Minor local items and notices from Lititz area
A storm hits the Volertsen barn in Rome but causes no damage. Rev J E Keene's Mt Gretna camp meeting removes Warwick church services. Millway station sells 817 tickets for Millway plus hundreds travel by other means. A public sale at the Rome hotel lists heavy timber and related goods. Wm Longenecker injures himself at home. Wm Sturgis relocates to Rudy's hall to resume patronage. Andrew M Shissler turns painter to baker. Y P B plans a moonlight walk from headquarters Tuesday at 7. Kemper family reunion set for Spring Grounds with a large turnout. Felker family thanks neighbors for comfort. Siverling ships potatoes to Philadelphia. East Main Street residents apply oil to curb dust. Peaches expected next week. crop looks large. More vehicles pass Lititz on a busy Sabbath. Nursing board exams include Elizabeth Shreiner and Bertha E Hoffman. Moravian church marks 164th Lititz anniversary and 126th church dedication with services through the day. A party’s misplaced wheels prompt amusement. Citizens oppose miniature trolley cars for teaching children about fire safety. Linden Hall improvements include straw-colored main building and green shutters. the campus looks refreshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Volertsen
Rome
J. E. Keene
U. B
Mt. Gretna
Warwick
Millway
Cr. M. Imhoff
Wm. Longenecker
William Sturgis
Park View
Rudy
Andrew M. Shissler
Life
Alvin Keller
Kemper
Felker
Siverling
Philadelphia
East Main Street
Lititz
State Board of Examiners For
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lancaster
Elizabeth Shreiner
Elizabeth Township
General Hospital
Bertha E. Hoffman
Moravian Church
Linden Hall Seminary
Linden Hall
Sherman Carpenter's Son Locked Up Over Found Forty
Paul Carpenter found forty dollars at a bazaar in the Warwick house area and handed it to John Ditman. Sherman Carpenter claimed the money, saying it belonged to his family. Schmuck later accused Carpenter of larceny, a warrant was issued, and Carpenter was jailed after admitting the money was eight five dollar notes and spent on family needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Sherman Carpenter
Kissel Hill
Warwick House
John Ditman
Near Town
Ditman
Squire A. B. Reidenbach
Carpenter
Gideon Schmuck
Elizabeth Township
Hacker
Squire Derr
Cut His Tobacco Advances To Four Feet High Patch
Local report describes Larry S Meiskey growing Havana seed tobacco in a small rear patch of about 500 stalks in this borough. the crop reached four feet in height and matured in sixty five days. Other items note a sand pit incident at Spring grounds, youths found sleeping there, and a new Children’s Home near Neffsville to be run by Mr and Mrs Peter Hagey of Ephrata. Additional notices include lost items, a returned pastor welcome home from Lake Mills, and a promotion of home grown peaches at Wenger’s Drug Store in Ephrata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry S. Meiskey
Havana
Greek
Billy
Lancaster
Church of the Brethren
J. W. Bruckart
Fruitland Farm
Georgia
Lititz Minister Weds Chautauqua Week in Buffalo
Rev I E Deer of Lititz Moravian church married Miss Rose W French of Roulette Pa at a Buffalo home in a Moravian ring ceremony. Best man Ferry Garber Linden Hall bridesmaid Marie Mohr Buffalo. Newlyweds travel to Indiana then Indianapolis before returning to Lititz. Deer, a Linden Hall former assistant to Rev Hagen, will reside at Linden Hall and continue church and school work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Buffalo
N. Y
I. E. Deer
Rose W. French
John C. French
Roulette
F. A. Mohr
E. S. Hagen
Ferry Garber
Marie Mohr
Carrie McCorger
James Deer
Indianapolis
Ind
Blanche Chapman
Linden Hall
Lake Maxinkuckee
Deer
Moravian Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
Hagen
Linden Hall Seminary
Moravian Church
L. Moench
Chautauqua Week in Lititz Draws Big Crowds
The Lititz Chautauqua week opened in Linden Hall gym due to a freight wreck delaying the big tent. Lectures on child development and civic topics drew large audiences from Lititz and surrounding areas. Music by the Florentine Concert band and performances by the Tyrolean Alpine Yodlers highlighted five days of lectures, concerts, and moving pictures, ending with free Sunday sessions and several church-related programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Linden Hall
Sinking Spring
E. E. Evans
E. E. Habecker
Chautauqua
L A. Downey
Florentine
Melicent Melrose
Prof. Downey
Lucia
Switzerland
Frank Dixon
Washington
Paul M. Pearson
Chautauqua Association
Anjiciele
Brodbeck-Such
Zartman Association Meeting Set for August 14
The annual Zartman Association reunion will be at Brickerville on Thursday August 14. Rev Rufus Zartman of Philadelphia serves as president and historian, presenting family history that interests many Zartman relatives in Lancaster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zartman Association
Brickerville
Rufus Zartman
Philadelphia
Zartman
Zartmans
Lancaster County
Travelers Near and Far in the Summer Of Chester County
A long list of visits and guests visits Chester County towns as residents and relatives travel for summer leisure. Notables include Mary Smith and Miss Ella Sturgis, with residents from Manheim, Lancaster, Reading, Harrisburg, and beyond visiting families and attending Chautauqua events. Local officials like Milton Brecht are cited with new appointments, and a rainstorm brings relief to crops along with a note on Werger's peach baskets in Ephrata.
