Raver Query in Clarion Recalls Early Road Strategy
M G Weaver recalls family roots and local land history in Lancaster County. The piece recounts Jamin Weaver of Salisbury Township and Jonathan H. Weaver, once a noted carriage maker in New Holland, and notes the division of ancestral Weaver lands into twelve farms along historic boundary roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raver
Clarion
Weaverland
Terre Hill
New Holland Pike
Abram W. Martin
Earl Township
Lancaster County
Churchtown fete to honor Washington two hundredth
Churchtown plans a July 2 celebration for the 200th birthday of George Washington. A 2 p.m. parade features business floats and colonial-clad schoolchildren with bands from Caernarvon and Lancaster National Guard units. A patriotic program follows at the school grounds with songs, a children’s pageant, and a keynote by Prof. Fredre F. Gage of Millersville College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Churchtown
Caernarvon
103Rd Infantry Regiment
107Th Hospital Company
National Guards
Lancaster
Fredre F. Gage
Millersville
College
Robert E. Simpson
Emma M. Weaver
William F. Weaver
C. 5. Duttenhofer
R. E. Simpson
Edward F. Hertzler
Henry Stoltzfus
C. S&s. Duttenhofer
Luther Weiler
Sara Yohn
Hensel Simpson
Davis
Earl Yohn
S.M. Shirk
Sela DeHaven
Anna Witman
Harry Zeardt
Daniel Evans
Bessie Foreman
Weekend social notes from Harrisburg area residents
Chester Fritz and son William visited parents Mr and Mrs Clinton Fritz in Harrisburg. Ivan D Bair and daughter Margaret from Lancaster called on friends. Mrs Frank Mentzer and children visited Washington Boro this week. Hannah Martin spent Wednesday at Terre Hill with her sister. George Hoeltzel of Lancaster stayed with J Herbert Evans. Lena Ludwig returned from Washington DC after a week away. Joseph Mentzer has gone home to Ticonderoga NY after his father’s illness. Col Jere Leaman of Harrisburg visited his mother Catherine Seaman. Elizabeth Jessop of Lancaster stayed with cousin Kate Roland. Peggy ONeil of Mount Joy visits uncle and aunt C C Warner. L M Stork Jr and Mary and John R returned from Atlantic City. Rev F C Aungst and family spend week at cottage Mount Gretna. Howard Hendrixson of Philadelphia was weekend guest of J Herbert Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Fritz
William
Harrisburg
Clinton Fritz
Ivan D. Bair
Margaret
Lancaster
Frank Mentzer
Washington Boro
J. Herbert Evans
Lena Ludwig
Washington, D. C
Joseph Mentzer
Ticonderoga
N. Y
Col
Jere Leaman
Catherine Seaman
Elizabeth Jessop
Kate Roland
Peggy O'Neil
Mount Joy
C. C. Warner
L. M. Stork, Jr
Mary
John R
Reform Church Note Omission of Sunday Service
Due to Rev. C. G. Bachman attending General Synod in Akron Ohio there will be no preaching service at St Stephen or Zeltenreich Churches on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Bachman
General Synod
Akron
Ohio
St. Stephen Or
Zeltenreich
Largest dwelling to be finished in Bareville village
Sol Groff plans completion of the village's largest house as per the Clarion June 24 1882. A lightning strike damaged Theodore Kinzer's stone dwelling near Fairville last Sunday night. School appointments for Hast Earl district list Cedar Grove Mary Harvey Miss Sharp Hammond's Hallie Eshleman Weaverland L G Good Conestoga Annie Richmond Spring Grove Beves Goodville Katie Rakestraw Hatville Eva Snodgrass Hickory Grove Sallie Trainer Weavertown Sallie Stahman Gordonville Vacant.
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Bareville
Solomon Groff
Theodore A. Kinzer
Fairville
Leola Memorial M E Church Dedicated with Week of Services
The Leola Memorial M E Church was dedicated last Sunday with morning and evening services and a week of nightly services. Eastern End Social Club members toured the county by a chartered trolley car, dining at Hotel Strasburg and Washington House Manheim. White Hall schoolhouse in Salisbury Township burned Monday. cause under investigation.
