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GENEALOGY BySchuylerC. Brossman Column No. 282 A letter from Mrs. LeRoy S. Uin, 1, Box 88, Sigourney, Iowa 52591 brought two documents which were of great interest, written in German, with the translation accompanying them.

Readers of this column may be interested in the wealth of information recorded on these certificates. These certificate translations read as follows: "1823 the 27 March at 5 o'clock pm in the village of Ober-Floersheim in the County of Fedderhein was a girl born the Blessed House of Joannes Hoffman, a bricklayer who is 23 years of age on the third of March. (The child was named) Eva Catharina, his wife Sophia was born Lepper." Casper Wagner bricklayer, 28 years Carl hired hand, 21 years Joannes Hoffman The names of Casper Wagner and Carl Goedgring were probably signed as witnesses to the document, along with the name of the father. The other document reads: "In the year of 1824' the 27 day of Jan at 4 o'clock pm in the village of Ober-Floersheim was Page 10 Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, Friday, February 25, 1972 Diverse Opinions Expressed Zoning Still Sticky Subject At Jackson Twp. Hearing MYERSTOWN Diverse opinions were aired Thursday evening a committee appointed by the Jackson Township supervisors presented a propo.sea zoning ordinance for the township to 140 persons in the Jackson Elementary bciwoi.

George Flanagan, president of the Jackson Township supervisors, presided. Flanagan discussed the background of zoning proposals in the township noting tnac a measure two years ago was tabled due to opposition of area residents. i Recently interest was awakened in zoning by a proposed trailer park tnat it was alledged would bring 190 trailers into the area. The former tabled ordinance was assigned to the committee for consideration. The committee had representation from agriculture, businessand commerce, and private residents.

Wolff, chaired the a child born to i I 1 Pfannebecker a linen weaver, age 9 and 20 years. The child was named Heinrick. The wife is Agnesia, (nee) Foerst. The -qhild was born in their home." JP er Huber 49 years of age Ains a school -teacher age 21 Wilhim Pfannebecker A the names of the to the document ippear. No doubt these were neighbors or relatives of the parents.

It is interesting to note the name of Pfannebecker which, translated to English means panbaker. When the --practice of surnames came 'iyajiout, no doubt this man was for baking -his bread in rather than the old -method of laying the unbaked dgugh in the 1 hot oven without a 5 Here in America the name! Pennypacker, but we iinay all rest assured when surnames were given out there were no pennies to pack. The of surnames could become work, and is just that, for researchers in that field: What makes these documents valuable to Mrs. Uin is that uiese children whose baptisms recorded in the record are ancestors. Mrs.

Uin would Uke to know the places of marriage of these two persons who married in 1849, namely tFje children of the birth certifi- xca'tes, Heinrick Pfannebecker and Catharina Hoffman. would like to know the of marriage, possibly in or the notice of to Marry," in case such -a notice was published. She would also like to get in with Dr. David Faris of "'Philadelphia, or vicinity, who has been researching Heinrick family for a Book he is writing. Paisley, Oregon Cemetery It appears efforts are being all the time to record gravestone inscriptions in the old graveyards of our land, this is.

an important contribution to the historical records of an area 'as many graveyards are being due to "progress." little family cemetery which may be seen in a field today may be the site of a parking lot in the of a new supermarket by next year. A few hours of pleasant work on the part of an interested individual or couple, copying the inscriptions will insure them a place in history for the work done. This will be especially true if a copy is presented to the local historical society or the Pennsylvania state library, Harrisburg, Pa. If several other copies are available send on to the Library of Congress and the 1700, and had s. John Moon, b.

when and where? John supposedly m. Mary Farmer, had one son. b. 20 Mar 1750, Randolph, NC. We have this line down to the present time.

Jasper Moon d. 1726, letters of adm. granted his widow Susannah in Pa. 29 Apr 1726. Have much Moon info to exchange.

2. Mrs. Don G. Lechner, Box 751, Sunray, Tex. 79086 Seeks info on Ancs of Daniel Replogle Shuss, b.

Bedford Pa. and went to Kans. in 1887. Will exchange info on these families with interested persons: Shuss; Replogle; Hershberger; Zook; Koontz; Brumbaugh, Snyder; Brown and Metzger. 3.

Farrcll B. Bjorkman, 4425 132nd S.E., Bellevue, Wash. 98006 Would like to correspond with anyone on Philip and Susahhan Boyer, whose chn. were all bapt. at Hill Church, 3 miles west of Lebanon, Pa.

Chn. were: Anna Catharine, b. 1744 m. 1st Christian Schnug, 2nd Isaac Heller; Eva. b.

