Founding of United Brethren Church Celebrated at Otterbein Barn
Halifax Pa Dec 8 Adams County notes mark 150th anniversary near Lan caster County Otterbein meeting at Isaac Long's barn leading to United Brethren Church founding. A. H Prenzel adds to Third street shoe factory and local clergy story includes Rev Ira D Bowery sermon. Community events span banquet by Independent Americans and church reopenings after improvements.
Mount Wolf Pupils Sell Seals and Join Scouts
Mount Wolf science notes report pupils selling Christmas seals for the York County Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. A girl sold twelve packs the first day. Local Boy Scouts gain national affiliation with sixteen members signing up. Other local items include church revivals, births, and school board reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Wolf
York County Society For
Alverta Buser
Wilbert Eisenhower
Preston Prowell
Walter Shank
Charles Krebs
Harry Hoffman
Lloyd Warner
Earl Hoffman
Warner Livingston
Philip Bahn
Stewart Kann
Bayard Kunkle
John Fitzkee
James Rherbaugh
George Lehman
Stewart Heller
James Fitzkee
Arthur Deitz
H. W. Zuse
United Brethren Church
Greenmount
George Daugherty
A. L. Evans
Margaret
Philadelphia
Charles M. Hummer
Paul Baker
Alfred Kohr
Second Street
Charles Wolf
Women's League For National Defense
D. Y. Herbst
Henry Wolf
I. Park Wogan
E. A. Greiman
A. H. Ness
Shepherd Story
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Charles Ebaugh
G. A. Livingston
Dorff Lahr Hosts Turkey Dinner at Millerstown
Dorff Lahr hosted a large turkey dinner at his Millerstown home featuring many locals and visitors. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lahr and son Max, Mrs. Nelson Williams of Newport, J Banks Lahr of Philadelphia, and Miss Marie Kepner. Also noted were numerous visits and travels among residents, with Red Cross proceeds of 270 dollars reported in Mifflintown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millerstown
Dorif Lahr
Main Street
Charles Lahr
Max
Edgar Noll
Newport
J. Banks Lahr
Philadelphia
T. V. Diffenderfer
Marie Kepner
Nelson Williams
Martin Rowe
C. C. Page
Harrisburg
Lillian Nankivell
Steelton
Thomas Nankivell
Clara Wingert
Clarendon
O. ©. Wagner
Orande
Wooster
Ohio
J. C. Kipp
James Walker
Altoona
William Walker
Annie Eckler
Miss Wilson
Jessie Kipp
Samuel Zelders
Joseph
Joseph Martin
Grace Ditzler
Lancaster
Charles Allen
Middleburg
Mary Allen
Florin and Area Rounds Of Personal News
Central Pennsylvania notes list visitors and residents in Florin Malta Blain Allen Pillow Yeagertown and surrounding towns. Names include J. E. Loucks of York and many local families visiting relatives, attending funerals, or traveling to Harrisburg Philadelphia and Beavertown. Mentioned are hunting trips, church services, yard jobs, and county events shaping community life.
