Farmers National Bank Celebrates Twenty Fifth Anniversary
A Lancaster area bank marks 25 years since opening. The article recalls founding directors and officers, bank growth, assets totaling 1.7 million, deposits at 1.32 million, a 60 thousand capital, and lists current directors and staff. It notes building of a new bank opened March 1, 1925, on property purchased March 21, 1922. The celebration ties to September 2 anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers National Bank
Mariner’s National Bank
P. J. Roepuck
P. J. Roebuck
Jefferson G. Usner
Harry S. Meiskey
Samuel W. Buch
Eli Garber
Christian N. Bomberger
William Evans
M. D
E. J. Garber
J. Frank Buch
H. H. Gimgrich
Henry R. Gibbel
Bank
James ©. Brobst
Messrs. Hoggson Brothers
New York City
G. Graybill Diehm
Eli L. Garber
Allen B. Haegg
John W. &. Wershey
Nathaniel B. Seaman
Henry J. Pierson
Silas R. Posey
Henry H. Reissnyder
Christian B. Risser
Joseph B. Wissler
James H. Breitigan
Red Leagle
Esther V. Stoner
Violet. M. Heller
Couple Travel to California via Santa Fe Route
Mr and Mrs Everett Loercher depart by auto on Friday heading to Pasadena California using the Santa Fe route with a camping outfit and their German police dog in tow Everett’s mother Nora Loercher has long resided in Pasadena The young man was employed with A M Kreider Son at this place
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John Weed
D. G. Whitmyer
Portland
Oregon
Lancaster Orchestra
H. S. Kemper
Lancaster General Hospital
N. B. Reeser
Ladies Aid Society
The
Lutheran Church
Rothsville
Charles Keath
Front Street
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Jonas Risser
Levi B. Risser
Lititz R. D. 5
Palmer School of Chiropractics
Davenport
Iowa
Council
Edna B. Miller
Lancaster Public Schools
L. 8
Reedy
Isreal Landis
Lincoln Avenue
Tdeal Chocolate Factory
H. D. Gilbert
Pasadena
Calif
Gilbert
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Pfantz Bros
Exmund
Benjamin Weidner
North Broad Street
Phares Bollinger
Broad Street
Phares
Chester County
Martin Bollinger
S. Broadstreet
Everett Loercher
Everett
Nora Loercher
A. M. Kreider & Son
Man on Horseback Hero of Johnstown Flood Recited
At the Baker-Becker family reunion in Elizabethtown a poem recitation described the man on horseback who warned Johnstown to flee to the hills. John L. Baker is the modest hero. Prof. I. N. S. Beahm of Bridgewater College led the recital and spoke of the poem’s classic status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker-Becker
Elizabethtown
Johnstown
John L. Baker
N. S. Beahm
Nokesville
Bridgewater College
Richmond
Beahm
Travelers Near and Far Visit Local Town
A parade of visitors spends time in town with locals and relatives. New York City residents Harry Steininger and Louis Hepp join the array, while Pleasantville New Jersey and Reading guests, Harrisburg and Philadelphia travelers, and several local families share summers, visits, and Labor Day excursions across Maryland and Pennsylvania locales.
Visitors from Virginia share days here and local chatter
Mrs William McNeal and daughter from Dendron Virginia spent several days with Mrs H L Grosh and Mrs Suher in town. Survey Hosler of Wheaton IL visited his brother John and recalled Red Grange myths. Oyster influx returns with cooler weather as menus and oyster festivals resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McNeal
Dendron
Virginia
H. L. Grosh
John Suher
Iurvey Hosler
Wheaton
John
Manheim
Elm
West
Red” Grange
Red
Mr. 5
Public School Enrollment and Student Elections Report
Public schools show enrollment rising to 875 from 860 with 117 students in high school. Senior and junior classes elected officers including president James Mumce and Robert Longenecker. Pretzlette staff listed. Library adds many new titles. Ontario visitors, family ties noted. Clayton noted as cast accountant with shoe factory interest.
