Lititz Community Update and Local Happenings
Members of the Lititz Band will meet in the council chamber this Friday evening. Alvin and Mrs Ohle start housekeeping in J F Stoner's Broad St residence. B Risser on North Broad St marks his 69th birthday. Two arrests for reckless driving this week. more may follow. Ralph Spacht upgrades a furniture store with spray pan painting. Moravian Ushers Association to hold annual banquet April 20 at 7 30 in the Parish house. Four evergreen trees replanted before Moravian church and parsonage, about twenty feet tall. April renewals and new subscriptions rising. thanks for cooperation. Lititz Lodge 1050 IOOF degree team to confer first degree April 24 in Lancaster Monterey Lodge. others to accompany. Elser Gerhart excavating for a two and a half story house on South Broad St. Hershey Seaman & Co. contract. New home work at East Petersburg for W S White. A flock of wild geese, one shot, other three alight and rejoin. Brunswick orchestra, seven players, provided music for Brunnerville school play and senior class play, tonight and last night. Rev S A Heisey to deliver special sermon to local Odd Fellows on Sunday April 18. Postal notices remind missing members to respond. Trolley service changes near Springs reduce wait with schedule shift. Trout season opens April 15 extending to July 31. only non lake trout, minimum six inches, limit 25 per day. Few Lititz fishermen pursue trout. nearest fishing water at Furnace Hills north of town.
Baree Son of Kazon serial begins in Record
James Oliver Curwood presents Baree a dog tale set in Canadian wilds. Nepeese a French-Indian girl flees after McTaggart kills her father to gain control. Baree, abused by McTaggart, avenges Nepeese by killing McTaggart in a struggle. Starts on page 3 of this week’s Record.
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Baree
Kazon
James Oliver Curwood
Nepeese
McTaggart
Barec
MeTaggart
Songs that resist quick jazzing of the classics
A verse laments daily song writing where many tunes rush to rhyme and syncopation. It notes the trend of jazzing operas and hymns to please jazz tastes, yet asserts some enduring melodies endure unchanged across ages.
Fire alarm system to be unified after Bell takeover
A reader asks how alarms will be sounded after Penn State Company is absorbed by Bell. The local fire company has discussed the issue with Bell executives in Lancaster and Harrisburg, and says all county units will be taken care of, removing any worry.
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Telephone Exchange
Penn-State Company
Bell Company
Penn-State Exchange
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Twenty Cans of Trout Received Here
Twenty cans of trout fry were received here by express on Monday morning by Frank Rader and distributed in waters around the Furnace Hills. They came from the State Fisheries at Bellefonte and were from four to six inches in length. They are supposed to grow an inch a month, making them from four to six months old. They arrived in good condition, only one being dead.
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Express
Frank Rader
Furnace Hills
Bellefonte
Spelling Bee at Rothsville High School Saturday
Rothsville High School hosts a spelling bee this Saturday evening April 17 under Warwick Grange auspices. An interesting program has been prepared for attendees.
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Rothsville
Rothsville High School
Warwick Grange
Meat and Farm Products Market Opens on Main Street
Be. F. Lutz announces a new meat market to open in the old moving picture house on Main Street. The venture will operate Saturday afternoons and evenings with farmers and a fruit seller invited to bring produce. He expects housewives will approve the plan as a better marketing method.
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BE. F. Lutz
Moving Picture House
Main Street
Multiple Cars Catch Fire in Sunday Vehicle Incidents
A Chevrolet driven by Barton Sharp caught fire while en route to his parents north of town. The cave became a total wreck as gun shells exploded around the vehicle. Frank Rader’s Ford also burned and his attempts to quell the blaze failed until the top was removed. Solomon Strohm’s car on East Main Street caught fire, but a nearby extinguisher quickly stopped the flames.
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Barton Sharp
Frank Rader
Frank
Solomon Strohm
East Main Street
Prices Soar As Potatoes Jump At Warwick House Sale
Seven hundred four articles were offered at the Warwick House Sale on Saturday. Potatoes near planting season caused a notable price rise alongside apples and other items. Highlights include fifty three pigs at 5.45 to 17.85, 140 bushels of apples at 0.75 to 2.85, 62 bushels potatoes from 1.05 to 3.65, 160 brooms 0.40 to 0.60, 200 pairs of hose 0.08 to 0.11, and a rifle at 6.50 among a diverse set of goods.
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Warwick House
House Built 140 Years Ago Razed on East Main Street
A log weather-boarded house built in 1786 on East Main Street, owned by Harry Z. Erb, was razed last week. Logs are white oak a foot thick, plastered chinks, hand made hinges, and old nails. The site will be used as a driveway to Mr. Erb’s garage. The property passed through several occupants including Timothy Grosh and the Barhmanns.
