Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - July 22, 1905 FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS (PART 2 OF 2) SHIMERSVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Chas. SHIMER and son, Franklin, of Sandusky, Ohio, and Rigister of Wills Malcon GROSS and his deputy, Edward GERMAN, were the guests of L.S. SHIMER and family, on Sunday. George F. HARDY, of Bridgeport Conn. President of the American Corundum Company, was in town on Saturday. Walter MILLER, of Trumbauersville, is under the parental roof at present. Misses Katie and Sallie HUFF made a business trip to Allentown, on Wednesday. Master Harry WEAVER, of Philadelphia, is spending his vacation at his grandparent's place. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben GROSS moved to Allentown on Monday. HILLEGASS Mr. and Mrs. John STYER were visiting their son Eugene and family on Sunday in Red Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey SHANER accompanied by the Misses Bertha HITTEL and Sadie SHANER, of Gilbertsville, were noticed among our people in the village on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton GEHO and children, of Pennsburg, visited the latters parents on Sunday. Alverda HARING is taking her vacation of two weeks with her grandparents. Eva ZERN is spending a week with her grandparents, Mahlon ZERN and family. POWDER VALLEY A.S. MILLER has his grist mill in runing order. Mr. and Mrs. W.S. MILLER and daughter, Marion, visited Mr. and Mrs. George BARTHOLOMEW on Sunday. Mrs. Solomon STERNER is on the sick list. Her daughter Amanda, of Philadelphia, is doing her house work. Henry BARTHLOMEW and family, spent Thursday at Dorney's Park. Mr. and Mrs. Charles HEIL, of Allentown, were visiting friends here. Miss Irene SCHUBERT and gentleman friend were visiting the former's parents last week. KRAUSSDALE Mr. and Mrs. John KRAUSS, of Newark N.J., are spending a few days with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam KRAUSS. Miss Charlotte SCHULTZ, of Philadelphia, is visiting the family of F.K. SCHULTZ. Mr. and Mrs. Abraham HAAS visited friends in Allentown, on Sunday. CONGO Some sneak thief entered the place of Horace HOFFMAN, of Passmore and stole eight large hams amounting to about thirty dollars. Mr. HOFFMAN is very unlucky as a few weeks ago he was also visited and about fifty nice Plymouth Rock chicken were stolen. Those fellows are getting quiet bold through our section and we are on the lookout for them. VERA CRUZ Morris STICKLER and William LAUDENSLAGER quit working on the railroad and are now employed by the Donaldson Iron Co., Emaus. Morris BAUDER and William MOHR started to work at the Allentown wire mill. Amandus SCHULER made a business trip to Reading on Saturday. George WALTER is on the sick list. The Vera Cruz Band will furnish the music for the DEIROLF family Reunion on August 5th. FREDERICK Mr. and Mrs. I.W. STETLER spend a day at Green Lane this week. The painters have finished I.W. STETLER's house. Hiram STELTZ, of Pottstown, bought John HARTZELL's place at public sale for $700. The personal property brought fair prices. Rev. Charles DAPP will be installed at Keelor's church on Sunday morning. TRUMBAUERSVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Charles SHUP and Mary NACE spent Sunday with friends in Pennsburg. Misses Anna WONSIDLER and Edith REITER are sojourning in Philadelphia and Atlantic City several days. The Sunday School picnic will be in NACE's grove on Saturday July 29. Mr. and Mrs. Manoah HILLEGASS spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel STAUFFER. HOFFMANSVILLE Amos Z. NESTER is building a new chicken house 60 by 16 feet. He intends to go into the poultry business on a large scale. Frank F. STOFFLET is distributing a lot of catalogues for the well known firm Sears Roebuck and Co., of Chicago, Ill. Wm. WEYAND is the first one to have his oats housed. HOPPENVILLE Frederick ROMEIKE and his daughter, Laura, went on a visiting trip to Germany any expect to come back in a few months. Wm. KLINE and wife began making cigars at Green Lane. Mahlon HAAS who had been in the German Hospital to undergo an operation, came home last week and is as well as can be expected. NIANTIC A.L. ECK, huckster, of Schultzville, had one crate of eggs and some lemons stolen on Monday night. H.Y. HOFFMAN of near the same place had 8 hams stolen the same night. The thief seemed to be choice, he did not take the shoulders. L.R. MILLER, a student at the Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, will preach here on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. Reformed Sunday School at 8.30 a.m. Lutheran Sunday School at 2 p.m. Frank SCHANELY was the first one to have his oats housed. Frank is a hustler. Sue M. GABLE, of Philadelphia, formerly of Gablesville, is at present spending her vacation with her brother, Abraham M. GABLE, in Atlanta, Ga. ZIONSVILLE Peter CARL was the first farmer to harvest oats. The HALLMAN's family band will furnish music at the great farmers' picnic in BECHTEL's Park, Gablesville, on Saturday, July 19th and for the Sunday School picnic at Chapel on Aug. 5th. Milton GREY, of Geryville, is doing repairing for H.B. SCHANTZ. Dr. RABENOLD, Milton KUHNS, and two other gentlemen with an automobile stopped off at the R.R. House on Thursday evening. Jessie ZIEGLER and wife, of Allentown, spent Thursday with M.S. BEIDLER, Prop. of the Railroad House.