Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-24
CAMP CURTIN JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

| Giving to make others happy, has
made Camp Curtin an unusually de-
! lightful place this week. There is
no end to the surprises that students
and teachers have planned.
| Section 9B-2. with Miss Virginia
Kast, their homeroom teacher, and
| Section Obs. with Miss Bateman, have
specialized in mothers jellies and pre-
serves, Enough to last half a year"
said some one, surveying the shelves
filled to overflowing with groceries
and toys and gifts for the Christmas
tree. A gift in money and a chicken
for the Christmas dinner will also be
| taken by the visiting committee rep
resenting the good wishes of no less
than eighty st. Nicholases to "our
! family"
| Section SB-5, at the suggestion of
Miss Carrie l.. Orth. responded with a
generous contribution of children's
| toys to be distributed at the discretion
of committee of the Civic Club.
Prof. Miles Hummer's homeroom
group, SB-6, will leave a Christmas
tree where Santa seems liable to for
get to leave one this year.
At the suggestion of Blanche Robin
''fi' ANNtIph JD-J, lHt HOlDeTOOnl class
of Miss Jane Shields, will make two
families happy with Christmas din
ners. The committee appointed by
Miss Shields included: Blanche Robin
son, Doris Fair, Rhoda Smith, Lillian
Kleinman and Nathan Bloom.
On Monday, a visiting committee
from Mrs. Sarah X. Reen's homeroom
section. SB-4. made the children of
the Industrial Home merry with toys
which were the gifts of her forty
three students. Mary Harris and Mar
garet Keller were the leaders in this
group.
At the suggestion of Miss Anna
NJ. Waller, her large class of boys and
girls, 7B-2. are gathering toys and
clothing to delight the children in
the mountain district nearby
Helen Lippi, Daisy Suskey and Au-
drey Primrose are acting as q COM
mittee for Miss Anne Sweeney and
the others of her group. Obs, in Civ
ing Christmas dinner where il will
be needed.
Miss Frances Hamilton's Cooking
Club, hobby organization of seven
teen girls are ready to give a fine sup
ply of clothing and a Christmas bas-
ket to large family. The committee
appointed by Miss Hamilton includes:
Helen Fullcher, chairman, Miriam
Bowman, Marie Badorf, Elizabeth
Goodyear and Mary Showers.
The following sections have the
highest record of Red Cross Seal sales.
Miss Virginia Kast's room OBJ, 1900,
of which amount Maria Mausteller
sold over 1000. the banner individual
sale of the building. Miss Anna Welt
nVar'S section TA-1
Miss Anna Swope's section, 7B-3, sold
1900.
The faculty formed a surprise group
and through Prof Miles Hummer, pre-
sented at the Christmas assembly, to
Prof. John j. Brehm. principal, a
beautiful gift of flowers, pink rose
buds, steevia, snapdragons and mi
gnonettes.
Horace Geisel and James Peifer re-
ceived envelopes, "the contents" to be
cashed at the bank.
Mr. Stambaugh's students gave him
a duck and had real party. Paul
Williams. Charles Goldburg and Jessie
SHELTON formed a committee of ar
Tangements.
Probably Captain BriclSer was the
happiest boy in Camp Curtin when he
received the handsome silver cup, the
gift of Shenk and Title, from Carl
Beck. one of Techs champion athletes.
IF you get beat never take 'er
hard. or you'll get beat again."
When the boys from the Edison and
Camp Curtin teams meet down at
Tech. next year. meet to work to-
gether for a team impossible to beat"
said Beckie, Techs new team"
"Haps" Frank looked upon
Captain Bricker and praised the real
sportsmanship of the team and its
captain. Visitors who derived pleas
ure from attending the assembly in
cluded parents, teachers, and a large
delegation from Tech. The list shows
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Kann, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Edwin Perry and son Jack.
from Ithaca, N. Y, where Mr. Perry
is a member of the Cornell University
faculty, Reverend Ellis Kremer, Mr..
and Mrs. II. r. Omwake. of the Aca-.
denny, and son Henry, Miss Helen
Martin, Mrs. G. Jefferson, Mrs. w. C.
Potteiger. and children, William and
Sophie, Mrs. L. 7. Einzig, Miss Nellie
Ellenberger. Miss Elizabeth Blough.