Religious notices from Moravian and Evangelical churches
A collage of Sunday services and times from Moravian, Evangelical, Lameran, Brethren, and Church of the Brethren churches. Verse: sermons, Sunday schools, and multiple locations including Akron, Rothsville, Lititz, Kreider's, Lane's, White Oak, Fair View, Indiantown, Petersburg, Landis Valley, Erb's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charch
Bretaren
Lititz
Kreider’s
Lane’s
White Oak
Fair View
Mumwoentth
Indiantown
Petersburg
Landis Valley
Erb’s
Among the Churches Festival at Moravian Church
A May Day festival will be held at the Moravian church on May 17 with services at 9 AM and 10 AM including a Lovefeast. The afternoon lovefeast is at 3 PM with a 7:44 PM evening service moved fifteen minutes later, ending on the lawn in front of the fire hall under bright illuminations.
Twelve Nominations for Mennonite Minister
Nominations were made for the Mennonite church minister position to succeed the late Hey Jonas Hess. The slate includes Martin Shenk, Blam Kisser, Henry Weber, Elmer Aby, Wissler, Howard Tess, John s, Jacob Hess, Henry Myers, Bilas Benjamin Keener, David Risser. The candidate will be ordained after the Thursday morning ballot. Services are listed at Zion Reformed, with dates in August and September at multiple congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnamoe
Mennonite Church
Hey
Jonas Hess
Hammers Sneeting House
Martin Shenk
Blam Kisser
Enry Weber
Elmer Aby
Wissler
Howard Tess
Johns
Jacobh Hess
Henry Myers
Bilas Henjamin Keener
David Risser
tZig Ole
Unfed in Holy Matrimony Shultz Couple Wed
A ceremony took place Saturday at 4 o clock in the Tan church parsonage with pastor Alvin Aanpt performing the marriage of Shultz, a driver, of Lau and Hla Kling lor, and Mrs. Addie Miller of Lit vied. Mrs. MeG. Shultz will reside at 74 Howard avenue after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Is. Shultz
Lau
Hla Kling Lor
Addie Miller
Warwick sale by special permit for quarantined livestock
The Warwick sale lists Forty four persons with livestock and other goods under quarantine. Cattle and dairy items sold for mixed sums, apples pears and plums priced per unit, eggs and brooms sold, stockings and cigars noted with average prices. The report mentions cholera and disposal actions tied to the quarantine listing and sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Red Land
Theix
Agriculture Notes of Interest from Local Reports
William Moser of Lexington secured an 8 14 international tractor through Willis Goehenaar, local implement dealer. Hlensy Wf Bouibergar sells tobacco at 22 cents. Jeremiah Landis near Manheim builds a large pig pen for 150 pigs, concrete floors and partitions, modern and sanitary. Lincoln Gable of Liberty Avenue owns a year-old Berkshire litter of twelve, eleven live, buyers offer good prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Moser
Lexington
Willis Goehenaar
Jeremiah Landis
Jacob Reist
Manheim
Tincoln Gable
Liberty Avenue
Lobacco Crop Appears Poor In Early Planting Patch
A damaged report notes lobacco stalks outside the early planted area show poor growth. Leaves are small and narrow, stalks grow tall without spreading. Seed tea resembles Havana in appearance, suggesting weak yield prospects for the season.
Catalpa Trees as Fence Posts Questionable Utility
Local residents recall Catalpa trees once sold nationwide at four cents each promising rapid growth for fence posts. A farmer bought 1400 trees. at current growth rates it may take fifteen years before usable posts appear. Many trees are crooked yet they beautify streets with pretty blossoms and shade.
John Stoners Cantaloupes Ripen On Patch Near Kissel Hill
John Stoner reports ripe cantaloupes on his patch west of Kissel Hill at the old Burkholder dam site. Five varieties including Rocky Ford dominate with large fruit, many blossoms, and plans to sell locally. George Miller plants musk melons on the farm, including Child Supreme and a Jimusk melon nearing forty pounds. protection is advised as animals nibble the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stoner
Burkholder Dam
Kissel Hil
George Miller
Stoner
George
Tilman Stauffer Fruit Harvest Details in Orchard
Tilman Stauffer near Kissel 11 sold fifty bushels of plums and has seventy five buds of the Burbank variety loaded this year. The apple trees are heavy with fruit and may require shaking at Miowhs. Pass fruit will be turned into vinegar. Stauffer sprayed the trees for clean fruit and expects more perfect fruit from many trees. He also did well with strawberries, marketing 6000 boxes, while the peach yield is light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilman Stauffer
Kissel 11
Burbank
Hlstory
Moravians launch nationwide Larger Life Campaign
A national Moravian drive titled Larger Life Campaign aims to boost church membership by 25 percent with no local fund. Rooted in prayer, it reactivates the former Moravian Prayer Union, seeks September minister meetings, and plans a spring missionary fund. Key organizers include Strohmier, Romig, Kagen, Crosland, Greenfield, Sperling, and Sturgis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Moravian Prayer Union
England
James Libby
Larger Life Campaign
Rey
William Strohmier
Graceium
Romig
Philadelphia
KE Sg
Kagen
New York
1. S. Crosland
Lititz
John Greenfield
York
Charles W. Sperling
Utica
Albert Sturgis
Nazareth
Stay Away From Such Funerals Novel Burial Privacy Law
A new law requires burial services for victims of measles mumps and whooping cough to be absolutely private. The rule aims to protect families from public attention while detailing compliance expectations for funeral arrangements.
