Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12
FIREMEN READY
TO ENTERTAIN
MANY VISITORS
Opening of Two-Day County
Convention Scheduled
For Tomorrow

representatives from volunteer
fire companies in Dauphin county
will meet here tomorrow and Sat-
urday. Local firemen have made
great preparations for this, the first
session of the Dauphin County Fire
mems Association. Visitors will be
royalty entertained and the big
celebration will wind up with pa
rade Saturday afternoon.
Plans for the convention and pa
rade were completed last night at
a meeting of the local committee
at the Friendship firehouse. The
convention will open at $50 in
Eagles Hall, Sixth and Cumberland
streets. Mayor Daniel L. Keister will
wecome the visitors and the re-
sponse will be made by a delegate
from one of the county companies.
e. Il. Gross, the fire commissioner,
will also make an address.
Following the registration of dele
gates there will be an adjournment
until the afternoon when business
will be taken up. Topics of interest
to firemen will be discussed and
plans discussed for the next meet
ing Reports from the county indi-
cate a large attendance. To date
fourteen companies have accepted
the invitation to be in the parade.
The formation of the line of pro-
cession as agreed to last night fol-
lows:
First Division-Platoon of police;
Fire Commissioner E. u. Cross
Chief John C. Kinder; Assistant
Chief Marion Verbeke: Chief Mar
shall George w. Lutz and aids; Di-
vison Marshal William II. Lynch
and assistants: Friendship No. l
and guests, form in North Front
street right resting in Market
street; Hope No. 2, form in North
Front street, right resting in Straw
berry street; Citizen No. 3, form in
North Front street right resting in
Walnut street; Washington No.
and their guests, form in North
Front street, right resting in Locust
street; Mount Vernon No. ., form
in North Front street at rear of
Washington No. 4; Paxton No. 3.
form in North Front street; Good
Will No. Z, form in North Front
street, right resting in Pine street;
Mount Pleasant No. s, form IN
North Front street, rear of Good
Will.
Second Division-Division Mar
shall John E. Shoop and assistant
marshals; Susquehanna No. ., form
in West State street with their
guests, right resting in Front street;
Reilly Hose No. 10, and their guests,
form in State street, rear of Susque-
hanna; Shamrock No. IL, and their
guests. form in South street; Allison
No. 10, and their guests, form in
Pine street, right resting in Front
street; Camp Curtin No. 1S, form in
Locust street, right resting in Front
street; Royal No. IA, form in Lo-
Gust stret, at rear of Camp Curtlh'
Visiting companies as they arrive
and have not been assigned as guests
of the different companies will be
placed by the marshals in their re-
spective positions.
Route of Parade
The following route has been an
The right of the procession Will
form in Front street, right resting
in Market street; out Market TO
Fourth, to Sixth, to Muench, 10
Fourth, to Reilly, to. Second, TO
State, to Front, to Chestnut, to
Thirteenth via Mulberry street
bridge, Thirteenth, to Market, to
Front, countermarch in Market TO
Fourth and dismiss.
The following are the aids and
marshals to the chief marshal: d.
l.. Redman, Colonel H. G. DEM
ming, H. P. Fleck, w. r. Wen
erick, George G. Geiger. Edward
l.. Rowe, w. j. Rupp, John P. Con
rad, G. C. Longfelt, A: H. kreioler'
Frank Fagan, Milton Beamer, Ben
jamin Gastrock. P. E. Rogers
George McIlhenny, George w.
Thomas, Edgar Beck, Harry Miller
George Ellis, Charles Delker, ;. K
Beatty, Simon w. Goodyear, war
ZEN Builder, Benjamin Zimmerman,
Harry Snyder, Earl j. .Mumma ana
II. l.. Patton.
Committees Named
The convention committees that
have been selected are as follows:
Reception-No. /, Harry Snyder,
10. 2, Benjamin Consider; No 3,
=. w. Zeiders; No. 4, NJ. II. Beamer
,nd George Chenewerth; No. 3,
3enjamin Gastrock; No. 6, p. E.
Rogers; No. Z, Warren Bretz; No.
!, Robert Buck; No. 8, w. c. Rob
.rts; No. 10, j. A. Malone and IL.
I. Johnson; No. II, Charles VOL
ord and Lewis Miller; No. II, w.
4. weymer and w. F. Foltz; No.
3, A. Clements and T. S. Cless, and
10. IA, William Bowers.
Entertainment - No. l, Warren
Eisenhaur and John Bales; No. 2.
3enjamin Consider; No. 3, w. III.
Wolf and Charles Stock; No. a, w.
T. Herstling; No. 5, Benjamin Gas
rock; No. 6, John A. Snyder; No.
7. George G. Ellis and L. w. Turner:
No. s, Roy Herman; No. 3, Elick
Dickson; No. 10. G.. w. Steckley; No.
II, Charles Wolford and Charles
Oelke; No. 12. V. c. Hassler, w. II.
Meymer and w. f. Foltz; No. 13, A.
Clements ard j. W. Hepford, and No.
IA, John Splitter and William Bow
srs.
Publicity-Colonel Henry c. Dem
ming, No. IT; V. C. Hassler, No. 12;