31 Jan 1947
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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1947
Page
1
The Young Men's Business League will stage a 1947 parade with the director for the event to be announced later by the league.
The United Brethren Church of New Holland will host a two week evangelistic series starting Sunday evening at 7 80 PM. Services will be held each weeknight except Monday with Mrs Serena Groff at the piano. The plan invites all local churches to share in the revival meetings.
The ceremony at Paradise featured awards to Mary Bowman and Alice Brown both Second Class, with Jean Brubaker as Hostess. Cyclists Mary Mart and Betty Snyder earned First and Second Class honors, while Joan Terry and Jenny Sweigart received Second Class. Margaret Martin performed a cello solo with Barbara Metford. A skit titled International Friendship was presented.
A local VFW Post will distribute Certificates of Honor from the City and County of Lancaster to area veterans. The awards recognize service to city, county, state and nation in World War II, signed by Mayor Dale H. Cary and County Commissioner G. Graybill Diehm, with city and county seals in gold. Distribution of over 400 certificates begins next Monday, and the Post also donated $25 to the Memorial Edition of V-NEWS.
Private John H. Brugger who paid the supreme sacrifice in Italy in 1943 was honored on a WLAN radio program Friday morning. His wife Edna Brugger received a telectron electric switch alarm clock donated by The New Holland Machine Company, sponsor of the program.
Kenneth V Lehman 18 of Lancaster R1 died at Lancaster General Hospital after colliding with a moving car on Harrisburg Pike Friday evening. He led music at East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church and taught at School class. Survivors include several siblings and a missionary brother in Ethiopia. Funeral from the late home followed by services at East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church. Interment in Mellinger’s Cemetery.
A tale from near New Holland and Goodville recounts Willis von Nokt’s masked mischief and a deer-hunt party near central counties. Two women watching a drive mistook a frozen deer carcass for the real animal, triggering a startled fall and a quiet, healthier future for Willis.
Winters J Martin, 28, of Salunga, died at 7 15 am Thursday at Lancaster Hospital after an illness. A 1987 Hempfield High School graduate, he was a mechanical draftsman at Minnich Machine Works in Landisville. He is survived by his father Bath A Martin and his stepmother Florence.
The Ladies Night banquet at St Stephen Reformed Church featured talks by M C Toley Wayne Ranch and a recap of club efforts, with John P.3 Rachel receiving praise. Guests enjoyed turkey dinner served by the Ladies Aid Society under Mrs J Howard Rutter.
Esther B Hess daughter of Milton and Hess of Columbia R2 and Mervin Stoltzfus son of Levi Stoltzfus of Elverson R2 married Saturday at 1045 am in Mountville Church of the Brethren. Officiant Rev Abram Hess. Bridesmaids and ushers named. Reception followed and couple to reside on a farm near Elverson after a Florida honeymoon.
The Panther Patrol organized a radio style quiz at the local Scout Home. Flying Eagles beat Wolf Patrol by a narrow margin to win the Honor Patrol Pennant. A Green Bar meeting was held and a Senior Scout dance is planned for February 15. A Board of Reviews is announced for Monday.
Miss Dorothy Hoskins daughter of Mr and Mrs Grier Hoskins of Coatesville married Eugene Riley son of Mr and Mrs Harold Riley of Terre Hill at Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church Terre Hill. Rev Chester B Starr officiated maid of honor was Esther Hershey best man Robert Riley organist Ida Liehty played. The bride a 1945 Coatesville High School graduate and the groom a 1942 Terre Hill High School graduate now attends Franklin and Marshall College. The couple will reside in Terre Hill.
Sunday morning service scheduled at 10 30 with Dr B EB Ewing superintendent of the Pennsylvania Anti Saloon League expected to speak at Ranek's Church.
The Cedar Grove Presbyterian church group will meet Saturday at 2 oclock at Mrs Daniel Rutters home. Roll call verses from Nehemiah chapter seven will be read. Marie Rodgers leads new songs. Program directors are Lor raine and Mrs Samuel Gerhart. All girls are invited to attend.
The Victory Band presents Dorothy Sheaffer, renowned cornet soloist, in Part I of Sunday program February 16 in the school auditorium. Sheaffer performs Napoli by Herman Bellstedt, a famed cornet virtuoso who played with Gilmore, Innes, and Sousa, and who arranged many Sousa numbers. This marks Sheaffer’s sixth consecutive year as the band’s premier soloist, delivering a challenging and fast moving solo.
The Business and Professional Women's Club meets Monday February 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Library. Howard Feather, assistant curator at Franklin and Marshall Observatory, will present Man's Place in the Universe, an illustrated talk. Mrs. R E Whitmore leads the program and aims for full attendance. President Velma Seifred will outline plans for February 17 on Health Is Not a Private Affair led by Anna Diller.
A west drawer, signing only initials, recalls 75 years ago a plan to separate men and women in church pews. He cites a salivary pool on the men’s side as unfit for a woman’s sanctuary companion, a claim the writer struggles to parse. The note notes rail traffic on Railroad Avenue and mentions Eph rata, with county politics and a Clarion newspaper influence in Harrisburg.
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