Local Hummelstown Notes and Community Events
Hummelstown briefs cover visits by Mary Esta Gingrich and Ethel Hartz, church and school activities, a Madrigal Club cantata, measles quarantines, and various local errands. Notable: births of Charles F Gross Jr and John Nissley Buch. upcoming community events include a baked bean supper, Lenten services, and a Valentine party at First United Brethren Church.
Palmyra Band Elects Officers for 1925 and More News
The Palmyra Band elected officers for 1925 with Chas W Stock as president and Irvin Balmer as vice president. They spent 005 for new instruments and plan to acquire new uniforms after nine years of use. Citizens are urged to support the uniform fund and avoid petty disputes. Additional notes mention local visits, a Ruth Engle recital, Palmyra Delphians meeting, a birth in the Fulmer family, Royal Purple degree at John Palm Encampment, and other community activities including a fire at J C Laudermilch & Son and the Palmyra High basketball team’s schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Chas
W. Stock
Irvin Balmer
Chas Noll
Stanley Brandt
Harry Drescher
Jois Shlaren
James
Runner
Eugene Behm
Alias Shearer
Harvey Hartman
Mary Evans
Niagarvilse
Neal Miller
Summerstown
Keller Baum
West Main Street
Ruth Engle
Engle
Annville
Palmyra Delphians
Misses Loose
Robert Fulmer
Philadelphia
Bulmer
Alice Neibert
Death of Elizabethtown resident Elizabethtown Henry W. Brandt
Henry W. Brandt died at his home south of the borough on Wednesday at 12 40 p m aged 64 years 6 months and 11 days. Survived by his wife and children Mrs D Y Stauffer Mrs Norman Crum and Benjamin at home. Also survived by his mother Mrs Mary Brandt and brothers and sisters. Funeral held Saturday at 9 30 a m at his residence with services at United Zion Church and burial at Mt Tunnel Cemetery. A later recital at Christ Lutheran Church Virginia Moul piano Mrs Wm Hi Morning soprano Kathryn L Morning violin. Fifteen members of Washington Encampment No 11 IOOF attended a Ridge K Encampment event in Lancaster. A five year old boy Robert Shiffer nearly drowned in Coney Creek but was resuscitated. Washington Camp 666 P O S of A borough initiated nineteen members last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Esta Gingrich
Williamsport
William Kiahr
Myerstown
Ethel Hartz
John E. Reager
E. R. Donald
Harrisburg
Madrigal Club
J. R. Martz
Paul Bliss
Charles F. Gross
Charles F. Gross, Jr
J. Harvey Buch
Elizabethtown
John Nissley Buch
Mary Nissley
Sarah Muth
Marion Walter
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Orpheum Theatre
Harrisburg Music Association
The
Patriot and Evening News
J. A. Kilmer
Russell Gleim
Shriners
Chestnut Street
Homer H. Strickler
Red Cross
Moorhead Auditorium
David H. Reigel
Mary Bomgardner
Lutheran Church
Rachel Sutcliffe
Alice
Esther Shuey
Zelma Bomgardner
Harry O. Troupe
North Early Street
Ida Liddick
Derry Township
Troupe
Allen S. Snavely
West High Street
George F. Greenawalt
Danville
Uriah Balsbaugh
East Main Street
Paul Wagner
A. D. Hoover
West Main Street
A. B. Demy
Squire J. T. Remsburg
West Main
John Streets
Mr. Demy
John Street
Ward P. Landis
Poplar Avenue
Prospect Street
Charles Fasnacht
Victor Grubb
Mt. Alto
Methodist Church
Reformed Church
Hoover
Beaver
A. K. Walton
Cameron Avenue
Chester Ebersole
Mabelle Long
Union Deposit
First United Brethren Church
Norman R. Ratchford
Palmyra
Harry R. Seltzer
United Brethren Church
Fredericksburg
Jonestown
Hilda Gingrich
Zeimer Guild
Trinity Reformed Church
Alfred K. Mills
Annville
U. B
George Shroyer
North
Harm P. Leaman
Levina Leaman
Gravel Hill Cemetery Association
George Bomgardner
East Cherry
South Lincoln Streets
Williams
Poor
C. F. Zimmerman
Hudson
Recreation Circle
D. A. Landis
Anna Martin
Alice S. Light
Adam B. Light
Railroad Street
Lebanon County
