Lutz Family Reunion Draws Close to 100 at Ephrata Park
The fourth annual Lutz family reunion in Ephrata Park gathered about 100 descendants of Isaac B. and Martha Lutz. Seventeen family officers were elected including Harvey W. Lutz Jr. as president and Charter R. Lutz as secretary. The program featured piano solos and recitations by local youths and noted the presence of all sixteen children of the honored couple. The list of attendees included members from Lancaster, Ephrata, Manheim, New Holland, Rothsville, and Pottstown with the youngest participant aged 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac B
Martha Lutz
Ephrata Park
Dorothy Lica
New Hollands
the Smetcher
Dorothy Net
Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society Meeting and Local Notices
The Womens' Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Pequea church met at the Session house with Miss Ella Buchanan presiding. Topics included The Philippine Islands and missionary fields. Salisbury Grange welcomed new members and planned next degrees at the Robison home. White Horse Fire Company to hold festival July 18 to raise funds for a new engine. Various local visits and school reunions noted. cabinet and tennis notes appear garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens’ Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Pequea Church
Session House
Ella Buchanan
Jesus
Miss Ella Buchanan
Baltz
Harry Moore
Philipine Islands
Mary Warner
Salisbury Grange
Dains Hall
William Robinson
White Horse Fire Company
Kathryn DeHaven and Son
Anna Worst
Growth of the Early Church in Lessons from Acts
The review outlines biographical and summary methods for classroom study of acts and early church growth. Lessons cover Pentecost, healing, the church as God’s dwelling, martyrdom, Daniel, Philip the evangelist, Saul’s conversion, gospel power abroad, Cornelius and Peter visions, Antioch as a mission center, and angelic deliverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Paul
Stephen
Philip
Barnabas
Leeson III
Aooman
Baronchly
Ananing
Sapphira
Bebkaylor
Steephen
Daniel
Evangelist
Saul
Christ
Israel
God
Cornelius
Pentecost
Antioch
Holy Spirit
Bird-in-Hand Community Notes Include Meetings and Visits
Epworth League and Sunday School Board plan midweek church meetings. Tonner Scouts return from Brubaker's woods. Junior Scouts listed as Overly Houghter Plank Brubaker Weaver. Lawn fete praised. Local visits span Lancaster and Bird-in-Hand families. Bible School and various gatherings noted with numerous neighborly exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
M. Ff
M. Es
Karl Neff
Denlinger
Lancaster
C. W. Johe
Edith
Anna Ranck
Mary Plank
Esther Leaman
Robert Leaman
Harvey Benard
Benjamin Spence
Paul Weaver
William Amble
B. Eugene Leaman
Dicky
B. E. Leaman
Altoona
Mary B. Conard
Mary Weaver
Dorothy
Adaline
Jennie Heller
Verna Brenner
Rebecca
Esther Seaman
Hertzler
Hemple
Mr. Fisher
Harry L. Smith
June
Benjamin Herr
Marian Ressler
Joy Fritch
Smith
Eunice Neuhauser
West Lampeter
Jack ‘Bachman
The Best Judges Are Us by Henry Churchlil King
The passage asserts that true judgment comes from offering opportunity rather than pressuring belief or defending ideas. It emphasizes helping others and allowing insights to emerge without argument, valuing humane restraint in evaluating minds and personalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Churchlil_ King
Quote Fragment Reflects on Guilt and Regret
A terse literary fragment contemplates guilt and remorse, contrasting human misery with nature's ownership of sorrow. The lines hint at philosophical reflection on fate and virtue, using Shakespearean cadence to echo timeless inner conflict.
Local visitors share time with area families
In Gordonville and nearby towns several residents spent days with relatives. Bertha Kurtz of West Chester visited her parents Mr and Mrs Ezra Kurtz while Mrs Jay Miller and son Charles visited Mr and Mrs Richard Fisher of Saundersburg. Ephraim Hershey called on friends in Mountville and Harsh of New Holland spent Sunday in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Diem
Lorenzo Diem
Alfred Henderson
Rebecca Gable
Elverson
John Spotts
Amanda Spotts
Clara Hyman
Salisbury High School
Grace Wire
Gap
Ethel Robinson
Ruth
Seldomridge
John K. "Hyman
Vend
Fanhand
Bertha ‘Thirtz
West
Chester
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Lutz
Isaac Lutz
Fiannn Better
Dacon Goetek
Denen Stors
Teae Lutz
Adametuwny
Manheim
Saniter Fata Beam
Rothsville
John
Ephrata
Walter
Pmostaurfer
Springville
Chester State Normal School
Wray
Erie
John Harsh
Buyerstown
Aine Hershey
Isaac Hershey
Near Spring Garden
John Hershey
Association
Atlantic
Sorm
C. B. Townsley
New Holland, Pa
P. B. Fitzwatdr
D.D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Review
Jerusalem
Judea
Samaria
Earth
Temple School
Barrett
A. B. Groff & Sons
Milton Iaurer
Gordonville
R. D
John Wentz
White Oak Road
New Providence
J. F. Werner
New Holland
Main Street
Surf
Seaman Place
Holland
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