Lititz to welcome new talking machine plant
Robert H. Yerger plans a Lititz Cabinet Company to produce talking machines. A 60 by 200 foot concrete block building with five stories will rise east of the trap factory along the railroad, on a two acre Hershey Seaman Co. tract. Forty machines and eighty workers currently operate in Elizabeth, New Jersey. production shifts to Lititz by January 1 with electric power and a railroad siding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Yerger
Elizabeth
N. J
Aendl
Lititz Cabinet Company
Yerger
Yerger Manufacturing Company
Hershey-Seaman Co
Front Street
Fordson Tractor Demonstration at Lititz Farm
Viity Experts will present at a Fordson tractor demonstration at Albert Shhenk’s farm near Lititz tenanted by Elam Koch on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Fifty engineers from the Ford factory will study farm conditions nationwide and answer questions, with a large crowd expected as tractors gain attention for farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Shhenk
Elam Koch
Lititz
Ford
Travelers Near and Far In This Lititz Area
A long list of local residents and visitors recounts Sunday trips to Ephrata Stevens Gettysburg Oroville Lansdale and Philadelphia and mentions others in Lancaster Lititz and Springfield. The notes include temporary stays in York York County, West Leesport, and Bellefonte with remarks on work travels and gatherings.
Hawaiian Woman Here on Visit
Mrs. Juanita Weaver of Reading, a native Hawaiian, visits Hawaii with her husband Mr. Harry Weaver, formerly in the U S Army cavalry. They met while he served in the Hawaiian Islands, married three years ago, lived in California, and came to Lititz in February. They plan to return to California soon, accompanied by Mr. Henry Weaver and Mrs. Ella Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
U. S. Army
Harry Weaver
Juanita Weaver
Lester Weaver
Springs
Lititz
Weaver
California
Henry Weaver
Ella Rodgers
Local notices of health troubles and real estate transfers
Joseph Flory 80, corner Water and East Main, sick with heart trouble since Saturday. Lydia Hess fell from a stone wall, bruising left shoulder, confined to bed. Dorothea Clausen paralyzed on left side, bedridden at 82, daughters nursing, condition worsening. Mary Brubaker rheumatism, bedridden over a week, brought home by auto. Dr C. Martin attends. John Ammon of Lancaster sold Main Street property to John F. Weitzel for 2675 dollars. Weitzel occupying home. Late Lavinia Hacker’s East Main home sold privately to Dr. M. H. Yoder, possession in a month. Dr. Yoder to reside in part of J. W. G. Hershey house and plan renovations. Mrs. Miksch to live with sister M. S. Hess on East Main. Isaac Sarah sold Penryn home to Israel Hershey near Lititz, Hershey connected to Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Flory
East Main Streets
Lydia Hess
Dorothea Clausen
Mary
George Brubaker
Ephrata
C. Martin
John M. Ammon
Lancaster
Main Street
John F. Weitzel
Weitzel
Lavinia Hacker
East Main Street
M. H. Yoder
Dr. Yoder
Miksch
Hacker
M. 8. Hess
Isaac Sarah
Penryn
Israel Hershey
Lititz
Mr. Hershey
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Wm. Mathers
Harry Tschudy
Cincinatti
Ohio
Carrie Tschudy
Walter Wiseman
Ruth
John Boyer
Helen
Marietta
Elam R. Groff
F. Kirchner
Hope Kirchner
Mary Ki
D. C. Martin
Tri-County Medical Society
Lebanon
Dauphin
Lancaster Counties
Kauffman
Catherine
Louella
Manheim
John Hertzler
Lancaster Automobile Club
Hershey
John F. Longenecker
Harold Weidman
Paul Kraft
Charles Hammer
Israel Doster
Paul
J. L. Hertz
John
Andrew Longenecker
Jacob Pfautz
Quay Enck
Martin Stark
Sarah Sturgis
Henry Sturgis
Henry Seather
Levi Brubaker
Stark
Hager Bros
West Virginia
Charles Miller
Mary Ditzler
Ditzler
Rev Gaylord Hospitalized After Arm Injury
The Rev. E. W. Gaylord, pastor of Elizabeth Farms Chapel, has been at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lancaster since last week due to a broken shoulder. He was leading a cow when the rope slipped, causing the injury. An X-ray confirmed the break and he will stay in the hospital for at least a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Gaylord
Elizabeth Farms Chapel
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
Gaylord
Mrs Wallace Evans Raises Beefsteak Tomatoes Wonderfully
Mrs Wallace Evans of Broadstreet raised beefsteak tomatoes from seed kept last season. Her largest weighed two pounds three and a half ounces. She had a half dozen others averaging one pound fourteen and a half ounces each. She also grew another large-fruited variety.
