Local items note build projects sales and events in town
Fred Spinner builds another greenhouse on New Street. A medicine show aims to use a tent opposite John Todd’s home. Three people ride to Niagara Falls on Saturday and return Monday morning. The Odd Fellows plan an initiatory degree May 2 at Malta Hall. Hershey-Seaman Co. adds to Samuel Keehn’s home at Landis Valley. The A. R. Bear home on North Broad goes to public sale May 1 at 1 30 P M with household goods. Elizabethtown school board cuts borough tax to 12 mills. Jacob Krick erects a bungalow and opens a refreshment stand near the road between Lancaster and Ephata by Cocalico Creek. A Tacoma reader sends the Tacoma Daily Ledger for review. Fourth of July access to Spring grounds is free. August 8 admission charged. Pfawiz and another buyer purchase tobacco from farmers. 250 cages so far. The linm begins receiving and packing on Monday. People from all over county attend arbutus hills Sunday. flowers poor due to dry spring. Papers burned during a fire test at Stiffel-Freeman Safe Company show unmarked money after 2000 degrees heat in six minutes. It’s clean-up week in Lititz with a big June sale of building lots and favorable terms for workers. Eight or more miss the new 4 35 schedule train from the depot Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Spinner
Second Ward
John Todd
New Street
Niagara Falls
Odd Fellows
Malta Hall
Hershey-Seaman Co
Samuel Keehn
Landis Valley
Elizabeth Brubaker
Litit
A. R Bear
North Broad
Elizabethtown
Jacob Krick
Neffsville
Lancaster
Ephata
Cocalico Creek
Elizabeth Selfrich
Tacoma
Washington
Tacoma Daily Ledger
Great Northwest
Mrs Mary Keller Ill at Home on Lincoln Avenue
The column notes Mrs Mary Keller is very ill at her Lincoln Avenue home with a complication of ailments. W H Muth traveled to Philadelphia last week and then to Atlantic City for several days due to a throat ailment. Dr Reeser to Pursue Postgraduate Work. Starting May 6 the office of Dr N B Reeser will close every Thursday while he attends a postgraduate course at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Keller
Lincoln Avenue
W. H. Muth
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Lititz Baseball Team to Open Denver Series
Kreider's Ning will play a weekend game at Denver this week May 2 for the opening at that place. Music will be furnished by the Denver band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Denver
Kreider
Borough Council reviews street water and tax plans
Borough Council met with Chief Burgess Noman Badorf and six councilors to discuss street repairs water mains extensions on N Cedar Lincoln Ave West Fourth Ave and South Cedar St and a new lamp on W Lincoln Ave. The 1926 tax rate was set at 410 mills with eight for bore purposes and two for bonds and interest. The meeting approved numerous bills for labor, services, tires and fuel, street tarvia and coal. A local Odd Fellows delegation attended Monterey Lodge Lancaster to honor the Lititz degree team for conferring eight candidates with about five hundred lodge members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bord Council
Noman Badorf
H. J. Pierson
John D. Helter
James Sturgis
E. B. Webber
Levi H Rudy
Jos. B. Wissier
Broad
Macron
N. Cedar Street
Lincoln Ave
Fourth Avenue
Cedar St
Second Avenue
W. Lincoln Ave
Mdaniel Ludwig
J. Getz
A. M. Kofroth
C. R. Kreider
Raed
W. Miller
Tes. Miller
Cc. M. Snavely
Elmer G. Hershey, Stone
Lititz Paper Box and Printing Co
Toshua
Rollman
Freight Atayaze
EK. CG
Foltz
Street Barrett Co
Tarvia
Long & Co
W. I. Muth
Edison Electrico
Lehi Close
Klee
Bell Telephone Co
Monterey Lodge
Lancaster
Woman Killed in Auto Accident Near Clay
Mrs. Alexander F. Heinly aged 26 of Millport was killed instantly and Norman Geist 35 of Reading was seriously hurt when an automobile overturned on an incline near Clay. The car plunged into a ditch struck a pole and barn, with Geist taken to Lancaster General Hospital and three other occupants only lightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palatyra
Tarriet Euck
Brunnerville
Alexander F. Heinly
Millport
Norman Geist
Reading
Clay
Geist
Lancaster General Hospital
Local Birthday Anniversaries Highlight Mrs Smith and Families
Miss Amanda Rapp marks another year today while Mrs Harry Showers notes her birthday on April 26. Saturday brings 92 year old Mrs Catherine Smith of Spruce Street who sews reads and enjoys conversation. Mrs Monroe Smith celebrated her fiftieth birthday this week with a family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Rapp
Harry Showers
Catherine Smith
Spruce Street
Firemen to Meet at Leola for April Association Talk
The Lancaster county Firemen's Association holds its monthly meeting in Leola on Friday night April 10 with a speaker from the Philadelphia Fire Department and Director in the Office of Public Safety. Local firemen expect to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Firemen's Association
Leola
Philadelphia
The Stretching Feeling Signals Springlight Blues
By Tom Dassinger this piece notes a tired mood and lack of ambition as a funny sign of spring. It juxtaposes fatigue with a stretch motif, suggesting a seasonal mood shift that affects many people.
