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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
2
Palmyra forms permanent Independence Week committee with James J. Rodgers as chair and E Warren Martz as secretary. Plans include patriotic services on July 4 and a full program of community events, parades, bands, and fireworks.
Elizabethtown High School Alumni banquet is set for Friday at 7.15 pm at the Hershey Inn Hershey. Arcadia Orchestra of Harrisburg will provide music for the event.
Palmyra lost Mary Schoolman, 81, on her birthday after eight years of illness. She resided with daughter Mrs Yingst on North Lincoln Street. survived by two daughters, three brothers, three sisters, five grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Funeral held Friday at 1:30 from her daughter’s home with services at Bethany Evangelical Church and interment in Palmyra cemetery.
Misses Lillie Perrett and Linda Huber of College Avenue visited, accompanied by Mr and Mrs Wm R Wicks of Medford New Jersey. Miss Ella Fishburn and Mrs M Burkholder stayed at Hotel Avon Easton Maryland. Sweigart returned to Harrisburg after a few days with his parents here. Mr and Mrs A N Arnold of Philadelphia, formerly residents, spent several days with friends here.
Hummelstown Camp No. 10714 Modern Woodmen of America will hold a Memorial service Sunday June 6 at United Brethren Church. Members meet at 6 p.m. then march to the cemetery to decorate graves with flowers. Local Girl Scouts plan a food sale in Center Square June 12 to raise funds for Pine Grove Furnace Camp.
Mrs Ida M Gleim and Miss Miriam Gleim of Harrisburg hosted Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs R G Reber and Miss Anna Reber from Lancaster. Ward Landis and Samuel Wood drove to Washington over the weekend. T S L Class met at Miss Alletta Lingle s home with several attendees. Rev Arthur J Miller of Rimersburg to preach in Reformed church Sunday evening and conduct Union Deposit services Sunday morning. Miller to be hosted by Mrs Mary Cassel on East High street Saturday. Mr and Mrs Raymond Cowin of Elizabeth N J and Bertram Hummel of New York City visited with Mr and Mrs Alfred Sutcliffe over the weekend. Miss Marion Walter visited Miss Emily Cummings in Harrisburg Saturday.
Campbelltown residents and visitors are listed with members from Altoona Harrisburg Lebanon and Pittsburgh visiting families in Centre County and Palmyra. The Salem Reformed Church Welcome Class plans a Rocky Springs outing on June 5 with an 8 am meetup. Children’s Day events are announced at Salem and U B Church on June 13.
A neighbor bets on a plum from an apricot tree and jokes about last year’s peach theft. The household plans a simple Decoration Day celebration by staying home and doing as they please.
The piece notes individual worship and celebration in a free country. It mentions Decoration Day and decorating a car with paint, then comments on local reception and a neighbor’s judgment about poetry and art.
Seventy-eight cows in the Dauphin County Cow Testing Association produced over 1000 pounds of milk last month and 38 exceeded 1300 pounds. A Grade Holstein owned by Paul Kaylor led with 1887 pounds. Butterfat honors went to two cows at Masonic Farms Elizabethtown with records of 65.8 and 65.5 pounds. The average for 12 cows owned by Clayton Gingrich was 43 pounds per day. The nineteen top producers include animals from Harrisburg State Hospital farms Frank Kitchen Aaron Erdman Clayton Gingrich Roy Shenk Paul Kaylor Masonic Farms and E B Mitchell.
A newspaper note discusses dandelion elimination methods including sulphate of ammonia use to kill weeds and encourage blue grass, cutting and plucking risks, and a squirter method with gasoline to rot the crown and root. Purdue endorses chemical treatment while Frank N. Wallace notes cutting worsens regrowth.
The United States paid $295 an acre for the Virgin Islands $35.80 an acre for the Canal Zone 27 cents for the Philippines and 2 cents for Alaska A sharp tariff rise virtually collapsed Italy's straw hat industry in Tuscany and left 100000 jobless.
Notice of letters of administration issued in Hershey Dauphin County Pennsylvania. Ragnar Hallgren as administrator requests all debts be paid immediately and claims presented to attorney Florin Wm. Hollowbush Pennsylvanian.
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