Lititz School Tax Rate May Be Raised
The Lititz school board discussed an expected increase in the local school tax rate after last night’s meeting. Details were not fully revealed but more information is anticipated by next week as discussions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
M. C. Demmy
H. B. Baughey
Manheim Township
G. BR. Saylor
Elizabethtown College
Anna K. Miller
Amy L. Book
Hazel Bentzel
N. O. Wertrean
Anne M. Eddy
Nelda Spatz
Carcery Enek
Elizabeth Garber
Miss Garber
Lancaster Firemen Meet in Honey Brook Gathering
About 75 firemen from Lancaster County stations attended the Chester County Firemen's Association meeting in Honey Brook. Frank Soule reported county activities and Samuel F. Andes spoke while a Getz farm fire near East Petersburg flared nearby. A movie and luncheon followed.
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Lancaster County Firmen’s Relief Association
Chester County Firemen’s Association
Honey Brook
Lititz
Frank Soule
Chester County
Samuel F. Andes
East Petersburg
Andes
Getz Farm
Knights of Malta to Confer Degree in Lititz Tonight
The Lititz Lodge of Knights of Malta will confer a degree this evening in the Lodge rooms with Lancaster's fine degree team in charge using the new ritual. The team that was here last week will appear at the state convention in May in Harrisburg. A luncheon follows. Next Thursday night candidates will be prepared for the final degree in Lancaster on Monday April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Adams
C. M. Snavely
Paul
J. BR. Buchman
H. Light
United Brethren Church
Avon
Lebanon County
BE. S. Crosland
Lititz
Dallas
Texas
Holtzhouse
Iculz
W. H. Hartzle
Congregational Evangelical Church
Shamokin
John McCloud
Arthur Adams
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
N. J
North Broad Street
Victor Yading
E. K. Adams
Henry B. Gibbes
Florence Gibbel
Huntingdon
Juniata College
Emerson Colot
Public Rarvies Commission
Knights of Malta
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Hershey and Cammauf Wed in Lititz Beauty Parlor
Abram R Hershey and Catherine B Cammauf were married by Elder J W G Hershey at the home of Elder Hershey in Lititz Pennsylvania. The couple will reside at 127 East Main Street Lititz and operate a beauty parlor there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W.W. G. Hershey
South Broad and
Third Streets
Lititz
Abram R Hershey
Catherine B. Cammauf
Brownstown
J. W. G. Hershey
East Main Street
Firemen Attend Southeastern Association Meeting
Members of the Lititz Fire Company travel to McSherrystown Adams County for the Southeastern Firemen's Association quarterly business meeting. The association includes members from seven counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Company
McSherrystown
Adams County
Southeastern Firemen’s Assciation
Junior Class Play Tonight at High School Auditorium
The senior class comedy Peg O My Heart will be practiced tonight in the high school auditorium. A large audience is expected to attend.
Church Notes: Accapella Chorus to Perform at St John’s Brickerville
The Accapella Male Chorus of EH Petersburg will sing a program at St John s Lutheran Church Brickerville Sunday evening at 7 30. The note lists parts of a prior service including scripture, prayers, and talks by Roy G Myers and Levi Hershey with junior choir music and a reading on Rev H F Shupe by E Showers. The Holy Name Society of St James Catholic Church met at William Klunk s home with twelve members present and planned church repairs.
