Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-28
Midd[etOWn
Mary May Home;
Was Visiting Friend

MISS MARY May, WnOSS dDSSiiSO
caused much excitement in town on
Monday, returned to her home Mon
day evening, not knowing that her
many friends were worried about
her. On the return trip from Wash
ington she fell asleep and did not
awake until the train reached Cone
WACO. The conductor insisted upon
her getting off, but this she refused
to do at such an early hour, and
went on to Lancaster. From there
she went to Mount Joy and visited
her niece, Mrs. Rhinehart. She was
given a hearty welcome upon her
return to town last evening.
The funeral of the late George
Kramer was held on Tuesday after
noon, with services, from his late
home on Witherspoon avenue, at
2 o'clock. The Rev. Fuller Berg
stresser, of the st. Peters Lutheran
Church. officiated. Burial was made
in the Middletown cemetery. Both
service and interment were private.
The schools in the Susquehanna
building, taught by Mrs. A. ID. Britt,
Miss Irene Churchman, Miss Edna
Schaeffer and Miss Alice, Baer, held
their annual picnic in the school
building yesterday afternoon.
Miss Ethel Berman left yesterday
for Baltimore, Md, where she will
visit relatives for sometime.
Miss Helen Elberti was rendered
a shower, consisting of cut glass,
silverware, linen and many other
useful articles, at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Elberti,
North Union street, Monday evening
by a number of her friends. After
social hours was spent, refresh
ments were served. Miss Elberti will
be married to Harry Bernheisel, of
Harrisburg, some time in June.
Russell Dasher, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Dasher, of East Water
street, was rendered a birthday sur
prise party in honor of his four
teenth birthday on Monday evening
at the home of his parents. After
games of various kinds were played.
refreshments were served to the fol-
lowing: Lorraine Gale, Helen Seiders,
Louise Fox, Helen Gotschall, Chris
tine Jackson, Naomi Yost, Donald
Kohr, Harold Hartman, Foster
Brinser, Lylran Cobaugh. Charles
Hanna, Donald McCord, Ellwood
Dasher, Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Enck,
Gertrude and Harold and Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Bomgardner.
Miss jeanette McNair was ten
dered a birthday surprise party at
her home, Union and Emaus streets,
on Monday evening. Those present
were: Misses Grace Bauder, Grace
Nissley, Romaine Klinger, Elizabeth
Beck, Catherine Beachler, Pearl
Schaeffer, Martha Belt, Jean Brestle,
Mildred Parthemore, Catherine UI-
rich, Aurora Wickey, Marian Ulrich,
Messrs. James Kern. John Longe-
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Robert Belt, Marlin Brinser, Carl
Pickel, Walter Deimler, Floyd Her
man, Charles Kennard, Carl Bach
man and Eearl Houser.
A dance will be held Thursday
evening at the Ordnance Depot for
the benefit of the newly organized
baseball team. Weigart's orchestra
will furnish the music.
Mrs. Alpheus Long, of Tacoma, is
the guest of Mrs. Mary Rakestraw
and Miss Annie Raymond at their
home on North Union street.
The public schools of town will
close tomorrow afternoon, after a
nine months term, and this will
close the fifty-fifth year for A. s.
Quickel. who is assistant in the
grammar school. 1t will close the
twenty-eighth year for Miss Blanche
Elizabeth Neagle, and the forty fifth
year for Miss Harriet Keiver. The
fortieth annual commencement ex-
ercises of the eleven graduates of
the Middletown High School will be
held in the Realty Theater to-mor-
row evening at 8 o'clock.
Jerry Bailey, Arthur Joffen, Rob-
ert Gottshall and Edward Stoner
have returned home from Lewis
town, where they were searching
for the bodies of the seven drowned
men. The motor boats of Bailey,
Joffen and George >Mansberger, that
were used there, were. also returned.
The fifth and sixth grades of the
pupils of the Grammar School and
taught by Mrs. Parfitt, picknicked
at Clifton Springs yesterday.
Solomon Smith, of Lorain, Ohio,
is spending some time in Royalton
as the guest of his brother, William
Smith.
some time overseas and had been
stationed at Camp Merritt, N. J.,
since his return, has been mustered
out of service and returned to town.
Ross Houser, of South Union
street had the third finger of his
left hand badly cut on Monday at
the planning mill of the local car
works, while operating multiple
saw.
A bake will be held by the nem-
bers OF Mrs. William Lindermutb,s
Sunday School Glass Saturday after
noon and evening. May 81, at tha
paper store of Oliver Henry. TTnion
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