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PERSONAL AND
WHERE EDUCATORS
SPEND VACATION
Central and Technical High
School Teachers Tell Their
Plans to the Telegraph
Vacation may come and vacation
may go, but news goes on forever, and
BO It is that the weary reporter must
pound away at his desk all summer
writing the delightful trips and vaca
tion jaunts of the more fortunate one.
That explains this article for school
teachers surely have a monoply on
vucatlons. Just think, practically
three months of blissful rest and free
dom. But poor souls—they need it—
for their lines are not always fallen in
pleasant places.
( The teachers of the Central High
"Schools have made various vacation
plans some will loaf, others travel,
some will study and others will farm.
Principal H. Q. Dibble leaves about
July 1 with his family for Appleton,
Wis., to be guests of Mr. and Mrs.j
Taylor. Miss Annabelle Swartz, elocu
tion instructor at Central High will
take a summer course at Dartmouth
•College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Miss Katherine McNiff, instructor of
Lctin will pursue a course of study
in Latin and History at Columbia.
University, New York City, and Willi
attend the National Educational As
sociation convention of 50,000 teach
ers to be held In the Madison Square
Theater, New York, prior to taking
up her work at Columbia. Miss Rich
ardson, drawing Instructor has plan
ned to take a summer course at the
University of New York; Fred Burris, .
Instructor in the business department'
has left for Rochester, N. Y., for a
special course in the Rochester Busi- :
ness Institute; Miss Anna M. Saul, who
has charge of the office will spend the
greater part of the summer in the
country, in Perry county. Miss Edna*,
Engle, teacher of Latin will tour the
Great Lakes and Thousand Islands.
Misa Jessie Bowers, instructor in
Greek and Latin, will spend the sum
mer at the "Bonnie Wee Ingle Cot
trge," Mt. Gretna; Miss Bessie Kast,
instructor In mathematics, is planning
to camp with a party of friends in the
Maine woods; Miss Grace Tatnal, zoo
logy instructor, will spend her vaca- ]
tion in the country, in Perry county:
Miss Edith Tatnal will also spend the J
vacation with her sister; Miss Mary C.
Orth, English teacher, will probably!
spend her summer in Bermuda at'
least that was her first intention, but j
she may alter her plans; Miss Theresa
Green&walt has gone to her home in
Detroit, Mich., to spend the summer;
Miss Elizabeth Garner. English teacher j
leaves July 11 for Camp Nepahwin,
Canton, Pa., to Join the Y. W. C. A. j
group—she will chaperon a at i
the conference to be held there for
High school girls. M. O. Billow of the
business department, with Mrs. Bil- j
low, is going to Saxton, Bedford j
county; Bertram W. Saul, chemistry j
instructor, will spend part of his vaca- ;
tion fishing in Pike county, going later J
to Dayton, Ohio, where he and Mrs.
Saul will visit his father. E. E. Saul.
A Few Stny-at-Homes
Miss Florence Beck, mathematics
teacher, with her mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Beck, will spend the summer at
her country home in Camp Hill. Geo.
N. C. Henschen, teacher of physics
will be "at home" to his friends after
July 1. John A. F. Hall, English
teacher, and Frank Roth, Instructor in
history will spend their vacation at
their homes. William Meikle. teacher
in French, History and English, will
be at home for the summer. Calvin
F. Martz, and Edgar F. Keller of the
business department, will also spend
the s.>amer vacation at their homes,
with little trips to places nearby. P. A.
Fish el, of the business department,
with Mrs. Fishel, will spend some
time at the seashore. James Smyser,
teacher in zoology and physical
geography, familiarly known as
"Jimmy" will grow vegetables at his
farm near Progress. He has a worth
while place and he surely can farm!
Zach A. Meixel, teacher of mathe
matics will spend most of the summer
at home, except for short visits to
various places.
