Enjoyable Fourth of July Overland Trip to Gettysburg
H K Storb of Storb’s Garage guided a party from Clarion through Lancaster Columbia Wrightsville and York to Gettysburg sightseeing the battlefield National Cemetery and nearby memorials. They traveled 200 miles in an 1918 Overland touring car, returning to Lancaster for a courtesy supper after watching a New Holland Hanover baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Story
C. R. Martin
H. L. Yundt
O.L. Davis
M. R. Lutz
Gettysburg
Lancaster
Columbia
Wrightaville
York
National Cemetery
Spangler’s Woods
Round Top
Devil's den
Bloody Angle
Peach Orchard
Hanover
New Holland
McSherrytown
John Dorwart
L. M. Storb
J. P. Davis
H. P. Summers
M. M. Mellinger
Leroy Hall
Urla Hall
William Kochel
Samuel Hoover
Dad” Dorwart
Holland
Abbottstown
Wrightsville
Clanion
Storb
H. K
Becket Opens General Shoe Repair Shop in Harness Store
M F Becker opened a general shoe repair shop in the rear of his harness shop in this borough last Monday with lots of work expected for the first week. Terre Hill craftsman Hayard oversees repairs using modern machinery for quick service and fair prices, inviting the public to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Becker
Hayard
Terre Hill
Becker
New Holland Plans Old Home Week Meeting
A meeting is called for Monday evening at 7 30 in the Fire Company room. All New Holland citizens and surrounding areas are invited to discuss the idea of an Old Home Week and to ensure a large turnout to advance the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Fire Company
New
Holland
Warpers' Outing At Conestoga Meadow
The Warpers' Union held its second annual outing on Thursday July 8 at Wenger's meadow along the Conestoga. Thirteen members attended including Bunny Batchy Chuk and others. Activities featured fishing swimming ball games and a cookout with clam chowder and fried chicken. The group notes the day as a memorable chapter in their club history and eyes a repeat next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warpers’ Union
Thureday
Wenger's Meadow
Conestoga
Bunny
Chuk
Chuck
Kiddo
Mike
Kutzie
Cass
Cully
Buddy
Percy
Hess
Bill
Young Astor
Butch
Schedule Change for Rural Transportation Co.
The Rural Transportation Co adjusts Sunday service with two Paradise trips. First leaves Intercourse at 8 30 a m, second at 4 80 p m, Sunday Lancaster morning run dropped, Lancaster evening service kept. Saturday July 19 Jr o o U A M festival trains depart hourly to Paradise, no Lancaster that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Transportation Co
Paradise
Intercourse
Lancaster
July Meeting of Auto Club at Elizabethtown
The Lancaster Automobile Club plans its July gathering in Elizabethtown on Friday evening July 18 at Hotel Garrett. It will be the club’s first Elizabethtown meeting in years and is expected to draw large local attendance as members seek to recruit new entrants, following a recent influx of forty new members at Quarryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Lancaster Automobile Club
Garrett
Quarryville
Preaching At Cedar Grove Church Services Set
The Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church announces services led by the Rev. Guy H. Caruthers of Paradise on Sunday July 18. Morning service at 10 o'clock and an evening service at 7:30. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church
Guy H. Caruthers
Paradise
Lavina
Benjamin Martin
Noah
Susanna Bowman
Terre Hill
Noam
Anna
Susie
Martin
Henry Martin
Muddy Creek
Aaron
William
Luetta
Leah Martin
Phares Good
Bowmanaville
Samuel Weaver
Alleghenyville
Joseph Bowman
Near Center Church
Harry Horning
Fivepointville
Jacob
Harry
Enos
Sallie Bowman
Bowmansville Mennonite Church
Benjamin Weaver
John Sander
Carpenters Presented with Combined Nail Pouch Aprons
Carpenters in this area receive nail pouch and apron tokens of goodwill. Donors named Musselman Bros., local timber dealers in the borough, contributed the gifts to the carpentry community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musselman
Bros
Obituary notices of Lancaster County figures remembered
Obituary notices from New Holland and nearby townships detail deaths of Adam Overly 40s resident of East Main street. Mrs Mary A Ellworth 83. Lavina Martin 80. Mary Shirk 100. Services held at homes and churches with Mennonite and Reformed affiliations. interments at local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Overly
New Holland
East Main Street
Reformed Church
122Nd Regiment
P. V
Emma
Lloyd H
Robert Gilfillan
Reformed
J. G. Noss
S. M. Mountz
Tobacco Growers Association Meeting to Be Held
The Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Association will hold its regular July meeting in the Board of Trade rooms at 12 East Orange Street Lancaster Pa on Monday July 14 1918 at 2:00 pm Topics of special interest to tobacco growers will be discussed Members and others interested are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco Growers | Association
Lancaster County
Board of Trade Rooms
Orange Street
Lancaster
The Mission Band of Ranck's U B Church to Meet
A church event notes the Mission Band of Ranck's United Brethren Church gathering Sunday morning after Sunday school on July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Mission
Ranck
U. B
Swilk
Blue Ball Social Roundup Includes Wanner Family Visits
Tobias Wanner and family hosted Sunday guests including Edna Helms of Lancaster and Henry Wanner's Philadelphia kin. Others visited or vacationed nearby, with several members traveling to Centre Church and Lancaster area. A sick list was noted for Mrs Wenger and local visits to Honey Brook and East Earl occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Yandt
