Air Circus Plans Dedication of Lancaster Municipal Airport
Lancaster Municipal Airport near Lititz will be dedicated Saturday with more than 150 pilots expected to participate in an air circus. Government officials and dignitaries from county state and nation will attend the $860000 field ceremony followed by an aerial parade and passenger service. The Lititz High School Band will perform with Henry Hackman leading the local ensemble.
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Lancaster Municipal
Lititz High School
Henry Hackman
New Store Opens Tonight Adjoining Lititz Theatre
The American Stores Company unveils a new grocery adjoining the Lititz Theatre. Tonight the public may inspect the modern store as workers unload stock and arrange merchandise on shelves for viewing.
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The
American Stores Company
Lititz Theatre
Reading Clowns Exhibit at Lutz Field Tonight
The All-Lutitz softball team faces the Reading Clowns in an exhibition game at Lutz Field at 7 p.m. Manager Walter Birkenbine has entered his squad in the District Playoffs sponsored by the Chicago National Soft Ball Association. Playoff games start later this week.
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All-Lutitz
Reading Clowns
Lutz Field
Walter Birkenbine
Chicago National Soft Ball Association
SNOOPING Housekeepers Scrub Sparrows Along Broad Street
Local residents report housekeepers along South Broad Street cleaning the pavement each morning to wipe away the previous night's sparrow mess. Hundreds of birds roost in large shade trees at dusk, causing sudden chirps and falling feathers as people pass. Calls grow for action to address the nuisance.
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South Broad Street
Lititz High Band Leaves for Airport Performance
The Lititz High School Band departs the school at 9:30 AM Saturday in full uniform for a Lancaster Airport engagement. They will perform in the morning, dine on site, then play again in the afternoon.
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Lititz
Lancaster
Cornerstone of Trinity Church to be Laid Sunday
Cornerstone of the Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church at Orange and Cedar Streets will be laid Sunday with special services. The Rev. C. D. Huber of the Evangelical Church will speak, and the Rev. S. A. Heisey now of Herndon will preach at morning and evening services in the High School auditorium. continued on Page 4.
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Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church
Orange and
Cedar Streets
C. D. Huber
the Evangelical Church
S. A. Heisey
Herndon
High School
Personal notices from a Lancaster area page
Mr. and Mrs. Josephson moved into the old Woll residence on New Street. John Troutman, three, broke a collar bone in a bed fall. Mrs. Charles Kling recovering from appendectomy and to return home soon. Owen family hosting Aubrey Stutz and relatives from Richmond Va.. Hoff and son Richard enjoyed a Hershey picnic. Cloona Camp Meeting attendees include Felker Shriner Hershey Shissler Stoner Mease. Mease works as bookkeeper at Lincoln Avenue Barrage. Richardson Brookmyer Seaman and others at Hershey gathering.
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Josephson
Ludwig Woll
New Street
P. P. & L. Company
John Troutman
Clarence Troutman
Charles Kling
Lancaster General Hospital
Robert V. Owen
Aubrey P. Stutz
Josephine and
Aubrey, Jr
Richmond
Charles Hoff
Richard
Hershey
Cloona
Addison Felker
Susan Shriner
Amos Hershey
Andrew Shissler
Ruth
Clara Stoner
Abram Mease
Ohio
Mease
Lincoln Avenue
Benj, Brookmyer
Henry Seaman
Judy
John
Sophie Brookmyer
Local antique car, orange grove trip, and city notes
John Keller shows a painted Model T on the street as friends plan a summer Pacific Coast trip after orange harvest work. Lititz soft ball seeks entry to State tournament with regional and national finals in Lancaster and Chicago. A local bacon price dispute is noted amid a joke about 6,000,000 sows. Rock excavations dominate new building sites and a baby hippopotamus born in Chester after circus week.
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John Keller
John
Bob Owen
Galen Minnich
Pacific Coast
Three Men Seek Nominations for Council Seats
A public library formation committee was named to plan a library here after a Tuesday meeting. The 4 member panel includes Delphian Society, Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion and Rotary Club members and will meet Monday at 8 pm in Hershey & Gibbes office.
