Local events and notices from Lancaster area schedule
Potatoes were bought at the car by Edward Heidrich for 2.50 a bushel. The Kings Daughters circle meets next Tuesday evening in their rooms. Rev and Mrs Sammel received lilies from the Men’s Bible Class at Easter. James Goldthwait began excavating on Fourth Avenue for a brick semi bungalow with Isaac Burkhart in charge. Wayne Zartman started work at J Alvin Enck’s battery service testing starters and generators after latest equipment install. The Farm Women No 1 meet at Agnes Reifsnyder’s near Brunnerville Saturday at 1 30 with Agnes Ferriter giving a talk. Springs Committee to meet at Moravian Parish House this evening on important business. Ringgold Band of Reading engaged for Independence Day. Community nurse away for ten days starting Saturday. for nurse services call Miss Betty Hess at Clayton Brubaker’s residence on Bell phone. Elizabethtown College quartet to perform at Buch’s School near Lititz Saturday April 10 at 7 30 with speaker Mr Barwick from Jerusalem. Moravian College Band and quartet of Bethlehem concert at Linden Hall Gym Friday April 30 in support of Senior C E Society and Linden Hall. includes 40 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammel
James Goldthwait
Fourth Avenue
Isaac Burkhart
Ephrata
Wayne Zartman
J. Alvin Enck
Enck
Society of Farm Women No. 1
Agnes Reifsnyder
Brunnerville
Agnes Ferriter
Lancaster
Springs Committee
Ringgold Band of
Reading
Betty Hess
Clayton Brubaker
Elizabethtown College Quartette
Buch’s
Lititz
Barwick
Jerusalem
Moravian College
Quartette
Bethlehem
Linden Hall Gymnasium
C. E. Society
Moravian Church
Linden Hall
Among the Sick
Percy B. Furlow is recovering from pleurisy. Marlin Lauver was taken to General Hospital on Sunday and operated on for appendicitis. He is the son of Henry O. Lauver of New Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy B. Furlow
Marlin Lauver
General Hospital
Henry O. Lauver
New Street
Woodlot Pays for Brubaker Barn Rebuilds
J C Brubaker reports his farm woodlot supplied most lumber for a new barn after a fire. A sawmill visited the woodlot with furnishing all dimension lumber except some siding and flooring. The tract yielded about 1800 dollars worth of lumber and the owner began replanting this spring with a forest tree planting demo by state foresters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Forests and Waters
J. C. Brubaker
Lititz
Here
Brubaker
Department of Forests and Waters
State College
Monkey escape causes panic at Wanamaker's pet department
Oliver Reed, in Philadelphia during the Haster season, visited Wanamaker's store and saw four monkeys escape from the pet department. The commotion sent shoppers fleeing but no injuries occurred. the monkeys were captured soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Reed
Philadelphia
Wanamaker’s
Pet Department
Dog Seeks Revenge in Kazan Tale in Record
In next week’s Record, James Oliver Curwood’s story Buree, Son of Kazan unfolds as a dog seeks vengeance against a brutal human foe. The serialized piece advances the ongoing struggle between man and beast with frontier grit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buree
Kazan
James Oliver Curwood
The
Record
When Corbett Was Better Known Than James Beck
James J. Corbett, once world squaring champion, appeared at the Colonial Theatre Lancaster this week. Hon James M. Beck, a nationally known lawyer with Lititz ties, gave a lecture here recently and recounted a tale linking Corbett to himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbett
James Beck
James J. Corbett
Colonial Theatre
Lancaster
James M. Beck
Lititz
Beck
Allentown
Jim
Nine New Members Joined Rothsville Lutheran Church
Nine members joined the Rothsville Lutheran Church in a Sunday service led by Rev. Weichsel. Members received by baptism include Samuel B Ravegum, Salinda Ravegum, and Marguerite Ravegum. Calvin Adams by confirmation. Harvey Hess, Minnie Brackbin, and Emma Martin by transfer. Thelma Jean Brackbill and Richard Ray Hess were baptized on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church
Rothsville
Weichsel
Samuel B. Ravegum
Salinda Ravegum
Marguerite Ravegum
Calvin Adams
Harvey Hess
Minnie Brackbin
Emma Martin
Thelma Jean
Christian Brackbil
Richard Ray
Raymund Hess
Easter Accessions In St Pauls Lutheran Church
St Pauls Lutheran and United Evangelical churches welcomed new members during Easter season. The Lutheran list includes 40 new members across infant baptisms confirmations and transfers, with names such as Helen Virginia Peacock and Margaret Souders. The United Evangelical add elected new members Paul McCloud Willard Mathers Arthur Getz and Charles Reidenbach. an infant son of Mr and Mrs Harry Workman was baptized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Evangelical Church
Paul McCloud
Williard Mathers
Arthur Getz
Charles Reidenbach
Lillian Getz
Harry Workman
Easter Morning Service Draws Many From Reading Church
The Moravian church held a well attended early Easter service. The outdoor burial ground setback due to cool weather, but the sun rose as the service ended. Thirty musicians formed the trombone choir. Thirty people left Reading by auto for the service and lunch at the parish house, with many visitors from out of town.
