Lititz Local News Briefs Fire Pheasants Pics and Repairs
Edward Heidrich shipped a carload of potatoes to Philadelphia at $1.25 per bushel after buying from nearby farmers. Picnics at the Springs end for the summer while many family reunions run until Sept 12. P B Bucher sold 120 baskets of peaches at $1.85 each last week and again this week. Jerry Adams began building a bungalow north of his garage. Alvin Keller hosted a fiftieth birthday auto trip to a camp meeting near Reading with three guests. An English ringneck pheasant perched on the Five Points store roof and flew off. Lititz assessors will register voters on Sept 1 at their polling places. Postmaster Faul Seaber and relatives fished at the Conestoga, catching four bass. The Brunnerville picnic is Saturday with Lititz band music, Sunday school and speeches. William Miksch, plumber, received a carload of Ideal furnaces, first carload to arrive here. Clayton Mondorf, hospitalized for gallstones, returned home. no operation needed. School opens Aug 31 with no ten-month term rumor. nine months planned. Hornets’ nest under Herman Fisher’s eaves visible from pavement. Elmer Haines broke three ribs in Reading. he drove home and learned the extent later. George Powell aged 12, a New York Fresh Air Fund child, cut his left thumb with a hatchet. two stitches needed. He remained in good spirits and later joined a fishing trip to Bowers Beach.
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Edward Heidrich
Philadelphia
P. B. Bucher
Jerry Adams
Alvin Keller
United Evangelical
Reading
A. R. Keller
S. A. Heisey
W. H. Buch
Five Points
Lititz
Faul Seaber
Charles Grube
Harry Sessenan
Conestoga
John Helter
Niagara Falls
Jennie Reedy
Hernan
Granville Wike
Granville
Zach Wike
P. F. Snyder
Anneapolis
Edward Swart
Ralph Worley
Amanda Grazer
Toledo
Ohio
Bernice Meiskey
Ada Meiskey
M. H. Yoder
Emma Amer
Atlantic City
Sylvia McChesky
Pittsburgh
Gibson
Brunnerville
Norman Hertzler
Catherine Hertzler
Spruce Street
Carrie Darraugh
Henry Heiserman
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
F. A. Masser
New York
Masser
Trenton
Anna Pfautz
Jacob Pfautz
Front Street
Maine
G. Herman Goetz
George
Harrisburg
G. H. Goetz
T. J. Warnell
Liberty
Mary Brobst
Bert Lee
Helen
J. Frank Ruch
James Goldthwait
Sallie Weidman
Adame
DuPont
Bowers Beach
D. A. Long
Amos Risser
Lancaster Asherman
Sarah Dissinger
Lebanon
Cyrus Zartman
Philip Dissinger
Arthur Grosh
Bethlehem
Stevens Grosh
Elizabeth
Henry Buch
Mr. Grobe
Greencastle
Harry Tschudy
Cincinnati
Carrie
Mary Tschudy
Marta Christener
Belgium
A. H. Christener
Miss Christener
Washington, D. C
Band Concerts Friday and Saturday of This Week
The Good Shepherd Homie band of Allentown appears Friday evening August 28 instead of the date announced earlier. A likely exhibit of typewriting by a blind girl will be part of the program. Saturday features the Ring gold band of York, promising a big treat for local music lovers. The Wyomissing Band previously drew a sizable Fourth of July crowd with a fine program. Pfautz Bros. offers well made children's sweater coats.
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Good Shepherd Homie Band
Allentown
Ringgold Band
York
Wyomissing
Lititz Legioners Return From Erie State Convention
Lititz Legioners led by Guy Hershey and Norman Habeck and alternates Henry Snodgrass and James Carper traveled from Harrisburg to Erie for the state convention. They toured Lakes and Perry’s Niagara, visited Soldiers and Sailors Home, and attended meetings stressing Americanism. Awards honored 893 boys and 265 girls for courage leadership and service. a major issue was veteran rehabilitation with a 500 bed hospital planned and an orphanage opened in New Jersey. The parade drew 5090 Legionnaires as Pennsylvania’s membership tops 60,000.
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Guy Hershey
Norman Habecker
Henry Snodgrass
James Carper
American Legion
Erie
Harrisburg
Litizzites
Lake Erie
Perry
Legionaires
Pennsylvania
Lititz
Lawrence
Soldiers and Sailors
Legion Commission
Charlesboro
N. J
Philadelphia
Scranton
The
Legion
Woolworth Co expands to Spruce Street factory space
The Woolworth Chemical Co leases the second floor of the Meiskey cigar factory to manufacture non tarnish and non tarnish wrapping papers for household and display use. A new non glare automobile looking glass will soon reach the market. Three men, Weidman Dussing er Hoff man, left August 16 seeking work in Canadian harvest fields but are stranded and seek aid to Buffalo. Wheat harvest in Canada won’t begin until late September. Other Local men have sent only cards from their travels.
