Local items from Lititz area report varied town news
A 50 cent daily raise at a paper mill. Harry Meily ends his Coatesville pretzel bakery. Odd Fellows install officers with Deputy Grandmaster Joe McVey attending Monday. Linden Hall Alumnae to meet Saturday at 2 pm. Grazer returns home sick from Wilmington. Monroe Meily injured by a backfire. no bones broken. An umbrella mislaid at Evangelical church and another left in place. Mrs Wayne Doster to be notified about missing umbrella at 60 Centre St. Banquet covers for 150 at Moravian Usher’s Sunday evening. Lutz pool repair after winter damage. planned summer use. Easter mission collection in Moravian Church totals $516, largest ever. Lancaster County Foresters attend Columbia meeting. 28 from the area by truck. Benjamin Badorf writes from Brooklyn after hospital stay for a broken arm. Young men in United Evangelical Sunday School gift Bible and history to teacher William Mathers. class has 20. A C Pfautz at General Hospital after operation, improving. Zartman Bros relocate auto repair to 27 South Broad St with more floor space. Trout fishing opens April 15. few local anglers expected opening day. About 300 hogs fattened in Lititz in winter 1919 20. reference to hogs vs dogs. John M Ammon no longer at the local moving picture theatre. A H Gatland takes over with George K Kamm remaining. Ammon plans a Pacific Coast trip around June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Meily
Coatesville
Odd Fellow
Joe McVey
Lititz
Linden Hall
Monroe Meily
Evangelical Church
Wayne Doster
Centre St
Lancaster County
Columbia
Benjamin Badorf
Frank Badorf
Brooklyn
United Evangelical Sunday School
William Mathers
A. C. Pfautz
East End
General Hospital
Sle
Zartman, Bros
Bear's Coach Factory
N. 8
Myer’s
South Broad Street
Tey
John M. Ammon
Moving Picture Theatre
A. H. Gatland
Coatsville
George K. Kamm
Pacific Coast
Remains of Soldier Killed in France to Arrive Here Shortly
The late son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Webster Brown of North Broad Street was killed in France. His body arrived at Hoboken on Monday and will be buried at Millbach Lebanon county. Six local American Legion pall bears to escort the procession. The Browns recently moved from Lebanon. A lost auto glove and a blue border pin await owners at the Record office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster Brown
North Broad Street
France
Lititz
Hoboken
Millbach
Lebanon County
American Legion
Lebanon
Thomas Barnes a Millionaire
Thomas Barnes a former resident of this place is now reputed to be a millionaire living in Haddonfield New Jersey. He made his fortune during the war by organizing a ship building company and selling the location, netting about a million. He once led a starch factory project here backed by a half million dollars and faced legal trouble but recovered. his town faced financial ruin but has since recovered, Barnes being seen as a key impulsive financier of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Barnes
Haddonfield
N. J
Philadelphia
Barnes
High School Music Festival Set for April Evening Shows
Lititz Public Schools announce a two night music festival in the high school auditorium on April 15 and 16 at 7 30 pm. Grades Second through Eighth perform plus grammar boys and girls drills and choruses. Admission is fifteen cents with no reserved seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Ffteen
Longenecker
Miss Spring
A. E. Johnstone
L. O. Chant
Carrie Tschudy
Bair
H. J. Hopkins
W. H. Aiken
Swanee River
S.C. Foster
Grammar School
Evans
Grosh and
Hertzler
Boys In
Blue
Breams
W. L. Wood
Italy
Santa Lucia
Miss Brand
Brand
Chandler
Sweet Genevieve
Tucker
Elijah
Mendelssohn
France
Rev G Harry Miksch Accepts Call to Jeffersonville Church