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Leola Memorial M. E
Eastern End
Hotel Strasburg
Washington House
Manheim
Salis
Bury
Reverend Mountz Celebrates Golden Jubilee in West Camp
Friends of Rev S M Mountz celebrate his fifty years in the ministry and forty eight years of marriage with the eighth year of his pastorate at West Camp New York. Services on June 5 drew large crowds as visiting ministers offered congratulations and the parish hall hosted a reception after gifts of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Mountz
Trinity Lutheran Church
West Camp
N. Y
Saugerties
Daily Post
Dr. Mountz
Anniversary Observance at United Brethren Church
United Brethren church here observed its anniversary with Communion during the morning service and two new members received. The choir, directed by Serena R. Groff, performed two anthems. Horace Eshbach of Lititz gave the anniversary address. Roy Dunn and Ethel Good provided special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Serena R. Groff
Raymond Martin
Horace Eshbach
Lititz
Eshbach
Chicago Flower Association
Roy Dunn
Ethel Good
Men’s Bible Class
Loyal Sons
Intercourse Lodge Plans Big Festival
At a Wednesday meeting Intercourse Council No. 650 decided to push plans for their thirty fourth annual festival at the festival grounds on Saturday July 9 The committee plans larger events for the crowds and the Boys Band of Intercourse will provide the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intercourse Council No. 650
Myers Granted Hauling Right by Public Service Commission
John F. Myers of this place received Public Service Commission approval for a permit to transport farm products and livestock from and to New Holland within a 25 mile radius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Myers
Public Service Commission
New Holland
New Holland High School Alumni Banquet Draws 100 Attendees
The New Holland High School Alumni Association banquet attracted more than 100 former students and guests. Rev. C. G. Bachman delivered the principal address, with a fine menu served by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland High School Alumni Association
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion
C. G. Bachman
Boy Breaks Arm in Fall at School Grounds
Clarence Werner eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs J F Werner suffered a compound fracture of the left forearm when he fell on school grounds Friday He is hospitalized at Reading Hospital and on Tuesday ran a high fever
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Werner
J. F. Werner
Reading
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Floral Offerings
We thank friends for kindness sympathy and floral offerings after the death of our husband and seek comfort in shared memories during this bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bae Death
Zwally Graduates With Doctor of Medicine at Pennsylvania
Arnold H. Zwally son of Mr and Mrs Charles S Zwally of this borough graduated from the University of Pennsylvania during its 192nd commencement at the Municipal Auditorium. He received the Doctor of Medicine degree and will serve as interne at University Hospital Philadelphia after completing medical board examinations and his interneship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold H. Zwally
Charles S. Zwally
University of Pennsylvania
Zwally
School of Medicine
Pennsylvania
University Hospital
Philadelphia
Borough High School
Lancaster High School
Lebanon Valley College
Medical Reserve Corps
National Board
Night Court headlining at Edison Theatre Saturday
Edison Theatre will show the intense new talkie Night Court with Phillips Holmes Walter Huston and Anita Page. Next week features The Tenderfoot on Tuesday with Joe E Brown and Ginger Rogers and The Society Girl on Thursday with James Dunn Peggy Shannon and Spencer Tracy. Coming attractions include Famous Ferguson Case Streets of Women and Letty Lynton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dunn
Peggy Shannon
Spencer Tracy
Ferguson Case
Letty Lynton
W. C. T. U. Meeting Minutes Report
The June meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at Alta M. Diller's home on Tuesday evening. Miss Laura Oehme led worship with Psalm 46 and prayer. Readings included The Challenge of Membership, extracts from the Pennsylvania Bulletin, WCTU Parallel, A Dozen Gains in a Dozen Years, and The Situation in a Nut Shell. The Aaronic Benediction closed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Alta M. Diller
Laura Oehme
Miss Dehme
Pennsylvania Bulletin
Anna Boyer
Anna Roland
Anna Bair
Alta Diller
Retirement honored for longtime Bowers schoolmaster
Roland N. Bowers, a native of the borough and son of A. Jackson and Mann Bowers, retires after a career begun in 1893 in Hinkle Town. He taught across Earl township, sharing in farm life and country games, including visiting days and spelling matches between distant schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland N. Bowers
Department of Pulte Instruction
Harrisburg
A. Jackson
Mann Bowers
Millersville
Pennsylvania
Bowers
Earl Township
Fresh Air Children Arrive in Lancaster County
The Fresh Air Children program will bring youths to Lancaster County on July 19. A committee meeting to place children in local homes is set for June 29 at 7 30 p m at Bricker Baking Company offices in Lancaster.
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New York
Lancaster County
Bricker Baking Company
Lancaster
Charles S. Goodman
Lions Club Fresh Air Committee
W. D. Kling
Daniel Hoover
H. S. Shirk
Roy K. Hoover
E. H. Metford
Nathan Robinson
Scouts Move Meeting to rear of market house
The Boy Scouts met Tuesday evening in the school building but chose the rear market house for the gathering to allow time for workshop work. Parke Groff gave permission for use of the location and the meeting opened with the oath and laws and roll call. New problems delay plans for a new cabin and work on bows continued until adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Davis
Girl Undergoes Surgery After Motor Crash in Philadelphia
Eleanor Knecht the daughter of Mr and Mrs E L Knecht of this place underwent surgery at Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia on Tuesday for a broken nose from a motor crash She was accompanied by her mother and expected to stay about ten days at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Knecht
E L. Knecht
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Origin of Rodeo Chapter in West Conquest
The piece recounts the origin of rodeo as part of early Western history. It describes vast open ranges, buffalo herds, and pioneers who tamed the land, rope work, branding, and the transformation of the frontier into civilization.
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West
Ruby horse purchase to ride in legion exposition event
A new horse named Legion Rubies was bought by Pho Pete Jeti and will be ridden in the exposition. The horse has a feared reputation as a rider killer yet has never been ridden or worked before this assignment.