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Woolworth Chemical Co
Meiskey Cigar
Spruce Streets
Charles Weidman
Charles Dussinger
Lloyd Hoffman
Buffalo
Hi. L. Eschbach
Dakotas
Canada
Lititz
Change of Paint on House Fools People
Fifty seven years of red paint on a Lincoln Avenue house gave way to grey. Neighbors puzzled by the color change laugh at the effect. Miss Anna Perry and her mother reside with Miss Leaman. The house was built in 1868 by Christopher Eling who learned carpentry from Isaac Habecker. Eling, now 80, lives in Lancaster. Mrs. Hannah Hull previously lived there. Perry moved in after Hull’s death.
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Lincoln Avenue
Anna Perry
Leaman
Miss Perry
Christopher Eling
Lancaster
Isaac Habecker
Hannah Hull
Mrs. Hull
Fresh Air Fund Kiddies Warm Hearts to Lancaster Residents
About 229 New York Fresh Air Fund children arrived by trolley in Lancaster last Thursday. Town families volunteered to host them, providing clothing, shoes, beds, and meals while the kids explore life in a new setting. Homesickness appeared but many children grew attached, treasuring baths, beds, and rides in local cars as fund supporters provide clothing and help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresh Air Fund Kiddies
New York
Washington Letter from Our Correspondent
The item from the Record about a Washington official at Muddy Creek Sunday School picnic lacks a name. It notes Robert 8 Regar as assistant postmaster general and Masonic lodge master while hinting at future congressional prospects. Also reports Dr H H Seltzer of Palmyra and Mannheim, Lutheran church member and Treasury employee, with long service in Sunday school. Mentions a state highway book and Iowa Senate race chatter Brookhart Steck and other quips.
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Washington
Muddy Creek
Robert 8. Regar
Congress
Cortelyou
Post Office
H. H. Seltzer
Palmyra
Lutheran Sunday School
The
Treasury
Department of Highways
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Brookhart-Steck
Night blooming cereus and a Brethren home visit described
The piece recalls Hawaii’s night blooming cereus scenes with vast fragrant blooms that perish by dawn and then shifts to Neffsville's Church of the Brethren Home. It praises the institution’s care for elders and orphans, noting orderly routines, bright rooms, and a peaceful, hotellike environment. It highlights dignity, structure, and family-style support within the community.
Pfantz Bros School Shoes and Clothes Invitation
Bring your children to Pfantz' Bros for good school shoes and clothes as a local retailer promotes back to school essentials for families.
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Pfantz' Bros
Paul Youngs Meeting with Brigham Young in Salt Lake City
Traveler writes from Salt Lake City after touring Yellowstone and the park journey ending in Ogden and Salt Lake City. He notes crossing Mt Washburn, severe weather, views of Mammoth Camp, Old Faithful, and a lift to Idaho Falls. Describes Yellowstone Valley farms, Idaho Falls industry, and Salt Lake City sights including the Capitol and Tabernacle. He shakes Brigham Young Jr.’s hand, plans to reach the coast within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Capitol
Temple
Park
Mt. Washburn
Mammouth
Old Faithful
Penna
Madison Junction
Ashton
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Yellowstone Valley
Ogden
Salt Lake
The
John J. McClellam
Mr. Cannon
Tabernacle
Old Virginia
Brigham Young, Jr
Hikers From Lititz Head For Baltimore Altoona and More
Several Lone Scout Tribe members from Lititz LeRoy Bare William Templeton and others set out on foot for distant destinations. William Fassnacht and Robert Weaver planned a Pittsburgh hike while Eugene Stauffer and Paul Furlow aimed for Atlantic City hoping to hitch lifts.
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LeRoy Bare
William Templeton
Lone Scout Tribe
Baltimore
Altoona
William Fassnacht
Robert Weaver
Pittsburgh
Eugene Stauffer
Paul Furlow
Atlantic City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herman Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Elmer Haines
George Powell
New York Fresh Air Fund
George Korte
Pfautz Bros
Looking Glass
N.Y
Rotary Club
W. M
Pfantz
Oregon
Orin
Nanolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Church of the Brethren
Neffsville
Tung
Paul Young
Brigham Young
Utah
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