Wilt Lancaster Lititz Pike Be Free By June
County commissioners favor taking over the Lancaster-Lititz turnpike to allow permanent improvements by the State Road Commission. Under the Omnibus Road Bill the road will be taken over on June 1, joining the Lititz and Lexington pike to Brickerville and ending tolls once purchased, with stockholders rumored to seek 70 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster-Lititz
State Road Commission
Lititz
Lexington
Brickerville
Lancaster
Lebanon
Vacant Ground Around Linden Hall to Be Sold and Planted
The Church of the Brethren agreed to sell rear church shed land to Rev. F W Stengel though transfer not yet made. With this plot and Moravian land, Linden Hall Seminary will surround about sixteen acres. Two thousand trees will be planted this spring to secure land before building operations close the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
F. W. Stengel
Moravian Church
Linden Hall Seminary
Flag display endorsed by 3000 Legion Posts nationwide
The uniform Hag flag display system is endorsed by 3000 American Legion posts across the country. It promises economical decoration while preventing flag misuse. The Legion urges adoption during the 150th anniversary year and plans to install flags in bundles of 100, with many already ordered. Garden Spot Post No. 56, Lititz, Pa. accepts orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litiiz
American Legion
Legion
Garden Spot Post No
Lititz
Shoe factories unite in three-way merger plan
The Eby Shoe Company plants at Lititz, Ephrata, and Birdsboro join Henry M. Willits, Inc., Children Shoe Factory to form Kiddie Shoe Company Inc. All plants stay in place with wholesale distribution handled by Kiddie Shoe Service in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eby Shoe Company
Lititz
Ephrata
Henry M. Willits, Inc
Children Shoe Factory
Birdsboro
Kby Shoe Company, Inc
Kiddie
Rescue on a Roof and April Fools Goose in Lititz
Oro Harry Singer on a Berks county trip halted when a ladders slipped under a man repairing a roof. Singer steadied the ladder saving the climber from a fifteen foot fall. The rescued man, a farmer, thanked him profusely. In Lititz news, Mrs. Roland Good of New Holland renews her Record subscription remarking she would skip Friday meals rather than miss the home paper. An April Fool joke centers on a goose in Paul K Herr’s battery shop drawing scouts and townsfolk to witness the unusual pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Singer
Lititz
Roland Good
New Holland
The
Record
Mr. Good
Roland D. Good
R. D
Roland E. Good
Offcer Good
Mrs. Good
Paul K. Herr
Apple Alley
Galen Hartranft
Birthday anniversaries mark April celebrations across community
Allen Hacker born 1848 marks another milestone on April 1. Others with April 1 birthdays include Mrs. Derr wife of Squire CG N Derr Mrs Fianna Pfautz and John Machem. Edwin Eshleman Lititz telephone supervisor celebrates his birthday on March 81. Rev E H Crosland will mark his birthday anniversary on Sunday April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Hacker
Derr
Squire CG. N. Derr
Fianna Pfautz
John Machem
Edwin Eshleman
Ind
Lititz
Crosland
Women to Meet at Fire House Led by Lititz Fire Company
Women of Lititz and surrounding area including wives and daughters of firemen and Kings Daughters are urged to attend a meeting at the Fire Company Hall this Friday evening April 9 at 7 30 to encourage the fire company and organize an Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Kings Daughters
Fire Company
Bobbed By Tom Dussinger Travel Verse of Changing Styles
A reflective verse notes rapid fashion swings from long hair to bobbed styles. It traces how trends rise and fall with each week and how women once wore long tresses, now adopt bobbed hair, while the core idea of shifting fashions remains constant.