William M. Fahnestock, German in
structor, will spend the summer at his
beautiful country home along River
fide Drive; M. F. Beitzell for the most
part will spend the vacation at his
home. Miss Ruth Stewart of Carlisle,
teacher in Latin will take up a sum
mer course ifi that subject at Cornell
University, leaving for Ithaca on
Wednesday, July 5. Miss Frances
Hamilton, who has charge of the
Domestic Science Department will
snend the summer with her parents
at. their cottage In Mt. Gretna; Karl
ißichards, teacher In mathematics be
ing the golf and tennis enthusiast that
he is, will summer on the golf links,
at least that's what his friends say. So,
of course, he wouldn't have time to
go away. Now that's what Central's
faculty plans to do during the days
the thermometer runs way up to the
boiling point.
No Drones In Tech High
The teachers at Tech are all plan
ning to work during the summer at
something or other. Some in offices,
others farming.
Dr. Charles B. Fager, Jr., with Mrs.
Fager and their little son, will spend
most of the season at their Cove cot
tage. When Dr. Fager was asked as
to the summer plans of his faculty, he
replied: "Most of them have positions,
now for the summer and those who
don't are trying to find something to
do." It's very evident that there are
r>c drones In their hive. Professor A.
M. Lindsay has accepted a position In
the drafting department of the Bald
win Locomotive works at Philadel
phia; E. E. Knauss will be in the
Auditor General's Department on
Capitol Hill during the summer vaca
tion; George W. Hill, Jr., will remain
nt his Riverside home, raising chick
ens and keeping the children out of
mischief and his fine garden; "Prof."
Walllze will get back to nature on his
f;vrms near Sunbury; George W.
Hamilton will rusticate at his country
home in Chester county; R. E. Hertz
ler will be "at home" for the summer
months: J. C. Peet will have an outing
at his home near Rochester on Lake
Ontario; Professors J. R. Hamaker,
C. L. Shaeffer, R. J. Saylor and E. S.
Wolf will spend the vacation at their
homes, with out-of-town trips now
unci then: W. H. Pomp will spend the
summer months in Pen-Argyle; Pro
fessors A. C. Todd and Harry Johns
have no definite plans for going away;
Harry Shreiner, Tech's tennis and golf
enthusiast who will spend the vacation
nt his home Is working hard, probably
to defeat Mr. Richards of the Central
faculty and win the championship.
Professor Loomis will spend the
slimmer vacation in town; W. E.
Strawinskl has accepted the position
as playground instructor at Reser
voir Park, Percy L. Grubb. Pierce
Rettew and J. S. Rees will remain at
their homes: Miss Hammelbaugh, at
the will spend vacation at the
Hr.mmelbaugh Cottage in Mt. Gretna.
This, dear reader, concludes the
plan of the High School teachers for
the summer. Wherever they are they
have the sincere wishes of the city
folks for a pleasant vacation for even
the public admits that labor Is bound
to reap Its reward.
George R. Muth of Hummelstown
spent yesterday with friends in this
aits'.
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MRS. BOLAN AND HER LITTLE DAUGHTER
MEADE CONTEST
FOR SILVER MEDAL
Young Orators Will Speak Un
der the Direction of Mrs.
Bolan Thursday Evening
The Meade W. C. T. U. will give an
other of their interesting silver medal
contests to-morrow evening at 8
o'clock in the Christ Lutheran Church.
These events are directed by Mrs. Vio
let Hollar Bolan, Dauphin county su
perintendent of W. C. T. U. Medal
Contest Work. . Mrs. Bolan, a native
of Shippensburg, is unusually gifted In
her line, developing her natural talent
by the hard and careful study of many
years. She has also much literary
ability and often writes her own read
ings as well as those of her students.
Her little daughter Gladys Rae Bolan
has inherited her mother's gifts and
is an impersonator of rare genius.
The judges for the medal contest are
Dr. C. E. L. Keene, professor John
Kob and Mrs. Grace Holsopple. The
program includes:
Scripture and invocation, the Rev.