1746; Susanna Mary, b. 1747 m. John Christoph Fuchz- Fox; Elizabeth, b. 1748, m. Jacob Klesmann; Johan Adam, b.

1750; Juliana, b. 1752 'm. James Kelly; Johan Philip, b. 1754 m. Catharine Metz; Johan Michael, b.

1756; Mary Barbara, b. 1757; Johan Frederic, b. 1760; Christina, b. 1762; Johan Peter, b. 1763; and Johan, b.

1765. 4. Mrs. Robert C. Bixler, 4517 46th', Oklahoma City, Okla.

73122 Desire info on pts. of David Bixler, b. Pa. probably Lancaster but he could have been b. Baltimore, Md.

in 1758. He -m. Mary Ann Sechrist and had 2 sons, John and Samuel, (our and 2 daus. Sallie, m. John Wilcox; Lydia, m.

David Bright. John m. Susanah Davis and Samuel m. Sally Davis, daughters of Asel Davi's in Kentucky. David d.

Ky. 1823, Lawrenceburg or Harrodsburg. 5. Mrs. Naoma Martin, 1261 S.

Fetterly Los "Angeles, 90022 Info wanted on pts. or any record of Matthias Riegel, b. 13 Sep 1760, Berks Pa. d. 23 May 1834, Montgomery Ohio m.

Mar- LEGION AWARDS Representatives of Valley Video Cable TV Co. and Continental Telephone Co. were presented Avith plaques by the JHEer- shey American Legion Post Thursday night in the Legion Home. The plaques were presented for the organizations' cooperation in mounting Daily NEWS Photo flags on light standards in Hershey on holidays. Pictured here are, from left: John Etter, Legion chairman of the flag'program; George T.

Buchan, manager of Valley Video Cable TV Walter Strine, Continental Telephone and John L. Zimmerman, Legion commander. garet in Berks she d. 31 Dec. 1825 in Montgomery Ohio.

Chn. were: John; George; Solomon; Simon; Michael; Henry; Jacob and Katherine. Family left Pa. in 1808. 6.

Mrs. J. Max Garmon, 550 West Lincoln, Escondido, Calif. 1)2025 Seeks pts. of Jacob Eppright.

b. 1783 Maryland, m. Catherine Wolf, d. 1851 Johnson Mo. What county was he b.

in and Is he s-o Joseph Epprighl, a corporal on 1 Jul in PINE GROVE PINE GROVE David Schnoke, a student in the Pine Grove Area High School, was an honored guest at the dinner meeting of Pine Grove Rotary, held Tuesday evening in the American Legion Building. Martin Daubert, president, was in charge. Due to National Future Farmers of America Week, David was honored because he is one of 200 boys, from a membership of 10,000 i Pennsylvania, who has the degree of Keystone Farmer. He spoke briefly of his work and outlined details of the program. Robert McLean, a club member and faculty advisor of the Pine Grove Chapter of FFA, also spoke outlining the activities and projects of the program, emphasizing those in which the Pine Grove Area High School Farmers participate.

Martin Daubert, president, and David Unger, vice-president, will be in charge of the meeting next Tuesday. Re- enlists QMCM Gene R. Sites, son of Clayton E. Sites, S. Tulpehocken re-enlisted in the United States Navy.

When this enlistment is over, he will have 30 years in the service. Sites and his wife, Alda, celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary recently in Italy. Mrs. Sites is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Andres Brown, Pine Grove. Fifty guests attended the anniversary buffet dinner and officers of the Com. Sixth Fleet Staff, of which Chief Sites is a member, were special guests. The Gene Sites, recently be- a grandparents. Their daughter, CKarmaine, married to William Elam of Forrestville, Ind.

had a baby girl. The Sites are also the parents a son, Gene Andrew, married to Valerie Willard, granddaughter of Mrs. Clayton Sites, Pine Grove, stationed in Memphis, a daughter, Vickie, a senior in the Vincenza High School in Italy; and "GamiHe, who is at home, going to the Joshua Barney Elementary School. Myers town Post 6558 VFW Takes Part in Sport Events WOMELSDORF Post 6558, Veteran? of Foreign Wars met Tuesday night. Donations were voted for the Berks VFW Hamburg Junior Exchange Student Gives Talk To Rotary Club MYERSTOWN Miss Sandra Maria Noya da Silva, exchange student currently studying at Elco High School, gave a presentation on her native country, Brazil, to the Myerstown Rotary Club Hill, evening.

