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SATURDAY EVENING HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 20, 1940 Brownies Enjoy Their Weeks Activities at Camps TTTT vl I rSSL Becomes Bride In Steelton Kathryn Bitlner Is Married to W. J. Savior Miss Kathryn Bittner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.

J. Bittner, 322 Pine street, Steelton, became the bride of William J. Saylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saylor, 305 Pine street, in a ceremony per formed at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon in St.

John's Lutheran Church, Steelton. The Rev. Hugh E. Yost, pastor officiated, and the "wedding music was played by William R. Stonesi' fer, organist.

Miss Theon Chapman was soloist. Mr. Bittner es corted his daughter to the altar. The bride wore a princess gown of white mousseline de soie with long sleeves, puffed to the elbow and tight fitting to the wrist. The hemline and short train were lace banded to match the trimming on the sleeves and a fingertip tulle veil fell from a Juliet cap trimmed with clusters of orange blossoms.

Her Colonial banquet was of mixed white summer flowers. Miss Virginia Gerdes, of Steel ton. as maid of honor, wore a princess gown in pale blue mousse iine, with a square neckline and short puffed sleeves. Her off the face hat of pale blue straw was Danaea in maicning norsenair anu she carried a Colonial bouquet of pink roses. The bridesmaids were Mrs.

Laslo Kajdi, of Baltimore, and Miss Barbara Saylor, of Steelton, sister of the bridegroom. They wore twin gowns of pale pink, similar in style to Miss Gerdes'. Turbans of matching pink and Colonial bouquets of mixed summer flowers completed their ensembles. Mark Burkhart, of Carlisle, was best man and the ushers were: Charles Eby and C. M.

Gillaugh, also of Carlisle; Harlan Kline, ot this city, and Warren Burtner, of Steelton. The Paxtang Hostess House was the scene following the wedding of a reception for approximately 100 guests. Among those present from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Pay son C.

Bittner and Mr. and Mrs, Douglas Roth, of Palmerton; Miss Margaret Saylor, of Hagerstown: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Leib, Mrs, Jacob Stahley, Mrs. Elsie Keller and Mrs.

Vergie Buffamoyer, all of Lebanon, and Mr. and Mrs. W. Potter, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Eby, Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Burk hart, Mr. and Mrs.

C. M. Gillaugh Mrs. Mary Karris and Miss Nelle Grayson, all of Carlisle. Mrs.

Saylor chose an ensemble black and white sheer for i notor trip through the New Eng land states. She was graduated from Steelton High School and Susquehanna University and has been organist at the Steelton Methodist Church. Mr. Saylor, who is acting as Vstant principal of Carlisle High chool, received both his bache lor's and master's degrees in edu cation at the Pennsylvania State College. He and his bride will live at 102 South Hanover street, Car lisle.

Report Heard A report of the missionaiy convention of the Churches of God, at Boiling Springs, June 25, 26 and 27, was made by Miss Ada Smith, who represented the Lin glestown Church of God, at a meeting of the Missionary Society of the church, recently. Minnesota Guest Mrs. Josephine Bramwell Roop, of Hollandale, was the guest of Mrs. W. L.

Troup at Mt. Gretna and Enola. Mrs. Roop is now visiting her sister, Mrs. Dupes, Emaus street, Middletown.

IVallis Coal Co. Downtown Office Will Be Located at 223 Pine Street On and After Monday, July 22nd Ci 1 MISS DORIS BEATTY An interesting engagement an. nounced last night was that of Miss Doris Beatty, daughter of Frank G. Beatty, 1944 Gieen street, to Gerald P. Nye, son of H.

C. 414 Hummel street. The announcement was made at a birthday dinner party given for Miss Beatty by her aunt, Mrs A. E. Leitner, 319 Daupfrn street, Miss Beatty was graduated from William Ptnn High School and is with the Bell Telephone Company.

Mr. Nye, a graduate of John Har ris High School, is with the Beth lehem Steel Corporation at the Steelton Plant. Guests at last night's dinner party were Mrs. C. Y.

Young, Mrs. J. Fcltz, Mrs. E. W.

Mitchell, Mrs. J. R. Wilson, Mrs. J.

Danner, Mrs. H. C. Packer, Miss Eleanor Smith, Miss Ida Bair, Miss Betty Stokes, I'Miss Elsie Mae Beatty, Miss Ger trude Dougherty and Miss Eva Packer. Entertains For Mrs, Conrad Swimming Party Luncheon Shower Given For Bride Mrs.

