Opening Inter-County baseball season sour by rain
The Inter-County season began with New Holland traveling to Elizabethtown where rain soaked the ground and prevented a game. Only one six inning game was played Marietta beating Columbia 2 to 0. Columbia aims to test strength against New Holland as Bishop likely to pitch if conditions allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Elizabethtown
Marietta
Columbia
Bishop
Earl Township
Parl
Martin
Jolly Rovers
Reinhold
Reading
Davis
Blue Ball
Terre Hill
Goodville
Martindale
Hinkletown
Vo Renville
Bareville
Elizabethtown Herald
Reading City League
Altho
Beamenderfer
The
Herald
Readingity League
Lizzietown
Visil
Superintendent Groff Marks Twenty Two Years Service
Ullas Groff has served as superintendent of the Bt. Stephen Reformed Sunday school for twenty two years. The school grew in membership under his leadership. Only a few original members remain. thirteen have passed away, two are missionaries in Asia, one is a minister, and another is a student preparing for the ministry.
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Ullas Groff
Bt. Stephen Reformed Sunday School
Groff
Apan
The
Reformed Church
Obituary notices for Henry Miller and Mary Ann Buch
Henry G. Miller deaf and mute of Ephrata township died aged seventy eight after general debility. Survived by wife Mary S Musselman and children Peter M Miller Mary Shirk Charles A Miller Jacob H Miller Abraham B Miller Maude Ruth plus sister Mrs Catharine Stuber. Funeral Saturday at 9 from his home and 10 at Zion Reformed Lincoln. Mary Ann Buch died at 81 3 7 from Mechanicsburg area. Funeral held from her home and Zion Church with Rev Morntz officiating due to pastor illness. Interment in Zion Church cemetery.
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Henry G. Miller
Bergstrasse Church
Ephrata
Mary F. Sherman
Peter M. Miller
Denver
Colorado
Mary S., Musselman
Mary
William H. Shirk
Charles A
Ohio
Jacob H
New York
Abraham
Illinois
Maude
H. V. Ruth
Akron
Catharine Stuber
Lincoln
Miller
The
Reformed Church
Zion’s Reformed Church At
Mary Ann Buch
Upper Leacock Township
Mechanicsburg
Zion Lutheran Church
Zion Church
F. A. Weichsel
Morntz
Horse Plunges Into Sixteen Foot Sink Hole on Farm
On a farm near Bowers Furniture Warerooms John Slote’s plowing team slipped into a sixteen foot sink hole Friday afternoon. Neighbors rallied, a twenty foot trench was dug, and by nine PM the trapped horse was freed without broken bones though stiff and sore.
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John Slote
Bowers
Mr. Slote
Birthday gathering at Stauffer home in Bridgeville
About a hundred neighbors and friends gathered Saturday evening at the Elias Stauffer residence in Bridgeville to celebrate Mrs. Stauffer's birthday. The party featured games and music from Mr. Reifsnyder's zonophone, a dining room spread at 10 o'clock, and a birthday cake with red bells and ribbons as decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Stauffer
Bridgeville
Mra. Stauffer
Lightning Strikes Electric Plant Near New Holland
Lightning hit the mill of Michael M. Nolt on the Conestoga near New Holland causing seven hours of outage and extensive damage. The strike tore holes in floors and walls, shattered glass, damaged the dynamo and first floor equipment, and stripped nearby trees. Plant restarted by 10 p m but failed again Tuesday night. extensive repairs and equipment replacement loom.
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Michael M. Nolt
Conestoga
New Holland
Mr. Nolt
Nolt
Memorial Day Parade in New Holland Plans
Memorial Day activities in New Holland promise a large patriotic parade with participants from Camp 40 P.O. S of A Karl Lodge 418 and New Holland Castle No 157 along with the G A R veterans. Local bands, school groups, and businesses will join, the parade starting at 1 pm followed by exercises at Lutheran cemetery and cemetery decorations in Rauch s Church Mt Airy Voganville Zeltenreich and Bair cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Terre Hill
Lancaster
Townsley
H. E. Rutter
Walter Bensinger
P.O
Karl Lodge
QO. FL
New Holland Castle
K.G.E
Lititz
Churchtown
Honeybrook
Mechanicsburg
Unicoln
New Holland High School
New Holland Hook and Ladder Company
P.Q. S
Henry Rodman
Rauch's Church
Mt. Airy
Voganville
William B. Bowers
Zeltenreich
Bair
Arael Bair
M E Church Notes Officers Elected for Sunday School and Epworth League
The annual Sunday school election named Isaac Cauller as superintendent and Mary E Davis as organist with forty new members since December 1. Epworth League officers elected include Charles F Ressler as president and Harry Zell as secretary with Elam Bowers as treasurer.
