CWA Projects Under Way In This Borough
Borough improvements under Civil Works Administration authority proceed with 23 men grading streets and 6 on reservoir property. Plans include painting municipal building and surveying boundaries and reservoir land. Start date set for December 26 with crews for painting, surveying, and mapping. An additional 14 local workers plus 20 more from school projects expected soon.
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Civil Works Administration
Clifford B. Townsley
Conestoga Street
South Custer Avenue
East Broad Street
Roberts
Railroad Avenue
Welsh Mountains
New Holland Stuns with Four Corn Cob Champions
A quirky item reports New Holland gains a champion pop corn eating team dubbed by locals as the best. Eby of New Holland House funded and drove the team to a one hour event consuming a 50 pound can. The piece mixes light humor on local characters and a ahead-of-its-time note about Pennsylvania liquor store openings in January with satirical commentary on exams and language skills for attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Shorty
Hiram
Butch
Buck
E. J. Eby
New Holland House
Hugh
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Rubinson's Arctic Display Drew Huge Crowds
A polar Arctic scene titled the Land of Santa Claus fills part of Rubinson's second floor. Electric effects show day and night, a snow storm, moving clouds, and a steamship crossing the ocean. David Roger of Eph Tata created the display which runs until late Saturday with Santa Claus greeting children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubinson Store
David Roger
Eph- Tata
Santa Claus
Pennsylvania Dutch or German Which Term Is Right
Editor letter argues for Pennsylvania Dutch over Pennsylvania German noting regional dialect in eastern Pennsylvania and the historical shift from German Swiss or French roots to a distinct American identity. The piece outlines cultural evolution from early immigrants to their Revolutionary War and World War participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Alsace
Zurich
Personal notices of holiday visits across several towns
A series of Christmas season social notes lists Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Weaver and children at Greenbank with the Storks. Ralph Mentzer from State College visiting his parents. Rev M H Hostetter and family with Stauffers. Pauline Esbenshade from State College at home. Harry Sensenig and son Evans visiting Blanche Renninger. Robert Woolworth home from Carson Long Military College. Mrs. John H. Musser’s week with Wilkinson family. Magdalena Banzhof called to Lancaster General Hospital to begin duty as a nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Weaver
Mildred
Billy
W. S. Stork
Greenbank
Ralph Mentzer
State College
Rhine Mentzer
M. H. Hostetter
Faggs Manor
W. W. Stauffer
Pauline Esbenshade
Paul F. Esbenshade
Harry Sensenig
Evans
Philadelphia
Blanche Renninger
Robert Woolworth
Carson Long Military College
New Bloomfield
Perry County
L. M. Woolworth
Broadstreet
John H. Musser
East Main Street
Wm. J. Wilkinson
Sellersville
Landsdown
Wilkinson
Musser
Magdalena Banzhof
General Hospital
Lancaster
Brushing Up On The Past By M G Weaver
From the Clarion of December 22 1883 the report notes inches of snow and good sleighing as the 99th Pennsylvania Volunteers hold their annual reunion in Philadelphia with Abram Settley and Elam Reiter among attendees last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Weaver
Abram Settley
Elam Reiter
99Th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Philadelphia
Twenty Five Years Ago in The Clarion
Twenty five years ago the paper notes Santa Claus questions and charity by R H Wright and Brothers giving a dozen cakes buns or bread to needy families. A surprise party at Trinity Lutheran parsonage featured Rev Mountz and J F Seldemridg. Obituaries include Mrs Sarah Stoltzfus 76 of Weavers Town Leacock and John Gauby 71 of Ephrata with partial name endings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Wright
Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev. Mountz
J. F .Seldemridg
Sarah Stoltzfus
Weavers Town
Leacock Township
John Gauby
Ephrata
John
Abraham
Christmas Carol Sing Planned by Conestoga Post No 662
Conestoga Post No 662 of the American Legion in this borough organizes its annual community Christmas Carol Sing at the High School auditorium on December 24 at 9 00 pm. The program includes an invocation by Rev Frank C Aungst Rev G C Bachman address and audience carols with music by the New Holland Symphony Orchestra led by H Newton Mearig. Santa Claus will attend with gifts for attendees and the service ends with a mass carol under illuminated trees in the school yard.
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Conestoga Post No
American Legion
Frank C. Aungst
United Brethren In
Christchurch
GC. G. Bachman
St. Stephen
New Holland Symphony Orchestra
H. Newton Mearig
Leacock
Santa Claus
Christ
Local Chevrolet Dealer Returns From Proving Ground
John N. Lauder of the John N. Sau der Company Chevrolet dealers in the borough returned Saturday noon after an intensive trip to the General Motors proving grounds in Milford Michigan where he spent Friday in official testing of the new 1984 Chevrolet motor cars among seven hundred dealers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Lauder
John N. Sauder
Chevrolet
General Motors
New Holland Chorus Earns Praise In Debut Concert
The New Holland Community Chorus directed by Prof. Earle W. Echternach triumphs in its first public performance at the local High School Auditorium. Soloists from the group and piano by Echternach receive strong notices, with substitutes filling in due to illness. The Lions Club backs the effort and the audience lauds the entire program.
