Bank Looting Case Links Lititz Meet to Philadelphia Court
In Philadelphia Court of Quarter Sessions two bank officials Ralph T. Moyer cashier and Edward Stang paying teller of North Penn Bank reveal a Lititz meet with a fugitive. Stang carried 265000 dollars in overdraft checks as cash and described depositor gimmicks and check kiting tainting bank finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph T. Moyer
North Penn Bank
Philadelphia
Edward Stang
Lititz
Stang
Honeybrook
Atlantic City
Meyer
Moyer
New York
Lehman garage roofed. town notes and names
The Lehman garage at South Broad Street is now roofed. Mrs. Catherine Smith turns 86 this Saturday and is in good health. Alvin R. Keller has a new bread-delivery truck. A Fourth of July band from Ringgold, Reading, set for the Fifth. Borough taxes fixed at mills with per capita tax up to $2. Boy Scout display of Indian arrowheads. arrowheads gathered by Atwood Kreider. Potatoes bring up to $9 a bushel for John Hess. The Record error corrected last week. Eby Shoe Company truck begins daily country commuting for workers, driver Andrew Shissler. An East Main Street man trades a barrel of sugar for three pigs. Alley complaints about dead animals. ordinance enforced. G. G. Dichm offers band concert arrangements. merchants’ support needed. A wood splinter injures Levi Longe’s eye but eyesight remains. John B. Kauffman moved to Pasadena. two orange trees, two lemon trees, two pepper trees. Ole Hanson to speak in Lancaster on Thursday. Lititz folks attending. Harry Brubaker plants apple trees on West Orange Street. shade and fruit expected.
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Lehman
South Broad Street
Catherine Smith
Plantz Bros
Atwood Kreider
John Hess
Eby Shoe Company
Andrew Shissler
East Main Street
Broad Street
G. G. Dichm
Levi Longenecker
Orange Street
John B. Kauffman
East Petersburg
Pasadena
Cal
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Lancaster
Lititz
Farmers National Bank
California
Harry Brubaker
West Orange Street
Harry
Auto Owners Form Club Among Twelve Springs Hotel Boarders
Twelve boarders at the Springs Hotel own or order automobiles and plan to form an auto club. Names include Stoudt Dodge Halpern Ford Helman Knight Jones Overland Shipe Grim Diehm Daniel Cooper Lane Riegel Spacht and proprietor Brobst with a Hudson. Minor accidents reported, drills likely as beginners learn to drive.
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Springs Hotel
Wm. Stoudt
Dodge
Joy Halpern
Ford
Harrison Helman
Willys Knight
Harry Jones
Overland
Charles Shipe
C. C. Grim
G. G. Diehm
Daniel
H. Cooper
Chevrolet
C. E. Lane
Imperial
William Riegel
Buick
Ralph Spacht
Charles Brobst
Ying
Hudson
Berks County
Memorial Day plans handled by G A R post for local observance
Final arrangements for Memorial Day at the Springs are moved to a Sons of Veterans meeting Monday evening. The program includes a speech at the Moravian cemetery and other exercises. Nearby news covers local housing, employment shifts, travel notes, dairy work, and trout catches.
Ocean Trip on City of Philadelphia Ends in Tough Voyage
Lemon Furlow and Ira Bucher returned from Florida after a nerve-testing two week sea voyage aboard the City of Philadelphia. The boat between Philadelphia and Wilmington faced heavy storms, occasional shelter at ports, and several near capsizing incidents.
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Lemon Furlow
Ira Bucher
Florida
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lititz
Young Bucher
Key West
Charleston
Capes
Delaware
Ira
Lititz Band To Continue As Musical Organization
At a packed meeting last Friday Lititz band members voted to carry on for another season. First practice is Friday evening at the fire company building. Old members return, new uniforms are sought, and a fundraising plan is planned to ease costs for residents. Louis Huebener serves as business manager.
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Lititz
Fire Company
Louis Huebener
Memorial Day 1920 Appeal by Lititz Committee
The Sons of Veterans call Lititz citizens to honor fallen soldiers on Memorial Day 1920. They plan grave decorations, speakers, and a band, urging public cooperation to make it a Banner Day.
