Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-29
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William Jennings, who has just
Deen named by the State War His
tory Commission to have charge Of
the gathering of data for the history
Oh Dauphin county's part in the
world war, is arranging for CO.
operatlon between the Dauphin
county Historical Society, the Har-
rlsburg Chamber of Commerce and
various other organizations in the
assembling of the information. 1t
is his plan to secure from each COM
munlty the names and records of its
sons. Just as the Harrisburg Cham
Der of Commerce has done in it's
welcome home preparations. To
| thls END Mr.. Jennings wants to hear
from the men who were at the head
of the welcome home celebrations
in Lykens, Steelton, WilliamstoWn.
Millersburg, Gratz, Hummelstown
and other places where such cele-
brations were held. They will be
requested to act with the Historical
Society, which will arrange for the
covering of the county, the Chamber
of Commerce having outlined its
work to cover the city. What Hhis
county must show to the rest of the
State is what it has done. It's record
is splendid but it is no use talking
about it. We must get it down in
black and white, properly authenti-
Gated, and sent to the State authori-
tles,' said he. Mr.. Jennings said
that he hopes to get information
from various committees as to the
names of their sons in the army,
navy and marine corps, the Red
Cross organizations, the liberty Loan
and kindred committees and to get
it soon. The Chamber of Commerce
Will name a new committee shortly
and the Historical Society will do
the same.
From what men connected with
the State Game Commission saw
there has been less shooting of tame
turkeys for wild ones than usual
this year and chickens and guineas
have not had to fly for their lives so
much. There have been times in
years gone by when people living in
Harrisburg and vicinity went out to
hunt that the small game took to
the tall timber and allowed the
poultry to bear the brunt One
story that comes to mind concerns
an Italian resident we'll known
among the sporty element years ago.
He was a good fellow and some peo-
pie got him full of the notion of
hunting. He brought home two
, Plymouth Rock hens, one small tur-
key and duck. receipts for each
: being in his pocket.
Syria Temple of the Shriners al
Pittsburgh, at which a number OF
Harrisburg mobiles have been enter
tanned while in that city, has ar
ranged n ceremony that will De
elaborate as well as unique next Sat
5 urday. 1t is in charge of Joseph n.
Mackrell, the illustrious potentate,
who is well known to many resi-
: dents of this city and who has at
tended functions of Zembo Temple
for several years. The Pittsburgh
Temple, whose mosque is noted
, throughout the country, will dedicate
its sphinx honor ROLL dedicated to
= the members who took part in the
' Great War. Seven of them made the
= supreme sacrifice. The program will
2 include an unusual musical series
: and addresses by Senator Boies PEN
{ rose and Mayor e. V. Babcock Col,
Joseph II. Thompson, who com
manded the 10th infantry, will ac-
r cept the roll of honor when it is
unveiled.
. Here is a paragraph which will
not only interest some Harrisburg
( ers who are of French blood, but
furnish a thought for the program
1
Historical Society when it makes up
: its plans for the coming year. 1t is
taken from the Girard column of
! the Philadelphia Press: ION the
: last day of this month the Hugue-
not Society of Pennsylvania will
make pilgrimage to the Obey VAL
' ley, which the Indians called "Wali-
t link"-the bull encircled. There
3 stand the old homes of John Keim,
/ LeVan, Bertolett and DeTurk who
Q were among those who fled from
3 prosecutions in France to find rest
= in the wilderness of Pennsylvania.
t One of Bertolet's neighbors was
Mordecai Lincoln, ancestor of the
= Emancipator and another neighbor
g was George Boone, ancestor of Ken
tucky's bold pioneer and hunter,
\ Daniel Boone"
: A friend sends this clipping which
4 was taken from the Scranton Re-
? publican and which it is declared,
c certainly applies to places in
T Dauphin county,"
1 1T is not to be wondered that
= the borough authorities in this
= county are a little angry over the
g persistent violation of the automo-
8 bile regulations such as stopping on
= the wrong side of the street and
. permitting cars to stand for too long
a period on busy thoroughfares. To
some degree there is the same trou-
BILE in Scranton but here the fear
of arrest causes many to repress
r their inclination to disregard State
& statutes and the city ordinances. A
+ policeman told the Stroller the
J. other day that he in common with
] other officers, frequently notices
C slight violations of regulations on
r the part of many autoists but he
would be making enemies over end
e were he to assert his authority on
e all such occasions. There are, he
= said, many autoists punctilious with
, regard to city ordinances just as
= there are others who violate them
e from sheer recklessness. In time he
a believes all will come to see that
: safety on the thoroughfares depends
e very largely upon personal respon-
y sibilty and when that day comes
S there will be a more general OBJ
s servance of the auto laws"