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Social notes from Hershey and surrounding towns on Independence Day
A long list of weekend visits and holiday activities across Hershey, Palmyra, and nearby towns. Residents attended camp meetings, visited relatives in Ohio and Philadelphia, joined camping and leisure trips, and shared family gatherings. Several lost items are noted with rewards.
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Howard’ Romig
John A. Hershey
Allentown
International “Holiness.church
James Clark
Hershey
Coshocton
Ohio
Clark
Paul Clark
David Rittle
Hamlin
John Rittle
Jacob Ebersole
Mt. Gretna
Alverta Flinchbaugh
Pansy Zeigler
Red Lion
George Adams
Harry Kleiser
Catherine
Duncannon
Wayne Habecker
Oliver Miller
Jonestown
Howard Shellenhamer
Beavertown
Donald Habecker
Lucinda Habecker
Lebanon
Eddie Foster
New York
The
Hershey Chocolate Company
Monroe Stover
Ira Shenk
Harry Risser
Risser
Swatara
Anna Klauss
Eagles Mere
Penna
Millersville State Normal School
Harry H. Rudy
Samuel Gockley
Elizabethtown
Masonic
Harry Asper
Perry County
Clark Bare
Hanover
York
H. S. McKee
Philadelphia
Earl Reed
Edna Troxell
Kathryn Hutton
Alice Schaeffer
Tremont
Grace Hess
John Hess
Peachbottom
Naomi Renninger
Conestoga
Henry Henry
Oscar Zeamer
Palmyra
Harry Clark
Martha
Ruth
Harrisburg
Charles Clark
East Derry Road
Edgar Harkins
Mildred
Quentin
Theodore Heagy
Sellersville
Roy Sternberger
Eva Marie
Geraldine
H. L. Spohn
Raymond . Eberly
Christian Liebschitz
Fr. L. DeVerter
Samuel Felker
Sellera Gingrich
Pauline
Baltimore