Autoists Narrow Escape Near Disston Hotel
A Lancaster party escaped serious injury when their auto turned on its side on a Disston hill Sunday morning near the Diston hotel. The man at the wheel lost gear control and brakes failed as they climbed, sending the car into a gutter. The man was unharmed while the two women sustained slight injuries and a shock. They were treated at the Disston hotel. A group including G Graybill Diehm and others righted the car, and the party then headed home rather than to camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millway
Disston
Lancaster
Disston Hotel
G. Graybill Diehm
H. B. Workman
James Sturgis
Atwood Kreider
Lititz Campers Enjoy Camp Pelican Site
Camp Pelican near Eden and Oregon on Lemon Shirk's farm by the Conestoga river hosts campers Chester Ritchie Emery Niedamyer Ralph Buch and Earl Erb as chef The camp features two 12x12 tents American flag pennants Japanese lanterns and a tandem bicycle Visitors include Dr M H Yoder Paul Seaber Jacob Dommey Lawrence Kling Israel Lane Rev Bittner and family H H Snavely works on a summer home near Pinetown Hopeland anglers report a poor ten carp catch with a ten pound largest and two over a pound goldfish later placed in Shirk's dam Three cameras record camp moments Rev Bittner photographed the site campers plan to set Lititz time by sending for correct time signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Oregon
Lemon Shirk
Conestoga River
Chester Ritchie
Emery Niedamyer
Ralph Buch
Earl Erb
Hunsecker’s Mill
M. H. Yoder
Messrs
Paul Seaber
Jacob Dommey
Lawrence Kling
Israel Lane
Wayne Longenecker
Bittner
Lititz
H. H. Fisher
Nellie
Jennie
Lancaster
H. H. Snavely
Pinetown
Conestoga
Hopeland
Shirk’s
Rev. Bittner
Borough to Elect Controllers Next November
The new law requires each borough to elect a controller with powers akin to a county controller, overseeing bills and expenditures. Salary is capped at 1000 dollars, elected for four years, and must prepare an annual budget previously handled by borough auditors. The change aims to improve business like handling of municipal finances.
Landis Reunion Held At Ursinus College
The third annual Lan dis family reunion will be on Monday August 18 at Ursinus College Collegeville Montgomery County Pa A cordial invitation is extended to all interested Attendees will find pleasant time and hotel and lunch accommodations can be arranged by writing J C Landis Collegeville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis
Ursinus College
Collegeville
Montgomery County
Perkiomen Valley R. R
Norristown
Reading Transit Company
Pottstown
J. C. Landis
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Children’s Home
Moosehead
Finder
Robert Russel
Warren
Buch
Nathan Snyder
Lake Mills
Wis
C. E. Reidenbach
Reidenbach
Eidenbach
Wenger’s
Ephrata
J. E. Deer
Miss Rose
Rev
Drer
Zartman Association Meeting
Mary
Monroe Smith
Coatesville
Ella Sturgis
Manheim
N. D. Sturgis
E. G. Witters
Harrington
Del
Minerva Hacker
Mary Kern
Harriet Dunlap
Carrie Tshudy
J. M. Neff
George D. Shreiner
S. Broad Street
Zacharias Demmy
Lebanon
Abram Hess
Hesston
Kansas
Francis Hagen
Chanceford
York County
Christian Hornley
Jonas
Charles Bechtel
8. W. Buch
Bechtel
Joshua Lyte
Christian Neff
Kreider Shoe Factory
Elizabethtown
G. D. Schreiner
Earl Grosh
Horace Sturgis
Mary Haines
Mise Viola Regennas
Reading
Atlantic City
James B. Dussinger
Theodore
Wyomissing
Dussinger
Elizabeth Rotz
Pottsville
Theodora Daub
Pittsburg
Jessie Frazer
Altoona
Moravian Home
F. Fox
William Siverling
Fox
Bell
Quaker City
Sallie Niess
Harrisburg
Bruckhart
Huber
Henry Becker
la Porte City
Iowa
J. B. Haag
Harry Hacker
Rose Hess Simpson
Mississippi
Allen Hacker
Range Street
Milton J. Brecht
Brecht
Werger
Pelican
Ohio
Reunion
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