Local notices and social updates from Elizabethtown area
W A Herr reports a street car collision with his truck on Front Street near Angle Avenue in Steelton. no injuries. Various social items follow including visits, resignations, Scout changes, Christmas and family events, and a silver anniversary at Herehey. Andrew Heisey winters in Sebring Florida.
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W. A. Herr
Front Street
Angle Avenue
Steelton
Walter Shaeffer
Lewis
Mt. Joy
Eeelars
Elizabethtown College
Irene Phasey
Horst Confectionery
Billmyer
Lester Sweigart
Clyde K. Coble
Roy Heilman
Heilman
Speike
O. C. Rodgers
Hammonton
N. J
R. A. Trimble
Henry Coble
New York City
L. D. Coble
Harry Levenite
Lancaster
Cohick
J. E. Belser
Herehey Pa
Charles Eshleman
Robert Trimble
Park St
LeRoy Hafley
Dorothy
Philadelphia
Hafley
Andrew Heisey
Sebring
Florida
James Wagner
Harrisburg
Nelson Felty
Back to the Land Says Dean Watts
Dean R L Watts of Pennsylvania State College foresees a revival of farming as cities require steady food supplies. He notes Pennsylvania’s 5 500 000 consumers and 300 market centers favor local farmers and anticipates lucrative returns for scientifically trained agriculturists, with demand in banks railroads media and cooperatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Watts
School of Agriculture
Pennsylvania State College
Dean Watts
Keystone State
mid-West
middle-West
Pennsylvania
Spraying Boosts Potato Yields in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania agricultural extension reports 23 000 acres sprayed this season, up from 17 000 last year, with 2000 farmers adopting the method. Since 1918 only 314 acres were treated. Across 202 farms the average sprayed yield was 257 bushels per acre, 57 more than unsprayed.
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Pennsylvania
E. L.ixon
Pennsylvania State College
Nixon
Christmas and New Year Events in Campbelltown Area
Sunday School at Salem Reformed Church and watch night services mark year end events. The King's Daughters delivered six baskets while families and couples such as Nye Burtner and Gruber-Burtner tied the knot in December. Hospitalization and visits accompany holiday notices, with wedding and home details for local readers.
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Salem Reformed Church
U. C
King’s Daughters of the Salon Reformed Sunday School
Lebanon
Wolf
Rob Sholly
Reading
Harry Nye
Jacob Nye
Stoudt
Elizabethtown
Eva Gruber
Lizzie Gruber
Robert R. Burtner
E. O. Burtner
Allentown
Harry
Lawn
William Bowman
Palmyra
Christine Gruber
P. L. Koenig
Harrisburg
Miss Gruber
Hood College
Lower Paxton Vocational High School
Linglestown
Burtner
Dauphin County Farm Bureau
Lebanon Valley College
South Street
Travel 10 000 Miles in Interest of County Farmers
Officials of the Dauphin County Agricultural Extension Association logged 10 000 miles by automobile and made 660 farm visits and 645 office calls in the past year. They sent 63 circular letters totaling 21 836 copies and wrote over 1 000 personal letters. The county agent and assistant attended 57 meetings and engaged 1 544 attendees, establishing more than 1 700 farm contacts in twelve months.
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Dauphin County Agricultural Extension Association
Dauphin County
R. R. Burtner
Tobacco price talks and Berks county notes
Farmers in Lancaster county hold tobacco at 20c and 30c declines, hoping for higher prices. Berka County Conservative Association marks ten years with a plan to plant 1 000 000 trees over its life, sourced from the Department of Forests and Waters. Jay Fritz of Quarryville picked a 30 foot Christmas tree for President Coolidge. Berks county reports many divorce cases with trivial excuses.
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Lancaster County
Berka County
Jay Fritz
Quarryville
President Coolidge
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