Lititz Community Sees Busy Harvest and Fall Events
Luther Mearig becomes clerk at Hensel’s drug store as Lititz public schools plan a Sept. 4 opening. Plantz Bros expand to a new store while the old quarters close. Three remaining picnics in the Springs come from Lancaster. Golden Eagle convention hosts in Lititz Sept. 16. Aug 25 marks end of dog days. A public sale by A W Miller awaits at Park View Hotel. Local pretzel bakeries bustle with orders. William Sturgis’ bakery runs a night gang. Warren Sturgis confirms via Akron, Ohio that the suicide note is a hoax. Lititz residents report apples heavy in Cumberland valley. Three speeding and reckless driving arrests by Officer Kreider Sunday. Lititz fire company uniform meeting Aug. 25 at 8 pm. Lititz band to play at Oregon Sunday School picnic and Eden festival. concert at Frank Burkholder’s porch Sept. 9. Peach season peaks with truckloads sold at one to one fifty per basket. Lancaster markets glut. A suspected entry attempt at Lititz Springs hosiery mill robs stockings earlier. alarm sounded, truck seen nearby, nothing missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Mearig
Hensel’s
Lititz
Plantz Bros
Lancaster
A. W. Miller
Park View Hotel
William Sturgis
Warren Sturgis
Akron
Ohio
Walter Sturgis
Cumberland Valley
Kreider
Oregon
Eden
Frank Burkholder
Lititz Springs
Former Lititz Man Sustains Leg Injury In Circular Saw
Clayton Bucher of Indiantown near Clay suffered a severe cut to his left leg when his foot was caught in a circular saw while assisting John Jacoby on a farm. The saw was slowed for oiling. he remained conscious and was transported to General Hospital, Lan caster, for immediate operation. His condition improved slowly. his wife stays with his parents on New Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Bucher
Indiantown
Clay
General Hospital
Lancaster
John Jacoby
Bucher
Seaman & Lord’s Store
Lititz
Jacob Musser
New Street
Theodore Buch Here on Visit After Trip of 6308 Miles
Theodore B. Buch arrived from Honolulu to spend a month with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Buch. He traveled 6,200 miles since leaving the islands July 26, with stops at San Francisco Portland and Sand Point Idaho. He has been on the islands ten years and worked as a surveyor for the city of Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore B. Buch
Honolulu
T. H
J. Frank Buch
Islands
San Francisco
Portland
Oregon
Sand Point
Idaho
Frank Fultz
Canadian Rockies
British Columbia
Minnesota
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
U. S
Child Drowns In Farm Well Near Millway
Two year old Ralph P. Moyer, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Moyer of Millway, drowned in a 65 foot well on the family farm Friday afternoon. He and his sister Goldie had removed a stone from a board covering the opening and he fell in as he looked into the well. Neighbor Frank Bowman retrieved the body as authorities arrived. Deputy coroner and Dr Hertz attempted resuscitation but the child died. Funeral services were held Sunday and burial followed in Brickerville Lutheran cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph P. Moyer
Clarence Moyer
Millway
Moyer
Lititz
Goldie
Frank Bowman
Bowman
F. E. Schnerer
J. L. Hertz
Brickerville
Child Lost Found After Grandson Missing In Lititz
A Manheim township farmer brought his two year old grandson to Lititz and left him in a carriage outside Hensel's drug store. The child slipped away, wandered to Eighth Street yard of M. Huber, played with local children, and was later found and returned to his anxious grandfather. The incident drew early excitement and scare stories of kidnapping before a happy reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Lititz
Hensel
East Main Street
Huber
Officials Plan April Start for New Trolley Line
At Harrisburg the Womelsdorf Myerstown Littig Traction Co officials said construction of a Lebanon Reading trolley line would begin April 1, 1923 and finish within three months. The plan includes a Clay to Lititz extension linking Ephrata and Lebanon with Conestoga Traction lines, with $105000 pledged of $210000 estimated cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Badoud
Minersville
Myerstown
Newmanstown
Womelsdorf
Offcers
Womelsdorf, Myerstown & Littig Traction Company
Reading
Lebanon
Clay
Lititz
Ephrata and Lebanon Company
