Fifty Years Old Keystone Band Celebrates Anniversary
The Schaefferstown band celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a concert last week. Also reported: a 28 inch five pound trout caught at Roaring Springs by Clifford Bagley. Hershey to build forty new houses as part of expansion by Hershey Chocolate Company. Corner stone laid for United Brethren church in Schaefers town. Annville to replace Gingrich's Mennonite Church building after more than a century. Mrs. Mary Bowman of Annville spins wool aged 89 from wool dyed red and green.
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Schaefferstown
Roaring Springs
Clifford Bagley
Hershey
The
Hershey Chocolate Company
New United Brethren Church
CG. Enék
Gingrich
Annville
Mary Bowman
Bowman
Library for Marietta A Community House Project
Happenings span the Garden Spot from a Marietta library plan to a Harrisburg band reunion, egg shipments to New York, a Columbia barber shop move, and Conestoga Traction testing conductorless cars. Local notices include a Durlach Eberly monument plan and creditor disbursements of a Lancaster brewer.
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Conestoga Traction Company
Lancaster
Purse Lost Last October Found by Plowman
Nathan Kapp of Mastersonville reported a purse missing since October. A son plowing uncovered it in a field, notes preserved though manure covered the items. Former Ephrata resident E L Hunter promoted to teach at the Polytechnic Institute Baltimore after Naval Academy service.
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Nathan Kapp
Mastersonville
E. L. Hunter
Ephrata High School
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Polytechnic Institute At
Baltimore
His Father and Grandfather Made Spinning Wheels
A Lancaster County feature recounts G Z Lunter of Ephrata, a son of Mr and Mrs G Z Lunter, with a 1911 revival chorus visit to Rev Dr Henry W Stough in Philadelphia and a $300 bank offer. A hearse mishap at a crossing injured none seriously near Jonestown. Also notes Elizabethtown Chronicle editor J G Westhaifer aging into 70 after 50 years at the paper, and Holtwood shad first caught weighing six pounds by William Mundorf of York. Henry Hottenstein preserves antique spindles and family spinning wheel crafts.
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Big
Evangelistic Chorus of
Lancaster
Henry W. Stough
Tiie Avenue M. E. Church
Philadelphia
Jonestown
J.G. Westhaifer
Elizabethtown Chronicle
Middletown Journal
Elizabethtown
Chronicle
Westhaffer
Holtwood
William Mundorf
York County
Henry Hottenstein
Record Low Inmate Counts Reported for Lancaster Prisons
The Lancaster county grand jury reports unusually low inmate numbers at the county home and Lancaster prison. The home houses 101 residents, down 26 from three months earlier, while the prison holds 39 confined criminals and 27 convicts, a record low in years.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster Prison
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Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburgh
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Florin
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Coleman Lumber Company
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West Keating Township
Clinton County
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Salem
Oreg
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Quarryville
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Drayman
Columbia
Washingtonboro
Clemens Band of Lancaster
Harry C. Shenck
John Chambers
Peter Snyder
Reinholds
Samuel
Eberly
Eberly Family Association
Durlach
Joseph Haeiner
Lousiana
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Reamstown
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New Providence
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Herr
Ephrata
Ile Is A Son
Mrs
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England
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Choice Oxfords
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Cali
Havana
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Shoe Store
East King St
Lancaster, Pa
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Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
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China
Interchurch World Movement
United Program
United
United Financial Campaign
Chinterchurch World Movement of
North America
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