Local congregations meet and civic notes across towns
Reports from Jer usalem Reformed Congregation cover quarterly summaries and new members. Lebanon faces a grim gripp epidemic among prisoners, with fever and hospital fears easing. York notes the death of Benjamin Willis, famed architect, from apoplexy. Coatesville approves 1929 budget raises for police and city officials. Lebanon sees a charter filing for Shenk's Church of the United Brethren. Hazleton reports two deaths and a double funeral amid a local epidemic. Catawissa recounts a burglarly mishap with a car ending in a kitchen. Hazleton opens a new Masonic Temple at 300000 cost with large public tours. Oxford Westminster Guild December meeting includes missionaries letters and devotionals.
So Youll Know Them Pennsylvania License Plates 1929 Note
A report on license plate colors for 1929 showing Pennsylvania uses a blue background with gold numerals and letters while Delaware mirrors this scheme reversed. 1928 tags match Pennsylvania. Nearby states adopt varied schemes including New York orange on black, New Jersey white on dark grey, Virginia black on orange, Maryland light blue on white, Ohio black on apple green, and West Virginia orange on black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
West Virginia
Seed Catalogs and Winter Farm Care Tips
The article offers practical farming notes including early order of seed catalogs to avoid stockouts, stallion exercise and water needs in winter, cod liver oil in poultry feed, keeping cows warm and indoors during cold spells, and using corn silage with a grain mix for sheep. It emphasizes timely action and basic husbandry to maintain productivity.
Aviation Show Opens in Lancaster Next Week
Lancaster hosts its first aviation show from the 14th to the 19th at 24 West King Street in the Keystone Furniture building. About forty films and exhibits from the U S Navy Waco Aircraft Company Lancaster Airways and the Pennsylvania Railroad fame the event with historic items and education for youth. Open nightly until ten, no admission fee, with Lancaster Airways as technical advisor and arranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Mth
Keystone Furniture Company
West King Street
U. S. Navy
Wright Brothers
Kittyhawk
Byrd
France
Waco Aeroplane Company
Waco Air
Waco
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lancaster Airways, Inc
Lancaster County
America
Lindbergh
Foundations Merge to Form Rockefeller Foundation
Two Rockefeller philanthropic institutions with assets over 223 million dollars merged with Supreme Court approval. The Rockefelle r Foundation founded in 1913 and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial begun in 1918 will unite as the Rockefeller Foundation to advance mankind worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Supreme Court
Rockefeller Foundation
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Two New Bridges Ordered On Highway at Coatesville
The Public Service Commission ordered replacement of the Cambridge and Checkered bridges on the Lincoln Highway in Coatesville within a year. The western Checkered bridge will be rebuilt 100 feet west at a 38 degree angle. Cambridge will get safety provisions. cost estimates total 284,235 with shared funding by city Valley Township Chester County and State Highway Department. work to be done by the Pennsylvania Railroad. land to be condemned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatesville
Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cam
Valley Township
Chester County
State Highway Department
A. H. Swing
Norman Bailey
W. E. Greenwood
4-H Boys and Girls to Show Pet Beeves in Harrisburg
Nearly a hundred 4-H members from Lebanon, Dauphin and Cumberland Counties will gather in Harrisburg January 22 to 25 to exhibit baby beeves at the State Farm Products Show. Lebanon club shows 44 animals, Cumberland 30, Dauphin 21. County exhibits will be shown and judged January 22 and 23, with the grand champion to be named January 24 and all steers sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Dauphin
Cumberland
Harrisburg
Hoot ball struggle on an eight legged plane
Detroit News reports a peculiar mammal game described as a humming struggle on an eight legged plane. The piece notes surrounding fur bearing mites and an odd scene tied to collegiate sports.
Community Reports And Local Fire Company Elections In Columbia Area
Eveline H. Breneman reports 560 new annual Red Cross memberships plus four contributing and one supporting membership. Columbia Chapter totals rise to 753 with Marietta 93 and Mountville 101. Bainbridge, Washingtonboro, Maytown pending. East Petersburg Fire Company elects officers for the new year led by President F. Andes and Chief W. Myers. Bareville Fire Company to demo a Bareville pumper January 12. Cyrus Stauffer, 83, buried in Mountville cemetery. he had dug graves for himself and his wife years earlier. Marietta sees a bold burglary at Justice Zach’s wholesale house, valued at $600 stolen, with police and an earlier fire loss of $4,000 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Eveline H. Brenegaan
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Marietta
Mountville
Bainbridge
Washingtonboro
Maytown
Clyde Long
LeRoy ‘Redeau
Lancaster County Firemen’s Convention
J. B. Dietrich
D. W. Graybill
Hi. H. Johnson
H. B. Andes
Clarence Ober
A. R. Stouffer
A. Bair Dietrich
Hanry Steinman
LeRoy Redcay
J. H. Nissley
Cyrus Stauffer
Eightythree
Justice of the Peace
George F. Zach
Zuch
Jimmy
Squire Zach
Sheep Breeders to Have Day At State College
State College hosts Sheep Day on Monday January 14 1929 with a new barn dedication and an informative program. J Walker of Gambier Ohio speaks on his trip through the sheep producing regions of New Zealand Australia and South Africa. A US Department of Agriculture representative discusses the sheep situation in the United States. W W Henning outlines research work with sheep and results to date. W B Connell Extension sheep specialist covers improving Pennsylvania sheep and wool business. Evening features a roast lamb dinner and general sheep discussion. State College purebred sheep at Chicago International Live Stock Show win the Shropshire class and other prizes. Those from Lancaster County should notify County Agent F S Bueher to make reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
J. ¥. Walker
Gambier
Ohio
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
W. W. Henning
W. B. Connell
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Lancaster County
F. S. Bueher
Sitterwreck referenced in unclear school note
A parent report mentions a term sitterwreck being used by a teacher, with lines repeating the term and an unclear message about a child and mother. The text is fragmented and lacks specific names or locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitter Wreck
Sitterwreck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keystone Exchanges
Penryn
Jerususalem Reformed
H. E.maulfair
York
Benjamin Willis
L. A. Zech
Ora Lee Bause
Family Service Bureau
Moore
Samuel T. Meyer
Shenk’s Church of the United
Brethren In Christ
East Hanover Township
Hazleton
John Snyder
Jeddo
Peter
Mirs
Snyder
Ernnest
Arner
Oxford
Young Women’s
Westminster Guild
Lawrence Drennen
Park Street
Nicholas Scott
Charles Leib
West
Margaret McCrea
Edwin Wilson
W. H. Buch
Clothier & Gents’ Furnisher
Foundations Merged
the County
Bareville
Fairmount Hill
Farmersville
Bareville Fire Company
Oakland
All America
Langley Hydraulic Shack
Yorina Novela
Novel Motors
East Main ST
Wm. B. Fry
Lititz, PA
Robert L. Fry
Willard
General Battery Electrical Service
Kelly-Springfield
East Front Street
Record Printing CO
the Record Printing Company
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