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Isaac Cauller
Cyrus S. Mentzer
Lida Williams
Harry Zell
Leon Smith
Mary E. Davis
S. A. Zell
Epworth League
Charles F. Ressler
D. R. Kendig
Leona Keiser
W. Barr
Elam Bowers
Mary Clemenson
W C T U Meeting Focused on Sabbath Observance
A regular W C T U meeting was held at Mrs. E C Diller's home on Tuesday evening. Sermons by Rev H G Ketterer and Rev I H Albright addressed Sabbath observance as a long running global week of prayer. The discussion emphasized that the Sabbath was God's first gift to the first family.
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E. C. Diller
H. G. Ketterer
I. H. Albright
M. B
U. B
Local Clergy Attend Regional Church Meetings
Rev. I. H. Albright attends the annual meeting of church boards at Chambersburg. Rev. P. A. Bowman fills pulpits in Harrisburg tomorrow. Families from Paradise, Farmersville, Reading and Goodville visit and host gatherings. William P. Hoover of Pittsburgh enjoys a two week vacation with his mother east of town. Next week he plans trips to Atlantic City and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Mary Johns
Maria Kinzer
Atlantic City
I. H. Albright
Church Erection Board
Home Missionary Board
U. B. Church
Chambersburg
P. A. Bowman
Harrisburg
Margaret Overly
L. M. Storb
Reading
M. Mountz
R. 8. Brubaker
Trinity Lutheran Church
Elizabethtown
William P. Hoover
Pittsburg
Hoe
Walter Overly
New York
Tsarael Bair
Goodville
Clayton
Fourth Eastern Pennsylvania Y P C U convention at Trinity Church
The fourth biennial convention of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Branch of the Y. P. C. U. will be held at Trinity Church in Lebanon from May 19 to 21. Miss Mrydle Good and Miss Margaret L. Hammond were elected delegates to the convention by the local Y. B. C. U.
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Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
Trinity Church
Lebanon
Mrydle Good
Margaret L. Hammond
Local residents report illnesses and injuries this week
William Lockard has been off duty this week owing to grip. James Diller, president of the New Holland National Bank, confined to his home on Diller avenue with stomach trouble. Rev. J. G. Noss of St. Stephen Reformed Church ill with rheumatism. his pulpit filled by son Rev. Christopher Noss. Israel Gehman, on Geo. W. Kinzer's farm south of the borough, critically ill at home with intestinal trouble for nearly three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lockard
James Diller
New Holland National Bank
Diller Avenue
J. G. Noss
St. Stephen Reformed Church
Christopher Noss
Israel Gehman
Geo. W. Kinzer
Boro
Potteries buy potatoes for cash in Bareville
M B Graybill of Bareville Pennsylvania announces a Monday and Tuesday collection of farmers potatoes with payment offered in cash at the highest price available.
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Graybill
Bareville
Baccalaureate Sermon Planned at Zion Lutheran Mechanicsburg
The Upper Leacock township high school graduates will hear a baccalaureate sermon tomorrow evening in Zion Lutheran Church Mechanicsburg delivered by Rev. Weicksel who has recovered from bronchitis and will also preach tomorrow morning.
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Leacock Township
Zion Lutheran Church
Mechanicsburg
Weicksel
Brecht Re-Elected to Ninth County Superintendent Term
Lancaster’s school directors meeting in the court house unanimously re elected Prof. M J Brecht as county superintendent for a ninth term starting June first. His salary rises from 2500 to 3300 yearly with apportionment increasing by 804 cents per school. State funding for Lancaster County also rises to 3126 000. Dr Buehrle is re elected city superintendent by Lancaster directors.
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Lancaster
Court House
M. J. Brecht
Therr
Lancaster County
Prof. Brecht
RK. Buehrle
School of
Teachers Examination Schedule Issued for Lancaster County
County Superintendent Brecht released the schedule for provisional and primary teacher exams. Primary tests will be in Lancaster at the Y M C A on May 29 for those entering the field, with earlier dates in Lancaster for first time applicants. Provisional trades exams span May through June across multiple towns including Denver Conestoga Martic Manor and Lititz with 9 a.m. starts and open public access under existing rules.
