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Items from the Myerstown Enterprise, March 2 1906

Scholars Render A Program.

  A fine program was rendered by the scholars in the secondary school of the 
North College street building being taught by Miss Sadie Fasnacht on Thursday 
afternoon of last week.  A number of parents of the scholars and friends of 
the school were present.  Outside of the prepared program by the scholars, 
addresses were delivered by Rev. J. Lewis Fluck, and Mr. W. J. Noll.  The 
latter dwelt upon the unpardonable condition of the side walk leading to the 
school and scored the directors for neglecting to remedy the nuisance.

A New Ice Plant.

  Salem T. Yost of this place, and his brother Ammon Yost of New Ringgold, 
Pa., have formed a partnership and will engage in the manufacture of 
artificial ice in this town.  A new building will be erected on the west side 
of the creamery building of I. Yost & son which will be equipped with the 
latest machinery for ice making.  The capacity of the plant will be eight ton 
per day.  At the present time wells are being drilled on the site of the 
intended new plant which is to supply the industry with water.  It is 
expected that before the ice season is here the plant will be in working 
order.

Two Persons Struck By Vehicles.

  Thomas Wolff narrowly escaped serious consequences in colliding with the 
team driven by Tomas Ditzler of Mt. Aetna in front of the drug store of Dr. 
W. C. Kline on Saturday evening.  Mr. Wolff had just crossed the street in 
front of Kline's drug store when the front wheel of the buggy caught and 
felled him.  He was rolled in the gutter for a little distance and was 
covered with dirt which dripped from him.  He was picked up by pedestrians 
and taken to the office of Dr. H. D. Miller.  His injuries consisted of the 
spraining of the muscles in the calf of his right leg besides he sustained 
cuts and bruises to his face.
  The same evening Donald, youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Reiter was 
struck by the team of Miles Risser while the boy was crossing the street in 
front of his home.  The boy was thrown to the ground but fortunately escaped 
injury.

Will Return In May.

  Rev. Dr. C. A. Bowman and family who are at present located in Berlin, 
Germany, expect to return to this place beginning of May.  Dr. Bowman during 
his stay in Berlin has taken a special course in studies in the University of 
that city.  Upon their arrival here the family will occupy part of the 
Gernert home on North College street.  Dr. Bowman will resume his duties as 
Dean of Albright College beginning with the fall term of the college.

Sleepy Not Sick.

  Richard Blose, of Lebanon employed as a fireman on the furnace locomotive 
at the Colebrook plant of the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Company, has won the 
reputation of being the soundest sleeper in Lebanon Valley.
  He was found lying in the cab of his locomotive on Saturday and fellow 
employees, thinking he was hurt, had him conveyed to the Good Samaritan 
Hospital.  All efforts to revive him proved futile until Monday morning, when 
of his own accord, he awoke and went back to work.
  He was not ill, only sleepy, the physicians assert.

Democrats Entertained.

  On Thursday evening of last week Cornelius Moyer proprietor of the U.S. 
Hotel, handsomely entertained a number of his democratic friends of this 
place and Lebanon.  A large turkey with other viands was served the guests 
and ample justice to the grand set-out was done by all.
  Among those in attendance from Lebanon were County Commissioner William 
Gassert, Former Postmaster Harry G. Walter, Dr. John Walter, chairman of the 
Democratic county committee; Dr. A. C. Hersh, the new collector of County and 
State taxes, Dr. W. J. Kiefer, chairman of the Democratic City Committee, and 
Select Councilman from the Fifth ward, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Arnold, Philip 
Arnold, Joseph Gebhard and Aaron Steckbeck.
  Guests present from this place were William Price, Ex-Postmaster Robert E. 
Weigley, E. L. Bleistein, George S. Bleistein, E. S. Miller, John Bordner, 
Henry Smith, Harry Dietz, and J. M. Smeltzer.
  Impromptu addresses were made by Drs. Walter, Hersh, and Kiefer and Messrs. 
Gassert, Weigley, Bleistein and Dietz.

Eighty-Third Birthday Anniversary.

  On Monday Mrs. Henrietta Coover celebrated her 83d birthday anniversary.  
In honor of this occasion the aged lady, unassisted, prepared an elegant meal 
at her home to which a number of intimate relatives and friends were invited 
guests.  The occasion afforded the guests as well as the hostess a great deal 
of pleasure.  The guests present were the following: Mrs. Rosa Strohm, 
Lebanon; Mrs. Jacob Light, Jonestown; E. J. Coover, Lancaster; Rev. J. Lewis 
Fluck, wife and daughter; R. J. Coover and wife; Dr. H. Coover, Mrs. Ellen 
Coover, Misses Hattie and Emily Coover and Geo. D. Coover and wife, of this 
place.
  Mrs. Coover enjoys good health and the fact that she prepared the elegant 
meal unassisted, is sufficient proof that she is blessed with strength and 
vigor to a remarkable degree.
  During her life Mrs. Coover has been an exemplary woman and is regarded 
with the highest esteem by all who know her.  As a Christian woman she is 
classed with the most devoted among the residents of this place.  From her 
girlhood days she has been a faithful member of the Reformed denomination and 
is one of the oldest members of the church of her faith at this place, having 
been dismissed from the Tulpehocken Reformed church and joined the 
congregation here in its earliest days.
  Mrs. Coover is still closely associated with the Reformed church and Sunday 
School.  Only sickness and extreme inclement weather deters her from 
attending both morning and evening church services.  In the Sunday School she 
is the oldest active member and is recognized among the most punctual while 
in attendance she figures with the leaders.
  Mrs. Coover has been a lifelong resident of this vicinity, the greater part 
of her life however was spent in this town.