Conestoga Traction Company
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
P. & R. Railroad
Badoud
Robert Ferguson
New Traction Company
Lancaster
Ferguson
From Canada Visitor Stops With Bomberger Family
Here from Canada Clayton Bomberger of Waterloo Ontario visits his parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Bomberger. He is employed in the office of a shoe and felt manufacturing company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Clayton Bomberger
Waterloo
Ontario
Jacob Bomberger
Financial Campaign for the Boy Scouts in Lititz
The Boy Scout movement in Lititz has relied on a few donors for five years with community concerns. Advocates urge supporting the Scouts as America’s future citizens, promising loyalty, duty, and service, and announce a forthcoming financial campaign under the banner Invest in the best Stock on the market Our Boys. Also notes Miss F B Dutt and Mrs Anna Wagner leaving for Philadelphia to buy fall goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Movement
Lititz
America
Boy Scouts Organization
F. B. Dutt
Anna Wagner
Philadelphia
Corn and farm notes from Lancaster county and Lititz
The report highlights large sweet corn stalks in Lancaster County soil and a Witmyer stalk claimed at 1544 feet height as a joke. It notes three boys guiding a cow to a Warwick House bazaar with a distressed foreleg. It covers wild domestic animals on Hawaiian islands and Lititz water concerns with springs near the Hess homestead offering an alternative well option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
John T. Witmyer
Lititz
Cocoa Shipped to Germany From Local Factory
Seven carloads of cocoa totaling 286000 pounds are being shipped this week from the Ideal chocolate factory to Germany. The convoy leaves on a boat in Philadelphia, with the order coming through the Central Relief Committee in New York. Cocoa is praised for its nutrition and calorie value equating to steak per pound, highlighting its cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Germany
Philadelphia
Central Relief Committee
New York
Chocolate
Lititz Fire Company plans creek sluice for fire protection
Lititz Fire Company proposes building sluice ways along Lititz creek to dam water when needed. Landowners along the creek are willingly giving consent. Currently the water is only a few inches deep in spots, hindering firefighting in that area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Company
Lititz Creek
Maryland trip yields eel bait haul for salmon fishing
Charles Fink traveled to Maryland to secure bait eels used for salmon fishing on the Delaware marsh. Eels sold for thirty five cents each, with luck bringing up to eight salmon per eel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fink
Delaware
Lititz Fire Company drills for parade at Ephrata
Lititz Fire Company members drill on the ball grounds Monday evening and will drill again Thursday to prepare for the parade at Ephrata Saturday. Samuel Bowers leads the uniformed rank as captain. An axe handle snagged on his clothes. Frank Boucher severed his left thumb Sunday. Dr Posey performed another amputation to provide skin coverage for the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Company
Ephrata
Samuel Bowers
Frank Boucher
Dr. Posey
Early tobacco harvest begins in Brubaker Valley
Farmers Cutting Tobacco Tandis Tuber and Reuben Bruba ker, John Yerger Jr and Sr and U S Delp lead the way in this section. Mr and Mrs Jacob Eberly and Mr and Mrs Oliver Reed and child left last Saturday for Niagara Falls en route to Canada and expect to return home next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandis Tuber
Reuben Brubaker
Brubaker Valley
John Yerger, Jr
John Yerger
U.S. Delp
Jacob Eberly
Oliver Reed
Child
Niagara Falls
Canada
Spangler Family Visit Aids Philadelphia Detective
Mr and Mrs George Spangler and their son spend two weeks with Mrs Emma Spangler. George is with the detective bureau at City Hall Philadelphia and serves on the police revolver team. He brings revolvers and ammunition to maintain practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Spangler
Ber
Emma Spangler
George
City Hall
Philadelphia
Police Department
Lititz Coalitionists Organize Local Republican Wing
