Moravian and Lutheran Services Local Notices
Moravian services list morning prayer and sermons with open air evening service in the church square. Lutheran pastor leads Sunday worships at Akron Rothsville Lititz and nearby chapels with multiple times noted. A Philadelphia pastor visits St Pauls for Sunday sermon on The Signs of the Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
Crosland
Cnitep Eva Nncenican
Harper
S. S
Uni
rEp Brethren
Miller
Lutheran
F. A. Weichzel
Akron
Rothsville
Lititz
Warwick
THE
Reformed Church
U. S
George B. Raezer
Brickerleat
Penryn
Lexington Union Chapel
Church OF the Brethren
Milport
Longenecker’s
Neffsville
Monite
Indiantown
Petersburg
Landis Valley
Eric’s
I. W. Bobst
Philadelphia
D. P. Bricker
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
O'Cloek
Bobst
Mary Hagen
New Dorp
Staten Island
N. Y
Automobiles widen rural life and unite city and country
Jno F. Longenecker argues the automobile is essential to both farmer and urban citizen. It bridges gaps between rural and town life, enhances contact with neighbors and the broader world, and proves indispensable everywhere for its usefulness and growing popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anys Jno
F. Longenecker
Chevrolet Automobiles
Root’s Nursery Near Petersburg Promotes Reliable Fruit Stock
For over twenty years Root's nursery near Petersburg offers peaches apples asparagus and maples with 25 000 peach trees 10 000 apples 75 000 asparagus roots and more. Owner Abram Root emphasizes hardy Georgia wild peach stock careful variety selection and reliability, noting seventy to ninety percent of output sold locally while advising beginners on orchard planting and site choice. He also highlights the charm and mood benefit of a tree and flower filled yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Petersburg
Abram Root
France
Holland
Poor Potato Yield in Lancaster County Cripples Harvest
The Lancaster county potato crop is the poorest in years with yields as low as 50 bushels per acre compared with last year's 300. Blight, worms, and plant lice devastated fields and some growers may need to buy potatoes. Local price stands at two dollars per bushel.
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Lancaster County
Cubs Tie for Lead in Red Cross League After Thrilling Week
The Red Cross league saw two shutout games and a tight race as Cubs and Giants moved into a tie for first place, with Mc Cloud’s Athletics a half game behind. Last Thursday the Giants beat the Red Sox 1 to 0, and Monday the Subs defeated Murphy Spickler’s Giants 20 to 3 as Rader hurled a strong game. Tonight Athletics face the Red Sox, with next week Cubs meet Red Sox and Athletics meet Giants.
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Red Cross
Red Cross Baseball League
Red Sox
Union
Giants
Subs
Murphy
Spickler
Athletics
Cubs
First Tobacco Cut Marks Local Harvest Start
Delp, the first grower in this section, began cutting tobacco with over an acre put away. Work started on Monday and no larger tobacco is seen in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Delp
Warwick House Sale Draws Despite Weather Lure
A Warwick House sale Saturday attracted 427 sales from 46 consignors with 36 cows selling high at 164 and 149 dollars. Pigs brought 3.20 to 22.00, a guinea hen plus six guinea chicks sold for 2.35, and roosters 0.76. Rabbits sold 0.45 to 1.65, onions 0.22 a peck, potatoes 0.90 to 1.90 per bushel, beans 0.20 a quart, brooms 0.55 to 0.78, and small rags 1.75.
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Warwick House
Locals Lose to Quarryville in Red Cross Baseball Match
The Lititz Red Cross team traveled by auto to Quarryville on Saturday and lost 6 2 to Quarryville. Mac McCloud allowed 12 hits while Murphy Spickler sparked the visitors with two safe hits. A Brownstown picnic game is announced for Saturday at 3 with 20 cent grandstand admission. Also, on August 8 Bishop Landis joined Rudolph Erb and Leah Musser in marriage at Neffsville, with plans for a Niagara Falls trip.