Reindeer Talk and Local Ads Highlight Reading Notices
A Reading paper featured an advertisement for reindeer meat and recalled an interview with the late Mr. Rock about Alaska herds. Local ads mention a sixty acre Berks county farm with fruit, plus quips and editor Q&A in Lititz and Red Lion papers. Bellefonte touts pure spring water and an invite to President Coolidge, noting its drought-proof supply.
Warwick House Sale Draws Crowd and High Totals
At the Warwick House sale on Saturday seventy people bought items and there were 872 sales total. Pigs sold rang from five dollars ninety cents to seventeen fifty, with other items including roosters potatoes apples turnips sweet potatoes horse radish hose brooms chairs an oil stove a rifle two bicycles and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
At &c
Society of Farm Women Meet at Sun Hill Home
The Society of Farm Women No. 11 will gather at Mrs. Harry LeFeyer’s near Sun Hill on Saturday evening May 1 at 7 30. Rev. Geo Seiger of Lancaster will speak about his trip to the Holy Land. Members are invited to bring their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Farm Women No. 11
Harry LeFeyer
Sun Hill
Geo. Seiger
Lancaster
Holy Land
Picnics Booked For Lititz Springs Season
Fourty four picnics and family reunions are booked for the Lititz Springs this summer, running from June 5 to September 18. Lancaster Sunday Schools will attend, with one from Reading. The Reading Knights of Malta visit on August 4, and bookings will grow as the season nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs
Lancaster
Reading
Reading Knights of Malta
James M Beck Chosen Flag Day Orator for Sesqui Exposition
The Hon James M Beck former Solicitor General and NAC chair will speak at Flag Day ceremonies June 14 at the Sesqui Exposition Stadium in Philadelphia. The exposition runs June 1 to December 1 and seats 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Beck
Sesqui
National Advisory Commission
Philadelphia
Exposition Stadium
Fine Collection Of Indian Relics At Lititz Area
Lloyd Royer started collecting Indian relics and recently received more than 200 arrowheads and other specimens from a finder near Lititz. Items include a flint Indian head, a slate ornament with a neck hole, pestles worn smooth from grinding corn, and varied stone material. He plans expert classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Royer
Lititz
Middle West
Manheim Fishing Club Reorganizes and Plans Dam Work
The Manheim Fishing Club met at Jerre Evb's restaurant last evening with local anglers in attendance. Officers were elected and by laws were discussed as the group plans to rebuild the White Oak dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Jerre Evb’s
White Oak Dam
Potatoes See High Yet Steady Market This Year
In 1924 U S potato production reached 454 000 000 bushels but fell to 323 900 000 last year due to poor weather. Outside major growers few farmers hold stock and selling is easy. At Warwick House sale the top eating potatoes sold for 3 70 a bushel and seed potatoes asked up to 15 a bag as planting for spring begins. Seed imports continue to rise yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Warwick
Planning to Go to Paris in 1927 Convention Trip
Local American Legion members plan a 1927 Paris visit for the National Convention. Farmers National Bank offers a savings plan like a Christmas club with special rates to fund the twenty seven day trip. A $300 deposit covers travel by boat, hotel, and convention and sightseeing weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Paris
Farmers National Bank
R. W. Bolles Represents Animal Trap Co at Atlanta Convention
R W Bolles will act as representative for the Animal Trap Co at the joint annual convention of the American Hardware Manufacturers Association and Southern Hardware Jobbers Association in Atlanta Georgia from May 4 to May 7. Over 1000 attendees expected. Committees provide entertainment including Stone Mountain trip a concert ball at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel a theatre party golfing for visitors and women guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Bolles
Animal Trap Co
American Hardware Manufacturers Association
Southern Hardware Jobbers Association
Atlanta
Georgia
Stone Mountain
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel
Runaway Daughter Sought By Montgomery County Party
Mr Barnaman led three men in two autos in a late week search for his runaway daughter from Schwenksville. The 19 year old left with a man over 40 on foot. Traced to Reading Rothsville and Oregon. A coat was provided and seven dollars were with the pair. A wandering woman later found in Columbia hospital may be the girl. The father was informed. the man and woman described as simple minded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lancaster
Columbia
Reception for New Moravian Members on Perm Sunday
