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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
2
A rural church faces needed repairs and calls parishioners to a fundraising meeting. A wealthy member first offers five dollars but a plaster piece falls on him, prompting him to announce fifty dollars. A voice then begs the Lord to strike him again.
Mrs Harry Strickler spent Tuesday in Harrisburg and her husband and son Morris will work in Detroit. Many residents visited relatives in town and surrounding areas. Mrs Levi Hershey died of peritonitis aged twenty one. funeral held at United Brethren Church with interment in Hummelstown cemetery. Philip shows new kittens to a visitor, replying to his mother to carry them carefully.
Miss Blanche Cassel threw a leap year party at her home Friday evening for LT.L club members. After games and music, luncheon honored guests included Mrs. D. Burt Smith Alberta Grove Mary Grove Ethel Ebersole Rebecca Sntcliffe Mary Bolton Harriet Behney Pearl Behney Beatrice Zeliters N V Rorer W J Basler Jr Russell Hummel Bertram Hummel Charles Miller Prowell Mack Ralph Walters Edgar Neibert and Harry Picker.
The Young Woman's Band of the United Brethren Church holds its annual meeting in the church on Friday evening. Miss Susan Balsbaugh of Annville will speak. A report of the year's work will be followed by election of officers for the coming year. The event is open to all.
A list of Palmyra High School Winter close events featuring students and topics including Harold Shertzer Story Sadie Carper Referred Question Bruce Hilbish Fur Seals and Their Enemies Helen Hof fer Essay Ella A Fry Biography Alfred Tennyson Martha Early Views in Politics George Heisey Oration Walter Fasnacht Recitation Charles B Horstick Referred Question Preparations on the Pacific for Panama National Current Events Minnie Stauffer Biography James Fennimore Cooper John Ranch Debate Resolved that War is essential to Heroism
The Ladies Aid Society of Salem United Brethren Church in Hershey met, reorganized, and welcomed nine new members. Five members were appointed to recruit more. A March 16 meeting is planned with a goal of fifty members, while men may join as associate members but not be counted in the total. The current membership stands at twenty four.
The Palmyra post office lists unclaimed letters including domestic recipients Mary A. Bach man H. H. W. Bates & Co. John Beid leman Brunner Agency Charlie Funck George Gieb Tom Henderson Clint Leinbach Mrs Jane Lose Mine Gest Co P Pettit foreign recipient Marino Gez zone.
Professor Geo Richards of Lancaster seminary delivered an instructive lecture at the Reformed Church in Palmyra on The Distinctive Features of the Reformed Church under the Trinity League auspices.
Hershey's Salem United Brethren Church held a quarterly conference last Wednesday evening. Trustees were named a building committee with authority to dispose of church property and to proceed with construction at earliest practicable date. The move sets the projected undertaking in definite shape as plans for the new building are considered.
A teacher tests memory by naming domestic animals then asks for the one missing. A student shyly answers the riddle by declaring the answer is himself, describing a bristly hair and mud loving nature.
Among new fabrics for the season one stands out as tailor made for you. You will find the very material you have been seeking, and looking costs nothing. Visit to inspect the offer and choose your fit.
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