Lititz Chamber again pushes garbage truck cover request
The Lititz Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday with 13 members present and three new appointees. It urged the Lititz Board of Health to require garbag e trucks to cover loads, warning Borough Council may adopt an ordinance if refused. The group also noted speed enforcement by police and praised longer post office hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Board of Health
Lititz Chamber of Commerce
Keath Planing Mill
Health Board
Springs Park
Lititz
Christian Nissley
B. M. Leaman
Lancaster Junior League
Log Cabin Farms
Roy
Entertain U B Choirs by Corn and Dog Roast
Rev J G H Light and Mrs Chester Ruth hosted a corn and dog roast for the United Brethren Church choir and their families on Thursday evening. Attendees included Rev and Mrs Light, Mr and Mrs Ruth, Mr and Mrs Harry Wertsch and Edith, Mr and Mrs James Aber, Mr and Mrs Roy Myers and Bruce, Mrs Clarence Herr, Mr and Mrs Earl Reist and daughter, Mr and Mrs Robert Myers, William Stauffer, Mr and Mrs Victor Wagner and children, Mr and Mrs Eilis Spickler, Misses Ethel Wike Irene Whitcraft Lillian McCreary Helen Farrand, Mr and Mrs Clair Weer, David Voy, Mr and Mrs Howard Keener, Larry Stauffer, and Mr and Mrs Wm Oehme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. H. Light
Chester Ruth
United Brethren Church
Light
Ruth
Harry Wertsch
Edith
James Aber
Roy Myers
Bruce
Clarence Herr
Earl Reist
Robert Myers
William
Hold Corn Roast At Williamson Park Lancaster
The Wilbur Suchard Chocolate Company office force held a corn roast Tuesday evening in Williamson Park Lancaster. More than 60 persons attended and enjoyed tennis golf quoits singing and other games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur- Suchard Chocolate Company
Williamson Park
Lancaster
Local People Write Adventure Story of Week's Motor Trip
Mr and Mrs Irvin Heisey describe a two week tour visiting Ford and Plymouth plants near Detroit and Callander Ont Niagara Falls and other stops with camping and touring. They travelled from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh crossing mountains and observing industry during the trip with daughters Helen and Etna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Ford Motor Plant
Detroit
Irvin Heisey
States
Canada
Wolf
Callander
Ont
Niagara Falls
Mrs. Heisey
Helen
Etna
Harrisburg
Lewistown
Huntington
Duncansville
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Shirley Temple tale booklet for children at Lititz Theatre
The Lititz Theatre will present to each child attending the Shirley Temple picture The Poor Little Rich Girl a small booklet The Story of My Life written by the famous star. The booklet shares her story in her own words and will delight young audiences nearly as much as the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Theatre
Little Star
Lititz Safe Co Offers Fire Proof Safes At Bargain Prices
Begin Selling Safes The Lititz Metal and Safe Co. comprising Harry Gorton and J Alvin Enck now offers safes bought from the receivers of the Stiffel Freeman plant at 111 N Broad St. A and B label fire proof safes are sold at attractive prices. The firm also handles lockers steel office furniture steel shelving and steel radiator enclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Metal and Safe Co
Harry Gorton
J. Alvin Enck
Stiffel-Freeman
N. Broad St
Handbags Display At Lititz Book Store Window
Twelve handbags crafted by girls from the park playground during July and part of this month attract attention in a Lititz Book Store window. Makers include Betty Witmyer Virginia Schleith Helen Bowman Jane Bowman Betty Rapp Geneva Rapp Mary Rapp Fay Carpenter Janet Bear Betty Kehler and Gladys Ditzler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Betty Witmyer
Virginia Schleith
Helen
Jane Bowman
Betty
Geneva
