Eighth Grade Medal Winners Named at Terre Hill
Margaret Jane Stauffer daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Stauffer East Earl recipient along with C Donald Rabuck son of Rev and Mrs C D Rabuck Terre Hill received the school medal awards given annually to eighth grade pupils by Conestoga Post No 662 American Legion last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jane Stauffer
Harry Stauffer
East Earl R. 1
C. Donald Rabuck
C. D. Rabuck
Terre Hill
Conestoga Post
American ‘Legion
Erlich Undergarment Co opens new factory in New Holland
The Erlich Undergarment Company Inc. producers of Miss New Yorker silk underwear, now operates a new factory in the garment building on Diller Avenue in this borough. Consolidated offices and shipping from 102 Madison Avenue New York City with shipments now direct from New Holland. An office and salesroom remains in the Empire State Building New York. Henry Erlich serves as president and Isaac Erlich as vice president and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erlich
Isaac Erlich
Cedar Grove Presbyterian Ladies Plan Strawberry Social
The Ladies Aid Society of Cedar Grove Presbyterian church will hold a strawberry social on the church lawn Saturday May 28 starting at 4 p.m. Proceeds support church programs and local missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church
Marimba Solo Planned in Ephrata Church
Sadie Rickenbach of Ephrata will perform a marimba solo Sunday evening at the Methodist Episcopal Church, as part of a local musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Rickenbach
Ephrata
Old Home Week Celebration at Terre Hill
Terre Hill plans an Old Home Week during Memorial Day weekend to dedicate a recently acquired playground. About ten acres will be set aside for recreation, with a regraded baseball field and a grandstand under construction. If weather turns bad, events move to the Terre Hill fire hall. Committees cover advertising festival amateur program worship supper and more led by local residents and clergy. The amateur program happens Friday May 27 at 8 pm with cash awards for junior and adult contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Hill
Terre Hill Playground Association
Robert Homan
Ralph Smith
Albright Oak
E. W. Getz
H. L. Slater
Everett Weaver
Lawrence Smith
C. D. Rabuck
M. P. Steierwald
A. G. Woodring
Barton Eshelman
Ralph Coleman
Donald Cake
Lions Hear Address By Rev W Scott Brendle
Rev W S Brendle of Denver spoke to the New Holland Lions Club on The Price and Safeguards of American Liberty. The meeting elected delegates to the State Convention in York June 12 to 14 and named alternates. Esbenshade was chosen delegate to the International Convention in Oakland. The June entertainment committee was named and George A Young joined the club. Strasburg members invited Lions to a June 7 regional meeting at Lampeter vocational school. Baby Beef club set for June 21 at Walter Witwer’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Brendle
Denver
New Holland Lions Club
York
I. R Weaver
P. F. Esbenshade
John Martin
R. E. Whitmore
J. Harvey Shue
H. E. Wright
D. W. Hoover
H. H. Poole
W. B. Bair
H. R. Fenninger
Paul F. Esbenshade
Oakland
Calif
Henry Shirk
Robert Keiser
Sydney Irons
George A. Young
Strasburg Club
Lampeter
Paul Long
Victor Koch
Ellwood Witmer
Harold Shelly
Baby Beef Club
New Holland Club
Walter Witwer
Intercourse
Benefit Movie At New Holland Theatre June First
The Loyal Worker’s Circle of King’s Daughters New Holland sponsors a benefit screening featuring Bobby Breen in Hawaii Calls at the New Holland Theatre on June 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland Theatre
Bobby Breen
Hawaii
Loyal Worker’s Circle of King’s Daughters, of
New Holland
Local notices and plans in May 26 1888 issue
Announcement lists Rev John Immmlerman Isaac Weaver Menno Zimmerman and Christian Mammerman leaving for three weeks in Canada. Workmen tear down Brimmer brick yard kiln while Martindale plans a two story school building to ease crowded classrooms. A paper shirt bosom pad sells for five cents. noted a gravy proof front. Continued on Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mimmlerman
Isaac Weaver
Mills
Caernarvon
Menno Zimmerman
Earl
Christian Mamerman
East Earl
Canda
The Men’s League for Suppression of Spring Cleaning
A humorous note on forming a club to curb spring house cleaning passes into a tale about Gene Knecht of Glendale Barber Shop who, alongside Ben Ream, spent a night cleaning and repainting the shop. Monday morning brings a cleaned up place and a first customer, Eddie Renninger, unsure at first if he’s in the right spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s League For