Dr. William X. Yates: processional,
Miss Olive Young: violin solo, Miss
Jessie Parish: reading, "Who Killed
Joe's Baby?" Miss Margaret Myers:
vocal solo, Miss Elizabeth Workman;
reading. "College Oil Can," Miss Jes
samin Caldwell: piano solo, Miss Lu
cretia Ervine Boyd; reading, "How
One Vote Counted." Miss Miriam Ca
ton; vocal solo, William Yates; read
ing, "A Life's Tragedy," Miss Esther
Johns: piano solo, Miss Olive Young;
reading, "One of the Fallen," Miss
Sara Caton; retirement of Judges; of
fering; piano solo, Miss Lucretia Er
vine Boyd; reading, "How a Little
Girl Emptied the Jug," Miss Gladys
Rae Bolan; presentation of medal by
the Rev. Dr. William N. Yates.
MOTORUSTS VISIT BATTLEFIELD
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Guth and the
Misses Edna, Mary, Nina and Leah
Guth and Edward Guth of Wescosvllle
with Miss Nina Danowsky of Allen
town, motored to Harrisburg yester
day to be the guests of Mrs. Edwin J.
Knisely of the Derry Block Apart
ments and Mrs. Samuel C. Grlssinger,
of 1412 Derry street. The party left
this morning for Gettysburg where
they will visit the battlefield.
Miss Edith Tatnal of 328 Emerald
street, who has been confined to her
home on account of Illness Is able to
be out.
Mrs. George —osialweight and
small daughter, Isabel of Cressona are
the guests of her sisters, Miss Lulu
Springer and Miss Caroline Springer
ot 404 North Second street.
Mrs. Ella Jones of Altoona left yes
terday for a visit with friends in
Phillipsburg. N. J., after a month's
visit with Mrs. Mary Knisely of 231
Pine street.
Mrs. Charles O. Houck and son,
Howard, of Perry county spent the
week with Mrs. J. W. Craver of 1426
Zarker street. Mrs. M. A. Blckett who
resides with her daughter, Mrs. Craver
returned with her sister, Mrs. Houck
for a visit).
Miss Pearl Herman of 1312 Howard
street, who underwent an operation
for appendicitis at the Harrisburg
Hospital has been removed to her
home where she Is improving.
Mrs. Ida Knisely of Fourteenth and
Haehnlen streets left to-day for an ex
tended visit with friends in Camp
Hill.
Miss Marion Craver of 142fi Zarker
street is visiting Miss Mildred Houck
of Perry county.
Mrs. E. D. Ruth and Miss Nina
Ruth of Highspire spent yesterday
with Mrs. E. J. Knisely of the Derry
Block Apartments. Miss Ruth at
tended the Conservatory of Music
Commencement exercises while here.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. De Wald. of
the Louis Apartments, and Mr. and Mrs.
William M. Logan. 422 North Sixth
street, have returned home after mo
toring through Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fayman, 436
South Sixteenth street, spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Noel Mask, of
Bethlehem, Pa.
Miss Hilda M. Gronlnger, a student at
Mlllersvllle State Normal School, has
returned to Mifflin after spending a
week with Miss Blanche Gingrich, 2286
North Sixth street.
Mrs. C. H. McCord, 63 Muench street,
and Boyd C. McCord. 613 Ross street,
are home after a visit with H. Isett
McCord in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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HOME FROM CMFTON SPRINGS
Mrs. Charles Jack Hunt and children,
Aurelia, Mary, and Charles Jack Hunt,
Jr.. have returned to their home in
Clifton Springs, N. Y„ after spending
two months with Mrs. Hunt's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Galbraith, of Pax
tang.
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
First Day's Play Score
in Tennis Tournament
The results of the first day's play In
the ladies' singles handicap tourna
ment at the Harrisburg Country Club
were: Miss Virginia King won from
Miss Emily Bailey by default; Miss
Bettie Barber won from Mrs. Berne H.