Edward C. First, and her mother, Mrs. Russel S. Conrad, 907 North Sixteenth street, entertained at a bridge luncheon and swimming party at the First sum mer home in Goldsboro, this after noon. Mrs.

Russell L. Conrad, the former Miss Anne Koser, was the guest of honor and a surprise shower followed the luncheon. with the gifts hidden in the garden and on the lawn. Guests with Mrs. Conrad, were Mrs.

Robert S. Koser, Mrs. Daniel R. Wheeler, Mrs. Erward C.

First, Mrs. Ethel Maeyer, Mrs. Marv Troup, Mrs. Howard H. Compton, Mrs.

George Flickmger, Mrs. H. Howell Wilson, Mrs. G. W.

Baker. Mrs. Robert Larson, Mrs. John G. Walborn, Mrs.

C. W. Welker, Mrs. Fahrney Otto, Mrs. S.

B. Kesee, Miss Charlotte Eves, Miss Marv Koser, Miss Elizabeth Devine, Miss Patricia Nicely, Miss Kathryn Copenhaver, Miss Rhea Freed, Miss Janet Rettew, Miss Jean Stotz. Miss Virginia Wilson, Miss Hazel Fager, Miss Saraiane Fur man, Miss Margaret Rittase and Miss Martha Rittase. Entertains Class At Lawn Party The Pastor's Bible Class of Zion Lutheran Church taught by the Rev. Dr.

S. Winfield Herman was entertained Thursday night at a lawn party given by Mrs. V. C. Sheetz, 1631 Market street.

Those present with Dr. and Mrs. Herman were Miss Alice Baker, Miss Stella Ditty, Miss Elizabeth Nagle, Miss B. E. Rhen, Miss M.

Schulter's, Miss Kate Hetrick, Mrs. F. 3. Gottschall, Mrs. C.

Na gle, Mrs. P. K. Parthemore, Mrs. W.

K. Bowman, Mrs. M. Pleam, Mrs. William Drumheiser, Mrs.

M. Walkermyer, Mrs. William Gar man, Mrs. William Carroll, Mrs. A.

L. Lehman, Mrs. A. H. Roe, Mrs.

H. Klnger, Mrs. J. D. Wells, Mrs.

J. Cassel, Mrs. E. Hemmin gerr Mrs. C.

Hoffert, Mrs. W. H. Hamer, Mrs. A.

J. Coble, Mrs. E. McKeown, Mrs. C.

Fleisher, Mrs. M. J. Leaman, Mrs. Joseph Finnen, Mrs.

D. Diller, Mrs. A. Shaub, Mrs. L.

J. Lawery, Mrs. J. vvenncK, Mrs. F.

Smith, Mrs. N. A. Buhrman, Mrs. W.

A. Blair, Ask Fmids For Refugee Work World Committee Of YWCA Hears Urgent Appeal The World Fellowship Committee of the Y. W. C. at a meeting held yesterday, decided to postpone the garden party sched uled for August to September.

A letter was read by Miss Edith L. Groner, executive secretary, of the local Y. W. C. A.

from Mrs, James Cushman of New York, in refutation of rumors that money sent abroad to aid the war refu gees is being seized by the Nazi government. Mrs. Cushman says "There is an enormbus inter est among Y. W. C.

A. members throughout the country and you can assure your people that no money will be sent from here ex cept after consultation with the foremost bankers and leaders of the Red Cross. Every possible care is taken to safeguard such funds reaching desperately needy people, both on this side and in Gen eva where the World's Secretary is in constant consultation with the heads of the World's Y. W. C.

the Quakers, churches, Red Cross, et cetera. If every cent was needed a month ago, it is needed ten times more now. Harrisburg is a great comfort to me. Keep on going, please, I beg of you. The need for funds for our desperate sisters in the Y.

W. C. A. is going to mount day by day from now on all through this coming winter. Believe me the funds are handled all along the line by peo ple who might be pure Scotch." Several of the Worlds Asso ciation secretaries are attempting to get to ports in Portugal in an effort to come to the United States, as the headquarters of the World's Association are to be moved from Geneva, Switzerland, to Washington.

Miss Ruth Rouse of London, recently a guest of the Harrisburg Association, is helping to make arrangements with the Department of State and National Red Cross officials in Washington for establishing the new head quarters." Mrs. Cushman's letter also con tained a paragraph regarding the evacuation of English children as follows: "Today I received cable from Arthur Proctor in answer to my invitaion sent July 1 to his mother to welcome her six grandchildren with a guardian for the duration of the war. (She was former president of the Brit ish National, and has been for years the head of their overseas department, and was vice presi dent of the World's Y. W. C.