Gene Knecht
Glendale
Gene
Ben Ream
Ben
Eddie Renninger
Bannerette Wins Big At Sunbury And Harrisburg Shows
Bannerette the Kentucky saddle horse owned by Paul Z. Martin of East Earl took first in the ladies five gaited class and second in the open five gaited class at Sunbury and earned reserve champion. The mare also placed second in maiden five gaited at Harrisburg. Quick Silver owned by Norman Badorf of Lititz captured two prizes at the Harrisburg show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
Bannerette
Kentucky
Paul Z. Martin
East Earl, R. 1
Harrisburg
Quick Silver
Norman Badorf
Lititz
New Holland Girl Garners Diploma at Hahnemann School
Miss Eleanore Leone Ohl daughter of Mr and Mrs E G Ohl of this borough graduated from Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing Philadelphia last Wednesday in a class of fifty two. She will continue studies with a pediatrics classmate at the Children’s Hospital in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanore Leone Ohl
E. G. Ohl
Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing
Philadelphia
Miss Ohl
Children’s Hospital
For Rent Two New Houses on Kutz Avenue
Two new houses on Kutz Avenue available for immediate possession. Listing by STYER and EVANS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kutz Avenue
New Holland High Seniors Receive Diplomas in Graduation
New Holland High School seniors completed their education with Wednesday evening graduation exercises. Prizes awarded included a $15 Lions Club award to Raymond Shirk, a $10 prize to Evelyn Eppley, and a $5 prize to Luther Gehman. Raymond Shirk also received the Dr. John H. Sensenig scholarship cup. Mary B. Weaver earned the Business and Professional Women's prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland High School
Lions Club
Raymond Shirk
Evelyn Eppley
Luther Gehman
John H. Sensenig
Mary B. Weaver
Infant son of Abner and Fannie Smoker dies near Gap
John R. Smoker two days old died of infant trouble at his parents home near Gap on Friday morning. Survived by parents brothers Norman Michael Earl Sarah Abner Levi and paternal grandmother Mrs. Sarah Smoker of Intercourse. Services at 1 p m Saturday at home with burial in Millwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Smoker
Abner
Fannie Fisher Smoker
Near Gap
Norman
Michael
Earl
Sarah
Levi
Sarah Smoker
Intercourse
Millwood
Mrs. Bessie E. Shirk Dies at 77 in New Holland
Mrs. Bessie Elizabeth Shirk 77 widow of Isaac B. Shirk died at her West Main Street home after a two week illness. She was a New Holland United Brethren member and is survived by stepchildren Samuel Abram Ella and Mabel. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM from Esbenshade Funeral Home with interment at Zeltenreichs Cemetery. Visitation Saturday 7 to 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Elizabeth Shirk
Isaac B. Shirk
West Main Street
New Holland United Brethren Church
Samuel
Abram
Ella
John Rife
Steelton
Mabel
Esbenshade
Zeltenreich
Mrs Haden Lupold to Speak at Pequea Church Service
Mrs Haden Lupold of Intercourse will speak at the morning service at 10 30 o clock in the Pequea Evangelical Congregational church White Horse She will report on the missionary convention recently held at St Paul s Evangelical church Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haden Lupold
Intercourse
Pequea Evangelical Congregational Church
White Horse
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
Reading
Card of Thanks to Friends and Lions Club
Harry H. Rush thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy during illness. He also thanks the Lions Club and the King's Daughters for flower gifts and Dr. E. H. Metford for excellent attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Rush
Lions Club
King’s Daughters
E. H. Metford
New Holland Pool Delayed Opening For Repairs
The New Holland Pool will remain closed until June 11 due to repairs and improvements overseen by operator H. Pennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
H. Pennington
Chiang Kai-shek wife commends missionaries in China letter
In a China dispatch from Wuchang dated April 20 1938 Dr Paul V Taylor reports Madame Chiang Kai-shek praising Christian missionaries. She notes a vision for a Chinese church capable of challenging global Christianity and thanks world Christians for prayers during the wartime distress. Continued on Page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Taylor
Wuchang
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Isaac Hoyard
Taylor
Generalissimo
Root
