Grundy to Dedicate Soldiers' Memorial
Senator Joseph R. Grundy will speak at the East Main Street dedication of Lititz’s Soldiers' Memorial on May 18, announced by Prof. H J Beck. Col William McCain presents the monument for the U S Government. Burgess Brenneman speaks. American Legion aids in ceremonies.
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East Main Street
Joseph R. Grundy
H. J. Beck
Senator Grundy
Lititz
Col
William McCain
Quartermaster General’s
Philadelphia
United States
Burgess J. C. Brenneman
Beck
American Legion Post
Legion
Continental Army
Congress
W. W. Griest
Easter Reception At Kissel Hill Hosts Noted Guests
Entertainers gathered Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs John Behmer of Kissel Hill for Easter. The guests included Mr and Mrs Lewis Neuser of Pottsville Mr and Mrs John Behmer Jr and Miss Shephard of Dunellen N Y Mrs Alverta Behmer and friend Mr and Mrs Ivan Behmer and children Reba and Bobby of Lititz Mr and Mrs Walter Behmer and children Fred and Jean of Owl Hill Miss Eva Behmer of Lancaster and Mr and Mrs Monroe Leeking and children Paul and Junior Roy and May Stauffer of Kissel Hill.
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John Behmer
Kissel Hill
Lewis Neuser
Pottsville
Shepherd
Dunellen
N. Yi
Alverta Behmer
Ivan Behmer
Reba
Bobby
Lititz
Walter Behmer
Fred
Jean
Owl Hill
Eva Behmer
Lancaster
Monroe Leeking
Paul
Junior
Roy and
May Stauffer
Glee Club and Band to Perform at Moravian College
The Glee Club and Band of Moravian College present concerts this weekend under Moravian Sunday School auspices. The Glee Club performs Saturday evening in Linden Hall Auditorium while the band plays Sunday afternoon in the Sunday School Chapel. Two fine programs are prepared.
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Moravian College
Moravian Sunday School
Linden Hall
Town Plans Youth Week Activities May Fourth to Tenth
Lititz will dedicate a week to its youths with daily programs for boys and girls. A big field day will cap the celebration on Saturday, the final day of Youth Week.
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Lititz
League Meeting Next Thursday
The regular monthly meeting of the Young Men's Business League will be held next Thursday at 8 o'clock in the League hall. All members are urged to attend as important matters will be discussed.
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Young Men’s Business League
Bank Names Director After Bank Founder Dies
The board of Farmers National Bank selects Henry B. Gibbel of Hershey and Gibbel to fill the vacancy caused by J. Frank Buch’s death. Gibbel’s father helped organize the bank. An eye exam ad promotes W. K. Lockhart’s suite at 4 North Broad Street in Lancaster.
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Farmers National Bank
Henry B. Gibbel
Hershey and Gibbel
J. Frank Buch
Mr. Gibbel
Lancaster
W. K. Lockhart
North Broad Street
Local residents recall Easter visits and extended family
A long list of relatives and friends from Lititz, Elizabethtown, Reading, Philadelphia and beyond visited or hosted over Easter and the weekend. Notables include Elizabeth McCann of Elizabethtown College and Miss Mary McCann of Bridgewater Virginia, plus numerous guests from Annapolis to Baltimore and Drexel Hill.
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Elizabeth G. McCann
Elizabethtown College
Mary McCann
Bridgewater
Florence Gibbes
Jacon Herr
J. H. Breitigan
M. L. Steiner
Myerstown
Martin Hornberger
Reading
Albert Hornberger
Henry B. Gi
Minersville
R. H. Light
Ruth Forrand
Philadelphia
J. C. H. Light
E. P. Miller
Gettysburg
G. E. Miller
Baltimore
W. R. Semmel
George H. Rupp
Clara Smithgall
John Keel
Lou Smithgall
Walter H. Keller
Williamsport
Keller
Harry Tschudy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mary
Carrie Tschudy
Clarence Bassford
Annapolis
Lillie Rudy
Jack
Miles
Owen Lmershey
Loretta Hershey
Drexel Institute
Lizzie Hershey
Clara Miksch
Elizabeth
N. J
Lititz
Jesse Honeycutt
Josephine
Betty Louise
Mary Souders
Pittsburgh
E. Guiles
Columbia
Mary, Guiles
Earl Mathers
Lloyd Kauffman
Swarthmore
Drexel Hill
Elmer Bobst
Emma Moore
Dance
Mont Clair
N. Jn
D. P. Bricker
Myra Monroe
Ocean Grove
Charles Herr
Howard Richardson
Paxtang
Hotel demolition marks start of Lititz project
Work began yesterday after the Lititz Community Hotel Company awarded the general contract to A B Aierstuck of Lancaster. Jammers rang as ice and balcony roofs were torn away, signaling the loss of the old hotel for a modern community structure.
