Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 5, 1905 FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS (1 OF 2) SALFORDVILLE Members of Montgomery Chamber of Salfordville do not forget the anniversary Monday evening and last but not least, do not forget to allow your wife or lady friend to accompany you as they are supposed to be present for the occasion. A good time is expected. Frank FRY and lady friend, Sallie WEAVER and friend, Samuel CRESSMAN and wife and others, attended the excursion to Willow Grove on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry REED and son, and Dr. and Mrs. E.F. BENNER, spent Saturday in Bucks county. H.S. GABLE and wife and J.S. GABLE and wife entertained Rev. and Mrs. FETTER, of Telford, on Sunday. Joseph GROFF and wife entertained relatives over Sunday. Samuel CRESSMAN is boarding New York people for the last four week. The Old Goshenhoppen picnic will be held Sept. 9. The Reformed Harvest Home services will be held at the Old Goshenhoppen church on Sunday, August 6th, by Rev. ROUSCH. The Lutheran Harvest Home services will be held at the Old Goshenhoppen church on Sunday, August 13, by Rev. FETTER. Dr. BENNER is busy treating Xray patients. Reduced rates for a certain time are the cause of the rush. Harry REED has repaired the spoutings and pump for Abram WENHOLD. Harry EMERY and Mr. HARTZELL spent Sunday at Allentown. Miss Mamie SHOEMAKER and Miss Alice LENHART attended the Schwenksville picnic on Saturday. I.H. BARDMAN, of Schwenksville, editor of the Item, was noticed in town this week. John OELSLAVER and family, of Norristown, spent Sunday with H.S. WOLFORD and family. J.H. GABLE and H.L. GABLE spent a day at Pennsburg, this week on business. Mr. HARR has left the employ of Samuel CRESSMAN, the harness maker, and returned to Hatboro. Mrs. SMITH and Mrs. LONG visited in Frederick on Sunday. Harry HEANEY spent Sunday at Pennsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse LONG had as Sunday guests, their son and family, from Spring Mount. T. WENDLER received a large shipment of stoves. HILLEGASS Miss Sallie SIEGFRIED and brother Victor, of Monterey, Berks county, visited their brother and sister at "The Catharine" near Pennsburg, several days this week. Harry LENHART, of Allentown, spent Monday with the family of Oswin HOFFMAN, near Hillegass. Dr. and Mrs. C.Q. HILLEGASS, of "The Catharine," made a business trip to Downingtown, Chester County, on Thursday. Charles TAGERT, of Philadelphia, has been engaged as engineer at the Perkiomen Paper Mills. Mixed Pickles base ball team crossed bats with Sassamansville on Saturday and won by the score of 10 to 5. The score by innings is as follows: Mixed Pickles .. 0 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 X - 10, Sassamansville .. 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5. Victor STECKEL, John STYER, John HARING and Jonas HARING made a business trip to Linfield and Collegeville, on Monday afternoon. They made the trip in an auto. H.H. HARING is still confined to his Father's house and is not able to do any work. A.P. ADAM took a horse to Allentown on Wednesday for J.Z. HILLEGASS. The horse sale which was held at HARING's hotel on Thursday, was largely attended. Thirty-five head of horses were sold at an average price of $42.33. Ella HOFFMAN who was employed with J.A. HARING and family, left for Allentown on Thursday night to stay with her sister, Mrs. Emmon SCHWARTZ. Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeBARTH, Jr., and Mrs. W.A. TRAVILLE and daughter, of Olney, Philadelphia, returned home on Sunday night after spending a week's vacation at HARING's hotel. Mr. and Mrs. C.E. BUCKLEY and daughter, Mamie and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey WEISS were visiting in Red Lion, on Sunday. Miss Mary BAUER is spending a two week's vacation with her friends. Harry ZERN is employed in the Pennsburg planing mill. Mr. and Mrs. Clement DRESSLER and children, of Philadelphia, were spending three days with the former's mother. Miss Verna FLUCK, of Pennsburg, and Miss Susie OCHS, of Allentown, were noticed among our visitors this week. TYLERSPORT The Tylersport base ball club met defeat at the hands of the Almont Club, on Saturday John BOYER and Harry HOOT were appointed delegates to the P.O.S. of A., District Convention at Kulpsville, on Saturday. The ALEXANDER farm was sold to a Philadelphia party. Possession was taken immediately. Miss FORD, of Philadelphia, spent the week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John D. LANDIS. BALLY C.W. GRILL and Bro., Scavanger's sold their business and fixtures to Wm. ZEIGENFUS, also a scavanger, of near Clayton. Rev. Henry ADAM, of St. Mary's Catholic church, of Lawrence, Mass., spent a week in this neighborhood, mostly with his father John ADAM, of this place. A number of men from this place secured employment at the construction of the large ice dam, at Hosensack. Charles GENSLER and Calvin CLEMMER, spent a day at Greenlane fishing. CONGO Mrs. John BEAR and children are making a few days stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.H. RENNINGER. The Douglass telephone Company has finished its line and is ready for service. The St. Paul's Sunday School, of Sassamansville, will hold their annual picnic on Saturday August 12, in Samuel SWEINHARTs Grove, Congo. Everybody invited. OLD ZIONSVILLE Rev. O.R. FRANTZ, has