Reading and Allentown Fair Dates Announced
Reading and Allentown Fair dates announced for the 22nd annual Reading Fair September 14 to 19 with Guy S. Buch and Ammon T. Shelly of Allentown showing poultry. Improvements to grounds boost harness and running races at the grandstand and the Saturday auto races draw famed drivers. A Bali jungle fowl pair will be among poultry oddities at the fair.
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Allentown
Guy S. Buch
Ammon T. Shelly
Allenton
America
South Sea
Bali
Independ ents Rally Past Red Dogs 17 to 1 in Softball
Independ ents staged a second major upset in two weeks as they overwhelmed the Red Dogs 17 to 1 on Friday evening in the Community Soft Ball League. No standings changes occurred as only one game was played last week.
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Independents
Red Dogs
Evangelical
Walter Hehmer
Shibe Park
Tom
Private burial for Mrs Isabel Orth Luce
Mrs Isabel Orth Luce 55 died in San Francisco July 80 and cremated there the next day. Private burial was held yesterday at 11 in Moravian cemetery with Rev Byron K Horne officiating. Survived by her husband Capt Edward S Luce and three brothers Miles H Orth John P Orth and Hugh C Orth. She was buried with her parents in the local cemetery.
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Isabel Orth Luce
San Francisco
Moravian Cemetery
Byron K. Horne
B. M. Spacht
Luce
Miles Hallacher
Mary B. Hallacher Orth
Community visits and gatherings across Halfville region
A string of visits and social rounds highlight the week in Halfville. Residents from Manheim Rothsville Elizabeth town and Lancaster joined family houses from Allen town to Penryn Neffsville Mastersonville and Brickerville for friendly calls and Sunday gatherings at various homes and parks.
V F W Plans Sept 5 Celebration on Lititz Pike
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will hold its first annual celebration and carnival Saturday evening September 5 in a field one mile south of Lititz on the Lititz Pike. Horn and Hardart Children's Hour stars headline a full program. Free trolley service from Lititz starts 7 PM, parking is free, under 12 free with parents, admission 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for older children.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Lititz
Lititz Pike
Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour
WCAU
Carnival Field
Local Social Notes From Rothsville Ephrata and Surroundings
Betty Elizabeth Lutz visited Esther Haines and family in Rothsville while other guests included Lloyd Metzler and family. Various local residents and out‑of‑town visitors shared meals and visits at Heisey, Mundorf, Loose, Young, and Koehler homes. Church groups and club picnics featured plans for September as well as reports on Willing Workers and Friendly Fellows activities.
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Betty Elizabeth Lutz
Ephrata
Esther Haines
Christian Endeavor
Harry Brown
St. Paul’s Evangelical Congregational Church
Willing Workers
Pauline Conrad
Llyrya Messner
Reine Knox
Mildred Mumma
Mabel Killian
Donothy Leib
Ruth Hcken‘rode
Mary Fass
Loretta Brown
Martha Wissler
Beatrice Grumbling
Ruth Bear
Esta Haines
Ruth Mumma
Beatrice Martin
Miriam Fassnacht
Waltz Hosts and Oberholtzer Visit Noted
Children from Mastersonville visited Mr and Mrs Oscar Waltz on Sunday. Miss Nora Waltz spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Huber Oberholtzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Shenk
Manheim
Mrs. Wayne Witmer
Edna Risser
Ruth Metzler
Amy Bombergey
Jonas Heisey
Ammon Shelly
Homer Bomberger
Fannie Bomberger
Katie Landis
C. M. Bomberger
Oscar B. Waltz
Charles Shreiner
Paul and
Mildred
Daniel Eberly
Jonas Hoke
Lebanon
Homer Shreiner
Penryn
Clayton Ober
Raymond Kile
Cahriel Yecker and Son
Neffsville
Leroy Frey
Earl Ober
Mastersonville
Chester Frey
Violet Frey
James Derr
Robert
Shirley Derr
Eli Hershey, Jr
John Engle
Simon Engle
Brickerville
William Martin
Shae McVoy
Lancaster
Charles Rose
Edith Frey
Finksburg
Mary Rose
Olive Rose
Mary Garman
Vera Long
Williamson Park
Henry Stoner
Kenneth
Tra Huber
Lititz
Wm. Spangler
Harry Shreiner
Minnie Fowle
Eric
Jonas B. Waltz
Oscar Waltz
Nora Waltz
Huber Oberholtzer
Lititz Theatre Highlights Star Power This Week
Robert Taylor tops the bill in two new films at Lititz Theatre this week. On Monday he co stars with Virginia Bruce in Society Doctor. Friday and Saturday feature His Brother's Wife with Barbara Stanwyck. Also slated are Suzy with Jean Harlow Carey Grant and Franchot, Three Cheers For Love with Eleanor Whitney and Robert Cummings, and Green Pastures a Warner Brothers masterpiece shown September 2 and 3.
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Robert Taylor
Virginia Bruce
Barbara Stanwyck
Jean Harlow
Carey Grant
Franchot
Suzy
Eleanor Whitney
Robert Cummings
America
Green Pastures
Warner Brothers
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Reading and
Allentown Fair
By Lowell Reidenbaugh
Halfville News
Amos Shenk
Mae Shenk
Fred Kauffman
Jeanette
Rothsville
A. Z. Bomberger
Richard Bomberger
Kauffman’s Park
Martin Shenk
Robert E. Yoder
Adam Enck
Noah Frey
Jacob Snyder and Sons
Elizabethtown
Fred Weidman
Speedwell
Esther Garman
Violet Ruhl
Ruth Ruhl
Martha Ruhl
Wayne Witmer
Martin Peiffer
East Petersburg
Eli Hershey
Adam Hackman
Lloyd Metzler
Helen June
Paul
John Heisey
Middle Creek
Russel Musser
Mae Musser
Henry Koehler
Clayton Mundorf
Henry Mundorf
J. Rogers Larkin
Walter
Annie
Virginia Mae
Coatesville
Annie Loose
Ray Andes
Akron
John Young
Mary Fassnacht
Central Manor Camp
Norman Myers
Nancy
Brownstown
Charles Loose
Mont
Wyo
Okla
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Brain Trust
Lititz Theatre
Kodak Verichrome
Wertsch
Seiberlings
AML
Seiber+ling
Wolf’s Garage
DE Soto
Plymouth
West Main St
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