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Sons of Veterans
Lititz
Well Known Blacksmith Pfautz Dies at 62 in Lititz
Addison C Pfautz longtime Lititz blacksmith dies at Lancaster General Hospital after a long illness aged sixty two He moved to Lititz thirty eight years ago and built a shop later turning to automobile bodies He served Evangelical church forty one years and cared for travelers His wife and four children survive plus four grandchildren and several siblings Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Evangelical church Interment in Evangelical cemetery Another Obituary Henry Pfantz Sr dies at 85 at his home near Brunnerville after strokes Survived by wife and seven children Funeral Saturday at 10 am then Muddy Creek Church of the Brethren Interment nearby cemetery
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Addison C. Pfautz
Lititz
General Hospital
Lancaster
Reuben and
Mary Pfautz
Pine Hill
Charles Grosh
Evangelical Church
Monroe W
William
Welsh Run
Franklin County
Irwin
Jennie
Benjamin
Reading
Henry Rath
Columbia
Evangelical
Henry Pfantz
Brunnerville
Pfantz
Sarah Kreider
Elmira
Mease
Lexington
Henry Pfautz
Owl Hill
John
Clay
Ellis
Elsonville
Samuel
Manheim
Anne
Austin Harple
A. R. Reidenbach
Muddy Creek Church
Obituaries of Alice Seaber and Mary Margaret Stark
Alice Lydia Seaber infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Seaber of Lititz died at home Saturday at 3 20 pm from pneumonia aged one year She is survived by her parents and siblings Samuel Paul Russell Nathaniel Catherine and Earl Funeral was held Tuesday from the late home Interment in Moravian cemetery Mary Margaret Stark died Friday night at the County Hospital Daughter of the late Henry Stark of Lititz she was 69 She spent most of her life in Lititz In poor health for years she was an inmate of Zion Home a Moravian church member Three sisters survive Mrs Sarah Sturgis Lititz Mrs Louisa Creighton and Mrs J Durst Chicago Funeral was held Monday from the home of her sister Mrs Sarah Sturgis Interment in Moravian cemetery
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Alice Lydia Seaber
Nathaniel Seaber
Lititz
Samuel
Paul
Russell
Nathaniel
Catherine
Earl
Moravian
Mary Margaret
Stark
Mary Margaret Stark
Henry Stark
Zion Home
Moravian Church
Sarah Sturgis
Louisa Creighton
J. Durst
Chicago
Abram H Brubaker Dies At Lititz At 73
Abram H Brubaker retired farmer of Lititz died Friday afternoon at 4 30 at his Front Street home of apoplexy aged 73. He had been ill three weeks. He was a son of the late Abraham and Anna Brubaker and born and reared in Elizabeth township. Continues on page 4.
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Abram H. Brubaker
Lititz
Front Street
Abraham
Anna Brubaker
Elizabeth Township
Wolle’s Store Histories From 1763 in Lititz
The East Main Street Wolle store closed ending 157 years of continuous operation. The building era began 1761 1762 with Michael Schady as builder in Philadelphia and served under owners Fenstermacher Payne Becker Grosh Levering Lennerd Nathaniel Wolle and Robert Wolle.
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East Main Street
Lititz
England
North Carolina
Philadelphia
A. R. Beck
Moravian Church
Wolle
Michael Schady
Christian Fenstermacher
Wolfe
Jasper Payne
John Becker
Samuel Grosh
John Levering
Ferdinand Lennerd
Nathaniel Wolle
Thanks Extended for Garden Spot Post 56 Legion Play
The Garden Spot Post 56 American Legion thanks all who helped make the recent play a success. Both participants and outside helpers contributed willingly for the good of the Legion and are assured of appreciation.
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Post 56
American Legion
Legion
Lititz Urges Weekly Garbage Removal To Improve Alleys
A Lititz health committee member notes the town’s main streets appear clean but alleys and backyards are littered with tin cans ashes and fruit rinds. They propose weekly garbage collection and annual ash hauling, asking residents if they would pay to keep areas trash free.
