Reunion and events spotlight at Spring Grounds
The Buch reunion will be held at the Spring Grounds this Saturday. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crall on Thursday of last week. The Manheim band will be the attraction for the open air concert here on Saturday evening. The Zartman reunion to have been held in York this summer has been postponed until next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buch
Harry Crall
Manheim
Zartman
York
Adam
John S. Zimmerman
Hershey-Seaman Company
Front Street
Arthur Rosenberg
Five Points
Enck
Messrs
Augustus Stiffel
Joseph Dreifus
Pocomoke City
Maryland
Frank S. Becker
Lincoln Avenue
Manheim Manager Brubaker Seeks Rematch With Oneida
Manheim knitting mill baseball manager Brubaker challenges Oneida after two losses. He says Manheim was not playing up to form during those games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac. Brubaker
Manheim Knitting Mill
Oneida
Manheim
Brubaker
Rothsville to Meet Oneida On Friday At 6 PM
Rothsville baseball hosts Oneida Friday at the trap factory grounds with McCloud on the mound. Lititz players dot the Rothsville lineup in a rivalry that is expected to draw a large crowd. Local ads promote canned fruits and Rub-Nix washing tablets at Miller & Habecker's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville
Oneida
McCloud
Lititz
Yyantz Bros
Miller & Habecker's
Chautauqua Open Attended At Lititz Weekends Events
The tenth annual Chautauqua opened at Lititz on Saturday afternoon with Dr. Wesley N. Clifford as superintendent and a reception by James Breitigan. The program included lectures by Dr. Paul Pearson and Dr. Elliott A. Boy, two concerts by The Four Artists, and a vesper service led by Rev. W. K. Fleck. One hundred forty juniors attended the first session and planned to fund tickets for poor children to the final show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Lititz
Wesley N. Clifford
James Breitigan
Clifford
Marion Kemery
iPough
Judy
Boston Musicians Quintet
Frank Bohn
Dunbar White Hussars
Ushers Enjoy Outing at Snavelys Bungalow
One hundred thirty members of St Pauls Lutheran Ushers Association spent Thursday afternoon at Snavelys bungalow on the Conestoga. Activities included baseball, quoits, boating, and swimming. Rev W K Fleck delivered a brief talk and Caterer Charles Dussinger prepared a meal with chicken corn soup baked beans hot frankfurters cabbage slaw apple pie coffee lager cakes pretzels and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Lutheran Usher’s Association
Snavely
Conestoga
W. K Fleck
Charles Dussinger
Charley
Class to Hershey by auto with Grube and guests
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Grube Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sheaffer and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hensel took Mrs Grube s Sunday school class to Hershey by automobile last Thursday afternoon. The young ladies were Agnes Hensel Esther Andrews Sarah Fry Ada Weachter Jeanette Sturgis Dorothy Zeller Selina Gorton and guest Dorothy Gorton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Grube
Harry Sheaffer
Curtis Hensel
Mrs Russell and Daughters Plan Port Hope Visit
Mrs. Robert Russell and daughters Jean and Thelma depart for Port Hope Ontario tomorrow to spend August with Mr Russell's relatives. Port Hope is a noted summer resort and the ladies are expected to have a pleasant time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Russell
Jean
Thelma
Port Hope
Ontario
Mr. Russell
Picnic at White Oak Saturday by Penryn Lutherans
The Lutheran Reformed Sunday school of Penryn will hold its annual picnic this Saturday in the grove adjoining the Sunday school. The Schaefferstown band will play after noon and evening. Contests will be conducted in the afternoon. No free supper will be served but refreshments will be sold for the benefit of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Reformed Sunday School of
Penryn
Schaefferstown Band
Jacob Weidner in Brokers' Office
New York City resident Mr. Jacob Weidner spent several days in town with his parents on North Broad street. He works in a brokerage office and was formerly in the navy retirement list, drawing safety for the required service years. He is under forty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Weidner
New York City
Benjamin Weidner
North Broad Street
Navy
Appeal for Autos for Garden Spot Post and Lititz Chorus
Garden Spot Post No 56 and the Lititz male chorus need autos to travel to a military funeral in New Holland Sunday afternoon. Notify Paul Bomberger. Cars will depart at 12 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Spot Post No. 56
Lititz
New Holland
Paul Bomberger
Rain saves sauer kraut crop and boosts farm prospects
A soaking Tuesday rain, the best since May, revived late cabbage and perked sauer kraut prospects. Growers expect full crops as cabbage heads reach market size, corn and bean vines blossom, and tobacco fields show renewed growth after a slow start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
John Hess
Eighty Year Old Woman Averts Fire With Quick Action
Mrs Eliza Kling an octogenarian returned from a visit to Mrs Theodore Keener near Schaefferstown acted quickly when a brush fire spread from a brush pile on the Keener premises. She rang the farm bell and helped douse the flames with water, extinguishing the blaze before the men in the fields arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Kling
