Lititz News Highlights From Town And Nearby
Lititz residents hear Alumni play preview and church news while Mr. Aldrich relocates to York. A Near East Relief worker reports Lancaster charity efforts, profits in bread price cuts ease costs, and local history talks recount Lititz inventions and early schooling. Local sales were withdrawn and police urge rule compliance as auto topics rise.
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Knights of Maltapin
Ditzler’s
Percy Kofroth
Christian Church
Philadelphia
Lititz
Anna Erb
N. Broadstreet
Ephrata
John Witmyer
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
William Ochme
Locust Street
Springs Hotel
Barbara
Kreider
Martin Eby
Paul Badduch
St. Louis
Goa
Frances S. Buckley
Turkey
Lancaster County
Birthday celebrations and a freight incident in small town notes
The column records birthdays for Mary Gingrich and Mrs. Wein Ensminger in Lancaster on the 26th. It notes a freight car derailment at Hershey Seaman's yard, with the buffer pushed off Cedar Street and brakes damaged, later reset with engine and jacks. Also mentions a four month old Russian poodle, six week old, carried in a pocket, owned by Allen Putt in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gingrich
Ot Tititz
Wein Ensminger
Hikeim
Lancaster
Hershey-seaman’s
Cedar Street
Jjumpiud
Allen
Philadelphia
Railroad Company May Not Build on Water Street
Rumor says the P. & R. RB. Co. will not use Water Street land for a depot and warehouse. Negotiations proceed to swap with Long & Co for land next to their yard, possibly moving sheds and office eastward as their land extends to Cedar Street.
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Water Street
Long & Co
Lund
Cedar Street
B. E. Flory Visitor in Town
Mr. B. E. Flory of Martieville called on friends in town on Monday. He ran the Rothsville mill for sixteen years, left in 1908 for Martieville, and retired. His son Jacob, president of the Lancaster Millers' Association, is leading a drive to send a carload of flour to starving China on May 1, with widespread local support from millers and recent sales of tobacco and grain to Lancaster buyers at around twenty cents.
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B. E. Flory
Martieville
Flory
Rothsville
Jacob
Lancaster Millers’ Association
China
Leper Home in Surinam Benefits From Moravian Box
Moravian sisters packed a Bethesda Leper Home relief box for Surinam containing 437 bandage walls garments records and hospital supplies. The recipient praise the victrola for nightly entertainment aiding 70 to 80 residents and noting the need for more milk and funds while asking for prayers and blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda
Surinam
South America
P. O. Tschstcherl
The Story of Our States in the Record Series
The Record begins a weekly series on one state per issue to aid school pupils with extra facts not in textbooks. Readers can cut out the articles, paste them into scrapbooks, and nonstudents should read to brush up on state history. An aluminum frying pan offer at 39 cents is advertised from Wm Amer’s store and displayed in the window. Limited stock available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer
Lightning Strikes Rothsville Man in Barn
Walter Craft of Rothsville was struck by lightning Saturday afternoon while carpentering in a barn. He was dazed briefly, dragged outside, and his legs felt partly paralyzed with numb fingers for hours. He recovered enough to rest, treated by Dr. Walters, and returned to work Tuesday at cigarmaking. Craft, 28, a World War II veteran, has a brother Paul employed at Longenecker’s garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Craft
Rothsville
Dr. Walters
Craft
Paul
Longeneckor
Advertisers Report Record Ad Results and Local News
Advertisers tout strong results from the Record ads with A T Liteh selling forty settings of Black Leghorns and W B Gocenour praising ad-driven sales of high grade phosphate. Local battle pictures to be shown at Reading for a week, featuring divisions 28th 42nd and 7 with genuine government footage. Moving houses on Liberty avenue adds a front porch and connects older structures into an apartment house on Main street. Samson tractor sales promoted by John T F Longenecker show a growing dealer network in Lititz and surrounding towns.
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A. T. Liteh
W. B. Gocenour
Lititz
Reading
Lancaster
American Legion
Gyrus Zartman
Harry Showers
Liberty Avenue
Lodge Band and Degree Team to Initiate Fifty in Lititz
Shillington and Reading councils travel with the U of IA band to Lititz Friday evening to initiate about fifty candidates of the Order of Independent Americans. The event is billed as a banner oriental night with a large local delegation. First come first served on New Guinea bean seeds offered free by The Record. A baby boy named Willard was born Monday morning to Mr and Mrs J Alvin Back their first child. Pfantz Bros promotes the New Universal Electric Wash Machine. Trimmer's offers 1100 yards of Maslin fabric at 5 cents a yard on Saturday, April 20.
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Shillington Council
Lititz
Order of Independent Americans
U. of IA
Shillington
Reading
Tts
Willard
Mrs. J. Alvin
Alvin
Universal Electric
Pfantz Bros
Maslin
Trimmer’s
Battlefields of France Coming to Lititz
A short film program at Paramount Theatre presented by Garden Spot Post No 56 American Legion screens World War I battles. It showcases Chateau Thierry, St Mihiel, Argonne with doughboys and marines in action, calling the war the greatest in history and inviting students to witness the events on screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Theatre
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Alexander
Caesar
Napoleon
Washington
Grant
Lee
Doughboy
Marine
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Sermon on Friendship by Rev Walters at Lititz Odd Fellows
Rev J M Walters preached to Lititz Lodge No 1030 I O O F at the U B church on Sunday evening. The sermon titled The Power and Beauty of Friendship stressed friendship as the bond uniting humanity, the need for social ties, and the duty to aid those unable to decide for themselves, warning against exploitation and life reverses, with a continuation noted on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Lodge
U. B
Walters
St. Paul
Dean of Chocolate Agents Joins Ideal Company
Walter A. Caverley, famed dean of chocolate agents, arrives in town to work for Ideal Company after years on the road with Walter Baker and Milton Hershey. The six foot tall, gray haired veteran, once forecast Hershey as America’s coming chocolate king, now urges Lititz to grow population and paint up the town. Local school drive reports 175 contributions totaling $2,023.94 from 235 schools.
