Local Residents Gather for Weeklong Visits and Reunions
Lively social notes from Rickerville and surrounding towns record guests from Lancaster, Ephrata, Lititz, and Elizabethtown visiting families in Hershey, Hopeland, and Rothsville. A Lititz High School reunion, church events, and multiple Sunday gatherings illustrate a season of neighbors hosting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McQuate
Kauffman
Mechanicsville
Ellis Rettew
MccQuate
Poplar Grove
James Enck
Helen
Florence
Mildred
Evelyn
Harry Strickler
Hopeland
Lititz High School
Webers-In
Robert , Wenger
Ida Kopp
Ephrata
A. Z. Weidman
Frances Ditzler
Martin Hartrantt
Martin Ul
Hartranft
Francis Ditzler
Doris
Harold Nolt
Charles Adams
Elmer Gehman
Frank Edwards
Wayne Elser
Colored Spiritual Singers
Penryn
Isaac Witmer
Hallville
Ben. Snavely
Kathryn Zartman
Hershey
Reuben Sheetz
Richard
Near Lititz
Oscar Waltz
Ezra
Nora
Elam
Howard
Maria
A. H. Kready
Elstonville
Jacob Tschudy
Lancaster
Wayne Zartman
Jacob Berry
John Elser
Esther Elser
Israel Zartman
Gussie Eberly
Lillian Whitcraft
This Place
Vera Peiffer
Belen Eckert
Weidmansville
Ivan Eberly
Reamstown
Albert Eberly
Mt. Airy
George Stief
Ralph Weller
Franklin County
May Fisher Revealed as Peter's Wife in Mission Tale
May Fisher confesses to Peter Marton that she married him for love not money and May Smith, her true identity, is exposed by Kingsley who declares May Fisher dead. Peter wrestles with trust and duty as the couple’s happiness unravels and returns to the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
May Fisher
May Smith
Miles
May
Ster
Ifer
Ater
Jenny
Vic Kingsley
Francisco
Kingsley
United States
Peter Marton
John
Crane
Exexx
Morton
Alys
Tie
Community Notes From Florin And Nearby Towns Weekend
Social visits fill a Florin gathering as Ira Tongenecker family hosts relatives. Various households in Millersville Lititz and East Petersburg report weekend calls and birthdays. Longenecker’s Church plans services and Sunday School. A panda fact rounds out the page with museum mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Tongenecker
M. B. Forney
Florin
John Dittman
Eugene Brubaker
Paul Heagy
Abram Sleagy
Clarence Rhoads
Dittman
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
James, Rentschler
Millersville
Earl Rohrer
Landis Becker
Bob’s Church
J. Bender
Helen
Dorothy
Kathryn Bender
Edward Bender
Ira Longenecker’s
Elias Fry
Rothsville
Homer Wiest
Lititz
Howard Strickler
R. D
Elmer L. Miller
Clarence Wier
Donald
Ralph Wier
Millers
Elmer Hberly
Landis Gibbie
Ira Keller
Elmer Whitcraft
Jacob Pry
Elmer
Elam
Edith
Florence
Lutis
Anna Minnich
Elva Longenecker
Lexington
Miriam Todd
Anna Miller
Melvin Dutaler
Erla Longenecker
Hdna Yost
Brownstown
H. G. Minnich
Jonas Wikard
Peter Engle
East Petersburg
Longenecker
O'Lock
John Kreider
J .S. Sollenberger
Ranks
Unreliable Sun Heat Claim Cited by Professor McMillan
A Detroit News fragment mocks claims that sunlight will heat the planet for 15 quintillion years. It notes a professor's study and jokes about overcoats and tenure. A student remarks on female genius tied to indirect influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMillan
Local Clippings Show Lincoln Assassination Spark 1865 News
Wrightsville observer Harold Crumbling displays an April 15 1865 New York Herald with Lincoln assassination coverage. The 1865 four page paper carried a sparse front page led by Important with Stanton dispatches and Lincoln death notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightsville
Harold
N. Fourth Street
New York Herald
Lincoln
United States
Edwin Stanton
Dis
New York City
Clay Cullings J Russell Ober Treated For Fractured Arm
J Russell Ober son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ober was taken to Lancaster General Hospital Saturday for treatment of a fractured arm the second time recently. Local social news lists visits and dinners among neighbors including the Rock and Hess families and Mr and Mrs Steely hosting guests. Mrs Sydney Weidman’s daughter Eline and her husband welcomed a baby girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Denlinger
Ville
Miriam Hawthorne
Ancaster
Sylvesters
Ephrata
Ayy Miller
James Miller
Eleanor
Lincoln
G. Lans
Phillip W. Seppi
J. Carl
James I Ke
Scheafferstown
William Smith
Eafferstown
Schroader
Ylor
Wernersville
Zacharias Bherry
David Haldeman
Ella Drybread
Jacob Henly
Hopeland
Coble Gri
Fredericksburg
Elsie Woner
Levi Kissenger
Hrata
Tobias Haldeman
Haldeman
Yocum
Elm
John ‘Ist
Quentin
Caroline Iner
Harvey
Phillip W. Seppi, Jr
E. F. Ruhl
Mar‘et
John, Everett
Dolly
There
G. L. Evans
Darius Demmy
Fdren
S. Frank Fahnestock
John Christ
Joline Steiner
Lester Loose
Eph
Reuben Kauffman
J. Russell Ober
Lloyd Ober
Lancaster General Hospital
Elmer Rock
Harvey Rock
Earl Hess
Near Elm
Eewin Gerhart
Esther
Kleinfeltersville
J. W. Gerhart
Rufus Heisey
Elwood
Mirs
S. B. Steely
Eline
Sydney Weidman
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Srickerville News
John MecQuate
Elizabeth Farms
Miriam Rettew
Emma Weidman
Alice
Jerusalem B Lutheran Church
John Rettew
Irvin Steffy
Robert Steffy
Kissel, Hill
Brent
W.b.max
Bea Veil
Chese
Theodor Ibner Kermil Roosevelt
Serder
Ther
Detroit News
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Bessie Sullivan
Stella Travar
Acosta
Somerset
Harrisburg
Bird
Pinchot
Wheeler
Forest County
Richard 8. Quigley
Clinton
Center Hall
Seven Mountains
Lewistown
Dietz
SK Dan
Ford
Detroit
F.C.B. Detroit
Ford Finance Plens
Universal Credit Company
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