Champion Butcher At Legion Carnival
Garden Spot Post American Legion presents Labor Day carnival on Lititz Pike field. Acts include The Beam Twins returning after popular demand, Tex and Hank's Cowboys, world champion steer dresser Baten Trollinger of Rast Petersburg, and Chiff Gray with De Ord Hill Billy. Four gate prizes, skill games, booths, 20 cent admission, free parking.
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Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Lititz Pike
Baten Trollinger
Rast Petersburg
Sampion
Hollinger
Chiff Gray
Ord Hill Billy
Hold Week End Party Hosted by Fack Couple
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fack of Front Street entertained at Snavely's Bungalow from Friday to Monday morning. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Warren Enek and five children of Biglerville, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Troxell and four children of Gettysburg, Rev. and Warren Hess and four children of Lebanon, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bolard of Lititz, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hershey and Mrs. Bess Eby of Lancaster, and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hess and son of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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J. A. Fack
Front Street
Snavely’s
Warren Enek
Bigiervyilie
Fred Troxell
Gettysburg
Warren Hess
Lebanon
Jacob Bolard
Lititz
M Alvin Hershey
Bess
Public sale of Susanna Whitmyer property set for Saturday
Executor S R Whitmyer will offer at public sale the lot and a two story double frame dwelling at 188 140 N Cedar Street Saturday at 2 o clock. Auctioneer U H Snavely will conduct the sale.
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S. R. Whitmyer
Susanna Whitmyer
Pu Gate
Cedar Street
U. H. Snavely
Government Aid Plan for School Building Costs
The article outlines federal aid to finance school construction, aiming to create jobs and boost industry. County superintendents will survey districts and present a question to directors about building new schools with labor costs covered and most expenses funded by federal assistance.
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Lancaster
Township
James N. Rule
State Department of Public Instruction
Tur
Litiva
Mar. Mylin
Borough Council Approves Loans and Street Projects
At the August meeting the Borough Council borrowed 1800 and authorized a temporary ROC loan to cover until tax receipts arrive. The Street Committee was tasked to file street projects with the PWA and report on general repairs including South Locust Street.
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P.W.A
ROC Ws
Repai
South Locust Street
Circus Well Attended in West Lincoln Avenue Field
The Theverly Brothers Circus drew large crowds for both matinee and evening shows on West Lincoln Avenue. Four tents stood on the field with the main tent largest, and visitors noted it as a major local event, though a boy joked that Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey visited-town in May.
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Lincoln Avenue
Argess
Ringling Bros. & Barnum Tailey
Bolt Sparks Fire Scare At Lititz Home
A lightning bolt struck a home in Bu eick on Tuesday evening triggering three fire alarms. Lititz Fire Company responded with engine at about 10 o clock but found no damage and returned.
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Bueick
Lititz
Arvile
Monday Holiday Observed With Closures Across City
Labor Day will be observed as a holiday with most stores and factories closed. The Post Office and banks will also be closed for the observance.
Local Birth Announcements Highlight Town Families
Mr and Mrs Walter Waite announce the birth of a child at St Josephs Hospital in Lancaster. Mr and Mrs Carpenter Hart rant announce a son born on Friday in Lexington. Mr Hart rant formerly Miss Grace Wolf of Brownstown before marriage.
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Walter Waite
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Tancaster
Carpenter Hartrant
Lexington
Hartrantt
Grace Wolf
Brownstown
Athletic Field Tennis Courts Open To Community Use
Tennis courts at the new athletic field were tested and nets arrived yesterday. Courts are open to the public with user care requested by the Borough Council and School Board. Players should wear tennis shoes and avoid seeded areas. Grass seed has been sown and mud washed areas will be monitored after heavy rains.
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Borough Coune and School Board
Sturgis House Sale Set for Today in Court Order
The Sturgis House property will be offered at public sale after noon at 2:60 on the premises under an order of the Common Pleas Court. The sale has drawn strong interest and many people are expected to attend.
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Yao Sturgis
Wear
Public & Nis
the Common Pleas Court
Ale
Entertain At Corn Roast For Mrs Russell’s Birthday
A small group of friends hosted a corn roast on Tuesday in honor of a birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Atwood, Mr and Mrs Raymond D Me, Mrs Doster, Mrs ana Carper, Mrs Joan Keena, Jack, and the Russels of Philadelphia.
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Robert Russel
Atwood Ider
Joan Keena
Jack
Raymond D
Doster
Ana Carper
Russel
Phita- TZ Wata
Addelphia
Radio And Clock Take Place Of Hand-Tolled School Bell
The article recalls Lititz Schools switching from a hand pulled bell to radio and a clock in the principal’s office. It notes the bell’s past role guiding students and mentions a 1909 Record excerpt about the first day of school and the eight o’clock wake up signal.
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Lititz
Jolly Bill
Jane
Scheel Opens Tuesday School Term Details
A half session Tuesday kicks off the 1934 35 term with schedule handouts book distribution and some homework assigned. Regular air day starts Wednesday. An afternoon meeting with M C Demmy, Supervising Principal, is planned in the auditorium. No new teachers added. Certificates for out of town transfers and six year olds entering first grade needed by January 1 1985.
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Jana
Eulty
Rium
M. C. Demmy
All-Stars to Play Twice on Labor Day Holiday
The Legion All-Stars will meet Cornwall in a Labor Day doubleheader here with a 10 AM opener and a 2:30 PM second game, expected to draw large crowds. Tomorrow night the All-Stars travel to Rogersford for a rescheduled return game.
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Legion All-Stars
Cornwall
All-Stars
Rogersford
Lititz
Royersford
District No 9 Lancaster Sunday School to meet at Kepler Lodge
Ten members of the District No 9 Lancaster County Sunday School Association will spend Labor Day weekend at Kepler Lodge for the county conference. Those from the vicinity include Helen Diehm Margaret h Betsy Martin Dorothy Ayres Mildred Shreiner Ella M Stauffer Beulah Stauffer Ruth Carper Raymond Bushong and Robert Girvin.
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Lancaster County Sunday School Association
Kepler Lodge
Helen Diehm
Margareth
Betsy Martin
Dorothy Ayres
Mildred Shreiner
Ella M. Stauffer
Beulah Stauffer
Ruth Carper
Raymond Bushong
Robert Girvin
SNOOPS Seeks Funerals Weddings and Namesake Baby Fever
The column notes Rev. George B. Raczer ends his vacation with a funeral and starts a new tale by attending another. It lampoons town baby name anxieties as Helen Kreider fears naming a daughter after herself. A light offhand bits include sightseers in Mount Gretna and local memos about new Young Men’s Business members.
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George B. Raczer
Hayfever
Helen Kreider
Helen
Mount Gretna
Bear
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Butcher
Legion Carnival
Beam
Twins
Legion
Tex
Hank
Cowboys
Bolt
Sturgis
Scheel
A. M
Snoops
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