Red Cross Food Drive Exceeds Lancaster County Goal
A ten day Red Cross food drive in Lancaster city and county ends with over 60 tons of food collected. Donations included 600 jars of canned produce 14 bushels of potatoes flour lard beans apples pies cakes and bread plus a birthday cake from a young donor. Local nurses and volunteers distributed most to Lancaster with help from Miss Edna Miller Mrs Sara Jenkins and AL Gochaauer coordinating transport and merchant truck support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Red Cross
Lititz
Edna Miller
Sara Jenkins
AL Gochaauer
Jenkins
Odd Fellows Lodge to Hold Services at Middletown
The Odd Fellows will visit the Odd Fellows' Home at Middletown Sunday afternoon for religious services. Rev J Harold Mumper of St Pauline Lutheran Church will speak. Music by Evangelical Congregational Sunday School Orchestra with solos by Hiram Reedy and Mrs Roy Weaver. Cars requested. those without cars should go to Malta Hall at 12 30 for the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Mome
Middletown
J. Harold Mumper
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Evangelical Congregational Sunday School
Hiram Reedy
Roy Weaver
Malta Hall
Dinner Honor For Newlyweds S A Binkley Family
Lititz residents hosted a Sunday dinner in Lititz to honor their son Adam Binkley and his wife on their recent marriage. Attending were Samuel Miller and spouse from Lancaster, Adam Binkley and spouse, Adam Keller of Ephrata, Clarence Binkley, Elizabeth Binkley, Dorothy Heisley, Adam Keller of Brownstown, Stella Cooper, Mrs Adam Keller Sr of Ephrata, and Thomas S Ulrich of Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Binkley
Lititz
R. D
Adam
Samuel Miller
Adam Binkley
Lancaster
Adam Keller
Ephrata
Clarence Binkley
Elizabeth Binkley
Dorothy Heisley
Brownstown
Stella Cooper
Adam Keller, Sr
Thomas
Ulrich
Lititz R. D
Births Reported in Lancaster and Mohnton Areas
Mr and Mrs Paul Hoffman of town announce the birth of a son at 11 87 oclock Monday morning in Lancaster General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Vernon H Wolfskill of Mohnton Pa receive congratulations on the birth of a baby girl at Reading Hospital Sunday morning April 3 Mrs Wolfskill was Edna Mae Longenecker daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Longenecker before her marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hoffman
Town
Lancaster General Hospital
Vernon H. Wolfskill
Mohnton
Reading Hospital
Wolfskill
Edna Mae Longenecker
J. F. Longenecker
Birthday Surprise Honors E. E. Hollinger at Rome Area Home
A birthday gathering Thursday evening honored E. E. Hollinger on turning 70. Hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fenstermacher near Rome, attendees from Lancaster, Manheim, Owl Hill and local families shared food and good company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Hollinger
Jacob Fenstermacher
Rome
Samuel Ravegum
Samuel
Lancaster
Roy Hundberger
Robert Evans
Manheim
Frank Giordano
Measuring Social at St Pauls Lutheran Church
The Senior Luther League of St Pauls Lutheran Church will hold a Measuring Social in the church social rooms on Tuesday at 8 o'clock. A two act sketch titled Mr. Bob will be presented with musical numbers and refreshments. The social costs 50 cents per foot with no extra charge for extra inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Bob
New State Law May Bar Lutz Pool Operation This Year
Lutz pool owner Mr Lutz warns the Lutz pool on Locust street may stay closed this summer under a new Pennsylvania requirement. A water sterilization device costing about 1000 dollars must be installed to protect against germs and meningitis. State health department will prosecute noncompliant operators, and only 219 of 1200 pools have been approved so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Pennsylvania
Mr. Lutz
Local church events and community notices in Lancaster area
The Lancaster area reports on the Tu theran Conference at Reamstown with lay delegates from Brickerville, a public schools art talk in Chambersburg, Moravian aiding Nunapit singhak Alaska, a ham supper at St. Pauls Lutheran, and a Ladies' Quartet from Elizabethtown College. Local leaders elected at the Young Men's Business League include Dr M H Yoder and Norman Radart. Evening service times extend to 7 PM through April across several churches. Birthday surprise for Helen Farrand, Memorial Day speaker Col Daniel Strickler, guardian appointments for Buckwalter heirs, and Moravian Mission study meeting planned. Post Graduates at Linden Hall hosted the school. Bible Baseball noted for Sunday School District No. 9. Health Centre for babies to open. Rotary Club program by Earl Lands. Lititz club to meet in Lancaster. Keath Planing Mill meeting held. Frank Eby ill with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown College
Church of the Brethren
Young Men’s Business League
M. H. Yoder
Norman Radart
E. E. Habecker
Joseph B. Herr
Evangelical Congregational
Helen Farrand
Daniel B. Strickler
Lancaster
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Col. Strickler
Farmers’ National Bank of Town
Edith Mary Buckwalter
Richard R. Buckwalter
Elizabeth L. Buckwalter
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Moravian Church
