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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
5
Hummelstown celebrates Sara Jane Buser's ninth birthday with a large afternoon party at East Main Street home. The issue lists visitors, local events including the Modern Woodmen picnic at Deimler's Grove, and upcoming summer church picnics and camp meetings.
Miss Lizzie Weltmer from Lebanon visited G C Wolfersberger’s family on Monday. Richard Kelly, son of James Kelly, suffered a paralytic stroke Sunday night and is in critical condition. Sunday School at 9, missionary meeting at 6 30 on topics of Christian progress among Indians led by Miss Mary Seltzer with address by Miss Miriam Brunner. Church service at 7 30 by Rev Bausch of Sellersville. Rev Leinbach and family left Monday for vacation. Amos Stover and crew laid concrete walks for Oscar Baker and John Longenecker. Miss Nola Alger and Miss Verna Long joined a Willow Grove excursion on Sunday. Misses Sara and Ellen Shelly spent the week in Reading visiting Edna Shelly. Potatoes sell for $2.00 a bushel. Mrs Amanda Miller and daughter Bertha and Mrs Adam Stohler and Hite daughter attended Mrs Aaron Miller’s funeral at Manheim last Saturday. Mrs Mary Hallman and Miss Helen Wagner visited Charles and Mary at Womelsdorf Bethany Home last Thursday. Vila Heisey visited her parents near Lawn on Sunday.
The funeral for Walter Gingrich was held last Sunday at noon as the largest service in years at the Reformed cemetery with American Legion in charge of military rites and Rev. Burtner and Rev. Leinbach overseeing church services. The church was full and many relatives from Heilmandale Wilkes-Barre Ebeneezer and Bachmanville attended and were hosted by G. C. Wolfersberger.
Bert Gates teases Will Redgrove about proposing to the rich man's daughter. Will confirms the engagement but reveals the father kicked him out of the house, and he was still inside when the announcement occurred. The exchange shows shared melancholy and comic misunderstanding.
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