Lititz News Briefs Span Births and Local Happenings
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Fred Brackbill last Wednesday and a daughter to Mr and Mrs William Oehme on Monday. The Love One Another Circle of Kings Daughters meets next Tuesday April 21. William Phillips of Philadelphia bought the Linden street bungalow from Owen Hershey. Francis Huber joined the Church of the Brethren by immersion. An employer on Main Street runs a late night operation. it is not a doctor's office. O H Smith of the Red Lion Sun visited Lititz. circulation rose from 400 to 1900 since his editorship. Eberly fights a land tract on South Cedar street. a new double framed house is planned. Flowers in Moravian cemetery are damaged and pulled up. arrests may follow. Mrs Howard Bollinger took 30 schoolchildren to Lebanon pumping station and back, rain soaking the trip but they enjoyed lunch and shelter at Thad school house. Lititz Auxiliary donations to Lancaster General Hospital are listed in kind and cash gifts. It’s the Same Old Story notes, and schoolyard lore follows. General Clean Up Week urged April 12 with a day by day plan from Street Day to Junk and Truck Days and final Put in Order Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brackbill
William Oehme
Kings Daughters
William Phillips
Philadelphia
Linden Street
Owen Hershey
Francis Huber
Dendron
Church of the Brethren
Main Street
O. H. Smith
Red Lion Sun
Lititz
Smith
D. B. Eberly
South Broad Street
South Cedar Street
Andrew Gochenour
Eberly
Howard Bollinger
Bell Telehone
Lebanon
Thad
Krick
Lancaster General Hospital
Ella Eshleman
R. OQ. Melzer
Long Island
Lillian Miksch
Lancaster
Chas, Sturgis
A. E. Furlow
Atlee Burkholder
Ephrata
Arville
John
Benjamin Fass
New York
David Fass
Harry Jaynes
Joseph
H. B. Workman
Mary
G. Buch
Chambersburg
W. H. Buch
Norman Arntz
Lansdown
E. C. Ritchie
Martin Moyer
Mary Steiner
C. M. Bassford
East Port
Maryland
Lillie Rudy
Emma Grosh
Plainfield
N. J
C. W. Grosh
John Keehn
Roy Harnish
Hotel Esplanade Orchestra
Atlantic City
Harry Manns
Hazelton
Albert Manns
Shenandoah
E. M. Crouthamel
Souderton
Harry Burkfielder
Red Hill
Montgomery Co
William Stauffer
Charles Miller
Irvin Miller
Harry Yerger
Lincoln Avenue
Linn H. Nies
Reading
Nies
Roy Hassler
Bethlehem
C. Hassler
Hassler
Moravian College
Simon Miller
Katie
Beglerville
Adams County
Kirk
Reformed Church
Joseph Dougherty
Mechanicsburg
Dougherty
John W. Bitner
Jack
Quentin
Harrisburg
D. M. Weidner
Fred Habecker
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
B. EB. Habecker
Academy
Samuel Seather
W. B. Hornberger
Bernice Meiskey
Jennie Reedy
Herman
Elmer Kauffman
Elmer
Harry Reidenbach
Raymond Shott
Raymond Dillman
Paul Evans
Horace Yerger
I. W. Bobst
Dorothy
Harry Bobst
Priscilla
Arthur Biles
Brenton
Elmer Bobst
Wilton
Moore
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Bobst
Sammel Family Visitors Stay With Rev. Sammel
Mr and Mrs Anthony Sammel of Bedford Pennsylvania visit their son Rev W R Sammel and wife for the week. Fred Sammel brings them by car. Judge E P Miller and wife of Gettysburg also stay with the Sammel household as Mrs Sammel’s parents for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Sammel
Bedford
W. R. Sammel
Fred
Sammel
E. P. Miller
Gettysburg
Wedding Dinner Honor to Anna Fry Myers at Owl Hill
Entertained at a Sunday wedding dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Fry in Owl Hill for their daughter Anna who wed Mr. Avery Myers. Guests included families from Owl Hill Rome and near Lititz with names listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Fry
Owl Hill
Anna
Avery Myers
Mabel Fry
Monroe Shue
Esther
Monroe
Emma Huber
Mary
Helen
Landis
Henry
John
John Furlow
Douars
Grace
Jane
Rome
Albert Shenk
Ella
Edna
Irene
Amies
Lititz
Remarkable Double Egg Found On Hammer Creek Farm
Levi B Brubaker found a hen egg the size of a goose egg on his Hammer Creek farm. Inside was a perfectly formed yolk and white, plus another egg of normal size with a hard shell. Both eggs were broken open and appeared like ordinary eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi B. Brubaker
Hammer Creek
Former Lititz Boy Buys Crestwood Hotel in Poconos
