Five wild geese seen flying over town this week
A town report notes five wild geese observed flying low above the streets this week. Catherine Smith of Spruce Street injured herself at home last Friday and is recovering. A rural customer bought eleven pounds of butter eleven dozen eggs and paid eleven dollars at a local store. Rev A Heisey of the United Evangelical church remains confined to the parsonage with illness for over a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Smith
Spruce Street
A. Heisey
United Evangelical Church
Automobile Like Locomotive Draws City Attention
A car on street view resembles a locomotive from the front and an observation car from the rear. It features a smokestack bell whistle a sand box and Westinghouse air brakes. The Kelley Springfield Tire Company tours the United States to promote good roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Kelley Springfield Tire Company
United States
Duck hunter brings home a fine lot of game
Frank Rivenbaugh an agent for the Animal Trap Company headquarters at the Springs Hotel returned from Chesapeake Bay with ducks and partridges. Live decoys and a Chesapeake Bay dog aided retrieval. Also noted are local oblique mentions of celebrations, church fund drive, and minor accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rivenbaugh
Animal Trap Company
Springs Hotel
Chesapeake Bay
Ralph Bowman
Weidman and Christ Married in Lititz Lutheran Parsonage
Warren H. Weidman of Brickerville and Miss Lillie Christ of Lititz were married Friday at 4 PM in the Lititz Lutheran parsonage by Rev. F. A. Weichsel. They will reside in Brickerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren H. Weidman
Brickerville
Lillie Christ
Lititz
F. A. Weichsel
Manheim Fire Co Holds Big Fair With Schnitzel Bank Band
The Manheim Fire Company hosts a fair at Oechsle's Hall rear of the Summy House in Manheim. Crowds are unusually large and the Saturday night feature is the Schnitzel Bank band from Mount Joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Farm Women Meet Discuss Rural School Problem
Miss Anna K. Miller spoke on The Rural School Problem at the Farm Women No 1 meeting held at Mrs. Eckman’s Millway home. The group planned Christmas charity and baskets for shut-ins and set the next gathering for January 8 at Mrs. Burkholder’s near Rothsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna K. Miller
Lititz
Society of Farm Women No. 1
John Eckman
Millway
M. W. Heig
Elsie Martin
Anna Moor
the Good Shepherd
Allentown
Anna Erb
J. G. Brubaker
Harry Burkholder
Rothsville
Young Soldier Home After Army Enlistment Return
Warl Pfautz, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Pfautz, returns from an army enlistment. He claims odd measurements and recounts football and basketball on army teams. He served in California Fort Russell Wyoming Fort Logan Colorado with short stays in other states. He has not been home in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warl Pfautz
Robert Pfautz
Farl
California
Fort Russel
Wyoming
Fort Logan
Col
Florida
New Ford Station Opened in Lititz on East Main
The Lititz Motor Co Inc opened a Ford sales and service facility on East Main Street in a renovated former blacksmith shop. Modern Ford equipment installed, a Ford factory mechanic arranged it, new Fords on display, and R B Detwiler in charge with his family relocating to Lititz. A full line of Ford parts is available and an expert repairman heads the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Motor Co., Inc
Ford
East Main Street
A. C. Pfantz
R. B. Detwiler
Lititz
Christmas Savings Checks Mailed by Two Banks
The Farmers and Springs National Banks mailed Christmas savings checks totaling over $70,000. Bank officials note the amount rises yearly and expect more depositors next year. Deposits for 1927 are being accepted now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers
Springs National Banks
Snowfall Triggers Early Sleighs and Sleds in Lititz
Snow blankets Lititz on Sunday morning with continuing falls. The first sleighs appear on streets signaling winter arrival. Kids coast on Egan's hill Cedar Street while Policeman Kreider ropes off the area at night to prevent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egan’s Hill
Cedar Street
Lititz
Kreider
Visitors See Mrs. Jenkins at Hatfield Memorial Home
Rev and Mrs W R Sammel and Mr and Mrs Benjamin Seaman visited Mrs Sara Jenkins at the Hatfield Memorial home near Coatesville on Monday. Her mind is clear though she remains troubled by physical ailments. The group called the home a beautiful convalescent facility named in memory of Mr Hatfield’s deceased wife, a hospital friend of Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Sammel
