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Year's Ago
By EPHRATA REVIEW
Ephrata Review
Published: Jul 09, 2008 9:44 AM EST
EPHRATA - 10 YEARS AGO
Issue of July 15, 1998
.500With Tom Grater's
passing, Ephrata loses one of its best friends. Thomas P. Grater, who
touched three generations of Ephrata youth with his leadership and
enthusiasm, died Sunday, July 12, at the age of 69, following an illness of
six months. A sign outside the Ephrata Recreation Center just says "Thanks
Tom."
.500***
.500Borough makes its electric choice,
switching to PECO.
.500***
.500Ephrata's Grotto holds Grotto
night in the park. The evening filled with food, fun, and games was what
the evening was all about.
.500***
.500A-town Community Pool
re-opening. The newly renovated Adamstown Community Pool will celebrate its
grand re-opening on July 18. the pool went through $500,000 in renovations
which included a new handicap ramp, filter building, and diving
board.
.500***
.500DIED: Mary M. Snader, Stevens; Elva
Kaucher, Ephrata; Eugene McCreary, Denver; Mary E. LaPonsey, Akron;Mary
Witman, Akron; Donald Stricker, Benton R2; Samuel B. Wolf, Akron; and Lucy
Williams, Akron.
.50020 YEARS AGO
Issue of July 13,
1988
.500They were born to be wild - Graeff and Nancy Galebach,
formerly of Akron, now residents of Roseville, Calif., recently "flew"
across the country on their 1,500cc Gold Wing
motorcycle.
.500***
.500Akron Lions build park soccer
field.
.500***
.500Dissinger rolls toward PBA - Ephrata's
Bryan Dissinger is all smiles these days. The 18-year-old EHS graduate
recently picked up a sponsor, as he makes his attempt into the world of
professional bowling.
.500***
.500DIED: Robert H. Dellet,
Violet Myron Hacker, Emma S. Stoltzfus, Ephrata; Evan Gress, Marjorie
Bachman, Denver; Erla Rittenhouse, Brownstown; Irene Hollinger, Narvon R1;
Harry Eberly, Narvon R2.
.50030 YEARS AGO
Issue of July 13,
1978
.500Area pastors unite in opposition to unnecessary Sunday
sales.
.500***
.500'Purple Pride' Marching Band to get new
uniforms at a cost of $12,700.
.500***
.500224 EHS students
are on honor roll; 216 at CV.
.500***
.500Ephrata Swim Team
sets eight records.
.500***
.500Jennie Donecker, 14, wins
Berks County Tennis Crown. Sally Lied and Joyce Davenport capture Tarrymore
Title.
.500***
.500The Rev. Kenneth R. Texter began as pastor
of Hope United Methodist Church on July 1.
.500***
.500DIED:
Ruth Ann Enck, Ephrata R5; Elizabeth P. Dickersheid, Ephrata R2; Irene
Zimmerman, Denver R1; and Mamie M. Smith, Akron.
.50040 YEARS
AGO
Issue of July 18, 1968
.500Two killed, three injured in
violent early morning crash on Vinemont Road at County
Line.
.500***
.500Richard S. Will, 461 N. Maple Street, began
new duties Monday as principal of Manheim Central Junior High
School.
.500***
.500The second link of the sanitary sewer
project that will connect East Cocalico, Denver and Akron with Ephrata
Borough, was set into motion Saturday afternoon with special groundbreaking
and dedication ceremonies at Reamstown Memorial
Park.
.500***
.500DIED: Emma K. Crall, Lyman H. Henly, Susie
A. Saylor, Mary Hollsinger, Anna May Groff, Ephrata; Edna W. Gerhart,
Ephrata R1; Lydia A. Winter, Reinholds; Mary J. Rupp, Reamstown; Jennie D.
Bennetch, Denver R2; Martha A. Shirk, Churchtown; Hannah H. Marsh, Lititz
R1; Amanda W. Good, Bowmansville.
.50050 YEARS AGO
Issue of
July 17, 1958
.500Boro moves to annex 178 acres of land, Glen Gery,
Akron Road, Elks park area included in
petition.
.500***
.500A rabid fox shot as 'Posse' scours
Lincoln. It was shot by Charles Crowther.
.500***
.500Several
hundred persons attend a memorial service for the late Ethel Post Parrish,
well-known spiritualist, in the chapel of Camp Silver Belle, on the grounds
of the Mountain Springs Hotel.
.500***
.500DIED: Harold S.
Rudy, Adamstown; Harry B. Enck, Akron; Hiram Demmy, Penryn; and David
Zimmerman, East Earl; R1.
.50060 YEARS AGO
Issue of July 15,
1948
.500Council approves change in zoning law in the northeast area
for single homes.
.500***
.500Bike and outfit for champ urged
by Burgess Good, present to Clair R. Cooper, 15, a bicycle for winning the
Lancaster Soap box Derby and fit him out with a complete set of furnishings
from hat to shoes so that he can make the trip to national fame at Akron,
Ohio, August 15, in style.
