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Subject: News from Pennsburg - April 9, 1904
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:41:18 EDT
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - April 9, 1904
FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS
PALM
The following is the report of Palm school for the seventh months, ending
April 7. Whole number in attendance, 42. Per cent of attendance, males 91,
females 95. Per cent of attendance during term, males 93; females 99. Present every
day during month: Clarence CORNER, Harvey ESCHBACH, Elmer KRAUSS, Mabel
DENNIS, Florence SASSAMAN, Elsie CONRAD, Virgia REPPERT, Mabel WIEGNER and Latta
GRABER. Present every day during term: Clarence CORNER, Harvey ESCHBACH, Florence
SASSAMAN and Mabel WIEGNER.
Supt. LANDIS visited our village school on Tuesday.
Mrs. Jacob STAUFFER, of Boyertown, visited Henry WIEGNER and family this week.
Oswin MESCHTER, of Worcester was under the parental roof over Easter.
Ida MESCHTER went to Philadelphia, on Friday morning for a week's stay, to
visit relatives and relatives.
VERNFIELD
Henry GODSHALL, of Limerick, resigned his position and has secured employment
with William BECHTEL.
Wilmer STAUFFER, has resigned his position in ZENDT's clothing factory. He
spent a couple of days with his father last week.
Mrs. Sophia POLEY, of Lower Providence, spent several days with Mrs. Sarah
NYCE.
Mr. and Mrs. LITKE have begun housekeeping and moved into part of Jacob
BOOZ's house at this place.
Harry WOLFORD is repairing the wind pump on Mr. PRICE's premises.
Good Friday will not fall on the first of April again until the year 1983.
The last time it occurred on the first of April was in 1838.
STEINSBURG
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey RICKERT, of Pottstown, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey GEHO last Saturday and Sunday.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel SCHIFFERT, of this place, died of
scarlet fever last Monday morning, and was buried last Thursday, at the Chestnut
Hill church cemetery.
Thomas SCHAFER moved with his family to Emaus last Tuesday, and Harry CARL to
Zionsville, both of this town.
Wm. SCHAFER who was employed with O.J. ENGELMAN, this winter, left for Emaus
last Tuesday, where he expects to get work at the pipe works.
J.C. KRAMMES and Elmer KRAMMES made a business trip to Allentown last Tuesday.
The personal property of the late Allen MACK was appraised last Wednesday.
J.C. KRAMMES and W.J. KLINE were the appraisers, and Mrs. MACK will hold a
public sale as soon as possible.
FINLAND
Our new miller Henry A. SCHWENK, of Red Hill, took posession of the mill on
Monday. He moved his family here on Saturday.
John KRAMER moved on the Benj. TRANT farm last week.
Harry TRUMBAUER has resigned as clerk in C.G. HEIST's store at Red Hill and
is not employed in his father's store at this place.
Wallace FAUT was the Sunday guest of Harry DANNEHOWER and family at Pottstown.
A child of Henry NACE had his face and arms badly scalded on Sunday. Dr.
SCHOLL attends.
WOXALL
Wm. HEEBNER, of DEETZ's mill moved to this place on Tuesday in S.H. SMITH's
house and Frank LEISTER, of Sumneytown into Isaac STAUFFER's house at this
place.
Frank HALLMAN and family spent Sunday with John CARVER and family of Spring
Mount.
Mrs. S. SMITH and children spent Monday in Schwenksville with her sister Mrs.
SHOEMAKER.
Hannah SLOTTERER, of Souderton, spent a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William SLOTTERER.
Lawrence BENDER, of Hendricks, on Thursday moved in Walter FAGLEY's house at
this place.
HEREFORD
Mrs. Milton HUBER is spending a few weeks in Allentown with her daughter Mr.
and Mrs. Charles FRY.
Miss Millie WILL, of Huff's Church, was the guest of her sister Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer HUBER on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Winslow FEGLEY spent Monday in Philadelphia.
Allen KREIDER and family, of Macungie moved on his newly purchased farm
formerly owned by Solomon Y. BORTZ on Monday.
Mrs. Mary BORTZ, of Schwenksville, was seen here on Tuesday.
Ellsworth T. MINNER holds the record of having caught fourteen skunks this
Spring.
CONGO
Joshua STUFFLET moved to Congo on Monday and expects to attend to the hostler
business at Rinkers hotel.;
The supevisor Abraham J. SELL is busy repairing the bridges in East Douglass.
Frederick REIGNER moved to Sassamansville on Tuesday.
J. Orlando STELTZ teacher will give an entertainment with his pupils in
DREH's hall on Saturday evening April 16.
Frank ZERN and wife were the guest of Morris SAYLOR and family on Sunday.
William MOYER was married to Miss Ellen RENNINGER on Saturday.
KUMRY
Mr. and Mrs. Oswin REINHART and son, Russell, visited her parents, at Red
Hill, on Sunday.
Preston KLINE employed Samuel UNDERCUFFLER, as hired boy.
Mrs. Eliza HARTENSTINE spent Easter with her son, Frank and family, at
Allentown.
A number of movings were in progress this week. David BLAND moved into the
house vacated by Jos. DAVIS and Robert BEALER moved his family into the house
vacated by Mr. BLAND; Louis FRETZ, moved on the farm formerly Abram ANGSTAD's
place; Charles MUMBAUER, of Spinnerstown, moved into the house vacated by Mr.
FRETZ.
