Protest filed with Public Service Commission over new tariff
Mr J M Bomberger and associates traveled to Harrisburg last Thursday to protest the Farmers Electric Company tariff before the Public Service Commission. Nearby items note a lost horse, blueprints for a summer bungalow, and various Sunday visits among local families including Bomberger Hassler Hostetter and Connelly households. Mrs Sarah Eby, the area’s oldest resident, marked her 80th milestone. An old fashioned ball game at Isaac Bomberger’s farm drew younger participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bomberger
Messrs
P. K. Graybill
Henry Hershey
Adam Fahnestock
J. T. Weber
Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
Farmers Electric Company
George Ruhl
I. B. Koehler
J . Singer
Jacob Connelly
Manheim
L. D. Himmelberger
William Miller
Kissel Hill
Jonas Hartman
Leon Himmelberger
Sarah Eby
Isaac Bomberger
Local Family Visits Highlight Weekends in Rothsville Area
Lexington news notes weekend gatherings as Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Enck and daughter Reba of Rothsville visit Edwin Enck and family. Abram Metzler and family visit Willow Street friends. John Enck visits David Rickert and family. Spelling bee set for Brunnerville on March 4 with teachers Miss Hettie Hess and Pauline Doster. John Enck and wife plan several weeks at Biglerville visiting son Warren Enck and family. Harry Kauffman and daughter Violet visit Preston Helman and family in Hopeland. Miss Minerva Zartman visits Miss Elva Leeking at Millway last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Enck
Reba
Rothsville
Edwin Enck
Abram Metzler
Willow Street
John Enck
David Rickert
Brumnerville
Hettie Hess
Pauline Doster
Biglerville
Warren Enck
Harry Kauffman
Violet
Preston Helman
Hopeland
Minerva Zartman
Elva Leeking
Millway
Sunday Visits Tie Lebanon Area to Nearby Towns
Clay Cullings notes Sunday visits as families from Lebanon Elizabethtown and Lancaster travel to Springville and Almenara. Attendees include the Perry Wiest and Pfautz households with several guests. A public sale of farm stock for A. E. Lane, deceased, drew large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel E. Perry
Lebanon
L. B. Wiest
Sam
Wiest
Annie Doster
Springville
Messrs
Elmer R. Snyder
Mark Wealand
Jacob S. Wiest
Ralph Martin
Ada Tarhart
Elizabethtown
Almenara
Mamie Harting
Marie
Lancaster
Akron Notes Missionary Meeting and Sunday School News
On Sunday evening March 5 a missionary and temperance meeting will be held in the Church of the Brethren. The Willing Workers Class of Mt. Zion Evangelical Sunday School met at Mrs. Richard Albright’s home with Frances Miller Rebecca Zwally Ella Getz Clara Hinsey Jennie Smith Cora Albright Erna Hicks Alice Mellinger Stella Miller Mrs Jank Adams Mrs Warren Smith Laura Miller and Harold Smith in attendance Refreshments were served The W M S of Mt Zion Evanglical church met on Tuesday evening Rev C W Horner is the newly appointed pastor of Mt Zion Evangelical church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Mt. Zion Evangelical Sunday School
Miller Deitrich
Richard Albright
Frances Miller
Rebecca Zwalley
Ella Getz
Clara Hinsey
Jennie Smith
Cora Albright
Erna Hicks
Alice Mellinger
Stella Miller
Jank Adams
Warren Smith
Laura Miller
Harold Smith
Mt. Zion
Resignation of Fourth Grade Teacher in Ephrata School
Miss Helen Adams of Ephrata has resigned from her posts as a Fourth Grade teacher at the Washington school building due to poor health. The article also notes visits and family gatherings including Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Fry and son of Lititz with the Alpheus Bender family, Miss Miriam Regennas of Lititz visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wenger, Elmer Landis of Harrisburg staying with his parents, Mrs. Allen Witmeyer and relatives spending time with Annie Putt and the Mohns at Manheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Adams
Washington
Ephrata
Clayton Fry and Son
Lititz
Alpheus Bender
Miriam Regennas
Mary Graeff
Lancaster
C. F. Wenger
Elmer Landis
Harrisburg
Pacob Landis
Allen Witmeyer
Samuel Witmeyer
Elizabeth Bigler
Annie Putt
Lloyd Mohn
Mary
Leona
Jacob Albright
Chas. Mohn
Manheim
Co operative buying cuts fertilizer costs for Lancaster county farmers
Four Lancaster county farm groups including Pomona Grange Potato Growers Association Fruit Growers Association and Hampshire Swine Breeders Association met at Farm Bureau rooms and placed a contract for delivery of 1000 tons of fertilizer in carload lots beginning March 1 This marks the second year of cooperative buying by organized farmers of the county Last year the grange and farm bureau united in purchasing 500 tons with savings of 15 to 20 percent benefiting three to four hundred farmers this year anew order is placed with the contracting firm guaranteeing fish bone tankage and nitrates ammonia phosphorus from acid phosphate and high grade potash
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Pomona Grange, Potato Growers Association
Fruit Growers Association
Hampshire Swine Breeders Association
Farm Bureau
The
Grange
Farm Women No 1 to Meet at Mrs J H Reitz Home
The Society of Farm Women No 1 will meet at the home of Mrs J H Reitz at 1 30 p m Saturday March 4 A special meeting invites both men and women Rev B H M Slichter will give a talk of interest Plantz Bros sole agents for Lititz market the Columbia Grafonola the sweetest toned talking machine made
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Farm Women No. 1
J. H. Reitz
Bh, M. Slichter
Plantz Bros
Lititz
Singing School Saturday at Hast Park School
A singing event is planned for Saturday March 4 at 8 p m at Hast Park school Penn township along Sun Hill road Kingdom song books No 2 will be used Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hast Park School
Penn Township
Sun Hill Road
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Isaac Erb
Lexington News
Akron Notes
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Hepp
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H. H. Snavely
M. G. Schaeffer Joseph
Wissler Attorneys
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Lutz
Charles Fry
Charles
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J. W. Miksch
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Lititz, PA
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Ford
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C.s. Zartman
Janssen
J.B Young & Son
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Leber
Sale and Exchange
Washington Avenue
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M. G. Kurtz
A. Clerne
Oscar Kemper
Julius Roth
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Cope
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Brinser
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