Maltes Lodge Room To Be Created In Old Bamberger Block
Work on converting the old Bamberger building on East Main Street, owned by White Cove Commandery Knights of Malta, begins Monday September 6. Third floor partitions will be removed, a new peaked roof installed, and kitchens rebuilt to create anti rooms. The third floor will house a 30 by 67 foot lodge room with a 24 by 24 foot anti room, and a ventilating system will be added. George Scheneberger holds the contract. The new roof will be built in sections to keep the upper floor safe during construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamberger
East Main Street
Knights of Malta
White Cove Commandery
George, Scheneberger
Boro School Opens Monday For 1921 Term
Public schools begin Monday August 20. Parents must observe state vaccination rules. no child admitted without physician certificate of successful vaccination. All children of school age on or before January 1, 1921 admitted in first two weeks. no early admission for beginners during term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Notice to Teachers Preliminary Meeting at 2 PM
Preliminary notice for teachers to convene before school opening in the Public School Building at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Supervising Principal invites attendance and guidance for the upcoming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prin
Warwick Schools Open Sept 6 With Attendance Rules
Warwick township schools will open Monday September 6. Vaccination and attendance rules from Lititz apply in the township as state law and must be enforced by directors. Miss Edna Hale resigns from Rothsville High School. Miss Helen Martin of Millerstown Perry county will take her place. Mrs Reuben Erb will teach at Hubers, Miss Trego of Juniata county at Millport, and Ruth Gundrum at Buchs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick Township
Lititz
Edna Hale
Rothsville
Helen Martin
Millerstown
Perry County
Reuben Erb
Huber’s
Trego
Juniata County
Millport
Ruth Gundrum
Buch’s
Two in Family in Hospital In Lancaster And Philadelphia
John Lane of Clay has been in Lancaster General for a week with appendicitis. A E Lane, a Clay storekeeper, has been in University Hospital Philadelphia for nearly a month with kidney trouble. Other Lehn family members visit hospitals. Both patients show improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lane
Clay
Lancaster General Hospital
A. E. Lane
University Hospital
Philadelphia
Lehn
Springs Hotel and Sturgis House Nines Play Ball
A baseball game is set for Sept 11 between the Springs Hotel and the Sturgis House nines. P J McDonough leads the Springs. manager details to be announced. Proprietor Charles Brobst Doc Lane and Rep Diehm may wear Springs uniforms. Proceeds go to the Lititz Fire Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springs Hotel
Sturgis House
P. J. McDonough
Charles Brobst
Doc. Lane
Diehm
Springs
Lititz Fire Company
Women Vote Registration In Lititz Borough Ranks Men
A local report notes women are registering to vote in Lititz with 1099 women and 1046 men. Ward registrations show 736 women in the First Ward and 391 men in the Second Ward, with many still undecided. Poll tax details and registration deadlines are outlined along with assessor offices hours Aug 31 and Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Andrew Shissler
Frank Schaerer
Reguilar
Asessor
Jacob B. Young
Lititz Notes On Visits And Local Happenings
Social rounds include Harry Tschudy of Cincinnati visiting sisters and relatives from Marietta to Lititz. Lancaster Automobile Club drew about 4000 to Hershey picnic with Lititz participants. Local figures, travels, and small-town exchanges mark weekly life as residents host friends and travel to nearby towns.
Donations for Russian relief via local Mennonite group
Generous donations of goods to aid destitute Russians will be collected this week. Items may be dropped at B. B. Leaman on Front Street or Leaman's Broad Street store, boxed and sent to New York with ship departure next week. Mr. Orie Miller of Akron accompanies the goods to oversee distribution. relief work in Russia to continue five months. The Lititz community response pleases the Mennonite Sewing Circle, urging quicker contributions due to limited time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Leaman
Front Street
Leaman
Broad Street
New York
Orie Miller
Akron
Tie
Russia
Mennonite Sewing Circle
Lititz
Fishermen reel 130 fish on Delaware Bay trip
Clement Mohler Clarence and Walter Ernst of Lititz and an out-of-town man spent a day fishing at Fortescue along the Delaware Bay. They caught 130 edible fish including croakers weak fish and eels, plus a small shark a skate and bloaters. It rained nearly all day and they traveled eleven miles from land in a motor boat, 126 miles from their home. They bought cantaloupes for 2 cents and watermelons for 15 cents to bring home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Delaware Bay