Mt. Pocono couple Mr and Mrs William Walters have purchased the Crestwood hotel in Cresco Monroe county. The fifty room property sits on a ridge with views of Delaware Water Gap and covers seventy eight acres with an amusement hall two garages a cottage a barn a power house an ice house and full electrical equipment. Walters a former Lititz printer and Packard livery operator moved to Pocono four years ago seeking larger quarters and now plans to heat the main hotel and keep long hours. Pfantz Bros advertised porch awnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Walters
Mt. Pocono
Crestwood
Cresco
Pocono
Walters
Samuel Walters
Lititz
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Monroe County
Delaware Water Gap
Diehm Amendment Expands Lancaster County Road Miles
The omnibus bill signed by the Governor would build and maintain 1250 miles of highway with Lancaster County set to receive 48 miles, more than the 28 mile general allotment. Toll roads to Lititz may be freed within sixty days, and construction plans are unspecified though improvements may include straightening and widening routes from Lancaster to Brickerville as traffic and trade are projected to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
G.G. Diehm
Lititz
Lancaster
Lexington
Brickerville
Lebanon
Train hits Mrs. Peiffer at Cedar Street crossing
Mrs. Michael Peiffer, 60, of Lititz, was struck by a Philadelphia and Reading engine at the Cedar Street crossing Tuesday evening. She was rushed to Lancaster General Hospital with multiple fractures and head injuries. witnesses say the cowcatcher struck her head as she tried to cross against warning. The incident drew a large crowd at the depot and the train crew stopped promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Peiffer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Cedar Street
Peiffer
Reading
Peter Strohm
Operative Return of David R Pfautz after Cataract Surgery
David R Pfautz returned home Monday after a successful cataract operation. He will be fitted with glasses in three weeks. Lititz plans a National Music Week event with Gar den Spot Post No 56 American Legion presenting an Artists Revue on Wednesday night May 6 featuring many local vocal and instrumental artists in a single, all local program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Pfautz
Lititz
American Legion
The
Legion
Onion Seed Works For Scarce Sets
With onion set shortages many farmers plant onion seed instead. Thick sowing yields small onions by season end, then dried and stored as next year sets. Seed can produce mature onions if sown now with thin spacing. late sprouts may still appear. Local seed dealers report high seed sales and last year’s crop spoiled by weather at harvest.
Trolley Victim to Be Buried Here
Henry Skiles of Philadelphia was killed by a trolley on Belmont Avenue while crossing Westminster Avenue. He suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries and died an hour and a half later at Presbyterian Hospital. He was married to Stella Erb, sister of Thomas Erb of near Lititz. Services will be at the Moravian cemetery in Lititz tomorrow, April 17, at about 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Skiles
Philadelphia
Lititz
Henry B. Skiles
Belmont Avenue
Westminster Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Stella Erb
Thomas Erb
Moravian Cemetery
Fire Damages Light At Herbert Doster's Shoe Shop
A morning fire at Herbert Doster's shoe repair shop started in a stove flue and breached between roof and ceiling. Firemen arrived quickly, extinguished with a hose, and protected surrounding frame structures. Damage described as light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Doster
Base Ball Uniforms for Lititz Team Displayed This Week
Uniforms for the Lititz team of the county league are shown at Lancaster and will be displayed locally before week’s end. The white suits with a blue stripe feature caps bearing L above a shield and shirts with Lititz Springs text as an ad by Sturgis and Haines. The season opener is set for Saturday April 25 against Lancaster’s St Joenine, followed by a league start the next week. Denver games are planned for July 4. The Lititz squad appears stronger than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lancaster
Sturgis & Haines
St. Joenine
Denver
Live Topics of Lititz Discussed by Readers
Reader letters express longing for the home paper and note spring arrival in Kuchner Ontario Canada. Mentions missed issue, local building activity, sowing hot beds, gardening, returning birds, and signs of lasting spring. Mrs D B Betzener signs with best wishes.
