
mittee served ice cream and cake to
the 500 soldiers. The supervision of
the cuisin- has resulted in a num-
ber of organizations making the Y
NJ. C. A a headquarters for lunch
con. The Rotary Club uses the as
sembly hall every Monday, Mrs
Phillips catering. All equipment ir
the dining rooms was supplied by
the women. This committee was re-
sponsible for the most enjoyable
New Years Day entertainment ever
staged here and its members as
sisted in a body on the evening of
January 81, when Mrs. James H.
Darlington so delightfully."- enter
tanned $50 of the aviators in camp
at Middletown.
The woman's committee is par
ticularly interested at present in the
work of Mr.. Dinsmore who though
he has been in charge as boys Sec
retary but a short time has made
himself very popular. Almost the
entire second floor has now been
given to him for his department and
the space is inadequate. Every
mother and father on the board
should help Mr.. Dinsmore to further
the good work he has begun" coun-
sells the president.