Lititz News Briefs Cover Local Leisure and Harsh Weather
Fishing success in nearby streams joy for several residents. Lititz streets slick curb horse traffic. Deer hunting opens statewide while rabbit season ends soon. Lard price drops to 10 to 11 cents per pound from higher past. Christmas pretzels to ship wholesale, sparking nostalgic scenes. A beagle owned by Sherman Steffy was poisoned, family shocked. Chevrolet cars totaling five carloads arrived for John Longenecker and sub dealers. many sold. Zion Home loses state aid for sectarian status. Needlework sale at St Paul’s Lutheran raises 280 dollars. Thanksgiving offering for Labwa ster General Hospital nets 31 dollars. Farmers stock up on feed. stockyard shortages noted, price around six dollars per hundred. Merchants Association to keep weekday evenings open before Christmas. jewelers to stay open two weeks. Miss M A Minchoff, Lititz milliner, sells out and departs for Pottsville. U S Delp reports best leaf tobacco crop in 22 years. N Reedy leads Mountville A B church singing with plans for a two week evangelistic run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Sherman Steffy
Steffy
New Pennsylvania Fishermen Licenses Approved for Printing
Officials announce that paper slips, net cards and back tags will comprise the new fishermen licenses. Commissioner Nathan R. Buller approved the form and printers will begin producing them for county treasurers within two weeks as the law takes effect January 1. The department will be funded by licenses after the Legislature's appropriation for the Department of Fisheries ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Commissioner of Fisheries
Nathan R. Buller
Department of Fisheries
Department
Game Commission
Marry Garman Suffers Finger Injury While Chopping Wood
Marry Garman of South Broad Street chopped off the left fore finger at the middle joint with an axe on Monday. Dr. N B Reesor treated the injury. Muth and Co will sell stove length locust and cherry wood at 5.50 a ton delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marry Garman
South Broad Street
N. B. Reesor
Muth & Co
Borough Council Holds Monthly Meeting In Frosty Session
The borough council met in regular session, but due to cold, proceedings continued at Keystone Underwear Co. committees reported street work on South Broad, curb and gutter, water bills due mid December, a new Klein street street light, and a $7,551.67 cash balance. Several bills and salaries were approved and future filing deadlines set with the borough secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Underwear Co
H. H. Bomberger
M. G. Frederick
H. J. Pierson
J. D. Helter
S. R. Posey
South Broad Street
Second
Third Avenues
K. P. Jarvia
S. Broad Street
J. B. Herr
Finance Committee
Fort Sutter Papers Fetch 8450 At New York Sale
The Fort Sutter Papers from 1846 and 1847, lost for decades and found in New Mexico, sold for $8 450 at Anderson Galleries New York. Dr A Rosenbach won the thirty nine volume collection amid bids from Lathrop Harper H V Jones and others to reveal Sacramento Valley history tied to General Kearney and John C Fremont. An article with more data to follow on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sutter
Sutter’s Fort
Sonoma
Yerba Buena
Monerey
New Mexico
Anderson Galleries
New York
Dr. A. 8
W. Rosenbach
Lathrop C. Harper
H. V. Jones
W. R. Coe
The
Liberty of Congress
de Vinne Press
Rogenbach
Bancroft
Hope
California
Sacramento Valley
Sutter
Edward M. Kern
Stephen Watts Kearney
John C. Fremont
New Mexico Mountains
Kern
Garden Spot Opens Season With Big Home Game
Garden Spot Post No 56 American Legion will open the season with a high school gym battle against Manheim a strong tri county league club. Garden Spot aims to be one of Lititz's strongest teams this year with new uniforms. Admission is 25 cents for adults. The Legion lineup includes Dillman Bachman Carper Brubaker Graybill Keath Evans. Children sit on the west gym side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Manheim
Lititz
Legion
Ray Dillman
Harvey Bachman
James Carper
Guy Brubaker
David Graybill
Leon Keath
Arthur Evans
Lititz Borough Reassessed On 40 Percent Basis For Taxes
Lititz Borough shifts to a 40 percent valuation basis after reassessment. Total borough assessment rises from 1 633 285 to 1 694 957 with a 10 percent cut. Officials overseeing the process include two school directors and two councilmen. Citizens may object to the reassessment with county controllers.
