What's What and Who's Who in Hershey Area Social News
This column lists numerous visits and gatherings around Palmyra, Hockersville, Lebanon, and Hershey. Residents such as Mrs. Poorman, Mrs. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Shelly, Mr. Garman, and many others are noted hosting or traveling to family or community events, camps, and excursions, with weddings, sales, and local notices interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Poorman
John Rice
Palmyra
L. R. Poorman
John A. Balsbaugh
Hockersville
Harry Wolf
Lenore
Penbrook
Abraham Cobl
Iowa
Howard Shelly
Otto Brandt
Adam Garman
Wm. Miller
Margaret
Middletown
John Kunitz
Edgar Eby
Paul
Jay
Campbelltown
Irvin Knoll
Betty
Richard
Reading
Sterling Light
Lebanon
Wm. J. Runkel
G.A. Runkel
Lancaster
Wm. Houser
Walter Detweiler
Grantville
Mary Miller
Jacob C. Gipe
Lizzie Garrett
Harry Gingrich
A. E. Hershey
Therine Hess
Highspire
Katherine Howard
Wm. Hamilton
Wm. Parson
Riverside
May
Ruth Roland
Harrisburg
Hocker Mark
Paris Shelly
Thelma
Pittsburgh
Leah Moyer
Ethel Moyer
Mary Brehm
Harry Poorman
Virginia
John Whitmeyer
Annville
Maggie Fessler
Harry Moyer
Jay and
Jonestown
George Greiner
Bachmansville
Frank Arnold
Ira Arnold
West Virginia
Warren Foley
Grace Smith
Lloyd Auchenbauch
Harry Boyer
Glenn
Harry Matthews
Clark's Ferry
Howard Romig
O. G. Romig
Ephrata
Marlin
Hummelstown
William Hetrick
John F. Leese
Robert Stahle
E. LeRoy
Norman Z. Stahle
David Blott
Zion's Church
Maria Zuver
Jacob Gerberich
Helena Allison
Hershey Chocolate Co
Clearfield
Lock Haven
Mill Hall
State College
Bellefonte
D. A. Allison
David Bomberger
Kathryn
Ben Hershey
Berton
Harriett Landis
Ernestine Allison
Otto Fauber
Esther Quigley
Jamey Bobb
Agnes Regan
Daisy Swarthout
New Cumberland
James Bobb
Guy Relighter and Sons
Sonsire Jack
Oberlin
Arly Look and Daughter
Thimmelstown
George Bobb
York
Annie Schaeffer
Wm. Geling
H. Rudy
Atlantic City
George Baker
Manheim
Mary Dodge
John G
Dorothy M
Longenecker
Hartman
Philadelphia
Swatara
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Joe Hille
Harring
J. H. Miller
Chicago
Minnesota
Fitza Maulfair
Anna Maulfair
Hershey
Ralph
Shenk
Ralph Zane
J. R. Hoffman
Onco
Chas
F. Zeigler
Watkins Glen
N. X
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Canada
Mumma Family Marks 25th Annual Reunion at Reservoir Park
Members of the Mumma family gathered for their twenty fifth reunion at Reservoir Park. Harry Mumma of Lebanon delivered the principal address. LeRoy Mumma read statistics, Mary Mumma read, Minnie Geistwhite and Stella Mumma sang, Dorothy Gish played piano. Rev M S Mumma offered invocation and benediction, Mrs Wilson Rhoads presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mumma
Reservoir Park
Harry Mumma
Lebanon
LeRoy Mumma
Palmyra
Mary Mumma
Highspire
Minnie R. Geistwhite
Harrisburg
Stella Mumma
Linglestown
Dorothy Gish
Elizabethtown
Velvet Returns as Harbinger of Fall Fashion
Velvet appears as the destined novelty for the coming season with dance frocks evening gowns and outdoor costumes in velvet. Colors include brick red and smoke gray with trimmed velvets on frocks and embossed floral accents. Velvet wraps fur trims and velvet hats scarves and bags appear along with tailored coats over crepe or satin dresses.
British police chiefs visit comments on murder rates
Sir Robert Peacock head of Manchester police notes during a visit that England Scotland and Wales with a population of 38 million saw 71 murders last year, while New York City experienced about five times as many killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Robert Peacock
Manchester
Police
England
Scotland
Wales
Aa Papin
New York City
Klan Reunion Draws Thousands, Gettysburg Area
Gettysburg hosts a two day Ku Klux Klan reunion on September 19 and 20 with an expected turnout of more than 35 000 members from across the state. A 100 acre tract north of town on the Biglerville road is leased for the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
Gettysburg
Uber
Biglerville Road
Why Men Leave Home Bay Frye Style
Foster Tea Frye's Corner humorously questions why men leave home, arguing they stay to tend housework and chores. The verse depicts daily duties from two a m wash to evening ironing, baking, cleaning, and coal tasks, ending with a punchline about Bay as the cause.
