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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
4
On Thursday August 24 1911 readers urge borough council to abate the 4 to 7 am alarm bell nuisance at the railroad depot. They claim the continuous clatter disturbs the town and seek action by petition or court. George Bear, president of Reading Railway Company, is named as a figure in the case.
Fishermen report good bass catches in the Conestoga. A birthday party honored Miss Helen Neidermyer. Potatoes fail in the area. Residents spent Sunday at Rocky Springs. Several visits among neighbors, with relatives from Akron, Washington Mil., and Womelsdorf. Hosiery mills close a one week vacation. Local residents traveled by car to visit friends. Concrete walks going in at Talmage. Studenroth and Carpenter take vacations. John Y. Boyer buys J. G. Mumma residence privately.
Mr and Mrs Guy Obetz have returned from Los Angeles. Invitations are issued for the September 7 wedding of Miss Susan M Dunlap to John Walls Bucher at St Pauls Episcopal Church. Dr and Mrs Dunlap celebrate their thirtieth wedding anniversary. B B Brandt buys a West High street lot for 360 dollars to build a dwelling. Manheim manufacturing and belting works nears completion. United States Asbestos Works expansion brick addition finished with another addition under way. Millersville State Normal School grants full credit for existing knowledge.
The Buch clan held its seventh annual reunion on August 17 on Spring grounds, drawing about 200 from nearby counties. D. R. Buch presided. Rev. D. S. Stauffer offered prayers and remarks on Sabbath observance and Pennsylvania Germans. Officers elected included President D. R. Buch and Secretary Miss Rebecca Buch. next year’s gathering set for the first Saturday in September.
A barn on William Boyer’s farm in Rapho township near White Oak to Union Square was consumed by a Thursday afternoon fire. The blaze started around one o’clock, with a heifer, several pigs, wheat, straw, and many farming implements perishing in the flames. The barn sat on land owned by H. N. Lehn of Manheim, and total loss is described as considerable.
Community notes from Rothsville and Brunnerville recounts sociales with Sunday schools planning a joint picnic at Millway on August 26, Beck's Concert Band providing music, local visits, home renovations, race entries at Lebanon fair, and upcoming Immanuel Lutheran and Coleman Memorial church events as well as regional visits and gatherings across nearby towns.
A list of local gatherings and fairs including Libanon fir on August 22 to 25, Fasnachi family reunion at Lititz Springs on September 2, Chaester county fair September 5 to 8, Elser Oberlin reunion September 9, Berk County fair at Reading September 12 to 16, Oxford fair September 19 to 22, Hanover fair September 10 to 22, Lancaster fair September 26 to 2, Kutztown fair September 26 to 29.
One customer will receive two five pound cans of Lard Free and Choice Dry Beef and Smoked meats are on hand. For sales inquiries, call.
Local contact entry lists Ben J F Lutz at Cedar Street, Indiana Industrial, with a Lititz Pennsylvania phone reference for business or directory purposes.
The Neffsville Lutheran Sunday school will celebrate its thirteenth annual event next Saturday in the woods near Neffsville by Peter R. Landis. The Germania Band from Manheim will provide music and refreshments will be sold to benefit the Sunday school.
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