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New Holland Community Chorus
Earle W. Echternach
Echternach
Ellis H. Metford
William M. Mearig
Echternacht
Tschaikowsky
Liszt
Athens
Beethoven-Rubinstein
Lucia de Lammermoor
D. Donizetti
New Holland Lions Club
B P W Club Holds Annual Christmas Party
The Business and Professional Women’s Club of this borough held its annual Christmas Party in the Legion rooms. The president Anna Musselman read The Last Leaf by Wm Sydney Porter. Santa distributed gifts, and a card tournament and bridge group plans were announced for January at specified homes.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Legion Rooms
Sydney Porter
Anna Musselman
Santa Claus
Helen Becker
Bridge
Virginia Hoffman
Roberts Avenue
Mrs Ranck Returns Home From Lancaster General Hospital
Mrs John M Ranck of East Main street has returned home after a month as a patient at Lancaster General Hospital She is convalescing and thanks friends for cards and flowers Miss Maria Bender a borough schools first grade teacher also returned home after two weeks in the General Hospital
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John M. Ranck
East Main Street
Lancaster General Hospital
Maria Bender
General Hospital
Automobile Insurance Details Incomplete
Readable text shows fragmented notes on auto insurance terms with unclear references to policy numbers and parties. Lacks identifiable names, dates, or concrete provisions to form a full, fact-based item.
Christmas Festival Observed by Churches of New Holland
Churches and Sunday schools in New Holland and area celebrate Christmas with elaborate services and programs for adults and children. Highlights include St Stephen Reform Church candle light service at 11 p.m. and a German carol, Adeste Fideles. Trinity Lutheran and Old Trinity plan child and adult pageants with numerous named participants and songs. Continued on Page 4.
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New Holland
St. Stephen Reformed Church
Church School
Church Auditorium
First Aid Training Classes Open December 29
Winter courses for first aid training under Lancaster County Red Cross will open at Kinzer Fire Hall on Friday evening December 29 and at Intercourse on Thursday evening January 4. The aim is to train in care and transportation of injured persons. Last year's countywide courses proved valuable to graduates.
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Lancaster County Red Cross Association
Kinzer
Intercourse
Two Fire Scares Heighten Liberty Fire Company Alarms
Liberty Fire Company answered two alarms on Wednesday. First at East End Garage a bursting gasoline heater threatened the building but the fire was extinguished before firefighters arrived with $50 loss. Shortly before 12:30 a chimney blaze at Mrs. William Wallace near the reservoir was controlled with chemicals with no damage.
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Liberty Fire Company
East End
William Wallace
Firemen Decide Against Asking Fire Tax Levy
A special Liberty Fire Company meeting at the borough hall Wednesday evening concluded with a decision not to pursue a fire tax levy this year. No date or further actions were announced.
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Liberty Fire Company
Borough Hall
Obituary of Barbara K Herr of Lancaster County
Barbara K Herr seventy two died at 3 p m Monday after six months illness at home near Blue Ball She was wife of John Landis Herr and a Weaverland Mennonite member Survived by children Mary Eberly Rudolph Herr Jacob Herr Daniel Herr David Herr Landis Herr Magdalena Barbara and Hettie twenty five grandchildren and last of the Herr Kreider line Funeral Thursday at home 12 30 pm and 1 pm Weaverland Mennonite church burial Millersville Mennonite Cemetery
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Barbara K Herr
John Landis Herr
Blue Ball
Weaverland Mennonite Church
Mary
Nathan Z. Eberly
Farmersville
Rudolph
Martindale
Jacob
Quarryville
Daniel
Drumore
David
Terre Hill
Landis
Lancaster
Magdalena
Barbara
Hettie
Mary Kreider Herr
Millersville Mennonite
Ezra Zimmerman dies in Intercourse at age 72
Ezra Zimmerman seventy two of Intercourse died at noon Monday from complications. He was a member of Hershey's Mennonite church and the son of the late Rev. Jacob and Catharine Zimmerman. Survived by children Willis L. Intercourse Enos L. Seaman Place Maurice L. Paradise Mrs. C. H. Eshleman Lititz Ella Merle at home sixteen grandchildren a brother Levi Intercourse and three sisters Mrs. Christian Nolt Leacock Mrs. Fianna Bassler California and Mrs. Barbeat White Lancaster.
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Ezra Zimmerman
Intercourse
Hershey’s
Leacock
Fianna Bassler
California
Barbeat White
Lancaster
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Han
Honey Brook
Gertrude High
George Mack
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Barbers Knecht and
Tracy
NRA
Groffdale
Department of Education
Rubinson’s
New Holland Clarion
R. L. Winters
Ohio
Legion Post
Proving Ground
Lions Club
B. P. W. Club
Automobile
St. Stephen Reformed
Trinity Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Violet Dunmeyer
Joan Bowers
Glen Sweigart
Kermit Steffy
Ruth Ulrich
Lorraine Breneman
Margaret Wenger
Evelyn Esbenshade
Mildred Kochel
Elizabeth Shirk
Clement Hoober
Harold Seaboldt
Jimmy Ulrich
Joan Wallace
Joyce Mellinger
Norman Kochel
Ann Mearig
Spelling
Mary Lou Sweigart
Jimmy Lammey
Old Trinity
David's City
John Landis
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