Items from the Terre Hill Times, December 9, 1910, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA, 

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NEWSY ITEMS.

Items of Interest Gathered from Terre Hill
and Vicinity During the Week.

On Tuesday, Martin Carpenter moved to Lancaster, where he will reside.

Last Saturday, John Stover slaughtered a heavy hog fo rSamuel Pierce which 
weighted 465 lbs.

Harry Eshleman moved to Reading on Thursday, where he will open a grocery store.

On Thursday, the Terre Hill Hunt Club was on a hunt and was fortunate in 
capturing a fine fox on the Welsh Mountain.

Harry Ludwig, clerk in S. S. Watts' store, who had an operation performed for an 
ingrown toe nail, is improving, but is still confined to the house.

On Wednesday H. J. Wolf had a hog slaughtered, which tipped the beam at 425 lbs.    
Wm. Stover was the butcher.

Read the new advertisements of Marks & Moyer, J. J. Richel and S. S. Watts, of 
this boro, and G. A. Schlechter, of Reading.

On Wednesday, John J. Martin shot a valuable horse for Samuel M. Rutt, butcher.  
The animal had been suffering with blood poisoning and in order to relieve his 
suffering, he was killed.

In the obituary notice of the late Elias Shirk, in last week's issue of the 
TIMES the name of Mrs. Wm. B. Schnader, of this boro, was unintentionally 
omitted, as a sister of the deceased.

Public meetings were held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, last Thursday 
evening and Wednesday evening of this week, by an official of the Bell Telephone 
Co.  Their aim is to have the line extended through Terre Hill and place Bell 
phones in the different places of business.

Paul Weaver, who is employed at the New Holland Machine Co's. works, ahd an 
accident while unloading pig iron from a car on Monday morning.  While removing 
a heavy piece from the car it accidently fell upon the thumb of his right hand, 
which was badly bruised.  The injury will keep him from work for some days.


PERSONALS.

Mr. Walter Kutz of Blue Ball, was here on Sunday, among friends.

Mrs. Edward Plank and daughter Edna of Sorrel Horse, were the guests of Mr. and 
Mrs. B. Y. Plank.

Miss Annie R. Cauller spent a few days with her sister Mrs. Martin Frankhoaser, 
near Churchtown.

Howard Detterline of Lancaster, was here on Saturday, with his parents Mr. and 
Mrs. Albert Detterline.

Martni Irvin of Reamstown was here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Irvin, 
on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. David Wanner of Elkhart, Indiana, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. 
P. W. Oberholzer, on Friday.

John Coleman and wife of Adamstown, were the guests of Aaron Coleman and B. W. 
Snader and family, on Sunday.

Miss Florence Zellers, R. L. Kurtz and family and Mr. Sharp, all of Reading, 
were the guests of Mrs. Sarah Reeser and family, over Sunday.

Mrs. B. F. Shirk and daughters Lillian and Anna and Mrs. P. W. Oberholzer, were 
at Denver, on Sunday, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stirk.

Mrs. James Utter, who was visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D. Ruth, left 
for her home, at Elkland, Tioga Co.

Misses Elsie and Margie Weaver were at Lancaster, on Sunday, the guests of Mr. 
and MRs. Lewis Grassel and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shumaker.

Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shaub and two sons, of Lancaster, were the guests of Mr. and 
Mrs. Sol. Frankhouser, on Sunday.


FIVEPOINTVILLE ITEMS.

Goodwill is prevaling among the Young Americans on account of the snow fall, the 
first of the season, promising plenty of winter's sport and frolics.

Extensive preparations are being made to spend a royal Christmas.  The Sunday 
School which is progressing finely is preparing a program to be rendered some 
time around Christmas, the exact date not agreed upon.

F. O. Sprecher, our merchant has been to the city and has on hand a large stock 
of Xmas goods, suitable for old and young.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brendle, who have been making cigars at Terre Hill for 
several years, have procured a job at Reading, with better pay.

Misses Irene Royer, Sallie Youndt and Lizzie Burkhart, as well as Samuel Heigh 
and Elmer Frankhouser, all are engaged in cigar making at Bowmansville.

The Band Fair in the Hall is being well attended.  We wish to have it understood 
that it is not the young folks of our vicinity who cause the great nuisance.  It 
is the uncultured of surrounding towns, who have neither respect for themselves 
or our community prolonging their stay until the wee hours of the morning.

Mrs. Newton Kurtz and daughter Anna was visiting at C. W. Kurtz's.

Mrs. Judith Bowman spent a day at A. H. Martin's.


Around the County.

the famous camp grove of S. W. Brown, near Brownstown, is shortly to be sold at 
public sale.

Since the death of Mrs. Lydia Smith on Sunday at Elsonville, Perin township, 
over $1,500 in money has been found secreted about the house.

In tearing down an old summer house, J. B. Kuhns, of near Rheems, found a bear 
trap, a spoon hewn out of wood and some pewter plates.  They are supposed to 
have been hidden more than a century ago.

While operating a corn sheller, Miss Kate Rudy living with the family of George 
Frankhouser, north of Denver, got her hand caught and it was terribly mangled.  
The flesh was stripped from several fingers.


Terre Hill Times, Friday, December 9, 1910