Miss Annie HUBER, left for Kutztown, on Monday where she will attend the
State Normal School for the spring term.
Oswin REINHART has rented Charles WALT's tenant house.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen MUMBAUER attended the banquet at Boyertown, on Saturday
evening given by the Eisenlohr Bros.
SKIPPACK
On Tuesday Benjamin WENTZEL and Jacob ALDERFER moved to Lansdale where both
are employed with Fred SOUDER as teamsters.
Henry AUCHY and Elmer TYSON moved into the house vacated by Mr. WENTZEL and
Mr. ALDERFER.
Next Tuesday Jacob DRESHER will move from Lansdale to their daughter Mrs.
A.H. SEIPT.
Dr. Samuel WOLFE, of Philadelphia, is offering the 15 acre farm for sale in
the village of Skippackville.
Peter A. METZ has torn down part of his dwelling house and is remodeling it.
Harvey GOTTSHALK, of Philadelphia, is now the teamster of S.A. METZ.
NIANTIC
Jonathan HUBER moved in Edwin HUBER's house vacated by David HUBER.
D.B. HUBER moved in part of Mrs. FEGLEY's house vacated by Jonathan HUBER.
Philip GEISINGER and his grand daughter Annie MOYER, of Rosedale, visited
H.S. MACK and family on Tuesday.
The following item in last week's Town and Country in the Bally correspondent
was an error. Henry MACK was not injured by a falling tree, but Jacob KELSH
was injured. Dr. LECHNER, of Bchtelsville, was summoned, who upon examination
found that no bones were fractured, but was severely bruised about his legs and
one foot. Mr. KELSH will be able to work again in a few days.
O.K. HUBER and family moved to Allentown on Tuesday.
Jonathan MOSER's horses are all sick.
Miss Sabilla HUBER who was sick for sometime has some what improved.
The personal property of John BROGLY; dec'd, at the Catholic church will be
sold at public sale next Monday.
HILL CHURCH
Amandus H. MOYER received a position as clerk in the store of J.W. DOTTERER,
of this place who was confined to bed with rheumatism the past few months.
John M. FRONHEISER of near New Berlinville moved to the farm of Aaron WELLER,
of this place formerly vacated by Chas. W. MOLL constable, Pike Township
handed his resignation to the court and accompanying it a petition of Irvin GEHRIS
of the same place who seeks the appointment. Mr. MOLL moved to the WHITE Mill
below Bechtelsville owned by J.B. OBERHOLTZER.
The remains of Mrs. Philip ROTHENBERGER, of Pottstown was interred here on
Saturday. She was 90 years 10 months and 17 days of age. Rev. M.H. MISHLER
officiated.
Henry W. HESS, of near this place moved on Tuesday on the farm of Levi
BECHTEL of near Bechtelsville.
TELFORD
John M. KUHN, Wilson REED, Warren WEIL, William DETWEILER and Harry WAMPOLE
attended the Republican State Convention at Harrisburg on Wednesday.
Geo. YERGER is busily engaged delivering organs and pianos that he recently
sold.
Dr. Allen Z. KEELER spend Friday in Philadelphia on business.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard WAMPOLE, a son.
William BLANK improved the appearance of his hotel by planting several maple
trees.
Harry GROFF's house is quarantined on account of diphtheria.
Miss Gertrude HENRY was visiting at Perkasie on Sunday.
RED HILL
J.F. SEAHOLTZ will have public horse sale next Tuesday.
Dr. J.Z. HILLEGASS moved his family to Allentown on Monday.
G.W. RICHARD is building an addition to his house.
John VONDEHEIDE (VondeHeide) is confined to the house with sickness.
HARLEYSVILLE
M.C. CLEMENS, Abel PRICE and J.S. NYCE attended the republican convention at
Harrisburg on Wednesday.
Isaac KULP, of this place and Miss Kate SWARTLEY, of Franconia, were married
last Saturday afternoon by Rev. J.S. BECKER of Lansdale. They will start
housekeeping in the tenant house of Lewis MOYER.
County Superintendent J. Horace LANDIS will examine the seniors and Juniors
of this township in the Harleysville School house on Saturday April 16.
SHIMERSVILLE
Charles E. SCHUBERT, manager of the Excelsior Horse Company of this place
will hold a public horse sale at Kerchner's hotel this place on Wednesday next.
This is the load of horses which he had advertised to sell on Easter Monday but
did not arrive in time for sale.
TRUMBAUERSVILLE
John FRANTZ of the Theological Seminary spent a week with his parents. He
left on Monday morning for Perkiomen Seminary to teach. He delivered a very
appropriate address on Sunday evening at the Easter festival.
Misses Lizzie WONSIDLER and Edith REITER spent a couple of days at Allentown.
Claude MOYER, Frank CRENTZ and Miss Clara CHRISTMAN, of Philadelphia, were
visitors in town several days.
CLAYTON
Mrs. Peter WELLER is on the sick list.
Morris LESSER hauled several loads of crushed stone to Palm for his father.
Mrs. John RHOADS is at home again.
Eugene RHOADS at the store is now ready to accommodate his customers.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles BEITLER moved to Huff's Church last week.
FRUITVILLE
Mr. Goldstein spent a week in Philadelphia visiting his wife who is in a
hospital.
Leo MELCHER moved into Nathan ADAM's house which was vacated by Frank ADAM.
Daniel HEYDT and family of East Greenville, spent Sunday with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. N.G. HEYDT.
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