Local happenings in Lititz and vicinity spotlight town life
Mrs Israel Bender enters Zion Home last Saturday. Borough police arrest two drivers for reckless driving and one for drunkenness. Susan Tuber on East Main street advances property works. A new organ for Rothsville Lutheran church slated for dedication May 7. Samuel Keller buys Main Street meat store from C C Caummaus, in charge since opening. Rt Rev C L Reinke to celebrate 88th birthday April 28. Mrs Catherine Smith to celebrate 88th anniversary May 1. John Wike ill with kidney and liver trouble. improving. Manheim to play ball July 4 with out of town teams. Trap team the likely lineup. Mrs Herman Johaassen hospitalized for internal trouble. John L Peiffer displays poultry supplies in Broad Street window. Philadelphia Syndicate to sell bankrupt M Cohen stock over 21 days. Lititz seeks curfew to keep children indoors after 9 pm. Post Office seeks quarters for 5 or 10 year lease near railroad, 1800 sq ft. Fulton Electric Shop Inc granted charter in Lancaster. High School Alumni stage A Regiment of Two. praised performance. Kissel Manor Farm milk no longer available to Bixler milk service patrons after April 15. Keystone Service Station Front Street delays opening. promoters blamed. Tulip beds at Moravian Church square at peak bloom last Sunday. Lititz seeks more flowering spots citywide. Curtis Grimm of Lititz Gas Works attends three day PA Gas Association convention in Philadelphia. plans questions for European experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Bender
Zion
Kreider
Susan Tuber
East Mainstreet
Rothsville Lutheran Church
Samuel Keller
Main Street
C. C. Caummaus
C. L. Reinke
Gnadenchutten
Ohio
Reinke
Lititz
Catherine Smith
Spruce Street
John Wike
Cedar Street
Manheim
Herman Johaassen
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
John L. Peiffer
American Express
Broad Street
Post Office Department
Fulton Electric Shop Inc
W. T
Turner
Pine Street
TH. B. Brubaker
Litita
WN. B. Brubaker
Mary Huebener
Kissel Manor Farm
Bixler
Keystone
Front Street
Moravian Church
A Little Reminder Stick to the Old Milkman
A fragment notes nostalgia for a simpler era with milkman delivery. References days of bright sun and heavy snow and the idea of sticking to familiar routines. The tone hints at enduring habits from a past time.
New Supervising Principal Listed for Lititz Schools
Prof. M. C. Demmy, ex Morrisville principal, elected supervising principal of Lititz Schools amid a board meeting. He led a four year tenure at Morrisville with 23 teachers and 750 pupils, earning high regard from faculty and patrons. Demmy, a Millersville Normal and Valparaiso graduate, has 11 years teaching and 7 years supervision, and is joined by newly elected teachers across grades plus music supervisor Harry B. Baughey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Demmy
Morrisville
Bucks County
Lititz
Millersville State Normal School
Valpariso University
Ind
Lehigh University
Mary Tschudy
Mabel Kryder
Harriet Eberly
Carrie Tschudy
Mary
Owen Hershey
Harry B. Baughey
Boy Scouts Fight Forest Fire at Mt Rope
Scout Master Alfred Couple and five Lititz boys rushed to Mt Rope to combat a wild forest fire. They arrived by auto at 6 and returned by 9, creating a safety zone by clearing leaves and shoveling earth on stumps as high winds fed flames. Railroad workers assisted while thousands of acres burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Lititz
Mt. Rope
Women Jurors Ready as Lancaster Court Plans January Term
The jury wheel for this year is full so women will not be called to serve until the January term of Lancaster court. Court alterations for women at the Lancaster Court House, approved at the last session, will likely be finished by then. Quarter Sessions Court terms occur in September, November, January and April. The Yerger Conestoga Traction Co case settled Monday with the Traction Co paying costs and satisfying Mildred Yerger's injury claims from the Lititz to Lancaster car fire near Belmont on June 22, 1918. Attorneys for the plaintiff were John M. Groff and C. E. Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Court
Lancaster Court House
N. G. Yerger
Conestoga Traction Company
Traction Company
Improvements Rise In Town This Week
Last week's notes describe Dr H Cooper building a cement garage on the rear Main street residence site. Neighbor G L Hepp enlarges and outfits the jewelry store with a lower floor shop and a second floor living apartment. Louis Hepp and Mrs Hepp live on the second floor. Frank Eby begins terracing and beautifying his Spruce and Marion street property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Cooper
