Parcel Post Surprise Honors Mrs Souder on Birthday
Mrs W Souder of West Orange street found about 100 parcel post packages awaiting her upon returning from church. Gifts from Town South Dakota New York Philadelphia Reading Tower City Lancaster and local donors filled a large table. The surprise was organized by Mrs Laura Grossman for her fifty seventh birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Souder
West Orange Street
Parcel Post
South Dakota
New York
Philadelphia
Reading
Tower City
Lancaster
Laura Grossman
Fire Company Votes No Buy on Walter Miller Lot
A Wednesday special meeting of the Fire company decided not to purchase the Walter Miller lot on S Broad Street after discussion. Due to a misunderstanding the Amcorp claim of a prior purchase was clarified, and residents will vote in the fall on whether council should obtain a lot and build new quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Company
Walter Miller
S. Broad Street
Amcorp
Death Record of a Week: John P. Putt
John P. Putt of East Main street died about 5 45 am Saturday on his way to work from apoplexy at age 39 4 24. He left a wife Annie Witmyer and children Florence Allan Howard and Lester, with surviving parents siblings and a sister. Funeral rites were held at his home and in Lititz Longenecker's meeting house with ministers J E Keene and A S Hottenstein officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary K. Gehring
Marie Kauffman
Anna H. Kilheifer
Lydia O. Rhoad
Elva Ranch
Sarah Margaret Smith
Ida Weiler
Levi Hallman
Antonio Lucer
Thomas Me
Loney
Antonio Rocco
Jno. Thompson
Milton Zook
Lititz
Clyde Nixon
John Longenecker
N. ‘Broad Street
M. H. Yoder
Lutz
Philadelphia Record
Big Laurel
Del
Elizabethtown
Howard Hvans
James Sesseman
S. Broad Street
U. S
Liberty
N. E. Reist
East Main Street
John P. Putt
Putt
Elia Evans
East Main
Cedar Streets
A. B. Reidenbach
B. E. Evans
Mr. Putt
Foster and
Eliza Putt
Robesonia
Walter S. Bare
R. of P. Lodge
Womelsdorf
Annie L. Witmyer
Neffsville
P.T. Brocious
Heisey
Annie Firestone
Lexington
Shue
Philadelphia
Warwick U.B
Charles
Atlee
Warwick
Henry Sheaffer
Manheim
Longenecker
J. E. Keene
A. S. Hottenstein
East Petersburg
Death of Squire Franklin G Harple of Bareville
Regret is learned at the death of Squire Franklin G Harple of Bareville who died Thursday April 3 from heart trouble. He served as justice of the peace for 12 years and was a noted scrivener and surveyor born at Bareville 73 years ago. He leaves a wife and four children Austin Charles Frank and Alice. brother to Lewis Harple of Lancaster. Funeral Monday at 9 at his home and Heller's Reformed Church with interment in the adjacent cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Franklin G. Harple
Bareville
Squire Harple
Lewis Harple
Austin
Earlville
Charles
Frank
Coatesville
Alice
Lancaster
Heller’s Reformed Church
Heller’s Church
Death of Henry Doerr in Drexel Home Philadelphia
Henry Doerr died in the Drexel Home Philadelphia on Monday aged 75. A German native he lived many years in Lancaster where he worked as a butcher on North Water street. He was father of the late Mrs C Fred Regennas buried here in January 1910. Regennas and two sons reside in the borough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Doerr
Drexel
Philadelphia
Germany
Lancaster
North Water Street
C. Fred Regennas
Regennas
Commencement at Rothsville Highlights Six Graduates
The Rothsville High School third annual commencement was held Friday evening at the Evangelical Lutheran church despite bad weather. Six graduates, Chester N. Adams, Clarence M. Withers, Kathryn S. Royer, Paul H. Eckman, Robert E. Behmer and Luke L. Royer, received diplomas as Hackman’s Orchestra provided music and Dr. C. G. H. Gordinier delivered the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville High School
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Chester N. Adams
Clarence M. Withers
Kathryn 8. Royer
Paul H. Eckman
Robert E. Behmer
Luke L. Royer
Arthur P. Mylin
Hackman
J. W. Bittner
Kathryn S. Royer
Marie Bender
Chester M. Adams
C. H. Gordinier
Death of Mrs Eliza Lutz at Lititz after long illness
Mrs Eliza Lutz wife of Benjamin H Lutz died at home on North Cedar Street Lititz after a two year illness with multiple diseases. She was 78 years 8 months and 9 days old and leaves a large family, including eight named children and several grandchildren. The funeral was held at home and at the Moravian church with Rev E Hagen officiating. Interment followed in the local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Lutz
Benjamin H. Lutz
Cedar Street
George and
Anna Fry
Brickerville
Lititz
Lutz
Moravian Church
Harry Brookmyer
Christ Klaus
Neffsville
Nathan Imber
Ironville
Lydia Mearig
Lemon Neidermyer
William Kissinger
Addison Wilson
Otis Pfautz
Ezra
Benjamin
Luitz
Henry Lutz
Milleteyilles
Haydn
Kissel Hill
Fianna Herr
Hagen
Personal Notices From Lancaster Area Social Roundup
