Smicksburg Lutheran History Voices Local Pastor’s Sketches
Dr Elkin recounts the Smicksburg and Mahonings Lutheran heritage tracing early German settlers, the first congregations at Plum Creek Round Top and Smicksburg, and the Round Top Salem Church. It covers building campaigns 1842 1890, leadership from Medtart Bishop Ehrenfeld and others, and the role of churches in social life and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bnrror
Nott
Elkin
Pittsburgh
Penna
Smicksburg
Indiana County
Francis
Mary Ann Elkin
Allegheny College
Meadville
Medical Department
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
the Mahonings
Mahoning Country
George Schmick
South Mahoning Township
Plum Creek
Reichart
Philip Bricker
Christian Hoover
Andrew Weamer
Indiana
Round Top
North Mahoning
A. C. Hbrenfeld
Zion Lutheran Church
Mlutheran
M. S. Kemp
St. Paula
Perrysville
Whitesville
Jefferson County
Trade City
Schillings
Elijah Coleman
W. B. Coleman
Jacob Medtart
Indiana and
Cornelius Lowe
Mary Ann Condron
Joseph Black
Mary Crissman
Jacob Condron
Elizabeth Hoover
Henry Roush
Mary Ann Mogle
Adam Mogle
Samuel Hoover
Absalom
John
George Stear
Catherine Fisher
John Stear
Elizabeth Fleck
John Miller
Elizabeth
Hezekiah) Crisaman
Samuel Good
George
Marion
Adam
J. Kurtz
Medtart
Henry Bishop
Caldwell
Bishop
Stewart
Kemp
Church Street
Salem
Christian Diehl
Streamer
Charles L. Streamer
Diehl
F.S. Hooper
George A. Lee
M. 8. Kemp
Gettysburg Theological Seminary
Crooked Creek Church Services and Local Visits
Services at the Crooked Creek church are held next Sunday with Sunday school at 2:00 and church services at 3:00. Guests include Harold Reims of Namine visiting his mother Ida Banks, and Charles Wells with family visiting Nettie Wells in Plumyville. Mrs. Roy Banks of Pittsburgh visited Ida Banks, Mrs. F. B. Kirk called in Indiana, sewing class led by Miss Owens met at Mrs. Merle McGara’s, and Chas Brady and Harry Miller were Indiana visitors. Dr. Mahan of Pittsburgh visited his summer home here. Fleck is a patient in Indiana hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersville
Crooked Creek
Harold Reims
Namine
Ida Banks
Charles Wells
Plumyville
Nettie Wells
Harry Miller
Carl
Vandergrift
Mahan
Pittsburgh
Roy Banks
F. B. Kirk
Indiana
Miss Owens
Merle McGara
Chas, Brady
Pine Flats Social Roundup Includes Visits and Church Meeting
Frank Parry invited friends to Uniontown last week while Norval Lowman and Barr Slope neighbors visited. Stanley Tate and son visited his parents in Dixonville. Haze Williams is on the sick list. Margaret Steffy from Johns town visited her grandmother. Mrs. Knapp hosted a Valentine party at the school Friday. Pine Flats Baptist church holds B Y P A each Sunday at 7:30 PM with invitation to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Flats
Frank Parry
Uniontown
Norval Lowman
Barr Slope
Stanley Tate
Dixonville
Tate
Haze Williams
Margaret Steffy
Johnstown
Mary Knapp
Olivet Socials and Local Visitors Report
Mrs Rosa Wilson and daughter Phyllis visited J Ewing in Olivet on Wednesday. James Alfred Ball and Clyde Clark of Apollo were in Olivet on Saturday. Alma Wilson failed at home. Richard Johns was in Shady Plain on Wednesday. Donald Ewing of Watsony Ridge called on Frank Lambing on Saturday. New Yorker notes Mussolini’s African venture will cost more than he estimates awaiting bonus trouble.
Local social notes from Cherryhill and nearby areas
Indiana visitors and callers fill a social page brief with names such as Mr. and Mrs. George Lunn and son Tommy Mrs Nell Kinney and daughter Martha and others visiting or returning home from Indiana Logan County Henderson Pine Flats and Heilwood are mentioned along with sick lists and a remark about a birdsong mimicking claim and a jab at politicians from New Orleans States
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherryhill
George Lunn
Tommy
Nell Kinney
Martha
Indiana
Minnie Stephens
Homer Bagley
Frank Steffy
Johns
Miller Pyle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Smicksburg and the Mahonings
Shile Miller
J. H. Beck House
Clarion Street
A. R. Longanecker
J. F. Stabley
W. B. Clancy
Troutman
Old Salem Church
Cornelius
Kurtz Lowe
Jacob
David
Cornelius E. Condron
Samuel Stear
Christ
Peter
Abraham
Taylor Good
Hezekiah
Oliver
H. Clay Criseman
John G
Sara
Taylor
Joseph
Robert Robinson
Davis A
Charles Lukehart
Daniel
Adam Black
John Beck
Thomas Hoover
William
Samuel Kerr
McKee
Kurtz
Webster Stiteler
Roush
Smith
Walker
Irwin
Daugherty
Brewer
Bell
Barrett
Silvia
Lutheran Church
Sun Day School
Joseph A. McCormick
George Crissman
Jacob Hystell
David Haskell
John Travis
Joseph Robinson
Crissman
David Stiteler
William Sims
Bers
Jehildren
John Althans
Protestant Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Old Lutheran Church
Francis Elkin
Loop
Ireland
Diocese of
St. Michael's
Wayne Township
Armstrong County
Redbank
S. Dimmick
Kittanning
Pexton
M. Wilson
Dayton
Haskells
Dodsons
Westons
Colemand
Reddings
Kirkpatricks
Glenns
Cassidaya
Mahonings
Plumville
Marion Center
Mussolini
New Yorker
Seekni
Yuri
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chester County
Ford Parry
Lon Shankle
Sherman Barnett
Clair Waltermire
E. H. Williams
H. P. Young
Melvin Taylor
New Orleans
Packard
Chevrolet
NASH
Edwards Motoor Co
QGMAC
General Motors
Indiana, Pa
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