Presbyterian minister and native son Rev. G Harry Miksch has accepted a call to preach at a fine church in Jeffersonville, a suburb of Norristown. He previously preached at Parke, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Harry Miksch
Jeffersonville
Norristown
Store closures and monthly stamp promotion announced
Patrons are advised that the Brunner Ville and Lexington stores will close every Tuesday and Wednesday evening all year. Double trading stamps will be issued at these stores on the last Saturday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunnerville
Lexington
Oneida Trap Factory Plans Local Athletic Field
The Oneida Trap factory will open an athletic field across Locust Street on land once owned by the late James Yoder. Over two acres will host a baseball diamond and lawn tennis courts. Mgr. William Oehme attended a community workers meeting, announcing sanctioned work and future improvements funded by club dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Locust Street
James Yoder
Mgr
William Oehme
Easter Day Programs At Local Churches
Despite rain, Easter services drew many worshippers as churches and Sunday schools held celebrations. New members joined at the second service, and an orchestra of twenty performed Gloria and an overture. The Moravian Sunday School welcomed 434 attendees. offerings totaled seventy dollars for foreign missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Sunday School
Collfins
May Haseler
Bertha Yerger
Dell Aldrich
Olive Miksch
Easter exercises at Evan gelical Sunday School program
The Easter program Life With Power featured choir quartette, duet and solo pieces plus recitations by Miriam Harper Hazel Mathers and Mary Schreiner. Niney youths performed The Power of Grace as pastor Rev Harper addressed the congregation. Primary department received Easter baskets and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Sunday School
Miriam Harper
Hazel Mathers
Mary Shhreiner
Tillie
Katie Myers
Susie Diehm
Jennie Workman
Carl Reedy
Harvey Bachman
Ruth Eshleman
Mary Schreiner
Arlene Beck
Margaret Pfautz
Carl Harper
Harry Eckenrode
Harvey Getz
Dorothy Stark
Grace Hackman
Luetta Whitcraft
Rita Fry
Gabriel Binkley
Fred Hall
Grace
Harper
Travellers and Residents See Easter Visits in Lititz
Miss Bessie Lutz hosted visitors from Harrisburg while Miss Mollie Nagel from Lancaster joined Miss Grace Keller. Baltimore visitor Mrs Mary Kissinger and many other locals spent Easter with relatives and friends in Lititz.
Operetta Made Big Hit Here
The Treasure Hunters a musical comedy drew a full Linden Hall Auditorium audience Tuesday night. Soloists Melvin Huber and Miss Susie Diehm impressed. Lloyd Diehm and Tirzah Weichsel gave a notable duet. The well drilled chorus and bright comic bits by Cr S Loeffler complemented a well laid plot with a happy ending. repeat performance slated for Saturday as tickets near soldout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Hackman
Cr. S. Loeffler
Melvin Huber
Beryl Masser
Susie Diehm
Lloyd Diehm
Tirzah Weichsel
Victor Wagner
G. Calvert
Floyd Stark
Penryn Reformed Church to Burn $10,000 Mortgage
The Reformed Church at Penryn marks debt freedom with a Sunday 10 o'clock service. Mortgage extinguishment follows a thanksgiving sermon by Rev. Geo B. Baezer with special music. The congregation, noted for progress and strong attendance, has hosted many programs for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penryn Reformed Church
Reformed Church
Penryn
Geo
B. Baezer
Local Lititz Banks See Record Deposits in April
Both banks report immense business around April 1 with more deposits than ever in Lititz. Interest rate raises by local banks are yielding results and estimates place local bank transactions at around P million dollars in April as oil agents and others thin out.
