Missionary talks mark end of Palmyra Bible School
The final week of Palmyra Daily Vacation Bible School featured missionary talks by Mrs J Raymond Engle for Primary pupils and Juniors on Thursday morning. Enrollment reached 422 with 334 attending on a rainy morning. many instructors were listed and church groups organized for future events including a July 10 picnic and Hershey Park tickets for those in Sunday School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
J. Raymond Engle
Otr
ixeeter_ Baum
H. Bb. Clark
Lucillebrandt
Violet Zimmerman
Warren Garman
Ruth Reider
Dorothy Diorstick
Ruth Achenbach
Kennetta Shriver
Gladys Leinbach
Anna Rabenstine
Luellaieliman
Roy Stutz
KK. E. Hartz
Palmyra’s
Fresper Boyer
John Rhine
Edgar Teahl
Victor Shhaefler
Elmer Klopp
Chas, Noll
Jacob Frank
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon
Henry ‘Lemplin
Clismuth
Palm United Lutheran Church
Frank S. Carper
M. W.kridinger
M. L. Ensminger
Sarah
Brubaker
Snyder
Mar
Cyrus Kostetter
Church of the Brethren
Mars
Cyrus Hostetter
Town
J. A. Gibble
Myerstown
Malinda Kreider
Adam Bomberger
Annville
Jacob Isbersole
Tod
Dorothy Virginia
Gates
Lucile Buck
Eleanor Brandt
Emily Brandt
Kathryn Brandt
Dorothy Cassell
Mary Bs.letter
Dorothy Ebersale
Kathryn Kersale
Kathryn Goodman
Levelyn Grumbein
Severa Llartaian
Jeema Llartmim
Jean Tarnish
Virginia Larish
Mie Meckley
Frances Morrow
Louise Meluwer
Sarat Melowen
Ralph Sherk
Mt. Gretna
George &. Miller
Plarksburg
Mm Sixth Street
Callec
Callec Sevinpeheal Chuech
Larrisburg
Simon Bowman
Paul Ginder
Charles Gingrich
Lloyd Wreider
Paul Yoder
James Ream
William Hetrick
Bowers Beach
Bill Hetrick
Jimmie Ream
Edith McKenny
Priday
Wilmer & Vincent
Majestic Theatre
Harrisboro
Melvenny
Alvin Shiner
Oak Street
Mary Cloke
Down
Clinton Toke
Liberty Lire Co
Draf
Terent
Hiss
Remni
Atleys
Woomer
TGQ
Priest
Goodman
Rudy
Duckers
Reant
Atleya
Be. Kreider
Highriple Ag Wan
Pop Shriver
W. Smith
Christ Yerger
Wan
J. Raymone Ingle
Harvey Seltzer
Morris Moyer
Mark Tevans
Stoverdale Camp Meeting Planned For July 10 To August 8
SWUMMELSTOWN PA July 1 The Stoverdale Campmeeting will be held from July 10 to August 8 with services led by Rev QO G Romig of Hershey a former pastor. Arrangements are under the committee including Ledward Stover and Rev Romig and Miss Kathryn Lakenbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Gretna
Mary Jebersole
Jose Bue Wallera
Philadelphia
Harrylolsberg and Sons
Harrisburgeen
Samuel Arly
Mra. Schell
William Klahr
Schoener and Son
Myerstown
Mra
Mra. Klahr's Brother, J. F. Kilmer
FG. Keller
Amanda You
Felaabeth Mutzabaugh
Mea
John Leiby
Lebanon
Epworth League Festival to Be Held on Gingrich Lawn
The Epworth League of the Methodist Church will host a Thursday evening festival on the lawn of Morris Gingrich at North Railroad street with a concert by the Hummelstown Band from 8 to 10. Attendees include Mrs. Aaron Raub visiting New York and several local residents and relatives traveling for weekend visits.