Evans by default; Mis 3 Frances Bailey
defeated Miss Constance Ferriday, 6-8,
6-5, 6-0; Miss Eleanor Earle defeated
Miss Louise Carney, 6-2, 6-0; Miss
Susanna Fleming defeated Mrs. Ross
A. Hickok, 6-4, 6-4; Mrs. Frank D.
Carney defeated Miss Julia Stamin,
f>-2, C-2; Miss Maud Stamm defeated
Miss Dora Coe, 6-3, 6-4; Mrs. Howard
Bingaman won from Miss Elizabeth
Hurlock by default; Miss Susanna
Fleming defeated Mrs. Frank D. Car
ney, 6-2, 6-2.
I FREDERICK WATT'S BIRTHDAY
Mrs. F. W. Watt, Twenty-first and
! C hestnut streets, gave a birthday party
; yesterday afternoon for her son Fred
< rick. The centerpiece was a large
cake with five lighted candles. The
guests were the Misses Margaret Pol
lock, Ada Dickinson, Janet Bullitt,
Betty McCord, Elizabeth Fahnestock,
j Elizabeth Bowman and Grace Staunn,
; Willis McCord, John Terry, Allen Shir
! ley, Willis Jacobs, John Jacobs, Jack
j Glace, Robert Fahnestock, Philip Bow
man. Donald Watson and Franklin
j Larkin.
Miss Gertrude Olmsted leaves to-
I morrow for a short visit with Mrs.
Daniel H. Hastings and Misa Sara
Hastings in Bellefonte.
Mrs. Robert Hall Craig has gone
home to Pittsburgh after a visit with
I her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William 8.
5 Miller, 1207 North Front street.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Etter and
the Misses Etler, of Pine street, will
1 be home Friday from Mount Gretna,
j where they spent two weeks at their
1 cottage.
Miss Jane Hickok is leaving to-mor
] row for a visit with her grandmother,
j Mrs. Hastings, in Bellefonte.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias E. Whlsler, of
1144 Derry street., announce the birth
of a daughter, Evelyn Marie Whisler.
Friday, June 23, 1916. Mrs. Whisler
was formerly Miss Gertrude Lesher, of
this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Edwards an
nounce the birth of a son, Leroy Ray
mond Edwards, Friday, June 23, 1910.
! Mrs. Edward was Miss Helen Bryant,
| of Harrisburg, prior to her marriage.
[ Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Haines, of
j Pittsburgh, former Harrisburgers, an
' nounce the birth of a daughter, Helena
Grace Haines, Saturday, June 24, 1916.
Miss Mabel Harris Wins
Honors at Normal School
Of the hundred young women in a
j class of one hundred and twenty-five
! graduates from the Millersville State
! Normal School last week Miss Mabel
F. Harris, Harrisburg Central high
I school, 1914, received a prize for teach-
J ing in the training school. On the
personal letter of Principal Harbold,
! she was elected to teach the grammar
; school at Denver, Lancaster county,
i for a nine-month term,
j During her twe years' course at Mil
] lCrsvllle Miss Harris excelled in schol
arship and evinced special talent and
| initiative for leadership in numerous
activities of school life. She has been
most successful, having also been
awarded a prize of $lO for scholarship
at the close of the Junior year.
Harrisburg high school may well be
proud of such a record made by one of
i its young women who won recognition
in literary contests during her four
j years here and was on the honor roll
i at her graduation from Central High
{in 1914.
Miss Harris will spend her vacation
i with her parents at their home, 2354
j North Sixth street, this city.
1 Mr. and Mrs. P. Driscoll and daugh-
I tor. Mrs. Frank Teater, and son Frank,
of Waynesburg, Pa., motored to Mount
Gretna to visit Company K, of Waynes-
I burg.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris A. Hibler and
! children, Arthur Harold, Winston and
Miss Elaine Hibler. of 1624 North Sec
ond street, leave Friday for Mount
Gretna to spend the remainder of the
summer.