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Lititz
Park View House Purchase and Cedar Street Sale Reported
Real estate agent John Helman acquired the Park View House with the Spring Grounds property from the Brobst heirs. William Kissinger sold his Cedar Street home to Moses Eckert and contemplates moving to Pittsburgh to enter the pretzel business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Helman
Park View
Spring Grounds
Brobst
William Kissinger
Cedar Street
Moses Eckert
Mr. Kissinger
Pittsburgh
Notable local figures and travel stories noted
A former Lincoln resident with maiden name Lehn, a textile worker who has toured Japan, China, the Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands as an instructor in mall work, is mentioned alongside local visits. Paul Schmuck of Annville attended weekend family time while basketball with the Fire Company fundraiser continues. Margaret George and William Osterhoudt hosted guests from Poughkeepsie New York, and Esther Ellenberger of Johnstown, a senior at Albright College, visited for Easter sunrise services at the Moravian church with a Linden Hall teacher sister’s recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehn
Lincoln
Japan
China
Phillipines
Hawaiian Islands
Paul Schmuck
Annville
Lebanon County
Clayton Schmuck
Paul
Fire Company
Margaret George
William Osterhoudt
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
M. M. Saunders
Esther Ellenberger
Johnstown
Albright College
Miss Mary
Miss Ellenberger
Linden Hall
Ex-Service Man Returns With Bride
Ralph Cole of the Ideal Chocolate factory staff returns to Lititz with his bride after a honeymoon in Atlantic City. He married Miss Ina Shaffer at Poughkeepsie New York on March 29 by Rev Clapp of the Newport State Normal School. Cole is a five year Lititz resident and former sergeant in the Fifth Ambulance Co 28th Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph §. Cole
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Atlantic City
Mr. Cole
Ina Shaffer
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Rev. Clapp
Newport State Normal School
Cole
Lititz
Gloversville
N.Y
1Ifth Ambulance Co
Weddings Bring Together Birkenbine Buffenmoyer Groups
Alvin Birkenbine and Edna Buffenmoyer wed at Florin with attendants Christ Groff and Ella Redcay. A wedding dinner followed near Akron with extended family in attendance. Separately Edwin Weich and Mary Garnand Evans married at Lancaster after a quiet ceremony at Mrs Gibble’s home. They head to Reading for their honeymoon with plans to settle there. Weich, a former Franklin and Marshall student, served with the Ambulance Corps and 13th Engineer during World War I before returning to teaching and college graduation duties in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Birkenbine
Kate Birkenbine
Rothsville
Edna Buffenmoyer
Harvey L. Buffenmoyer
Florin
M. H. Miller
Florin A. B
Christ Groff
Ella Redcay
N. C. Buffenmoyer
Akron
H. L. Buffenmoyer
Lincoln
James Long
Alverta
Ralph Meily
Ella Redeau
H. C. Buffenmoyer
Lititz
Jacob Birkenbine
Samuel
Marguerite
Katherine Birkenbine
Alice
Henry
Nathan
Elizabeth Buffenmoyer
Edwin B. Weich
Franklin and Marshall College
Perkiomen School
Pennsburg
Mary Garnand Evans
John F. Evans
Nevin Street
Lancaster
W. W. Dippell
Charles P. Gibble
College Avenue
Reading
Samuel B. Yeich
Camp Hancock
13Th Engineer Corps
France
Perkiomen
Young Lititz Pair Wed at Reformed Parsonage
Sylvester S. Wonder and Mary Catherine Smith married by Rev. Geo B Reazer at the Reformed parsonage on Liberty Avenue. They were unattended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester S. Wonder
Mary Catherine Smith
Monroe Smith
Geo. B. Reazer
Liberty Avenue
Wedding of Herbert Wolf and Vera Witmyer at Ephrata
Herbert Wolf son of Mr and Mrs William Wolf of Mechanics Corner wed Vera Witmyer daughter of Daniel Witmyer at the bride’s home in Ephrata with Rev Martin Schweitzer leading the ring ceremony. Wolf, an ex service man wounded in the Argonne, returned last month from overseas service and will study engineering at Temple University in Philadelphia after the wedding.
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Herbert Wolf
William Wolf
Mechanics Corner
Vera Witmyer
Daniel Witmyer
Ephrata
Martin Schweitzer
D.D
Battle of the Argonne
Wolf
Philadelphia
Temple University
Susan
Gertrude
Irene Wolf
Elizabeth Bollinger
Beulah Bollinger
Roy Miller
Lititz
Henry Kissinger
Rothsville
Naomi Eberly
Amanda Martin
Death of Mrs Catherine Hainley Near Schoeneck
Mrs Catherine Hainley wife of Samuel Hainley died suddenly from heart trouble at age sixty one at her home near Schoeneck. She is survived by her husband and several children, sisters in Lititz and Akron. Funeral held at home and Mellinger's Church with burial at the adjacent cemetery.