Hummelstown Chemist Serves as Army Helper at Camp Upton
Edgar Haehnien of Hummelstown now a chemist's assistant at Camp Upton on Long Island. A Dartmouth sophomore who enlisted, he aids soldiers bound for convalescent care. Sister Miss Alice Haehnlen volunteers as a nurse at the same camp after leaving a New York private hospital post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth College
Camp Upton
France
Alice Haehnlen
Miss Haehnlen
New York City
Fischer
Address by Former Teacher at Linglestown Chapel
Linglestown Pa December 8 The monthly rally day at Union Chapel Sunday school features the Pilgrim's class program and an address by J B Strock of Harrisburg a former teacher of the Sunday school The aim is full attendance at the rally day plus the program Several local residents are noted as visiting or hosting relatives with many social calls and travels to Harrisburg Penbrook Paxtang Palmyra Camp Meade and other nearby places are cited in the flow of community notices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Shuey
Harrison Blanch
David Blanch
Esther
Palmyra
Sevilla Longenecker
Hilda Meixel
Camp Meade
Fleck Meixel
Harvey Shuey
Enola
Clyde Lynch
Harrisburg
Jessie Lenker
William Mader
Edgar Longenecker
Penbrook
Simon Harper
Norman Fesser
Midland
Mary Fesser
J. F. Hicks
Cloyd Holland
Paxtang
W. G. Zimmerman
Esther McKhenny
Backenstoss
Mabel Backenstoss
Washington, D. C
Marian Smith
Harry Deickert
Henry Spangler
John Hetrick
Shields
William Lenker
Four Hogs Aggregate 1671 Pounds in Weight
Thompsontown Pa December eight Mrs J H Keagle and Mary Meiser were at Harrisburg. H Z Sowers purchased four prize hogs Tuesday total weight 1671 pounds heaviest 454 424 396 387 pounds making 13 cans of lard. Miss Mary Meiser's Sunday school slaves donated five dollars to the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsontown
J. H. Keagle
Mary Meiser
Harrisburg
H. Z. Sowers
Gutshall
Lewistown
H. B. Powers
Mrs. Holmes Books
Holmes Groninger
Mexico
Jonathan Keiser
Robert Colyer
Mittintown
Jesse Nyehart
Northumberland
Helen Ward
Pennsylvania Furnace
William Kinzer
William Benner
Cocalamus
George Colyer
John Tennis
New York
C. A. Meiser
Mifflintown
Mary McCaulay
Irvin Barstow
William Colver
Philadelphia
Red Cross
Humprey and others visit relatives in Pennsylvania towns
Mr and Mrs William Humphrey of Washington DC spend a day with Mrs C H Smiley Mrs W H Cook of Chicago visits for ill mother Kate Wright who lives with another daughter Mrs George Harris Nellie Kilmer of Carlisle stays with uncle Sheriff David L Kistler Miss Peura Robinson attends Perry county institute Miss Charlotte Ferguson of Harrisburg visits aunt Lillie Tressler Della W Hench of Hench Elm Farm visits Bloomfield William Clouser and William Dunkel of Harrisburg attend funeral of Robert Fleming Mrs G W Garber visits daughter Olive at Shippenburg State Normal School Mr and Mrs Joseph Hess of Duncannon spend Thanksgiving with niece Mrs James W Shull Russell Johnson of Selmerrove visits grandparents Dr and Mrs A R Johnson in town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Humphrey
Washington, D. C
C. H. Smiley
W. H. Cook
Chicago
Kate Wright
George Harris
Nellie Kilmer
Carlisle
Sheriff
David L. Kistler
Peura Robinson
Perry County Institute
Charlotte Ferguson
Harrisburg
Lillie Tressler
Della W. Hench
Hench Elm Farm
Bloomfield
William Clouser
William Dunkel
Robert Fleming
G. W. Garber
Olive
Shippensburg State Normal School
Joseph Hess
Duncannon
James W. Shull
Russell Johnson
Selmerrove
A. R. Johnson
Former Lewisberry Pastor to Fill Pulpit Tomorrow
The Rev. L. E. Wilson, recently pastor of the Lewisberry and Lisburn charge, will fill Lewisberry Lisburn and Mercersburg pulpits tomorrow with morning service at Lisburn at 10 30 a m a 2 30 p m address to men at Lewisberry and an evening service at Lewisberry at 7 p m The Sunday school board will meet to elect officers for the ensuing year The Lewisberry church is without a pastor for Sunday services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisberry
L. E. Wilson
Lisburn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mercersburg
W. S. Nortenheim
Caroline
Philadelphia
Steelton
Wilbur H. Laird
Oscar D. Byers
William
Romayne
J. C Harlacher
Mark, H. Schlichter
Shippenburg
Lewisberry High School
Epworth Herald
Paul Schubauer
Harrison Schubauer
Julia Sutton
Harrisburg
James F. Cline
Harrison
Carrie Cline
Milton Kirk
Williamsport
Florence Jane Beistline
Hannah Ensminger
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Alice Stonesifer
H. C. Hetrick
Allan Frankeberger
Jacob Frankeberger
Mary Frankeberger
Ella M. Sutton
Bruce G. Nebinger
State Normal School
Millersville
John B. Nebinger
Mechanicsburg Boy Scouts Secure Permanent Home
Mechanicsburg Pa December 8 Mechanicsburg Troop of Boy scouts has secured a permanent home by renting a large room on the third floor of the Trimmer building on West Main street The campaign for Christmas Red Cross seals has started under Miss Mary Clark aiding the work A large dwelling house at East Main and South Chestnut streets belonging to A E Sieber was sold to W H Lutz of Monroe township through Hopple and Swartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Boy Scouts
West Main Street
B. L. C. Bair
Mary Clark
East Main
South Chestnut Streets
A. E. Sieber
W. H.lutz
Monroe Township
Hopple and Swartz
Alice. Hauck
Walter
Washington, D. C
St. Mark's Aid Society
Roy G. Shettel
South Market Street
George W. Hershman
Olive Taylor
Methodist Episcopal Church
West Coover Street
Mechanicsburg Cemetery Association
Samuel Hertzler
Charles H. Smith
Jacob S. Mumma
A. B. Rupp
William O'Neal
Walter O'Neal
W. W. King
Earmuel M. Hertzler
Guy H. Lucas
William J. Berrier
Bible and Tract Society of
H. H. Mercer
S. Carroll Miller
Harrisburg
Charles Troup
Robert Troup
Clair Miller
Howard Haines
Horace Mayer
Union Deposit Sunday School Christmas Practice in Pa
Members of the United Brethren Sunday School in Union Deposit Pennsylvania are preparing for a Christmas entertainment on Monday evening December 24. Several local residents and visitors are noted, with sermons and visits reported from Harrisburg Lebanon Steelton and several nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Deposit
United Brethren Sunday School
George Fausnacht
Harrisburg
Uriah Fausnacht
I. P. Schaeffer
Lebanon
Elmer Rambler
United Brethren Church
J. R. McDonald
Viola Davidson
Steelton
Emma Larch
Oberlin
J. L. Shoop
Charles Alleman
Ross W. Long
Hummelstown
W.S. Long
Lutheran Church
Luther Stauffer
J. T. Brunner
Schaefferstown
J. T. Steinmetz
Richland
James Brunner
Henry P. Peiffer
Thomas Patrick
Hanoverdale
David Patrick
Blain Minister Has Two Sons in U S Army
The Rev. and Mrs. George H. Knox of Blain Pa note their two sons Paul and Stanley Knox are in U S Army training at Camp Hancock Augusta Georgia. The brothers enlisted May 1 1917 in Harrisburg National Guard and went to Augusta September 1. They serve in the Supply Company of the 212th US Infantry. Their father has pastored the Blain Methodist Episcopal charge for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Georgia
Paul
Keen Receives Commission in U S Army at Fort Oglethorpe
E LeRoy Keen of the Officers Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe Ga has received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the United States Army He will spend two weeks with his parents before leaving for Camp Green Charlotte North Carolina Other local items note visits from relatives and friends to area residents including Mrs 8S J Shambach Mary and Mr and Mrs Charles Foster and many others in Wiconisco Pennsylvania December records list numerous social calls and travels by townspeople to Harrisburg Philadelphia and beyond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church of the