Theodore Keener
Schaefferstown
Keeneer
Kling
Mrs. Keener
Foresters of America Joint Picnic Set for August
The Foresters of America in Lancaster city and county plan a joint picnic at Rocky Springs on Saturday, August 6. The Travelers' Orchestra will provide music for the event. A Mt. Joy versus Lititz baseball game plus other sports dancing and entertainment are on the program. Members and families are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foresters of America
Lancaster City
Rocky Springs
Travelers’ Orchestra
Mt. Joy
Lititz
Foresters’ Lodges
Army Expert Verdict Yet Sanity Questioned In Army Case
Allison Musser was confined to an insane asylum after violent behavior during wartime at Camp Meade. Sanity experts later deemed him sane, a military hearing sentenced him to twenty years, but he was soon released. Returning home he behaved oddly yet harmless until recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison Musser
Camp Meade
Chicken Bites Eye. Woman Improves After Injury
Mrs Louis Roth and grandchildren Eugene and Viola visited Mt Hope with Mr and Mrs James McClellen, a Hippert relation. She was struck in the eye by a chicken, initially feared to lose sight, but vision slowly improves. Also notice fancy dress shirts priced at Miller and Habecker’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Roth
Eugene
Viola
Mt. Hope
James McClellen
McClellen
Joel Hippert
Bass fishing display wows Lititz spectators at Conestoga
The Reading expert impressed Lititz fishermen with a flawless bass haul as a man and his son caught ten bass using precise casting under bushes near the bank. The tale of hats with gear and a landing net showcased professional style. Also, Lititz mill paper machines run nonstop producing 272 feet per minute. A widower complains about stockings rolled above the knee, joking that he should avoid the trolley terminus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Hoyle
Lancaster
Spring Grounds
Auto Trip to Western Pennsylvania
Seven Lititz men took an auto trip last week to Greensburg Westmoreland county then to Freeport sixty five miles more the latter part by rail due to rainy roads The party included Henry Erb Amos Hershey C B Risser and grandson Carl Risser Samuel E Lane Harold Brockway and J Frank Buch Route went via Lincoln highway through York Gettysburg Chambersburg McConnelsburg Bedford and other towns The Blue Ridge and Alleghenies offered grand scenery McConnelsburg served as a basin view Greensburg thirty miles east of Pittsburgh grew into a modern city with narrow streets on return a new route along the National highway via Maryland touched Scottdale Connellsville Uniontown Cumberland Md Hancock Md Hagerstown Md Chambersburg Shippensburg Carlisle Harrisburg and Elizabethtown Many mountain views and steep hills seen The auto is the best way to see the country Continued on page 4
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Freeport
Henry
Erb
Cedar Street
Amos Hershey
C. B. Risser
Carl Risser
Samuel E. Lane
Harold Brockway
J. Frank Buch
York
Fulton County
Pittsburgh
Marlland
Scottdale
Connelsville
Unionstown
Cumberland
Hancock, Ma
Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Shippensburg
Carlisle
Harrisburg
Elizabethtown
Night crawlers emerge after rain aid fishermen
Rain brought out night crawlers as fishermen found a worm shortage. Lanterns lit Spring grounds Linden Hall and Stedman properties where worms surfaced after damp weather. The worms, some six inches, were stored in a keg of earth for ongoing bait through the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Stedman
Main
Cedar Streets
MANY MILITARY FUNERALS FOR ELAM B PALM
Elam B Palm of Co I 4th U S Infantry Third Division was killed in action at Chateau Thierry on June 28 1918 aged 22 1 12. Survived by parents Jacob and Clara Palm of near Clay and siblings John Hopeland Harry Mae and Pauline. Funeral held at parental home with Garden Spot Post 56 in charge. Chaplain George Zimmele officiated at cemetery. Rev F A Weichsel spoke and Lincoln Reformed Church Choir sang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elam B. Palm
Co. I
Fourth U. S. Infantry
Chateau Thierry
Jacob
Clara Palm
Near Clay
John
Hopeland
Harry
Mae
Pauline
Brickerville Emanuel
Garden Spot Post
George Zimmele
F. A. Weichsel
Lincoln Reformed Church
New Holland Nurse Mary Ferenda Dies at 34
Miss Mary Ferenda Red Cross nurse died Sunday at 7 PM in New Holland after months of illness from tuberculosis. Born February 5, 1887 in Philadelphia she is survived by sister Theresa Biem. She served at Camp Upton during World War I and belonged to the Methodist church. Funeral services were held at her sister’s home and United Brethren church with Lititz Garden Spot Post No 56 in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ferenda
Harry Biem
Jackson Street
New Holland
Philadelphia
Theresa
Ferenda
Red Cross
Camp Upton
United Brethren Church
Lititz Garden
Joint Funeral Services for Dunlap and Moore Scheduled at New Holland
Garden Spot Post No 56 and Post 34 Lancaster to attend the joint funeral for Raymond Dunlap and Martin Luther Moore in New Holland Sunday afternoon August 7. The two young men, comrades, were sent home from France on the same ship and will be buried in the same cemetery. The Lititz male chorus will sing. Also two Military Funerals at Manheim mark the remains of William Drummond, son of Mr. and Mrs. continued on page 5.