Mary Rapp
Fay Carpenter
Janet Bear
Betty Kehler
Gladys Ditzler
Harrisburg man dies after 20 foot roof fall
Irv D. Sellmyer, 47, father of Mrs. Clair Landis, was killed last Tuesday afternoon when he fell about 20 feet from a roof he was repairing in Harrisburg. The rest of the items list local gatherings and visits involving families and groups in Lancaster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irv D. Sellmyer
Clair Landis
Harrisburg
Church of the Brethren
Lancaster County
John G. Hershey
Ralph Gonder
Stony Lonesome
J. M. Miller
Arlyne Demmy
Dorothy Little
Winifred Shaeffer
Jane Ludwig
Marcella Engle
Ruth Strohm
Polly Groff
Vera Wolfe
Teresa Klunk
Press relocation shifts 45 ton press to Richmond plant
Harry Gorton has dismantled and shipped the 45 ton press from the Stiffel-Freeman plant to the iFire-Proof Door Co. plant in Richmond Indiana. He will supervise its erection there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gorton
Stiffel- Freeman
iFire-Proof Door Co
Richmond
Ind
Gorton
Two Firms Seek Local Shoe Plant in Lititz
Eby Shoe Corporation of Ephrata denies a lease deal for the former Eby building but confirms two high grade manufacturers are seeking to use the site as a shoe factory. Officials expect a decision next week and note refusals of untrustworthy applicants in the past. A Brooklyn firm was rumored to have leased the plant and start operations soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eby
Eby Shoe Corporation
Ephrata
Lititz
Brooklyn
Decision On Post Office Site Expected Soon
Treasury Department reports indicate the selection of a site for the new Post Office will be announced within a week or ten days. Eight proposed sites were inspected by district inspector A. B. Crawford and findings sent to Washington. Photos of several sites were taken for bid consideration by officials in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Dept
Washington
A. B. Crawford
SNOOPS Frank Moore Heads to Virginia Vacation
Frank Moore of Wolf's Garage and his family plan a Virginia vacation tomorrow evening. He began packing Sunday and has been unable to sleep from eagerness to start. Roy Myers recently drove and, after several trips near Hershey, finally found the right route. Continue on page 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Moore
Wolf’s Garage
Virginia
Frank
Roy Myers
Hershey
Chocolate Factory
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Board of Health
Ivan Utter
T. T. Dussinger
U. B
Mr. Heisey
Plymouth
Dieffenbach—Moyer
Grace Margaret
Lewis N. Moyer
East Main Street
Ernest G. Dieffenbach
Elmer Dieffenbach
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
J. Harold Mumper
Miss Moyer
Dorothy
John Prosser
Enola
Eleanor Wolfe
Eugene V. Moriarity
Albert McGann
Grove Sollen
Furlow—Huber
Sara
H. Huber
Abram S. Huber
Lititz R. D. 1
Paul R. Furlow
Agnes B. Furlow
East Lincoln Avenue
Elmer Leicey
Danville
Miriam Huber
Richard Snyder
Town
William H. Fassnacht
Lester Hackman
Elaine Phillipps
Betsy Ann Landis
Miss Huber
Lamar Furlow
Mr. Furlow
William Fasnacht
James Mummert
East Lemon Street
Furlow
Lititz High School
Millersville State
Shirley
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co
Isaac Bomberger
M. M. Sonders
BE. H. Bomberger
Ro My. Groff
Jack Brandt
F. E. Keiffer
Sylvan Godanour
Robert Groff
L. W. Hackman
C.G. Grim
Charles V. Pfautz
Joseph L. Knittle
John C. Blank
Mary M. Koch
Helen Scott
Edna Mohr
Ada Schnerer
Elizabeth Wissler
John Hek
Canton
Ohio
Ben Eck
Fannie Buck
Gertie Helter
Eck
Annie Bachman Gilbert
Albert
Renner
Philadelphia
Ella Lacy
James M. Moore
Waynesboro
James Moore
Mary Moore
Moores
Lloyd Hoover
Benjamin Fraelich
Robert Augsberger
Jacob S. Keener
Honey Brock
Keener
Calvin Spence
Leacock
Alfred Brightman
Cuyahoga Falls
Carl Workman
Eby Corp
Snoops
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