M. C. Demmy
Rotary Club
Earl Landis
Neffsville
Lititz Club
Keath Planing Mill Beneficial Association
Keath Planing Mill
Frank Eby
Lemon Street
Cadet Band Spring Concert Next Week
The Cadet Band will present its annual spring concert next Thursday evening in the High School auditorium at o'clock. The program features concert music solos and ensembles plus novelty numbers. Reg Kehoe and his Girl Marimba Band perform, following a hit last season. Admission is 25 cents. tickets from band members. no reserved seats. The band aims to boost Lititz summer music and encourage local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reg Kehoe
Lititz
School Enrollment Mounts in Borough After Influx
Moving into the borough brought 25 new pupils to public schools, boosting total enrollment to 926. Attendance dipped to 90 percent last month due to widespread sickness among children. Prof. H. H. Beck spoke to Senior and Junior High pupils on Birds, and the Dramatic Club presented a brief play in Assembly under Miss Zada Workman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Beck
Dramatic Club
Zada Workman
McCreary Zahm Win U S Patent for Animal Trap
Harry W McCreary and Joseph D Zahm of town receive a United States patent for three innovations in their animal trap The patent office awarded the patent after an examiner considered the case since June 21 1930 The headline notes the long pending grant and the promise of a better trap drawing world attention to their invention
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. McCreary
Joseph D. Zahm
Town
United States Patent Office
McCreary
Zahm
Kitchen Shower for Martha Carpenter in Lancaster County
Hold Kitchen Shower for Martha Carpenter at her parents home on Saturday evening. Many gifts received from family and friends including Mrs. Sue Smith and numerous Lancaster and Rothsville residents. Advertisement notes low price Muslin and roller skating event at Lutz Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menno Carpenter
Martha
Sue Smith
John Rineer
Rincer
Charles and
Vincent
Henry Weitzel
Geraldine
Columbia
Harrison Steely
Dorothy
Annie Steely
Blanche
Mary
Lancaster
Arthur Roose
Violet
Katie Carpenter
Alice
Rothsville
Carl Werner
Harvey Stoner
Manheim
Walter White
Charles Miller
Ethel Miller
Deval Ember
Roy Miller
Paul Miller
Ruth Miller
Carl Miller
Josephine Bowman
James Klein
Robert
Anna Weidman
Edward Pelger
Christ Koehler
Ruth
Lutz Hall
Lititz Viewpoints and Local Jottings Across Town
A reader letter contesting last week's claim about Lititz highest point, noting the Chocolate Factory smokestack as the true peak from Kissel Hill. The piece also shares light commentary on daylight, local deer heads, theater experiences, and favorite radio programs in a nostalgic town column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Kissel Ifill
Kissel Hill
Brethren Churches Send Seven Tons Aid To Philadelphia
Lititz and White Oak Churches of the Brethren shipped nearly seven tons of food and a substantial sum of money to Philadelphia this week for distribution to needy families. The relief includes potatoes apples sugar flour canned goods breakfast foods clothing and more. Rev. W E Britain of Bethany Church will supervise the distribution with a team including E K Brubaker and Mrs Brubaker Charles Cassel and Rev J I Byler acting as escorts and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lititz
White Oak
Churches of the Brethren
W. E. Britain
Bethany Church of the Brethren
E. K. Brubaker
Glee Club Concert At Moravian College Saturday
The Moravian College Glee Club Bethlehem will perform Saturday at 8 o’clock in Linden Hall gymnasium under the Ushers' Association of the Moravian Church. Admission is 50 cents, with a good program promised. On Sunday students will host both Moravian Church services, a student preacher in morning and evening and club members to sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian College and Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
Linden Hall
Ushers’ Association of the
Moravian Church
Glee Club
Cannon Balls Made In Brickerville At Order of George Washington
Brickerville history notes a sequence of events and people tied to the area. Villagers debate the tavern site on the Horseshoe Pike and Schaefferstown road while the Bricker family shaped early commerce. The first store appeared in 1813 near the crossroads. The old Reformed church sits on a hill above Brua baker valley with early pastor John G Wittner serving from 1766 to 1770.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brickerville
George Washington
Baron Stiegel
Trenton
John Bricker
Horseshoe Pike
Reifsnyder
Weidman
Peter Bricker
Schaefferstown Road
Old Reformed Church
Brubaker Valley
John G. Wittner
John G. Gobrecht
John Wald
Turning Point Toward Economic Rehabilitation Reaches
A 1940s American Legion appeal urges continued effort in the national employment drive. It notes progress past 400000 in re-employment, involvement of 2000 of 5000 communities, and momentum toward a half million and eventual million workers. The message thanks President Hoover and calls for a final push to restore recovery and national welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Hoover
Washington
All America
Lewis Pledges Economies In Talk To Group Here