Clement Mohler
Clarence
Walter Ernst
Fortesque
Lititz Pastor Starts World Trip to Tokyo Convention
Rev. E. 8. Crosland Moravian church pastor leaves Lititz Tuesday evening to attend the World's Sunday School Convention in Tokio Japan. He travels by Pennsylvania Railroad to Chicago then via trans continental to San Francisco sailing Sept 4 aboard a Pacific Mail steamer. He plans to visit Honolulu then continue to New York after the convention and expects to return in December. Rev Vogler of Nazareth will lead the Lititz church in his absence. Also upcoming is the Community Live Stock Show at Elizabeth farms picnic woods on Sept 4 with judging by State College men, horse driving tests, and a band providing music. the northern county’s first event of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosland
Moravian Church
Lititz
Tokio
Japan
Chicago
San Francisco
Colorado Springs
Denver
Salt Lake City
Pacific Mail
Honolulu
T. H
Theodore Buch
Anna Huber
H. B. Hough
Winston-Salem
N, GC
New York
W- H. Vogler
Nazareth
Elizabeth Farms
State College
Obituaries for Mrs Mary Carpenter and Mrs J F Essig
Two local obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Mary Carpenter, aged 65, of Lemon Street Lititz, after a two year illness and stroke. Survived by husband Rudolph and eight children, funeral Saturday at 2 PM from Lemon Street home, Machpelah Cemetery. Also dies Mrs Sybilla A Essig, 65, of Lititz, after two weeks illness at St Josephs Hospital. Maiden name Behmer, survived by husband and four daughters and one son, funeral at Moravian church with private then public service, Moravian Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred Essig
Sybilla A Essig
Lititz
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mt. Gretna
John Schnupp
Behmer
Kissel Hill
Reading
Rothsville
Moravian Church
F. M. Bowman
T. Stevens Grosh
Paul Bauscher
Lancaster
Spruce Street
Obituary notices for Hartranft and Wanner families with funeral details
Lem on T Hartranft of Reading died at Hamburg Sanatorium after two years illness. He was born September 15 1874 at Brunnerville and left behind a widow Alice Walmer a son John Lititz eight stepchildren several siblings and a private service conducted at his home with burial in Shuster’s cemetery Reading. Susanna Eric Wanner wife of Samuel Wanner died at 78 years old at her son Jacob Wanner’s home Lime Rock. She leaves children Jacob Mary Samuel and many grandchildren and great grandchildren with services held at Metzler Mennonite church and interment there. A chicken corn soup and oyster supper will be held in Rudy’s Hall on September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Walters
Ephrata
John L. Peiffer
Stevens
Walter H. Buch
West Leesport
Allentown
Souderton
Sue
Myra Badorf
Hartisburg
Robert Yerger
Ralph Dissinger
Lebanon
Cyrus Zartman
Lincoln Avenue
Paul Miller
Octavia
Neb
Marion
Elizabeth Holtzhouse
Beryl
Ethel Masser
Chautauqua Inn
Mt. Gretna
Emanuel Ditzler
Gettysburg
Elmer Good
Frank George
Winston- Salem
Harry Sesseman
Polo Grounds
Ray Chapman
George Brown
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
Clarence Brown
New York
Gorton
Emil Hermann
Baltimore
Charles Regennas
Ruth Eaton
Philadelphia
Ira F. Trego
Pittsburgh
Harry Trego
B. F. Trego
Camden
Mary Bard
Lincoln
Staten
John C. Brenneman
Beatrice E. Marrow
Lancaster
Brenneman
Fred Brackbill
Williamsport
John
Bellefonte
W. T. Twitmyer
Fred
Lititz Springs
Phares Bucher
David Snavely
Ira Bucher
Samuel Lane
Delaware
Maryland
Bucher
Golden West
Lemon Furlow
Kansas
Minneapolis
Minn
West
William and
Arthur Retten
Henry Pothroth
Springfield
Mase
Lemon T. Hartranft
South Seventh Street
Reading
Hamburg
Brunnerville
Susanna
Eric
Samuel Wanner
Jacob Wanner
Lime Rock
Jacob
Mary
Simon Eberly
Samuel
Diamond Station
Lizzie Risser
Lititz
Groff Erb
David Erb
Rothsville
Sameth Warner
Metzler Mennonite Church
Mennonite Church
Rudy’s Hall
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Charles Keath
J. C. Herr
North Broad Street
Elizabethtown
Charles Diehm
Chocolate Factory
Camp Jackson
S. C
44Th Coast Artillery
Jacob Snyder
J. Robert Snyder
Benjamin Weidner
Wysters
Walter Keath
Palmyra
South Cedar Street
F. H. Becker
Harrington
Del
Conestoga
Hiram
Harry Workman
James Sturgis
Joseph Herr
William Amer
Ralph Worley
Theodore Dussinger
W. K. Fleck
Walter Miller
Elizabeth, N. J
Viity
Rev. Gaylord
D. Wal Evans
Maltas
BORO
Warwick
J. B. Young
Mary Carpenter
Rudolph Carpenter
Lemon Street
George Carpenter
Milton
Wayne
Mechanicsburg
Morris
Lexington
Jerre
Norman
Katie
Ivan Adams
Harry Carpenter
Archibald Carpenter
Brownstown
Lemon Zook
Sarah Hackman
Pine Hill
Machpelah
St. Luke Reformed Church
G. B. Raezer
Hiram Eberly
Ciate
Samuel W. Wanner