Paving of Hummels town Main Street Hall Completed
Hummelstown PA December completion of Main Street reconstruction from Center Square to borough limits. Hershey Traction Co tracks relaid and trolley traffic restored. Gas mains laid from Center Square to western limits. Local church and club activities described along with numerous resident visits and holiday preparations.
Local visitors and holiday greetings among Mt Joy residents
Mt Joy area residents share holiday visits with relatives in Lebanon Harrisburg Williamsport and Pittsburgh. Obituary notes report an unidentified man found dead near Hum melstown Swatara creek bridge believed to have died by his own hand. Local Legion members socialize at Herbert Schaffner home with a serenade to a newly married captain and firing squad salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Keller
Mt. Joy
Keller
Emma Brinser
Frank Muth
Williamsport
Laura Muth
Emma Miller
Lebanon
Garrett
East Main Street
Lydia Considine
Pittsburgh
Charles Elfinger
Harrisburg
Monroe Gingrich
Olive Remley
Juniata College
Swatara Creek
Hummelstown
Elizabeth Ellinger
Kate Spangler
Herbert Schaffner
American Legion
Palmyra Community Jubilee Highlights Yuletide Night
Washington Camp No. 192 P O S of A held a large Yuletide program in Palmyra with about 150 men attending. Prizes totaling 100 dollars were awarded to locals Herbert Henry, William Shertzer, C G Bomberger, and D R Gongloff. Rev P B Gibble spoke on Peace. musical numbers by the Melo dy Trio and Moyer Bros. quartette entertained. Hon G H Moyer delivered the closing remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Washington Camp
Herbert Henry
William Shertzer
C. G. Bomberger
Harrisburg
D. R. Gongloff
Lebanon
P. B. Gibble
First U. B. Church
Melody Trio
Palmyra High
Moyer Bros. Quartette
G. H. Moyer
Ray A. Brehm
Middletown
E. G. Leinbach
Trinity Reformed Church
Millersburg Lodge
Meyer Bros Quartette
J. A. Loose Camp
Sons of Veterans
Laura Longenecker
Hazel Whitmore
Anna Houser
Lizzie Cassell
Clara Templin
Agnes Gingrich
Sallie Cope
Lillie Garman
Emma Fees
Emma Potterger
Fannie Early
Susie Barnhart
George Flowers
Town
Mary E. Blouch
John Blouch
H. L. Hetrick
Philip Hetrick
C. K. Witmer
Lizzie Raub
Hershey
Raub
Herman K. Lemberger
Broad Street
Lemberger
Palmyra High School
Robert Burtner
Burtner
Dauphin County
Eva Gruber
Campbelltown
Ray F. Deck
Luther FE. Deck
Fredericksburg
Hiram Deck
Bethel Township
Frank G. Slabach
Eugene P. Stoner
Sand Beach
Eva Charlotte Kuntz
Albert Kuntz
Christ Erb
Erb
Jane Early
John Early
Grandpa Early
Horace Storm
Hanover
Spancake
Jack Brighthill
Herman Wagner
Highey Farm Products Show
Stanley Billheimer
Reading
Palm United Lutheran Church
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Reading
Christmas Carols at High School Open Night of Local Festivities
The Annual Public School Christmas Carols were held Monday evening in the High School assembly room. Miss Batdorf supervised music with grade chorus performances and solos by Miss Turby and Miss Helen Gruber. Lloyd Straw leaves W L Kreider Sons to join Bedford Shoe Co Carlisle. Ginder Wagner Barber Shop decor praised. Albright College Glee Club to perform January 22 in Palmyra. Also notices on housing and property sales and rentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Billheimer
J.edward Billheimer
Douglass Street
Reading
Miss Turby
Helen Gruber
Lloyd Straw
W. L. Kreider Sons Mfg. Co
Bedford Shoe Co
Carlisle
Postoffice
C. F. Zimmerman
East Main Street
North Chestnut Street
C. W. Smith
E. M. Baum
Elizabethtown College Third Lecture January 8 on Radio
Elizabethtown PA December 24 The third number of the college lecture course will be held January 8 by R B Ambrose. The program features radio mechanism demonstrations and other electrical appliances for the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown College
R. B. Ambrose
Ira Heisey
Harvey Stauffer
Mastersonville
Amos Gibble
David Shenk
Northwest
Rapho
Ray Withers
Alfred
B. F. Hoffman
