Hummelstown Happenings Roundup of Local Visits and Events
George F. Greenawalt returns from Danville Newfoundland after three weeks with relatives. Several residents host visitors from Harrisburg and Steelton. Union Sunday school picnic plans for Hershey Park July 30 are set. Mt Gretna encampment notes and local trips to Reading Maine Niagara Falls Thous and Islands appear among the social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheba Keller
John Thomas
Wormleysburg
Harriet Behney
Pearl Sellers
Steelton
John H. Greenawalt
Selinsgrove
Zembo
Harrisburg
Eugene Whittaker
National Hotel
W. H. Pennington
Union
Hershey Park
Arthur Bowman
Chestnut Street
Lebanon
Hummelstown
Rev. Grey
Boston
Eunice Blackburn
Reading
Robert T. Fox
Arthur Holler
Maine
R. B. Earnest
Earnest
Francis Griffith
Cleveland
Ohio
Mt. Gretna
Katharine Nissley
John Gay
Sargentville
Harrisburg Gossip and Social News Highlights
Harriett Behney plans time with the Honnafous family of Harrisburg while Har risburg visitors include Miss Hilda Ettle Miss Pearl Sellers and Mr Herbert Freis visiting with Steelton friends. Odds and ends note brief travels and teas among local residents and shop staff in Ober’s Confectionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett Behney
Percival Honnafous
Harrisburg
Harry Schaffner
Ober’s
Atlantic City
Hilda Ettle
New York
Frank Wheeler
R. H. Bell
State College
W. L. Ferry
Zelma Shoemaker
Irene Gerber
Hilda Etttle
Mt. Gretna
Pearl Sellers
Herbert Freis
Steelton
Pearl Behney
Iss Elizabeth Fox
Philadelphia
Gertrude Scheffer
Arthur Page
Lloyd Wise Drowns in YMCA Pool Accident
A sorrowful accident at the Hershey YMCA pool ends in the drowning of Lloyd Wise of Hummelstown. Wise, who had just finished a bread route and was waiting for the nine o clock car, entered the building after obtaining a towel and encountered staff and others before the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Wise
Hummelstown
Young Wise
Hershey
Lloyd
Tragic pool drowning of 22 year old Lloyd
A pool accident left Lloyd dead in six feet of water at the deep end. Passersby pulled him out and attempted artificial respiration without success. Doctors Hershey and Bordner declared accidental drowning with coroner Eckinger. Funeral at United Brethren Church with interment in Hummelstown Cemetery. Lloyd belonged to Hershey Y M C A and several local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Town
Bordner
Palmyra
Eckinger
Lloyd
Hershey Y. M. C. A
Hummelstown United Brethren Church, Jr
Woodman
United Brethren Church
Hummelstown
Cemeterr
A. S. Lehman
Hummelstown Observes Sabbath by Blue Law Closure
Hummelstown kept Sunday closed with all stores and ice shops shuttered for the first time in town history. Merchants agreed after a churches committee canvassed men and vowed ongoing enforcement to better Sabbath observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummelstown
Milford Hardig Electrocution Lineman Near Palmyra Campbelltown
Milford Hardig a lineman for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company was electrocuted Tuesday near Palmyra and Campbelltown. He touched a live wire around 2 pm as he worked on a line near Harry Bowman’s home and died almost instantly with a difficult disentanglement from the circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Hardig
Annville
Hardig
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
The
People’s Line
Harry Bowman
Palmyra
Campbelltown
Fooled 'Em a Newlywed Couple Escape Spotlight
A Kansas City couple returning from a honeymoon settle into a new apartment on East 8th Street. The bride recounts how they avoided attention by keeping a low profile with the groom’s hands in his pockets and her carrying the suitcase, sparing them blushes and curious looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Honymoon
E. 8Th St
Harry
Also Mentioned on This Page
George F. Greenawalt
Danville
Reformed Church
Joseph Rhoads
Mary Nitz
Cyrus H. Miller
Edgar C. Hummel
Carrie Peters
Daniel
Caroline
Frances
Grover C. Buser
Clara Hummel
Carrie E. Hummel
Baird Potts
Roy Fox
George Fox
Emma Brinser
Percival’ Honnafous
John Leihert
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
Russell Espenshade
Elwyn
Delaware County
Andrew Espenshade
V. O. Yingst
Ober’s Confactionery
O. L. Hummel
Haberdashery
B.B
Omar L. Hummel
Haberdasher
John B. Curry
Swatara Station
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