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Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Morris Gingrich
North Railroad Street
Hummelstown Band
Aaron Raub
New York
George Fox
Frank Levan
Hartford
Chester Gates
Indianapolis
Town
New Cumberland
C. Z. Light
Light
Montgomery
Naomi Busser
Erie
F.G., Keller
Amanda Yost
Elizabeth Mutzabaugh
Republic
Pittsburgh
John Inzer
Otyowkwa Named by Camp Fire Girls in Elizabethtown
In Elizabethtown on June 21 Camp Fire Girls chose Otyowkwa as the group name meaning a single fellowship. The Farm Women's Society met at East Donegal for prayers, readings, solos, and an address on local birds. Marriage notices include Lewis Boughter and Kathryn Kaylor wed at Christ Lutheran Church. Evangelist Rev. Jacobs preached July 7 before summer Bible school opens July 5 at the Church of the Brethren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Camp Fire Girls
Dorothy Bishop
Farm Women’s Society
Harry E. Hershey
East Donegal Township
Clarence Garber
Reading
Frank Croman
T. H. Ebersole
Ruth
Ellen Garber
Edith Witmer
Lancaster County
H. J. Roddy
Lewis J. Boughter
Kathryn L. Kaylor
Highspire
Christ Lutheran Church
J. E. Mathiot
Lancaster
C. F. Swift
Christ Reformed Church
Church of the Brethren
Washington Street
Rev
Jacobs
York County
Abraham Forney
B. Joseph’s Hospital
Emanuel Withers
Abraham Witmer
Jacob Garman
Lawn
Harry Osweiler
Bernice
H. B. Wolgemuth
Katie Engle
Almeda
A. W. Wolgemuth
Chestnut Grove
Elizabethtown College
E. G. Meyer
Gertrude Roger Meyer
Martha Martin
Daniel E. Myers
Elmer Eshelman
Elvin P. Wenger
Jos. Derr
Jeanette
Harry
Dorothy Boyd
John Wharton
Hollidaysburg
Community Notes Include Returns and Local Visits
Andrew Heisey returns from six months in California as St Peters burg residents call on Mrs. Anna Winters. Knight of the Golden Eagle officers are elected and will be installed July 9 with county officers expected. Nurses graduate at General Hospital Lancaster and ten babies were registered at the well Baby Clinic in the borough.
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Andrew Heisey
California
B. F. Hill
St. Petersburg
Fla
Anna Winters
South Market Street
Harry D. Keller
Boro
Elizabethtown Chronicle
News-Sentinel
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chronicle
Keller
Ruth Smith
Maude Marshall
Selma Weaver
Millpie M. J
W. H. Unity Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Odd Fellows Building
E. R. Ebersole
Paul Bricker
Lester Wicks
M. M. Seiders
J. Doc. Keenard
Gerald
William Winters
Elsie Cohick
George
Herold
W. Scott Longenecker
Allentown
United Brethren Church
Steelton
Masonic Home
Berean
Church of the Brethren
Irene Frantz
Horace Wells
David
Philadelphia
Isaac Hertzler
Dorothy Croman
Germantown
Orphan’s Home
General Hospital
Lancaster
Kennewood
S. A. Morrison
E. D. Ebersole
Falmouth
Mary Rob
Mary Meckley
Well
Helen Fisher
Paul Eugene Meckley
Charles Elmer
Ropers
Nancy Marie Hein
Local Notes From Campbelltown And Nearby
Campbelltown updates list Mrs. Jacob Bomgardner leaving for Harrisonburg Virginia to visit her son and family. Victor Blouch returns home after a stay in Illinois. Salem Reformed Church Primary Sunday School received an organ from Mr and Mrs Clayton Gingrich. The Weigle family from Carlisle visited their grandmother Mrs Ginder. John Herring family moved into Leo Fair’s residence. Many townspeople attend the C E Convention in Hershey this week. Irene Miller visits Millersburg grandparents. Grace Ober and Paul Grubb wed at the bride’s Elizabethtown home last Saturday.
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Palmyra
Ream
Storm
Hershey
Stanton Bordner
Boxtiner
Lydia Sherk
Mt. Gretna
Harry Seltzer
Harvey Heilman
Nellie Rabenstein
Atheny
ACME
Harrisburg
Florence Adore
Fredericksburg
Atlantic City
Helen Gruber
Anna Gruber
Gruber
Hoffer Park
Middletown
Palmyra United Zion Lutheran Church
Franklin Street
Agricultural Dept
Palmyra High School
State College
Clarence Bowman
Marvin Alger
Jacob Smith
Daily Show
Detroit
Mich
Palmyra High
G. M. Mizell
Francis E. C. Miller
Ralph B. Miller
George Miller
Cleveland
Margaret Miller
Cecil Smith
Palmdale
Gertrude E. Smith
Roy G. Zirkle
A. L. Zirkle
Coots Store
Amos Good
Mary Williams
Jacob E. Williams
East
Donegal Township
Lancaster County
Monroe Snavely
Irene Light
John D. Light
North Sixth Street
Lebanon
George Ealy
Town
Chambersburg
Edgar Spatz
United Brethren Church
Landis Shoe Co
Moses Gary
North Railroad Street
Gray
William Penn Highway
Ford
Philadelphia
Light
Abraham. Shenk
Jirst Cherry Street
John Shenk
Frank Andugene Shenk
Clarence Shenk
First United Brethren Church
John JF. Reist
Lincoln Street
Apply
Howard Miller
South Lincoln Street
Porrent
Railroad Street
Fenenban & Bomberger
Cherry Street
Gladys Brees
Emma Reed
The
Chemical Fire Co
G. H. Reppert
F. J.hummel
James C. Mullin
A. Balsbaugh
F.c.witmer
Homer H. Strickler
T. L. Jacks
Bethlehem
Darighbee
Ella Reed
Ida M. Gleim
Miriam Gleim
Russell H. Gleim
Marion Walter
Ethel Fisher
Alonzo Phillips
Amanda Wosks
Stoverdale
Monroe Gingrich
Virginia Gimson
Ray Lenker and
Williamsport
Ralph C. Gingrich
Virginia Gingrich
Ralph
High Street
Jacob Bomgardner
Harrisonburg
Victor Blouch
Illinois
Salem Reformed Church
Clayton Gingrich
Donald Weigle
Percy
Mildred Weigle
Carlisle
Ginder
John Herring
Leo Fair
Irene
Wm. Miller
Millersburg
Grace Ober
Paul Grubb
Elizabethtown
Local notices include sale offer and obituaries in Palmyra
Mrs Vellaria Dissinger offers a building lot for sale in the town center. Dr Risser and Elam Felty are laying concrete walks. Ephriam Williams works at Mt Gretna Fish sale tonight at Dissinger s Store. Joseph Gerberich aged 87 dies at his son John s Chestnut Hill home Monday night June 28. Funeral Friday at 1 30 pm at John Gerberich s home with services at the Church of the Brethren Chestnut Street Palmyra Burial Gravel Hill cemetery.
