Hikers Return From Ninth Trip To Western Coast
George Carr enlists in the U S Army heading to Honolulu. Jydia Graezer enters Hahannan Hospital as student nurse. Reading promotes a one day Niagara Falls excursion April 25 with Lititz round trip $7.50. Moravian church foreign missions contributions total $720.3. A Moravian S S hat mix up is fixable at 107 E Main. Mystic Chain lodge to transact special business Saturday evening with lunch. Odd Fellows remind arrivals for Lancaster trip by 7 PM Friday. Garden work continues amid cool weather. St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Bible Class pantry sale April 24 on Broad Street. Trout season opens with cold weather and scarce bait. Lititz to California tripers leave June 15 with $15, return with $15, and notable journeys across fourteen states and part of Mexico lasting nine months. They cite many jobs and encounters, from Wood River to Yellowstone, meeting Irvin Cobb and San Diego officials, noting high freight and cattle prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Denver
California
Clarence Burkholder
Lititz
San Diego
Irvin Cobb
Mexico
Wood River
Neh
Cheyenne
Wye
Cody
Yellowstone National Park
Elko
Newv
San Francisco
Banning
Cal
Imperial Valley
Young
Howard
Mohn
Joseph Mohn
Rothsville
Lititz High School
Cleveland
Ohio
Omaha
Nebraska
Moravian Ushers' League Banquet Draws Large Attendees
The Moravian church Usher's League banquet welcomed over a hundred attendees on Tuesday evening. A program featured Clarence Maharg's song and Lester Sesse man on violin. Speeches were delivered by S. C. Hassler Louis Huebener M. S. Hess and Paul Young. P. F. Snyder served as toastmaster and a luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Church
Clarence Maharg
Lester Sesseman
S. C. Hassler
Louis Huebener
M. S. Hess
Paul Young
P. F. Snyder
Thoughtful Observance for American Forest Week
American Forest Week emphasized to raise citizen awareness of forest conditions and restoration needs. President Coolidge and state governors issued proclamations. Edward Rudy will speak Friday on preventing and understanding forest fires in the High School auditorium. A fire tower near here drew 160 visitors this Sunday. names should not be written on tower property or fines may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Edward Rudy
Ephrata
Hear the Radiola. No outside wires. Howard S. Young.
Radiola demonstration advertises wireless receiver setup by Howard S. Young. No external wiring needed. Local readers invited to see the compact radio set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard S. Young
Woman's Auxiliary Making Progress at Lititz Fire Company
The Lititz Fire Company Women’s Auxiliary invites all town women to join with a 25 cent annual due. A districted canvass aims to recruit members even if they cannot be active. The next meeting at 7 pm Friday in the Fire Company Hall will review and adopt the constitution and by-laws.
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The
Lititz
Railroad Schedule Changes On Reading Branch
Starting Sunday a schedule change affects the Reading branch. Weekday trains to Reading run 5 17, 5 36, 1 35, 6 58 P M. To Lancaster 8 36 A M, 1 35, 7 16 and 9 27 P M. Additional Reading trains 8 01 A M and 4 35 P M. Lancaster trains 8 22 A M and 7 16 P M. Schedule card provided by W H Buch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Lancaster
W. H. Buch
Potatoes Sold At High Prices Spark Local Planting Push
Edard Heidrich received two carloads of seed potatoes and sold them at 44 dollars per bag. He has long urged farmers to grow more potatoes. At the Warwick House Sale selling prices rose to 3.65 dollars a bushel for eating stock. Some storekeepers, caught short, seek potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edard Heidrich
Heidrich
Warwick House
Lititz Band Revamp Promises New Life and Schedule
The Lititz Band reorganizes with C. C. Grim as president Joseph N. Mohn as secretary and manager Willis Gibbel as treasurer and Earl E. Landis of Landis Valley as leader. Landis to expand music study and lead a season with a new bass player and added youth. July 3 engagement booked with winter practice planned to recruit fresh talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
C. C. Grim
Joseph N. Mohn
Willis Gibbel
Earl E. Landis
Landis Valley
Landis
Rothsville
Basket of groceries disappears from store outing
Charles Long bought four baskets of groceries at Plantz Brothers on Saturday then stopped at Rudy's butcher shop. He left the basket outside and it vanished when he returned. Long is a tenant farmer on Dr.8 farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Long
Plantz Brothers
Rudy
Mrr. Long
Around Our Town on American Forest Week and Stove Pipe Woes
A civic note recalls American Forest Week urging respect for plants and property, warns that picking flowers or removing vegetation without owner consent is a crime. The column then humorously compares spring stove pipe repairs to fragile marriages and laments men’s patience failing under home maintenance.
