Lititz area notes and incidents from a bygone week
A collage of town happenings includes a planned German walking vacation by Rodney Gilbert, a large Ideal Chocolate order, fresh market produce, and price snapshots. A trolley collision damages a Meiskey auto with no injuries, local homes and farms change hands, church and club activities unfold, and a bank closure raises town-wide rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Gilbert
Germany
Ideal
Chi Earloads Corona
H. S. Meiskey
Amos H. Bomberger
Ant T
Clayton KE
Mys
Garfield Gasztle
K. G HL
Satai
M M.S. Hess
Hagen
Carlisle
M. l. Yoder
LeRoy Howard
Oscar Toward
Elmer Heineman
Keller's Mountain
Aaron Leed
Lititz National Bank
Lititz Grammar School
Philadelphia
Brunnerville Boy Injured. Local Biz Partners Split
Reuben Keith, 14, fell from a chair in Brunnerville, fracturing a wrist bone and receiving care from Dr. Hertz. Sturgis and Kissinger, pretzel bakers, dissolve. Sturgis returns to former work, Kissinger options new venture. Town Lancaster telephone line damaged with pots down and wires broken between Neffs ville and Trancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben
Henry Keith
Brunnerville
Hertz
Sturgis and Kissinger
Bretzel Bakers
Sturgis
Mr. Kissinger
Town
Lancaster
Neffsville
Trancaster
Route Three Social Notes From Sun Bell to Lancaster
Me and Mrs Harry Gamber of near Sun Bell visited Norman Bucher Sunday. Mr and Mrs Arthur Frey of Lebanon were week end guests of Frey parents. Esther Ober called on Tinrence Frey. Richard Smith Grace Long Mary Dowman and Clarence Rhoads visited Glam ore who returned from the General Hospital Lancas ter. Clarence Rhoads and family called on Daniel Rhoads Petersburg, and children visited Paul Seagy near White Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gamber
Near Sun Bell
Norman Bucher
Arthur Frey
Lebanon
Esther Ober
Tinrence Frey
Richard Smith
Grace Long
Lancaster
Mary Dowman
Clarence Rhoads
Clarence
Samuel Long
Geo. Heckel
Manheim
Glamore
General Hospital
Daniel Rhoads
Petersburg
Paul Seagy
White Oak
New Shotgun Powder Promises Cleaner, Safer Loads
A scientific advance yields a powder for shotgun ammunition that minimizes barrel fouling and corrosion, preserves ballistic stability under storage, and loads uniformly. It ends the hunter’s need to worry about dampness or barrel damage, letting him focus on shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Meeting Well Attended by Lititz Sportsmen Group
The Lititz Sportsmen's Association held a regular business meeting at the Pa Hotel with 50 to 60 members in attendance. Enthusiastic reports were read and a card party at Park View last Thursday was a success, with plans for another event on Thursday the 26th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Sportsmen’s
Park View
Virginia Peaks Surpass Four Thousand Feet Elevation
A geographic note lists twenty nine Virginia summits rising above 4000 feet with varied elevations across the state's mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Chocolate Firms Continue Buying Milk From Farmers
The Hershey and Bachman Chocolate companies reversed orders to stop buying milk from Lancaster and nearby farmers. Klein Chocolate of Tigertown initially asked for milk delivery then refused it on Monday. Milk is being diverted to a cheese factory at New Holland as production scales up from 21,000 to about 44,000 pounds daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey and Bachman Chocolate Companies
Lancaster
Klein Chocolate Company
Tigabethtown
Klein Company
Rhce
New Holland
Nose Mmn
FR Cheese Chmar
Pennsylvania
In old Greece there were mythic road rhapsodies at Athens
Fragmentary note recalls ancient road rhapsodies in Athens and at the event at Eleusis. No clear names or dates are preserved in the readable text. The lack of concrete details limits specifics but indicates a link between mythic road traditions and city rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Greece
Atleigen
Athens
Synthetic camphor reshapes wartime chemistry
Science notes annual progress in synthetic camphor production. Natural camphor comes from trees in China and Japan, once owned by large Chinese holdings. Modern chemists created a substitute starting from an organic structure, enabling major supply from New Jersey plant if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Frere
New Jersey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ken
Lorace Bueh
J. W. G. Borshey
G. B. Barr
Coleman National Business Tepe
Menry Kautz
Caroline Hacker
Margie Lewis
Elizabethtown
Emanuel
John Ruth
Rothaville
J. M. Weidler
Rothsville
White Oak Church
Salt
Oregon
John &. Hosler
Speedwell Mount
Reading
Galle
Bomberger
Pennville
W. H. Muth & Co
Florsheim
Grube’s
State Milk Control Board
Fox
Advanta Cove
Sciensce Wonger
A. S. Sharp's
Duke Street
Maine
Green Mountains
Baby Chicks Poultry and Bee
Groff
Duke ST. Lancaster, PA
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