Social News From Hershey Celebrates Many Local Guests
Mrs. Fanny Hershey marked her eighty first birthday with a surprise dinner hosted by M S Hershey at High Point. Many Hershey residents and visitors are noted among friends and relatives visiting for Labor Day, with travels to Gettysburg Atlantic City Philadelphia Baltimore and Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Hershey
M.S. Hershey
High Point
Robert Hartnett
Mt.St. Mary’ S
Emmittsburg
Wm. Maguire
Harrisburg
James Murray
Gertrude Hartnett
Lebanon
Murray
John Shenk
Asbury Park
Hershey
Myerstown
Shenk
Albright College
Anna Himmelberger
Hershey Chocolate Company
George Huss
Buffalo
N. Y
John Malone
Philadelphia
George Beeshore
Hershey Store Company
Mabel Hoffman
Pottstown
Edna Dechert
Bruce
W. F. R. Murrie
Harrisburg Hospital
C.S. Mauffair
New Cumberland
Beatrice Zellers
Charles Gingrich
Palmyra
Florence Kitchen
Chester
Lillian Clay
Middletown
Ruth Beam
Carlisle
John Houtz
Daughters of Liberty
Derry Church
Gettysburg
David Gordon
A. H. Fitzgerald
Richmond
R. V. Owen
John B. Dichin
Cocoa Avenue
Hershey Inn
Jessie Wilson
P. W. Hartwell
Hummelstown
Emma Griffiths
Mineola
Agnes Dahm
Irene Gates
Atlantic City
Marie Gebhard
Pearl Holly
Margaret Killinger
Mary I. Smith
Jilian Gebhard
Mary Matter
Sunny Side
Frances Hurst
David Ermantrout
Arthur McCafferty
Akron
Ohio
John Allen
Silver Bay
Lake George
William A. Curtis
Old Ferry
Juniata River
Lila Snavely
Lancaster
Fanny Tershey
Hershey Men’s Club Baseball Drops Two By Palmyra And Elizabethtown
The Hershey Men’s Club baseball team lost two games over the weekend and Labor Day. On Saturday Elizabethtown defeated Hershey 5 to 2, and on Labor Day Palmyra routed Hershey 9 to 1. Zentmeyer pitched for Hershey, Shaub at first for Elizabethtown, and Erickson starred for Hershey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Elizabethtown
Palmyra
Zentmeyer
Shaub
Erickson
Hershey Ale
Lil Brinser
Ee Geyer
Balmer
Hess
Painter
Breneman
Ericson
Dressler
Ream
Hershey H
E Biouierdan
Stover
Swartz
Brinser
Palmyra O.A
Hummelstown Tennis Stars Defeated by Schuylkill Haven Team
On Labor Day at Schuylkill Haven the local pair Oscar Bordner and J Landis Strickler lost 9 sets to 6 in team play. Dick Strickler captured the singles in straight sets, Bordner fell narrowly, and the Schuylkill Haven doubles edged out the locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Bordner
J. Landis Strickler
Hummelstown
Schuylkill Haven
Dick Strickler
Bordner
Cutting and Fitting in Dressmaking and Speechmaking Remark
A humorous exchange about phrases cutting and fitting. A club member notes Mrs. Flubdub offered fitting remarks but delivered cutting remarks, a playful wordplay about language in social chatter.
Beautiful Home Wedding at Derry Church
A Saturday wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs John Allwine in Derry Church united Miss Bessie Mak and Howard O Romig son of Rev O G Romig Hershey officiant The couple after the ceremony left for Eagles Mere and upon return will move into a newly furnished home near Campbelltown Both are well known in the area and receive many good wishes from friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allwine
Derry Church
Bessie. Mak
Howard O. Romig
Hershey
Hershey Store
Eagles Mere
Campbelltown
Hummelstown Bride Weds Harry W Snyder in Baltimore
Mr and Mrs David Hummel announce the marriage of their daughter Nelda to Harry W Snyder on November 6 1915 in Baltimore Maryland The couple plan to reside at 40 North Felton Street Philadelphia after October 1 Both are engaged in teaching roles with Miss Hummel a Hershey Consolidated School entrant and Mr Snyder formerly with Shippensburg Normal School and currently in Philadelphia schools
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hummel
Hummelstown
Nelda
Harry W. Snyder
Baltimore
Miss Hummel
Hershey Consolidated ‘School
Snyder
Shippensburg Normal School
Hummel
Governor Pennypacker Dies and Is Buried in Philadelphia Area
Former Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker died last Saturday and was buried from Old Christ Church Philadelphia Tuesday. Bishop Darlington gave the address. Interment followed at Phoenixville with many tributes. Pennypacker led an active life and was noted for his friendships and visits to Hershey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Christ Church
Philadelphia
Darlington
Phoenixville
Pennypacker
Hershey
War progress reports from Roumania and eastern front
The war front updates claim Roumanian entry boosts Allied efforts and Russian advances on the east while French and British gains occur on the west. No decisive victory yet, but fighting is fierce and losses significant as both sides pursue ultimate victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roumania
Longest lived residents near Quarryville noted in New Era
The New Era profiles three venerable women near Quarryville as the county’s oldest residents. Maria Martin Herr is 98, Susan Wimner 93 next Christmas, and Elizabeth Mowrer 91 in October. Herr lives with daughter Mrs. Abraham Stively in Collins, is the widow of Martin Herr, and remains mentally sharp though her eyesight faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarryville
Maria Martin Herr
Susan Wimner
Elizabeth Mowrer
Abraham Stively
Collins
Jacob Martin
Martin Herr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whittle
Bessie
Bethlehem
C. Vv. Glynn
Omar Hummel
Oscar Rochow
New York
George Hench
Lawrence Edwards
Feese
William H. Brown
McKees Rocks
S. S. Brown
Howard Brown
Reading
Harry E. Brown
Brown
Helen Snavely
Rohrerstown
Emaline Lynch
Olapant
Myrtle Greider
Silver Springs
H. C. Reinhold
Alberta
Elizabeth Grove
Margaret Schlossman
C. Edwin Dearnley
Germantown
Dearnley
J. B. Leithiser
W. K. Leithiser
J. B
William B. Leithiser
Charles Keyser
W. H. Fasnacht
Fasnacht
George Evans
Cora Mowery
Charles Knesel
R. E. Yeiser
Russell Hershey
Adaline
St. Louis
D. M. Hershey
Park Bryson
James Malone
Allenton
A. C. Kraft
Clarence Conrad
Katherine
Blanche Martin
Washington, D. C
Washington, D. C., Where They Were Guests of Mr
Mra
L. Frank Nye
C. C
Jacob Gerberich
Misa Amanda Dressler
Grantville
Aaron Zuver
Cora B. Hershey
John A. Hershey
Margaret and
Elva Miller
Visst
Duncannon
Anna Belton
Governor Pennypacker
Hummelstown Brownstone
Swatara
Hershay
Annville
Avon
Uea
Farasi
Richland Sheridan
Womersdorf
Robesonia
Wernersville
Sinking Springs
John C. Moyer
Park Avenue
Hershey Park
Sca
P. G. Diener
J. C. Hess
Derry Road
Ford and Studebaker Automobiles
R. G. Laudermilch Custom Tailor
Palmyra, Pa
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