Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-15

Mrs. Anthony o. Merkle will take
the leading part in The Last Loaf"
a two-act drama. depicting the ruin
wrought by Intoxicating liquor, to be
given this evening at o'clock in the
Shimmell school building, under the
direction of class No. IL of the Re-
deemer Lutheran Church, taught by
Miss Dorothy Frankeberger. The
play was presented twice before in
this vicinity with decided success,
and the performance tonight prom
ises to be of unusual merit. The
cast includes Mrs. Anthony o. Mer-
kle, Miss Esther Gruber, Miss Edna
Yocum. John Fisher, William Win
ant, Joseph Vogler, John FRANKIE
berger and Clyde Gineavon.
Mrs. Merkle is a pupil of Mrs.
Roberta Swartz Harling and is a
public speaker of considerable abil-
| ity. She recently won an oratorical
I contest conducted by the Park
| Street Evangelical Church and is
well adapted to interpret the diff
! cult part which she takes as Mrs.
Ashton.
| Private Fred L. Gates, of New
York, formerly of the Three Hun
dred and Fifth Infantry, A. e. F.,
has returned from France and is
the guest of friends in town.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Waynes, of
Brooklyn, are stopping for few
days with their relatives, Mr.. and
Mrs. VanGorder. of Green street.
The Misses Heagan, of Shamokin,
are visiting Mrs. J. Newton Herb at
Thirteenth and Derry streets.
Mrs. Norman e. Shepler will en-
! tertain at luncheon next Wednesday
in honor of Mrs. b. f. Fry, who is
removing to Indiana.
Miss Margaret Tenney, of Haver-
| ford, is the guest of Mrs. Henry S.
Gross, 1907 North Front street.
| DIR. John II. Eager, of 1884 North
/ Sixth street, is in Philadelphia for
! day or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. Saul owens and chill
dren, Betty Owens and James Kenny
owens, of Pittsburgh, are guests of
their relatives Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
| ID. Thompson, of Penn street.
Mrs. Kenneth Raymond went
| home to Charleston, S. c., yester-
| day after a weeks stay with rela-
tives in this vicinity.
Private FitZwalter, of the One
| Hundred. and Twelfth Regiment,
who was with the A. e. f. in France,
was a recent guest of Harrisburg
! friends.
! Mrs. Robert l.. Webster, of 223
South Fourteenth street, has just re-
ceived word of the sudden death of
her sister, Mrs. James Moir, in Eng
| land.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey G.. King
went to Washington this morning
| for a weeks stay with their rela-
tives, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund j. Bar
| ton.
Mrs. John c. Jessup, Jr., and Mrs.
| B. Boyd Harrington, who are in
[ Philadelphia to-day for the big pa
! rade, will spend the weekend in At
lantic City.
Miss Anne Mccormick and Miss
Marian b. c. Watts motored to Phil
adeIphia yesterday, spending the
night, at the Montgomery Inn.
| Ralph q. Youngman, of Chicago,
is the guest of old friends in the
city for Il few days.
| Newton H. Yoder, of Pittsburgh,
| left for home this morning after
| spending ten days among relatives
in this vicinity.
Miss Charlotte Wright and her sis
! ter, Miss Bertha V. Wright, of Bal
timore, are in town for short stay
with Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart b. Am
bier, of Pittsburgh.
| Mrs. Bertram Houser and small
daughter, Barbara Houser, went to
Philadelphia to-day, to remain for a
week.
Ex-Congressmans L. D. Ziegler, of
York, is the guest of his son. Elmer d.
| Ziegler. Enola.
Miss Gertrude Henry, of 1894
Derry street, is spending a few days
with an aunt in Philadelphia.
Mrs. .tViola Twining, of Third and
| North streets, was recent guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bent l.. Weaver, in
Wilkes Barre.
| Mrs. John Toner Harris, of Second
and Hamilton streets, is in New
York attending the reunion of her
class of the Training School For
Nurses of the Presbyterian Hospital.
Joseph Walker, of Philadelphia.
recently returned from France, has
been visiting his uncle. Samuel w.
McCulloch, 1902 North Second
street, for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Warden went
home to Jersey City this morning
after a few weeks stay among rela-
tives in this vicinity.
Kenneth r. Stark. student of State
College, will spend the week end at his
home in this city.
| Mrs. Sarah Harris, 26S North street.
left for Philadelphia. to witness the
parade of the 2Sth Division.
Mrs. William Goodwin. 1902 Penn
street. is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
| Towten. of Mt. Holly.
Miss Mary Wilhelm, 1905 Green street.
, and Miss Jane Dawson, of Philadelphia,
were called to Hornell, N. Y. by the
~ r. ..
Miss Margaret Mogel and Byran
Mogel will leave Saturday to spend a
/ week with Miss Olive Blackway, of
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