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John Gerberich
Church of the Brethren
Chestnut Street
Palmyra
Gravel Hill Cemetery
The Smokestack on American Cultural Independence
The piece argues Americans resist dictation in taste and declare independence from European influence in music and art. It praises Young America advancing in letters and mechanics and foresees jazz as a guiding spirit, while elders remain unsure about the future trajectory.
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America
England
Vacation Without Decision in Country Households
A playful piece contrasts easy vacation timing with visiting relatives in the country. It notes rich humor about choosing between mountains or seashore and jokes about relatives cooking, ending with a quip about veterans and disabled soldiers from 1926.
Bread and stone cruelly told by a hobo tale
A hobo recounts asking for bread and receiving a stone, claiming the baker woman had never baked before and used furnace cement instead of flour. The exchange left him wary, with an emphatic vow not to return.
Weeds Given A Sporting Chance In Backyard Debate
A neighbor argues that letting weeds grow aimed at mercy is fine in theory yet impractical in practice. He compares the idea to a camel asking for kindness in a fable.
Weeds Crowd Out Garden and Tent in Neighborly Tale
An Arab seeks shelter for his nose but a camel is granted it first and crowds the Arab from his tent. A neighbor remarks this is how weeds behave giving them space to crowd out other things in the garden.
Skunks Comers Bridegroom Rumors Stir Town Gossip
A cheeky note from Skunks Comers Pa mentions Augusta Wind and Monroe Manners planning marriage in October after a lake incident at Crystal Park. The anonymous writer Mae B Overweight alleges a tangle of friendship and marriage with witty remarks on married couples who stay friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skunks
Comers
Dee Jay Gee
Augusta Wind
Monroe Manners
Crystal Park
Augusta
M . Mae B
Woman in Society Lectures Dragged Husband to English Lectures
A speaker notes a wife linked to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals drags her husband to lectures by educated English men, illustrating social expectations and gender roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Out West Girl in Milwaukee Sings of Time and Change
A fragment describes a girl in Milwaukee using powder and paint. She rises from a favored companion and finds his shoulder chalky. The verse muses on wanting more of both time and change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limerick
Milwaukee
What He Needed
A bull headed man entered the Liberty Cross Roads Drug Store and asked for hair tonic. Doc Noxem replied that hair tonic was not his need, saying what the customer really required was furniture polish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Cross Roads
Doc Noxem
Climbing the Writing Ladder and a Note on Notes
The author recalls early writing lessons under Steve Secol at Mansfield Normal and jokes that great men are poor writers. He notes abandoning notebooks for scraps of paper and shirt cuffs as signs of progress. He adds a fact about the Bureau of Engraving and Printing producing about 3,000,000 notes daily with a value of at least $10,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Secol
Mansfield Normal
Bureau of Engraving and Printing At
Washington
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Hershey Press
A. W. Wise
F. G. Keller
Ethel Jamison
Samuel Hartz
Pearl Stroman
Enola
Phyllis Blackburn
Eaglesmere
William Karmany
Henry Gerber, Jr
Henry Gerber
West Main Street
Wm. Leichert
Frederick, Md
R. V. Behney
T.S. L
Zion Lutheran Sunday School
Grantville Hotel
J. W Whisler
Florence Stephenson
Fredricka Baker
Martha Strickler
Floyd Whisler
Oscar Laucks
Robert Behney
Joseph Mumma
John Shiffler
West High Street
Margaret Cassel
David C. Cassel
Ralph G. Gonzales
C. G. Leatherman
Zion Lutheran Church
Mabel M. Schwartz
Drexell Institute
Harry W. Allan
Norristown
Gonzales
Hummelstown High School
Shippensburg Normal School
Pennington
N. J
Hummelstown
Ocean City
Campbelltown
Heavenly Havens
Peidmont
Waah
Hershey Department Store
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