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Brecht
Lancaster
West Cacalico
Denver
Conestoga
Martic and Manor
Coney
Donegal
Mt. Joy
Elizabethtown
Salisbury
Leacock
Paradise
White Horse
Bart
Christiana
Eden
Colerain
Drnmore
Providence
Quarryville
Earl
Caernarvon
Upper Leacock
New Holland
Warwick
Munheim
Elizabeth
Lititz
Jupe li
Fast Marl
Brecknock
Terre Hill
Ephrata
Clay and
West Earl
Ministers Meeting of Reformed Church Near Ephrata
The Ministerial Association of the Reformed Church met Monday afternoon at Bethany Church Ephrata. Devotions by Rev. Dietzel Maytown. Parsonage for Salem Church Hellers completed in Mechanicsburg. Yenser Marietta read The Attributes of God Revealed in Christ. Pannebecker Columbia presented sermon outline on Phil ii 6-8. June meeting at First Reformed study. Shelly to read paper Watts to give sermon outline.
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Ministeral Association of the Reformed Church
Bethany Church
Ephrata
Columbia
First Reformed Church
Shelly
J. Hunter Watts
Trinity Luther League Reception for New Members
Last Friday evening Trinity Lutheran Church hosted a reception for members who joined within the past five years. The crowd exceeded a hundred with current members present. The program featured choir anthems, a duet by Elva G. Bair and G. S. Townsley, a solo by Samuel Shank, and brief addresses by Pastor Rev. Mountz and speakers R. B. Brubaker, D. W. Geist, and E. S. Geist. G. S. Townsley presided. Ice cream and cakes followed the literary portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Luther League
Elva G. Bair
G. S. Townsley
Samuel Shank
Rev. Mountz
R.8. Brubaker, D. W. Geist
Largest tobacco planting in Lancaster on Cameron farms
Ex Senator J. Donald Cameron plans 90 acres of tobacco at his Donegal farms near Marietta, the season's largest in Lancaster County. Last season 88 acres yielded 117,834 pounds at an average of 1399 pounds per acre, with last year’s price about $7.20 per 100 pounds vs $11.78 in 1906.
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Lancaster County
J. Donald Cameron
Donegal Farms
Marietta
Just a Little of Everything In Local Notes
Community items show small improvements and local events. Updates mention New Holland Water Company work on Diller avenue, Grom & Co packing tobacco, Anna Rutter Barton home improvements, Geo K Diller sale at Blue Ball, Earl supervisors meeting date change, Walter Johns recovering after a stroke, a butcher shop move, and Stoltzfus Neuhauser’s lumber wagon relocation and carpentry work.
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Charles BE. Oehme
New Holland Water Company
Diller Avenue
A.B. Grom & Co
Geo. K. Diller
Blue Ball
Earl Supervisors
Styer House
Brubaker Avenue
Petersheim
W.M. Palmer
Stoltzfus & Neuhauser
Davis Lemmon
Thrce of
Men Convicted in Parkesburg Safe-Blowing Case
Tom Johnson James Allen and George Brown were tried at West Chester and convicted in Chester County for blowing the safe in the Pennsylvania Railroad ticket office at Parkesburg on April 18. They received one year for carrying concealed deadly weapons and ten years for burglary. A companion escaped at Paradise amid threats as the riot unfolded.
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Paradise
Christiania
Tom Johnson
James Allen
George Brown
Chester County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Parkesburg
West Chester
Butler
Doebler
Landis
Band Festival Opens Season In Eby's Orchard
The New Holland Band plans the season's first festival at Eby's orchard next Saturday evening with refreshments and amusements. The Akron Band hosts an open air concert and may escort baseball clubs to the diamond if weather permits. The band, led by Mr. Getz, seeks community support and will perform at other town venues. Memorial Day will feature a festival by the baseball club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Eby's Orchard
Akron
Getz
Monument plans unfold on Snader lot at St Stephen cemetery
Aaron W. Snader contemplates erecting a monument on the Snader lot in St Stephen cemetery. Three generations of the Snader family lie buried there. The pine tree planted by Mr. Snader's father has been removed after years of harsh winters damaged its appearance.
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Aaron W. Snader
Snader
St. Stephen
Mr. Snader
Ressler Quits Silk Mill Plans Move to Ohio Pigeon Hobby
Charles F. Ressler leaves the silk mill and prepares to relocate to Ohio after next week to live with an aunt who runs a large poultry business. He has sold his entire stock of thoroughbred Homer pigeons to Fli Hess, another pigeon enthusiast.
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Charles F. Ressler
Ohio
Mr. Ressler
Fli Hess
Also Mentioned on This Page
Columbia Aggregation
Hastie
Hill
Itf
M. E. Church Notes
W.C. T. U. Meeting
Y. P. G. U. Biennial Convention
DR. Buehrle
the Clarion
Anna Rutter Barton
Akitchen
Walter S. Jobns
Fust
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