Community notices from Lititz dated events and infrastructure
A collection of short notices reports a 1861 turtle find near Speedwell by A M Kreider, a Society of Farm Women meeting for cake demo by Anna Forbes at Mrs. Harry Bucher in Lexington on May 2, initiation at the Odd Fellows lodge, Local May Day walks once common, Harry Snavely begins constructing a two story brick Colonial on South Broad, Cedar street railroad crossing lights to be installed, Moravian Church Lovefeast for single women scheduled with services, Lititz High School Glee Clubs plan first annual concert on Thursday April 30 under Harry B Baughey and Miss Margaret Basehear, with details on directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H
A. M. Kreider
Speedwell
Society of Farm Women
Harry Bucher
Lexington
Anna Forbes
Lititz
Miller’s Woods
Harry Snavely
South Broad Street
Cedar Street
Moravian Church
Herrnhut
Germany
Anna Nitschman
Zinzendorf
Lititz High School
Harry B. Baughey
Margaret Mr. Basehear
Lime Rock Quarry Taken Over by Joseph Bucher
Joseph Bucher of Lime Rock will take possession May 1 of the Raymoth Lime and Stone Company quarry at Lime Rock. He will operate 16 acres with two crushers a heavy truck six kilns and a house for workers to supply stone lime and pulverized rock for local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bucher
Lime Rock
Raymoth Lime and Stone Company
Lebanon
Bucher
Lititz to Start Garbage Collection Route Soon
Will Collect Garbage in Lititz Wayne Himmelberger and Chas Hollinger plan a town wide house to house canvass to gauge interest. Circulars circulated and a Penn State contact is provided for missed residents. Lititz prepares a collection service to curb decaying refuse and neighbor concerns with a launch likely Monday or Tuesday next week.
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Leon Himmelberger
Chas. Hollinger
Lititz
Penn State
Martins Arrive as Early Scout for Breeding Flocks
The first martins have arrived as advance guards for larger flocks to follow. They scout their former boxes, confirm conditions, and will depart soon to the South to gather the rest before escorting them back for a brief breeding season stay.
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Southland
Fables Reversed in Lititz Court Case
In Lititz, the case of C. E. Blough versus Frank Burkholder concerned wages alleged for 11 weeks as a salesman. The Lancaster Court ruled in favor of Burkholder. Blough claimed $385. Burkholder testified Blough worked on commission and produced no sales. Blough was acquitted criminally for a boarding bill fraud and plans a damages suit for false arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Blough
Lititz
Frank Burkholder
Lancaster Court
Burkholder
Mr. Blough
Blough
Pig swims across Susquehanna spotted by Lititz visitors
Lititz residents Ruth and John Wonder and families saw a pig swim across the Susquehanna from Washing ton borough toward York County. Bernard Ortman had lost a pig for over a week. The animal, about a hundred pounds, was finally captured hog tied and brought home after proving a water hog as it moved toward Goose Island.
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Chester Ruth
John Wonder
Washington Borough
Bernard Ortman
Shad Island
Susquehanna
Goose Island
Lititz
York County
Hand Made Rugs From Egypt At Legion Event
Ralph Spacht displays six oriental rugs brought to America by two Scotch sailors direct from Egypt. The display occurs at the American Legion Artists' Revue on May 6, highlighting rug history and weaving craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Spacht
Egypt
American Legion
Pershia
India
Constantinople
Smyrna
Artists Revue to Highlight National Music Week in Lititz
Garden Spot Post 56 American Legion presents an Artists Revue at Lititz High School Auditorium on May 6 at 8:15 pm. The program features Lester Sesseman violin, Gladys Smith soprano, Harry Baughey, John and Henry Lutz novelty numbers, Florabelle Bowman Shirk vocal solo, the Seaber trio, Dorothy Habecker piano, Alma Brookmyer elocution, Victor Wagner vocal, Ruth Brenneman ballet, and a Harriet Hbery Margaret Baseheer Harry Baughey Victor Wagner quartet. Rev. Swartz will address between acts. tickets on sale at the Legion rooms May 4–5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Harry Keppel
Luitz
Florabelle Bowman Shirk
Shirk
Music Department
Cornell University
Herbert
Wither ‘Spoon
Reed
Chicago Musical Academy
Fort Victoria
Paino
J. LaBarre Folker
Paul Sea Ber
Morris Baker
Seaber
Baker
Dorothy Habecker
Miss Habecker
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore
Alma Brookmyer
Brookmyer
Prof
Hershey
Lancaster
Victor Wagner
Lititz
Wagner
Kenneth Witmyer
Ruth Brenneman
Miss Brenneman
Harriet Hber‘y
Margaret Basehear
Harry Baughey
Harry A. Swartz
Post 56
Legion Rooms
South Broad Street
Letters to the editor from Lititz and Pitcairn readers
Readers discuss subscriptions, calendar relevance to Canada and horse lovers, plans to spend the 4th of July in Lititz, and an Old Boys reunion in Kitchener. Pitcairn and Ralph Buch of Lititz comment on furloughs on the Pennsy Railroad and a plan to roam before returning to the Altoona corridor this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Lititz
Kitchener
Altoona
H. Baum
Birthday milestones for local residents in brief note
John G. Carpenter, a Civil War veteran, turned 78 on Saturday and has been bedbound for about twenty weeks. Catherine Smith will reach 91 on Friday, enjoying good health, active needlework, and a keen mind.