Samuel S. Lewis, Secretary of the State Highway Department, urged further economies to fit the department within reduced revenues at a Taxpayers League meeting in Lancaster County. He noted cost savings from road supply contracts topping one million dollars and outlined road mileage shifts since August. County officials stressed building durable roads at low costs while criticizing inferior spending and noting township funds per mile. New spring styles in clothing and footwear were advertised by J. S. Harris & Co. in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel S. Lewis
State Department of Highways
Taxpayers’ League of
Lancaster County
My Lewis
Lewis
Igaac H. Kauffman
The
League
Lancaster Co
Kauffman
Warwick
Social notes roundup of local visits and outings
The Rev and Mrs J C H Lights visit New Brunswick while Mrs Geo Grunenberger spends a week in Philadelphia with her mother. Several families and individuals travel to New York City Philadelphia and York for weekends and visits. Local groups like the American Legion Auxiliary Garden Spot Post hold meetings and discuss the Poppy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. H. Lights
New Brunswick
N. J
Geo. Grunenberger
Philadelphia
Robert Russell
Libbie Buch
New York City
Louis Hepp
Henry Greengrass
Reading
Elizabeth Hepp
Amelia Weicksel
Parleasie
F. A. Weicksel
Guy L. Calvert
Anna Baker
Chambersburg
Florence Gibbel
Phares Nolt
Harry Badorff
Second Avenue
J. B. Baker
Rena
York
Florence Gibbes
J. M. Baker
Lititz
Paul Sturgis
Tuck Jakoe
Lititz Native Theodor Buch Named Hawaiian Trial Juror
Theodore Buch a Lititz native and son of RECORD founder has been chosen as a juror in the high profile Hawaii case involving Mrs. Granville Fortescue and Lt. T. H. Massie. The trial centers on the murder of a Hawaiian following an assault on Mrs. Massie as the nation watches the who and why of the alleged slayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Lititz
Theodore Buch
The
Record
Granville Fortescue
T. H. Massie
Massie
Massie. Mr. Buch
Garden Spot Legion Auxiliary Distributes 79 Canned Baskets
The Women’s Auxiliary of Garden Spot Post 56 American Legion has distributed 79 baskets of canned fruit and vegetables from last fall’s supply. The distribution committee includes Mrs Alfred Couple as chairman, with Mrs Edwin L Wissler Mrs C Allen Rice and Mrs Howard Hollinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Legion
Alfred Couple
Edwin L. Wissler
C. Allen Rice
Howard Hollinger
East Main Street craftsman's 6875-piece wood table shown
Henry Zook exhibits a hand-made table in Spacht's window. The table uses 6875 pieces from 16 woods with 25 wood strips per leg. Zook, who did the work himself, draws considerable comment for the fine workmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Zook
East Main Street
Spacht’s
Zook
Lititz Expected to Adopt Daylight Saving Time
Lititz plans to switch to Daylight Saving Time on April 25 to align with big cities. Local businesses say the change will cut missed calls and improve mail, rail, and truck shipments, with wider daylight aiding gardens and part time workers. many industries have already agreed to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lancaster
Lititz P T A to Elect Officers and Hear State Education Talk
Tonight in Lititz High School auditorium the P T A will elect officers and hear an address by John Broughter of Harrisburg, assistant director of the education bureau, on improving and consolidating state schools. A school play directed by Miss Workman is also on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Parent Teacher Association
Dohn §. Broughter
Harrisburg
Education Bureau
Journey To Washington By Local Post Office Group
Paul M. Seather local postmaster Edward Bear Amos Verger Paul Bushong and Harry Hacker from the post office force traveled to Washington yesterday to view the berry blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Seather
Edward Bear
Amos Verger
Paul Bushong
Harry Hacker
Washington
Do You Want A Garden
Community notice seeking landowners willing to lend garden ground for families to cultivate during the summer. Citizens with land or families needing plots are asked to contact the RECORD to arrange matches.
Man Gored by Bull Dies in Lancaster County Farmyard
John K. Petersheim of Gordonville died at 48 from internal injuries after a bull gored him in the barn yard while he and Dr. E. M. Ranck of Lancaster inspected heifers Tuesday. He passed away Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Petersheim
Gordonville
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
E. M. Ranck
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. A. Weichsel
Tu‘theran
Reamstown
W. J. Kine
L. L. Leaman
I. F. Quinn
Southern Educational Art Association
Nunapitsinghak
Alaska
Doreas
St. Pauls Lutheran Sunday School
Cadet Band
J. S. Harris & CO
Tailik
Lititz Record
New Road
Liberty
Hugh Fullerton
Sports Authority
Phillies
Phils
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Empire State Building
Charlie* Brobst
Capitol Theatre
WABC
Horton
Lincoln
Paul R. Furlow
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
American Legion National Employment Commission
Harris &Go
Harris
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