Membership 246, it was Miss da Silva discussed pop- i Post's color guard will a 1 A George committee. Others on the panel included Clyde Deck, Ronald Krall, Carl Feeg, Donald Layser, Paul Albert, James Shelhamer and Leonard Schott. Wolff, in explaining the committee's aims, said that they were guided by the comprehensive county plan. He said that non-conforming use measures in the former proposal had been moderated to allow continued and expanded use of businesses and facilities in restricted areas. He said the proposed measure was easy to live with indicating that the committee had tried to keep it as loose as possible while still giving the township what it need- ed.

Council and Buccaneers. Three teams will compete in the state bowling tournament May 6-7 in Butler. Trap shoots are scheduled this summer and July 23 the Tri-County League trap team will have a shoot at the post. State department convention is set July 13-16 at General Proposals and the area south of the borough of Myerstown along the Reading Railroad tracks was designated as industrial. Outlying' areas were zoned for agriculture.

Wolff said that the committee kept in mind the natural slope of land and existing water sources. Messerschmidt Says Edgar Messerschmidt, who had been invited to be on the zoning committee but declined, opposed the proposed zoning calling it a panacea. He urged that problems- be dealt with as they occur, not with a catch-all zoning measure. He said the ordinance takes away freedom and is an "infringement on our basic American rights." He said that the zoning pro- Generally the proposal set the posal was the plan of totali- area around the Lebanon Valley Air Park as a heavy residential area, the area north of Route 422 would be residential, sites along Route 422 and east of Myerstown would be zoned for highway oriented commercial, ulation, industry and economic growth of Brazil. She presented slides showing scenes of the countryside, cities and landmarks.

After slides the resident of Salvadore in the state of Bahia answered questions and discussed her impressions of life in the United States keying in on the differences in family life. Miss da Silva is visiting here under the Youth for Understanding Teenage Exchange program. She had two brothers and is the daughter of an industrialist who manufactures paper and school supplies. She has been in this country since Dec. 27 and will return home June 20.

John Kauffman reported on the District 739 conference to be held in Hershey April 28-30. The Myerstown club is of the Congregational In Hospital participate in the Armed Forces Day parade May 20 in Reading. Sharon Shartle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shartle, and Kathleen Kiphorn, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Gerald Kiphorn, have been selected as the 1972 Poppy Girls. Mrs. Kiphorn, auxiliary president, informed members that the March 11 25th anniversary banquet in the Stouchsbu rg Fire Hall is arranged. Women's Guild of Zion United Church of Christ met Tuesday.

Money was voted upon for Youth Services for American Indians in North Dakota and for an Ethiopian boy studying at Ursinus College. The Guild will attend the World Day of Prayer service -March 3 Trinity Evangelical Myerstown Jaycetles Welcome New Member MYERSTOWN Mrs. Delores Sieger was welcomed as a new member of the Myerstown Jaycettes Tuesday evening at the Jaycee building. Mrs. Dorothy Vallosia was a guest at the meeting.

Mrs. Violet Schaeffer, president, announced that Jaycettes tarian communism claiming that President Nixon was now in China working on the same plan. There was no logic or sense to zoning he told the persons pres ent. indicating that zoning wit not change anything for it builds on what is already there. He called zoning part of a confi dence game worked on the American He warned that an adoption the zoning proposal will sacri fice real rights for hypothetica privileges.

Riley Says James Reilly, legal advisor to the committee, stressed that the purpose of zoning is for orderly development giving an overall plan for the area and doing Stouffer Says Howard Stouffer, builder and active member of state building associations, told residents that if they reject the proposal they will get state imposed zoning mandated through the Lebanon County Planning Commission. He urged residents to look seriously at the proposal drafted by their own representatives. Feeg, in an explanation of why he agreed to serve-on the commilfee, told the gathering that he did not totally favor zoning. He had opposed it two years ago. He said that his being on the committee gave him an opportunity to provide the.

township with a better plan. He, said that he had changed-his feelings over the past two years as he acquired more information. One person asked the supervisors to place the zoning proposal on the Reilly told him that the laws prohibit the. placing of such an issue on the. ballot.

He said the responsibility for accepting or rejecting zoning rests with the. township supervisors! in host clubs for the conference. David resLdcnt an nounced that the local club had been cited for recording the Eico Senior Parents Plan Graduation Party highest attendance in the dis-; 4 .3 0 7 pm Mee ting hostesses tnct in January were Mrs Silas McHenry and Kenneth Good, a rs chairman, announced that David DelMarcelle of the Lebanon County Chamber of Commerce will give a talk at the next meeting on the future of indusr trial development in eastern Lebanon County. Arnold Clements, travelogue chairman, announced that the next travelogue in the current series will be titled "Mystical Morocco" and will be presented by Commander Karl E. Stein in the Elco High School auditorium March 4.

