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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
3
Mrs. W. H. Engle of College Avenue was honored for iris show achievements in Harrisburg earning an AIS membership. She won second in Class 4, first in Class 17, and second in Class 19 for groups of iris stalks and varieties.
A series of small items from Campbelltown and Salem recount births and family visits. A daughter was born to Clarence and Mrs Keggeries last Friday June 13. Numerous church and community events are listed including Sunday School outings at Boiling Spring Park, a wedding dinner for Lydha er, house rentals, a visit from Palmyra and Harrisburg relatives, teaching moves, and a Strawberry Festival by the K P Class. The Salem Reformed Church ordained and installed Rev Henry I Aulenbach. Salem Sunday School and picnics are noted.
Lawn Children's Day services set for Sunday evening June 29. The Colebrook band played Garret's Store last Wednesday. B M Niemond offers a pool and parlor table for sale. Mr and Mrs Harry Hostetter of Harrisburg visited here last week. Monroe Brickers farm road to Lehman Hill ready for top dressing of stones. Ira Risser and son Paul visited from Elizabethtown Monday. A saw mill will operate in Risser woods this week to supply lumber. Edwin Yingst and family spent Sunday here. John H Reed and wife visited Oliver Spangler near Fontana Sunday afternoon. Auto races at Altoona drew attendees including Harry Reed, Ivan Risser, Carl Shoemaker, Charles Rengier and H K Brenne. Fine weather Sunday brought many tourists to the local state road, many unhappy with tarvia. Melo Martin shows off a new Chrysler car.
Dauphin County's poultry judging team captured first place at the state contest during Young Farmers Week at State College, earning a silver loving cup. Dairy placed sixth, swine eighth, and farm crops tenth among twenty-eight counties. Individual scores highlighted top poultry member John Smith with 32 of 33 points and Jerry Uifmat with 59.
Lancaster County reports a bathtub older than 1842 with historic value. The Colemanville home of the late J Wesley Gardner houses a single piece tree butt bathtub set over a century ago.
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