Guernsey
State Board of Education
Shippensburg Normal School
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
John Barr
Littlestown
Delaware River
Jacob Schriver
New Oxford
Gettysburg
Order of Independent Americans
College Lutheran Church
Boehm
Isaac Long
Lancaster County
United Brethren Church
Alfred Bowman
Rosalie
A. H. Prenzel
Third Street
United Brethren
Ross C. Zimmerman
Beulah Miller
Treaasurer
James E. Netjtz
Carrie Vetterhoff
Fourth Street
Eliza Smith
Harrisburg
Lydia Landis
H. B. Slidel
Luther Loudermilk
Rose Loudermilk
J. 8. Gemberling
Stone United Brethren Church
Town
H. H. Fertig
Bethel Wilbert
George W. Myers
C. B. Wilbert
Daniel I. Lebo
United States Army
Camp Alfred Vail
Little Silver
N. J
W. H. Lebo
W. D. Straw
Lloyd Straw
Ira B. Zimmerman
York
Philip Fraher
United Shoe Machine Company
Boston
Massachusetts
Wiconisco
E. LeRoy ‘Keen
Fort Oglethorpe
Camp Green
Charlotte
North Carolina
J. Shambach
Mary
Bemick
John 3. Shambach
Charles Foster
Albert
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Indiana
Robert Minnich
Dickinson College
C. 5
Minnich
Hiram Boden
Perth Amboy
Matthew Thompson
Estella Watkeys
Steelton
Ina Seimons
James Seimons
Daniel Jones
Pottsville
James Orr
Ifra F. Keiter
I. A. Keiter
Flora
Lewis
Margaret
John E. Jones
Evan Jones
Olive Carpenter
Esther Ulrich
Reading
Willam H. Williams
Elizabeth McWilliams
Elysburg
Ambrose Esterline
I. A. Machamie
John C. Davis
Samuel Fear
John Buckley
Homer Pontius
West Fairview
Eli Schwartz
Eve Jones
Margaret Potcher
Lebanon
Albert Crothmel
Silverdale
Esther Botdorf
Marshal Boden
William Hsterline
Fountain Springs Hospital
Lewis Strippy
William Esterline
John Pontius, Jr
John C. Kailey
Baltimore
Walter Schoffstall
Mary Schoffstall
William Schoffstall
Alice Studholm
West Chester
Elizabeth Studholm
Charles Fenstermacher
Anna Bohan
Plymouth
James Higgins
E. R. Brett
Easton
Mary Thomas
William Morris
Cressona
Edward Jury
Roy Heckender
John Y. Wills
United States Ambulance Corps
Allentown
Clarence Wahl
814Th Regiment of Infantry
Camp Meade
James E. Saylor
Illinois
Perry Conn
Millersburg Deer Hunters Score Big and Civic Club Raises Funds
Deer hunters report successes around Millersburg with J W Strawser and Guy Heckert's party bagging game while H H Walborn missed due to safety on. The Millersburg Civic Club nets over $100 from the drama My Old New Hampshire Home staged at the high school with a second show planned at Lyric Theater to aid the local Red Cross. The Baby Bond sale continues at the post office offering five dollar bills for four dollars and twelve cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Guy Heckert
H. H. Walborn
South Mountain
Carl Bashear
Civic Club
New Hampshire
Lyric Theater
The
Red Cross
Russell Downy
Camp Meade
Camp Gordon
Frank Neubaum
Harrisburg
Grace Pike
Philadelphia
I. H. Ransom
Lulu
Mt Union Council Buys Site For Borough Park
Mt Union Pa December 8 Borough Council votes to purchase a site from J J Moore and Col J B Bare for a new city park. The High school gets athletic space as the auditorium will be used for basketball. Miss Ruth Hinton of Pottstown is hired as physical training and arithmetic teacher. The Red Cross drive leader L N Crum travels to Philadelphia for support. Mary B Fike, former teacher now at Myersdale, visits. D C Goodman deer hunts in Diamond Valley. PRR places women on crossings. men move to Harrisburg yards. Stedl Cross Chapter granted permanent quarters on High school balcony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Union
J. J. Moore
Col
Methodist Church
Ruth Hinton
Pottstown
Il. N. Crum
Red Cross
Philadelphia
Mary B. Fike
Myersdale
D. C. Goodman
Diamond Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Harrisburg
