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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1912
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Clarencé Barr of Gap and Miss Myra Barr of Limeville spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Laban and Miss Hilda Stoltzfus of Gag.
Rolandis B Martin and wife hosted dinner with Rev Joseph Martin of Murrell and other guests from Stevens Habnstown Earlville Fairmount Reidenbach Muddy Creek and more. Evangelical Church services were led by Rev W C Eaby from Brownstown on Wednesday evening. Memorial Day observances were held at New Holland. John B Myers near here repairs his house. Edith Ream and Mabel Blantz of Ephrata visited with Josiah P Ream and wife. Samuel E Ream visited friends Sunday. A number of townspeople attended a conference in Akron. Isaac B Sprecher spent Sunday in Lancaster.
German Rev Schweitzer led Sunday services as a convention here drew crowds. A Stone Hill Sunday school festival occurred Saturday night June 1. Muddy Creek Church sexton house upgrades were completed. Local families visited Lebanon County neighbors and planning for Union Sunday school music and East Cocalico teachers elections set for July 1. Adam Lauch named champion poultry man with productive hens.
Emma R Hoover of New Holland visits sister Mrs R K Lindsay. Mrs 3S 4P Norton of Gap visits son N C Norton. Aaron LeFever hosts Miss Anna Wolford of Sondernburg. Martha and Sarah Hoover of Strasburg visit C W Hoover's family. W C Norton entertains Jay Seavers from Lancaster and Misses Bertha Carrie McGee and Elsie Graham of Paradise. Elva Henry visits Lancaster with William Henry.
A sequence of brief visits and family gatherings is recorded. Aaron Weaver and family visited East Petersburg. Elam Zimmerman and Peter Martin with wives and children spent time with Zimmerman's parents near Talmage. Shirk and Geist families attended a Lancaster horse show and visited on weekends in Talmage New Holland and Martindale areas.
J. W. Davison welcomed visitors from Eph rata on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Diller Weybergen spent time with their daughter Mrs Gable. Mrs Callie Diem visited Sunday with William Silkmitter at Cambridge.
A clipped exchange shows Clara reacting to a snide remark while Maud and Jack contribute fragmentary lines. The overheard dialogue hints at tension and playful or sharp retorts amid teasing chatter.
Beartown readers record a Lancaster visitor Misa Edith Weaver on Tuesday. Local families Silber wave. Multiple residents travel to New Holland for exams and reunions, including Mrs Anns Stauffer and Mrs Thomas Fox visiting Philadelphia. William Witman funeral in Little Britain, and Sensenich family reunion planned near Mrs Catharine Sensenich’s home.
The Bell Telephone crew works in Five Pointville. Arthur Eshelman leaves for Potsmouth Ohio. Memorial services and parade held at Terre Hill. Painting projects progress. Leininger house brightened. Recent rains yield promising crops despite a heavy Sunday storm and wind damage along Reading road. Farmers report corn troubles from ants and some replanting. Two pupils pass Lancaster teachers exam easily. John Weinhold and Carrie Artz wed in Ephrata. Strawberries plentiful, market at ten cents per box. berries large this year.
In Goodville on June 1 Daniel C. Kern wed Miss Sallie A. Bowman in a ceremony led by Rev. J G Rosenberger. The Musselman wedding followed in Lancaster with Frank Harnish and Miss Mary Musselman un unattended, then plans for a Circle Route trip and a June 22 reception. Margaret S Stauffer married John C Kurtz at Beartown with a large Lancaster County guest list and a Philadelphia residence planned after travel to Atlantic City.
Howard Hertzler of Pottstown stayed days with grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Brown Miss Ethel Lambert visited Reading Saturday. Guests at Mrs Geo Seiverling included B W Weaver family and others. Horst family and Kochs from Reading attended. Burkhart family visited James Witwer at Fivepointville on Sunday.
The article notes repeated bad weather for the village picnic and Children's service, with postponements and rain. It recalls last year’s misfortune and urges optimism that better conditions will arrive, hoping sun and clear skies return for future events.
Susanna Rohrer of White Horse entertained a group of young people on Saturday afternoon at her home. Guests included Anna Witmer Anna Rutt Anna Bueckwalter Anna Eby Anna Hershey Alice Hershey Bertha Seaman Emma Brackbill Elsie Eby Edna Hershey Esther Martin Ellen Wenger Fanny Wenger Grace Hershey Katie Hershey Mina Eby Mary Metzler Mabel Hershey Mabelle Hershey Ruth Eby Messiah Allen Rutt Amos Rutt Clay Hershey Clyde McKillips Chester Hershey Eli Eby Eli Wenger Enos Rohrer George Phenneger Harry Eshelman Harry Hershey Horace Wenger Isaac Eshleman Isaac Metzler John Martin Joseph Benner John Rohrer Seaman Hershey Parke Brackbill Walter Martin and Hiram Phenneger and wife. After noon games and refreshments followed as the young guests departed in good spirits.
Base Ball News notes two home games this week. This afternoon the locals meet the Actives of Lancaster at home, described as a fast lineup. Next Saturday Reading’s P and R Y M Co A will visit. Reed Henderson will debut for the locals. Games start at 3 30 p.m with the usual admission.
Tra McCarty son of Henry and his wife near town celebrated his tenth birthday last Wednesday. About twenty friends from New Holland Voganville and Amsterdam attended at his home with Irma Shaub at the piano. A fine lunch was served and Tra received many nice presents he cherishes highly.
Famous German aviator Albert Buchstaetter and his passenger Lieutenant Stille were killed when their monoplane crashed on the northwest Bremen Bremen 425 mile circuit start. The craft rose for a curve before straightening for the long trip and apparently over banked. The plane buried itself and had to be dug out with the bodies recovered.
After two and a half hours the Wytheville jury convicts Claude Swanson Allen of murder in the second degree in the Hillsville March killing of Judge Thornton L. Massie. Jury recommends fifteen years in the penitentiary and defers sentence to allow testimony in related Carroll county cases.
The dirigible Zeppelin II flew from Hamburg to Bremen with Count Zeppelin Prince Henry of Prussia and Burgo master Burchardt aboard but could not land due to a storm. After several course changes the craft returned to Hamburg.
Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi renews agitation to remove the Senate office baths to make room for public documents. The baths cost six dollars each and are described as luxurious, prompting criticism from Williams and supporters of reform.
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