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Lititz
Health Com
Lititz Industrial Base Ball League Forms Local Teams
An all factory employee league forms in Lititz with teams from Oneida trap factory Solotone Stiffel Free man complex Keith Planing Mill Lititz Paper Box factory and potential Chocolate factory club Ed Kelley to manage Oneida D Becker captain Twenty candidates vie for spots Opening game set May 15 with trap factory vs Troutwine team Field laid out across from trap works Wood workers and card benders plan a team Meetings to elect captain and manager follow.
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Lititz
Oneida
Solotone
Stiffel-Freeman
Keith Planing
Chocolate Factory
Ed. Kelley
D. Becker
John Troutwine
Talking Machine Boys
Husky
Trap
Troutwine
Lititz Constable Arrests Man Near Halfville
Lititz constable Jacob Singley arrested Fred Miller on larceny charges at the Squire Derr office. Miller is jailed in Lancaster County awaiting criminal court. State police take up the case amid belief of a professional robber tied to post office thefts. Miller allegedly stole a revolver from Harvey Eckert and had 85 dollars and 16 rolls of money hidden. He may have an accomplice who fled with the gun. Miller photographed and fingerprinted. police plan inquiries across larger cities. Separately Rev. J S Harper preached Odd Fellows anniversary service for Lititz Lodge No. 1050 in the United Evangelical church with a large turnout.
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Fred Miller
Jacob Singley
Squire C. N. Derr
Lancaster County
Halfville
Squire Derr
Singley
Miller
Harvey Eckert
Eckert
Lititz
Harper
Odd Fellows
Lititz petition against Bell Telephone filed at Harrisburg
Lititz businessmen filed a petition with the Public Service Commission at Harrisburg seeking toll reduction for the Lititz Lancaster route and alleging service inadequacy. An attorney will represent the Lititz petitioners in Harrisburg on May 5. Hon G G Diehm is among the leading movers.
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Bell Telephone Company
Lititz
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
Lancaster
G. G. Diehm
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lititz Area Residents
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith and daughter visited Lemon Fasnacht and family in Ephrata. Albert Q. Sturgis of Nazareth traveled here by Monday. Mrs. S. M. Bankert of Washington D C spent time with the Himmelberger family. Philadelphia's Mrs. Harry McCloud is a week in Lititz area. Several other relatives and friends from Reading Chester Brunerville Neffsville and beyond were also mentioned along with local visits to Lancaster General Hospital and news on Hog Island layoffs.
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Walter Smith
Ephrata
Albert Q. Sturgis
Nazareth
S. M. Bankert
Washington, D. C
L. D. Himmelberger
Kissal Hill
Harry McCloud
Philadelphia
Lititz
McCloud
L. S. Yocum
Reading
Catherine Smith
Spruce Street
Marion Holtzhouse
Sydney Kauffman
Chester
Hiram Holtzhouse
John Roth
Brunnerville
Topton
Emanuel Ditzler
Lancaster General Hospital
Middletown
Lancaster
Samuel Ditzler
Harrisburg
A. R. Bomberger
South Broad
Orange Streets
Kansas City
Denver
Cal
Grand Canyon
Arizona
California
Anna Kreider
Clayton Wenger
Bareville
News-Dispatch
Jeannette
Bomberger
F. & M. College
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Weekly Newspaper Association
Frank Sturgis
Hog Island
N. D. Sturgis
Frank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moyer and Stang
Court of Quarter Sessions
City Hall
G. A. R. Post
H. W. Spacht
Elizabethville
Jacob Terr
Lon South Broad Street
Spacht
Ralph
Wayne Zartman
Meiskey
Washington
West
H. A. Beck
Garber Creamery
Ohio State Experimental Station
Worcester
Homer Sturgis
Elmer Haines
Clark
Walnut and
Poplar Run
Elmer Herning
Hammer Creek
A.C. Pfautz
Henry Pfautz, Sr
Wolle’s
Lititz Representatives
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