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BLOOMING GROVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNALS
2000 - 2008

 

2000        VOLUME 1            NUMBER 21

President’s Message Page 1
Quaker Hill School 1919 - 1920 Page 2
Mark A. Roller by Marybeth J. Carpenter Page 3
The Language Legacy of the Pennsylvania Germans by Marion Lois Huffines Page 6

The German Language Book Collection in the Blooming Grove Museum by Marion Lois Huffines

Page 13
Pennsylvanians Head West to Celebrate Nebraska Migration by Robert Williamson Page 19
Blooming Grove and German Anabaptists by Rev. Gene Patterson Page 20
History of Cogan Station Band by Betty Gehr Confer Page 21
The First Wedding by Marybeth J. Carpenter Page 23
Donations to Blooming Grove Historical Society Page 24
Genealogy of Blooming Grove Families by Mark A. Roller Page 25
New Blooming Grove Historical Society Members (1999) Page 26

 

2001        VOLUME 1            NUMBER 22

President’s Message Page 1
The Blooming Grove Miller Reed Organ   by David E. Knauss Page 2
Immaculate Conception School - Third Grade Page 10
Mary B. Ginter by Larry K. Waltz Page 11
Hospitality, The Welcoming Spirit of Germantown   by Larry K. Waltz Page 13
Dr. Haller and His Homes   by Mary Pearsall Page 17

Interaction Between the Lycoming County and Blooming Grove Historical Societies   by Sandra B. Rife

Page 19
Genealogy of Blooming Grove Families by Mark Roller Page 23
A Bobcat Scare by Larry K. Waltz Page 24
Donations to Blooming Grove Historical Society Page 25
New Members (2000) of  Blooming Grove Historical Society Inside Back Cover

 

2002        VOLUME 1            NUMBER 23 

President’s Message Page 1
Open House with Special Music and Song, by Mark Roller Page 2
Trails to Blooming Grove, by Reverend Larry K. Waltz Page 5
The Blooming Grove Miller Reed Organ, by David E. Knauss Page 11
From Moehringer to Blooming Grove and Back Again, by William Neff Page 12
Donations to Blooming Grove Historical Society (2001) Page 18
Postcards from PA Colony in Nebraska Page 19
History of Early Education in Hepburn Township, by Richard A. Bitner Page 20
Elementary School for Hepburn Township, by Wayne Packard Page 22
Glimpse of School Activity in Hepburn Township, by Marybeth Carpenter Page 24
Genealogy of Blooming Grove, by Mark A. Roller Page 24
Itemization of the Costs to Build the Hepburnville Consolidated School Page 25
Meeting Notes from the Balls Mills Schoolhouse December 3, 1917 Meeting Page 26
New Blooming Grove Historical Society Members (2001) Inside Back Cover

 

2003        VOLUME 1            NUMBER 24

President’s Message Page 1
The Making of a Blooming Grove Compact Disc (CD) by Mark Roller Page   2
Patriotism and the Dunkards by D. Gene Patterson Page   5
Cloverdale Farm by Marie Ruth Ulmer Straw Page   8
Pennsylvania Dutch Language by Rev. David P. Foulk Page 15
An Old Time Frolic by Rev. David P. Foulk Page 16
Map of Central Europe in 1812 Page 17
New Blooming Grove Historical Society Members (2002) Page 18
Fall Meeting of Special Music Page 18
Donations to Blooming Grove Historical Society Received in 2002 Page 19
Historical Furniture for Blooming Grove Historical Society by Mark Roller Page 20
Index of Journal Articles 1998 – 2002 Page 22
Postcards from Virginia M. Springman’s Collection Page 25
Changing Beuttelspacher Name to Bell, Bidelspach and Bidelspacher Page 26

 

