Chocolate Factory Hours Change Prompts Worker Relief
The Hershey chocolate factory shifted working hours from 6 20 a m to 7 a m to benefit employees living outside Hershey. Other notes record a Christmas sale by Hummelstown Dorcas Society, funeral for Solomon Cassel, and local visits and small town events. Swatara Creek remains unusually low for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummelstown
I. T. S. Club
Lutheran Sunday School
Solomon Cassel
Grantville
Lutheran
Philadelphia & Reading
Ross Nissley
Elizabethtown
M. F. Nissley
Clarence Conrad
Katherine
Washington, D. C
Dorcas Society of the United Brethren Church
Hershey Chocolate Factory
Hershey
George W. Cassel
John Hemperly
J. B. Rhodes
Harrisburg
Oscar Skinner
Cc. H. Miller
East Second Street
Golden wedding of Mr and Mrs John S Risser celebrated at Lawn Home
The December 5 1914 event in Lawn Pa marks the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs John S Risser. Guests from Elizabethtown Palmyra Florin Hummelstown Bachmansville Cressona Reading Lawn and other places gathered with gifts and flowers to honor the aged couple who have lived together in the same house. A photo includes many Risser family members and friends. Also noted is Marian Minsker of Zionsville leaving for West Chester to study at the normal school, after being Dauphin High School valedictorian in 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Risser
Dauphin
Lawn Home Course
West Chester
Lawn
Samuel
Risser
Joseph S. Risser
Christian M. Shenk
John A. Shenk
Harvey S. Risser
Ezra S. Risser
Irvin M. Killian
John R. Killian
Pauline Miller
Noah W. Risser
John W. Risser
Albert G. Risser
Stella G. Risser
Clarence Mease
Frank Mease
Paul Mease
Marian Minsker
William Minsker
Zionsville
Minsker
Dauphin High School
Fire In Manheim Area Fragments Highlight Local News
A Manheim note lists Shreiner building a large auto garage at West High and Grant. Several residents visit relatives in Columbia Elizabethtown Richlandtown Harrisburg and Palmyra. A 2 year old briefly ignites a lamp as a tablecloth is pulled. fire is contained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
John B. Shreiner
West High
Grant Streets
John Krieder
Lizzie Way
Columbia
Ephraim Good
Bishop, Cal
Charles Butter
Clara Bolster
A.S. Blough
Elizabethtown
Ed. Shank
Reading
William Madden
Altoona
Newton Gibble
Martha Lausch
Miles Lausch
Adamstown
E. P. Hostetter
Steigel Street
Elizabeth Thuma
Laura Hersh
Annville
Palmyra
Clayton Gibble
Annie Barr
Walter Hackman
Harrisburg
Geib Celebrate Eighth Wedding Anniversary With Turkey Dinner
Mr and Mrs F W Geib mark eight years married with a turkey dinner at their Front Street home in Marysville Pa A bridge evening and music followed attendance included Scott Leiby J P Lilly R H Cunningham G H Eppley and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Geib
Marysville, Pa
Front Street
Scott
Leiby
J. P. Lilly
R. H. Cunningham
G. H. Eppley
Berkie Bitting
Norfolk
Lewis Bitting
H. M. Wooden
Renovo
Jacob Kline
W. H. Wilson
Axis
Charles Jeffries
Lena Bowers
New Kingston
Henry Ettien
Clara
Charles Lebo
Oberlin
Wenrich
Harrisburg
J. W. Ashenfelter
Charles E. Dryfuse
Philadelphia
Jersey City
S. G. Geib
Mary Bowers
M. O. Sheaffer
S. L. Flickinger
Reading
Mae Fisher
Newport
G. M. Fisher
Lewis Tyson
Green Street
Scott S. Leiby
Home for Holiday College Students Visit Relatives
Duncannon reports a roundup of local residents visiting kin, returning from Philadelphia and Lancaster. College students John DeHaven Roy Heckendorn Clarence Glass Delath Mellinger William Jennings Katharine Hart and others spent Thanksgiving at home. James Rosborough improves after Mont Alto Sanatorium stay. Local families hosted relatives from Harrisburg Lebanon and Camp Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncannon Duncannon
Frank Wenstimaker
Philadelphia
Adelaide Schiller
Lancaster
John Frank
Newport
George
Clara Zimmerman
Ruth
Lebanon
Jesse McCoy
Charles E. Johnston
James
Charles H. Miller
Arty
Charles Major
Rebecca
Elizabeth Owen
Harrisburg
John DeHaven
Roy Heckendorn
Bucknell University
Clarence Glass
Delath Mellinger
William Jennings
Lehigh University
Katharine Hart
Mechanicsburg Hosts Delegation and Lectures on Germany
A Southern District Association delegation from the United American Mechanics visited Integrity Council No. 197 in Mechanicsburg, Pa., for a Monday meeting with speakers including Howard Holstein and Geo H. Sides. Lectures on Germany followed a study year, and social refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Order
Southern District Association
Integrity Council
United American Mechanics
Howard ©. Holstein
Geo. H. Sides
F. W. Gallatin
J. T. Heisey
Merle Altland
D. P. Finkenbinder
Rakestraw
A. B. Leiber
County Teachers’ Institute
Carlisle
A. A. Arnold
W. H. Hench
Shiremanstown
L. M.neiffer
Harrisburg
Germany
Woman’s Club
Katharine Rough
West Main Street
Anna Shhroeder
Hazel Martin
Elizabeth Frank
George Ross
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Margaret Nickel
Bessie Singiser
Helen Hagen