He, an only son, sent a cable from his army headquarters, 'Many thanks. Decided not to send chil dren The terrible torpedoing and the submarine attacks the last two weeks around the British Isles have changed the thinking of many English parents. We hear this from English people who have arrived with English children this week on the Samaria and the Sythia." Any association member or friend desiring to help carry on the work being done in Britain to aid refugees and the British women and children who are be ing evacuated may make a con tribution through the local Y. C. A.

at Fourth and Wajnut streets. Mrs. S. S. Zimmerman is chair man of the World Fellowship com mittee; other members present at the meeting wer Mrs.

Robert Knupp, Mrs. M. D. Detweiler, Mrs. F.

Roycraft Croll, Mrs. Robert Hall Craig, Mrs. Karl Richards, Miss Mary E. Hoffer, Miss Frances Acuff, and Miss Edith Groner. Vanishing parties given by Mrs.

Richards, Mrs. Croll and Miss Hoffer have increased the funds raised so far by $30, making a total of $435. REUNIONS I The annual reunion of the Brightbill family will be held at Long's Grove, Route 422, near Myerstown, Sunday. Byron K. Hunsberger, 313 Furnace street, Norristown, will be host to the.

Hunsberi. family of which he is historian, Saturday, July 27. Brownies at Day Camp in Lochiel had a fine time this week in their various interests. Left, "chow" time; center, the afternoon rest period; right, handwork classes. Miss Helen Kochenderfer is director of day camps at Lochiel and Arlea.

DEAR MARIAN: Brownies of Harrisburg and vicinity had their turn at the day camps, Lochiel and Arlea last week and this week. And Brownies in large numbers trok advantage of the opportunity, attending the four days in which the camps were open, learning all kinds of interesting things new songs, handwork and "everything else." Look at the pictures above and see that a good time was en joyed by little girls, who will later be Scouts. Golf breakfasts have been an innovation this season in the country clubs and have been hailed with enthusiasm. Next week, the women of Carlisle Country Club will open the weekly Ladies' Day events, with a 10 o'clock breakfast for which Mrs. William J.

Fetter, chairman of women's activities at the club has named the following committee: Mrs. Ralph W. Young, Camp Hill chairman, Mrs. J. Cox Thomp son and Mrs.

J. Forrest Hempt, Camp Hill; Mrs. Mark E. Garber, Mrs. Earl Killinger, Mrs.

Haines Brenneman, Mrs. Leo Englander and Mrs. Joseph P. Stapchinskas, all of Carlisle; Mrs. Rankin Kuhns, Mechamcsburg; Mrs.

Elmer Swartz and Mrs. David Carr, Le moyne; Mrs. R. L. Kitch, Mrs.

D. P. Cocklin, Mrs. H. Russell Smith and Mrs.

Stephen Landis, all of Harrisburg, and Mrs. D. L. Avery, of Shiremanstown. Miss Elizabeth Rockey, 212 Wil low avenue, Camp Hill; the Misses Gertrude and Kathryn Dunn, 201 Hamilton street; and Mr.

and Mrs. George H. Sourbier, 2436 North Second street, are among those reg istered at the Chalfonte Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, this week. Mrs. William Watts Galbraith and William Watts Galbraith, 108 Locust street, spent several days this week on their farm in Dickinson township, Cumberland county.

Nolan F. Zeigler, 415 South Seventeenth street, and Dr. C. Richard Miller, Penbrook, left yesterday for Boothbay Harbor, Dinner Party For Olive Keller The clerical staff of the Prudential Insurance Company was entertained at dinner in Hershey Hotel, by Miss Olive Keller, who celebrated the twentieth anniversary of her association with the company. Miss Erma Dettra presented Miss Keller with the company emblem and the other guests were Miss Elsie Stohler, Miss Lucia Kunkle, of Lebanon; Miss Grace Fortney, Miss Helen Fertig, Miss Vera Pond and Miss Alma Taylor of this city.

Plan Parties The R. F. O. M. Club of the Young Women's Christian Asso ciation, made plans for a watermelon party and a surprise pro gram meeting next month, at Thursday's picnic in Reservoir Park.

Those who attended the outing were: Mrs. Margaret Arnold, Mrs Emma Klinger, Miss Anna Gray, Miss Virginia Eutsler, Mrs. Mary Eutsler, Mrs. Carrie Hip pensteel, Mrs. LeRoy Senseman, Mrs.

