Life Service Rally and Church Events Highlight Lancaster Luther League
The Lancaster District Luther League hosts an annual Life Service Rally in a local church on Wednesday May 5 at 8 PM featuring an original three act play Ever Only All for Thee by Mrs George Ammon and Rev J Harold Mumper with a youth chorus between acts.
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Lancaster
Luther League
George Ammon
J. Harold Mumper
Lititz
Dorcas
Florence Gibbes
Holy Land
James M. Mummert
Young People’s Choir
Dorothy Habecker
Mrs Victor Wagner Hosts Card Club Gathering
Mrs Victor Wagner of E Main Street entertained the card club Tuesday evening with attendees Miss Marie Zeller Mrs Walter Fryberger Miss Mary Sturgis Miss Millie Wagner Mrs D L Neff all town and Miss Ethel Groff East Petersburg Mrs John Patticoffer Ephrata.
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Victor Wagner
E. Main Street
Card Club
Marie Zeller
Walter Fryberger
Mary Sturgis
Millie Wagner
D. L. Neff
Town
Ethel Groff
East Petersburg
John Patticoffer
Ephrata
Birthday Dinner Honoring Margaret Kofreth At Lititz Home
Mrs Ruth B Kofreth hosted a surprise birthday dinner for daughter Margaret Sunday at 8 Broad Street Lititz guests included Annabelle Minnich Janet Aungst Betty Martin Kathryn Godenaar Margaret Kofreth Woodrow Neidermyer Ray Numbers all of Lititz Bert Kauffman Camden NJ Norman Kruger Lancaster and J Wm Yingst Allentown
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Ruth B. Kofreth
Margaret
Broad St
Annabelle Minnich
Janet Aungst
Betty Martin
Kathryn Godenaar
Margaret Kofreth
Woodrow Neidermyer
Ray Numbers
Lititz
Bert Kauffman
Camden
N. J
Norman Kruger
Lancaster
J. Wm. Yingst
Allentown
Yerger Family Celebrates Mrs Yerger Fifty Birthday
A Saturday evening gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Robt Yerger on Front Street honored Mrs Yerger on her fiftieth birthday anniversary which occurred last Tuesday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Clayton Snavely Mr and Mrs Lucien Reedy Mr and Mrs Jacob Ruhl Mr and Mrs Walter Light Mr and Mrs Victor Wagner Mrs Frances Habecker and Mrs Miller and Misses Myra Mary and Helen Yerger.
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Robt. Yerger
Front Street
Yerger
Clayton Snavely
Lucien Reedy
Jacob Ruhl
Walter Light
Victor Wagner
Frances Habecker
Miller
Myra
Mary
Helen Yerger
Lincoln Shooter Booth Captured After Manhunt Ends
Seventy two years ago today a dramatic pursuit concluded with the shooting and capture of John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, marking one of historys most noted manhunts.