A reception for the new Moravian church members will be held in the Sunday school chapel on Thursday evening May 6 at 7 30. A splendid program is planned and the occasion promises real pleasure and profit. Refections will be served. All members and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perm
Visitor from London Visits Broad Street Relative
Newton W. Buch of the American Cyanamid Company London office visited his mother Mrs. Jefferson Asner on Broad Street this week. He departed for New York Monday and plans a return Thursday. Buch, a chemist, has traveled widely in the United States Europe and Africa and served at Mussel Shoals during the war. He often alternates between London and business trips to France Spain and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton W. Buch
American Cyanamid Company
London
Jefferson Asner
Broad Street
New York
Mr. Buch
United States
Africa
Mussel Shoals
France
Spain
Germany
Waldeman Mueller
B. C. Murbach
Paris
Alvin Ohle
Mueller
Murbach
Immense Glass Panes For Spacht Building Arrive From Pittsburgh
Four large glass panes travel by flat car from Pittsburgh for the Spacht building. Two entrance panes 96 by 128 inches and two front panes 96 by 168 inches. The shipment, the car’s sole load, is insured against breakage until set in place. Handling glass of this size will be a ticklish task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Spacht
Lititz Health Center Plans Special Meeting Talk on Child Teeth
In observance of National Child Health Week May 2 to 8 the Lititz Health Center schedules a special meeting at its headquarters on Wednesday May 5 Dr Cooper will speak about children's teeth. All interested in child health are welcome to attend on the Moravian U S chapel second floor from 3 to 4 with a souvenir for every baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Health Center
Cooper
Grocers Banquet At Hotel Brunswick In Lititz
Lancaster County Grocers Association banquet drew attendees Roy Pfautz Harry Bucher Mrs John Keehn Mrs Guy Brubaker Mr and Mrs Clayton Zartman and Mr and Mrs Lester Furlow Last Thursday Elsa Meiskey entertained with songs Paf C W Mayser of F and M College performed sleight of hand tricks Several talks and gifts of perfume toilet water compacts wallets were given to ladies and men respectively
Lititz Musicians Broadcast From Lancaster
B F Lutz and sons John Benjamin and Henry with Miss Minerva Smith pianist and Charles Hoff cornetist perform live from Troup's Music House Lancaster on Sunday 1 30 to 2 30 P M featuring saws bells and trombones with Tom bone selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Lutz
John
Benjamin
Henry
Minerva Smith
Charles Hoff
Troup
Music House
Lancaster
Tombone
Travelers Near and Far Social News Recap
A compilation of local and visiting figures with movements and visits across towns including Lititz Shillington Quarryville Philadelphia Germantown York Greencastle Harrisburg Hershey and Paris France. Notable items include a fatal pole stunt at Hershey and a study trip by a Paris cocoa importer.
Eight-Year-Old Attends Sunday School Six Years Straight
Franceanna Stoner, eight, daughter of Silas and Mrs. Stoner of Mount Joy, has attended Luthean Sunday school for six consecutive years without missing a Sunday. She is niece of Charlie Ricksecker’s wife of Mount Joy. Ricksecker has long read the Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franceanna Stoner
Silas Stoner
Mount Joy
Luthean Sunday School
Charlie Ricksecker
Ricksecker
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Arbutus
Stiffel-Freeman Safe Company
Noman Geist
Waoman
Whckel-Garber
Mary Elle
E. L. Crosland
Lititz Moravian
Mary Pursel
Danville
Garber
Bernice Eloise Garber
J. Ferry
Bernice H. Garber
Dorothy Tauline
H. Lloyd
Earla Garber Hess
Thomas Gregg Tleckel
Alexander Grove Teckel
Frederick William Heckel, Jr
Linden Hall Seminary
Devon Manor
Devon
Columbia High School
Pennsylvania State College
Mendelssohn
Kenneth Witmyer
Garber House
Heckel
Lititz Pike
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Mr. Rock
Alaska
Berks County
Oliver Smith
Red Lion Sun
Em. S. J
York
G. I
Red Lion
Bellefonte
Centre County
President Coolidge
Bellefonte Democrat
Society OF Farm Women
Fishing
Montgomery CO
Charles Brobst
Shillington
Theodore T. Dussinger
Quarryville
Willard Hershey
Bowers Beach
Monroe Hornberger
David Graybil
Theodore Keener of
Shaeffers
Eliza Kling
Elmer Kauffman
James Sesseman
Frank Spiekler
Chester Leicy
Charles Bechtel
Barbara
Germantown
Mrs
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Kissel Hill
C. Grim
George Keehn
Ruth
Mr. Grim
Harvey Miller
W. M. Grube
Greencastle
Franklin County
Carrie Craig
Mr. Grube
Henry Seaman
Harrisburg
Ben Brookmyer
Frank Sturgis
N. D. Sturgis
Frank
Reading Road
Mary C. Gingrich
W. A. Ensminger
F.W. Stengel
Myrtle Eckert
Maggie Potts
Mary L. Steiner
Morgan G. Moyer
W. Brady
Elmer Eastman
Cleveland
Ohio
George Sweigert
Olive
Wilson Hber
Sole
Morris Koser
Hershey
Paul K. Herr
Koger
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