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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
3
Local Social News From Elizabethtown Area
Elizabethtown residents host family visits from Camp Town Baltimore and Philadelphia. Girl Scouts hike to Willowbrook. births funerals and real estate transfers noted. Gibble family reunion set for August 2 1924 at Zeiglers Meeting House Berks County. Funeral for Priscilla Dimeler 72 held. Esther Hamilton pursues music course in West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Risser
Ormes
Ezra
Camptown
Dorothy Seiders
Mary Meckley
Ruth Meckley
Erma Drybread
Ralph Brinser
Three-Mile Island
Falmouth
Alta Heisey
Philadelphia
J. L. ‘Heisey
East Highstreet
Penrose Deitz
Betty
Baltimore
A. G. Brandt
Vera Swartz
Lemoyne
Blanche Myers
R.K. Becker
Town
W.C. Becker
Cleveland
Burleigh Falls
Ontario
Canada
Zeiglers Meeting House
Rehrersburg
Berks Co
Priscilla Dimeler
North Catherine Street
Middletown
Goods
Dimeler
Sarah Ebersole
Hiram Zerphy
East Petersburg
Esther Hamilton
Elizabethtown High School
West Chester
Drohan
Washington Street
Atlantic City
Willowbrook
Dorothy Witmer
Grace Boltz
Elvas Freymeyer
Miriam Freymeyer
Mae Groff
Melva Cover
Margaret Good
Charlotte Koch
Mary
Jere Fenninger
Upper Peacocks
Albert
Elizabethtown College
Frank H. Garnes
College Avenue
John K. Freymeyer
Irene Elizabeth Hamwright
Elizabethtown
Isaac Foreman
Harry Eshenbaugh
Ruth
J. B. Horning
Lancaster
M. Horning
Salunga
Church of the Brethren
John Herr
J. S. Baugher
Co. W Er
Workmen's Compensation Bureau
Illiard Galebaugh
Lewis Bro. & Co
The
Insurance Co
Bower
Minnie Well
Gettysburg
Mae Bell Weaver
Betty Russell
New Hal
John H. Seides
Henry Kuhns
West High Street
Amor Gish
Mt. Tunnel
Paul Seldomridge
Kenneth
Howard Bair
Poaks
Comridge
R. J. Gainer
Joseph H. Gainer
Local notes from Campbelltown and surrounding towns
Numerous brief items record funerals, visits, and family events in Campbelltown area. George Kreider funeral in Quinten. Dr Risser house painting. Outing at Valley Glen Park. Aulenbach and Kreider family travels. Haldemans attend funeral of uncle. sale of H Ruhl property to Samuel Lineweaver. public sale details. Postmaster exam set for Palmyra August 16. sixteen townspeople died in past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Haldeman
Samuel Lineweaver
Ruhl
Annville
Hig
Pittsburgh
Joseph Bowman
Ethan Kreider
Herbert Kreider
Mary
Grace Kreider
State College
Runde Rev
Jacob
Landis
Fleetwood
Noah Mark
P. J. Moyer
Misa Verna
Harold Long
Atlantic City
Wilington
Percy Weigle
Carlisle
Mra. Hinkle
Mary Becker
Fernleigh Lineweaver
Edna Beer
Sulphur Springs
Emma Lineweaver
Harvey Lineweaver
Bunker Hill
Adam Hemperly
Harry Hemperly
I’. R. Dissinger
Palmyra
Farm Sale and Local Happenings in Hershey Area
The 110 acres of cultivated land and 55 acres of pasture near Hershey are offered for sale or rent. Local residents like Joseph E. Wolgemuth thresh wheat and plans to build a bungalow style refreshment stand. Church services occurred Sunday with next services scheduled for August 3. Families such as Eshelman and Niemond attended visits, while residents, including Miss Minerva Miller and Mae Wrecker, spent vacations with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob G. Shank
Hershey
H. W. Eshelman
Beaver Falls
Penal
H. B. Gingri
B. M. Niemond
Ezra Risser
Joseph E. Wolgemuth
Minerva Miller
Spees Mae Wrecker
Anna Noll
Gra
Wm. Thompson
Millersville
G. M. Niemond
Wayne Garret
Wm. Kiscadden
Philadelphia
Harry Barr
Lancaster
Ralph Gareh
Man
Mayon Lipscomb
Crea
Washington
Pearson
Philaelphia
Groh
Lebanon
Charles G. Flory
Samuel Horst
Belleville
D. B. Flory
Dauphin Farmers Plan Swine Breeders Tour to Beltsville
Dauphin County agricultural officials announce a two day trip to the State Swine Breeders tour at the Beltsville experimental swine plant in Maryland July 30 and 31. Departures are set from Harrisburg Market Square and York in the afternoon with an overnight stay at the Maryland Agricultural College. E Z Russell will lead the Pennsylvania delegation and county agents will arrange lodging for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin County Agricultural Extension Association
Beltsville
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Market Square
York
E. Z. Russell
Pennsylvania
R. R. Burtner
Maryland Agricultural College
Hogs Predicted to Reach $10 A Hundredweight by October
Everett C. Brown of the Chicago Livestock Exchange says hog prices have bottomed for summer and maturing hogs will be worth at least $10 a hundredweight before October 1. Pigs at 90 to 120 pounds selling 4.34 to 5.34 cents per pound could profit more in 60 to 90 days with modest corn and grass feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett’ C. Brown
Chicago Livestock Exchange
State Foresters Estimate 13 Million Trees Needed Annually
Foresters in Pennsylvania project annual demand of more than 13 million trees from 1925 to 1930 across 24 forest districts. Ten of 21 species are evergreens, with major needs for white pine red pine Scotch pine spruce larch and white ash. Largest requirements appear in Welser district at about 2.4 million trees and Moshannon 2.08 million. Gallitzin 1.5 million. Lackawanna around one thousand thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Forests and Waters
Welser
Moshannon
Gallitzin
Lackawanna District
Poor Directors Decide to Lease Part of Farm Park
Dauphin County directors of the poor plan leasing county land adjoining Paxtang Park to the Paxtang Park management for bathing boating and other amusements. The agreement will go to the poor directors county commissioners and park management for ratification with no games of chance and police protection. The county will receive an annual rent while the land, a low woodland area, remains suited for park use and picnics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxtang Park
Dauphin County
County Commissionera
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Bui
Palm Beach
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Campbelltown
Dauphin Farmers
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