Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
CLUB
ORGANIZES ON
MILITARY BASIS
President Neefe Commission
ed General of Business
mems Organization

The Kiwanis Club was reorganjzcd
ma military basis to-day at the
noondays luncheon in the Penn
Harris hotel. Charles L. Schmidt,
chairman Of the entertainment COM
mittee was in charge of the reor-
ganization. He commissioned Z. T.
Neefe. president, as the general and
William c. Alexander, vice-president,
as lieutenant general. Other officers
were given various commissions.
Volunteers were asked to act as lieu
tenants. The duty of each lieutenant
is to call four men each week and
urge them to attend the Kiwanis
luncheon. The object of the plan is
to stimulate attendance Among the
volunteers answering the call were:
Irving B. Robinson. C. e. Reeser,
]. II. Kelberg, Charles r. Beckley,
T. II. Bogar, Frank ]. Wallis, r. L.
Cleckner. P. B. Rice, Harry Lowen-
gard, Ed. S. Marks, II. S. Parthe-
more, Peter Magaro, Thomas Black,
Russell C. Cless, Charles W. Bogar,
DR.. II. B. Walter, j. A. Pryor, d. H.
Rineard and E. T. Critchfield.
Clark E. Diehl, city electrician
and manager Of the Postal Telegraph
Company, made an interesting ad-
dress in which he touched upon the
work of the telegraph companies.
William c.. Alexander, salesmanager
of the Moorhead Knitting Company,
thanked the members of the club
for their cooperation in the recent
vaudeville show and concert given
by employees of his firm. Thetotal
receipts were approximately $3.50
and were turned over to hte Asso-
coated Aid Societies. OF this amount
s179.50 representing 2S4 tickets,
came from Kiwanians.
An invitation as received from the
clerk of sessions of the Pine Street
Presbyterian Church inviting the
members to hear DR.. l.. s. Nudge, a
Kiwanian, preach Sunday evening,
January 26. On motion of DR.. Harry
B. Walter the invitation was accept
ed and it was decided to attend in
We
tor of Zion Lutheran Church, deliv-
cred a brief address and the mem-
bers also heard from Ensign j.
Swartz, who gave a number OF hu-
morous incidents in military and
naval life.
In Splendid Shape
The report of the auditing COM
mittee was read and approved. The
report showed theaffairs of the club
to be in a fiourishing condition. On
the committee are II. E. Schriver.
Walter r. Hauser and Charles r.
Beckley
Abner w. Hartman, soloist at the
Messiah Lutheran Church, sang two
baritone solos, Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot" and "The Skipper" He was
accompanied by j. Stewart Black,
the Kiwanis pianist. J. Lawrence
Dooilng. a member of the board OF
directors of the Allentown club, con-
veyed ttc9 greeting from that organ
ization in a shorttalk.
Ernest b. Eppley. representing
the d. w. Cotterell stationery store,
presented the silent boost. a hand
some brush. Theattendance prize
q box of cigars donated by t. H.
Hamilton, was won by Peter niagara,
manager of the Regent theater, the
baby member of the club. Resolu-
tions of congratulation to 7. II.
Hamilton, newly-married. were pre-
sented and carried.
Among the guests were ]. 8
Sible, Jacob Lightner. Gus NJ. Stein
metz, managing editor of the Har-
| risburg Telegraph; John Gilbert, oi
the Scranton Life Insurance Com.
pany; Private Clark Swengel and
George W. Houck, of the Winter.
mints Company.
| Abner w. Hartman wa sname6
as the chairman OF the new music
committee. with William II. Brown
Frank Blumenstein and Frank Nor
row as his associate