Glad springtime is here and everybody wants to be out of doors. A sequence of visits and travels among residents and relatives includes Mr. and Mrs. Harry Musselman at Manheim, Mcs Doster in Philadelphia, and Jennie Grosh of Coatesville visiting here. Several Lancaster residents travel to and from Philadelphia, Reading, Newark, Elizabeth township, Campbelltown, and other localities. Ed M. Kauffman is re elected Lancaster city treasurer amid community support, while Benj. Badorf celebrates his fiftieth birthday with neighbors. The article notes club trips by Franklin and Marshall College groups and remarks on Rev. Deer’s successor as Student Secretary of the State Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zartman
Claus Clausen
Spruce Street
Kissel Manor Corporation
West
Franklin and Marshall Glee and Mandolin Clubs
Lititz High School
K. A. Sturgis
Andrew Bruckart
White Oak
Howard Zartman
A. R. Keller
Baker Fahnestock
Brownstown
Harry Krall
John McCloud
Harry
Philadelphia
Walter Miller
South Broad Street
Independent Telephone Exchange
Walter
Stand
Laura Kauffman
East Main Street
J. W. Bruckart
A. T. Litch
Washington
C. Edgar Titzel
Lancaster Traction and Gas Companies
Mr. Hull
Mr. Titzel
Harry Musselman
Manheim
S. H. Doster
Henry Seather
Lancaster
Jennie Grosh
Coatesville
Maurice Kauffman
D. A. Cohick
Eva
Percy Dreifus
J. J. Huebener
Reading
Nathaniel Wolfe
Newark
N. J
John Saylor
Christopher Kling
Frederick Kling
Elmer Ritchie
Harry Dissinger
Campbelltown
Winifred Stark
H. S. Meiskey
Harry Brubaker
Columbia
C. M. Imhoff
Rome
Irene and
Sallie Kahl
A. B. Reidenbach
Emma Andes
Denver
E. K. Zartman
Brubaker
Jin Elizabeth Township
Elmer Kauffman
Ann Kauffman
Morris Madeira
Edwin Sturgis
Harriet Wiegand
Baltimore
Kauffman
Mary Hershey
Warwick
Elizabethtown College
Ed. M. Kauffman
Lancaster City
Clement Badorf
J. B. Leib
Akron
Benjamin Badorf
Benj
Earl Grosh
L. K. Grosh
Franklin and Marshall College
Shepherdstown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Bedford
Altoona
Mechanicsburg
BE. W. Thomas
Harrisburg
I. BE. Deer
Linden Hall Seminary
Moravian
Thomas
Rev. Deer
State
Aged Man Injured by Fall on East Main Street
George Fritz aged 86 living with Mr and Mrs Herman Fisher suffered a vertigo episode Saturday evening while walking near East Main street. He fell and struck his face, sustaining a gash above the right eye. Four stitches were placed at Dr. M H Yoder's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fritz
Herman Fisher
Geo. L. Hepp
East Main Street
Mr. Fritz
M. H. Yoder
Warwick man falls from trolley car in Lancaster
George King formerly of Warwick and husband of Ephrata resident fell from a Lancaster and Lititz trolley car while it stood in Centre Square Lancaster about 2 15 on Saturday afternoon. He landed on the back of his head, was taken unconscious to an alley beside the traction waiting room and then to General Hospital with a scalp wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George King
Warwick
Ephrata
Lancaster and
Lititz
Centre Square
Lancaster
Traction
General Hospital
Peacock on the loose inspires early risers in local area
Residents near Miller's store watched a peacock fly across rooftops on Sunday after escaping from a pen belonging to David Helman of Orange Street. He caught the bird after an hour of effort. On Monday Trinity United Evangelical church hosted a donor party for Rev. P. T. Brocious and his wife with singing and speeches. A furniture delivery worth about $400 for Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sturgis burned near Lancaster while en route to Lititz, likely from unknown causes. The Sturgises recently returned from their wedding trip and plan to settle on Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller’s
David Helman
Orange Street
Trinity United Evangelical Church
P. T. Brocious
Brocious
Morris Sturgis
W. C. Sapp
Lancaster
Lititz
Mr. Sapp
Sturgis
Church Street
Sapp
Warwick grower plans early sweet corn supply
J. D. Roland of Warwick aims to deliver fresh sweet corn to the area before July 1, using 14,000 paper pads with two grains each in a hot bed. Early sprouts are already visible as the project progresses and soil conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Roland
Warwick
Allay the Dust in Lititz This Spring and Summer
Citizens face a dust problem on main streets as strong winds sweep through Lititz over the past week. Debate grows over methods to curb the dust, with options including watering sprinkling and chemical treatments like calcium chloride. The public urges prompt action to reduce dust invasion of homes and shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Lititz
War wick native renews Record subscription from Philadelphia
Horace W Yerger, a Warwick native now living in Philadelphia, renews his subscription and calls the Record a welcome visitor that keeps his Lititz and vicinity updates in touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace W.yerger
Warwick
Philadelphia
The
Record
Lititz
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E. E. Evans
Juniper Alley
Eugene Kreider
Harry Weidman
Board of Trade
Hershey & Gibbes
Council
Holtzhouse
Moving Picture Theatre
Franklin G. Harple
Rothsville
Horace Keller
Jersey City
Bey
Cannons
John B. Shue
Margaret K. Shue
Linnaeus
Peacock
Dayton
Alice Shiffler
Phares
Sunbury
Huston Tageart
Mr. Taggart
M. H. Taggart
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