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Red Cross Baseball League
Quarryville
Eugene Weidler
Weidler
Gene
Lititz
Stonemen
Mac McCloud
Murphy
Brownstown
Meily
McCloud
Battery
Marr
Foltz
Noah Landis
Neffsville
Rudolph H. Erb
East Petersburg
Leah Musser
Jacob Musser
Ann May Oberholtzer
David Erb
Erb
Niagara Falls
New York
Musser
Obituaries and notices from Lititz area deaths and events
High school and church services noted. Barbara Collum dies at 82 after hip fracture and hospital stay. interment in Chambersburg. Susan Hostetter of Lancaster dies at 47 after three weeks in hospital. Clark F. Eby dies at 66 in Lancaster. Funeral arrangements and local cemetery interments mentioned. Schaefferstown picnic postponed a week due to weather. plans unchanged otherwise with band music at Fountain Park.
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Barbara Collum
Lancaster General Hospital
United Zion Home
Lititz
Miss Collum
General Hospital
Chambersburg
Susan Hostetter
Ellis E. Hostetter
Lancaster
United Evangelical Cemetery
Clark F. Eby
Elizabeth Township
Warwick
Ephraim Eby
Thomas J
East Petersburg
Alice Wireback
Matilda KeKinney
Harry Mohler
Brownstown
Schaefferstown Lutheran
Fountain Park Vn
Schaefferstown Band
Mother of Men poem and wartime notes in August issue
A wartime page features the poem Mother of Men by Alice Ward Bailey and a dated August entry. It is followed by brief items and quips on heat, picnics, Christmas, bands, vacations, and light humor about bees, shopping, and everyday life during wartime.
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Alice Ward Bailey
Travelers and travelers families visit from Reading and beyond
Travelers near and far visit the area with journeys from Reading to Port Royal and Canton Ohio. Families and relatives gather at Mt Gretna and Kissel Hill, with tales of ship launching at Hog Island and summer farm work for a State College alumnus.
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John Long
Reading
GC. S. Loeffler
Port Royal
Juniata County
Martin Good
State College
John Holl
Canton
Ohio
Squire A. B. Reidenbach
Holl
Kissel Hill
Manassah Hall
Frank Sturgis
Philadelphia
N. D. Sturgis
Frank
Hog Island
Katharine
Sturgis
City
John F. Longenecker
Mt. Gretna
Emma Singer
Susie Diehm
Lititz
Monroe Longenecker
Denver
Harry Heiser
Stevens
Abram Erb
East Petersburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Organization of Sons of Veterans
Lititz Record
Sons of Veterans
Grand Army of Sons of Veterans
Hach
Stevens Post
Dissinger’s
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers’ Association
Otto Olson
Ephrata
Clinton and
Lycoming County
Warriors
J. S. Harper
Hiram Reedy
Clark F.eby
Schafferstown Lutheran
North Pole
Harriet. E. Reedy
Stroh Avenue
Jacob H. Beberly
Richland
Brunnerville
Clay
Elm
Bell Phone
Henry B
Loefflem
Spruce St
N. Queen St
Laincaster
United Telephone & Telegraph CO
DE Naovest
Brubaker
Stipfel & Freeman CO
Lititz, Pa
Cook
Trady
Horace Keller
Melarh
Broad St
Litita
Boctett
Estella Grosch
W. Main St
Denby M. Stauffer
Warwick Township
Joseph B Wissler
Mary L. Stauffer
Samuel Foltz
West Lemon Street
Paros
B. Wissler Ida BH
R. N. Wolfe
Main Street
Pfautz Bros
Bologna
Great Midsummer Clearance Sale
Miller’s Big Department Store
Warner
Silkine
Sanitary Grocery Dept
C.r.miller
C. Miller
Millersville State Normal School
Millersville
C. H. Gordinier
Eastman Kodaks
Hep
Eastman
KODAK
Iime
C. HL Kreider
E. Main St. Ind
Association
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