County Events Highlight Mergers and Prohibition Polls Across Lancaster
Manheim Telephone Company will dissolve but maintain the exchange after a merger approved by the Public Service Commission. In Lancaster incomplete Prohibition Poll results show 834 for continuance and 3 092 for repeal, mirroring state totals. Conestoga Transportation seeks to end freight on ten routes and switch to motor buses. A 10 000 pine sapling planting near Columbia Water Company reservoir is promoted for watershed beauty and water purification. Donegal celebrates 200th anniversary of Donegal Presbytery with twelve white oak trees. Westminster Presbytery interpretation and the churchyard grove are highlighted.
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Manheim
Manheim Telephone Company
Manheim Exchange
Denver and Ephrata Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Lancaster
Literary Digest Prohibition
Pennsylvania
Public Service
Columbia
Maheim
Elizabethtown
Lititz
Ephrata
Bhi Rall
Coatesville
Strasburg
Quarryville
Millersville
Columbia Water Company
Lockard
Theodore Kain
York Water Company
South Net
York
Donegal
Washington
Donegal Society
Donegal Church
Westminster Presbyytery
Middlewest
Donegal Valley
United States
Scriptural Link for Nearer My God to Thee Tells Genesis Journey
A note connects the hymn Nearer My God to Thee with the Jacob story in Genesis twenty eight, outlining a likely religious or literary linkage. The reference interprets the poem within biblical travel and dream motifs associated with Jacob at Bethel.
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Jacob
Local social visits and weekend guests around Kissel Hill
Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Wm Baker and Mrs Kathryn Ober of Kissel Hill were guests of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ober. Several families including the Gerharts, Obers, Zarts, and Wisslers hosted or visited relatives across Lititz Lancaster Columbia and Strasburg with trips to Valley Forge and Lancaster mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Baker
Kathryn Ober
Kissel Hill
Lloyd Ober
Valley Forge
Mark Hirschman
J. W. Gerhart
H. Arlington Gerhart
Columbia
Edna Ober
Allentown
Ira Zartman
E. K. Zartman
Nora Steeley
Schoeneck
Samuel &. Wiest
Rufus P. Heisey
Elwood
M. Elser Gerhart
P. O. Elser
Wissler
Lancaster
Hiram Meyers
Strasburg
R. K. Albright
Fanny Gambler
Landisville
John Rothfus
Walter Ruthart
K Huber
Cathryn Slote
Roy Slote
Chester Fulmer
Roth
Viola
Donatus Frey
Frank Long Named Class Leader in U B Church
Neffsville community notes Frank Long elected Class Leader of the U B Church to succeed the late John Rothfns. The Neffsville Fire Company mins trel event drew a large crowd at Manheim Township High School Auditorium Saturday. An art exhibition featuring Brecht Fiden Rossmere Oreron and Neffs ville schools will be held at the high school Saturday evening.
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Frank Long
U. B
John Rothfns
Neffsville Fire Company
Manheim Township
Brecht
Fiden
Rossmere
Oreron
Neffsville
Edgar T. Kong
Peach Bottom
Charles Shoemaker
Quarryville
C. Shoemaker
C. C. Shoemaker
Kersey Bradley
Near
Chester Fulmer
Daugh
Market numbers win sugar and beef roast prizes
The list of numbers 5287 5364 5327 6363 6361 5304 6344 6354 5465 6205 6241 wins 2 lbs of sugar when shown Friday or Saturday at the Market. Number 5383 wins a Fancy Beef Roast this week. Horace Eschbach won the Fancy Beef Roast last week. Phone 148. We Pay Market Price for PRIME CALVES.
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Horace Eschbach
Alibi Bill Presented as Brownstown School Event
The Brownstown High School stage play Alibi Bill was well attended on Sunday and Saturday. The Evangelical Church Bi Centen nial Washington program drew a large crowd with Prof F J Gaige of Millersville and the Brown Melody Boys from Lancaster providing program items.
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Washington
C. E. Society of the
Evangelical Congregational Church
F. J. Gaige
Millersville
Brown Melody Boys
Lancaster
Evangelical S .S
Buch
J. K. Wolf
Brownstown
Toin County Baseball League
Sarah Hackman
Pine Hill
Mors
J. Ladal
Kathryn
Paradise
Edna
Esther Fowers
Kathryn Snadey
Ephrata
Leroy Wolt
Monterey
A. F. Getz
Graybill Weidman
Lacaster
Luke Weidman
J. R. Bowers
M. M. Getz
A. K. Wolf
Evangelical Church
Miss Meda Koehler Hosts Freshman Class Friends
Miss Meda Koehler entertained many Freshman Class friends from Lititz High School after a visit to the hermit in Speedwell woods and arbutus gathering. A wide circle visited the Eckert home at Speedwell Farms and nearby households over the weekend, including families from Lititz Newark Rothsville Manheim and Penryn with numerous relatives and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meda Koehler
Lititz High School
Speedwell Woods
Arbutus
Janet Eby
Mildred Beockmyer
Ruth Carpenter
Margaret Erline
Nellie Campbell
Aviene Bomberger
Lois Biehm
Dora Spickler
Edith Kreider
Margaret Longenecker
Lillian Herr
MayBelle Stark
Mary Byler
Tune Byler
J. M. Bomberger
J. W. Biemesderfer
Penryn
Mrs. Rinehart
Parkerford
Local families share Sunday visit in Lititz area
Mr and Mrs Robert Biernesderfer and family hosted relatives from Lititz. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs George Biernesderfer and daughter from Lititz, Mr and Mrs Isaac Moyer and children, and numerous relatives from Lancaster Elizabethtown Manheim and East Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Biernesderfer
George Biernesderfer
Isaac Moyer
Lititz
Jacob Moyer
Fred Galebach
Lancaster
John Galebach
Ammon Ulrich
Wayne
Albert Shank
Elstonville
Albert Kling
East Petersburg
Harry S. Becker
Elizabethtown
Ada Nilan
Manheim
Lloyd Shank
Joy
Melvin Shank
Ellsworth Shank
Local families host Sunday and weekend visits across Lancaster area
Mr and Mrs Harry Shank Mrs Carl Weber and Mrs A Y Keath visited in the home of J B Kauffman Lititz. Lancaster residents Mrs Mary Bishop Mrs Eva Ober visited Mr and Mrs Paul Bishop. Several couples and families from Penryn Lititz Manheim Lebanon and Lansdale hosted gatherings Sunday and over the weekend including the Weidmans Obeys Stark Witmyer Hamaker Hammer and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Shank
Carl Weber
A. Y. Keath
J. B. Kauffman
Lititz
Paul Koehler
Mary Bishop
Paul Bishop
Lancaster
Arthur Weidman
Marcus Sheetz
Near Penryn
Frances Weidman
Elstonville
Monroe Obey
Mary Long
Eva Ober
White Oak
Joseph Summy
Penryn
John Lone
Victor Kauffman
Kilmer Weachter
Paul Stark
Chester Witmyer
Anna Hammer
Howard Hamaker
Elwood Ober
Theodore Hammer
Manheim
John Basehore
Kate Weachter
Paul Basehore
Cildren
Lebanon
Lansdale
William Wase
Harry Stoner
Edward Zell
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Conestoga Transportation Company
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South Broad Street
W. H. Buch
Clothier
Canadian National Railway
Quebec
Canada
Lutz
Market House
Warum
Shane Lieder
Egs Stove
Lehigh Valley Nut
Lehigh Valley Stove
W. H. Muth & Co
General
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co
Lititz, PA
Manheim, PA
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