Joining the 35 members and the Boy Scout Troop 20 spaghetti supper to the American Legion Home Feb. 26 between 3 and 3:30 Jaycettes will also assist the Jaycees in making sandwiches for a. sale March 4. Production begins at 4 a.m. at the Jaycee building.

Mrs Schaeffer read "Ten Commandments of Jaycee Wives." Mrs. Betty Kittle was appointed to chair membership committee for the remainder of the year. Mrs. Elaine Moyer, ways and means chairman, noted that the stove used by Jaycettes when refreshments are made for Jaycee fund raising projects will be converted to bottled gas. Mrs.

Nancy Stechman, chairman of the social committee, announced that the annual spring social will be held May 20 at the American Legion. Mrs. Doris Schott read constitutional I amendments and by-laws, which were passed. Mrs. Schott and Mrs.

Janet I Fuschini; were winners i games. Mrs. Moyer and Mrs. A meeting of the Elco Senior Kittle were hostesses. Parents committee was held Thursday night in the Elco cafeteria.

Chairman Roger Karsnitz presided. The minutes of the pre- Mrs. W. Ray Klopp, Mrs. Ray E.

Swone Cr. and Mrs. Charles Weiss Sr. will organize the spring smorgasbord April 22 with spotty development. Several residents expressed fears that zoning would place restrictions on their property.

One person claimed that 95 per cent of the people in the township who favored zoning were in the higher income brackets and that the working people would have to pay for zoning. Other residents feared that authorities would tell owner what they could and could not dp with land. One woman urged the dissenters to study the proposal before condemning it. She sug-l they present their specific objections to the committee to be reworked in proposal. One youthful spokesman said that the whole procedure was unfair, claiming that despite what happened at the meeting zoning would be forced on residents by county or state thorities.

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10th St. 50' OFF ADMINISTRATIVE COURSE Pvt. Thomas W. Corbett yious meeting were read by Mrs. son of Mr and Mrs Thoma Sgt.

in First Pa. Jane Kohr, daughter of Mr. guests was Paul Gingrich, past Philip Tice. Additional committees were i appointed by Chairman Karsnitz. They included Trans- and Mrs.

Clarence Kohr, Pine Grove RD 1, is a patient in the Pottsville Hospital where she was admitted on Monday evening. Jane, who is a sixth grader in the local schools, was taken ill over the weekend. Civil Defense units assisted in getting her to the hospital. The following candidates have district governor and a member portation James Kohl; Chaperone Mr. and Mrs.

Ken- of the Lebanon Club. Other neth Salem; Decorating Mrs. Corbett, Townhouse 183, Briarcrest Gardens, Hershey, has completed an administration course at Ft. Jackson, S.C. He received his AB degree in 1971 from Lebanon Valley College.

guests were Miss Millie Clay, Elco High School guidance councilor, and Glenn Eberly, Rotary Young Man of the Month. Twelve members of the i I IGlll OdHilll JJO Robert Clauser. Mrs. Philip Angstadt reported for the entertainment committee. The senior parents took action to hire the group called Rotary-Anns also attended.

Auburn for the Graduation Night The invocation was given byiP artv which will be held at the 7. Mrs. June Starkey, 7427 filed petitions for committee Ivania Genealogical! Piedmont Dallas, Tex! 75227 Society, 1300 Locust Need of John Claxton, b. 1 T5 delphia, Pa. Someone doing such a job and making her contribution is Mrs.

Bob Elder, D-3 Ranch, Summer Lake, Oregon 97640. She is trying to get the names of all persons and some information on each one for the Paisley, Ore. Cemetery. Many of the graves are unknown which is the real problem. She asks any reader of this column who may have any information on anyone, matter how meager, buried in the cemetery to contact her.

She writes, "I know the chance is small, but there are many unmarked graves and it would greatly please me and the rest of the community if we could find some names of those unknowns." She says, "This is an old cemetery for Oregon. It goes back about 100 years or just a little more, but not much more as the first settlers came to the area about 1870." Readers are invited to send their genealogical queries to Schuyler C. Brossman, Box 43, Rehrersburg, Pa. 19550, for free pnbUcation in this weekly Mrs. Albert R.

Emery, 1, New Castle, Ind. 47362 Need info on Jasper Moon, possibly b. Bristol, England, came in 1682 with pts. James and Joan Moon, sett. Bucks Pa.

His bros and sis were: Sir ah; James; Jonas; Roger; Jasper Moon m. 1st 2nd Susannah In 1st m. had son ca. ca. 1837, Doylestown, Pa.

