Local Lancaster items note meetings sales and small feats
Jurors Fasnacht and Carper served in Lancaster this week. The Moravian Sewing Society hosts a straw liberry festival on Saturday June 12. Big trout remain elusive as anglers report few catches. Pfantz Bros move offices to the second floor to expand display space. Wayne Gantz finds money in town. loser can claim it by proving property. Roy Himmelberger offers poultry orders for Saturday delivery. R J Kofroth installs electric lights around Bushong mill. An auto on South Broad street dropped a rear lamp crossing Lemon street. the finder may claim it at J F Ruth’s home. The Roebuck memorial fountain opens for spring and summer. Parent-Teacher Association meets Saturday at two. Wilson Gibbes clears out saddlery stock. repairs continue. Alice and Edna Zook host about 30 guests with luncheon. Brobst of Springs Hotel receives shad and frogs from Baltimore. boarders well provided. Eggs price 18–20 cents per dozen at Lancaster market. Hess sisters improve their East Main Street home with porch, fence removal, new cement, and trees. Donovan Co displays clothing at Springs Hotel this afternoon. Frank Hacker presides. In court, George Gerlitzki pleads guilty to felonious entry. sentence suspended. Last Thursday opening trout season sees anglers out. Roy Long shows a 14-inch catch. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fasnacht
John Carper
Lancaster
Moravian Sewing Society
Church Square
Pfantz Bros
Stote
Wayne Gantz
East Main Street
Roy Himmelberger
R. J. Kofroth
South Broad Street
Lemon Street
J. F. Ruth
Roebuck Memorial
Man and Beast
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Wilson Gibbes
Saddlery
Main Street
Alice
Edna Zook
Charles H. Brobst
Springs Hotel
Baltimore
Lydia
Selinda Hess
Donovan Co
Frank Hacker
George Gerlitzki
Lititz, Manheim and Ephrata Gas Company
Gerlitzki
Dr. D. A. Long
Roy
Longenecker
Bursting Waterback Causes Kitchen Fire At Dr Martin Home
A waterback burst at Dr D C Martins kitchen range on South Broad street last Friday. Hot coals scattered as water flooded the floor and burned carpet and oilcloth while the family remained seated at dinner. Dr Martin quickly extinguished small blazes. firemen were not summoned. Loss estimated at about $30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Martin
South Broad Street
Dr. Martin
Martin
Tarvia To Be Applied Next Week On Main Streets
Town council plans to apply tarvia dust preventives on the main streets and areas deemed necessary. Work crews repair streets with macadam as the representative from the tarvia firm is expected to return later this week. Authorities had not set a firm start date, but council members said application would begin next week.
Building boom eyed in Lititz and nearby towns this summer
Construction activity is rising with several new homes planned or underway in Lititz and surrounding areas. Alya Leigh hires Keath Planing Mill for a two story brick house on East Main, while Hershey Lehman builds three brick houses on East Front and a frame home on Broad Street. Additional frame houses are planned for Orange Street and Kissel Hill, with materials supplied by W H Muth Co and Long Co. Other projects include a barn at Lexington and a garage for a new Chevrolet, plus a warehouse addition by William Weitzel and more homes in Neffs ville Oregon Manheim and nearby locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Keath Planing Mill Company
Alya Leigh
East Main Street
W. B. Oehme
Hershey-Lehman Company
East Front Street
Broad Street
Ira Brenner
W. H. Muth & Co
Barbara Bomberger
Orange Street
Warwick
Henry Stauffer
Kissel Hill
Albert Shenk
John Enck
Brickerville
Henry 5
Rules
Penryn
Neffsville
Oregon
Manheim
Joseph Royer
Lexington
Henry Rollman
William M. Weitzel
Lititz Union Picnic Set For August 12 At Spring Grounds
Representatives from United Evangelical United Brethren Reformed St Paul s and St James Lutheran Sunday schools of Lititz held a meeting and decided on a union picnic for Thursday August 12 at the local Spring grounds. Last year’s inaugural event was a grand success and organizers expect a similar outcome this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Evangelical
United Brethren, Reformed
St. Paul’s
St. James
Death Notice for Mrs J G Usner of Rothsville
Last summons announces the death of Elizabeth W Usner wife of Jefferson G Usner at Rothsville on Friday morning April 16 after a year long illness She was 68 years 2 months and 12 days old She is survived by her husband and one son Joseph and several brothers and sisters Funeral services were held at her home and interment followed in Rothsville Lutheran Cemetery conducted by Rev J W G Hershey of Lititz
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth W
Jefferson G. Usner
Rothsville
Mrs. Usner
Joseph Hess
Joseph
Barbara
Jacob Ritter
Owl Hill
Sarah
Henry L. Hess
Oregon
Emma
Frank S. Musser
Michael
Lititz
Abram
Kissel Hill
Usner
Rothsville Lutheran Cemetery
J. W. G. Hershey
Sudden Deaths Touch West Donegal and Mountville Areas
Christian G Snyder of West Donegal died suddenly from heart neuralgia last Thursday evening. He was about sixty, Mennonite, and survived by wife Susan Flory and two sons Paris and Simon, with siblings and other relatives. Mrs Ellen Burrows of Mountville NY died of apoplexy at 71, leaving husband David and nine children. funeral attendance noted in Mountville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian G. Snyder
Deaths of Curtis Miller and Reading Deputy Fire Marshal Wunder
Curtis Miller of Ephrata dies at 79 from paralysis at his daughter's home. He leaves two children and a sister, with funeral services held at the Lutheran church in Ephrata and interment in Brickerville cemetery. Reading Deputy Fire Marshal William W. Wunder dies after being struck by a car. driver Joseph Rohtermel of Leesport detained. Wunder, a longtime Firemen’s Association secretary, died during brain surgery after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Miller