St Pauls Penryn Sunday School Picnic in Grove
The Sunday School of St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church Penryn holds a picnic on Saturday August 16 in the grove near the church. A free supper will be served at dusk. The Little Red Band will provide music. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Penryn
Lancaster County Grocerymen Picnic Planned at Willow Grove
The Lancaster County Grocerymen will hold their annual picnic at Willow Grove on Thursday August 27. Lititz grocers are expected to join the trip.
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Lancaster County
Willow Grove
Lititz
No Place To Go Lancaster Gun Company Stashes Equipment
Lancaster operates a machine gun company with trucks and motor cars. It maintains 16 storage places for gear, with the equipment temporarily kept in a garage as authorities note the setup and readiness.
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Lancaster
Gapes in Little Chickens Threaten Spring Poultry
Gapes cause numerous spring deaths on many farms and discourage poultry keeping. The disease, a leading killer among young chickens, prompts concern as losses run high each year.
Tobacco Stock Sold by Lancaster County Growers Assn
Announcement reports all stock of the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Association headed by President John W. Weaver sold. The company was incorporated at $100,000 and Weaver said capital stock will likely be doubled next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Association
John W. Weaver
Weaver
Fatten Ducks for Market and a Local Candyed Joke
Fat ducks for market are fattened two weeks with a blend of three pounds cornmeal two pounds middlings one pound bran one pound meat scrap one pound green feed and three percent grit moistened with sour milk or buttermilk. A small boy visits a drug store for an empty bottle. the clerk demands something in it and the boy replies that the bottle is simply red tape.
Wit and whimsy from a Lititz humor page
A string of light verse and quips on life, work, and fashion. Jests touch on aging, weathered pride, and everyday mishaps, with a running Lititz motif and a punchline about baseball, work, and punctuality. A cap’n scolds a tardy Sam as a joke closes the fragment.
Ring turns play into vocation for wounded veteran
A Belleau Wood veteran with a lost left leg found new purpose through the Federal Board for Vocational Education. He showed an adviser a self-made engraved ring and was advised to learn engraving, which led to a skilled job in a jewelry store after training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Belleau Wood
Federal Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moravian
Crosland
Shered Square
Unirap Evangelical
Harper
Ev. Lamneran
W. KE. Fleck
F. W. Stengie
I. W. Bobst
Lameran
F. A. Weichsel
Akron
Rothsville
Miller
George B. Raezer
Cres
Io Tenryn Reformed Church
Brickerville
Mec, Shultz-Miller
Hlensy Wf. Bouibergar
Catalpa
Tilman
Fienie
Rocerymen’s Plenis
Ayr
Cap'n
Uncle Ad
Retail Merchants Association
Lititz Ve Grickerville
Zartman's Jaill
John Y. Reider
Fruftville Pike
Sim Hill School House
Henry K. Carper
Whursday
Brubake Dam
S. HK. Mollinger
Brunnerville
Amunds Hi
Brackbill
Ei. Main St
Watdorf
Frank Christ
Rome
Ty i K. Zartman
Imag
Anna Kekider Justt
Asco
Hne
WM. K.snavetiy Lititz Pt
Tele Cndersigneb
Elizabeth Township
Ened
Tie
Harni
Brnubaker
Porc
Eail
Miench
Brubaker
Lititz Pa
Tang
Bodett
Mstella Grosch al W. Main &J
Litus
Warwick Township
Lillie L. Christ
Alfred M.douple
Luity
Louise G. Douple
Jos. B. Wissler, Atty Tang-t
Anna Kreider
E. Main St. Ind
Eastman Kodaks
Hepp
THE
Lititz Jeweler
R. N. Wolle
Bea Campbell
Ritter
Libby
Mother’s Cats Baker's Chocolate
Aneeda Biscuits
Foxtra Fine ‘Fable
Baker's Canned Co
Woolson Bran
Crisco
Wesson
Royal
Eagle Cracker
Ed Lug
Pfautz Bros
Broad Street Department Store
Lititz Pike
Northern National Bank
G. Sener & Sons
Prince & James Streets
Joseph Neff
J. Fred’k
Sener Lancaster, Pa
Holtzhouse
Murrow
Co Ams
Doster’s Store
Campbell's
Borden
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