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East Main Street
Harry Z. Erb
Eric
Timothy Grosh
Barhmans
Frederick
Lititz Seeks Best Band in County Growth Hope
A Lititz music lover urged the borough to nurture a top county band through strong support and new instructors. He warned the current talent pool needs development or the band could fade in coming years.
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Lititz
Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
Lovers of wild life are out in search of the early wild flowers. Botany is now taught in school and scholars are required to get specimens and classify them. They are thus taught to know something about wild flowers and where to find them, an advantage that scholars some years back never had.
Faster Reading Express schedule announced between Lancaster and Reading
A. T. Dice Jr of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad announced a faster schedule between Lancaster and Reading. The new fast train will take one hour and ten minutes, with a 8:11 departure from Lancaster and an 8:42 PM departure from Reading. Arrival in Lancaster will be 9:52, about five minutes earlier. No full timetable was received locally, but the changes will be slight. Daylight saving time begins April 25 but not on this branch.
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A. T. Dice, Jr
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Lancaster
Reading
Centennial memories and local plans from Lititz region
The long retrospective piece notes Philadelphia’s centennial, anticipates the Sesqui centennial surpassing it, and reports Lititz residents planning trips to Philadelphia. It recounts the centennial bar on the Miss Vicksburg, a canal link to Vicksburg, and a parlor organ once owned by Pfautz family. It details a county dispute over auto theft detective costs, Harold Rohrer’s costly lesson from hiring a Pinkerton, and a thief’s multi state pursuit. It ends with a farmer selling a dressed chicken to a city bride who later found it full of eggs.
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Philadelphia
Lititz
Miss Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Ohio
Harold Rohrer
Ephrata
Pinkerton
Maine
Rohrer
Turnpike and Traction Mull Toll Road Sale Terms
The Lancaster and Lititz turnpike may be freed as Conestoga Traction Company and Turnpike Company negotiate a sale. They propose dividing any purchase price between the two firms in proportion to net income, based on the Traction Company’s 10 year average, to be approved by June 1. Public over-valuation must be avoided.
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Lancaster and Litrtz
Conestoga Traction Company
Pike
R. Zimmerman
Council For the Utilities
Turnpike Company
Traction Company
Pennsylvania
Pike Company
Reading Express Hits Auto at East Petersburg Crossing
Two elderly men in a small coupe were struck by the Reading Express at East Petersburg crossing Saturday night. Jonas Nissley aged 76 of Landisville was killed. his companion Daniel Forrey, 70, owner and driver, was badly injured and taken to Lancaster General Hospital in critical condition. The crash occurred about 9:48 PM as they returned from Lititz. The engine plowed into the car, wreckage scattered, train crew lifted the victims from an embankment. Nissley died on arrival. Forrey remained delirious but conscious. The engineer blew the whistle, but visibility or hearing may have contributed. A broken water pipe and damaged locomotive steps resulted from the wreck. Funeral services for Nissley were held. burial in the Mennonite cemetery. He survived by several sisters and children including D H Nissley and R H Nissley.
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Reading
East Petersburg
Jonas R. Nissley
Landisville
Daniel Forrey
Lancaster General Hospital
Forrey
Eli Garber
Frank Eby
Lititz
Mr. Nissley
Nissley
Ferry
General Hospital
Lancaster
Landisvile
Anna Stehman
Amos Shelly
Joy
W. B. Rohrer
Ellen Nissley
D. H. Nissley
R. H. Nissley
Christian
York
Jonas
Harvey
Hiam
Benjamin Kendig
Salunga
Hion Nissley
Federal tobacco probe eyed for Lancaster County
A systematic investigation of the tobacco situation in Lancaster County is planned by federal agriculture experts. An appropriation of 67,000 dollars to fund research was approved by the Senate after favorable action in the House.
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Lancaster County
Department of Agriculture
United States Senate
House
Dandelion Pickers Active in the Country
Dandelion pickers have roamed the countryside gathering the green used in homes and wine. Spring's arrival brings many searching for dandelions including men women and children selling by the box. Children roam neighborhoods peddling quality fruit, with prices varying accordingly.
Women Aid Lititz Fire Company Form New Auxiliary
A women’s auxiliary to the Lititz Fire Company was organized at the fire hall with twenty five members. Officers elected: President Mrs J F Stoner Vice President Mrs J L Hertz Secretary Mrs Victor Wagner Treasurer Mrs E E Habecker. Executive board includes several members and a constitution committee was named. Annual Fire Company Festival set for June 12 preparation noted.