G. L Hepp
Louis Hepp
Frank Eby
Spruce and
Marion Streets
Radio phone craze grows in Lititz and surrounding area
The radio phone makes its debut in Lititz with Albert Fleming installing a receiver in Wayne Longenecker’s restaurant before a fire. Hearers from Schnee Stad y, West Pittsburgh and New Jersey caught programs. E Mobier and Norman Brubaker plan installations. Outfits cost 16 to 225 dollars. some attach to a light socket. Experts say it will bring concerts and lectures to homes, reducing isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Albert Fleming
Reading
Wayne Longenecker
Schnee Stady
West Pittsburgh
New Jersey
E. Mobier
Harape
Norman Brubaker
Mohler
Farm sales report from Lancaster County agency notes purchases
The Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency reports Monroe Eckert sells a 40 acre Clay township farm with improvements to Annie Rose of Gloucester City on private terms. Dr. B. R. Posey buys H. C. Miller’s double frame house on South Broad Street on private terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency
N. J. Myers, Prop
Lititz
Monroe Eckert
Clay Township
Annie Rose
Gloucester City
N. J
8. R. Posey
South Broad Street
H. C. Miller
Inter-County Basket Ball Banquet Honors Season Close
A Mount Joy banquet gathered about seventy five managers and fans led by Mine Host Albert H. Attendees included Guy Hershey Ray Dillman Arthur Evans Ralph Diehm Leon Keath John Fasnacht Abram Newton Henry Hershey James Carper Joe Sloat Valentine Brobst Kenneth Witmyer Arlington Getz Floyd Rader and Lititz reps. Twenty eight games marked a successful season with plans for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Joy
Albert H
Stump
Cood Fellowship
Lititz
Guy Hershey
Ray Dillman
Arthur Evans
Ralph Diehm
Leon Keath
John Fasnacht
Abram, Newton
Henry Hershey
James Carper
Joe Sl
Dedication at Brickerville Draws Many Ministers
Ministers attending the Feast of Dedication at Brickerville include Rev. F A Weichsel Rev W D Kelter D D of Philadelphia Rev J W Smith of Ephrata Rev E H Gaylord Brickerville Rev G B Raezer Lititz Rev E L Lessey Numedia Rev D L Fogleman Denver Rev J J Kline Pottsville Rev W XK Fleck Camden NJ Rev W BR Kem Denver and Rev T Essay Brickerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brickerville
W. D. Kelter
D. D
Philadelphia
J. W. Smith
Ephrata
E. H. Gaylord
G. B. Raezer
Lititz
E. L. Lessey
Numedia
D. L. Fogleman
Denver
J. J. Kline
Pottsville
W. XK. Fleck
Camden
N. J
W. BR. Kem
T. Essay
Lititz Defeats Rothsville in Weekend Exhibition Game
Wayne Zartman’s Lititz lineup defeated Rothsville in a weekend exhibition at Rothsville. Rothsville players Keller Singley Martin Diehm and Mearig played for Rothsville with Greyer of Landisville and Stauffer on battery. Lititz pitchers Fralich and Sloat held the visitors, while Hacker and Leicy caught. Rosenberg led Lititz at the plate and Shumaker starred in all around play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zartman
Lititz
Rothsville
Keller
Singley
Martin
Diehm
Mearig
Greyer
Landisville
Stauffer
Fralich
Sloat
Hacker
Leicy
Rosenberg
Shumaker
Rat, rifles, and bungalows feature in Lititz tales
In Lititz Pennsylvania stories recount a farmer shooting a rat in a chicken yard and uncovering a hen’s death from stray shot. They note rats cause ten to twelve million dollars in losses yearly in Pennsylvania and urge concerted town action. Other items describe a musical saw demo by John Lutz at a Moravian Ushers meeting, a Chicago woman selling cheap bungalows for 498 dollars, daylight saving clock errors at a safe works, and a Lititz man sprinting coatless from a factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Evans
Pennsylvania
Lititz
South Spruce Street
Klein Mfg. to Re-locate Factory After Fire
Klein Manufacturing plans rebuilding at Mountville after Lititz plant was destroyed by fire. Land bought along the railroad from John F Froelich for a cement block factory measuring 167 by 48 feet. Thirty five men will be employed and operations to start within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein
Lititz
Mountville
John F. Froelich
Improvements At Acme Metal Products Plant Accelerate Output