Francis Arnold, Mrs. Albert Mehaffie, Mrs. Bright Cooper, Mrs. Estella LaShelle, Mrs. Mi nerva Hummel, Miss Amelia Jami son, Miss Elizabeth Liebtreu, Miss Ruth Arnold, Miss Elizabeth Min nich, Miss Barbara Bowman, Miss Julia M.

Smith, Miss Mae Pat terson, Miss Margaret LaShelle, Miss Mildred Crouse, Terry Arnold and Raymond Madden. Annual Picnic The Bashore family will meet for its seventeenth annual re union at Elizabethtown Com munity Park, Thursday, August 8. The program will begin at 2.30 o'clock and Isaiah F. Bashore, of Elizabethtown, will preside. Annual Picnic Twelfth Ward, Unit No.

1, of the Pennsylvania Council of Republi can Women will hold its annual picnic at Reservoir Park, at 2.30 clock, Thursday afternoon. where they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Leighton, Jr. Mr.

and Mrs. Jerry Moore of will come tonight for a week end stay with Mr. and Mrs. Frank lin Moore, 2535 North Second street. Mr.

and Mrs. Moore and their son, Franklin Moore, plan to leave next week for a stay at White Sulphur Springs. Miss Margaret Lee of New Philadelphia, Ohio, will be among the out of town guests tonight at the dance at the Harrisburg Coun try Club. She is visiting Dr. and Mrs.

Gilbert L. Dailey, 2929 North Front street. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gotwals of Wilmington, are here for a weekend stay with Mrs.

Gotwals' parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hill, 2931 North Front street. Miss Mary Fitzgerald and Larry Clayton accompanied Mr.

and Mrs. Gotwalls for the visit at the Hill home. Mrs. George G. Chapman, who is now in her new home, Trindle Road, Mechanicsburg, gave a de lightful party on Thursday for her mother, Mrs.

C. Herbert Rum ford of Boston and her cousins, Miss Ella Ryan and Miss Alma Ryan of Nassau, Bahama Islands Mrs. George B. Chapman pre sided at the tea table, and the guests numbered twenty five. Miss Ella Ryan flew to this city from Nassau, meeting her sister, who has spent the past two years in school in Boston.

Mrs. E. M. Colquhoun of Middle town entertained yesterday for Mrs. Rumford and the Misses Ryan at the Hershey Hotel.

As an ardent hater of loud radios and an ultra ardent hater of loud radios late at night, need I say that I'm glad the two National conventions are events past and gone? As I wrote you some time ago, one would think Locust street was the site of a hard of hearing institution if one might judge by radio noises! Cannot Leave English Home Miss Helen K. Holly, of Cleveland, notified her sister, Miss Mar jorie Ann Holly, 2010 Bellevue road, that a cablegram from their English cousins on Monday bore the disappointing news that they have been unable to leave England for their proposed trip to this country. The young people who planned to stay at the Holly home here for the duration of the war, are Miss Gladys Ryland, her two wards, Phyllis and Dorothy Ryland, and two little boys of more distant relationship to the Misses Party Tomorrow St. Patrick's Cathedral Social Club will hold an all day swimming party tomorrow at Willow Mill Park. A special bus and automobiles will leave Cathedral Hall at 11 o'clock and members will take box luncheons.

Return From Camp Boy Scouts and their leaders of Troop No. 79, Progress, who have returned to their homes after a two weeks' camping trip in Fishing Creek Valley, are: Luther K. Burgher, Scoutmaster, Walter H. Sheaffer and William Parsons assistant Scoutmasters, Harry Welsh, cook; and Scouts Donald Hilbush, Edward Parsons, Robert Parsons, Burton Rudy, Fred Showaltwe, Dal ton Bushey, George Turns, Lester Lingle, Robert Stoneking, Ray Burgher, David Novinger, Daniel Kline, Alton Magill, Walter Shakespeare, Karl Stoneking, Richard Wallower, Alan William Faren, Henry Ebert, Ralph Wllhelm, Thomas White, Vance Scout, Herbert Thoruber, Richard Thoruber, Charles McEl heny, Alan Sheaffer, Edward Pot teiger, Hal Stoneking, and Marvin Smith. Becomes Bride In Church Miss O'Donnell And J.

E. Ludwig Are Married St. James' Catholic Church, Steelton, was the scene this morning of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth C. O'Donnell, 616 North Second street, Steelton, daughter of John Qu O'Donnell, of this city, and John E. Ludwig, son of Mrs.

John Ludwig, 540 North Front street, Steelton, and the late Mr. Ludwig. The Rev. John F. Stanton, performed the ceremony, for which Miss Mary Lynch, organist, played the wedding music and accompanied Mrs.