2004        VOLUME 1            NUMBER 25

President’s Message Page   1
The Old Grist Mill by Wayne G. Stebbins, SR Page   2
Map of Balls Mills Page   3
Genealogy – An Ongoing Effort by Marybeth J. Carpenter Page   6
A Self Guided Tour by Virginia M. Springman Page  7
A Study of Blooming Grove by Abigail Appleman Page  8
Original Blooming Grove Settlement Boundary by Richard M. Trowbridge Page  8
Map of Original Deed for Blooming Grove Page  9
The Cogan Station Band Drum by Oran Weaver and Sue Koch Page 10
Christmas in Old Blooming Grove by Susan H. Little Page 11
A Place to Sit and Remember by Theodore A. Girard  Page 16
Graduating Exercises from Hepburn Township Public Schools Page 17
The 200th Anniversary Celebration of Blooming Grove by Larry K. Waltz  Page 18
My Old Homestead by Harry Paulhamus Page  19
Hepburn Township taken from the Illustrated History of Lycoming County Page  21
New Blooming Grove Historical Society Members (2003) Page  24
Donations to Blooming Grove Historical Society Received in 2003  Page  25
Financial Gifts Page  26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2005        VOLUME 1            NUMBER 26

President’s Message Page   1
200th Anniversary Celebration of Blooming Grove in 2005, by Mark A. Roller Page   2
Original Blooming Grove Settlement Boundary by Richard M. Trowbridge Page   7
Making our Way Back; A Look at The Baptist Thread in the Dunkard Tapestry by Rev. Larry K. Waltz Page   8
The Dunkard Meeting House Award Winning Painting by Louise M. Bergen Page  17
The Blooming Grove Museum; A Treasure Revisited by Richard T. Nornhold Page  18
The Conrad Waltz Family Bible by Maxine Waltz Robinson Page  22
Donations received in 2004 Page  24
New Blooming Grove Historical Society Members (2004) Page 26
Deed of 1824 between Gottlieb Heim and Jacob Guinther Page 27
“Past and Present United” by Marie Ruth Ulmer Straw Page 30
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006        VOLUME 1            NUMBER 27

President’s Message Page   1
Brethren Life in the Early Nineteenth Century by Dr. David B. Eller Page   2
The Original Journey Revisited by Virginia M. Springman Page   6
Comments about the 200th Anniversary Celebration Page   8
Moving Forward: Memories, Reflections and Action by Mary A. Roller Page  9
Starting of the Nebraska Colony by Bob Williamson Page 14
Dunkard Meeting House Painting Finds its Way to Blooming Grove by Chad Greevy Page 16
“The Old Blooming Grove Church” by L. F. Koch Page 18
New Blooming Grove Historical Society Members (2005) Page 19
Donations to Blooming Grove Historical Society Received in 2005 Page 20
Deed of 1824 Between Gottlieb Heim and Jacob Guinther in 2005 Journal by William Neff Page 22
A Blooming Grove Visit Page 23


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007  VOLUME 1    NUMBER 28

President’s Message

Page   1

The History of Blooming Grove Cemetery by Don Robinson

Page   2

Walter K. Hartman by Mark S. Hartman

Page   5

Gazette and Bulletin February 13, 1900 article

Page   7

Memoirs of Raymond P. Ulmer (Part I)

Page 8

“The Tone of Voice” – Youth’s Companion

Page 12

The Pennsylvania German Folk Art Called Frakturs by Marybeth Carpenter

Page 13

Wounded in Battle by Robert H. Seitzer

Page 15

New Blooming Grove Historical Society Members (2006)

Page 20

“For Some One” - Anonymous

Page 20

Donations to Blooming Grove Historical Society Received in 2005

Page 21

 “Measuring a Friend” by Thelma Atkinson

Page 21

“We Don’t Do This Much Anymore” by Robert Williamson

Page 22

 “Recollections of Long Ago”

Page 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

2008  VOLUME 1    NUMBER 28

Tribute to Paul Winner
By Marybeth Carpenter

Page1

Local Man on a Mission
By Lou Hunsinger,Jr

Page 2

Back to Harmony
By Greg Thomas

Page 5

The Dunkard Meetinghouse at Blooming Grove
By Larry K. Waltz

Page 11

Memoirs of Raymond P. Ulmer (Part II)

Page 18

Index of Journals from 2003 - 2007

Page 22

The Waltz Cemetery
By Connie M. Hepburn

Page 24

Donations to Blooming Grove Historical Society Received in 2007

Page 25

New Members 2007

Page 26