Easter Observances Bring Pageant to Warwick Churches
A column notes Good Friday bank closures and a lively Easter program across Warwick town. Local churches prepare sunrise trombone processions and services at Moravian, United Evangelical, St Pauls and other congregations with choirs, quartets, and special Easter exercises. Local events include sales, auctions, and community notices amid springtime celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
Moravian Sunday School
Cclock
Christ
Arthur Pryor
Athalia
United Evangelicat
Hall-Mack Co
United Evangelical
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
St. Paul’s Evan
Lutheran Sunday School
Evermore
Special Meeting on Macadamizing South Broad Street
Borough council held a special session to macadamize South Broad Street from curb to curb. The Street Committee was instructed to notify the Rothsville and Lititz turnpike company to macadamize Main Street. Officials seek summer sprinkling of streets, hoping for citizen support.
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South Broad Street
Traction Company
Rothsville and
Lititz Turnpike Company
Main Street
Death Record of a Week: Reuben Houser 57
Reuben Houser aged 57 years eight months and thirteen days died at the Springs Hotel on Sunday afternoon from consumption. He and his wife came from Lansford Carbon County last fall and stayed as hotel guests most of the time. He was an uncle to Ches H Brobst, proprietor of the Springs Hotel. Mr and Mrs Brobst attended the funeral. Undertaker J H Long took the remains to Lansford for the funeral held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Houser
Springs Hotel
Lansford
Carbon County
Ches. H. Brobst
Death of Warwick resident Frank Snyder noted in inquest
Frank Snyder aged about 52 was found dead in his Centre street home Warwick last Thursday evening. Deputy Coroner A B Reidenbach and Dr Evans ruled rheumatism of the heart caused the death. funeral services were held Saturday at Machyelah cemetery with Rev James B Musser officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Snyder
Centre Street
Warwick
William Wilson
Lancaster
Bender
Evans
A. B. Reidenbach
Machyelah Cemetery
James B. Musser
Death of Rev Israel Grayhill in Elm Pennsylvania
Rev Israel Grayhill died at his home in Elm Penn township on Friday aged seventy four after a long farming and ministry career in the Church of the Brethren. Survived by wife and children Mrs Dawson Hosler Israel and Harry Mrs Jacob Hershey and several brothers and sisters including Samuel Seth Simon Mrs Jacob Singer and Mrs Oliver Diehm. Funeral Monday at his home with services at Grayhill's meeting house in Elm and interment in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Grayhill
Elm
Penn Township
Church of the Brethren
Dawson Hosler
Elstonville
Israel
Harry
Jacob Hershey
Near Manheim
Samuel
Seth
Simon
Brunnerville
Jacob Singer
West
Oliver Diehm
Grayhill
Mrs. Sarah Kreider Dies After Illness in White Oak
Mrs. Sarah Kreider died at the home of Emanuel Sheaffer in White Oak on Tuesday morning at 8 o clock after a long illness. She was 72 years 7 months and 4 days old, born in Lebanon county. Her husband Joel Kreider died eight years ago. Surviving children are Lizzie wife of Miles Goda and Walter of Lancaster. Funeral services will be held Saturday at White Oak church at 9 80 then the remains go to Lancaster for burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Steffy
North Broad Street
D. E. Light
H. S. Mersey
Pratt- Elkhart
Messrs. H
Meek
John K. Singer
J. G. Burkholder
Denver
Rudy’s
New Street
Warwick
George Miller
John Schleith
Turners Verein Hall
Reading
Warwick House
Shreiner
Redcay
Aecorp
Stork
George D. Clarke
Agnes Eliza
Hale
Lititz
Farmers National Bank
Erla Stricker
Lexington
Dillman’s
Chandler Hagg
Pennsylvania Business College At
Lancaster
M. H. Yoder
John F. Longenecker
H. R. Gibbel
J. W. G. Hershey
B. F. Musser
Mountville
East Hanover
Lebanon County
