Lititz High Musicians Head to State Music Contest
A Lititz High School group led by MGM Trio member Miss Mildred Gangner soprano soloist and Robert Hackman baritone soloist departs for Johnstown to compete in the State Contest of the Music and Forensic League. The quartet plus Miss Jane Miller Lilian McCreary and Gangner won at Hershey two weeks earlier. the orchestra, not competing, placed second in state events.
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Lititz High School
MGM
Mildred Gangner
Robert Hackman
James R. Grim
Johnstown
Music and Forensic League
Jane Miller
Lillian McCreary
Miss Gangner
Hershey
Sunbury
Gangner
Ruth Gochenayr
Elmore Byler
Bride Receives Shower for Carl Bachman Wedding
Recent bride June Bachman and groom Carl Bachman hosted a Friday evening shower at the groom’s sister Mrs. Clayton Keith home. Many relatives attended including the Bachmans and Steffys along with numerous Steinman Krauss Pfautz and Hackman families. The couple received many beautiful and useful gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Bachman
June Banzhof
Lancaster
Clayton Keith
Jacob Bachman
J. L. Banzhof
Bruce Keith
Thelma
Lorraine
Paul Banzhof
Howard Steinman
Russell Longenecker
Elmer Delp
Anna
Florence
Arlene Steffy
Alma Ebersole
Esther Ruhl
Arlene Krauss
Helen Dishin
Dorothy Roth
Dorothy Pfautz
Charles Halbach
J. P. Kraugs
Fred Pfautz
Roy Wenger
Milo McClune
Joan McClune
Agnes Himmelberger
Honor Pupils Announced At Lititz Schools
Lititz Junior and Senior High School released the honor roll for the six week period ending Friday. Names include Seniors Mary Bender Ruth Blackman Elizabeth Hornberger Jane Miller Pauline Rentschler Lena Risser Mae Shissier Mildred Gangner Wilmer Eby Lloyd Gray bill John Hertz Charles Regeunas Russell Scaber juniors Janet Eby Esther Heagy Olive Snyder Dorothy Spickler Mary Summy Evalyn Zimmerman Chester Howard Kenneth Shelley sophomores Mildred Young Lloyd Burkhart freshmen Evelyn Gonder Ruth Hollinger Jane Keith Ruth Showers Ida Summy Vera Wolfe Wilbur Graybille eighth grade Helen Frederick Nancy Seaman Hilda Gonder Margaret Snyder Eloise Meiskey Esther fartman Violet Whitmyer Roswell Flower th Grade Betty Cooper Jane De Rocco Alma Nolt da Posey Romaine Stormfeltz Richard Good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Mary Bender
Ruth Blackman
Elizabeth Hornberger
Jane Miller
Pauline Rentschler
Lena Risser
Mae Shissier
Mildred Gangner
Wilmer Eby
Lloyd Graybill
John Hertz
Charles Regeunas
Russell Scaber
Janet Eby
Esther Heagy
Olive Snyder
Dorothy Spickler
Mary Summy
Evalyn Zimmerman
Chester Howard
Kenneth Shelley
Mildred Young
Lloyd Burkhart
Evelyn Gonder
Ruth Hollinger
Jane Keith
Ruth Showers
Ida Summy
Vera Wolfe
Wilbur Graybille
Helen Frederick
Nancy Seaman
Hilda Gonder
Margaret Snyder
Eloise Meiskey
Esther
Fartman
Violet Whitmyer
Roswell Flower
Betty Cooper
Stop Sign Violations Prompt Pennsylvania Police Crackdown
The Keystone Automobile Club warns motorists to fully stop at intersections on protected highways to avoid fines. Police say enforcement is by local units or state patrol, with 1983 data showing 1604 crashes and 26 deaths from stop sign violations, plus 251 incidents this year, three fatal.
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Keystone Automobile Club
Edward P Curran
State Highway Patrol
Stey
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Diu
Lexington man corrects statement in chicken theft case
Mizton Shreiner, 85, of Lexington, admitted at a Thursday hearing he erred in implicating Isaac Cary, 32, of Lititz, in the theft of eight chickens from Scott Nissley of Landisville. Cary testified at the session.
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Carr
Shreiner
Wesley Shank
Rapho
Scott Nissley
Mizton Shreiner
Lexington
Isaac Cary
Lititz
Landisville
Delphians Host Miss Gertrude Garber Lititz Meeting
The Delphian Chapter met Friday evening with Miss Gertrude Garber as hostess. Members discussed aviation and international relations including Poland Russia and Warsaw, and explored topics from the Delphian Quarterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Garber
Lititz
Mary Huebener
Mary Dengate
America
Japan
Sara Jenkins
Hay
Hitler
Bricker
Stengel
Valentine Brobst
William Muth
Rome
Route Three Dinner Guests Stir Neighborhood Talk
Mr and Mrs George Boyd Alma da and Ralph Boyd Miss Ella Long and Mr and Mrs Elmer Boyd were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Christ Hoffer near Lawn Mr and Mrs Abram Shelly and daughter Gladys called on Mr and Mrs Homer Bomberger at Hershey on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Boyd
Almeda
Ralph Boyd
Ella Long
Elmer Boyd
Christ Hoffer
Lawn
Abram Shelly
Gladys
Homer Bomberger
Hershey
Local families entertain guests and neighbors at weekend gatherings
My and Mrs Graybill Hershey hosted Jona Dittman Clarence Rhoads Paul Heagy Abram Heagy and families for dinner on Sunday. Hayden Bomberger visited Lancaster Rohrer Martin and George Boyd. Several other couples and individuals visited friends in Richland East Petersburg Bareville Sow Hill and Lime Rock as Ruth Balmer supervised a bluebell hike with Lime Rock students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graybill Hershey
Jona Dittman
Clarence Rhoads
Paul Heagy
Abram Heagy
Hayden Bomberger
Nissley Rohrer
Lancaster
William Martin
East Petersburg
George Boyd
Thomas Miller
Morris Shergz
Richland
Abram Sensenich
Esther
Harry Kern
Jerome
John Voger
Earl Minnich
Chester Lengenich
Abraham Rhoads
Jacob Frey
Paul Bushong
Ray
Jacob
Metathesis and Spoonerisms in Language Play
Metathesis means transposing letters or sounds within a word. When letters shift between two words, it becomes a Spoonerism as in a famous example where phrases are humorously swapped.
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Ray Gross
Danae
Miss Brown
Pennsylvania
Delphians
Wertsch
Oxfords
Grube’s
White House
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