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Miss Tongenecker
James Mumce
Paul Seaber
Ada Rudy
Vera Hoffman
Robert Longenecker
Ruth Marble
Helen Eby
Janetta Weaver Sophmer
Herbert Longenecker
Clarence Kissinger
Margaret Sonders
Dorothy Longenecker
Radio School Tool Helps Kling Learn Atwater Kent
Arthur Kling, head of the radio department at his father's electrical store, is spending time at the Atwater Kent factory in Philadelphia. The plant, the world’s largest radio factory, sits on fifteen and a half acres. Kling’s training aims to improve service to radio patrons and obtain better results after his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Kling
Atwater Kent
Philadelphia
Kling
Large timbers for Minnich barn hauled from Washington
Big sixty foot girders for a new barn west of town were hauled by six horse teams on Orange Street to the Mrs. Abram Minnich farm. Lumber arrived via Panama Canal to Baltimore and was ordered by Long & Co. Nauman Bros. of Manheim oversee the construction with no barn raising date yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timbers
Wayne Zartman
Orange Street
Minnich Farm
Long & Co
Nauman Bros. of
Manheim
Legion Corn Roast Draws Seventy At Penryn Event
Members of the local American Legion Post with the Ladies Auxiliary held a corn roast in Penryn on Friday evening. Chester Deicey oversaw the roasting of twenty five dozen ears while sandwiches coffee and potato chips plus pickle rings were served. Trim Melberger's orchestra supplied music and about seventy people attended.
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American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Penryn
Chester Dleicey
Trimmelberger
Prese
Centennial Sesqui Centennial Visitors Visit Philadelphia Family
Mrs. Jenny Reedy and her daughter Amna traveled from Philadelphia to spend Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fish. The group includes Mrs. Reedy's son Lerman who stayed earlier in the summer with the Fish family. They plan a week in Philadelphia to view the Sesqui-Centennial exhibition. Mrs. Fisher also attended the Centennial in Philadelphia fifty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Reedy
Amna
Kulp
Philadelphia
Labor Day
Herman Fish
Reedy
Lerman
Fisher
Sweet Corn Earns A Place In American Diet
Sweet corn is sold about 45 cents a dozen in Philadelphia while fresh eggs fetch 65 cents a dozen in Wildwood New Jersey. The article notes corn as an ancient American crop, native to the Americas long before colonization, and describes buying tips and uses from on the cob to fritters. It mentions growing programs around Petersburg and Landis Valley supporting the evaporated corn industry.
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Philadelphia
Wildwood
N. J
America
Europe
North
South America
Peru
Capes
Petersburg
Landis Valley
Brothers and Sisters Hold Family Gathering
A Sunday family reunion brought together brothers and one sister at James Seaber’s Locust Street home. Attendees included Robert Seaber of Lancaster, William Seaber of Cleveland, John Seaber of Washington DC, Rev Hayden Seaber of East Smithfield, and Mrs Clara Hinkley of Coatesville. It was a joyful, perhaps once in a lifetime gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Locust St
Robert Seaber
Lancaster
Wm. Seaber
Cleveland
Ohio
John Seaber
Columbia
D. C
Hayden Seaber
East Smithfield
Clara Hinkley
Coatesville
Mr Joy Band Delights Local Concert Crowd
The Mr Joy band of thirty two musicians gave a delightful concert Saturday evening drawing a large audience. Their performance of old time popular hits lifted spirits and met the season’s high standards.
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Mr. Joy
Women’s Auxiliary Makes 49 Gallons Sour Kraut
The Lit itz Tire Company auxiliary met Thursday and, after business, spent two hours in the kitchen producing 49 gallons of sour kraut from 100 heads of cabbage. Two new members were added. invited ladies should provide names to an Auxiliary member or chairwoman Mrs. Emory Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Tire Company
Emory Wagner
The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh
A dramatic poem recounts a rider who urges residents to flee to the hills as the Conemaugh flood devastates Conemaugh town. The unknown rider and his pleading cry echo amid the swelling river and collapsing bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conemaugh
Trip Through Coal Mine Reveals Longburning Fire and Electric Haulage
Ralph Stauffer, Chester Wertach, and Franklin Sehleith took a three day auto trip to Ashland and Hazelton. They visited a coal mine and breakers where underground travel and viewing took three hours. The mine uses electric winches with mule hauled carts on short hauls. A fire in the mine is believed to have burned for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Stauffer
Chester Wertach
Franklin Sehleith
Ashland
Hazelton
Augustus Weed Recalled Birthday at Brethrens Home
On Friday September 3 Augustus Weed, inmate at the Brethrens home near Neffsville, turned 58. A friend gave four cigars over six inches long, which Weed smoked for about an hour before burning away. He lost both legs in a railroad accident 38 years ago but manages well with artificial limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Weed
Brethrens’ Home
Neffsville
Weasel
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