WIS HOUSE ROBBED ON HILTON STREET
Thieves burglarized the home of Wm. B. Hornberger at 1230 Hilton Street Philadelphia on a Wednesday night last week. They stole $150 in cash, all gold jewelry, and a valuable diamond ring, totaling about $700. Entry was gained by prying a rear window while Mr. and Mrs. Hornberger were away from 7109 P. M. No clue has been found yet. Mr. Hornberger works for the Philadelphia Record and is well known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Hornberger
Hilton Street
Philadelphia
Hornberger
Lost articles returned through Record ads
A lost kodak advertised with a five dollar reward in the Record was found by H. W. Spacht and returned to the owner on Friday. A lodge insignia watch charm lost by Levi Mellinger was returned to the owner through a Record ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Spacht
Levi Mellinger
Sickness and injuries noted in local residents
Miss Amanda Rapp endures rheumatism at 8 Cedar Street. Morris Frederick is bruised and rib fractured after a horse kick but continues farm work. Frank Marks has been bedridden for over a week with blood poisoning and jaw stiffness, yet improves. Miss Miriam Russel, recently operated on at St Josephs Hospital, moves from critical condition toward recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Rapp
Cedar Street
Morris Frederick
Miriam Russel
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Four Deaths in Family Within Six Months
The Johannsen family suffered four deaths in six months after Mrs Herrhan Johannsen died. Earlier Mrs Agnes McCormick, then Mr and Mrs Johannsen's parents, and finally Mrs Johannsen passed away on Monday. The family moved to Philadelphia from Lititz and Mrs Johannsen fell ill while at Ernest Johannsen’s funeral in town and stayed with her son on Broad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrhan Johannsen
Agnes McCormick
Johannsen
Philadelphi
Lititz
Ernest Johannsen
Broad Street
Three Fires in Furnace Hills Warden Fires at Incendiaries
Fire Warden Ed Rudy fired at two incendiaries seen starting a blaze near Penryn Park as three forest fires swept Furnace Hills causing over a thousand acres burned and extensive property damage. Investigators weigh whether spite actions and automobile suspects sparked the blazes amid high winds and widespread labor mobilization.