announced Harvest home services as follows: St. Peter's, August 13, at 2 p.m.; Huff's Church, August 20, at 9.30 a.m.; Old Zionsville, August 27, at 9.30 a.m. The catechetical class will meet today, at two o'clock. The class numbers 36. The Reformed Missionary Society rendered a fine program last Sunday evening. Recitations by some of the younger people were given, an address by the veteran teacher, Charles BORGER. He gave some fine illustrations, where people might engage themselves to work in the vineyard of the Lord, but another illustration might be added to engage in at home. There is a party of half a dozen young boys, hardly out of their teens, who make it a habit to congregate around the outside of the church and use vulgar and improper language and most of all desecrate God's holy name to such an extent as to disturb the audience inside. The officers of the church should see to it to have the practice stopped if they cannot persuade them to enter the church. Mrs. Caroline MOHR, nee MARSTELLER, one of the oldest members of the church eighty years old, has again shown her love for the Lord by again sending her yearly contribution to the Sunday school through Dr. BINGAMAN, last Sunday. Would that more members of the congregation would do likewise, then the school would be on a better financial basis. Thanks to the giver and may the Lord bless her, is the prayer of the school. Mr. FEGLEY and family, of Philadelphia, have again returned to our midst to spend their vacation with Barton KLEPPINGER. Barton KLEPPINGER and Titus FEGLEY have procured a fine thrashing outfit and are prepared to thrash for parties at short notice and at low prices. Mrs. Mary MOYER, living with her brother, Louis SHULER, near Dillinger, a sister of Mrs. Levinus MILLER, of our village, is very low at this writing. SHIMERSVILLE Joseph KUHNS entertained the following people on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. John HARTZELL, Mr. and Mrs. Robert KUHNS and Mr. and Mrs. HELLER, all of Emaus. Wm. KERCHNER and wife visited at Breinigsville, on Sunday. Henry GUTH, of Allentown, was the guest of Edwin GUTH and family on Sunday. Miss Miriam DYSON, of Pennsburg, visited her friend, Jennie M. KERN, over Sunday. Miss Alda HILLEGASS, of Pennsburg, is spending a few days in town. Herman NEUGEBAUER left for Lancaster to see his mother, who is very low from a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Wm. HUFF and daughter, Marie, visited her brother, Samuel GEHRINGER and family, at Fogelsville, over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict WEISS, of Corning, visited the former's brother, John WEISS, on Sunday. D.M. LANDIS entertained the following visitors on Sunday: Levi HIESTAND, of Allentown, and Howard WIEAND and wife, of Macungie. Miss Emma HELD spent Sunday in Allentown. Mrs. Orville KREIDER is among the sick. A novelty party was held at the summer resort of B.M. KLEPPINGER, of Old Zionsville, on Friday evening. Mrs. J.P. McFARLIN, of Philadelphia, acting as hostess. The evening was spent very pleasantly and at the conclusion of the games the prizes were awarded as follows. Ladies first prize, two beautiful Swiss embroidery handkerchiefs, Miss Annie FOLWELL, of Philadelphia. Men's first prize, two Paris woven handkerchiefs, Mr. Stanley M. URFFER, of Shimersville. The booby prizes having been men's a dead beet and ladies an egg beater. HARLEM Mr. and Mrs. Harvey SNYDER and son, Percy and daughter, Verna, of Sigmund, were the guests of Albert SNYDER. Mrs. Wm. MOLL, of Siesholtzville, was visiting Mrs. Wm. GREGORY. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel GREGORY were the guests of their son, George, of Reading, who is on the sick list. Charles MASTER and family, of Coplay and Mrs. Wellington GRIESS and Capt. MACURLY, of Reading, were the guests of Manoah G. MASTER. Mr. and Mrs. James RHORBACH and son, Franklin, of Huff's Church, were visiting Mrs. Wm. GREGORY. Michael HOFFMAN and Robert GERY were in Macungie on business. Miss Annie SIESHOLTZ and Mamie SIESHOLTZ, of Allentown, were visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel GREGORY. Mr. and Mrs. James HOFFMAN, Mr. and Mrs. George HAWKWORTH and son, James, of Allentown, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard GREGORY and family and John RAUCH and family. Clinton STERNER and Miss Sallie KEHL, of Sigmund, were visiting John GERY. Misses Amelia and Sarah WEIGNER, of Chapel, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Nathaniel GREGORY. HOSENSACK John BREY, who is hired to Adam SCHOENLEY, hurt his hand while splitting wood on Saturday. He is not able to use it at present. This village is being connected with Palm by telephone. The company expected to have the poles put up by this time. A horse of David TREICHLER, driven by some boarders, took fright near this village on Tuesday and tore a ligament. The horse had to be killed on account of his wound and the carriage was almost wrecked. POWDER VALLEY A.S. MILLER has found employment with the Fairbanks Scale Co., of Philadelphia and will begin work next week. Thomas STAHL and Charles KLINE, painters, are working for Henry SEIBERT, of Kraussdale. David TREICHLER is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. W.S. MILLER and daughter, Marion, visited Alfred WELLER and family, of Perkasie, on Sunday. Mrs. Charles KLINE visited friends in Allentown last week.