Hummelstown Happenings and Local Events
Mrs. John A. Mohn and daughter Miss Katie of Fredericksburg visited Hummelstown guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reist and returned to Lebanon Friday morning. A surprise party honored Miss Ida Deimler on her birthday with about forty guests and refreshments. The Hummelstown Athletic Club festival at Athletic Park raised about 40 dollars from ice cream cake and lemonade sales, and the Hummelstown band played. Augustus Breckemaker rented the Walter shop on Second street and is painting a delivery wagon. Mrs. Arthur Hummel and Miss Emma Landis returned home from a visit to Mt. Gretna. In Carlisle Tennis Club openings, Carlisle beat Hummelstown in both singles and doubles. Mrs. Elvina Shelly and daughter Margarette returned to Lebanon from Palmyra Hershey and Hummelstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Mohn
Katie
Fredericksburg
Hummelstown
J. H. Reist
Lebanon
Edward Deimler
Ida Deimler
Hummelstown Athletic Club
Athletic Park
Augustus Breckemaker
Walter
Second Street
John H. Wise
Arthur Hummel
Emma Landis
Mt. Gretna
Carlisle Tennis
Carlisle
Elvina Shelly
Margarette
Palmyra
Hershey
Sunday Socials and Road Work Highlight Sand Beach
The community reports a well attended chapel sermon in Sand Beach and various Sunday visits. Road improvement work continues as carpenters work on Ralph Leese’s barn and residents visit relatives in Penbrook and Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Yingst
Herry Shertzer
Wm. Shakespeare
Middletown
Ralph Leese
Henry Gipe
Rebecca Stahley
Katharine Keller
Penbrook
Harry Miller
Harrisburg
Harry Calley
Jacob Reigle
Handicapped Father and Mother Conversing Over Infant
A father declares the baby knows as much as he does while a mother gazes at the infant and agrees with a sympathetic remark about the child. The excerpt reflects a quiet domestic moment centered on the infant.
Harrisburg Philadelphia and Reading daily papers for sale
V O Yingst's News Agency offers prompt service for Harrisburg Philadelphia and Reading daily and Sunday newspapers. Papers are available at Ober's Confectionery and O L Hummel's Haberdashery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Reading
Ober’s Confectionery
O. L. Hummel
Haberdashery
Fishburns Children Day Services Highlight Nature's Praises
About two hundred people attended Fishburns United Brethren Sunday School Children s Day program titled Nature s Praises. Recitations exercises duets and a missionary pageant in foreign nation costumes featured the event. Rev O G Romig Hershey spoke and F S Witman Swatara Station led the well decorated service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishburn
United Brethren Sunday School
O. G. Romig
Hershey
Home for sale prompts cautious exchange
A thin citizen hums about home, says there’s no place like home. The fat citizen asks if this is a general proposition or a pitch for a home you have for sale.
The Heart of a Birdman
An old man in New Orleans questions Curtiss about his flight and claims to feel wings. Curtiss replies he eats a pint of birdseed before flying, highlighting a humorous exchange about aviation bravado and myth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss
New Orleans
Darky
Campbelltown Visit and local graduation notes brief
George Weimer visited his son’s family Robert in Lebanon on Sunday. Mae and Minerva Gruber are in Millersville’s graduating class this week. Fannie Brandt plans to reside at Messiah Home in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weimer
Robert
Lebanon
Miss Mae
Minerva Gruber
Millersville
Fannie Brandt
Messiah
Harrisburg
Local Notes and Obituaries From Hershey Area
Miss Annie Martin of Hershey was in town Saturday evening. Katharine Harman, aged 84, died in Dayton and was buried in Reformed cemetery with services by Rev. Ginder. Henry Moyer, 23, died Sunday and is survived by parents and siblings. Miss Katharine Harman’s funeral features and local visits follow throughout the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Miller
Dissinger and
Lesher
Adam Lineweaver
John Fisher
Bindnagles Church
Mary Kreider
Katharine Harman
Dayton
Ohio
Ginder
Christie Foltz
Lizzie
Samuel
Dundore
R. E. Arnold
The
Reformed Church
Resolutions of Respect for Henry Moyer
Acknowledge the passing of Henry Moyer from the Young People’s Society. The group extends condolences to his family and Commissioned guidance from God. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to the family and entered in the minutes and Hershey Press publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Moyer
Young People’s Society
Hershey Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
V. O. Yingst
Fishburn’s Children’s Day Services
Campbelltown
Man
Omar L. Hummel
Haberdasher
Willmee P. Vanderlog
Third Street
I. T. Basehore
Hershey, PA
Annie Martin
Levi Eckert
E.S. Swope
East End
Ada Gruber
Brethren In Christ
U. C
Morris Long
Shellsville
Peter Longenecker
Manheim
Elizabethtown
Minnie Baum
Henry
Samuel Moyer
the Reformed Church
Henrietta Dissinger
Edward Dissinger
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