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Subject: [PAPHL] News from Pennsburg - January 16, 1904
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 00:15:50 EST
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - January 16, 1904
CLAYTON
W.T. STAUFFER and lady friend spent Sunday in Vera Cruz.
Wayne CLEMMER and lady friend of Fleetwood, spent Saturday and Sunday with
his parents.
A sleighing party from Huffs Church on Sunday evening spent part of the
evening with W.A. CLEMMER and part with Reuben BEITLER. It consisted of the
following: Mrs. John SHARP, Mrs. James WILL, Mrs. Milton WAGNER, Misses Lizzie WILL
and Gertrude WAGNER, John WAGNER and John WILL.
The following visited the family of Henry STAUFFER, East Greenville on Friday
evening: Mr. and Mrs. J.B. FUNK, Misses Cora FUNK, Annie FUNK, Florence
SHELLY, Katie BECHTEL, Messrs. Oswin FUNK, Warren FUNK, Charles E. FISTER, Misses
Ida J. FAUST and Beulah ROTH, of Allentown, visited the family of J.B. FUNK,
Saturday and Sunday.
The teachers of Hereford held their sixth district institute at Harlem
Saturday, and were entertained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob GERY.
Mrs. Henry G. CLEMMER who is down with la grippe is slowly improving. Dr.
WAAGE, of Pennsburg, attends.
Ambrose BEITLER has rented one of Dr. RENNINGER's farms at Sassamansville. He
will take possession of it in the Spring.
Henry G. GLEMMER is suffering with a cancerous affection on one of his
fingers.
Miss Annie C. FUNK who did missionary work among the colored people in
Chatanooga, Tenn., left for Paterson, N.J., to work in the interests of the Y.W.C.A.
of that place.
Rev. and Mrs. A.S. SHELLY visited the family of J.B. FUNK.
ZIEGLERVILLE
J.G. GRIMLEY, Esq., will move in the house with J.S. DAUB.
Frank JACK bought the property of J.T. MILLER at private figures.
Roscoe J. PRIZER was in Philadelphia, on Tuesday.
Dr. DOTTERER is kept busy looking after his patients.
Frank DAUB, a traveling salesman, of Boston, Mass., with his wife and child
are visiting her parents and other friends. Both were raised at this place and
have many friends.
J.G. PRIZER, cashier of the Schwenksville National Bank, is now able to take
a drive every day for a period of half an hour.
D.W. STETLER and E.K. LEIDY, each received a carload of feed this week.
Rev. N.B. GRUBB, of Philadelphia, paid a visit to the Mennonite Home at
Frederick.
It is reported that Harry DORN, of Schwenksville, bought the property of the
late Isaac BOYER, of the same place and will take possession in the spring.
Maggie RENNINGER is taking music lessons at the Perkiomen Seminary studio.
SHOLL, SCHWENK and GRIMLEY are busy housing ice. They have very fine ice on
their Spring Mount dam. They commenced filling last Thursday.
BECHTELSVILLE
The Gem shirt factory formerly located at Pottstown, have moved their plant
to this place, and are going to manufacture shirts here. They have leased the
building of D.K. BORKEY and have purchased a boiler and engine of A.T.B.
STAUFFER. As soon as that arrives they expect to have their plant in running order.
John SHOLMER, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will arrive with a carload of horses at
the Union House, today. He shipped on Tuesday. Among the lot is one pair of
fine mules. Also general purpose horses and a few good steppers.
Oswin HERB is teaching the grammar school in place of G.G. YODER whose
children had a slight attack of scarlet fever and prevents him by law from teaching
for thirty days.
J.B. OBERHOLTZER offers his mill property for sale. This is a good stand as
the mill has an immense patronage.
Eli C. OBERHOLTZER will discontinue the milling business and move on his farm
which he recently purchased.
Mrs. Joseph MOYER is suffering from erysipelas.
Wm. CONRAD is ill with the grip.
Thomas HOFFMAN is on the sick list.
PALM
The following are on the sick list: Elsie CONRAD with pneumonia; Helen and
Ada ECK, with tonsilitis.
Mrs. Allen STAUFFER visited her sick mother at Perkiomenville, during the
week.
Ida MESCHTER attended the local institute at Boyertown on Saturday.
The report of Palm school for the month ending January 12, is as follows:
Number enrolled 41. Per cent of attendance 96. Present every day: Harry GERY,
Owen KRAUSS, Clarence CORNER, Even LESHER, Amos KRAUSS, Harvey ESCHBACH, Elmer
KRAUSS, Mabel DENNIS, Bertha LEIBERT, Minnie HOFFMAN, Florence SASSAMAN, Ellen
GERY, Vergia REPPERT, Minervia REPPERT, Mabel WIEGNER, Estella GRABER and Latta
GRABER. Ida Meschter, teacher.
Geo. W.C. GERY will hold a public sale on February 4, with his farm stock.
EARLINGTON
John MUSSELMAN, son of Chas. MUSSELMAN, has gone to Perkasie, where he will
work at carriage painting.
H.M. GERHART and his sons Jacob and Paul, Jacob BARNDT, and Wilson HEANY
assisted in filling the ice house at Green Lane, last week.
Zeno F. GERHART, is seriously ill with pneumonia.
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