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Walter A. Caverley
Ideal Company
Caverley
Walter Baker
Milton Hershey
Mr. Caverley
Lititz
Canada
America
Jershey
Lancaster
Caver Jey
Hershey
Mr. Tlershey
California
Dean
Melzer
Trees Blossoming Second Time
Apple orchards face uncertain damage as fruit formation begins. Reports indicate a potential third of a crop in one orchard with later, stronger blossoms on apples and cherries. Late strawberry blooms and a cooling moth spray plan affect timing and quality of the harvest. Orchardists urge proper spraying before buds close to protect fruit.
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Lititz
Boys Hazed Road Surface On Rothsville Road
Henry Rollman reported two youths spreading material on the Rothsville state road near the railroad Sunday. He later found a slow leak caused by a carpet tack and plans to prosecute if sufficient proof is obtained. He asks anyone with information to contact him and says the boys should be taught a lesson.
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Henry Rollman
Rothsville
Mr. Rollman
Lititz youths heroic fire rescue near Ephrata
On a midnight drive home, Lloyd Diehra and Theodore Dussinger discovered a rear fire near Ephrata Murrell. They alerted occupants and rushed back to save a desk and piano, aiding Fire Company Eph rata in saving the main dwelling. Loss about 800 dollars insured. origin unknown.
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Lloyd Diehra
Theodore Dussinger
Ephrata
Murrell
Harry R. Miller
Michael Biemesderfer
Lititz
Dussinger
Diehm
Pioneer Fire Company of
Single Sisters Lovefeast at Moravian Church
The Moravian church invites the single sisters and older girls to a covenant and prayer day. A 9 a.m. prayer service precedes the 10 a.m. regular service. A love feast for the choirs and guests follows, with Holy Communion for the sisters at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are available from Miss Mabel Leib on Thursday and Friday evenings.
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Moravian Church
Mabel Leib
Travelers Near AED Far and Week of Local Visits
A long list of social visits and travels across Reading Lititz Ephrata and Lancaster County includes Jacob Kauffman with pneumonia, numerous relatives visiting kin in Belvidere Ephrata and Philadelphia, births, hospital stays, and a hunting dog pack on a farm trip to Hartford County Maryland. Several couples plan trips to State College and Allentown with family gatherings noted.
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Lydia Grazer
Christ Wentling
Ephrata
Messrs
H. J., Albert
Mary Pierson
Belvidere
N. 3
Irene Roth
Amanda Pfautz
Jacob Pfautz
C. Schmuecker
Hila Tacy
Allentown
F. W. Stengel
Linden Hall
Bethlehem
Ella Smeltzer
Philadelphia
Harry Nye
Bachmanville
C. Y. Ulrich
Lititz
Chauncey Sturgis
Linn Nies
Emanuel George
Reading
Henry Nies
Mathers
William Mathers
Lancaster General Hospital
Samuel Warner
Lida
Esther Swope
Mechanicsburg
Charles Bear
Clarence Carpenter
Harvey Gast
Lancaster
Martin Shenk
Nathaniel Seaman
State College
C. E. Beckler
George Smith
Mary Erb
M. Tag- Bert
Moses Coles
Howard Coles
Harl Amberger
Curtis Hensel
Hensel
B. Betzner
Ontario
Canada
Florida
Hartford County
Maryland
Mr. Bisker
A Suggestion to Farmers Near Lititz
A letter urges Lititz area farmers to modify small streams along roads to allow damming for flood flow to provide quick water supply for fires. It argues forethought saves losses, improves insurance by ensuring fire companies can reach a fire within ten minutes with ample water.
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Zartman'’s
Hind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gongisely
John M. Pfantz
Chamber of Town and Vicinity
Lancaster County Association
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Strasburg
John
Germany
Montana
Duba
Clayton Balmer
Sun Hill
Ammon Longenecker
Mr. Redcay
George Grube
John Longenecker
Samson
John TF. Longenecker
Benj. Bollinger
Millway
David Burkholder
Hinkletown
Elmer Kauffman
Neffsville
H. M. Mentzer
R. D. Manheim
Emanuel Marlin
R. D
Bareville
Albert Schenk
R. D. Lititz
Jacob Charles
Mr. Longenecker
France
The
United States
Signal Corps
U. S. Army
Argonne, St. Michiel
Americas
J. M. Walters
Odd Fellows
Walter Caverley
Ideal
Near East
Ernest E. Weaver
Near East Relief
Clay
Hopeland
Wood Corner
Durlach
Manheim Boro
Warwick—Brunnerville
Brunerville
H’s
Rothsville Grammar
Fairview
Catherine Smith
Spruce Street
Morris Frederick
Alvin Brubaker
Mt. Gretna
Abram Taber
Mr. Frederick
Mr. Frederik
Universal Electric Irons
Prautz Bros
Lovefeast
Aed
Jacob Kauffman
Orange Street
Paul Bausher
J. Fred Essig
Henry Buch
Greencastle
Herbert Cooper
F. Leinbach
Wyomissing
Reuben Diehm
Edwin
Spring City
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