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Title: History of the Church of the brethren of the Eastern district in Pennsylvania by the committee appointed by District conference
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Church of the Brethren. Districts. Eastern Pennsylvania. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Lancaster, Pa., The New era printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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J. B. Aldinger, and Jacob W. Brandt, thelatter having been elected on the day of organization. The boundaries of the Conewago Church are as follows:The Conewago ridge in northern Lancaster Co. forms thesouthern boundary line. Starting at Wagners Park onthis ridge, the line runs northwest to Running Pump, thencealong the Lancaster and Harrisburg pike to Royalton;thence in a northern direction toward Hummelstown alongSwatara Creek about two miles; thence almost due east leav-ing Stoverdale and Fishburn Church south of the line andCampbellstown north of it, to the western boundary line ofthe Annville Church; thence following that line southto a point on Conewago Hill about midway betweenColebrook and Lawn. It will be seen then that ConewagoChurch is bounded on the north by Spring Creek Church;on the east by the Annville Church; on the south by Eliz-abethtown Church, West Green Tree Church and Chiques 506 ■yi^WV^,^-- W 9M- •■ ■ ■■ i 3r A ;r\ Wn\*jJ :■ . ■ ■ ■ ■■ KM
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CONEWAGO CHURCH. 507 Church; on the west by Elizabethtown and Big SwataraChurches, and that its territory lies partly in Dauphin,partly in Lebanon, and partly in Lancaster County. On November 2.7, 1912, an election was held for a min-ister at the Bachmanville house just before love feast. Asa result, John S. Baker was elected. Since the organization,eighteen persons have been received into the membership bybaptism and two have been reclaimed. The present officials of this church are: Elder Samuel Z.Witmer, Elder-in-charge; ministers, Elder Daniel Hollinger,Aaron Hofler in first degree and John S. Baker in firstdegree; deacons, John F. Booser, Jos. B. Aldinger, andJ. W. Brandt. The congregation has two houses of worship, namely,Conewago and Bachmanville. At each of these places aSunday School is maintained. At Conewago, J. W. Brandtis the superintendent and the average attendance is 60. AtBachmanville, the superintendent is Thomas Geib and theattendance averages 50. Special efforts are

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