Harley Noll, soloist, of Steelton. The bride, who makes her home with her aunt, Miss Elizabeth Regan, was given in marriage by her. brother, John G. O'Donnell, Jr. Her gown of organza in illusion pink was made with leg mut ton sleeves and the full hemline and short train were banded with a dust ruffle to match a narrower ruffle at the low, rounded neck.

A fingertip veil of matching pale pink organza fell from a ruffled cap trimmed with lilies of the valley She carried a white Missal with lilies of the valley and ribbon streamers. Miss Eleanor O'Donnell, who was her sister's only attendant, wore a frock of deeper rose organza, with a heart shaped short puffed sleeves and a bouffant skirt banded in matching satin braid. She wore a headdress similar, to the bride's in pale blue, and car ried a shower bouquet of garden flowers. James Dolan attended Mr. Lud wig as best man.

The bridal party and members of the immediate families were served breakfast at Barberry Manor, following the ceremony and Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig left for a motor trip through the Southern states. Mrs. Ludwig was graduated from Steelton High School and attended St.

Joseph's Academy, McSherrys town. Mr. Ludwig was also graduated from Steelton High School, and from Central Pennsylvania Business College. He is employed by the Bethlehem Steel Company at Sparrow's Point, and he and his bride will live at 444 Elrino street, Baltimore. Recuperating C.

N. Moyer, 1204 Market street, crane, operator, Bethlehem Steel Company, Steelton, is improving at his home after an operation last week. Monthly i Payments for I As Llttl At I. rr i i tm i MRS. FRANK MANNOXE Miss Irene Acri, daughter of Mr.

and Leonard P. Acri, 1173 Market street, became the bride of Frank Mannone, son of Rosario Mannone, Baltimore, in a service performed at 1 o'clock to day in St. Francis Catholic Church. The Rev. Joseph R.

Murphy was the officiating clergyman. The bride was given in marriage by her father and wore a period gown of white satin brocade made with long pointed sleeves and an Elizabethan ruff. Her veil fell from a coronet of seed pearls and rhine stones, embellished with orange blossoms, and he: flowers were bride roses and lilies of the valley, Misa Rose Acri, the bride's sis ter, who was maid of honor, was gowned in powder blue chiffon. Her floral headdress held a short veil of blue and she carried a colonial bouquet. Miss Stephenie Man none and Miss Josephine Mannone, sisters of the bridegroom, were Their gowns were of pink marquisette and they wore floral headdresses and short pink veils and carried colonial Anthon Mannone was his brother's best man, and ushers were Vincent Acri and Orlando Acri.

Mrs. Acri, mother of the bride, wore a blue chiffon print gown and a white hat and her flowers were gardenias and lilies of the valley. A reception at the Acri home followed the ceremony, and Mr. and Mrs. Mannone left on a motor wedding trip to New York and seashore resorts.

The bride's traveling costume was a rose print ensemble and a white hat. Mrs. Monnone is a graduate of William Penn high school and has been associated with her father's business. Mr. Mannone is a graduate of the Polytechnic high school of Baltimore and the Maryland Institute of Art.

He is with the Welsh Construction Company of Baltimore, where he and his bride will live. According to noted scientists, our oldest oceans were formed about 1,300,000,000 years ago. Will Be Wed By Dr. Bassler J. Q.

Handshaw, Miss Richards To Be Married The Rev. Dr. Harry Nelson Bassler will officiate at 3 o'clock, today at the marriage of Miss Margaret Richards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H.

Richards of Wilkes Barre to James Q. Handshaw, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Handshaw of this city. The ceremony will be performed at the home of the bridegroom's brother and in law, Mr.

and Mrs. Harry F. Handshaw, 2915 North Second street, in the presence of the two families. After a wedding trip to Miami by boat to Miami Beach and Havana Mr. Handshaw and his bride will be at home at 2208 Chestnut street.

Mr. Handshaw is Harrisburg sales representative for the M. A. Hanna Company of Cleveland, Ohio. On Dean's List Frederick, July 20.

Four girls from Harrisburg and vicinity were placed on the Dean's list recently published by Hood College for the second semester of the i past academic year. They are: The Misses Pauline Baum, Middletown; Marjorie Greenawalt, 2908 Parkside Lane; Sara Moyer, Newport; and Rachel Stoner, Hummelstown. CAEiN Q.EANEB5 3111 ie N. HOFFMAN jj. ftlvQ cNewYorks VopuLr HOTEL LINCOLN TI45TS.IT 1400 rooms from $3.

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