Farm Calendar and Pest Control Tips for Home Gardens
This column discusses soil improvement with low cover crops sown in orchards and row crops, and plowed in spring. It notes benefits like reduced erosion and added organic matter. legume cover crops can add nitrogen. It also advises cherry leaf beetle control with lead arsenate, optionally mixed with nicotine sulphate, and shallow cultivation to kill garden weeds. It recommends self boiled lime sulphur spray for peach rot before and after ripening.
Local social news from Halfville area
Halftime notes of visits and calls as residents from Ephrata Lititz and nearby towns drop by homes and share weekends. Families including Hallachers Meases Miley Frey Shreiner Eckert Heck Rose Beckley Farhart Balmer Todd and Anna Todd appear in a flurry of calls and stays.
Local families visit and socialize across Lancaster area
Mrs Sanford Todd of Rothsville and the Earharts near Lexington visited the Rose family on Friday evening. Edith and Florence Frey spent time with Mary and Olive Rose. The Mull family near Manheim joined the Shreiner family for Sunday. Esta and Betty Enck stayed with the Cletus Fry family in Elizabethtown. Abram Graybill and family called on Milton Hershey near Penryn. Esther and Dorothy Heagy of Penryn visited Abel Graybill. Engle and family of Brickerville hosted a visit with Mil ton Engle and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Rapp
Lititz
Henry Miley
Mary Rose
Edith Frey
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Myrtle Bushong
Harry Shreiner
Harvey Eckert
Ephrea
John Heck
Ephrata
Adam Enek
George Rose
Harold
Beckley
Lancaster
Charles Farhart
Lexington
Charles &. Rose
Galen Balmer and Sons
Brunnerville
Elmer D. Todd
Anna Todd
Elmer Todd
Sanford Todd
Rothsville
Charles Earhart
Joan and
Yoyce
Charles
Rose
Edith
Florence Frey
Mary
Olive Rose
Mahlon Mull and Family
Manheim
Charles Shreiner
Esta
Betty Enck
Cletus Fry
Elizabethtown
Abram Graybill
Milton Hershey
Penryn
Town Talk on Sunday Movie Ballot Move
Harry Cherteoff plans 28 cent admission with tax but it is unlawful so the tax will be collected. Ivan Utter will circulate a petition to place the question of Sunday movies on November ballots in boroughs meeting 5 percent of last election voters. The measure by Governor Earle requires petitions to trigger ballots. turnout in 1934 was about 775 votes with 38 needed for 5 percent. The petition does not guarantee Sunday movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cherteoff
Lscal
Ivan Utter
Earle
Sunday movie votes unlikely in Eph rata and Lancaster
The writer states they and their staff value a weekly day of rest and believe Sunday movie bans have little chance of passage in their county towns, including Eph rata where Sunday movies exist, and doubt Lancaster City will vote yes on November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Lancaster City
Gretna Players Stage Salt Water Comedy at Gretna Theatre
Gretna Players under A. E. Scott present Frank Craven's Salt Water at the Gretna Theatre, Mt. Gretna, this week with nightly shows. Crowds roar as the production unfolds the tale of John and Pansy Horner and draws sensational Gretna crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Craven
New York
Gretna Theatre
Mt. Gretna
A. E. Scott
Gretna
John
Pansy Horner
Water and The Pursuit of Happiness at the Players
A fresh comedy about the Horners in a young marriage faces romantic and career tensions. Next week the Players stage a famed American theatre hit, the bundling style satire The Pursuit of Happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horners
Herr Sues for 25000 Damages Over Plant Accident
Paul K. Herr of Lancaster sues Simplex Paper Box Corp of Lititz and Lancaster for 25000 in damages claiming injuries from a March 4 1934 accident at the company's plant when a worker allegedly set a lit match near him while unloading gasoline from an Am truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul K. Herr
Lancaster
Simplex Paper Box Corporation
Lititz
Herr
Gasoline Explosion Injures Worker at Plant
An American Oil Company employee was burned when a match ignited gasoline vapor at the plant, setting his clothing on fire and causing a serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erican Oil Co
Manager Transferred After Shakeup at Lancaster Stores
August Fleckenstein, longtime manager of the Manheim state liquor store, was moved Thursday to head the East King Street Lancaster store after four employees at that location were dismissed for unsatisfactory service. Several clerks from the other Lancaster store were reassigned. while temporary, some changes may become permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Fleckenstein
Town
Manheim State Eiquor
East King Street
Lancaster
Help Kidneys Don’t Take Drastic Druga
Kidney health warning profile urges avoiding neglect and harsh drugs and promotes Cystex as a doctor prescribed cure. It claims 48 hour improvement and a money back guarantee. The ad highlights symptoms like nocturia nervousness loss of pep and aches. It cites a low 8 cent per dose price at druggists with a guarantee.
Woman Loses 17 Pounds with Kruschen Salts
Mrs Robert Hickey of Roseville California credits Kruschen Salts with a 17 lb loss in six weeks. She followed her doctor’s safe plan and urges others to try the remedy. A teaspoonful in hot water each morning is said to work. It costs a small amount and lasts four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Cadmus
Trenton
New Jersey
Robert Hickey
Roseville
Calif
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Halfville News
Myr
David Hallacher
Henry Mease
Esther
Dorothy Heagy
Mrs
John Engle
Simon. Engle and
Brickerville
Wertsch’s
C. L. Wertsch
Hotel Strand
Ocean City, N. J
Atlantic City
the Strand
Paul M. Spiecker
Sremkastorke
Tim
Diont
Imstead pOe Mnshirt
Fleckenstein
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