Decoration Day schedule for Conestoza Post 662 Legion
Conestoza Post 662 American Legion outlines a Daylight Saving Time schedule visiting multiple stops from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at local sites, then at 2 p.m. decorates graves in Terre Hill and assists with a new athletic field dedication. Rohrerstown band will accompany Legionnaires. Sons parade between sites. Ladies Auxiliary serves dinner after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Ranck's
Churchtown
Center
Voganville
Groffdale
Zeltenreich
New Holland U. B
Lutheran and Reformed
Legion
Terre Hill
Rohrerstown
Legionnaires
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Local trip to West Coast by Musser Wilkin and Althouse
Mr and Mrs John H Musser of this borough and Mrs Emma Wilkin son and Milton Althouse of Strasbourg left on Wednesday for a motor trip to the western coast. They will visit Mrs Musser's brother in law and sister Judge and Mrs J H Anderson in Carson City Nevada during this trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Musser
Emma Wilkinson
Milton Althouse
Strasburg
Holy Week Customs Described in Lima Peru
In Lima the Holy Week observance differs from the United States after Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Good Friday remains sacred here, with national holiday status observed by businesses, manufacturers, plants, and farming districts across an eight mile radius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Trinity Lutheran Choir Musicale Set For May 31
The Trinity Lutheran Church choir directed by William D. Burley will perform a musicale in the Parish House on Tuesday evening May 31 at 7 30. Guest soloist A Wilmer Bergey and other soloists Maria K Bender and Mrs Howard Steinman will headline with violin by Margaret Ulrich and organ by Mrs Carl Stoeckl. A silver offering will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
William D. Burley
New Holland School
Carl Stoeckl
A. Wilmer Bergey
Maria K. Bender
Howard Steinman
Margaret Ulrich
Jerusalem
Cli
Rogers
Vanderwater
AL Wilmer Bergey
Father
Geunod
Blount
Mural Exhibition Showcases Evolution of Art in School Room
A newly completed oil mural titled The Evolution of Art was displayed for the first time in the high school art room during commencement night. The seven panel work spans 25 feet 8 inches and centers on architecture from pyramids to modern skyscrapers with the local high school foreground.
New Holland High Alumni Banquet Set for June 11
New Holland High alumni will hold a banquet in the high school auditorium on Saturday June 11 at 7 30 p m. CT. Miss Rebecca Sheaffer dean of women at Elizabethtown College will speak. Angus Couple will sketch and display paintings. Entertainment includes a piano solo by Ethel Good marimba by Marion Frankhouser a trombone and cornet duet by Weaver Hagey and Charles Reifsnyder and a solo by Rev J Allen Ranck. American Legion Auxiliary organizes the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satuday
Rebecca Sheaffer
Elizabethtown College
Angus
Ethel Good
Marion Frankhouser
Weaver Hagey
Charles Reifsnyder
Rev
J. Allen Ranck
American Legion Auxiliary
Strawberry Jamboree Planned on M E Church Lawn
Boy Scouts host a Strawberry Jamboree Friday May 27 at 5 PM on the Methodist Episcopal church lawn. In case of rain the event moves to the American Legion rooms. Proceeds fund sending Scouts to camp. Foods offered include strawberry shortcake ice cream sandwiches coffee and shrimp corn soup by plate and quart. A novelty stand features 5 and 1 cent articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wages Bill Fears and Relief Debates Dominate
The piece warns that a new Wages and Hours law could lower purchasing power to pre NRA levels and boost relief rolls. It notes rioting and sit-down strikes by relief recipients in Cleveland and Chicago, with Pittsburgh and Philadelphia risks cited. The calendar marks the state fiscal year end and shows a national dispute over relief administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Cleveland
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Donald Rabuck
Undergarment CO
Erlich Concern
New York
M. E. Church
Lions
W. Scott Brendle
C. G. Bachman
Brimmer
Ick Yard
New Orland
Martindele
Mak
Hollywood
Hahnemann
Styer & Evans
Carl Lauder Lauder
Mary Bair Weaver
Kermit Harding Zimmerman
Charles Harold Weber
Bessie E. Shirk
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Anna Moffet
Presbyterian Church
Madame Chiang
West Coast
South
North
Americas
Lima
S. A
Trinity Lutheran Choir
New Holland High
M. FE
America
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