Acme Metal Products at Lititz formerly the Stiffel-Freeman plant has added many new machines to boost production. A spray enamel system with exhaust, a fast circular saw, large electric welder, heavy punching and automatic riveting equipment, and a 400 degree drying kiln increase capacity. The plant aims to produce about 100 safes weekly and is exporting to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the U.S. Government. Local community notes mention a girls club, Hetten & Geyer milk firm arrival, and scouts building bird houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Metal Products
Stiffel-Freeman
Underwriters’ Association
Harry Gorton
C. J. Swanson
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Acme
Army Field
United States
Milk Fairies and nutrition talk enliven Lititz schools
Lititz public schools host an evening program at 7 30 featuring a play Milk Fairies two films Perfect Children Take No Chances and a lantern slide nutrition talk The event aims for perfect health for every child Prizes will honor essay and poster winners among local children and the program notes several student participants and prize recipients from 5th to 8th grades and Sophomore class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Millersville Normal School
Lancaster
Elizabethtown
Anti-Tuberculosis Society of
Lancaster County
Inter-State Dairy Council
Johnny
Melvin Ditzler
Margaret Dussinger
L. Weitzel
Helen Gable
Margie Smith
Elizabeth Gruhe
Maud Musser
Meda Longenecker
Sara Weidman
Grace Erla Martin
Anna Kemper
Margie Whitcraft
Elizabeth Haines
Annie Heiser
Mae Hassler
Bessie Reber
Ruth Seed
Thelma Gross
Eva Zimmerman
Sara Keener
Frances Imboden
Kathryn Gibble
Hazel Meiskey
Paul Furlow
Robert Longenecker
Paul Seaber
Charles Bear
Edward Rudy
Lester Hackman
Alton Gable
Wilbur Charles
Helen Yerger
Anna Fry
Kathryn Keener
Eugene Butzer
E. E. Buch
Virginia Grosh
M. Fd. Derr
Anna Heiser
Samuel Seather
Edna Longenecker
Mary Huebener
Hattie Eberly
Atwood Kreider
Galen Mehler
Betty Martin
Commencement Week at Rothsville High School Opens
Rothsville High marks the start of commencement week with a gymnasium carnival. Rev John T Reeves will deliver the sermon April 30 in the school auditorium. Two anthems by the Girls Glee Club and Clio Glee Club. Class Day May 3. Commencement May 4 with addresses by Grace Holinger, Kathryn Heishu, and ex Governor Martin Brombach. John Brubaker's Lancaster orchestra to play both nights. Admission 85 cents. reserved seats by phone. Graduates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville High
John T. Reeves
First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster
Girls’ Glee Club
Clio Glee Club
Grace Holinger
Kathryn Heishu
Martin G. Brombach
Pennsylvania
John Brubaker
Orchestra of
Lancaster
Lititz Exchange
Irene Adams
Mae Brubaker
Kathryn Heitshu
Grace Hollinger
Florence Kreiner
Elsie Loose
Margery Pipgres
Mary Witwer
Robert Conrad
Lester Evans
Irvin Keener
Ivan Leeking
Harry Sensenich
Ralph Stauffer
Raymond Weaver
Walter Zouk
Travelers Near and Far in Lititz and Surroundings
Mr Charles Rickert of Manheim spent Sunday with sister Mrs Peter Yeiser. Mrs EB Bishop of Bethlehem visited Lititz guests of Mrs E Kautz. Leila Yeiser of Philadelphia called home due to her mother’s illness. Various locals and visitorsTravelers attend meetings, family celebrations, and nursing school milestones. Post Office and Railroad switch to Daylight Saving Time. R R schedule advances. post office hours shift accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rickert
Manheim
Peter Yeiser
EB. J. Bishop
Bethlehem
E. Kautz
Philadelphia & Reading R. R
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curtis Grimm
Pennsylvania Gas Association
Kirk
Europe
Bucks Co
BOY Scouts
Yerger
RADIO
John Lutz
Benjamin Lutz
Chicago
Neffsville
Hetten & Geyer Proprietors
EK. Wartman
Isaac R. Herr
John Carpenter
Reformed Church
Rothsville High School
Leila Yeiser
P. B. Bucher
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Harrisburg
Christ Klaus
Eliza Sturgis
J. W. Bruckart
Fannie Stehman
G. D. Bitzer
Idea Cocoa and Chocolate Co
Columbus
Florence Buch
Atlantic City
Louisa Buch
Jacob Kling
Eliza Kling
Harry Showers
Eugene
Rexmont
Lebanon County
Kling
Calvin E. Groh
Anna
Leon Hartman
Catherine
Schaefferstown
Elizabeth Sesseman
West Orange Street
Ira Zartman
Muhlengerg College
E. K. Zarttman
Allentown
Mary Gingrich
W. A. Ensminger
E. S. Crosland
F. W. Stengel
Winston— Salem
N. C
Crosland
Home Moravian Church
James Goldthwait
Pottstown
Charles
Henry Eckert
Hornberger
Litnz
Lititz High School
Edna B. Miller
Walter Miller
Lancaster General Hospital
Mary Forney
St. Joseph’s Hospital of
Anna Erb
North Broad Street
Elizabeth Holtzhouse
Nancy Vincent
Vincent
Miss Holtzhouse
Anna Meiskey
Irene Keller
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