P. J. Roebuck
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul’s Hoan
Lutheran Church
Grosh
Frank Badorf
John Kissinger
Harry Culp
Jno
F. Lenzenecker
BE. E. Evans
Culp
Palmyra
Sarah Kreider
Emanuel Sheaffer
White Oak
Joel Kreider
Lizzie
Miles Goda
Walter
Greenwood Cemetery
Esther Wolfe
Bethlehem
James Leed
Columbia
J. J. Huebener
William Weaver
L. N. Moyer
Robesonia
Miriam Warner
Philadelphia
Esther Buch
Morgan Fry
Allan Roth
Lloyd Smith
New York
W. E. Fasnacht
H. A. Cuppy
Nazareth
W. K. Romig
Lincoln
W. A. Gantz
John Sheaffer
Terre
Hill
Edgar Sturgis
Howard Kauffman
H. 8. Kauffman
Martha Derr
Mechanicsburg
Cumberland County
Aaron Diehm
Webster Keller
Monroe Pfautz
Olean
N. Y
Francis Hagen
Agnes Adams
Stewartstown
York County
Geo. D. Clarke
Carlotta Downey
Parkersville
Chester County
Harvey Mumma
New Holland
D. W. Dietrich
Clara Fry
Helen Grossman
C. L. Moench
Annie Killian
Albert Mans
Hazleton
Mans
Carrie Meiskey
Chas. Nagel
Joseph Daugherty
Elizabethtown
Wilson Hacker
Mine Lamotte
Death of Mrs Mary Ann Brecht
Mrs Mary Ann Brecht mother of Prof Milton J Brecht a State Railroad Commission member and widow of Dr S S Brecht died April 6 at her Manheim home after a lingering illness She had been ailing about a year and suffered a stroke on Tuesday Her two sons Prof M J Brecht and Samuel Brecht of Bismark Lebanon county were at her bedside when she died The deceased was a woman of many fine qualities and beloved by a wide circle of ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Brecht
Milton J. Brecht
State Railroad Commission
M. J. Brecht
Samuel Brecht
Bismark
Lebanon County
Obituary Notices of Baker and Enck Families
Two prominent Lancaster County obituaries detail the deaths of Mrs. Susanna Baker Brecht and Mrs. Susanna Enck. Baker Brecht, 74, daughter of Joseph and Susanna Baker, widow of Dr. S Brecht, longtime Zion Lutheran Church member, survived by two sons and several siblings, with funeral at Zion Lutheran Church Manheim and burial at Woodward Hill Cemetery Lancaster. Enck, born April 15 1836 in Clay township, died after long illness at her son Frank Enck’s home in Lancaster, widow of Samuel Enck, with five decades in Reading and Ephrata, funeral at Metzler cemetery near Ephrata. survivors include six children and one brother Joseph Gushart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Susanna Baker
Kissel Hill
Warwick Township
S. Brecht
Zion Lutheran Church
Manheim
Andrew Baker
Ephrata
Jacob M. Baker
Lititz
Samuel Baum
Lancaster
Samuel Baker
Marietta
Enos Baker
Warwick
Martin G. Keller
Elizabethtown
Woodward Hill Cemetery
Susanna Enck
Samuel Enck
Frank Enck
Lancaster City
Clay Township
Clay
Reading
Enck
Mennonite Church
Harriet Royal
Levi Enek
Fianna Booser
Frank Enek
Charles S. Enek
Landis Valley
Lillie Bable
Pottstown
Joseph Gushart
Bismark
Metzler
Funeral of Mrs. Laura Deyer at Moravian Church
Funeral services for Laura Deyer wife of John K. Deyer were held at the Moravian church from her parents home on Cedar street with Rev. E. Hagen delivering a Proverbs 12 28 discourse. The choir sang two favorites and interment followed in the Moravian cemetery. Bearers were W. E. Fasnacht T. G. Marks H. E. Workman and L. S. Reedy. Edgar A. Sturgis began baking Bretzels in a new East Main street two story shop. the old hand made method to kneading on quarter oak will continue. John Schleith will sell the Bretzels from Spruce street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
John K. Deyer
Harrisburg
Edwin Sturgis
Cedar Street
Hagen
Moravian
W. E. Fasnacht
T. G. Marks
H. E. Workman
L. S. Reedy
Rev. Hagen
Edgar A. Sturgis
East Main Street
Jidgar
Julius Sturgis
Fichtern Bakery
Apple Alley
John Schleith
Sturgis
Trout Season Opens Saturday for Local Anglers
Trout season begins Saturday and local anglers plan trips to Poplar Run, since Spring creek has few trout due to contamination. Lititz residents recall historic openings drawing anglers from far away to the spring run.