Benjamin Seaman
Sara Jenkins
Hatfield Memorial Home
Coatesville
Jenkins
Lititz
Hatfield
Winter Escape to Florida for Local Families
Henry Netzley of Brickerville and Samuel Burkholder of Schaefferstown with their families planned a winter in Sebring Florida, traveling ahead of a blizzard and cold snap. They intended to spend the season in Florida as they did previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Netzley
Brickerville
Sebring, Florida
Samuel Burkholder
Schaefferstown
Lebanon County
Florida
Borough Council approves repairs and bills in regular meeting
Borough Council met in regular monthly session with Burgess Baderf and five councilmen. The street committee reported repairs along Leaman Leed's alley and East Petersborg Ave plus Fourth Avenue stone. Bills totaling numerous items were approved and orders paid. A light at East Front and Oak and at Second Ave and Pine Alley was recommended. Fire and water committees reported water bills due December 1 and boiler disposal. Food invite for Fire House Saturday aimed at residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reguar
Burgess Baderf
H. J. Pierson
J. A. Sturgis
J. D. Helter
Levi Rudy
Jos. B. Wissler
Leaman and Leed
New Street
East Petersborg Ave
Fourth Avenue
Fire and Water Committee
East Front
Oak Street
Second Avenue
Pine Alley
Shower Honoring Emma Freidly Goss Aids Lititz Couple
A miscellaneous shower at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Freidley Lititz R D celebrated the upcoming marriage of their daughter Emma Freidly to Mr Samuel Goss. Many friends and relatives attended including Abram Mease Augustus Fleckenstein George Huber Harvey Seather Earl Martin Isaac Grube Carrie Brubaker Elizabeth Mellinger Roy Weaver Mildred Brubaker Frank Seaman Anna Mellinger Abram Snavely Irene Myrin George Derr Edna Mohler Simon Snyder Beatrice Pfeffer John Mohler Edna Martin Abram Minnich Elsie Berkenheim Clyde Huber Ben Saylor Charles Randler Anna Kreider William Randler Ruby Kolbach Nelson Freidly Myrtle Huber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Freidley
Lititz
R. D
Emma
Samuel Goss
Abram Mease
Augustus Fleckenstein
Son
George Huber
Harvey Seather
Earl Martin
Isaac Grube
Carrie Brubaker
Filizabeth Mel
Anna Mary Freidly
Myrtle Huber
Six Legged Deer Sighted During Perry County Hunt
Eugene Weidler and companions reported a six legged spike buck during a Perry County deer hunt. The extra pair of legs extended behind the normal limbs and the hooves appeared mature, though the creature was shot illegally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Weidler
Perry County
Kings Daughters Sale Proves Successful Saturday
The King's Daughters thank the public for liberal patronage at their sale held on Saturday. Total receipts amounted to $391.11.
Two Home Basketball Games This Weekend
Lititz High hosts Columbia High on Friday night while Alumni Five plays Reading YMCA on Saturday. Games aim to showcase local teams and attract spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Hi
Columbia
Alumni Five
Reading Y. M. C., A
Woman sues husband for separation over lack of affection
A wife sues for separation claiming illness from neglect and lack of hugs. The husband counters with denials and a barrage of personal diagnoses, blaming her lifestyle, diet, and inactivity for health issues. The piece also notes observations on eating trends and mechanical parts counts, then shifts to two local notes about doves and a family tragedy linked to a daughter’s mental breakdown.
Misfortune Follows Good Fortune In Auto Crash
A deer head on Fred Trimmer’s running board preceded a collision with Curtis Hensel at Main and Cedar streets Monday morning. Hensel’s Hudson sustained heavy damage. Trimmer’s Dodge roaster could not move. Damages around $600. Henry Martzall’s two children were riding in Hensel’s car. a boy suffered a forehead cut and a girl a cheek cut needing stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Trimmer
Curtis Hensel
Main
Cedar Streets
Mr. Hensel
Henry Martzall
Horses Run Away as Snow Slide Hits Malta Home
A snow slide from a Malta Home roof sent two horses fleeing with an ice wagon on Monday morning while Harry Myers and his son were away. The team halted at Park View Hotel after nine autos were struck but only lightly damaged. repair bills total about 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Harry Myers
Park View
Eggs Drop In Price In Local Stores
Eggs fell ten cents per dozen last week as hens lay better and cold storage eggs flood the market. Prices ranged from fifty five to seventy five cents per dozen, a relief after high costs for consumers.