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John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Rural Lutheran Standard Time Observed Across Local Churches
Rural Lutheran Standard Time will be observed by Lutheran Churches at Brickerville Penryn and Rothsville with services Sunday at 10 A M and vesper times 7 30 P M Brickerville 7 00 P M at Penryn and Rothsville Akron will observe Daylight Time Rev Frank Croman President of Conference will lead the morning service and preside at the Congregational Meeting afterward All members urged to attend The Adult Bible Class of Emanuel Lutheran Brickerville presented a purse of money to Rev F A Weichsel for 22 years of service The Luther League meets Sunday at 6 30 P M C S T Life Service Day overseen by Miss Beulah Stauffer Gleaners Class met at Mrs Jacob Charles home Trinity E C Pastor's Bible Class met at Mrs Walter Smith home Also present were Mrs John Wagner Mrs Preston Helman Mrs Elizabeth Hornberger Miss Emma Hornberger Mrs Ira Eberly Mrs William Nelson Mrs Monroe Nelson
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Lititz A. B
Ethel Wike
Young People
C. E. Society
Elwood Needy
Lebanon Valley College
Needy
Lebanon Valley Work Recruit
Virginia Neisner
Irene Ranck
Hazel Eslinger
Chester Martin
Mary Oehme
Elias West
Irene Whitcraft
Helen Farrand
Kentucky Hills
G. C. Batdorf
8. C. Eack
Mission Fields
State Street
U. B
Harrisburg
Mary Ellen Howard
East Fenna
Women’s Missionary Association of the
Vu. B. Church
Brickerville
Penryn
Rothsville
Akron
Frank Croman
Elmer Zook
Samumorning
F. A. Weichsel
Emanuel Lutheran Sunday School
Harry Palm
Kissel Hill
Trinity E. C
Walter Smith
John Wagner
Preston Helman
Elizabeth Hornberger
Emma Hornberger
Ira Eberly
William Nelson
Monroe Nelson
Eckert F Coldren dies after brief illness
Eckert F Coldren 60 of 45 E 1 Second Ave died at 11 40 Monday night at home after a few days illness. He was a member of Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church. Surviving are his wife Ella three daughters Mrs Charles Stricker Stevens R D 2 Dorothy Rachel at home a son John Lancaster and four grandchildren. Services today at 1 30 at the home with Rev D P Langsdorf officiating. Interment Moravian cemetery. R M Spacht funeral director.
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Eckert. F. Coldren
Second Avenue
Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church
Ella
Charles Stricker
Stevens R
Dorothy
Rachel
John
Lancaster
Juniata College Volunteer Band to Perform at Local Church
Clayton Mundorf and a long list of local residents will attend as the Juniata College Volunteer Band offers a program of special music and talks Saturday at 8 o'clock in the church. Jane Miller is part of the team, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Miller. Moravian youths from the local church also joined the Pen-Mar Rally at Lebanon Moravian Church on Saturday.
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Juniata College Volunteer
Jane Miller
John M. Miller
Pen-Mar
Lebanon Moravian Church
Roy Yerger
Anna Bomberger
Mildred Young
Elizabeth Groff
Helen Frederick
Charlotte Herr
John Ender
Byron K. Horne
Monologuist Miss Fassnacht Plans PA and OH Tour
Monologuist Miss Mary L. Fassnacht of Rothsville announces a two weeks tour across Pennsylvania and Ohio. She will perform in Huster Orville Canton Akron Alliance Springsburg Springs Altoona Pittsburgh Johnstown Lewistown Hummelstown Harrisburg and will broadcast from Canton Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
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Mary L. Fassnacht
Monologuist
Rothsville
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Huster
Orville
Canton
Akron
Alliance
Springsburg
Springs
Altoona
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Lewistown
Hummelstown
Harrisburg
Chickens Die In Two Fires At Landis Valley Farm
About 175 young chicks perished when a fire started by an overheated stove destroyed a broad er house on Henry H. Landis’s farm at Landis Valley Sunday night. Fire Chief T H Shenk of Neffsville Fire Company reported neighbors saw the blaze as the Landis family was away.
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Henry H. Landis
Landis Valley
T. H. Shenk
Neffsville Fire Company
Landis
Fire destroys small house at Isaac Weaver farm
Netfsville firemen fought flames about a half hour at the Isaac Weaver farm near Landis Valley. A small brooder house burned, and a number of chicks were reported killed. No other farm buildings were endangered according to fire chief Shenk.
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Netfsville
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St. Paul’s Lutheran
Entertains Card Club
Rural Lutheran
D. P. Langsdorf
Moravian
R. M. Spacht
Clayton Mundorf
Katie Hackman
Frank Rader
D. P. Longsdorf
Hiram Redy
Aaron Johnson
James Dussinger
Gertrude Kofroth
Morris McCloud
Romaine Stormfeltz
Jacob Leed
Church of the Brethren
Isaac Weaver
Shenk
Wolp’s
West Main St
Westinghouse
Roy S. Reidenbaugh
Broads
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