December Prices and Local Safeguards in Lancaster Area
December brings longest shopping purses, urging locals to spend at home. The piece notes out of town merchants avoid taxes and church support, urges safety at crossings, and discusses changes in fruit pricing and the peanut plant’s growth. It warns against car accidents and emphasizes watchmen at dangerous crossings.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Man to Address Sons of Veterans
Charles Allman Lancaster Division Commander will speak at the Malta Temple meeting on Wednesday December seven at 7 30 PM. Members urged to attend a boom meeting and the first Wednesday of each month will be meeting night, per John G. Carpenter Patriotic Instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Zook
Pennsylvania State Editorial Association
Lititz Express
Washington, D. C
Senator Ladd
Zook
Lancaster
Sons of Veterans
Order of Sons of Veterans
Malta Temple
Charles Allman
Sons of Veterans, of
John G. Carpenter
Pretzels Travel From Lititz To Seoul Address
N D Sturgis bakery in Lititz shipped pretzels to Mrs John V Lacy outside West Gate Seoul Korea. The order came from Alice R Op pengeller who noted the pretzels wont be as good as fresh from the oven but the recipient requested them. Sturgis recalls many similar requests from people who once lived in Lititz and the long running pretzel trade is described as romantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Sturgis Bakery
John V. Lacy
West Gate
Seoul
Korea
Alice R. Oppengeller
Sturgis
Lititz
Local Huntsmen After Deer Near Pine Grove Furnace
Norman Kline heads the camp commissary as hunters from Pine Grove Furnace area and nearby Lancaster and Millersville pursue deer. D A Long and Eugene Long drive to Mt Joy Gunning Club lodge between Mt Alto and Cleona Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Grove Furnace
Norman Kline
Lemon
Thomas Furlow
Eugene Weidler
Melvin Hoover
Lancaster
Millersville
Yerger
D. A. Long
Eugene Long
Mt. Joy Gunning Club
Mt. Alto
Cleona Park
Eugene
Warwick Grange Elects Officers for 1922
Warwick Grange No. 1754 held its annual officer election at Rothsville High School on November 28. New officers include Master Cullen Carpenter Lititz 1 Overseer C D Haverstick Lititz 4 Lecturer Mrs B L Miller Lititz 2 Steward Lester Miller Lititz 2 and others with Miss Edna Bushong and Mrs A L Stauffer among key posts. Trustees named H Walter Rothsville for 3 years B L Miller Lititz 2 S E Bushong Lititz for 1 year. Installations set for January 1922 second Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick Grange
Rothsville High School
Cullen Carpenter
Lititz
C. D. Haverstick
B. L. Miller
Lester Miller
Clarence Reidenbach
Manheim
M. W. Hess
D. J. Rickert
Brunnerville
J. W. Bruckart
A. L. Staufffer
Ceres
Edna Bushong
Pomona
A. L
Stauffer
Flora
Elva Metzler
Dr. H. Walter
Rothsville
S. E. Bushong
Warwick House sale totals include guns and farm goods
Prices rose on firearms with two guns at 18 and 24 dollars. Livestock and produce ranged from pigs 1.25 to 7.75, rabbits 0.45 to 1.00, chickens 0.08 to 1.35, guineas 0.70, pigeons 0.12, potatoes 0.25 to 1.20, squash 0.06 to 0.11, cabbage 0.50 to 0.60, and miscellaneous items such as brooms 0.05 to 0.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
George Bashore Returns to Grounds as Young Pitcher
Mr. and Mrs. George Bashore and their son Nevin of Baltimore visited with Thomas Kissinger in town last Saturday. Bashore plans to meet friends in Mifflin County for big game hunting in the mountains. He once trained as a tinsmith apprentice with A. M. Krieder and now works in the insurance business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bashore
Nevin
Baltimore
Thomas Kissinger
Lititz Farm and House Sales Reported This Week
The Lancaster County Farms Sales Agency reports multiple transfers in Lititz and surrounding townships. Properties sold include a 2% story frame at Leaman and Water Streets to Stephan Grumbling for 2000, a 19 acre Rapho farm to James S Warner, a 32 acre Lam
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Lancaster County Farms Sales Agency
N. S. Myers
S. Broad St
Lititz
Anna B. Brookmyer
Leaman and
Water Sts
Stephan Grumbling
Penn
Samuel R. Smith
Rapho Township
James S. Warner
Lancaster
Nathan Eberly
Lampeter
Milton S. Fulmer
Brecknock Township
HE. E. Evans
Cedar Street
Ralph W. Gonder
Local sick list reports multiple families affected
Among the sick are Mrs Mary Jones at Mr Piersons home with pleurisy and grip. Mrs Peter Yester on the sick list. Miss Louisa Herring ill for weeks. Mrs Sadie Birkenbine bedridden on Liberty avenue. Mr Reuben Diehm on the sick list. Mr Robert Pfautz housebound with threatened pneumonia. Joseph Brown near Zartmans mill with an infected hand improving. Sarah Sturgis daughter of Homer and Mrs Sturgis ill with pneumonia at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Herring
Sadie Birkenbine
Liberty Avenue
Reuben Diehm
Robert Pfautz
Joseph Brown
Zartman’s Mill
Sarah
Homer’ Sturgis
Final Sermon Delivered by Rev W K Fleck at St Pauls
Rev W K Fleck preached his last sermons at St Pauls Lutheran church on Sunday with full houses in morning and evening. He spoke on I fought a good fight and addressed church members and the people of Lititz before leaving for Camden New Jersey with his family. Fleck will begin a new pastorate this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Fleck
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lititz
Fleck
Camden
N. J
Ledgemen Expert to Have Big Time at Lititz
The Princes of Bagdad charter a special car for December 15 to Lititz for the county members siesta. The vehicle leaves Lancaster at 6 30 p m carrying the patrol among others. Attendees expect a fine time.