Toll Gate House To Be Sold At Public Sale
The old Lititz and Lexington toll gate house will be offered at public sale on Saturday December 18. The site is seen as suitable for a refreshment stand when the state builds the improved road to Brickerville expected to attract traffic presently diverted to other routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz and Lexington
Brickerville
PUPILS TO GIVE RECITAL
Miss Dorothy Habecker presents a Thursday recital at 7 30 PM in the Lutheran U S room downstairs. Performers include Tanet Eby Olive Snyder Arline Landis Bernice Long Herma Rickert Virginia Cyphers Janet Bolles Helen Showers Jane Miller Marguerite Long Mildred Gable Kathryn Domiy Mary Koch Dorothy Berry Irene Keener Esther Eby Lorraine Habecker Raymond Runk Joe Sheckard Helen Sturgis Reba Enck Florence Kofroth Viola Roth. Patrons and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Habecker
Warwick House sale features bananas and oranges leading bids
Bananas and oranges dominated the Warwick House sale on Saturday with a truckload of bananas selling from 1.00 to 1.85 a bunch and oranges at 1.00 a basket. Other items included fifty chickens at 1.10 each four pigs at 4.75 each 150 bushels of potatoes 0.80 to 1.65 a bushel 100 bushels of apples 0.70 to 1.50 a bushel a rug 2.80 cigars 2.00 a hundred new saws 1.00 each and shoes 2.10 a pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Ministers and Wives Dine with Moravian Clergy
Mr and Mrs Louis Huebener hosted Moravian ministers and their wives from the district on Tuesday in Lititz York Lancaster and Reading. Attendees included Rev Theodore Reinicke Rev Samuel Albright Rev C J Meinert Rev Charles Nagel Rev and Mrs Driebert and two children Rev and Mrs E S Crosland Rev and Mrs F W Stengel Mrs Martha Huebener Miss Mary Huebener. Dinner was at noon followed by the regular business meeting with Rev Reinicke delivering a paper titled The Church at Home. Hungry Come to the Fire House on Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Huebener
Theodore Reinicke
Samuel Albright
York
C. J. Meinert
Charles Nagel
Lancaster
Driebert
Reading
E. S. Crosland
F. W. Stengel
Martha Huebener
Mary Hueben
Fire Discovered in G. G. Minnich Home on South Broad
Fire found in Graybill G. Minnich residence on South Broad Street as the family prepared for bed. A slowly burning cellar girder required prying boards to reach and was extinguished by Lititz Fire Company using a chemical tank. The general alarm was not sounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graybill G. Minnich
South Broad Street
Altho
Lititz Fire Company
Lost hand after fodder shredder accident
Harry Lefevre aged 36 of Sun Hill lost his left hand on Saturday when his hand was caught in a fodder shredder on his farm. The hand was amputated at the wrist at Lancaster General Hospital, where his condition is reported as good since the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lefevre
Sun Hill
Lancaster General Hospital
Accountants' Club of America Formed in New York
Announcement of the Accountants' Club of America organization in New York. Frederick M. Schaeberle, Lititz native and certified accountant, serves on the governing board. his father previously taught music at Linden Hall Seminary. Club headquartered at Hotel Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organization of the
Accountants’ Club of America
New York
Frederick M. Schaeberle
Schaeberle
Linden Hall Seminary
Hotel Belmont
Lititz Fire Company Helps Rothsville Fund New Truck
In a show of county fire service solidarity Lititz sends Rothsville a 25 dollar check to seed their truck fund. Rothsville responds with gratitude acknowledging the gift as a token of good fellowship and confirming receipt of the Nov. 28 letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Rothsville
Reist
Lititz Fire Company
Rothsville Company
Reading man charged with theft from Fisher Motor Car plant
Clarence Weidman once of Lititz was accused of feloniously entering the Fisher Motor Car Company plant in Reading and stealing at least $1,000 in accessories using a factory key. Lancaster police arrested him after a pool-room trap set by Lt. Elwood Gainor and Reading Alderman Heffelfinger ordered his detainment. Weidman was transporting recovered evidence to Reading authorities. He had reportedly been selling an auto jack in Lititz to raise funds for a meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Motor Car Company