Dauphin County
Mabel
Irvin S. Light
Pierce Business School
Philadelphia
Howard S. Light
Scranton
Gingrich
Oran Watt
Huffert
Marlin Koch
A. B. Koch
Cherry Street
Ray Light
Lawrence L. Hosan
Betty
Mauch Chunk
C. W. Heffner
W. Brunner
D. U Landis
Apollo
A. B
George N. Grumbine
Irvin Kreider
J. Landis Shee Co
Boston
New York
Arthur P. Hocker
Lincoln Street
Malcolm
Jane
Catherine
Ethel Miller
Ammon Hocker
Hummelstown
Harry Hocker
Hockersville
Mia
Christ Hershey
Paxtonia
Erma Hocker
North Railroad Street
D. P. Balmer
Ray Wilson
Sinking Springs
George Miller
W. Kreider Sons
Carlisle
Henry W. Brandt
Elena
D. Y. Stauffer
West Donegal
Norman Crum
Town
Benjamin
Mary’ Brandt
Hi Brandt
Jacob Brandt
Henry Kaylor
Jos. Aldinger
Gantz’ Mill
United Zion's Children’s Church
Kathryn L. Morning
Warn
Magle
Washington
Thin Pines
Ridge K
Lancaster
Robert Shiffer
T. A
Landisville
Desres
Hershey
Columbia
Gabriel Moyer
Lebanon
A. D. Boyes
Pottsville
J. O. Pyle
I. H. Schlegelmilch
A. H
J.N. Olweiler
J.N. Olweiler Made the Address of Acceptance, Heartily Thanking Camp No. 700
Geo. A. Schenck
Edw. H. Stauffer
Earl Way
Elias Young
Willis Young
Harry K. Mease
Russell Cooper
Amos Cooper
Jos. Cooper
Hiram Diffenderfer
Arthur Bushong
Russell G. Kuhn
Victor Ney
George Ebersole
Norman Anderson
Robert Rutherford
G. H. Gish
Adam Stager
Paul W. Hipple
William Snavely
Falmouth
J. E. Bretz
Anna Hackenberger
Bainbridge
S. B. Dennis
Middletown
F. H. Keller
I. A. Shiffer
Leo Kob
John McBride
Norman Lehigh
G. Walter Dulebahn
Huntingdon
Jane Steel
A. C. Smith
Miller Hershey
Fern Marie
Joseph H. Daugherty
Mt. Joy
South Market Street
Frank Croman
Christ Lutheran Church
Benjamin Ressler
Hanover Street
Hoffer Bros
Augustus Steiner
Lancaster General Hospital
Paul Heisey
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lillian G. Becker
Elizabethtown College
Emma Becker
Manheim
Dorothy Beattie
James Gilbert
Quarryville
Reuben Miller
Elmer Brubaker
Enos S. Musser
G. A. Parthmore
North Market Street
Grace Madeira
Chester Shaver
Tyson
Evansville
Ind
Elsie Cohick
Howard Fryer
Local Camp honors and new inductions in Landisville
In Landisville a borough gathering drew attendees from Lancaster Hershey Columbia and neighboring towns to honor Camp No 700 Lancaster with a carved altar featuring P O S of A and a flag staff. New inductees Geo A Schenck Edw H Stauffer Earl Way Elias Young Willis Young and others from the borough joined in the ceremony.
Church supper funds aid parsonage as town notes
The King's Daughters thanked supporters for a chicken and waffle supper that raised $125 for the parsonage fund. Mrs. Elvin Miller began housekeeping with Mrs. Mary Forrest on East Main Street as a brother plans to move in nearby. Grubb and Miller Motor Co delivered another car of Jewetts.
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Elvin Miller
Mary Forrest
East Main Street
Lebanon Mutual Insurance Company
Lebanon
C.F. Arnold
Misa Louise Lindemuth
Reading
H. J. Aulenbach
Harry Snavely
Misa Savilla Belat
C.K. Witmer
Palmyra
Ulater
John Gingrich
Will Wagner
Ben Heagy
Famally
Kathryn Horat
Lancaster County Whiskey Church and its origins
In Lancaster County a long standing church earned by rumor the nickname whiskey church after a split in a temperance crusade. A reforming pastor opposed distillers among his congregation and split away to form a new church, whose dedication led to the sobriquet that endures as a local symbol of temperance and community service.
Earliest English wooden coffin linked to King Arthur legend
The fragment claims King Arthur was buried in a hollow log, noting this wooden coffin as England’s oldest. No corroborating details or dates are provided in the text.
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England
King Arthur
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