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ALSO SERVING HUMMELSTOWN, MIDDLETOWN AND PALMYRA
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MARCH 11, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXII • NO 48
EASTER EGG SALE
Geyers United Methodist Church (UMC), 1605 S. Geyers Church Road, Middletown, has begun its 52nd annual chocolate Easter egg sale. Orders may be placed through Saturday, April 11, while supplies last. Those placing orders may choose from the following flavors: peanut butter, peanut butter with dark chocolate, coconut, butter cream, and peppermint patties. For prices and to place orders, call the church office at 717-944-6426. SPECIAL MEETING
Hummelstown Historical Society will meet on Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in the Parish House chapel on the second floor. While portraying a Civil War surgeon, guest speaker Robert Marut will discuss some of the medicine used during the Civil War era as well as the diet of soldiers. A surgeon’s kit, period medical instruments, and a Civil War medicine chest will be on display. For more details, call Josie at 717-566-6314. DINNER, MOVIE
520 E. Birch St., Palmyra, will host a free dinner and a movie on Sunday, March 22. Dinner will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by the movie “Overcomer” at 5:30 p.m. Doors will open at 4:15 p.m. Free child care will be provided. For details, call 717-838-2551 or visit www.pfumc.us.
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Students Research Local History Secondary students of Mrs. Eckert at Hershey Christian Academy recently researched local history and learned that Hershey Transit Company trolleys connected the towns of Hummelstown, Hershey, Campbelltown, Palmyra, and Elizabethtown from 1904 to 1946. They also learned that the first president, George Washington, stayed at the Warwick Hotel in Hummelstown. They also learned about a Susquehannock Native American village in the center of town and Hessian soldiers imprisoned in the Swatara Ferry House. Place names have meaning, the students discovered. In the 1750s, Irish immigrant Barnabas Hughes honored his wife by naming Elizabethtown after her. Market and High streets were named by him as well.
Johannes Palm, the founder of Palmyra, was a physician who participated in the Battle of Brandywine when he was 62 years old. In Palm’s lifetime, John Campbell was laying out a town that would bear his name just a few miles away on the “Horse-shoe Pike.” Milton Hershey returned to his birthplace of Derry Church in 1903 to create and develop the town of Hershey. Hershey Christian Academy, which will offer prekindergarten through 10th grade in the 2020-21 school year, encourages students to think independently and purposefully. Teachers mentor with a grace-centered perspective in a safe classroom environment. For more information, readers may visit www.hersheychristianacademy.org or call the school office at 717-312-7595.
Secondary students of Mrs. Eckert (second from left) at Hershey Christian Academy display posters they made after researching local history. Participants included (from far left) Sarah Eckert, Jacob Snyder, Dakota Chestnut, Sara Marshall, Shyanna Hoffer, Lauren Kreiser, Brianna Nelsen, and (not pictured) Lyniah Hoffer.
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will hold their 20th annual chicken barbecue on Saturday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Dailey’s Gulf, 200 E. Main St., Middletown. Meals will include half a Kauffman’s chicken, a baked potato, applesauce, a roll and bottled water. A meal price has been set, with all proceeds supporting Troop 594’s and Pack 113’s Scouting activities. Driveup service will be given; attendees are to remain in their vehicles.
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