Reading
Elia Davis
Morris Smith
Allentown
Dora Martin
Honey Brook
Clarence Swope
Margaret Cresbaugh
Newark
N. J
C. D. Rutter
Harry Diehl
Sarah Warfel
Helen Rutledge
Manheim
H. B. Rutter
Lancaster
Isaac Cauller
Mary Bair
Anna Wright
York
Hanover
Marion
Pauline Lewis
Pottstown
R E. . Wright
Clarence
Tobias Wanner
Edna Helms
Henry Wanner
Philadelphia
Sanford Senger
Kinzer
Daniel Oberholtzer
Limeville
Lizzie Witmer
Horace Wanner
East Earl
I. W. Martin
Esther Weaver
Aaron Wenger
Wenger
Hettie Rutt
Rocky Springs
Wayne Weaver
John Weaver
A Successful Picnic at Rocky Springs Sunday School Event
A picnic for Sunday schools held at Rocky Springs on Tuesday drew a large crowd and favorable notes for well managed grounds. The park operator Mr. Griffith earned praise for keeping the grounds safe and enjoyable for children. ticket totals were not yet finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Springs
Griffith
Lightning Kills Two In Lancaster County Storm
A severe electric storm in Lancaster County on Saturday killed two people. Harry Arment was struck while fishing near Slackwater. his fishing rod was still in his hand. Robert E. Deitz of Lock Haven, 18, died while hanging clothes on a wire in DruMore Township during a vacation with his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Harry Arment
Slackwater
Robert E. Deitz
Lock Haven
Drumore
Dietz
Sunday school picnic in Reamstown grove
The Sunday schools of Reamstown will picnic tomorrow in the grove adjoining the town. Rev Mountz of Trinity Church will deliver the address. If the day is fair there will be a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reamstown
Mountz
Trinity Church
Lancaster Visitors Reach Outlying Towns On Weekend Sojourns
Individuals from Lancaster and Philadelphia spent time with relatives and friends across York, Terre Hill, Honey Brook, Farmersville, Pottsville, and Ephrata. The social circuit included extended visits, dinners, and an automobile trip en route to New York with stops at N H Mack and local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Migs
Virginia Hoffman
Adams County
John Hooker, Jr
South
Joseph Wentz
Philadelphia
Paul R. Wentz
Lara Glowner
Lewis Gorman
York
Lewis M. Storb
Cora L. Bair
Terre Hill
Honey Brook
Emma E. Bair
Jacob E. Kauffman
Bainbridge
J. B. Kauffman
Susan
Clara Ratt
Monroe Good
Farmersville
N. H. Mack
Afflicted Musselman Family Struck By Typhoid
The Musselman family near Flickinger's mill Leacock township endures six typhoid cases with Mrs Ella Musselman recovering. B E Benner wife Elizabeth also ill from appendicitis while J M Musselman rests in General Hospital. Dr A V Walters Brownstown attends. The illness began with Ella in May and spread to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Musselman
Flickinger’s Mill
Leacock Township
Mr. Musselman
B. E. Benner
Martha
Bertha
Emma
J. 3. Musselman
General Hospital
Ella
Mr. Mu
Surprise Birthday Party For Anna Seber At Home
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Seber hosted a Monday evening surprise party for Anna who turned fourteen the previous day. Camp Fire Girls members led games and dances including Indian dances such as Corn, Eagle, San, Snake, and Bear dances. Mrs Red Eagle assisted and taught at Lancaster Play Grounds as guests enjoyed refreshments and well wishes for Anna’s birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Seber
Anna
Red Eagle
Chickadee
Gil
Lancaster Play Grounds
Seber
A Pleasant Surprise for Mrs. Alderfer Birthday
A birthday surprise party was held for Mrs. B. F. Alderfer at her East Main Street home on Thursday evening. Eighteen friends attended and served a lunch of ice cream strawberries and cakes. She received many beautiful and useful presents and well wishes for many more happy birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Alderfer
East Main Street
Mre. Alder
Change of Church Services at Lan caster Mennonite Church
Members vote to shift Sunday school to 9 30 a m and church services to 10 30 a m. First services under the new schedule will be Sunday morning July 20. All welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Mennonite Church
Furniture Reduction Sale At Local Dealer
J. C. Henninger furniture dealer announces a July furniture reduction sale in the borough. The old established house invites buyers to inspect the large complete stock and ask Jimmy about prices to save money now. See ad on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Henninger
Jimmy
Directors Meet for Lan caster and New Holland Turnpike
The semi annual meeting of the Lancaster and New Holland turnpike directors was held Tuesday at the Spread Eagle Hotel Mechanicsburg. A dividend of 3 dollars per share was declared and other business was transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster and New Holland Turnpike Directors
Spread Eagle
Mechanicsburg
Trespass Notice In New Holland Meadow
Pescy H Kurtz of New Holland Pennsylvania warns all persons they are forbidden to pick berries or trespass in his meadow without permission. R D No 4. adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pescy H. Kurtz
New Holland
School Opens September First Vaccination urged for beginners
Parents preparing to send beginners to school are urged to vaccinate now to obtain vaccination certificates by September 1. Officials warn the early action will prevent sore arms on the first day.
