Community Notes of Hershey and Surrounding Towns
A dense roster of visits, travels, and local happenings from Hershey and nearby communities. Refs to Rev. Paul Royer calling on Rev. and Mrs. M LeRoy Wuchter, trips to Laurel Dam Gettysburg and Mt Gretna, and many residents' weekend visits, vacations, and social calls across Harrisburg York Lebanon and Myerstown. Also notes on local sports, birthdays, births, and lost items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Royer
Mt. Jackson
Hershey
M. LeRoy Wuchter
Royer
Wuchter
Philadelphia Seminary
Early J. Look
Kathryn
James Bobb
James, Jr
Laurel Dam
Margaret Miller
Harrisburg
C. E. White
Howard J. Bomgardner
B. F. Bomgardner
Ean Margaret
Mabel
Caldeonia Park
Gettysburg
Ellen Shelley
George Lenig
Hollingerstown
William Basehore
Donald Habaker
Reading
Wayne Habaker
John Allwein
Howard Romig
Mildred Romig
Irene Lawler
Yonkers
N. Y
Marion Murrie
William Geiling
Helen
Foster
Dorothy
Plainfield
Carlisle
Ralph Leese
Sand Beach
Willow Grove Park
Hagerstown
John Ezzi
Philadelphia
John Loy
Warren Albert
Tommy
Mt. Gretna
Owen J. Traynor
Evan Wolfe
Donald
Ephrata
Old Ferry
Gilbert Sourbeer
W. E. Shank
Mary Delson
York
Jessie Delson
C. R. Longenecker
J.C. Hess Agency
William Zimmerman
O. G. Romig
Stoverdale Camp
Strong Sand Beach Baseball Club
Union Deposit
Union
Luther Weaver
Beachtown
Mildred Edwards
Lancaster
Matilda Hartman
Mary Haaga
William Mish
Lebanon
A. W. Hartman
Java Avenue
William H. Fasnacht
Misa Althea Keyser
Lititz
Mt. Joy
Middletown
J. Landis Zimmerman
Chocolate Avenue
Louise
Neil Rich
New York City
M. Grace Burkholder
Shippensburg
Nation
Palm
Misa Hazel Stickel
I. O. Dise
Dallastown
Yee
Phileas
Harry P. Gardner
Kisa
Hageratown
Joel Thury
Ella Plasterer
Whitey
Misa Mary Gingrich
Sales de- Department
Wildwood
N. J
Mies
Elva Mening
Pittsburgh
Mise Mary Fleming
Japanese beetles on display at Hershey Department Store window
A jar in the first large show window at Hershey Department Store displays about twenty beetles brought to the area by Mr. Killian. The note warns of the destructive pests spreading through New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Hershey
Mr. Killian
Red Cross To Meet Monday In Hershey
The Hershey Red Cross will meet Monday at 2 30 PM in the Hershey Central Theatre building. The text also notes interest in preserving the old Friends Meeting House in York, dating to 1817, and mentions Phineas Davies as a notable member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Hershey Red Cross
Hershey Central Theatre
Heal Red
Luther League Picnic and Bible School Notices
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church schedules Bible School at 9:15 and morning service at 10:30 with themes on Mary Magdalene and Jesus weeping over Jerusalem. Luther League to meet in basement. church council August 6 and Bible School Association August 7. First Luther League picnic August 4 at St Josephs Spring with church meet time 1 pm. Joint Bible School and congregation picnic at Hershey Park August 1. No services August 12 and 19. resume August 26. Brethren church east of Hershey holds prayer, Sunday School 9:30, service 7:30. all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
M. LeRoy Wachter
Jerusalem
The
Luther League
John H. Bomgardner
Church Council
Bible School Association
St. Joseph’s
Bible School
Hershey Park
Derry Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Rev R H Taylor leads Sunday School at 9 15 a m and Morning Worship at 10 30 a m with Rev Harry C Wartranft preaching on Sin and Salvation Other services are omitted Prayer meeting and Christian Endeavor Wednesday at 7 30 p m topic Lessons from a Nature Psalm Consecration Leader J L Reist Choir rehearsal Friday at 7 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Presbyterian Church
R. H. Taylor
Harry C. Wartranft
J. L. Reist
First United Brethren Church Plans August Services
Rev W E Daugherty will lead Sunday School at 9 15 and Morning Worship at 10 30 with Rev J W Bailey preaching on That Brother of Mine There are no evening services in August A midweek prayer meeting and Bible Study are set for 7 30 Wednesday The Always Shining Bible Class in the Park holds a social at 6 45 Thursday August 2d A weather delay moved the picnic to Saturday August 11 Everyone is invited to attend all events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
East of Hershey
Christian Workers
First United Brethren Church
W.E. Daugherty
D. D
J. W. Bailey
St. Joan of Arc Church Mass Schedule Notice
St. Joan of Arc Church with Rev P J Phelan rector lists weekend and weekday services Masses at 8 10 a m sermon at late Mass choir rehearsal 930 a m baptisms noon confessions Saturday 4 and 7 p m weekdays 730 am holy days 630 and 730 am
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joan of Arc Church
P. J. Phelan
Plans for 120 foot industrial highway from Philadelphia to Chester
Winter surveys will mark the first industrial highway in Pennsylvania a 120 foot wide route for trucks and heavy traffic. A York auction sold a horse for 25 cents. Lehigh coal miners produced over 250 000 tons last week shipping more than 800 cars daily the highest since World War days. Farmers along Jonestown road used shotguns to curb chicken thefts and three suspects were held for hearings after a vigilant group rounded them up. The city seeks idle state land for Capital Park extension to create downtown parking with grading of over twenty acres. A Wrightsville area wheat yield is reported a record eight acres yielding 571 bushels, claimed as York County’s best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieb
Lebanon
Saturda Ind
Winfield Zimmerman
Russell Hershey
Harrisburg
Cole
Bett Hershey
107Th Artillery
Maria Zuver
Robert Stahle
Martin Stahle
Myerstown
James Smaltz
John Allwein
Mary Ryan
Brother Bernard
Wiliam Tobias
Earle Wiamer
Traffic Department
Atlantic City
Paulie Lebo
Halifax
Hershey
Lillian Lebo
P. Magrini
Mary Magrini
Teresa Magrini
W. E. Philabaum
Sahn
Philane
S. P. Bator
William Houser
Earle
Mark
Sheridan
Oscar Spancake
Pine Grove Furnace
Boy Scouts
Sterling Light
William J. Runkle
Samuel Gockley
Paul Bleicher
Ralph Mauffair
Henry Brunner
John Beidleman
West Lebanon Colored Giants
E. E. Weaver
Luther Weaver
Pauline Weaver
Lizzie Heim
Elmer Zortman
R. H. Taylor
Ruth
Hubert
Chambersburg
Shippensburg
Cumberland Valley
Hershey S. A
Me Ae
Max Rickman
Kenneth Stover
Jean Lorraine
Tyeniay
Julie
Charles Stuckey
Wilma
Uly
Anna Landis
Hershey Drug Department
Cocoa Avenue
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chester
Lehigh Field
Jonestown Road
State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Capital Park
Wrightsville
David Paup
Lower Windsor Township
Yorkana
Paup
York Cnty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old Friends’ Meeting
Society of Friends
Phineas Davia
America
Codorus
Wrightaville
Accomac
Aldgan
Save the Wild Flowers
Berke County Conservation Association
Lewietown
Sheppread
Duroc
Lancaster County
Associa
Lehman Zeages
Hleabethtown
Lebanon Valley
Hershey Park Theatre
Wife
Astor Theatre
New York
Banner Lye
Pride
Hershey Department Store
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