Wild hound on trial turns out to be a white elephant in Lititz
A Lititz officer trials a Russian wolf hound that proves to be a large white elephant. The dog, 32 inches tall, behaves as if deaf when spoken to and exhibits strong affection for the officer's wife. Augustus Weasel, the legless man, is noted for his decades in the area. Local stream fishing declines as dams vanish, causing overcrowded waters. the Lititz Gun and Rod Club seeks fish stocking to prevent barren streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Birthday Anniversaries Noted on North and South Broad Streets
Mr. C. B. Risser of North Broad Street celebrates his 68th birthday on Wednesday April 15. Mr. Valentine Brobst of South Broad Street will reach his 33rd birthday on the 17th inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Risser
North Broad Street
Valentine Brobst
South Broad Street
Gibbes oratorical contest at public high school
The Gibbes oratorical contest was held in the high school auditorium with six students presenting history and English themes. Robert Gibbes won the history prize and Harold Ebersole the English prize, each receiving a five dollar piece while other contestants got a one dollar consolation prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbes
Esther Weber
Richard Snyder
Lancaster County
Robert Gibbes
Pennsylvania
Kathryn Fasnacht
Swift
Harold Ebersole
Reading
H. R. Gibbel
Reed Alexander
Perry
Neffsville
Burgard
Manheim
Alexander
H. B. Baughey
Jennie Buchter
Johnnie
America
Electrification of the Hammer Creek Pumping Station
A 200 horsepower motor and pump will be installed at the Lebanon pumping station along Hammer Creek for 6970 dollars. Once active, the plant can pump three million gallons daily versus two and a half million with the old steam pumps. Edison Electric Company of Lancaster won the contract to furnish power for the electrified plant. Construction will extend the line from Lititz to the pumping station at an estimated 80000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Hammer Creek
Edison Electric Company
Lancaster
Lititz
Myers Keeps Busy With April Real Estate Work
Interviewed this week Myers describes a packed April schedule including real estate settlements mortgage disbursements estate settlements and title work. He is known across the county for thorough title investigations and accurate property appraisals and is regarded as a town booster with a focus on action over talk.
Warwick House Sale Highlights Saturday Auction Totals
Warwick House sale recorded 1127 sales on Saturday with thirty five cows selling at 126 dollars and a range of other items including sixty one pigs four ducks and ten bundles of produce. The auction also featured fifty shirts forty brooms and eighteen hundred cigars among items offered. Pfautz Bros advertised shoes for ladies men and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Pfautz Bros
Easter visitors and residents share town hospitality
Easter week brings guests from Lancaster, Philadelphia, Chambersburg and New York. Local families hosted relatives and friends including the Fass, Grosh, Harnish, Dietrich and Grosh households while others attended services at St. Paul’s Lutheran church and the fortieth anniversary events.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Stengel
Linden Hall
Departments of Health, Welfare, Forests and Water Bureau
Littitz
Rev. W
Poconos
Delaware
Walter Gap
Pfantz Bros
Diehm
Esmeralda
Lititz High School
Samuel French
Bertha Fick
Laura Wike
Albert Leamen
Ernest Enck
Carl Spacht
Mabelle Stoltz
Violet Telter
Paul Young
Mary Pfautz
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Agnes Wolfe
Essie Wolfe
Linden Hall, Seminary
Record
Canada
D. B. Betzener Kuchner
Ont
Augustus Weasel
United Zion
Jow
Allentown
Spayd’s Mill
Myers
Warwick
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