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Lititz
J. F. Stoner
J. L. Hertz
Victor Wagner
E. E. Habecker
L. &. Reedy
Henry Heiserman
Emory Wagner
Alice Fasnacht
N. G. Bachman
Fasnacht
Bachman
Beckler
C. H E. Regennas
Fire Company
New York Artist Visits Boyhood Haunts
New York artist and his wife Mr and Mrs Hubley visited town this week. Hubley’s father once ran Hubley Novelty Works at Lancaster. As a boy the visitor spent summers on Tobias Martin’s Kissel Hill farm recalling many incidents. He now works as an artist in New York.
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Hubley
New York
Mr. Hubley
Lancaster
Tobias Martin
Kissel Hill
Blazing Cat Causes Fire at Oyster Points Farm
A cat, its fur soaked in burning oil, started a late Monday blaze at a farm near Oyster Points southwest of Petersburg. The fire destroyed a barn, three other buildings, and smaller sheds, inflicting about 15000 dollars in damages. Fire units from nearby towns fought the flames but could not save the structures.
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Oyster Points
Petersburg
Be Kind To Animal Week Dog Bites Milkman
During Be Kind To Animal Week a German police dog bit milkman Dick Graybill in the hip while delivering milk at Linden Hall early Sunday. Dr M H Yoder treated the nasty wound. Graybill believes the slogan should be reversed.
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Dick” Graybill
Linden Hall
M. H. Yoder
Lititz High School presents The Charm School play tonight
The Senior Class of Lititz High School will stage The Charm School this evening with Tierbert Longenecker and his Brunswick Orchestra providing music for the entertainment.
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Lititz High School
Tierbert Longenecker
Brunswick Orchestra
Travelers Near and Far
W H Buch traveled to Philadelphia on business. Many locals visited relatives in Hershey Kutztown Emmaus and Robesonia. Families returned from Florida and New York trips while others attended a funeral in Berks county. The page details numerous residents visiting cities and attending events.
Rail crossing tragedy recalled in Easter memories
Mr and Mrs Russell Cardell and their child visited Mr and Mrs Harry Z Erb on East Main. Mrs Cardells sister was killed in a railroad crossing accident near East Petersburg three years ago in which Erbs son died while home from State College on Easter vacation.
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Russel Cardell
Shamokin
Harry Z. Erb
East Main Street
Hospitalizations and injuries across Lancaster area
Miss Florence Seldomridge and Mrs. Katie Enck are at General Hospital for treatment. Horace D. Grube, Emanuel Grube’s son, is in St Joseph's Hospital with a nervous breakdown. Miss Miriam Russell of Moyers Drug Store underwent appendicitis surgery at Lancaster General Hospital. Mrs. Fran eig Ammon, widow of Peter Ammon, is at St Joseph's Hospital. Mrs. Ammon fell at the Moravian Home before Easter. x rays showed a hip fracture but no serious injury.
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Florence Seldomridge
Katie Enck
Horace D. Grube
Emanuel Grube
Boro
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Nerous
Miriam Russell
Moyers Drug Store
Lancaster General Hospital
Franeig Ammon
Peter Ammon
Lancaster
Amamon
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Council Chamber
Alvin Ohle
Broad Street
B. Risser
North Broad Street
Tle
Ralph Spacht
Monterey Lodge
Elser Gerhart
Martin Moore
South Broad Street
Hershey Seaman & Co
W. S. White
E. K. Zartman
Giym
Brunnerville School
Odd Fellows Lodge
S. A. Heisey
United Evangelical Church
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Robert Pfautz
Manheim
Elizabeth Becker
John Ensminger
Reading Flyer
Daniel Ferry
Animal Week
W. H. Buch
Philadephia
B. F. Grosh
Hershey, Pa
Mrs
D. A. Long
Emaus
Mary Piersol
Danville, Pa
E. L. Garber
George Keehn
Ruth
Kutztown
Mrs. M. S. Hess
Florida
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Florin
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Robesonia
Berks County
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Philadelphia Record
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W. H. Buck
Elmer and
Paul Beck
Beck Brothers
Helen Kreider
Water Lilly
New York City
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Florence Hensel
Wisconsisco
Dauphin County
Curtis Hensel
Herbert Marks
Pittsburgh
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Stephen Eberly
Delco Lighting Plant System
Dayton
Leon Lutz
Stone Harbor
N. J
Mr. Lutz
Joseph Dreifus
Percy Dreifus
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