A Lititz meeting at Burkholder's garage formed a local branch of the Independent Republicans with H. E. Sheaffer elected chairman. Delegates were chosen from Lititz wards for a Lancaster gathering, and the group planned band support for the trip to Lancaster. The weekend also featured Zem Zem Siesta picnic at Lititz Springs Park with over 3000 attendees including Elmer and Harry Bobst tied to Hoffman LaRoche. H. C. Reedy reports evangelistic work in the South and hints at political moves for 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkholder
Lititz
Independent Republicans
H. E. Sheaffer
Wm. Bidlack
Lancaster
Dr. Klein
F. and M. College
Schaeffer
First Ward
Elmer Bollinger
R. O. Melzer
G. L. Hepp
H. E. Schaeffer
Ezra Habecker
Harvey Reiber
P. B. Kofroth
Mamie Kofroth
Louis Hepp
Frank Burkholder
H. £. Schaeffer
Wesley Bruckart
Benj
Lutz
Geo. B. Raezer
Warwick
W. C. Carpenter
Isaac Reidenbach
E. Bushong
Dr. Walters
Lititz Band
Coal shortages ease in Lititz as yards hold pea coal
Local reports indicate Beth coal yards have pea coal in stock and the water works can supply until October. Other industries are not short, though a local manufacturer received two carloads of bituminous coal offered this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
Local Corn Roast Celebrates Town Kiddies Birthday Saints
Mrs. Howard Bollinger hosted fifty one town children on Keller's Mountain for a corn roast with corn dogs and marshmallows by an open fire. The event brought joy to the youngsters. Mrs. Mabel Feck Miller and Mr. Geo L Hepp celebrate birthdays today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bollinger
Keller’s Mountain
Mabel Feck Miller
Geo. L. Hepp
Lititz Fire Company Hosts Big Outdoor Festival
The Lititz Fire Company stages a large festival on Saturday evening, September 23, in a field south of the borough along the trolley line. The Spring Garden Band and the Manheim bands perform. It is expected to be the largest festival yet in Lititz with committees active and countywide advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Company
Spring Garden
Manheim Bands
Travelers Near and Far: Lititz Social Notes
Mrs R N Wolfe visits son Theodore in Akron while many neighbors and relatives appear in town for weekends and trips. Entries list visits from Nazareth Lancaster New York Hagerstown Philadelphia and Washington with excursions to Crystal Cave Ocean City Atlantic City Hershey and Willow Grove plus auto trips and family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. R. N. Wolfe
Son
Theodore
Akron
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theodore Buch
Scott
P. Herbert Reigner
H. Robert Mays
Transit Company
John P. Brady
New Transit Company
Charles J. Esterly
Wyomissing
Heber Ermensstrout
W. F. Bush
William G. Seidel
Ane
Front Street
Warwick House
Lamparter
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Buch
California
Buch
Rome
Here
Lincoln Avenue
Paul Bomberger
Maryland
Lititz Springs Park
Zem Zem Siesta
Princes of Bagdad
Bobst Brothers
Elmer Bobst
Walton
Springs Hotel
Harry Bobst
Elmer
Hoffman LaRoche Chemical Company
Harry
Washington, D. C
H. C. Reedy
Louisiana
Alabama
South
L. A. Horn
Mr.Reedy
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Mr. Reedy
Ironville
Mountville
Millersville
The
Charles (Cohick) Clewell
Nazareth
Dale Kilgore
Chanceford
Frances Ammon
Clara Howard
Mrs. M. S. Hess
Ocean City
N. J
Harry Miller
Joseph Miller
Mary Elliott
Hagerstown,Md
Wilson Grube
George Rentchler
John Painter
Crystal Cave
Kutztown
Arthur Guiney
Albany
N. Y
Emma Nethercott
Erica
Syracuse
H. H. Beck
Bernard
Atlantic City
Mrs. Beck
Mary
Carrie Tschudy
New Holland
Mrs
Kate Roland
Ernest Souders
Pittsburg
M. M. Souders
West Main Street
Albert Bruckart
Barr Nursery
Paul Rapp
Bureau of Standards
William Rapp
Lloyd Smith
William Smith
William A. Smith
South Broad Street
W. M. Grube
Elizabeth
Charles Hacker
Rue Isabel Shank
David Shank
May
Elwood Lowry
Bethlehem
Katherine Miller
Lowry
Florence Leopold
John F. Longeneckey
Dorothy
Margaret
Robert
Robert McCauley
Hershey
County Automobile Association
David Becker
Lizzie Becker
Agnes Adams
Alvin Kochel
Linn H. Meily
Thomas Brubaker
Willow Grove
Ocean Grove
Mary Gingrich
Bessie
Anna Miller
Lydia
Selinda Hess
H. C. Miller
E. Beckler
Mary Miksch
Mary Tschudy
Miles H. Orthang
Wayne, Pa
Orth
Hugh Orth
Pittsburgh
Messrs
Miles Harlacher
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