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Schoeneck
Catherine Hainley
Samuel Hainley
Hainley
Phares
Denver
Harvey
Alliance
Ohio
Stephen
Ira
Mazie
Samuel Wolf
Etta
Thomas Kissinger
Henry Risser
Lititz
F. N. Wolf
Akron
Death of Henry Rehm Lancaster County resident
Henry Rehm aged ninety of East Petersburg died last Thursday due to a complication. Born near Fruitville he lived in the area most of his life. Survived by two sons Monroe of Norristown and Abraham of East Petersburg, seven grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at his house and Neffsville Lutheran Church with interment in the nearby cemetery.
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Lancaster County
Henry Rehm
East Petersburg
Rehm
Fruitville
Monroe
Norristown
Abraham
Neffsville Lutheran Church
Mrs Emma Larcher Dies at 32 in Lancaster County Home
Emma Larcher of Ephrata formerly of Halfville died Friday morning at 1.30 in Lancaster County Institution where she had been inmate since March 16. She was 32 and a native of the Austrian Tyrol. Her husband died last December near Halfville, leaving six children found a home at St. Clement's, Ephrata.
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Emma Larcher
Ephrata
Halfville
Lancaster County Institution
Tyrol
St. Clement’s
Mrs Mary Vogel Dies in Fruitville at 82
Mrs Mary Vogel died at her son Adam B.’s home in Fruitville last Thursday from a complication of diseases at age 82. Born in Germany she was laid to rest Friday in Zion's Lutheran cemetery following a funeral service.
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Mary Vogel
Adam B
Fruitville
Germany
Zion’s Lutheran Cemetery
Something to Do gives Bryant Washburn a bold new role at Paramount
Bryant Washburn changes from the easy guy image in Something to Do at the Paramount theatre. He plays a young millionaire bored with life who wakes up after a doctor’s insult and stirs through a series of scrapes to the film’s finish. Ann Little stars with Washburn. supporting cast includes Robert Brower and Charles Gerard.
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Bryant Washburn
Paramount Theatre
Ann Little
Mr. Washburn
Wallace Reid
Robert Brower
Charles Gerard
Adela Farrington
Charles Ogle
James Mason
Nomination papers filed for Hon G G Diehm for State Assembly
The nomination petition of Hon G G Diehm for the State Assembly 2nd District has been forwarded. The primary election is May 18. Friends note his past term, work in Harrisburg, and influence on fishing taxation and game policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Diehm
State Assembly
Diehm
Harrisburg
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Zenas H. Erb
Paul Demmy
William W. Riegel
Miriam E. Hensel
Maud Engle Long
Ella Habecker Badorf
Grace M. Riegel
Paul H. Bomberger
Norman M
Bessie Lutz
Mollie Nagel
Grace Keller
Mary Kissinger
Baltimore
Miriam Russell
Harry Reidenbach
George Smith
Benjamin Lutz
Roy Workman
Fred Muth
Cornell University
Ithaca
William Ditzler
Pottsville
Lutitz
Ray Dillman
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Mary
G. Buch
Paul Hassler
Clarence Brubaker
Edward Crosland
Owen Hershey
Gail Workman
Harry Everett
Cumberland
Quartermasters
Wiliam H. Sturgis
East Main Street
Monroe Reedy
Herman
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Ralph Flickinger
Glen Olden
Delaware County
H. H. Holtzhouse
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John Stultz
Marietta
Mabelle
Frank B. Buch
Norman Hertzler
J. B. Hertzler
Norman
Parke, Davis & Co
New York
Emanuel Sheaffer
Pennville
Sheafferstown
Sheaffer
John L. Evans
Daniel Light
L. K. Grosh
DB. B. Flory
Paul Roebuck
O. P. Brieker
Harry Reinhold
E. J. Hammond
Alice Harper
Joseph Lehn
Ralph Cole
New York State
Wolf-Witmyer
Lester R. McVey
Joseph McVey
Kathryn Bard
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