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Subject: News from Pennsburg - January 28, 1905
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:03:18 EST
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - January 28, 1905
FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS
DILLINGER
H.B. SHELLY has a sick cow at present and Dr. WIEAND, of Macungie, is
attending her.
Oscar SCHAEFFER offers a fine horse for sale at present and anybody in need
of such should call on him.
The P.O.S. of A. lodge of Old Zionsville, held a supper on Saturday evening
at which Reuben SEIBERT, of this place, was in attendance.
William FRETZ, of Dillingersville, has taken a contract to paint several out
buildings for Oscar SCHAEFFER.
Rats entered one of Ellwood HIGH's pigeon lofts one day last week and killed
one old bird and one squab besides causing other disturbances.
Oscar SCHAEFFER is now the owner of a pet monkey owing to winning the bet of
the weight of a cow. The loser was his hired man, Curtis HELLER.
Last Saturday a steer owned by Jacob NUSS escaped and became quite wild. He
was followed by some neighbors on horse back who chased him to near Zionsville
and finally rounded him up in the barn yard of H.A. GEHMAN. He at one time
during the chase had Robert MILLER, hired man with Mr. NUSS, between his horns
and pressed him against the barn. But for timely assistance Mr. MILLER would
have been seriously injured.
Henry B. SHELLY has equipped a part of an old stable for the storage of ice
and filled same with nice clear ice from the dam of Emanuel MOYER, of near
Limeport, on Monday.
Mrs. R.H. MACDADE spent last Friday in Allentown.
Oscar SCHAEFFER sold a cow to Mr. MILLER, the butcher of Powder Valley, on
Monday.
Reuben SEIBERT has again hired himself to John G. ACKERMAN for the coming
year and his son William has hired himself to Albert HASSLER.
Mr. and Mrs. John G. ACKERMAN visited John BLEAM and family, of Milford
Square last week one day.
Edgar KAUFFMAN, besides being our popular mail carrier, also manufactures
brooms in his father's shop. On account of the many orders on hand they are
often compelled to work overtime.
O.H. URFFER, of Old Zionsville, who teaches music and has Miss Edna M.
ACKERMAN, of this place, for a pupil, gave a few excellent selections for the
benefit of the family and some neighbors that had assembled, after the regular
lesson, one evening last week. He is quite an expert in music and the title of
Professor would be quite fitting to him.
Morris ERDMAN, tunnel watchman at this place, and W.A. KLINE, night
operator, attended a public sale of farm stock near Breinigville last Friday. Ellwood
HIGH worked in Mr. ERDMAN's place.
The all day meeting which was held in the Mennonite church on Wednesday was
well attended. The ministers present were Rev. ROTH, of Allentown; Rev. FRETZ,
of Macungie, and Rev. BARRALL. The latter had charge of the meeting on
Tuesday evening.
Miss Clara SHELLY returned from Quakertown last Thursday after a stay of
several weeks.
Allen BLEAM visited relatives at this place last Friday.
Rev. H.B. MUSSELMAN, of Reading, and Rev. W.G. GEHMAN, of Bethlehem, visited
Rev. Wm. GEHMAN, of this place last Saturday.
Charles A. MOYER and family visited his parents near Limeport, last Sunday.
Robert SHELLY visited relatives at Coopersburg, last Thursday.
HEREFORD
Miss Ida HOTTLE who had hired herself to Mr. and Mrs. George MARKS for
several weeks returned home on Saturday.
Miss Stella KRAUSS hired herself to Milton SCHULTZ for the summer.
Charles JACOBS who lives on the farm owned by Peter SCHULER will move into
the house owned by Daniel MILLER near Hosensack Station.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel FRY were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert FRY on
Sunday.
Miss Stella SALLADE is spending a few weeks in Pennsburg with her sister Mr.
and Mrs. Jeremiah HAAS.
Mrs. Maria LANDIS, of Clayton, visited her daughter Mrs. Albert FRY on
Wednesday.
Miss Helen JONES spent several days this week visiting friends in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. George MARKS who was sick with rheumatism is able to be out again.
Nathaniel FRY will move in his recently purchased house on Main Street in
Pennsburg, this spring.
Miss Elizabeth ALTHOUSE, Miss Sallie NETZ and Mabel WENNER, all of Corning,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Elmer NUSS on Saturday of last week.
NEW HANOVER
Clinton E. SCHOENLY and family, of near Geryville, were the Sunday guests of
Wm. HUNSBERGER and family and also of David HUNSBERGER and wife.
