September 29, 1976 Ulrich Engle letter describes Indian raid on Mennonite settlers The following article is taken from a recent issue of The Diary, a publication of the Old Order Amish Church of America. It is part of a series in Amish genealogy that is being compiled by Joseph F. Beiler. The Ulrich Engle who is mentioned as one of the writers of the 1775 letter is buried in East Donegal (Reich’s) Cemetery. Many of his descendents live in our area today. Jacob Engle, a grandson of Ulrich, was the founder of the River Brethren, now the Brethren in Christ. The Brethren group broke away from their Mennonite mo- ther church in part because of a disagreement over the practice of total immersion in baptism—one of the reasons why the River Brethren were sometimes 25 years with United Telephone Company George J. Berrier, 819 South Spruce Street, Eliza- bethtown, has recently ob- served his 25th year of service with the United Telephone Company of PA. He and his wife, the former A. Margaret Barn- nart, have three children: Michele, Marcia, and Mary. The couple attend the United Church of Christ. Included among his hob- bies are hunting, fishing, bowling and gardening. AARP to have Oct. 8 meeting in Lancaster The next meeting of the Lancaster Chapter #530 of the AARP will be held at the Hellenic Orthodox Church, 64 Hershey Ave. on October 8. The mecting will start at 2 p.m. and a film called **Safety’" will be shown. The film was pro- duced by AARP. I'he speaker of the eve- ning will be Lt. James McMullen of the Lancaster Police Department. There will be a short business susston, a songfest and refreshments. Guests are insted. Host surprise party for Bobby Kirvinskee Dorothy Sipling, Rheems and Nancy Madara enter- tained at a surprise birth- day party for Bobby Kir- vinskee on Sunday, Sep- tember 26 at the Sipling home. Guests attending were Frances Houseal, Jean Lowe, Nancy Sargen, Elsie Kulman, Josie Long, Gail Goodhart, Merle Hetch, and Carol Englert. Marietta Sr. League to hold meeting by Elsie McCloskey The Marietta Senior Lea- gue, will hold their regular monthly meeting, on Mon- day afternoon at 1:30 at the Community House. Mrs. Martin Swarr of Landisville, will give a demonstration on wrapping gift packages and fashion- ing artistic bows, for same. Tickets for the October Bus Trip, will be on sale at this time. called Dunkards. The meeting at which the new Brethren group was formed took place in the ‘““Mottleina House’’-a stone house standing near Stack- town on a property present- ly owned by Mrs. G.S. Hoffman. Adjoining the ““Mottleina House’ is a building which was used by Jacob Engle as a home for his family and a church for his congregation. It is now the residence of Mrs. Hoffinan. Reprint from ‘The Diary’ Another paragraph from the invaluable work of Delbert Grant is of special interest (see page 83S, Bernese Anabaptist). A letter dated December 7, 1775, was sent by Ulrich Engle, Christian Brechbuhl and Isaac Neuenschwander (Alsatian Amish), who were then in Donegal, PA (now Elizabethtown-Maytown- Mount Joy area), to their friends and relatives in the Jura. In this letter it was mentioned that a man named King, or Leroy in French, formerly of Sonce- boz, had left his wife and young children at Cones- toga, most likely the Con- estoga proper (now Willow Street-New Danville), and had gone with his elder son and daughter and farm helper, Odina from Trame- lan. and other people to a scttlement on the frontier called Shamokin. The In- dians warned the settle- ment that they should leave or suffer the consequences. The white settlers refused to heed this warning and some time later there came an Indian attack. The homes of six families were burned, thirteen persons were killed and the rest taken captive. King was killed and his son, daugh- ter, and farm helper taken captive (see page 140 of Vol. 5, 1973 Diary, for the whole story). This King, or Leroy, pioneered in the Shamokin area although he pushed westward to Penns Creek, west of the Susque- hanna. This area was just opened to white settlers in 1754 and the Indians dis- puted about the boundary, which was not fully established yet in 1775 when the raid occurred. This King, or Leroy family was Mennonite and pos- sibly also of Amish descent according to the Dr. Gratz study. 4 Diamonds Fund will sponsor benefit auction on Friends of the Four Dia- monds Fund, established at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for the purpose of providing finan- cial relief for families of children with cancer who are treated at the Medical Center, will sponsor a benefit auction Saturday, October 2, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Hershey Highmeadow Camp. Contributions of items to be sold at the auction are now being sought. Used furniture, accessories, anti- ques, dishes, glassware, produce, etc. (but no cloth- Saturday ing) are all welcome. Donors may contact a member of the auction committee for pick-up of items. Committee members are Helen Hahn, 566-2715; Violet Lehman, 566-2083; and John A. Meyers, 367-3479. Cup-A-Sou Diced Carrots SUSQUEHANNA TIMES - Page 7 LEAN, TENDER SMOKED HAMS 89: BUTT CUT "2 ures 99¢.. | SHANK PORTIONS --- 79¢ . BUTT PORTIONS...... § 9 ¢ . | PORK hos) picnic SHOULDERS styie wn 196€, SHANK CUT With Choice Center Slices We Redeem U.S. Gov't Food Stamps SMALL, YOUNG TURKEYS 8 to 12 Ib. : Sizes KRAFT CHEESE FOOD Sure JQ BANQUET COOKIN’ BAG MEATS 4: 28-07 $7 $1 5-02. PKGS. BOTTLES DEPOSIT 4 FABZES yt LIPTON...CHICKEN NOODLE, BOYES ¢ RING NOODLE or GREEN PEA xe *[W!TH COUPON BELOW | 7% 99° CARNIVAL LOW CAL SOFT DRINKS 1-LB. 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