Elizabeth town area notes on funerals and local visits
A digest of social items: Engel and Garman families attend funerals and conventions in Lancaster and Harrisburg, local reunions at Reservoir Park, and visits among Elizabethtown residents. Several residents travel to Ocean Grove and Valley Forge, while others recover from illness and receive guests. A marriage license is issued to Ezra Kipp and Sophie Strickler, and Barbara Eshleman dies at 87 with services in the Church of the Brethren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Engle
Elizabeth Hess
Lancaster
Albert K. Garman
Elmer Geyer
H. J. Gish
R. H. Forney
J. N. Olweiler
Anna Olweiler
Mildred Gish
H. G. Olweiler
Stella Heisey
Ella Peck
Town
Reservoir Park
Harrisburg
Olweiler
Robert Forney
Harry Lichty
Bessie
Elmer Butt
Swatara Hill
John Brinser
Betty
Adella Brubaker
Iron Mine
Ocean Grove
Daniel Drace
E. Hummelstown St
Lancaster General Hospital
W. D. Groff
Mildred
Bessie Mathias
Philadelphia
H. E. Reem
Mildred Kline
Sea Side Park
Walter Brinard
Heistand
Salunga
Over
Margaret Drohan
Bethlehem
Martha Mohler
Elncey
Jacob Williams
Rheems
Joseph Basehore
Manor Camp
J. W. Zarfoss
Paul Donecker
Zink
Valley Forge
Jacob Crum
H. K. Ober
Ohio
John Gibble
Barbara K. Eshleman
South Market Street
Peter W
Bachmanville
Samuel W
Isaac W
Elizabethtown
Daniel Eshelman
Joy
Fannie W. Eshleman
Church of the Brethren
Green Tree
Camera Risser
Gertrude Risser
R. D. Raffensberger
Peter G. Brubaker
Brubaker
Lititz
Spruce Villa
Reta Brubaker
Henry Eckroth
Huntingdon
Mry
Clifford
Mary
Thomas Meehan
Local Notes Touch Families, Trials, and Census in Dauphin County
Camps visit Lizzie Gruber and families in Campbellstown. Labor Day wedding of Hollis Gingrich and Florence Bachman. Obituary for Martin Brunner in West Palmyra. Dauphin County Criminal Court eyes about 250 trial cases in September. Harrisburg census cites 12 878 school children with 1652 foreign born fathers or mothers. Bethlehem replaces traffic booths with high concrete stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Gruber
Will Bowman
Carl Schmidt
Philadelphia
Hollis Gingrich
Harry Gingrich
Town
Florence Bachman
Palmyra
Martin Brunner
West Palmyra
U. . Church
Arndt
Rev
Zeller
H. E. Caston
Texas
Ed. Lawson
Chicago
Geo, Fair
Marian Good
H. S. Aulenbach
Aulenbach
East Myerstown
Rich Weltmer
Hershey
George Horstich
Herman Grubb
G. I. Ehrman
Newark
N. J
Mra. Anderson
Allentown
G. C. Wolfernberger
Fox
Dauphin County Criminal Court
John R. ‘Aken
Julius Alphonse
Steelton
Wm. Reddick
Edward Kennel
Harrisburg
Cornelius Daily
Mra
Anna Manbeck
James Young
Clarence Inner
Jacob Katzen
Atoire
Harrisbur
Semper Fidelis Class Entertainment at Miss Early's Home
Palm Bible School guests gathered Tuesday evening at Miss Martha Early's home on South Railroad Street. Attendees included Rev. H A Kunkle and son, Mrs. Lydia Loser, the Snavely family, Lohrs, Yoder family, and many others from Palmyra, Swatara, Camp Hill, and nearby towns. Social visits, travel to Gettysburg and Atlantic City noted along with a homecoming program and diploma presentations at Kibie School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Bible School
Martha Early
South Railroad Street
H. A. Kunkle
Lydia Loser
Frank Snyder
Quentin
Miss Early
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
George Wade
Camp Hill
Hoke
Myrtle
Brewer Laudermilch
Pauline
Joseph Fees
Frank Early
Alice
Swatara Station
Maggie Carmany
Daniel Early
Norma Reichenbach
Myra Lohr
Ethel Strohm
Sara Smith
Sallie
Irene Brandt
Myrle Turby
Meta Ringer
Mary Early
Carrie Early
Elsie Nye
Hermina Ringer
L. W. Lohr
Myra
Charles Lohr
Charles, Jr
Gettysburg
Mahlon Yoder
Cleveland
Palmyra
Yoder
John Snavely
Hershey
Cuba
Squire
Amos Snavely
Paents
Snavely
Hershey Chocolate Company
George F. Miller
Margaret Jane
Miller
Krebs
Tower City
W. W. Feese
J. Weese
A. C. Ober
Atlantic City
Pittsburgh
Missionary Society of
Light Brigade
C. P. Evans
Mabel Mease
Allentown
Harrison Street
H. R. Seltzer
C. S. Manwiller
Cyrus Snake
Levi Flory
P. B. Gibble
Landis Kreiders
George G. Greiner
East Main Street
Carper
Hudson
P. R. Shenk
Millertown
John G. Early
Lebanon
Beatrice Runkle
Bernice Bentzel
Baltimore
Bentzel
Merchant’s National Bank
Robert Sherk
Harrisburg
George Bomgardner
East Cherry Street
Walter Hartman
Virginia
E. Kreider
David
Bethlehem
Lehigh University
Byron Gingrich
Cal
Hatton
Gingrich
Grant Reber and
Ely
Reading
Ray L. Wilson
Sinking Springs
I. A. Rey
Landmark oak felled by Mt. Gretna road project
In Mt Gretna a famous oak blocking the road between the Post Office and Gremminger's store was cut down by state road workers. Reading plans to abolish city horse taxes after noting 400 horses in use and typical value per head. Harrisburg firemen win bid to restore court house bell for fire alarms after a long protest. The Automobile Division issues its millionth license tag to Mrs. Wright of Eric. Bethlehem Steel orders two plate mills to run double time and Central Iron and Steel adds open hearth furnaces. Berks Club pushes to legalize Sunday fishing on its grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Gretna
Gremminger
Harrisburg
Dauphin County Court House
Court House
Automobile Division
Department of Highways
Mra
Paul D. Wright
Eric
Highways
H. C. Hadley
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steelton Works
Central Iron and Steel Company
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Oxfords
Xfords
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Jersey
Hershey, Penna
Campbelltown
Atanda
Lebanon Valley
The
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