Stedl Cross
Contribution of jellies brings alms house aid
Tower City reports its Woman's Christian Temperance Union sent a yearly jelly gift to the Schuylkill Haven alms house. Other local activity includes church events, a cantata prep, New Year bank offering, and social visits among residents and visitors in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower City
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Schuylkill Haven
Women's Missionary Society of the
United Evangelical Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Howard Troutman
Florence Ludwig
Williamstown
James Smith
William English
Lykens
Haas
L Fred Hunter
United States
Bessie Miller
Reading
Marriage of Miss Georgiana Snyder to Jacob Shrader at Hagerstown
Miss Georgiana Snyder of East Baltimore street married Jacob Shrader of Antrim township in Hagerstown. The Rev Dr Span gler Kieffer officiated. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs H S Snyder, taught in Greencastle public schools until recently. Shrader farms and they plan a spring move to a new farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Georgiana Snyder
East Baltimore Street
Jacob Shrader
Antrim Township
Hagerstown
Spangler Kieffer
the Reformed Church
H. S. Snyder
Hope Schaff
Helen Lesher
Mary Garden
Kathryn Fuss
Shippensburg Normal School
Edward Grove
Ursinus College
W. Morgan Cross
Sloutheran
Abigail Hemmineer
Lititz
Carl Sheap
Harrisbur
Steiger
Philadelphia
Emma _ Kisecker
South Washington Street
David Angle
Duncannon Sends Cash to Harrisburg Hospital
In Duncannon Pennsylvania a 13.18 collection at the Reform church service was earmarked for the Harrisburg Hospital treasurer. The note also lists local residents visiting relatives, Red Cross article shipments to Harrisburg, and a note on young knitters contributing to wristlets and squares for charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncannon
Cash
Harrisburg
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Pennsylvania
Adams County
U. B. Church
Ira D. Lowery
Long's
Shippens Zel
Burg Normal Halifax
Adams
Halifax
Ira D
Bowery
Sary
Otterbein
Red Cross Tuberculosis Fund
Boy Scouts of
National Organization
Dorff Lahr
Red Cross Bazar
Chester McCortick
Spotts
J. Frank Patterson
D. E. Vandyke
David
Lloyd
East End
Elmer McCauley
F. M. M. Pennell
Central Penna
Florin
J. E. Loucks
Jean Garber
Perry County
Louis Neiman
Masillon
Harry Beichler
Martha Longenecker
Roy Tony
Haefner T. Myers
Walter Root
Grover Wichler
D. 8. Grim
Miss McConley
Hanover
William Henry
Mount Joy
O. G. Romig
Willis McKinley
Jacob Koser
Milton Grove
Paul Koser
Roy Brenelsen
Rohrerstown
E. F. Menges
Kersey
Hoffman
Elizabethtown
Harry Young
James M. Snyder
W. O. Witmer
Laura Spratts
Pillow
George F. Snyder
Grant Bower
C. E. Witmer
Mandata
David Willower
Adam Nell
Ralph Rinehart
Lloyd Baker
Charles Herb
Mary Wiest
Rebecca Wolfe
Adams l
Mandala
Thomas Yean
Wednesay
Ward Walk
Reedsville
Helen Gottschach
T. S. Spangler
Ira Keller
Keller
Beavertown
H. H. Herbster
Lower Main Avenue
Alfred McCartney
Mary Ruth
Burnham
Thomas Herbster
McClure
Daniel Cleck
George Selheimer
Chester
James Lauver
South Dakota
N. E. Otto
East McKeesport
Willis Buffington
John Payne
York County
Ralph Hershner
Main Avenue
Norman Flesner
Frances Haggerty
Roy Buckman
New Bloomfield
B. F. Cleanes
Robert Darlington
Cleanes
Harry Ll. Darlington
B. F. Hallenbaugh
Joseph Miller
Chatsmouth
Ill
L. Miller
Nevin
Neilson
Denver
Wm. Strouse
Haehnsen
Lofy Island
Edgar Haehnlen
Linglestown Chapel
Union Deposit Sunday
Blain
U. S. Army
Paul and
Stanley Knox
George H. Knox
E. Leroy Keen
U.S. Army
Millersburg
Kill Bucks
Big Bear
Millersburg Civic Club
Mt. Union Council
Borough Park
Grace Church
Nashua
N.H
Lydia E. Pinkham
Detina Martin
Bowers Street
N. H
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