William Watts Oalbraith and sons,
I William, Kirk and Harden Galbraith,
|of 111 North street, are occupying
their country place at Mooresdale, near
, Carlisle.
I Leon Lowengard. 416 Briggs street,
lis in Philadelphia, attending the ses
l sinns of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World.
HAGER9TOWN WEDDINGS
J Hngerstown, Md., June 27. Miss
'Ella M. Hooper, or Wellsville, Pa., and
I Charles R. Swartz, of Harrisburg. were
married last Saturday afternoon at the
j parsonage of the United Brethren
Church, in Williamsport, this county,
! by the Rev. W. L. Murray, pastor.
Miss Jennie May Hess and Alvin F.
Ream, both of Palmyra, Pa., were mar
ried Sunday afternoon at the parsonage
of the First Baptist Church in this city
by the Rev. E. K. Thomas.
Miss Alice H. Hoverter, of Harris
burg, and John W. Black, of Benders
vllle, Pa . were married in this city
on June 19, by Elder O. P. Highbarger,
!of the German Baptist Brethren
Church.
Marriage licenses were issued here
;to the following couples: Frank J.
Miller and Mary H. Olousser, both of
Newport. Pa.: James R. Adams and
j Stella May tViest, both of Sunbury,
I Pa.: E. Luther Summers and Justina B.
Young, both of Harrisburg.
JUNE 27, 1916.
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WITMER, BAIR & WITMER
WALNUT, NEAR SECOND
Pre-Inventory Sale !
20% Only 3 Days More
one-fifth Sale Ends
off I June 30th ° ff
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.Many arc taking advantage of this rare economy
event.
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20 per cent, reduction or one-fifth off of every garment
in the house—Cloth Suits, Skirts and Coats, dainty Sum
mer Dresses, Top Coats, Waists, Summer Furs," Petti
coats, Wash Skirts, etc.
Witmer, Bair & Witmer
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OLD-TIME SUPPER PARTY
IN MRS. •HAMILTON'S HONOR
In honor of her mother, Mrs. Wil
liam Plnkney Hamilton ,of New York,
who is visiting here, Mrs. Charles J.
Wood, Jr., of Cameron Extension, is
giving a little old-time supper party
this evening. The appointments will
be in Victorian lashion and the guests
will Include Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Mary
Belle Cromie, Mrs. Frederick Herman
Marsh, Mrs. Harry G. Keffer, Mrs.
Coates and Mrs. Wood. Miss Nancy
Keffer and Miss Evelyn Wood will have
r little table all to themselves just like
their elders.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Hench, of
Woodbine street, are home after a |
week-end stay with friends In Port |
Royal.
Mrs. Edward Doehne. of High Point,
Bellevue Park, was hostess this after- [
noon for the annual garden party of |
St. Andrew s Embroidery Guild.
Mrs. Harry Vance, Miss Margaret I
Vance, Miss Bertha Maeyer, Miss Sara
Maeyer and Miss Katherine Blerbower •
are home after a week-end stay In '
Mount Gretna at the Detweiler cottage. !
Harry W. Legore, of Legore, Mary
land. a senior at Yale University, 1s
making a short visit at the residence!
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Carson Stamm, |
Thirteenth and Reese streets.
WEIR STEWART WILL WORK
AMONG BRITISH SOLDIERS
Weir Stewart, a former Harris
burger. son of the Rev. Dr. George
Black Stewart, president of Auburn
Theological Seminary, who was re
cently graduated from Princeton, has
decided to go to Mesopotamia to work
among the British soldiers in thnt
country. Mr. Stewart has a gift for
newspaper work and as correspondent
for the New York Sun during his col
lege career did so well that the paper
offered him a staff position. Later the
call to go abroad came and the Sun
released him from his promise.
Molly Pitcher
Celebration
Carlisle, Pa.
Wednesday,
June 28, 1916