Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
Present Flowers Annually
in Memory Of Parents

Halifax, Pa, March 22.-Mrs.
Clifford Douglass and Mrs. Frank Hile,
of Steelton, were here over Sunday visit
ing their sister, Miss Margaret Bowman.
These ladies make an annual practice
of coming to Halifax on the second
Sunday of March and presenting to the
United Brethren Church a basket of
cut flowers in memory of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bowman, and their
sisters, Miss Minnie Bowman and Mrs.
j. II. About. who worshipped there. -
DR.. J. w. Shope, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Wrightmyer.-John Bethel, of Carlisle,
spent the weekend in town visiting his
parents, Prof. and Mrs. S. c. Bethel.
Mrs. Bethel is recovering from he recent
illness.-Charles Lentz and son, James
Lentz, spent Saturday with friends at
Observation-Disclosures. Harry Cratzee
spent Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs John Shultz at Lykens.-Miss Mar
garet r. Snyder, teacher in the Halifax
High School, spent Sunday at the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Snyder at Mechanicsburg-D. c. Mil
lard and daughter Miss Carrie Millard
left on Saturday for Plymouth, where
they will spend sometime at the home
of Mr.. Millard's son. William Millard.
Rev. J. George Smith, pastor of the
ing the weekend at Philadelphia at
tending annual conference-Mrs. Carl
Richter and daughter, Miss Caroline
Richter. are paying visit to their son
and brother, the Rev. and Mrs. George
NJ. Richter, at Schuyllxill Haven.-Lin-
coin Masoner, of Dauphin, visited his
sister. Mrs. Joseph L. Epler, on Sunday.
j. Irwin Hoffman, of Washington, D.
C., spent several days over the week.
end visiting at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hoffman. Mr.. Hoff-
man is chemist in the employ of the
Government.-RalphH Hoffman and Ray
mond Matte were home from Lykens
over Sunday.-Miss Martha Louder
mich visited friends at Fisherville over
Sunday.-Mrs. Lydia Bowman and
granddaughter Miss Ruth Bowman.
have returned from a visit to friends
at Harrisburg.-Niss Sallie Badle is
spending the week at Sunbury.-The
Rev. and Mrs. H. II. Fertig spent Tues
day at Lebanon.-Mrs. Fred Klein, of
Harrisburg, spent Sunday at the home
of her mother. Mrs. G.. W. Westfall-
James NJ. Hoffman, Jr., who for some
time has been at Camden, n. J., is visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ.
HOFFMAN, Sr., prior to leaving next week
for Doland, South Dakota-Charles F.
Still and family will remove from Hum
melstown to Halifax about April l.
Mrs. George w. Fickes, of Paxtang,
visited her mother, Mrs. Daniel Miller
on Sunday.-Jacob Hoffman, of Ober-
lin, spent the weekend at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. r. Landis.-Walter
Bowman, of Altoona, spent several days
at the home of Caroline Bowman
Mrs. Lydia Shipley and daughter. Miss
Florence Shipley, are spending several
days at Harrisburg.-D p. Corsnitz
and son, Charles Corsnitz, left Tuesday
for Camp Dix, y. j., to visit their son
and brother, Claude Cornitz, who has
just returned from France and who is
recuperating from wounds-Clara, in
rant daughter, of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Shire, underwent a slight operation at
the Shope Hospital at Harrisburg on
Saturday-Mrs. H. r. Lands is i'll at
her home in town.-Mildred. three-year-
old daughter of Alvin Gender and wife
is i'll of pneumonia.-Myles Meredith
was home from Mllersburg over Sun
day.