Large Attended Funeral.

  The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Ziegler took place from her late home at 
Rehrersburg on Monday.  Deceased was a prominent member of the German Baptist 
denomination which occasioned an exceedingly large funeral.  Relatives and 
friends from a great distance were in attendance many of whom arrived at this 
place the day previous in order to be present at the obsequies.  Rev. and 
Mrs. John Herr entertained the following on Sunday who came the day previous 
to attend the funeral:  Isaac Minnich and wife, P. C. Geib and wife, of 
Manheim; Jacob Hackman and wife, Mastersonville; Jesse Ziegler, Royersford; 
Abraham Conner and wife of Virginia.

Appointed Assistant Agent.

  Antes P. Huber who for years served as freight agent at the local P. & R. 
station was appointed assistant to J. H. Palm, general agent of the company's 
interests here.  On Tuesday morning Mr. Huber started his new duties.  Paul 
Rhine, until recently an employee of this office succeeds Mr. Huber as 
freight agent.  The business at the local station for some time has been 
increasing in a rapid degree and for a long time the monthly business has 
averaged $16,000.  Mr. Palm refused to continue as agent under this strain 
and his demand for an assistant led to the appointment of Mr. Huber who is 
qualified in every way to perform the duties incumbent upon him.

Pastor Receives Unanimous Call.

  Rev. William K. Fisher, until recently pastor of the Lutheran congregation 
at Jonestown received and accepted a unanimous call to become pastor of the 
flourishing English Lutheran congregation at Spring City, Pa., located along 
the Pennsylvania and P. & R. railway. 
  He started his duties as pastor of the new charge yesterday.  Rev. Fisher 
is a young man and a son of Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher of this place.  His 
ability's [sic] as a biblical student and pulpit orator has given him 
considerable prominence in his former charge at Jonestown which was his first 
field of labor after becoming a clergy of the Lutheran church.

Fire Disturbs a Party.

  Last Friday J. H. Koontz, tenant on the farm of the late Mr. L. Bowman, a 
short distance east of town sold his farm stock at public sale.  In the 
evening a party was given to the friends of the family at the homestead.  The 
guests, mostly young people, numbering about 50, assembled in the rooms of 
the summer house and when the various games were started all proceeded to the 
rooms of the house.  In the rush a large coal oil lamp standing on a table in 
the parlor was thrown to the floor and broken.  The oil ignited and started 
quite a blaze.  A large piece of oil cloth was thrown upon the blaze and the 
fire extinguished.  Luckely [sic] the carpets in the room had been removed 
prior to the party and thereby averted what might have resulted seriously.  
The accident occasioned considerable excitement especially among the ladies 
who rushed pel-mell from the room.  Mrs. Koontz and daughter who are of 
nervous disposition were scared into hysterics and Dr. A. W. Gernert was 
called upon to administer.  The illness of the two ladies of the house broke 
up the pleasure for the evening and the guests proceeded to Millardsville 
Hotel where games were played and a good time enjoyed.

Personals.

  Miss Mary Kohr is on a visit to her parents at Bethel.
  Milton Fisher and wife of Harrisburg, were guests of the family of James 
Wolff.
  Elmer Kalbach and family of Norristown and Mrs. Charles Minnich and 
daughter of North Heidelberg were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. James 
Kalbach.
  George Wolff, a student at Ursinus College left for the college after 
spending several days with his parents Rev. Dr. D. U. Wolff and wife.
  William H. Bleichert and family spent Sunday among friends in Reading.
  John Fiant and wife of Reading, were guests of the family of Geo. Holtzman.
  Misses Carrie and May Moyer and Stella Reigard of Reading were guests of 
the former's grand parents Mr. and Mrs. John Line and their brother John 
Moyer over Sunday.
  Druggist Robert B. Anderson and Charles Price of Philadelphia, greeted 
friends in town over Sunday.
  Mrs. Harry Hayes and son Leroy, who were guests of the family of John Hayes 
returned to their home in Newark, N.J.
  Rev. C. A. Butz of Fredericksburg, was a caller at the Reformed parsonage 
on Thursday.