The funeral of Jonas HUFF was held on Saturday at 11 o'clock at the house of
his son-in-law and was very largely attended. Rev. G.W. ROTH, of Boyertown,
officiated. His age was 70 years, 1 months and 9 days. The pall bearers were
John SCHAEFFER, Wm. SCHAEFFER, Irwin DEKALB, Wm. MARCH, N.A. SEASHOLTZ and
Josiah YERGER.
CHAPEL
Mrs. John TRUMP and Master Alvin ECK are on the sick list.
Wilson HALLMAN is confined to the house with a bad cold.
Philip SCHULTZ who met with an accident some time ago by having a piece of
wood strike his eye, had been to Philadelphia to have same examined, but the
doctors gave him very little encouragement. It is now believed he will loose
his eye.
Church services were held here by Rev. Melvin KURTZ who is at present a
student at Mount Airy Theological Seminary, formerly a student and graduate of
Perkiomen Seminary. Mr. KURTZ proves to become an interesting and successful
pulpit orator.
Mrs. Aaron DERR, of Huff's Church, spent a few days last week with the
family of Benj. Greasley.
Joseph YEAKEL, of Allentown, visited his tenant Henry GERHARD and family.
Mr. and Mrs. John ALBITZ, of Palm, visited his brother Alvin ALBITZ and
family on Sunday.
Albert HILLEGASS was seen in town this week.
Miss Mabel SCHULTZ, of Allentown, who was at home several weeks will leave
for the former place next week.
Mrs. George WELKER and daughter made a business trip to Philadelphia on
Thursday.
Harvey HUBER, an employee in a Bethlehem silk mill, visited our school on
Monday.
The following visited the family of E.N. SCHULTZ on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar KRAUSS, Henry SEIBERT and daughter Edna, of Kraussdale; Miss Deborah
HEEBNER, of Worcester; Messrs. Henry HUNSBERGER, Milton BIELER and Monroe SCHULTZ,
of East Greenville, and Homer SCHULTZ, of Hereford.
Singing school which has been conducted in the Union chapel by Prof. Oliver
H. URFFER, of Old Zionsville, will be reorganized tonight. The instructor, Mr.
URFFER, and the board of managers are anxious to make it, this term, the
most interesting and progressive in the history of its time. The school has been
organized over two years ago and the work done within that time is worthy of
praise.
OLD ZIONSVILLE
Misses Estella DELLICKER and Irene WEIDNER visited friends in Emaus Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. George BERGSTRASSER is very low at this writing.
Mrs. B.M. KLEPPINGER was in Emaus on Tuesday.
Barton KLEPPINGER sold one of his black horses to a party near Spinnerstown.
He delivered same on Monday.
A.H. MILLER the cigar manufacturer is rushed with orders.
The P.O.S. of A. Lodge will have installation of its newly elected officers
on Saturday evening the 28 of January. The installing will be done by District
President Winfield HARTZELL of Bethlehem.
CRESSMAN
Wilson H. WISLER purchased a lot of J.W. REITER, on which Mr. WISLER intends
to build a large double house in the spring.
Milton BIEHN put the organ case in our Church this week. The new organ will
be put in, in the near future.
Wm. WISLER bought a colt of Enos BARNDT this week.
Allen SHUP purchased the house and lot of Wilson WISLER, this week at
private figures.
Frank ACHEY, son of Benj. ACHEY, of Quakertown, who was so severely mangled
by being run over by a train will be buried here on our Union cemetery today.
VERA CRUZ
Mrs. Horace SCHANTZ and Miss Maggie SCHULER visited Charles KAUFFMAN and
family at Zionsville on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Amandus SCHULER and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Jacob SCHULER
at Reading, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace SCHANTZ, of Spinnerstown, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John SCHULER on Saturday.
Mrs. H.H. BOYER was an Allentown visitor on Saturday.
Mrs. Herbert TRUMBAUER visited relatives at Allentown on Wednesday.
ZIEGLERVILLE
D.W. STETLER, of this place will have sale of personal property today.
Rev. W.S. GOTTSHALL, of Schwenksville, was at Niagara Falls several days
last week on Missionary work.
Samuel E. HUGHES, proprietor, of the hotel is seriously ill with kidney
trouble. Dr. C.B. DOTTERER attends.
MILFORD SQUARE
Robert CHRISTMAN and Harvey BENNER, of Trumbauersville, were the Sunday
guests of Adolph SHELLY.
Herbert STAUFFER and E.S. SHELLY visited friends at Allentown and Bethlehem
on Sunday. Mr. SHELLY made an address at the V.B. church at Allentown in the
evening.
Reno ROSENBERGER, of North Wales, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
ROSENBERGER last Sunday.
H.H. HARTMAN will built a house here in Spring.
Herbert STAUFFER and E.S. SHELLY made a business trip to Philadelphia last
Friday. They also crossed the Delaware to Camden, N.J.
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