Reading
Clarence Weidman
Lititz
Lancaster
Elwood Gainor
Weidman
Lieut
Gainor
Heffelfinger
Reading Company
George W. Keller
Fisher
James Hughes
Troop C Barracks
State Police
Heads New Rotary Club in Spring City
Leighton F. Hacker editor and publisher of the Inter-Borough Press Spring City Pa chosen secretary of the new Rotary club in that city He is a son of John Hacker formerly of Lititz and nephew of Harry Hacker rural deliveryman The article adds a note about listening to Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton F. Hacker
Inter-Borough Press
Spring City
New Rotary Club
John Hacker
Lititz
Harry Hacker
Travelers Reach and Visit Relatives in Local Notices
Mr and Mrs Frank Klecher of Bethlehem were guests at the Moravian Home over Sunday. Mrs Lillian Miksch and granddaughter Edith Siegel of Marietta visited Lititz last Saturday. John Witmyer, a sign painter for Cain in Lancaster, left for Florida to work. D G Witmyer visited his 91 year old mother in Lincoln. Mr and Mrs Foster Linard of White Horse, recently married, stay with Mr and Mrs Marvin Bowman and may make Lutitz home. Albert O Sturgis of Nazareth was in town Saturday to Sunday. He is a Northampton county road damage viewer with Easton Court House HQ. Mr and Mrs Leon Lutz, away in St Petersburg Florida until Thanksgiving, stay with mother Mrs Hettie Habecker. they returned by auto. Mrs Lutz sick on arrival. Mr and Mrs Jacob Carper and son Jacob with Mrs Annie Carper and daughter Lizzie attended Milton Carper s funeral in Wilmington Delaware. Deceased was 56 and son of late Jacob Carper, a Lititz saddler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Albert O. Sturgis
Nazareth
Sturgis
Northampton County
Easton Court House
Leon Lutz
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hettie Habecker
Florida
Lutz
Jacob Carper
Jacob
Annie Carper
Lizzie
Milton Carper
Wilmington
Del
Lititz
Surprise Party Honors Kathryn Gochenaur on Birthday Week
Mrs. Howard Bollinger hosted a surprise party at her Orange Street home Tuesday evening for Kathryn Gochenaur turning fourteen this week. Guests included Evelyn Hershey, Trene Keener, Ruby Martzall, Reta Fry, Dorothy Fry, Edith Pfautz, Miriam Hall, Helen Leed, Esther Eby, Margaret Miller, Ruth Gochenaur, Mary Brubaker, Ruth Snavely, Evelyn Snavely, Kathryn and Fred Gochenaur. Refreshments and games followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bollinger
Orange Street
Kathryn Gochenaur
Evelyn Hershey
Trene Keener
Ruby Martzall
Reta Fry
Dorothy Fry
Edith Pfautz
Miriam Hall
Helen Leed
Esther Eby
Margaret Miller
Ruth Gochenaur
Mary Brubaker
Ruth Snavely
Evelyn Snavely
Kathryn
Fred Gochenaur
Head Hurt in Accident at Akron
William Lutz of Stober's ice plant remains unconscious at Lancaster General Hospital after an auto crash near Akron Monday. Doctors believe he has a fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lutz
Stober
Lancaster General Hospital
Akron
Getting and giving Christmas joy in Lititz youths
The writer notes some Lititz children judge gifts by value and number, feeling cheated if given items they would receive anyway. He urges parents to guide children to earn and give their own gifts to make giving a real, heartfelt lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
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Reading Railroad
Moravian Church
Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
C. E. Lane
Mifflin County
Phares Fry
Jack’s Mountain
Miffin County
Frank Buch
Ladies Aid Society of the
U. S
William Regennas
Waltham, Mass
Joseph Zahm
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Leon Himmelberger
Robert Sturgis
East Main St
Richard Graybill
Galen Shreixer
Christ
Manheim Fire CO
Young Soldier Home
New Ford
Mrs. Jenkins
Boro Council
Walter Miller
Frank Kready
Leroy Witmer
Wim. Roth
Harvey Kofroth
Elmer G. Hershey
Jason Groff
Lester Miller
C. R
Fralich
Scott's Bookstore
Mueller Co
E. G. Fetz
J. M. Rieksecker
Long & Co
Cemert
N. Frank
J. W. Miksch
Steinman Hardware Co
Water Dept
Aive State Workmen’s Ins. Fund
C. M. Snavely
Thomas Steffy
Jacob Kling
Fabric Fire Hose Co
King’s Daughters
Europe
Toll Gate House
Minnich
Childress
Frank Klecher
Lillian Miksch
Edith Siegel
Marietta
John Witmyer
Cain
D. G. Witmyer
Lincoln
Foster Linard
White Horse
Marvin Bowman
Lutitz
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