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Springs
Lititz Community Hotel Company
A. B. Aierstuck
Lancaster
Musselman and Schwarz
Keath Planing Mill Company
Town
Alumni Play Cinderella O'Reilly Tonight at High School
Alumni play Cinderella O'Reilly takes the stage in the Lititz High School auditorium tonight with the school orchestra providing music. The varied cast includes a black cat a haythen Chinese fortune hunters and debutantes promising a lively evening of entertainment.
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Cinderella O’reilly
Lititz High School
To Be Married Saturday in St James Church
The wedding of Dorothy Mary Conlin daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Conlin Akron and Gregory L Nicklaus of Lancaster will be solemnized in St James Catholic Church Saturday at 9 o'clock. After a honeymoon they will reside on S Ann Street Lancaster where the bridegroom works in Armstrong Cork Co linoleum department.
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Dorothy Mary ‘Conlin
Charles, Conlin
Akron
Gregory L. Nicklaus
Lancaster
St. James Catholic Church
S. Ann Street
Armstrong Cork Co
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. R. Sammel
Lois Marie
Charles W. Dussinger
Kissel Hill
Mary Doris
Lovina Keenan
Robert
Robert I Hagey
Shady Side Baptist Church
Pittsburgh
Driver jailed after crash in Lancaster Courts
Earl Carvel of Hopeland was fined $200 and costs for crashing into a cement mixer and an automobile on E Main Street while intoxicated. Unable to pay, he was jailed for three months by Judge Landis.
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Earl Carvel
Hopeland
E. Main Street
Landis
Lancaster Courts
Easter Visit Highlights At Landes Household In Philadelphia
Spend Easter Here Professor A S Weiler of the Combs Conservatory of Music Philadelphia and Richard R Landes a student were entertained over Foster at the home of the latter's parents Mr and Mrs C B Landes Charles B Landes another son of Mr and Mrs Landes a student at the College of Pharmacy and Science Philadelphia also spent his Easter vacation at his home.
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A. S. Weiler
Combs Conservatory of Music
Philadelphia
Richard R. Landes
Foster
C. 8. Landes
Charles B. Landes
Lititz Bank Names John W. Eberly Bookkeeper
John W. Eberly has accepted a position as bookkeeper at Lititz Springs National Bank. He is a Lititz High School graduate class of 1929 and has completed a course at Pennsylvania Business College Lancaster. Mrs. Howard Bollinger of Orange Street will sell pansy plants again from Friday noon.
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John W. Eberly
Lititz Springs National Bank
Eberly
Lititz High School
Pennsylvania Business College
Lancaster
Howard Bollinger
Orange St
Easter Sunrise Draws Large Moravian Congregation
Easter dawn services attract hundreds at the Mora vian Church with trombone choirs marching through town. Sunrise attendance at St Pauls Lutheran is the day’s high point with baptism and new members in several churches. Continued on Page 5.
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Moravian Church
Fire House Store Robbed of 15 to 18 Dollars
The Lititz Fire Company's Fire House store and pool boxes were pried open and cash missing estimated between $15 and $18. Ed Hall, a trustee, found the theft last evening before the monthly meeting and noted marks on the cases with no other clues. The loss likely occurred Tuesday night or yesterday.
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Lititz Fire Company
Ed. Hall
Hall
Legion Auxiliary Card Party moved to April 30
The Garden Spot Post American Legion Auxiliary schedules a card party for April 30 at 8 o'clock in the Fire House, not May 7. Proceeds support Lancaster County share for the Coatesville veterans hospital fund. prizes, refreshments, and cake auction planned. bridge, 500, and pinochle featured.
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Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Lititz
Lancaster County
Veterans’ Hospital
Coatesville
Helen
E. Main Street
Reading Railroad Unveils Summer Daylight Schedule
The Reading Railroad changes summer hours for trains to and from Lititz with daily departures to Reading at 4.24 A M 12.33 P M and 5.53 P M Sundays 7.15 A M and 3.58 P M Daily from Reading at 7.19 A M 12.33 P M and 6.15 P M Sundays 8.18 A M and 6.15 P M Freight operations follow summer time 8 to 5 railroad time 7 to 4 Lititz time adjustments apply The new schedule takes effect soon depending on railroad timetable updates.
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Reading Railroad
Lititz
Reading
Writer Anna Balmer Myers Speaks at Berean Class
The Berean Sunday School class at the Church of the Brethren met at Mrs. Hiram Minnichs home Thursday with guest Miss Anna Balmer Myers of Philadelphia. Myers, author of Batchwork Amanda and The Madonna of the Curb, read poems and shared stories about her writings.