.500***
.5006,000 at legion picnic
at Ephrata Park Sunday when Cloister Post held one of its biggest weekends
combining the attraction of the post picnic and the drawing power of the
nation's top band, Tex Benecke and his Moonlight
Serenaders.
.500***
.500DIED: T-5 John E. Wenger, Ephrata R2;
Tobias A. Daniels, Albert W. Fritz, Akron; Frank M. Mohler, Mt. Airy;
Rachel Uibel, Reamstown; Jesse S. Reider, Denver; Barbara Gehman, Denver
R2; Lizzie Glasser, Terre Hill; Cora H. Snyder, Adamstown; Emma V.
Carpenter, Lititz R1; and Landis Kurtz, Narvon R2.
.50070 YEARS
AGO
Issue of July 14, 1938
.500Monroe Henly, Stober's Mill,
sustained fractures of the left arm in a fall from a hay
wagon.
.500***
.500Peggy Schofer, W. Franklin Street,
fractured her right arm while roller
skating.
.500***
.500Marilyn Good, North State Street,
fractured her right arm in a fall while
playing.
.500***
.500A new charge, the Lincoln Reformed
Charge, was organized. It includes the churches of Zion, Lincoln; First
Ephrata, and Adamstown. They were formerly the Muddy Creek charge which now
includes Swamp and Muddy Creek congregations. Elected officers of the
charge: Charles M. Hertz, vice president; S. L. Wissler, secretary; and
William B. White, treasurer.
.500***
.500Miss Mildred Miller,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Miller, Sunset Avenue, was elected teacher of
grades 5 and 6 of the Franklin Street School. She will teach one year in
place of Miss Kathryn Horning on leave of
absence.
.500***
.500The following left for Fort Meade, Md.,
to attend Citizens Military Training Camp for a month: William Zudress,
Franklin Hibshman, Carl Bishop, John Miller, Jay McVey, Robert Becker,
Melvin Burkins, John Fassnacht, Jack Gardner, all of Ephrata and Richard
Farlow, Hopeland.
.500***
.500Samuel Hurst, 18 month old son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hurst, East Earl R1, suffered a fractured left leg in
a fall at home.
.500***
.500Lee and Robert Eckenroth, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Eckenroth, Ephrata R1, were burned by an exploding
firecracker.
.500***
.500 Edward Leisey, Randolph, Neb., 93,
a Civil War veteran, visited friends in Denver. He is a native of East
Cocalico township and has lived in the mid-west for 47
years.
.500***
.500DIED: Mrs. Louisa Frankhouser, Ephrata;
Mrs. W. E. Garret, Denver; David Bender, Terre Hill; and Barton Plank,
Terre Hill.
.50080 YEARS AGO
Issue of July 13,
1928
.500Harry K. Weidman was elected president of Ephrata Nest 1805
Order of Owls. Other officers are B. F. Winters, vice president; Harry L.
Meck, corresponding and recording secretary; C. M. Hammond, secretary; John
Zudrell, treasurer.
.500***
.500Samuel Werntz, Akron, fell
from a ladder while painting.
.500***
.500Mrs. Walter Bender,
Akron, fell down a flight of stairs.
.500***
.500Allen Leed,
son of P. E. Leed, Akron, while helping his father in hauling hay from the
field, fell from the wagon.
.500***
.500John H. Geisinger,
Blainsport, is a patient in Reading hospital, suffering a cut on the head,
received when the auto he was riding in collided with another auto. Driver
of the auto was Aaron W. Frankhouser.
.500***
.500Miss Beulah
Rudy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phares Rudy, was named secretary in the
office of Arthur P. Mylin, county superintendent of
schools.
.500***
.500Prof. J. R. Stewart of Maryland, was
named instructor in the agricultural and shop department of East Cocalico
Vocational School, succeeding Prof. R. E. Sleppy. Prof. Sleppy has accepted
a similar post at Jonestown.
.500***
.500DIED: Mrs. Barbara
Sauder, Blue Ball; Mrs. H. Y. Brendle, Denver; and Mrs. Laura C. Ruhl,
Ephrata.
.50090 YEARS AGO
Issue of July 19,
1918
.500On Monday afternoon between 5 and 6:30, a party of a
thousand or more soldiers passed through this borough on their way to the
port of embarkation for France. The soldiers camped for the night on the H.
G. Metzer farm, near Mohler's school house.
.500***
.500Jacob
E. Eichelberger, of Murrell, on Wednesday of last week, brought a fine new
Paige automobile from Philadelphia, which he turned over to the purchaser,
Jere R. Becker of Murrell, making the trip all the way from Philadelphia in
high gear.
.500***
.500DIED: There were no deaths
reported.
.500100 YEARS AGO
Issue of July 17,
1908
.500Lizzie Stober, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Stober, of
Stober's Mill, Clay Township, died Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock at St.
Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster from tetanus or lockjaw, caused by a splinter
lodged in her lower limb.
.500***
.500Robert C. Floyd opened
a confectionery at the Mountain Springs summer resort on
Monday.
.500***
.500DIED: There were no deaths reported.
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