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Elmer U. Hoenshel was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, being one of the nine sons
of George and Mary Hoenshel. He was converted at the age of nineteen and decided to be a
teacher. But he received a license from a quarterly conference in 1889, joined the Alleghany
Conference in 1891, and was a graduate of Shenandoah Seminary in 1892. Prof. Hoenshel is very
well known in the Valley of Virginia as an educator and lecturer, and also as an author. He has
traveled in Europe and Palestine.
James H. Ruebush was born at Singers Glen, Virginia, October 17, 1865. Until the age of
fourteen he lived on his father's farm. The family then moved to Dayton in the same county, where
the son attended Shenandoah Institute five years. His studies in music was continued at Otterbein
University, the Conservatory of Music at New York, and such summer schools as Silver Lake and
Lake Chautauqua. In these he was a pupil of some eminent teachers. After teaching five years at
Kee Mar College, he returned to Dayton in 1898, becoming Musical Director in the Institute. In
1910 he was put in control of the school. Mr. Ruebush is the author of several song books, the first
of which is "Gems of Gladness." He is a person of great energy and activity, and brings these
qualities to bear in everything in which he is concerned. Several times has he been a member of
the General Conference of the United Brethren Church, and he has held several other high positions
in his denomination.
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of George and Mary Hoenshel. He was converted at the age of nineteen and decided to be a
teacher. But he received a license from a quarterly conference in 1889, joined the Alleghany
Conference in 1891, and was a graduate of Shenandoah Seminary in 1892. Prof. Hoenshel is very
well known in the Valley of Virginia as an educator and lecturer, and also as an author. He has
traveled in Europe and Palestine.
James H. Ruebush was born at Singers Glen, Virginia, October 17, 1865. Until the age of
fourteen he lived on his father's farm. The family then moved to Dayton in the same county, where
the son attended Shenandoah Institute five years. His studies in music was continued at Otterbein
University, the Conservatory of Music at New York, and such summer schools as Silver Lake and
Lake Chautauqua. In these he was a pupil of some eminent teachers. After teaching five years at
Kee Mar College, he returned to Dayton in 1898, becoming Musical Director in the Institute. In
1910 he was put in control of the school. Mr. Ruebush is the author of several song books, the first
of which is "Gems of Gladness." He is a person of great energy and activity, and brings these
qualities to bear in everything in which he is concerned. Several times has he been a member of
the General Conference of the United Brethren Church, and he has held several other high positions
in his denomination.
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