This volume
of
THE CHRONICLE
is dedicated to
Sadie J. Sheffer
(1867-1946)
committed deaconess, compassionate friend
and untiring worker
who modeled Jesus the Christ.
THE CHRONICLE is published
by the Historical Society of the Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the United Methodist Church, 900 S. Arlington Avenue, Harrisburg
PA 17109.
THE CHRONICLE
Journal of the Historical Society
of the
Central Pennsylvania Conference
of the
United Methodist Church
Milton W. Loyer
editor
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Volume
VI Spring 1995
Editor's Preface.....................................2
John
Neidig
Introduction.......................................3
A Lecture on John Neidig,
Sr.......................5
by Daniel Shearer, 1994
A Biography of
John Neidig.........................9
by Isaac Neidig, 1894
Glimpses
of Early Twentieth Century Methodism
Introduction......................................35
1.
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the
Conference Board of
Education..................36
by Edwin C. Keboch,
1941
2. A History of the Altoona Italian
Methodist Episcopal Church.....................50
by George G. DiTomasso,
Jr., 1994
3. Early Methodist Recollections
in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.........64
by Harry Smith, 1968
and Williamsport, Pennsylvania......................80
by Solomon Goodman, 1994
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