Hummelstown News Highlights Local Social and Civic Life
The column reports residents moving into a remodeled Center Square home and trips to Maine New Hampshire and State College. It notes church activities a community meeting festival and band concert at Beaver school house September 15 and a campaign for the Director of the Poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Stoner
Center Square
Paul Byrnes
Maine
New Hampshire
William A. Grill
State College
Edmund F. O'Neil
Brooklyn
N. Y
Beaver School House
Fred Brenchman
James Maurer
Clarence Conrad
Minnie Haehnsen
Hackettstown
N. J
Alice Haehnsen
William F. Shoemaker
High Street
Urich
Earl J. Mumma
G. O. P. Republican Party
Helen Jones
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Nyack Biblical Institute
Nyack
Viola Nye
Lee Hawthorne
Hagerstown
Ruth Moyer
Reading
W. R. Fox
Mt. Gretna
J. A. Kilmer
Williamsport
R. C. Gingrich
Mary Ebersole
West High Street
George Battels
Flershey
Florence Huber
Misa Ethel Fisher
Misa Emily Cummings
Harrisburg
Katharine Shull
Marion Walter
Misa Esther Bringer
Sarah Muth
R. H. Gleim
Anna Burkholder
Town
Ebersole
Washington
Higher Mathematics and a Clever Answer
A teacher explains fractions and asks Bobby to choose between one apple or two halves. Bobby chooses two halves saying he can see if it is bad inside. The exchange ends with the teacher’s amused disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Quiet Heaven Commentary Noted in Family Exchange
The piece records a mother and child dialogue about heaven and babies. The child asks if babies come from heaven and the mother confirms with gentle irony about the quiet there.
Not So Simple Simon Fishing Tale
A humorous dialogue notes Simple Simon fishing without success. Mr Angler jokes that the effort saved car fare and guide fees, adding he has worse experiences himself. The quip frames a light, self deprecating streetwise view of a modest attempt.
Motor Trip Through the West by Mr and Mrs Bartlett
Mr and Mrs R L Bartlett and Professor J E Lehman returned to Annville from a cross country auto trip titled Seeing America. They traveled from June 6 visiting New Mexico Arizona California and Nevada and crossed the Rockies twice. They camped much of the time praising public camp grounds and recommend establishing a well equipped camp ground in Annville. They visited Rev and Mrs H B Spayd in Anaheim and sent regards to friends in Annville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Bartlett
Annville
New Mexico
Arizona
Great Southwest
Petrified Forest
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Great Mohave Desert
California
Pacific
San Jose Valley
Sequoia National Park
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite National Park
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Rockies
Omaha
Chicago
Detroit
Ohio
Coast
Terit
H.b.spayd
Anaheim
Orange
Swedish Bridegroom and Ole Say I Do
A preacher asks Ole if he will marry Hilda Sorgeson. Ole replies gloomily that he will get a little of both good and bad in the marriage, reflecting a humorous rural sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Sorgeson
Ole
Too Much Baggage in a Cursed Ice Box Exchange
A comic line pair shows a traveler asking where to place a suitcase and an older man replying the ice-box is full. The exchange hinges on a humorous mismatch of space and storage.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hummelstown
Reformed Church
Kunkle
Samuel G. Rath
Lancaster
J. J. Fellenbaum
Harry Hemperly
Baltimore
Howard Burns
Philadelphia
H. E. Gresh
P. D. Painter
Hershey
E. S. Rupert
Edgar Reed
Isaac B. Nissley
Elizabeth Mutzabaugh
Methodist Church
E. R. Donald
John Plank
Norman Stepp
Richard Taylor
Mutual Fire Insurance Co
West Main Street
Samuel Ziegler
Mary D. Kieffer
A. R. King
Lillie B. Wise
Homer Hummel Strickler
C. H. Miller
J. Irvin Ruff
Florence
R.B. Earnest
Clyde E. Zeiders
Wapakoneta
P. W. Hartwell
Carrie Prosser
Tyrone
Ada Hursh
Walter Gresh
Rebecca
Mildred
Patience Zimmerman
Steelton
Helen Wegman
Harry Vetter
Joan
Mother
Universal Sales
Patent Medicine
Scott’s
Blue Jay
Cadwell’s
Pene
Woodbury’a
Pompeiian
Ponds Vanishing
Eleaza
A. D.S
Creme de Mirador
Johnson’s
Gona
Woodbury's
Robinson
Fide and
Aoe
Stearate
Patewin
Colgate
Johnson
William
Cig
Uecco
V.s
Hershey Department Store
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