Locust Grove
Hoffman's Feed & Seed
West High Street
S. G. Hershey
Emilie Doede
Joseph Baechle
Emily Baechle
George Rose
Harold
Donald Rosé
George Walze
George Walze, Jr
Lancaster
Harry Doede
Harrisburg
Russell Hershey
Doede
Anna Hersh
Town
Order of Moose
M. S. Jacobs
Edw. Myers
Mary Swenk
Monroe Sweigart
T. Roberts Appel
Wheatland Avenue
H. T. Horst
Frederick Klein
H. Buch
D. G. Kreider
J. H. Shiffer
Harry Good
Levi Hershey
D. L. Landis
John S. Geiman
Jacob Geiman
Edna Stoudt
Frank Stoudt
Samuel H. Hertzler
East High Street
Earl Dowhower
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Columbia
Columbia Rotary Club
Caruthers
Elmer Baum
Jacob Snavely
Snavely
Palmyra
David Strickler
United Brethren Church
William
Abraham
Joseph K. Snavely
Mary Weaver
Fianna Hummel
Uriah Seltzer
Hummelstown
Annie Snavely
Henry Brandt
Caroline Flowers
Benjamin B. Brandt
Wim. B. Snavely
Isle H. Snavely
Church of God
Mra
Various Local Notices and Community Updates for Campbelltown
Members attend funerals and church services as revival meetings close, with Christmas services set for Salem Church. Local residents travel to Florida and visit kin. coal strike impacts households with levies and no pay since September. Lancaster County marriages 1186 in 1924 vs 1483 in 1923, 132 divorces vs 234. shallow interest in age noted in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northumberland
Schuylkill County
Virginia
Lancaster County
United States Department of Commerce
Unlawful To Remove Xmas Trees Warns Motorists
The State Department of Forests and Waters warns against cutting evergreen trees without owner consent. Penalty under the new act is a minimum $25 fine per tree, plus costs, with possible jail for nonpayment. Prior thefts near Pittsburgh highlight growth in unpermitted tree removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Forests and Waters
Pennsylvania
Canada
New England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Main Street
Center Square
Hershey Traction Co
Reformed Sunday School
Roy Brighthill
George Alleman
George Ludwig
Mark Sleichter
Russell Byers
Wm. H. Moyer
Alfred McCall
John H. Greenawalt
Maude Taylor
Mary Grubb
Grover C. Buser
D. I. Sassaman
George Aungst
Miriam Wagner
Sarah Balsbaugh
Mildred Behney
Robert T. Fox
Verna Walters
Ruth Walters
Blanche Wolfersberger
Carrie Stare
Catherine Gilbert
Vera Rhoads
Catherine Creighton
Vera Lentz
Vera Rhoades
Ralph Gingrich
J A. Kilmer
Blanche Muth
Drexell Institute
Philadelphia
Katharine Brighthill
Sweet Brier College
J. M. Brighthill
Ruth Ebersole
Ruth McCail
Louise Hummel
Grace Hoerner
Phyllis Blackburn
Shippensburg Normal School
George Nye
Williamsport Seminary
Caroline Nye
R. E. McCauley
Donald
Altoona
J. A. Kilmer
George Muth
Haddon Heights
N. J
Mary Ebersole
Washington
John Ebersole
Emma Sutcliffe
Atlantic City
Alfred Sutcliffe
Hummelstown High School
Niles Sowers and Dance Makers Orchestra
Barclay
M. H. Sleichter
Zion Lutheran Church
C. G. Leatherman
Ruth Kreider
Fred Breckenmaker
Allen Snavely
Samuel Stare
Chamber Hill
Samuel Wolf
Studebaker
Sam Wolf
Wm. F. Shoemaker
West Main Street
Alfred Landis
Catherine Brubaker
Halifax
Caroline Nissley
Avon
Samuel Arnold
FE. OR. Donald
Wm. Ruth
Russell Stoner
Caroline Schaffner
Mra. Stoner
Marlon Wilter
Sara Math
Mra. Gieim
Marjorie Nissley
Jean McHolland
Trummelstown National Bank
John Witman
Robert Johnson
John Fox
Epent
Levi Fisher
Emma Reed
Mise Ella Reed
Clara Bare
Edgar Reed
Salome K. Albright
Meada F. Harrie
Camp Hill
Herbert Scott
Pottetown
Alex Scott
Palmyra P. O. S. of A
Lancaster Hearth Board
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Nazareth
U.C
Martin Seltzer
Mark
Bellegrove Church
Salem
Samuel ‘Moyer
Center Co
Jacob Landis
Fleetwood
Harold Barto
Martha Longenecker
Schaefferstown
Daniel Shoop
Florida
India
Berks
the Knights and Ladies of the Golden Eagle
Leesport
THE
Hershey National Bank
Hershey Trust Company
Hershey, Penna
Hershey Department Store
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