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Accapella
EH. Petersburg
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Brickerville
Christian Endeavor
U. i
Mary Sturgis
Soveiety
Roy G. Myers
O. T. Deever
Kathryn Gibbes
Levi C. Hershey
E. Union
Rev
H. F. Shupe
Uncle Harry
E. Showers
Holy Name Society of
Alumni Association Spelling Bee Planned in Lititz High
The Alumni Association of Lititz High School will host a spelling bee in the high school auditorium on Tuesday night, April 30 at 8 PM. A general program includes a second class in general information taught by an out of town presenter, plus special music and a short play. The Schnitzelbank Quartette is expected to perform a fine musical program. a large turnout is anticipated. Porch and window awnings advertised by Pfantz Bros. Dept. Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association of
Lititz’High School
Schnitzelbank Quartette
Commerce Chamber Discusses Merger In Lititz
In what may be the last meeting of the present body, 48 members of the Lititz Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Keath Planing Mill Company offices. The proposed merger with the Young Men's Business League was unofficially agreed and officially accepted by the Chamber, awaiting final approval at a May 7 meeting of the Business League. The charters are identical and the merger is seen as beneficial to Lititz as it would continue work for new industries and local betterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Keath Planing Mill Company
East Front Street
Chamber
Young Men’s Business League
Business League
Coreree
Lititz
Potatoes at Kissel Hill Auction Hit Low Price Point
At Kissel Hill Inn the Sixth Bi-Weekly Community Sale offered 180 bushels of potatoes at 5 to 30 cents a bushel, drawing large crowds. Roy Himmelheber oversaw sales with about 1060 attendees and total receipts near $2609 from 720 lots including cows, pigs, appliances, furniture, and produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kissel Hill Inn
Roy Himmelherser
Poland
China
Linden Hall Sophomore Play Honors Linden Hall Leader
The Linden Hall gym hosted the sophomore play The College Cut Up on Monday under Miss Susan Kauffman. She received a bouquet from the class. helper Jean Hatchkiss also received a gift. Rev. and Mrs. Edge of Lancaster spoke at vesper service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Susan Kauffman
Jean Hatchkiss
Walter W.edge
First Presbyterian Church
Lancaster
Drinkwater
Elizabeth Liebfried
Philadelphia
F. W. Stengel
Open House Draws Thousands to Keller Bakery Tour
About 1800 people attended the open house at A. B. Keller’s bakery on Tuesday through Thursday evenings. Guests observed the modern bakery operations for the first time and toured the facility with interest.
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A. BR. Keller
Keller
Moravian Glee Club to Perform in Linden Hall Gym
The Moravian College Glee Club from Bethlehem Pa will give a Saturday night concert at 8 in Linden Hall gym under the Ushers' Association. The program features two Lititz members Richard Snyder and Robert Longenecker and Ed Mickey. A Sunday service includes a student preacher and a 2 pm College Band sacred concert in the Tabernacle building. Admission 59 cents, under 15 25 cents, silver offering accepted. tickets available from Ushers committee members.
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Moravian College and Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
Linden Hall Gymnasium
Ushers’ Association of the
Moravian Church
Glee Club
Lititz
Richard Snyder
Robert Longenecker
Mickey
E. S. Grosland
College
Tabernacle Building
Alfred ‘Douple
Paul Bomberger
Albert Pierson
Thomas Waddell
Lloyd Smith
Guy Wallace
New Holland
Archie Snyder
Sondersburg
Jacob R. Bachman
Alfred Snyder
Richard Gingrich
Robert
Pottstown
J. R. Bachman
John Earhart
Edgar Sturgis
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lancaster
Robert Bassett
George Zellers
Harold Lashmit
Maurice Talley
Moravian College
J. F. Longenecker
Gettysburg
Chicken Thieves Steal 60 Birds Near Here
Thieves used wind and rain Tuesday night to raid a Lititz area chicken house north of the Zion Home, taking 60 Rhode Island Reds from Clayton M. Brubaker. State Police investigate as similar thefts swirl through the district around Ephrata Quarryville Mt. Joy and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Rhode Island
Clayton M. Brubaker
Zion Home
Mr. Brubaker
Shaeffer Brubaker
Ephrata
Thelves
Mt. Joy
Quarryville
Shirk Herd Average Reported in Tests