Child Named Edith Richwine Injured in Barn Play
Five year old Edith Richwine daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Richwine of this borough broke an arm while playing with other children in Newton Weavers barn Dr Winters of Blue Ball reduced the fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Samuel Richwine
Newton Weaver's
Winters
Wil. Picnic at Rocky Springs Park
Cedar Grove Sabbath school plans an picnic on Thursday July 17 at Rocky Springs Park. Special cars will depart Blue Ball at 8 23 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil
Rocky Springs
Cedar Grove Sabbath School
Rocky Springs Park
New Holland Beaten Twice by Hanover on Fourth of July
New Holland baseball team losses to Hanover in York County with scores 8 to 0 and 9 to 5. Rice hits two homers for Hanover while Storb and Wege split pitching duties in the opening game. Rice again homers in the second contest as Werner and Skiles toil for Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Hanover
York County
Pennsylvania
Storb
Wege
Erb
Stort
Rice
Gore
Hershey
Stover
Atruck
Wood
Werner
Wage
Skiles
Porter
Eline
Sebold
Stewartstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gritysburg
H. K. Storb
Clarion Force
Warpers
Auto Club
Cedar Grove
Mary A. Ellworth
Jacob Bixler
Weavertown
Daniel
Samuel
Groffdale
John
Louisa
Frances Kreider
Graffdale
Henninger
Lavina Martin
Mary Shirk
John Shirk
Caernarvon Township
Lichty’s
Jonas Martin
Frank Horst
John Kartz
Moses Horning
Our Country
Thia County
David Shirk
Shirk
Tan
Lydia Weaver
Reuben Weaver
Mary Magdalena Diener
Misa Katie Shirk
Goodville
Robert Springer
Mission Band ‘Meeting
L. K. Leslie
Bareville
H. M. Hoffman
Voganville
David C. Overly
John Sensenig
Daniel Overly
Laura
Clayton Overly
Green Bank
Samuel Seldowridge
Lloyd
Cedar Lane
W. Gordon Flickinger
Jefferson Medical College
Annie Skiles
Parkesburg
F. Z. Bear
Katie
Sophia Dague
Lebanon
Percy H. Kurtz
J.C. Troub
Ethel L. Nicholls
Scranton
Alice O. Bender
J.P. Lafferty
Martin Lafferty
Sheaffer Lafferty
Hettie Martin
Atlantic City
Cora
Mildred Hummel
John Hummel
H. L. Yandt
Frank Breweiser
Oakland
Cal
Davis Warfel
Raymond Rutledge
Ada Rutledge
C. D. Meredith
Joseph
Emily
E. C. Diller
Isaac Hull
Kansas
Charles Lewis
Philadelpha
W. W. Mentzer
Ira Paul
Sunbury
Kemmerly
William Lynch
Enos Kreider
Eli Heas
Ray Bender
Allen Miller
Springs, Pa
Ella Miller
Scottdale, Pa
Ads ‘E. Hershberger
Meyersdale
Springs
New York
N. H. Mack's
New Castle
H. Mack
Nellie
Josephine Calman
Martha Crevan
Pottaville
Edna
Carrie Seber
Edna Seber
Martha’ Crevan
Pottsville
Roy Martin
Near
Witmer
Biss Florence Wilson
Boro
Ivan Mentzer
Alvin Hacker
del. Mellinger
Ed. Spangler
Ephrata
Furniture Reduction Sale
Lew Holland
Leed
Henderson
Glowner
Evans
Sree Wright
Kne Henderson
Wright
P Leed
Hanover Porter, Sae
Hostetter
Sherman
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