Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-15
ROYAL ARCANUM
TO MEET HERE
Annual Convention to Be Ac-
companied With Many
Entertainments


the Royal Arcapum the Grand Council
of Pennsylvania will meet in Harris
burg. Representatives. 23s in num-
Der, will be present from all parts OF
the State. The advance guard will
reach Harrisburg tomorrow after
noon.
The executive committee of the
Grand Council will meet at the Penn
Harris Hotel tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock. At $50 a formal reception
will be rendered to the Supreme Re-
gent and the officers of the grand
council in the reception hall. adjacent
to the ballroom of the Penn-Harris
Hotel; and at 8 o'clock there will be
a dance in the ballroom, cards in one
OF the adjacent rooms, and those who
do not care to dance or play cards will
be otherwise entertained by the com
'mittees.
The opening exercises of the grand
council will be held in the ballroom
at o'clock Wednesday morning, and
will consist of the following:
Calling meeting to order, by Frank
b. Wfckersham. chairman local execu-
wv SOiiHiIteer song america,
song, opening ode; Prayer, the Rev.
5. Winfield Herman, D. D.. song, THE
Royal Arcanum Forever" address of
welcome. Lieutenant Governor Ed
ward E. Beidleman, member Harris
burg Council, No 80; song. Our Glor-
fous Banner" address, Charles
"a. Snyder. member Pottsville Council
No. 965; response. Grand Orator w. ].
Stokinger: song. Pack All Your
Troubles" announcements. Chairman
Wickcrsham; song, star Spangled
Banner;" presenting presiding officers,
Grand Regent James e. Norton.
The women's auxiliary committee
Will take the visiting women for an
automobile ride about the city Wed
nesday afternoon at o'clock.
subcommittee of the joint COM
mittees has also prepared a musical
entertainment for Wednesday even
ing in the ballroom of the Penn-Har-
ris Hotel, to which all members of the
Royal Arcanum and their wives are
invited. The music will be furnished
by mixed quartet, consisting of Ell
mer H. Ley, baritone: Ray Chapman,
tenor; Miss Alice Decevee. pianist,
Mrs. e. ]. Decevee. soprano; Mrs. ]. M.
Harley, reader; John Whitman, vio-
linist; and one or two numbers from
the Majestic Theater.
The Grand Council is expected to
complete it's duties on Thursday.
The reception committee consists OF
the following members, George F.
Ross, chairman; Frank B. Wicker
sham. Judge George Kunkel, e. E.
Beidleman, william NJ. largest, John
K. Royal. B. f. Mead, Ralph E. Bene-
dict Charles r. Killian, w. A. Moore,
Jacob Lightner, C. j. Bush, A. B.
Shartzer. A. H. Doolittle, ]. Sharon
Macdonald. C. G. Thorpe, w. S. Young,
Nicholas Tack, l. S. Kicker, H. S. Lau-
rish, Arthur Sagi, George w. Cunkle,
James w. Barker, J. o. S. Poorman,
]. L. Spence. Ralph e. Boswell, L. A
Irwin l.. G. Cunkle, H. D. Jones, A N.
Lupfer. H. F. Lupfer, David P. Baker,
Harry B. Shires. George Group. e.
Scott Basom. I. H. Neuman, Prof. j. C.
Wagner, George D. Lytle, Charles H.
BeideL John P. Croll, S. A. Brehn, C.
L. Scott, Prof. Charles S. Davis, Geo.
M. Long. w. H. Baker. A. s. Patterson,
]. w. Rodenhaver, James C. Fitzpat-
rick. George K. West, Harry B. Half
penny, Charles w. Erisman, Benjamin
NJ Mead. George S. Canning, George
L. Reed, John H. Campbell, Howard
H. Friedman, DR.. w. J. Middleton, H.
Russell Rupp, Ed. l.. Croll, Robert P.
Cox. c. S. Few, w. H. Nell, o. B. Sim
mons, Charles A. Alden, r. ]. Banner,
w. r. Shaffer. Jesse d. Wells, Jr., H.
w. Bormann, A. S. Banmiller, Lloyd
E. Reiff. Prof. George N. C. Henschen,
G. S. Wall, Benjamin Whitman. C. H.
Forney.
The women's auxiliary committee
consists of the following members
Mrs. Frank B. Wickersham, chairman;
Mrs. e. E. Beidleman, Mrs. George
Kunkel. Mrs. L. r. Gejsenber ger, Mrs.
James e. Norton, Mrs. Jacob Wiener,
Mrs. John H. Campbell, Mrs. George
L. Reed, Mrs. Howard H. Friedman,
Mrs. ]. Sharon Macdonald, Mrs. Jacob
Lightner, Mrs. Eugene C. Ensminger,
Mrs. w. Harry Baker. Mrs. Charles ].
Bush, Mrs. B. F. Mead, Mrs. r. C. Ben
edict, Mrs. r. P. Cox, Mrs. George w.
Cunkle, Mrs. w. A. Moore. Mrs. G. T.
Messimer. Mrs. ]. o. S. Poorman. Mrs.
w. ]. Middleton, Mrs. w. H. Nell Mrs.
A. N. Lupfer, Mrs. H. f. Lupfer, Mrs.
Charles A. Alden, Mrs. John p. Croll,
Mrs. H. Russell Rupp, Mrs. Ed. L.
Croll. Mrs. H. w. George, Mrs. F. L.
.Shetron. Mrs. John A. Liszman, Mrs.
c. A. Brenneman. Mrs. Charles A.
Deitch, Mrs. William A. Dash, Mrs.
D. Ed. Brindle. Miss Amelia Wiener,
Mrs. Ed. S. Manning. Mrs Robert Gra-
ham. Mrs. B. B. Wolf. Mrs. Irwin S.
Kicker. Mrs. George D. Lytle. Mrs.
Nicholas Tack, Mrs. John K. Royal
Mrs. A. S. Patterson, Mrs. L. G. Cum
kle, Mrs. Harry D. Jones, Mrs. o. B.
Simmons. Mrs. c. S. Few. Mrs. Charles
w. Erisman. Mrs. H. B. Halfpenny,
Mrs. George X. Keet. Mrs. ]. C. Fitz-
patrick, Mrs. ]. w. Rhodenhaver, Mrs.
George M. Long, Mrs. Benjamin
Strouse. Mrs. A. S. Banmiller, Mrs.
Charles s. Davis. Mrs. Charles II.