Rare county owl found by Prof Beck near Furnace Hills
Ornithologist Prof H H Beck finds a dead saw whet owl in Furnace Hills north of town. The bird, half the size of a screech owl with no horns, is the county’s rarest of eight owl species and a first for Beck in 35 years of bird life. F and M College houses specimens from Centre Square, Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furnace Hills
Here
H. H. Beck
Milk Delivery Sparks Quick Market Shuffle in Town
John Z Painter resumed his milk route on Tuesday to find strong competition. The Sanitary Milk Company stepped in after the previous milkman failed, delivering double portions. Earl Summers, who has eight years of experience, began his own route on Wednesday. Painter once dominated locally, but now about six milkmen operate in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Z. Painter
Sanitary Milk Company
Earl Summers
Painter
Desk crafted from old piano by Walter Steely
Walter Steely of this place has fashioned a novel desk from a square piano. Real rose wood, polished finish, piano legs as base, curved piano box corners form desk corners, three wooden harp pieces integrated, desk closes and locks, several secret drawers, and it took forty eight hours to complete. Steely specializes in reproducing old fashioned furniture, creating convincing duplicates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Steely
Tonk
Mr. Steely
Steely
Ephrata Ball Field Leased by Local Group
The Ephrata baseball diamond has been rented by several residents who will host youth oriented events and local community gatherings. No Sunday demonstrations are planned at the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Antiques Bring Steady Prices at East Main Street Sale
Antiques drew solid bids at Albert Kulp's sale on East Main Street last Saturday. A Jenny Lind bottle sold for 8 dollars, a candlestick and snuffer for 7.50, an old-fashioned settee 25.50, and an old rocking chair 7.50. Antique dishes ranged from 1 to 4 dollars, while an old fat lamp brought just over 3 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kulp
East Main Street
Bruckharts Welcome Son. Muths Announce Birth
Mr and Mrs Albert O Bruckhart announce the birth of a son on April 1 at home 714 First street Lancaster. The father is a son of J W Bruckhart of this place. Mr and Mrs Martin Muth announce the birth of a son on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert O. Bruckhart
First Street
Lancaster
J. W. Bruckart
Martin Muth
Final Game Set For Ephrata Rothsville Series Friday
The deciding third game for the schoolboy crown in Lancaster County between Rothsville and Ephrata will be played Friday night at the new Bieseeker gymnasium in Lancaster. Rothsville won the latest game on its floor 24 to 12 after Ephrata had earlier beaten Rothsville 32 to 27, leaving the series even on a neutral floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville
Artists' Revue by Post 56 American Legion May 6
During National Music Week the Lititz Post 56 American Legion will present an Artists' Revue on May 6. The event aims to surpass last year's delightful concert, drawing on Lititz's abundant local musical talent for a varied program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post 56, American Legion
Lititz
Concert by Young Peoples' Council at High School auditorium
A concert will be held in the High School auditorium Thursday evening April 8 at 8 o clock under the Young Peoples' Council of District No 9 of the Lancaster County Sabbath School Association. The program features quartette duet and solo numbers by Margaret Lantz Rose Carl Savage Victor Wagner W R Sammel Lester Sessemian Hary Keppel John Keehn Paul Seaber Dorothy Hab(e)cker and the Gables of Lancaster plus a reader from F and M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples’ Council of District
Lancaster County Sabbath School Association
Margaret Lantz
Lancaster
Rose
Allentown
Carl Savage
Victor Wagner
Lititz
W. R. Sammel
W. BR. Sammel
Lester Sessemian
Hary Keppel
John Keehn
Paul Seaber
Dorothy Habecker
Gables
F. and
M. College
Three-Day Auto Trip From This Place To Woodstock Va
Mrs Sarah Jenkins and Miss Myrtle Eckert with three Lancaster ladies took a three day auto trip to Woodstock Virginia returning Sunday. They visited Miss Dorothy Jenkins who teaches music at a boys Military Academy at Woodstock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jenkins
Myrtle Eckert
Lancaster
Woodstock
Dorothy Jenkins
State College Student's Easter Home Visit
Harvey Bachman a student at State College returned home for Easter. He began hiking from the college and was picked up by traveling motorists along the way. The trip took nine hours, though he usually covers the distance in six hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Bachman
State College
Yerger Family From New York Visits In Town
Mr and Mrs Jacob Yerger and sons Edward and Charles with Charles wife traveled from Binghamton New York to visit Christian Yerger and Mr and Mrs Isaac Becker. Mr Yerger is ill at present time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Yerger
Edward
Charles
Binghamton, N. Y
Christian Yerger
Isaac Becker
Yerger
Weiss moves from Lititz to Downingtown for carpentry
Austin Weiss, formerly of Reading and longtime Lititz resident, moved to Downingtown last week to take a carpenter job. He is noted as a member of the basketball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Weiss
Reading
Lititz
Downingtown
Mr. Weiss
Baree Son of Kazan romance starts next week
Read James Oliver Curwood's absorbing novel Baree Son of Kazan for action thrills and a beautiful romance, beginning in next week's Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oliver Curwood
Baree
Son of Kazan
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