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Pho Pete Jeti
Seth Hutac
Hoppe Sdich
Suempes
Tally Hese
Sotho Dakota
Berse
Motor Crash Kills 3 Men and Injures 1 in Lancaster Area
Jeremiah B Mentzer aged fifty died at his home on West Main Street after a heart illness. Funeral held at United Brethren Cemetery. A separate Lincoln Highway crash near Mellinger Church killed three men with one later dying, including Philp Novey and Edward Novey. Two truck fires burned victims beyond recognition. Undertaker Herr and Dr. J L Ressler led investigations as highway repairs were completed.
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Accraem
Lincoln Highway
Jeremiah B. Mentzer
West Main Street
United Brethren Church
Knights of the Golden Eagle
F. H. 1S
Philadelphia
Intercourse
Mellinger’church
Lancaster General Hospital
Davis Warfel
Poe
Othe Acere
Vieward
McAuister
Tweety Sane
Vibasnetop
Delaware Peat
Schock Independent Oat Company
Mt. Jos
Philp Novey
Philsdetphon
Edward Novew
Lancaster Hospital
Stark
McAllister
Undertaker Herr
Lampeter
J. L. Ressler
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Catherine Groff Raezer Dies at 73 in Trevose
Catherine Groff Raezer 73 wife of Adam Raezer of Trevose Bucks County died Wednesday at her home. She was a native of New Holland daughter of Elizabeth Groff and survived by husband two daughters Elizabeth and Edna Hinkle two sons Charles and Rupert G. Burial set for Saturday at St Stephen Reformed church after viewing with interment in adjoining cemetery.
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Catherine Groff Raezer
Adam Raezer
Trevose
Bucks County
Elizabeth Groff
New Holland
Elizabeth
Edna Hinkle
Merchantville
N. J
Charles
West Philadelphia
Rupert G
St. Stephen Reformed Church
Mrs. Mamie Snyder Dies After Four Months Illness
Mrs. Mamie Snyder forty nine wife of Henry M. Snyder died Thursday at 6 PM at 327 East New Street Lancaster after a four month illness. She was born at Adamstown daughter of Mrs. Martha Coldren Redcay and the late William Redcay and lived in Lancaster twenty seven years. Survived by husband and children Martha E Wolf Esta M Peters Dorothy M Helen G Evelyn R four grandchildren her mother of Terre Hill and sister Katie Redcay Ephratra. Private services held at home Monday 3 PM then public at St Andrew's Reformed Church Lancaster. Interment Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Snyder
Henry M. Snyder
East New Street
Lancaster
Adamstown
Martha Coldren Redcay
William Redcay
Terre Hill
St. Andrew's Reformed Church
Martha E
C. LeRoy Wolf
Esta M. Peters
Dorothy M
Helen G
Evelyn R
Katie Redcay
Ephrata
St. Andrew’s Reformed Church
Lime and
New Streets
Greenwood Cemetery
Death of Jacob Rutter at Lancaster Home
Jacob Rutter eighty four died at his son Benjamin Rutter’s home 18 East Frederick street Lancaster at 8 15 am Friday of complications after a two week illness He was a member of Wetton Castle Knights Templar local fraternal chapter obituary notice states burial and funeral information not provided
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Jacob Rutter
Benjamin Rutter
East Frederick Street
Lancaster
Wetton Castle
Knights
Local boys sell show cattle to C. W. Good
Two Lancaster area youths sold four head at the Lancaster Live Stock Fair. Each buyer bought two head from local exhibitors, with cattle costing $8.50 per hundred pounds from Robert Kling and $8.70 from David H. Weaver. C. W. Good of New Holland acted as the purchaser.
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Robert Kling
David H. Weaver
Lancaster
Lancaster Live
C. W. Good
New Holland
Near
Weaverland
Martin Family Reunion Invites Martin Family Branches
An invitation extends to all Martin family branches for a reunion at Lititz Springs Park Lititz Pa on Wednesday July 20 A basket lunch will be provided The 2:30 PM program features devotions music addresses and a business session C H Martin of Lancaster will deliver the historical address Rev Nathan Martin of Lebanon will speak
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Lititz Springs Park
Lititz
C. H. Martin
Lancaster
Nathan Martin
Lebanon
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Jornal
M. G. Weaver
M. L. Weaver
Viein
Kan
Jamin Weaver
Salisbury
Pequea Presman Church
Jonathan H. Weaver
Holland
Washington
F. C. Aungst
Mount Gretna
Howard Hendrixson
G. Weaver
Rev. Mountz
U. B
Intercourse Lodge
H. S. Alumni
Arnold Zwally
U. OF Penna
New Holland Boy
Arnold H. Zwally, M.D
Edison Theatre News
W. C. T. U. Meeting
RK. N. Bowers
Burger of
New Pelland
BOY Scout News
Phila
Prescot
Rane
United Brethren Cemetery
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