Catherine Dice
Catherine Stokes
Hazel Rosmack
Carrie Romack
Dorothy Koser
David Nickel
Franklin Nickel
Dorcas Society of the Church of God
Harold Wrightsone
Lebanon Valley College
Brenner
Pen Mar
Elizabeth Campbell
Scranton
Julia Heffiefinger
Olive Taylor
Good Properties Sold Recent Real Estate Transfers at Newville
Real estate notices from Newville Pennsylvania list transfers and local movements. Purchases include Daniel Heller buying the Gordon Leigh home on East Main street and John Heller building a new residence in the north end. The Hayes estate sells properties on South High street and Big Spring avenue for six thousand dollars. The Rev George N Lauffer resigns as Zion Lutheran pastor to join St John s Lutheran Church Steelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newville
George N. Lauffer
Zion Lutheran Church
Lauffer
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Fof
Steelton
Samuel A. Davidson
Lizzie Davidson
Phoenix
Arizona
Raymond Shenk
Philadelphia
J. G. Morrow
Landisburg
Landis
Raymond Maxwell
Harrisburg
A. M. Maxwell
Elizabeth Stewart
George B. Landis
A. Clair Landis
Havana
Cuba
G. W. Landis
Fred Randall
Dorrancetown
Robert Randall
W. C. Woodburn
Sara
Akron
Ohio
Willis K. Glauser
C. L. Searight
Edith Bentz
Lucretia Ott
John Woodburn
Robert Sollenberger
Samuel Abrahams
Altoona
Daniel Heller
Gordon Leigh
East Main Street
Big Spring Avenue
Shirey
W. R. Simpson
Gertrude Hoover
N. Parsons
Scalded with lard emory wentz meets wi butchering
Gettysburg Pa Dec 5 John B Jens a longtime resident dies at his York Street home in his ninety second year The town notes report Emory Wentz was scalded when boiling lard spilled from a can during butchering at his father's home Others include a hand amputation near Abbottstown a church bazaar and rural telephone organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Wentz
Gettysburg
John B. Jens
York Street
St. Francis Xavier Church
Peter Grim
Abbottstown
Hollinger
Wertz
Hanover
Grim
Christian Endeavor Societies
St. James Lutheran Church
James Beaver
Mount Joy Township
William Wentz
Wentz
Frank R. Peckman
Jerry Jacob Shank
Maria F. Weigle
York Springs
Carlisle
Ira F. Brame
E. F. Strausbaugh
J. I. Herter
E. H. Plank
Large Surprise Party At Home Of Mr And Mrs Bowers
A large surprise party was held at the home of Mr and Mrs George F Bowers on Saturday evening. The gathering featured social time and refreshments with guests in attendance from the area and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. and
Mrs. Bowers
Lloyd Strayer
Dillsburg
George F. Bowers
Susie Look
Vera Look
Raysor
Raysorville Heights
Frank Wolfensberger
John Baldwin
Blanche
Earl
Leah
Paul Wolfensberger
LeRoy Wolfensberger
Bertha Straw
Hummelstown
Herman Carl
Marlin
Eliza Shreiner
Hulda’ Longenecker
Highspire
Marion Smith
John Geyer
Harrisburg
Tale of Mia Gray Duck and Mrs Black Hen
In Barnyard Village a gray duck hides eggs and resents chickens. When eggs vanish and a hen foists her own brood on the hen, the two mothers discover the ducklings swim as well as land. The ten little ducks end with two affectionate foster mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Gray Duck
Black Hen
Barnyard Village
Mistress Peacock
Mother Hen
Mrs. Gray Duck
Mother Black Hen
Mother Gray Duck
Mother Black
Farmers Party With Old Time Garments and Activities
Old time farmers party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Updegrove in Tower City featured guests in period attire, buckwheat cake and sausage supper, and games and dances. The event included an organizer for a new parent teachers association in the local schoolhouse. A local man, Jack Stakem, died of typhoid pneumonia at the hospital, leaving a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower City
Henry Updegrove
Charles Henry
Homer Lebo
Albert Stephens
Ira Hoffman
Wayne Kahler
Guerny Troutman
Jack Everman
Lottie Reiner
William Clouser
George Rowe
Kemble
Lykens
Bertha Jones
Reading
Hattie Barnhart
Frank Barnhart
William
Sereiner
William Barnhart
Tremont
Wise
Wagner
Smith
G. Schoffstall
William Jones
Humphrey
George Seesholtz
Jack Stakem
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Giren
Pennsylvania
Chocolate Factory
Hummelstown Dorcas Society
Luu
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Parent
Winchester
Ertnshore
Hagerstown
Chambersbureg
Dillebul
Sburg
H. A. Riddle
Tonge
Odial oUlilais
A NU
Milo Ntedei
Lebanon CO
Miss Marian Minsker
Schenck
J. H.schenck & Son
Phila
International Correspondence Schools
Wiremfel. & Tel
St. and
Civil Service Railway
Mechanicoburg
Lewis M. Neiffer
Mechanicsburg Woman's Club
Columbia, Pa
Oscar M. Kraybill
Church of God
Nicholson - Hemminger
Tabernacle
Graybill
Kraybill
Milton, Pa
Good Properties Sold
Este
Updegrove
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Duck Lumber Jack
Aone
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Malden, Mass
School OF Commerce
S. Market Square
Harrisburg Business College
Market St
Harrisburg, Pa
Kellberg
Market Street
Ciga
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