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G. B. Raozer
New Holland
Lititz
Long & Co
West Orange Street
Raymond Dunlap
Martin Luther Moore
France
Garden Spot
Post 34
Lancaster
Manheim
Willam Drummond
Governor Sproul Visits Brickerville Mansion
Governor William Sproul and ex-judge Hay Brown of Lancaster were entertained last Thursday at the Bricker ville mansion hosted by Dawson Coleman of Lebanon. The governor enjoyed the visit in the old Revolutionary era mansion where Washington is said to have slept, with the original high post bed and period furnishings remaining in several rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sproul
Hay Brown
Lancaster
Brickerville
Dawson Coleman
Lebanon
Washington
Rabbits Forecast Record Year for Lancaster County Hunters
Game Protector Sam Keene predicts a 1921 autumn banner for rabbits as dry warm weather boosts the population. He notes fields full of rabbits, more road fatalities, and farmers reporting hopping counts from all sections. Turkeys may be cheaper next fall if conditions hold, while drought aids young birds and ringneck pheasants multiply in the county. Jacob Bomberger reports a hen with twelve chicks at Rothsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Sam Keene
Mr. Keene
Keene
Nathan Buch
Lititz
Jacob Bomberger
Rothsville
Community Livestock Show Planned at Brickerville Farms
Arrangements are under way for a community livestock show at Elizabeth farms picnic woods near Brickerville on Saturday September 8. It will be an all day exhibition featuring horses cattle pigs and poultry with tractor demonstrations. The Schaefferstown band will provide music. Last year’s show proved successful and will become an annual event with County Farm Agent Bucher assisting the organizing committee.
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Elizabeth Farms
Brickerville
Schaefferstown
Bucher
On Record at Court House Real estate transfer in Penn township
At Lancaster Court House Noah S Myers transfers a farm in Penn township to Jacob W Spangler for 4706 dollars. The sale occurred last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Court House
Noah S. Myers
Jacob W. Spangler
Penn Township
Eshleman and Hoffer Tie in Lancaster Church Ceremony
Earl Eshleman son of Rev Staniel Eshleman of Rapho township and Miairm Hoffer daughter of Rev Aaron Hoffer of Nettsville were married at the Church of the Brethren parsonage in Lancaster. The ceremony was performed by Rev H B Yoder at 8 15 Saturday evening. Attendants were Miss Sadie Myer and Rufus Heisey. The couple will reside at Neffs ville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Eshleman
Staniel Eshleman
Rapho Township
Miairm Hoffer
Aaron Hoffer
Nettsville
Church of the Brethren
H. B. Yoder
Charlotte Street
Lancaster
Sadie Myer
Rufus Heisey
Myr
Eshlemen
Neffsville
Grange backs community show plan for Lititz
At Warwick Grange meeting a resolution was passed urging a cooperative Lititz community show modeled on last year but with an earlier date. If held, the Grange pledges full effort to ensure its success.
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Warwick Grange
Lititz
Travelers Near and Far Visitations and Vacations
Mrs. B F Grosh spends the week in Reading with relatives. Several Lancaster area residents travel to Denver Atlantic City Altoona and Wildwood for short visits and vacations. Reedersburg and Berks county residents attend reunions visit family and attend picnics. Flyosan, a fly destroyer, is sold at Miller Habecker's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller & Habecker's
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abram Lipp
General Hospital
Edward Crosland, Jr
National Association of Organists
Salinda Brubaker
Viola Leib
W. D. Stephens
Momenco
New Mexico
Ray Younger
Willys- Knight
Baltimore
Lizzie Younger
Morris Carr
White Hussars
Hershey
Will
Canada
White Oak
Brokers
Miller & Habecker’s
Pennsylvania
Gov
Sproul
Court House
Eshleman-Hoffer
Grange Desires
B. F. Grosh
Reading
Jacob Ruhl
Chandler
Denver
Homer Schnerer
John Enek
Atlantic City
Grace Keller
Altoona
Verina Sturgis
Springfield
Mass
Horace Sturgis
Mary Pierson
Delaware Water Gap
James Carper
Dayton
Ohio
Louella Kreider
Emma Singer
Wildwood
N. J
F. W. Stengel
New York
Meisel
Levi Miller
Walter Snyder
Snyder
Jacob Snyder
Broad Street
Herman Johannsen
Main Street
Mary
Carrie Tschudy
Margaret Potts
Niagara Falls
C. S. Loeffler
Martin Good
Martin
Ocean Grove
Wilson Baum
Rehrersburg
Berks County
Bernville
Hamburg
Herbert Marks
Frank Marks
Esther
Luella Getz
Elia Kofroth
Grace Meily
Zook
Charles Kofroth
Floyd Meily
Margaret Fleck
Pauline Aubrecht
Elsie Wagaman
Sue Risser
Paul Spangler
Linda McQuate
Lake Grobb
Roy Yesser
Levi Boyer
Peter Yesser
Lela Yesser
Libbie Buch
Caroline Grosh
Sara Pyle
George Hensel
Strasburg
Blanche Smeltzer
Winchester
William $. Smith
Eleanore Smith
Walter Smith
Minerva
William A. Sturgis
Jacob Stark
Nazareth
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