The first two herd averages for Pennsylvania purebred Holsteins under the Herd Test plan are A Mc Cauley New Bethlehem and John H Shirk Lititz. Mc Cauley averaged 8990 pounds milk with 338.2 pounds butterfat from two milkings daily. Shirk averaged 9112 pounds milk with 228.9 pounds butterfat from 23.5 purebred Volstein cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
A. McCauley
New Bethlehem
John H. Shirk
Lititz
McCauley
Shirk
Volstein
Aid Hospital drive by Lititz auxiliary calls for canned goods
The Lititz Auxiliary of Lancaster General Hospital will dispatch two trucks and Boy Scouts to canvass the town on Monday afternoon for canned fruits jellies groceries or items for the cause. If not home or missed, call Mrs. Sara Jenkins or Mrs. Lydia Seaman on Tuesday to arrange a pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lancaster General Hospital
Sara Jenkins
Lydia Seaman
Miss Hazel Meiskey To Graduate Therapist From Philadelphia School
Miss Hazel E Meiskey of Lititz will graduate from the Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy tomorrow. She has accepted a position as Occupational Therapist at the Retreat Hospital Retreat Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel E. Meiskey
Lititz
Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy
Retreat, Hospital
Retreat
Fire Company adds catcher and pitcher as season nears
Baseball prospects for the Fire Company grow brighter with a first class catcher signed and left hander Al Eberly named pitcher. Letters are sent to arrange a schedule with fast teams in the section. Manager Scheneberger conducts skull practice as the team prepares to hit the field soon. Also promoting the Chilton Fountain Pen at Scott's Book Store with doubled ink capacity for the same price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Company
al Eberly
Scheneberger
Chilton
Scott's Book Store
Ady
Suspect Held in Large Farm Fire on Harrisburg Pike
State Police arrested Rufus Castells after neighbors and Mr. Haines identified him leaving the Rohrer Getz farm as a large barn, chicken house and tobacco shed burned on Saturday night. The blaze, near East Petersburg, destroyed the barn built during the Civil War and caused about 30000 in losses while 26 cows four calves six mules were saved and 100 chickens cremated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohrer Getz
Harrisburg Pike
East Petersburg
Rufus Castells
John Haines
Columbia R. D. 1
Getz
Haines
Castells
Odd Fellows to Attend Services at Middletown
Odd Fellows and their spouses and friends are invited to religious services at Middletown Home for the Aged on Sunday at 2 30. A sermon by Rev J C H Light and music by the Male Chorus will be featured. Autos with space are asked to call at the Hall by 12 30 for transport and a 12 30 rehearsal for past chorus members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wititz
Middletown
C. F
Towner
Recital At High School By Miss Bearinger Pupils
High School notes list pupils Gladys Hoover Doris Furlow Arlene Demmy Helen Peacock Lila Peacock Eloise Messikey Margaret Posey Dorothy Wonder Maud Bender in a Monday 6 o clock recital in the High School auditorium. Savings fund deposits total 67 58 this week. Agnes Hensel fourth grade room had 91 percent depositors. County exams for country pupils entering High School next year set for Saturday May 4 at 9 o clock in the High School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bearinger
Gladys Jane Hoover
Doris Furlow
Arlene Demmy
Helen Peacock
Lila Peacock
Eloise Messikey
Margaret Posey
Dorothy Wonder
Maud Bender
Agnes Hensel
Glee Club Concert and Operetta at High School
The Girls Glee Club of the High School presents its annual concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. A Grand Opera farce and the operetta In India by Paul Bliss highlight the program. Miss Benetta Burkier directs. reserved seats at Moyer's drug store Tuesday. admission 35 cents.
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India
Paul Bliss
Ganges
Moyer’s Drug Store
Benetta Burkier
Lititz Woman Miss Bessie Gingrich Dies at 49
Miss Bessie T. Gingrich of Lititz died Sunday at 6 South Broad Street from erysipelas after a two week illness. She was 49, daughter of Mary A. and the late Howard H. Gingrich, longtime Farmers National Bank official. A Manheim native, Royalist, voice teacher, and Moravian Church choir director, she lived in Lititz since 1901 and belonged to the King's Daughters and W C T U. Survived by her mother and brother Harry, services were private at 2 p.m. Tuesday from her home, with interment in Fairview Cemetery Manheim. Beck Bros. directors.