New Apple Bud-Sport Attracts Fruit Men To South Jersey
Fruit men and horticulturists from across the United States gather in South Jersey on August 11 to view a $6000 apple bud-sport found on Louis Mood’s farm. Stark Brothers' Nursery paid that sum for royalty rights to propagate the new fruit grown on a Stark Delbions tree. A heavy wire frame guards the limb, underscoring its value as Mood has guarded it since discovery. Experiments over years convinced Mood and Stark that the world is ready for this new apple variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South Jersey
Louis Mood
Stark Brothers’ Nursery Company
Louisiana
Mr. Mood
Mood
Stark Nursery Company
Church Notices From Salem and Derry Churches
Salem Reformed Church in Campbellstown lists services led by Rev. Henry I Aulenbach and Rev. J B Landis with a Sunday School picnic to Penryn Park on Saturday August 29 leaving at 8 30 am. Derry Presbyterian reports Sunday School 9 15 am and morning worship 10 30 am with no evening service plus a church trustees meeting August 27 at 7 pm and choir practice Friday at 7 30 pm. First United Brethren notes Sunday School 9 15 am morning worship 10 30 am with mid week prayer Wednesday 7 30 pm and a board meeting after prayer ensuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Vetter
Chester
B. H. Williams
Charles Reed
Lebanon
Walter Moyer
Earl Mays
Atlantic City
John E. Snyder
New York
M. S. Hershey
Cube
H. N. Herr
Washington, D.C
Ezra
Hershey
Poconos
Katherine
Betty
Frantz
Harry A. Behney
Hershey Y. W. C. A
Howard Shellenhamer
Beavertown
Snyder County
John F. Snavely
Hershey Men’s Club
Philadelphia
Walter DeVerter
Skin
Schaeffer
Lancaster
Sam Galipo
Caracas Avenue
Chocolate Avenue
Elizabethtown
Frank Shhenk
Manheim Road
Esther Leedom
Elias Gontz
Derry Road
Salem Reformed Church
Campbelltown
Henry I. Aulenbach
Munerea
Regerau
J. B. Landis
Fleetwood
Penryn Park
Coe
Derry Presbyterian Church
R. H. Taylor
First United Brethren Church
A. G. Nye
Sunday School Association
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday Services
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church announces Sunday School at 9 15 a m with Dr H G Mumma as superintendent and Morning Worship at 10 30 a m led by Rev Paul M Kinports No evening service and a cordial welcome to all without a church home. John Muir described sheep hoofed locusts for their raids on forests. Government farm roles in circulation largely portrayed by real farmers to avoid artificial gestures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Paul M. Kinports
H.G. Mumma
John Muir
Yosemite Valley
Cost of Motor Car Operation Distinctly Analyzed
A Harrisburg Patriot report on state owned motor cars shows a general cost of 4.01 cents per mile for autos in the Highway Department, with other departments at 4.15 cents. Trucks cost 28.5 cents per mile, while private car owners vary, often excluding depreciation. The piece argues motor transport is not free and parking creates public concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Harrisburg Patriot
Highway Department
Dad
Steady Gain by Presbyterians Sets New Records
The Presbyterian Church reports record communicant members at 1,873,859, up 42,931. Sunday School members total 1,596,259, up 48,212. Churches total 9,649, down 254 from last year. Ministers reach 10,017, up 146. The largest church among over two thousand members is First Church of Seattle at 7,558.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
First
Seattle, Wash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mumma Family
Sinking Springs
Hershey Park
Hersheyites
AE Miller
Wagner
Tere
Albert
Engle
Shaub
Smith
Ream
Zimmerman
Nernee
Storm
Swimler
Chnnack Ib Cnn Ee
Gotshell
C Freeones
Kklopp
Velvet
Harbinger of
Fall
Lebanon Valley
Pennsylvania
Perkiomen Valley
Middletown and
Freys Grove Bridge
Swatara Creek
Corry
Market Street
Cornwall Banks
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Cornwall
South Mountain
Harrisburg-Gettysburg Pike
Gettysburg Borough
Government Battlefield Preserve
Akron
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Water
Franklin and Marshall College
Great Lakes
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Detroit
Sylvan Heights
Brandt
Foster Tea Frye’s Corner
America
Hershey Park Theatre
Herwoo
Mogoood
THE
Rexall Drug
F. E. Cascara
Creamo
Dixie
Brookfield
Hershey Department Store
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