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John G. Carpenter
Catherine Smith
Wild Mushroom Season In Mt Gretna Area
Rain and warmth bring abundant wild mushrooms, prized over cultivated varieties. They grow near trees especially poplars and walnuts with no fixed search method. Varieties are uncertain year to year. poisoning has no antidote, but local settlers report no fatal mistakes with the common edible kind.
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Mt. Gretna
So Big Wins Record Prize for Best American Novel
Edna Ferber receives $1000 prize for So Big, judged best American novel of 1924. The work, praised for wholesome American life and manners, had been selected earlier by the Record and is now published in book form, gaining nationwide attention.
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Edna Ferber
Woman slaps man in front of blacksmith shop Saturday
An unnamed woman smacked a man several times in broad daylight outside a blacksmith shop after alleging auto damage. Constable John Carpenter intervened and restored order with firm authority. A bystander paid a dollar at Sherman Smith’s toll gate, claiming church affiliation justified repayment. The editorial laments unpaid subscriptions yet notes most readers pay promptly.
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John Carpenter
Hoyle
Three Young Men Set Auto Trip to California
Frank McCreary, Benjamin S. Lutz and Carl Walters of this place plan a relaxed nine to twelve day Chevrolet sedan journey to California along the Lincoln highway. They will camp at intervals with a compact cooking outfit, tent, portable stove, and roll-up table, traveling without a fixed schedule to enjoy the route, with a Lititz pennant to be displayed.
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Frank McCreary
Benjamin S. Lutz
Carl Walters
California
Lincoln Highway
Lititz considers new electric light standards proposal
Forty Lititz business men secured signatures and presented a plan to the council to equip the business section with electric light standards spanning four or more blocks. A special session was called to vote. Backers say improved lighting will modernize streets, aid growth, and reflects the town’s progress with new banks and rising real estate values.
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Lititz
Madlem Family Welcomes First Child John Randolf
Mr and Mrs John Madlem announce the birth of a baby boy at Lancaster General Hospital on April 22 their first child named John Randolf Mr Madlem is foreman at General Cigar During wartime he wrote humorous letters from overseas recounting a dream of marriage and now the birth makes the dream of fatherhood real for him.
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John Madlem
Lancaster General Hospital
John Randolf
Madlem
General Cigar Company
Oversees
Ford Won at Railroad Crossing
At the Broad Street crossing a Ford defied a moving train. Borough Policeman Kreider waved, blew the whistle, and the alarm bell rang as the engine narrowly missed the car. The driver sped away despite warnings. two women accompanied him and could face arrest. Pfautz Bros. advertises hats for ladies and children.
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Broad Street
Kreider
Travelers Near and Far: News From Lititz and Nearby Areas
Mr W H Bueh spent Wednesday in Philadelphia and Clarence Lesher with family visited William Sturgis in Reading. Misses Reist and Farlow returned home after Palm Beach work. Susie Risser injured herself moving a Ford coupe. Several families shared Sunday visits in Washingtonboro and Lickdale. Zartman runs a garage in Lititz. many locals plan travels to Aurora Illinois and Little Falls New York. Burnell Imhoff, once gassed in war, gains weight at Mt Alto sanitarium and plans to live in the mountains after return, with sun baths daily.
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W. H. Bueh
Philadelphia
Clarence Lesher
William Sturgis
Reading
William
Mary Reist
Kathryn Farlow
Palm Beach
Florida
Susie Risser
Cedar
Front Streets
Chester Ruth
Helen
John Wonder
Dorothy
Harry Garman
Washingtonboro
Samuel Kile
Lickdale
Lebanon County
Charles Zartman
Leola
Henry Wike
Aurora
Francis Helmar
Little Falls
N. Y
Grace Helmar
Morris Rosenberg
Kathy O’harra
Joseph Dreifus
Rosenberg
Hartford
Conn
Theodore Rosenberg
Charles Rosenberg
Wm. Reidenbach
Neri Bushong
Ruth
Arlene
Herbert
Harlan Reitz
Lititz
Esther Reitz
Akron
Andrew Reidenbach
Lancaster
Harry Heidenbach
Allen Boyd
Betty Jungham
Linden Hall Seminary
Horace Eschbach
Guy Heidenbach
Edward Raneck
Frank Ford
Paul Mathews
Earl Esbenshade
Mt. Alto
Burnell Imhoff
Burnell
Big Trap On Display At Springs Hotel
A seventy pound steel trap from the Animal Trap Company of America is shown at the Springs hotel. The trap targets large game like bear and mountain lion and jaws require clamps to open. The firm will manufacture items from mouse traps to elephant traps. Four carloads of machinery arrived from Oneida this week and seventy five more cars are needed to move all equipment and supplies to the new plant.
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Animal Trap Company of America
Springs Hotel
Oneida
Remodeling of Broad Street furniture and funeral home begun
Remodeling by Beck and Co dealers in furniture and directing of funerals on South Broad Street follows purchase of Christ Brubaker’s lot. A full length foundation will run to the rear garage, with the front rebuilt in glass for furniture display. Brubaker and wife plan to move to West Orange Street to a house built by their son Harry.
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Beck & Co
South Broad Street
Christ Brubaker
Brubaker
West Orange Street
Harry
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Goncisely
Fables
Pfautz Bros
The
Lester Sesseman
Sesseman
Lancaster Municipal Orchestra
Fulton Opera House Orchestra
Music Conservatory of
New York
Gladys Smith
Smith
Prof Baughey
Live TO
the Record
Pitcairn, Pa
Ralph Buch Lititz
Sherman Smith
Lititz Pike Tollgate
Church
Ford
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