Ephrata
B. F. Zuch
Main Street
Miller
Lincoln
Wayne Miller
Hiram Fry
Lutheran Church
Brickerville
William W. Wunder
State Firemen’s Association
Harrisburg
Reading
Wunder
Joseph Rothermel
Leesport
Fire Department
New Linden Hall Principal Chosen From Canal Dover
Rev Frank W Stengle will become Linden Hall Seminary principal succeeding Rev E S Hagen. Stengle, 40, past five years at Canal Dover Moravian church, arrives in July with wife Mrs Stengle. Hagen to devote time to rapidly growing Moravian church. board and Provincial Elders Conference approved the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Hagen
Frank W. Stengle
Canal Dover
Ohio
Linden Hall Seminary
Hagen
Linden Hall
Stengle
Bethlehem Church
Moravian College and Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
Lititz
Philadelphia vault maker may create Lititz industry
A Young Men's Business League committee inspected the Stiffel Freeman Company plant in Philadelphia to study a proposed Lititz industry. The firm, 30 years in business, is a leading vaults safes and filing devices maker with few U.S. competitors. A four member committee visited Philadelphia and will report soon. many citizens have pledged capital for the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Business League
Stiffel- Freeman Co
Philadelphia
Lititz
Stiffel-Freeman Company
Robert E. Smith
United States
Messrs
J. H. Breitigan
G. G. Diehm
Ih. J. Pierson
F. €. Dengate
League
No. 18 Washington Square Farce Tickets Go Fast
Tickets for the three act farce No. 18 Washington Square began at Habecker's bookstore and are selling well. Proceeds go to the Chautauqua Guarantors' Association to support Chau tauqua in Lititz this summer. The show invites public attendance Saturday evening. William Vetter and family noted local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Square
Habecker’s
Chautauqua Guarantors’ Association
Lititz
Travelers Near and Far Move To and Fro
The column lists numerous visits and travels of residents and former residents. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Wm Mathers in Columbia, E L Garber to New York, Ada Schnerer to Richland, and many others visiting Lancaster, Philadelphia, Reading, and Harrisburg. Also notes returning students and church events.
Warwick Township Names Superintendent for Public Schools
Prof. Arthur Mylin, former Rothsville High principal, elected to the new Warwick Township public school superintendent post. He will visit each of the 18 schools several times monthly to supervise and improve pupil grading and overall operations while Rothsville High remains under his charge with an assistant during inspections. The move, supported by the school directors, aims to raise educational standards and consistency across the township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick Township
Arthur Mylin
Rothsville
Prof
Mylin
Rethsville
Franklin and Marshall College
Rothsville High School
Warwick
Colony of Kittens Thrives on Albert Shenk Farm
In a barn near town two miles west, a nest of sixteen kittens from three litters flourishes under constant care from three mother cats. The kittens, one to two and a half weeks old, feed from any of the mothers and share a single preferred birthing spot. Mr. Shenk plans to keep all the pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Shenk
Mr. Shenk
Lutz Family Band Delights Lancaster Campaign Audiences
The Lutz Family band performed at Lancaster First M. E. Church and later at the tabernacle during the Stough campaign events. Prof. D. Spooner praised the quartet of young performers for their unique talent and early musical development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutz
Lancaster
M. E
Stough Campaign
Tabernacle
D. Spooner
Cigar Factory Reverts to Five Day Week in Lancaster
Jacob Herzog superintendent at Kmport cigar plant restarts five day workweeks this week after months of four day schedules. The move mirrors recent Lisenlohr factory restarts and signals a boom in Lancaster County cigar business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kmport
Jacob Herzog
Lisenlohr
Lancaster County
Two Bands Selected For Springs Fourth Celebration
The Springs Fourth committee met last Thursday and decided to hire two bands for the July fifth celebration. Beck's Concert band is confirmed while a second band is yet to be chosen. Ringgold band of Reading could not be secured as Reading's ensemble already has a booking. Tyrell's band of Lebanon, rising as a top state act, is being contacted. Prof Tyrell leads the Carlisle Indian School band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springs
Carlisle
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H. C. Couch
Ellen Burrows
David Burrows
Mountville
N. Y
Burrows
New York State
Auto
Doster
William Vetter
John Vetter
Market Street
Lancaster General Hospital
Horace E. Sturgis
Sturgis
Henry C. Sturgis
Grippe
Jonas Hess
Jacob Walter
Walter
Wm. Mathers
Columbia
E. L. Garber
New York
Mies Ada Schnerer
Richland
Lebanon County
Allen W. Zug
Janet Boch
Grace ‘ Saunders
Caroline Grosh
Estella
Martha Delbo
Charles C. Schmidt
Mary Snavely
Frank H. Wagner
Milton L. Haag
J. B. Haag
Frank Muth
Elizabethtown
Anna Muth
Myerstown
W. H. Mui
Mary Ellen
New Ringgold
Schuylkill County
Sherman Chronister
Justus W. Yerger
Horace
H. R. Gibbel
Henry Nies
Church of the Brethren
Joseph Wissler
Harvard Law School
Cambridge
Mass
James Sesseman
Geo. L. Hepp
I. E. Deer
Homer Furlow
Cuthbert
Mary Neal
Harvey Buffenmyer
West Orange Street
J. A. Stultz
Mabelle
Christ Stultz
George Resch
Mildred Bastian
Marietta
F. B. Buch
Joseph W. Baker
State of
Kansas
Martha J. Derr
Bomberger
Harry McCloud
McCloud
Frank Thropp
Herreld
Trenton
N. J
Marjorie
Charles Brown
C. Seaber
Charley
Seaber
Doster’s
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