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Delphian Society
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Rotary Club
Hershey & Gibbes
Groshs Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs H E Grosh mark fifty years with an Aug 2 open house at 20 E Maple St. A family dinner for children and grandchildren precedes the event. Bishop C L Reinke officiated at the wedding and penned an Ode to the Bridal Pair. the manuscript poem will be available on Tuesday. Surviving bridal party members include Wilson M Grube and Miss Virginia Grosh.
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H. E. Grosh
E. Maple Street
C. L. Reinke
Wilson M. Grube
Virginia Grosh
Donats Sail for Africa to Start Liberia Mission
Rev. and Mrs. J. K. Donat and son J. Kenton Jr. left Baltimore last evening bound for London then Africa to serve as Lutheran missionaries in Liberia. They were driven to Baltimore by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hess of Akron, with Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Seaman and family meeting them there to see the departure.
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Tne
J. K. Donat
J. Kenton, Jr
Baltimore
London
Africa
Liberia
Lutheran Church
Ed. Hess
Akron
B. M. Seaman
Donata
Delegates to Pennsylvania American Legion Convention
Roy Reidenbaugh and Leon Madlem depart for Wilkes Barres annual American Legion convention as delegates from Garden Spot Post 56. Sessions run through Saturday. Auction sale at Lutz Hall tonight features meats clothing fruit and more including ham burgers at 18 cents per pound.
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Roy
Reidenbaugh
Leon Madlem
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion
Garden
Spat Post
Lutz Hall
Jean
Hamburg
Eight vie for three Town Council seats in Primary filings
Eight local men filed nominating petitions on the final Primary Election day to cap the Town Council ballots. In the second ward incumbents Jacob Kling and Jacob Koch seek reelection, while Jacob Snyder did not file. Republican candidates include Charles Krick and Levi Yerger in the second ward, with Harry Neidermyer and Elwood Keath for the two second ward years on the Democratic slate. In the first ward Quin ton Euck seeks the single council seat as a Republican, and Chas. V. Pfautz is a Democratic pick. The note ends noting only one school board member.
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Jacob Snyder
First Ward
Jacob Kling
Jacob Koch
Second Ward
Snyder
Koch
Mr. Kling
Charles Krick
Levi Yerger
Harry Neidermyer
Elwood Keath
Herbert Cooper
Quinton Euck
Chas. V. Pfautz
W. M. Pfautz
Local Man Questioned in Theft at Rothsville Inn
Robert Sheatier of Rothsville was arrested Tuesday afternoon by State Trooper Smith and Constable Singley for questioning in the theft of $60 from Mrs. Gertrude Hallacher, inn proprietor near Rothsville. He was taken to the local lockup Tuesday night. The money vanished from a purse in the lunch room while Mrs. Hallacher was outside.
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Robert Sheatier
Rothsville
Smith
Singley
Gertrude Hallacher
Mothers' Club Outing at Lititz Springs Park
The Mothers' Club of St. Pauls Lutheran Church plans a supper meeting at Lititz Springs Park tomorrow evening starting at 4. The regular club gathering follows between 7 and 8. Members should bring lunches and husbands are invited. If rain, the event moves to the Church basement at 4.
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Mothers’ Club
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lititz Springs
W C T U Meeting Set Ahead of County Convention
The W C T U will meet at Headquarters Monday at 8 o'clock. Committees should have reports ready for final plans for the County Convention on August 28 and 29. Radio gospel rally at Leicester's Grove Clay Pa Sunday afternoon and evening features WGAL Sunshine Folks and Helpers.
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W. C. Te U
Leiczester's Grove
Clay, Pa
WGAL
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Air Circus
Snoops
Trinity Church
Chicago
Wolf Garage
West Main Street
Robert Yerger
General Luther Hotel
Hippipotamus
Hagenbeck & Wallace
Chester
New York Zoo
Donats
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