He m. Mary Miller, d-o John (Jake) and Lydia Miller. The fam. lived Ohio and Mo. John d.

ca. 1802 leaving 2 daus. Elizabeth Catherine m. George Hulse; MoIIie Claxlon who lived in Kans. was the olher daughter.

8. Mrs. Wilbur C. Muster, 1, Box 126, Union, Mich. 49130 Need info on Tobias Landis, in Pa.

census of 1830, Northampton Upper Mt. Bethel Twp. His w. was Mary Shelly who d. Elkhart Ind.

Sep 1885. Their dau. Elizabeth m. Jacob 0. Leatherman.

Think there was also a son Granville. Philip H. Mitchell, 1, Box 14, Williams, Ind. 47470 James Mitchell was b. Westmoreland 14 Oc't 1767 is he connected with, or is 'same family of James Mitchell who Westmoreland Pa.

1747 who had sons James; Alexander; Thomas and William; and dau: Rachael; Jean; Mary; and Margaret? Will gladly exchange information. posts: Pine Grove Township Harold C. Lehman-R, com mitteeman for the Ravine Dis trict; Carl R. Adams-R, com mitteeman for the West Pre cint; and William A. Kimmel- committeeman for East Precinct.

Washington Township Curtos L. a committeeman; Ralph Reichert- alternate North Precinct; and Naomi P. Bretz-D, North Precinct. The Pine Grove Area schools resumed classes on Wednesday morning after the schools were closed Monday and Tuesday, due to impassable roads. Adam Heinbach, Mifflin Street has retired as a duputy sheriff in Schuylkill County after thirty years of sevice.

He was a first deputy. ASSIGNED IN KOREA SP5 Harvey M. Boltz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Boltz, Jonestown 2, has been assigned to the 55th Ordnance Company at Camp Howard, Korea.

He is a clerk in the company's motor Ha entered the Army in March, 1971; completed basic raining at Ft. N.J., and last stationed Leonard Wood, Mo. at Ft. Lose Thriller Pine Grove Area High School girls' varsity basketball team lost to the Marion High School girls in a play-off game in Schuylkill Haven on Tuesday afternoon. Final score was 50-47.

The local girls won their division honors in the Schuylkill County League, while the Marion girls won the northern division. The game scheduled for Monday evening, was postponed until Tuesday afternoon due to road conditions. Prior to the play-off game, Pine Grove girls had lost one game to the champions on their home floor several'weeks ago. Coach Ronald Rhen's team will lose a few girls by graduation. Pine Grove girls boasted a 26-1 record prior to the playoff.

Girls who have compi'or! Rev. H. H. Scanlin. Songs were led by Monroe Haak.

Mrs. Betty Tice was pianist. Reading YMCA following commencement. Warren Gru.mbine, ways and FULL SERVICE CAR WASH; AT THE TRIANGLE CAR WASH Quentin and Cornwall Roads This Coupon Worth 50c Towards A Car Wash Monday Only This Coupon Void When Discount For Gasoline Purchase Is Used Betty TicE was pianist chairman, reported on I the progress of the ham boat I sale. The deadline for the sale Palmyra Cub Scouts Hold Awards Banquet PALMYRA Cub Pack 48 held its annual'Blue and Gold Banquet Thursday evening in Gravel Hill United Methodist Church.

Brian Cassel received the wolf award and Douglas Hetrick was welcomed into the troop. Citizenship awards were presented to Donald i 1 11 Robert Phillips, Scott Keener and Jeff Campbell. Boy Scouts of Troop 48 presented a skit and Perry Hilbert, district game protector, jresented a film on wildlife in Pennsylvania. 'has been extended until Sat- iurday, March 4, due to last weeks' snowstorm. Anyone wishing to place orders, for hamboats can contact any senior or senior parent.

The next meeting of the senior parents will be held Wednesday, April.5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Elco cafeteria. record: seniors-Susan a Donna Boyer and Patsy Hein: juniors Judy Adams, Jean Brosious, Marcia Burke, Debra Frantz and Alice Umbenhauer; sophomores Trudy Baum, Ann WHtaky; and freshman Cindy Seeker. Included on the roll of lonor are the names of Joanne Jones and Leanda Zerbe, who raduated in June. Meetings The Pine Grove Women's Republican Club will meet this evening in the Veterans of Foring Wars Post Home at 8 p.m.

The Men's Brotherhood of St. John's Lutheran Church will meet in regular session in the Fox Fellowship Hall this even-i p' 7:30 n.in. ELECTRONICS SPECIALIST SP4 Bruce R. Blauch, son of Mrs. Alberta Blauch, 820 Maple Palmyra, has completed an electronics specialist course at the Army Signal School, Ft.

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