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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1921
Page
7
Local column reports Thursday and Friday closing times for all businesses during July and August, church activities at Christ Reformed, and a series of social visits, weddings, illnesses, and road incidents. Highlights include Garber's garage parade prize, a near drowning rescue, and a delayed baptismal/operational notice at area churches.
Mrs C C Gingrich hosted a Sunday School class at her home and a Conewago Hills ride. Cattle shipments peak as Hessey and Moyer visit. 24 cars sent to the Eastern market from Lawn Lebanon Lititz Mt. Joy Florin Myerstown and Marietta. A Gretna class outing is planned for the Young Ladies. Regular church services and social visits fill the week.
The School Board met Monday to transact business. A. M. Brandt and wife visited Cyrus Bachman at Fontana last Sunday. John Herring and wife visited Victor Long east of town Sunday. William Horstick of Paxtang stays with John Moyer Jr for the summer. Class meeting held at Misa Mary Seltzer's home last Tuesday. Mrs G C Wolfenberger visited Ed Laudermilch at Cleona last Saturday. Mrs Proudfoot of Lebanon visited her sister Mrs Jr N Shaeffer last Thursday. Ed Greiner and family of Bachmanville visited his mother's family Sunday.
A fragment describes a quirky church rite where a man attends three times in life. The first visit involves water thrown in his face, the second rice, and the third dust, marking stages of a peculiar custom.
A humorous short exchange shows an employer seeking a truthful respectful boy for a job. He specifies the boy must never lie swear or be discourteous, prompting the reply that his cousin, who is deaf and dumb, would fit the description. The joke hinges on a play on speech and assumption.
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