News: Mummert Family Reunion, 1937, Farmers Grove, Adams County, PA

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MUMMERTS GATHER FOR 12TH REUNION

A move to keep the Mummert name one of the land marks of Adams county, was made 
at the 12th annual reunion of Mummert family, held on Saturday afternoon at 
Farmers grove, near Abbottstown.  The clan adopted a motion to request the 
Hamilton township school board to deed the land on which is situated the 
schoolhouse, known as Mummert’s to the Mummert’s Church of the Brethren in the 
even that the schoolhouse is ever abandoned, should the schools of the townships 
be consolidated.

Because of the sacredness of this ground to the Mummert family, Mrs. E. S. Wolf, 
Harrisburg, proposed that this motion be passed.  She said the land on which the 
school building stands, was deeded to the school district of Hamilton township 
by Mathias Mummert, probably more than a century ago.  The school and grounds 
are situated adjacent to the Mummert Church of the Brethren, land on which the 
church and the cemetery are situated also was given by Mathias Mummert.

The motion made by Mrs. Wolf passed unanimously by about 200 persons voted on 
the question.  The members of the clan stated that they have no interest in the 
school building itself, but the land on which it stands, they feel should revent 
to the original name.

All new officers were elected with the exception of the historian.  The officers 
elected are here given:

President, Luther M. Mummert, Mason-Dixon R. D. 1; vice-president Ellis Kendall, 
Blue Ridge Summit; secretary, Rev. C. A. Mummert, Greencastle; historian, Jacob 
Mummert, Menges Mill; and treasurer, Isaac Mummert, East Berlin; a note of 
thanks was accorded the retiring officers, all of whom served since the clan was 
organized 10 years ago.  The new secretary is a former president of Huntingdon 
college, Huntingdon, Ind.  He is now bishop of the Church of the Brethren.

A brief address was given by the historian, in which he appealed to all members 
of the clan to give detailed information as to their families, so he can 
complete his records.  He also spoke briefly on the historical significance of 
the Mummert school house to the clan.  The first Mummert to arrive in America 
settled on land on which the school house stands.

An interesting address was given by W. W. Eisenhart, Tyrone, Pa.  Mr. Eisenhart 
is superintendent of schools at Tyrone.  Copies of a brief history of the 
Pennsylvania Germans in Pennsylvania, written by Mr. Eisenhart were distributed 
among those in attendance.  A lengthy address was given by Mrs. Mary Carson, 
Harrisburg, on a recent trip she took to Europe and the Holy land.  Mrs. Carson 
told some of the intimate experiences she had on the trip.  She and her party 
traveled in 12 countries.  Mrs. Carson is the former Mary Baker, of Abbottstown.  
She is the daughter of the late Daniel Baker of Abbottstown.  Mrs. Carson 
teaches delinquents in the Harrisburg school system.  She taught for some years 
in her early life in Adams county.

The reunion opened at 11:30 a.m., with a lunch period.  The program began at 1 
p.m.  Lauretta Wolf Harrisburg, gave a reading.  The wedding musical selections 
and novelty numbers were given by Loretta and Shirley Mummert, near Spring 
Grove, Morris Strausbaugh, Hanover; Kathleen Mummert, East Berlin and George and 
Frank Mummert, Philadelphia.  The reunion closed with the assembly singing God 
be With You, Till We Meet Again.

Those who registered were:  Mrs. Katie Mummert, Greencastle; Mr. and Mrs. Luther 
M. Mummert, Mason Dixon R. D. 1; Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Kendall, Blue Ridge Summit; 
Mrs. George Mummert Kendall, Miss Betty Kendall, Greencastle; Mr. and Mrs. I. J. 
Mummert, Thomasville; Jacob A. Mummert, George Mummert, Harland D. Mummert, 
Janice Mummert, Maurice Strasbaugh, Menges Mills; Sarah Mummert, Beulah Mummert, 
George Mummert, Daniel Mummert, New Oxford; Mrs. Florence Mummert, Harrisburg, 
Anita Penuel, Lola Penuel, Lamar Penuel, Eliza K. Penuel, Elizabeth A. Lamar, J. 
W. Mummert, Bessie Mummert, Wilbur C. Mummert, Frank Mummert, George Mummert, 
Philadelphia; Catherine L. Manuel, Ardmore; Annie M. Baker, Hanover; Amelia 
Forry, Hanover; Mrs. M. B. Burgard, William Burgard, Helen Burgard, Mrs. George 
Mummert, East Berlin; Mrs. Anna Stambaugh, Mrs. Henry J. Beck, Hanover; Simon M. 
Yeagy, Dillsburg; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wolf, Lauretta Wolf, Camp Hill; Mrs. John 
Neuman, Gardners; Mrs. George Ruhlman, York Springs; Mrs. E. C. Gerride, Fred S. 
Gerrich, Kingsdale; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Rabenstine, Helena Rabenstine, Janet 
Rabenstine, Joyce Rabenstine, Hanover; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mummert, Hanover; 
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Mummert, Hanover; George M. Mummert, Menges Mills; George 
M. Mummert, Shirley Mummert, Hanover.