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Furnace Hills
Penryn Park
Ed Rudy
Rudy
LeRoy Bare
Ephrata
Chevrolet Employees Enjoyed Fine Supper
Mrs J F Longenecker assisted by her son C Eugene surprised Mr Longenecker with a fifty person supper at the Lancaster sales headquarters. C Eugene spoke to the group while salesmen added remarks and Mrs Harry Long prepared a sauer kraut meal. Pink snap dragons and rat ions decorated the tables as Mr Longenecker arrived to music by the Brunswick orchestra. All guests expressed they had a wonderful time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Longenecker
C. Eugene
Mr. Longenecker
Lancaster
Harry Long
Longenecker
Brunswick
SHE LIKES THE FAR WEST
Miss Clara Fry of Tucson Arizona spent a week with Lititz friends and left for her far western home by early April. A Lititz native, she was warmly welcomed and shared tales of life in the west. She nurses the sick and values her health in Tucson but plans not to return east to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Fry
Tucson
Arizona
Staten Island
N. Y
Clara
West
Odd Fellows Turned Out Strong at Lititz Church
Seventy-one members of the Lititz Odd Fellow Lodge gathered at the United Evangelical church Sunday evening for a special sermon by Rev. 8. A. Heisey. The Odd Fellow Chorus sang two selections as Rev. Meisey preached on Real Happiness from First Thessalonians 5 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Odd Fellow Lodge
United Evangelical Church
A. Heisey
Odd Fellow
Meisey
Thessalonians
Sons of Light
Lititz Couple Wed In Lancaster Elope To Washington
John H. Lutz son of Mr and Mrs B F Lutz Lititz and Mary L Fry daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Z Fry Denver were married this morning at 10 o clock by Rev E S Crosland in Lancaster. The bride wore a white canton crepe dress and carried white roses and sweet peas. The groom operates a Lancaster meat store. They planned a home at 859 East Chestnut street Lancaster after May first and left on a wedding trip to Washington and southern points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Lutz
B. F. Lutz
Lititz
Mary L. Fry
Wayne Z. Fry
Denver
E. 8. Crosland
Lancaster
Denver High School
Interstate Commercial College
Reading
Washington, D. C
East Chestnut Street
There’s Many a Back That’s Achin and Arm That’s Sore
A reflective verse noting widespread fatigue and new complaints among people who had not voiced issues before. It highlights growing weariness and rising discontent across the community.
Travelers Near and Far Reminisce Visitors and Journeys
Mrs W K Bender spent two weeks with her daughter at Christiana. Mrs Bertha Claus of Bethlehem joined Lutitz friends on Sunday. Mr and Mrs J P Stoner visited Irwin Lutz at Denver over the weekend. Mrs Lillian Miksch returned from Atlantic City to town on Sunday. The Burkholder families and the Arville Burkholders toured to Stoneybrook York County. H K Gibbel attended Juniata College’s fiftieth anniversary at Saintingdon as a trustee. the Gibbels traveled by auto. E C Keating of Montclair N J visited Morris Kauffman and family with Arthur Rhoades from Elmira. they left Wednesday. Laura Oehme, long-time China missionary, returned home to East Earl after cablegram news of her mother’s serious illness. Oehme’s husband also is ailing. Laura is W B Ochme’s niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Bender
Christiana
Bertha Claus
Bethlehem
Lutitz
J. P. Stoner
Irwin B. Lutz
Denver
Lillian Miksch
May
Atlantic City
N. J
Arville Burkholder
Atlee Burkholder
Stoneybrook
York County
H. K. Gibbel
Juniata College
Stantingdon
Gibbel
Montelaiy
Morris Kauffman
Arthur Rhoades
Elmira
New York
Keating
Laura Oehme
China
Daniel Oehme
East Earl
Oshme
Miss Ochme
W. B. Ochme
Safes From Lititz Pass Stringent Fire Tests
The Stiffel-Freeman Safe Co at Lititz reports its safes passed National Underwriters tests with top marks Label A and Label B. In Chicago tests safes endured 2200 degree heat, multiple re-heats, and drops from three stories, with internal heat never exceeding 241 degrees. A Lititz test used 5000 pounds of wood and 80 gallons of gasoline, burning fifteen minutes, while papers inside remained intact for examination later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Stiffel-Freeman Safe Co
Harry Gorton
Chicago
National
Underwriters’ Laboratories
Underwriters Association
Gorton
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Jydia Graezer
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S. S. Chapel
E. Main Street
Mystic Chain Lodge
Young Ladies Bible Class
St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
Traction Company
Middle Creek
Eugene Mohn
Penna
Sacramento
Calif
Fortune
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Lancaster County
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NEW ‘Railroad
Earl B. Landis
Wis
Frank Marks
Cornwall
Mt. Hope
Miner’s Village
Walnut Run
Buzzards Roost
Lebanon Fire Company
Miners Village
Ames
Cornwall and Lebanon
Bethlehem Mine Company
Strauss Lumber Company
Chevrolet
John Longenecker
Far West
Big Dollar Saloon
Pfantz Bros
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Stiffel Freeman Safe Co
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