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Poplar Run
Lititz
Personal Items From Warm Spring Months Travel
Miss Esther Wolfe visits Bethlehem and many locals host weekend visitors from Philadelphia, Reading, Nazareth, Williamsport, and beyond. Family and friends share Easter travel plans and recount recent trips to Warwick, Mechanicsburg, Robesonia, and Elizabethtown as well as visits to Moravian Home and local churches.
Palm Sunday Snowstorm Buries Sidewalks Across Town
A Saturday night snowstorm left an inch of snow on sidewalks by morning with higher accumulations elsewhere. The wet flakes began around dusk and intensified, creating a raw wind and overcast skies that belied a blizzard-like appearance.
Why Eggs Are Cheap Then and Now
Rural readers note a glut in egg production across the region. Farmers like A. S. Huber and Abram Kreider keep hundreds of hens in modern colonies, yielding large weekly egg totals from White Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks. Local dealers report steady, sizable buys across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Huber
Abram Kreider
Church of the Brethren Home
Milton Landis
Oregon
Mr Landis
E. Lutz
Henry Bucher
Brunnerville
John Sehleith
Fourteen Pupils Will Graduate from Lititz High School
The Lititz High School graduating class lists fourteen pupils: Emma Grosh Marguerite Long Anna Adams Laura Fass Ellen Rudy Walter Heilman Roy Hassler Benjamin Seaman Samuel Long Jno Mummert Robert Zellers Albert Hernly Frank Foltz George Bender. They chose the sweet pea as class flower and black and gold as colors.
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Lititz High School
Emma Grosh
Marguerite Long
Anna Adams
Laura Fass
Ellen Rudy
Walter Heilman
Roy Hassler
Benjamin Seaman
Samuel Long
Jno. Mummert
Robert Zellers
Albert Hernly
Frank Foltz
George Bender
Oil Tank Erection Begins at Millway Site
A large force of young workers arrived at Millway on Sunday and started building another oil tank on Standard Oil lands near the pumping station. The railroad from Millway to Witmer is said to be funded by Standard Oil and then purchased for one dollar. A big refinery is planned between Millway and Brownstown, likely bringing persistent odor to nearby residents.
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Millway
Standard Oil Company
West Virginia
Witmer
Standard Oil Co
Brownstown
Canoe Theft Case Dismissed by Local Squire
Last week the Lititz Camping club reported a canoe theft from their bungalow. Myer Wolf and Harrison Bear of Brownstown were arrested on felonious entry and larceny charges after tips from locals, but Squire Wolf dismissed the case despite evidence, with the stolen canoe still unrecovered and reportedly moved downstream toward Millway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Thelves
Conestoga Treek
Myer Wolf
Harrison Bear
Brownstown
Specialties at Springs Theatre Showcases Musical Acts
Musical Trewitz performs a novelty musical act featuring harmonica guitar banjo swinging chimes Japanese fiddle musical bottles and electric drum at the Springs Theatre Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee. Pony Sampson conducts cowboy feats Monday and Tuesday evenings with a free 6 30 pm exhibition at the theatre front door and plans to join Buffalo Bill's show at Lancasters on the 22nd.
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Trewitz
Springs Theatre
Pony Sampson
Buffalo Bill
Lancasters
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Vincent
Geibel
Jesus
Myles Foster
Semper
Gounod
United Brethren
United Brethren Sunday School
ST. Luke Reformed St. Luke Reformed Bible-school
ST. James Lutheran
St. James Lutheran Church
Boro Council
Bafa
Death
Mother Earth
New Bretzel Bakery
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