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Bessie T. Gingrich
Lititz
South Broad Street
Miss Gingrich
Howard H. Gingrich
Farmers National Bank
Manheim
Lancaster
Moravian Church
King’s Daughters
Mary A. Gingrich
Harry
Fairview Cemetery
Beck Bros
Charles Stengel
Lansdowne
Linden Hall
David Brian
Ladies’ Aid Society
St Paul’s Lutheran Church
L. L. Charles
Mt. Joy
R. E. Worley
P. Nolt
Bethel
Berks County
H. B. Bomberger
Henry Burger
Mahanoy City
Carl D. Huber
Isaac Wiker
Christian Wiker
Soudersburg
Harvey Krick
Lancaster General Hospital
Charles Gundrum
G. L. Calvert
Ruth Weicksel
D. H. Weicksel
Kirkwood
Curtis Hensel
Agnes
Mabel Leib
Lykens
Miles H. Orth
Mary Frances Orth
Harrisburg
Young
R. H. Worley
Carlisle
Benjamin Grosh
William Miller
Oliver Reen
Ham
Wm. B. Hornberger
Philadelphia
Samuel Seather
That City
Ed. Heidrick
John and Henry Moore
Reading
George Grunenberger
Tobias S Stehman Dies at 81 Near Manheim
Tobias S Stehman 81 died Tuesday night at his home 1% miles south of Manheim from illnesses of a year. He was a retired farmer and Brethren Church member. Survived by wife Mary and children Christ Barnhart Lititz R D 2 David Givler Manheim R D 1 Monroe Todd Manheim R D 5 James Ditzler Manheim Edgar Shuman Manheim Township Isaac Lancaster Harry Neffsville Tobias Jr Manheim and 29 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 190 at home and 2 at Kreiter Church with interment nearby. Beck Bros funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias H. Stehman
Manheim
Brethren Church
Mary Stehman
Christ Barnhart
Lititz
R. D
David Givler
Monroe Todd
James Ditzler
Edgar Shuman
Manheim Township
Isaac
Lancaster
Harry
Neffsville
Tobias, Jr
Kreiter’s Church
Beck Bros
Mrs Caroline Snyder Dies At 86 In Talmage Home
Mrs Caroline Snyder widow of Henry M Snyder age 86 died at her daughter Beata Raezer's home in Talmage at noon Sunday. She leaves one daughter and one granddaughter and a sister Mrs Walter H Buch of Lititz. Funeral services were held at the family home and at the Evangelical Congregational Church Brownstown, with burial in Brownstown cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Weidler Snyder
Henry M. Snyder
Beata
Samuel Raezer
Talmage
Walter H. Buch
Lititz
Evangelical Congregational Church
Brownstown
William R Fieles Dies At 68 In Lititz
William R Fieles 68 longtime Lititz resident died Monday at his home from heart disease after a period of ill health. He attended Lititz Academy and worked in a livery stable before entering hotel keeping. An avid gun sportsman and dog and pigeon enthusiast, he was an early subscriber to the Lititz Record and born in Warwick Township. The funeral is set for 2 PM at his late home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rodgers Fieles
Christiana
Lititz
Warwick Township
Manheim Dentist Dr Kendig Dies at 65
Dr John D Kendig a well known Manheim dentist died suddenly at his home yesterday morning He was 65 and survived by his wife and son John D Kendig The funeral will be Saturday at his late home with interment in Fairview Cemetery Manheim Beck Bros funeral directors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Kendig
Manheim
Fairview Cemetery
Beck Bros
Mrs Norman Longenecker Dies After Illness In Lancaster
Mrs Norman Longenecker age 33 of near Brunnerville died Saturday afternoon in General Hospital Lancaster from pneumonia after a short illness. Survived by her husband three children Hazel Mary Jane and Laverne her mother Mrs Mary Long and one more line continued on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Longenecker
Brunnerville
General Hospital
Lancaster
Hazel
Mary Jane
Laverne
Mary Long
Travel notes and social rounds in Lititz area
Local notices recount health scares hospital visits and recoveries. Mrs Roy Himmelberger is recovering from tonsillitis and Mrs Harvey Krick underwent an operation at Lancaster General Hospital. Many residents and visitors attend family gatherings, church events, or travels with several trips to Lancaster and nearby towns. Mother's Day cards are advertised at Scott's Book Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott’s Book Store
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Goncisely
Lancaster County Firemen
Hershey
Cammauf
Armstrong
Call Pfantz Bros. Dept
Aidy
Commerce Chamber
Kissel Hill
Tabernacle
Yo Aid Hospital
Odd Fellows
Tobias S. Stehman
Mrs
Caroline Snyder
William R. Fieles
J. D. Kendig
Roy Himmelberger
Sarah Bollinger
Paul Herr
Walter Sturgis
York
Harry Brubaker
Helen Albright
Roherstown
David Getz
Kathryn Wike
N. Cedar Street
Helen Beverly
W. Virginius Smith
Akron
D. A. Roth
Palmerton
Rev. Roth
Brickerville Lutheran Parish
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