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Berean
Church of the Brethren
Hiram Minnich
Anna Balmer Myers
Philadelphia
Amanda
Birthday Surprise party at Kauffman home
A surprise party was held Thursday evening at 41 Lincoln Avenue for Mrs. J. B. Kauffman. Guests came from Lititz Old Line Lancaster and Detroit. She received gifts cards and flowers and a telegram from New York. Guests enjoyed the evening and the large table of good eats.
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J. B. Kauffman
Lincoln Avenue
Ladies Aid Meets For Monthly Social at Mrs Ochme Home
The Ladies' Aid Society plans its monthly business and social gathering at the home of Mrs. Clara Ochme on North Broad Street this evening. Also note Scott's Book Store on E Main St Lititz carries fishing tackle.
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The
Ladies’ Aid Society
Clara Ochme
North Broad Street
Scott's Book Store
E. Main St
Lititz, Ps
Council Adopts Light Plan at Special Public Meeting
Borough Council approved a new street lighting system for the business district after a special session. The Edison Electric plan covers installation and maintenance with borough costs limited to a monthly per-light fee for five years and includes extending lights to Linden Hall Seminary.
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Lititz
Edison Electric Company
Main Street
Linden Hall Seminary
Cedar Street
Electric Company
E. B. Weber
Burgess Breneman
Linden Hall
Counei
School Glee Clubs to perform Sylvia operetta
Lititz High School glee clubs present the operetta Sylvia next Wednesday at 8 P M. The musical by Maude Inch and W Rhys Herbert follows Sylvia and Betty swapping identities with a magic flower. Cast includes Lorra ine Habecker Eve Seaber Carl Bachman and others. reserved seating at Moyer's drug store with 35 cent admission.
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Lititz High School
Sylvia
Maude Elizabeth Inch
W. Rhys Herbert
DeLacy
Betty
William
Lorraine Habecker
Eve Seaber
Carl Bachman
William Howard Burkhart
Molly
Ruth Seaber
Dolly
Esther Miksch
Polly
Verna Hertzler
Prince Tubbytum
Robert Posey
Arabella
Margaret Kofroth
Araminta
Sylvia Longenecker
Robbin
Richard Musser
Maymakers
Anna Rose
Marguerite Pfantz
Evelyn Hershey
Maud Bender
Dorothy Garman
Dorothy Lupacht
Florence Stauffer
Florence Butzer
Dorothy
Pinchot Addresses Lititz Voters During Lancaster Tour
Former Governor Gifford Pinchot campaigned in Lititz on a Lancaster County tour. Arriving around 5:30 p m he spoke from the steps of the Hershey and Gibbes office outlining his Republican platform and pledges to local supporters.
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Gifford Pinchot
Lititz
Lancaster County
Pinchot
East Lampeter High Debaters Defeat Rothsville Team
East Lampeter High School defeated Rothsville High School in a Monday night debate held at Rothsville. The topic favored installments buying being detrimental to public interests with East Lampeter arguing the affirmative. Judges included Miss Anna K. Miller Miss Anne Eddy and E D Fulweiler.
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East Lampeter High School
Rothsville High
East Lampeter
Anna K. Miller
Anne Eddy
Lititz High School
E. D. Fulweiler
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Nater
Glee Club
Rotary
Rotary International
Saxony
United Brethren Church
Charles, Whitcraft
Irene Whitcraft
John Whitcraft
Cora Davidson
Arlene Bender
Mae Way
Viola Evans
Violet Howard
Bettie Wertsch
Mary Weidman
Clara Weidman
Ethel Weidman
Irene Clair
Elmer Whitcraft
Margaret Martin
Vernon Ranck
Violet Witmyer
Larry Stauffer
Patricia Clair
Barbara Lou Light
H. J. Kline
Congregation of the Evangelical Church
W. B. Seesholtz
D. M. Hershey
Gideons
Rajah B. Manikam
India
Legion Auxiliary
S. S
Florence Gibbel
Juniata College
Huntingdon
Penn-Harris
Harrisburg
Gibbel
W.B. Light
New York City
Harry Stormfeltz
Lancaster General Hospital
Monroe M. Plautz
Manheim
Lloyd Hess
Gertie Hess
Lillie Andrews
Reese Eby
Adam Hertz
Wm. Leed
Ephrata
Osteopathic Auxiliary
E. Yoder
Moravian Ushers’ Association
Jerusalem
E. 8. Crosland
Martha Huebener
C. P. Wellman
Wobank
Mass
Stauffer’s
Rader’s Cigar Store
Main St
Cedar St
Rothsville
Dr. Davis
Pfantz ‘Bros
Ady
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