Minnie C. Baker, East Berlin; Albert Mummert, Mrs. Albert Mummert, Paul Mummert, 
Albert Mummert, Jr., Hanover, R. D. 2; Mr. and Mrs. Abraham S. Stauffer, Helen 
Krall, A. E. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Senft, Spring Grove, Mr. and Mrs. 
Howard Krone, Evelyn Krone, York; Mrs. Titus Trostle, Hanover; Mr. and Mrs. 
Albert Mummert, York; Richard Yingst, East Berlin; A. G. Mummert, Lillie 
Mummert, Charles Mummert, Brodbeck, R. D.; George Mummert, Gettysburg; Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles C. Mummert, Camp Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mummert and children, 
Altoona; Mrs. Ammon Moul, Earl W. Moul, Hanover, Maud W. Pensyl, C. W. Pensyl, 
Biglerville; C. Witmer Krall, Phoebe C. Krall, Helena Krall, Earl C. Krall, East 
Berlin; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mummert, York Springs; Mrs. Harry Coulson, Mrs. 
Frank E. Mummert, John A. Mummert, Betty Mummert Wise, Illere M. Wise, Lincoln, 
Pa.; Stella M. Preston Retreat, Philadelphia; Monroe Nickey, Jr., W. Nickey, 
Dover; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur E. Wilt, Florence Wilt, Esther Wilt, East Berlin R. 
D.; Mrs. George C. Stambaugh, Thomasville; Mrs. Wilford Hamm, Mrs. Jacob A. 
Mummert, Shirley Ann Mummert, Menges Mills; John Rice, Mrs. John Rice, Howard 
Rice, Earl Rice, Menges Mills.

Richard Yingst, Mrs. Richard Yingst, C. W. Fosten, Helen L. Fosten, East Berlin; 
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Mummert, Hanover; Catherine Mummert, Nelson Mummert, 
Catherine Mummert, Claudine Mummert, Annie Mummert, Nelson Mummert, Jr., 
Hanover; Robert Mummert, Canton S. Eyster, Nashville; Levi Jamison, Mrs. Serenda 
Wolford, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. George, Carlisle; Mr. and Mrs. Reuben H. Stare, 
North York; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Jones, Hummelstown; Nellie K. Eisenhart, 
Elsie E. Eisenhart, J. F. Eisenhart, Abbottstown; J. W. Eisenhart, Tyrone; Mrs. 
E. S. Wolf, Mrs. Mary Carson, Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Mummert and 
children, Dennis and Rhelda, York; Mr. and Mrs. Ervin S. Mummert, Hanover; Mr. 
and Mrs. Cletus Messinger, Kenneth Messinger, Myrl Messinger, Spring Grove; Mr. 
and Mrs. Charles Hartman, York; Carrie Wagner, Edna Wagner, Spring Grove; Mr. 
and Mrs. Harry Mummert and family, Spry; Barbara Mummert, Spring Grove; Mr. and 
Mrs. Hugo Koppehell and sons, Hugo Jr., and Robert, Lancaster, Pa. 

The 1938 reunion will be held on the last Saturday in August at Rhodes grove, 
four miles east of Greencastle.  Mummerts from that section will be in charge of 
the committee arrangements.  This will be the first time since the clan 
organized that the reunion will be held outside of Adams county.  A large number 
of the Mummerts live in the Franklin county area.

The Gazette And Daily – Wednesday, September 1, 1937