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Lititz
Princes of
Bagdad
Siesta of the
Lancaster
New Jeannette News-Dispatch editor and bomburger arrival
Named. After His Lititz Uncle Amos Hess Bomberger II is the newest arrival in the family of Mr. and Mrs. M. Bomberger of Jeannette. Mr. Bomberger is president of the Jeannette Publishing Company and editor of the Jeannette News-Dispatch. Mr. Stork came election night while returns were being received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Hess Bomberger II
M. Bomberger
Jeannette
Bomberger
Jeannette Publishing Company
Jeannette News-Dispatch
Stork
Farm Not Sold at Graver Farm Dispute
C. B. Oberholtzer owner of the Graver farm near Landis Valley says the property was not sold to Miles Murr as claimed in this week's Record. He states Murr told a Lititz man he had purchased the farm and outlined plans to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Oberholtzer
Graver
Landis Valley
Miles Murr
Murr
Lititz
Thanksgiving travel and visits around Lititz area
The Lancaster area lists numerous Thanksgiving travelers and visitors. Residents and relatives from Myerstown, Atlantic City, Bethlehem, Lititz, Luzerne, Pottstown, Shenandoah, Reading, Nazareth and York joined family gatherings or spent holidays with locals. Notable items include an address by Rev. Benjamin P. White in Mary Dixon Chapel, and a baby boy birth linked to Grace Good Wendling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Derr
Myerstown
Florence Seldomridge
Atlantic City
N. J
C. E. Beckler
Lancaster
S. C. Hassler
Bethlehem
Ross Hoffman
Columbia
Lititz
A. R. Keller
Herman Iisher
York
Belle Wantz
Benjamin P. White
Pittsburgh
Children’s Home Society
Mary Dixon Chapel
Anna Goshert
Buckingham Friends School
Lahaska
Harry Kemper
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Chevrolet
John Longenecker
Zion Home
Ladies? Aid Society of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Labwaster General Hospital
Tle Union
Merchants’ Association of
M.A. Minchoff
Pottsville
U. S. Delp
Oliver Smith
Reedy
Garman
Fire and Water Committee
Klein Street
Arden Reifsnyder
Wm. Reidenbach
Jacob S. Keener
Labor Street Dept
Clarence Kulp
Labor
Daniel Ludwig
Breneman
Ins
Clarence Kreider
J. J.huebener
M. Amer
C. B. Adams
O. W. Miller
W. Miller
G. G. Diehm
Coal Water Dept
Long & Co
Ezra Habecker
CGB
A. V. Grosh
M. Shelley
James Seaber
United Phone & Tel
Nng Tel
Peter Buch
Theo
Forney, Stone
Hershey-Seaman Co
Roof Water Works
Record Printing House
Jno
F. Longenecker
Gas and Oil
L. Forney
Stone
John F. Ruth
Garlock Packing Co
Packing Water Dept
Leon R. Carpenter
Smith Piney
Joshua Rollman
Drayage Water Dept
Edisoon Electric Co
Lititz Paper
Box & Pringing Co
Aaron Long
Ephraim S. Herr
T. Ritchie
Jacob Singley
Smith Work
Adam G. Waheckey
Emanuel Reifsnyder
Lemon Birkenbine
Samuel Frederick
Martin Lenhart
Zartman Bros
A. H. Godenauer
H. H. Diehm
Treas
Gen. Sutter
Lititz High School
Washington
BORO
Ephrata
Frank Bouder
Centre County
Wayne Zartman
Boucher
George
Front Street
Herman Fisher
Springs Hotel
Paul Seaber
Frank Eby
U. B. Church
Nathan L. Snyder
Mr. Snyder
Benjamin B. Snavely
Benjamin Snavely
Mary Jones
Mr. Pierson
Peter Yester
Rev. Fieck
Daniel Graut
Landisville
Hiram Romberger
Lincoln
Wayne G. Fahnestock
Curtis Hensel
Agnes
Jukens
Paul Evans
John
Philadelphia
Albert Kling
Near Petersburg
Eliza Kling
H. C. Seldomridge
Ella Smeltzer
Charles Hornberger
Pottstown
Frank Malschnee
Phares
Sprucer Street
Etta Smith
M. M. Souders
Wes’ A. Hammer
Sarah Pyle
M. Shultz
Clara Hoch
Ella Eshleman
Anna
Dussinger
Aaron Zug
Glenmore
Albert Mans
Shenandoah
W. Meiskey
East Main Street
Harry Mans
Hazleton
Richard Bender
Elmer Muth
Reading
Sarah Muth
Wm., Muth
Gou~cher College
Lydia Grazer
Christ Wendling
Carl Reedy
Washington, D.C
John Meisenberger
Miss Sheaffer
Mt. Joy
Frad Fisher
Broad Street
Meisenberger
Sporting Hill
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