Local Notes Highlight Christmas Events And Tax Notices
A mix of town happenings includes tree sales by George Evans at Centre Street Lititz, a notice that unpaid water rents incur a further charge after the 15th, and a call for tax payments by Tax Collector Gresh. Festivities include a Ladies Aid festival profits of 300 plus, planned church decorations, baptisms, and a Moravian love feast crowd, with several residents moving in or away and minor items about sales, subscriptions, and local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Evans
Centre Street
Lititz
Amnest Melman
Orange Street
Tatty
Adv
Afam EB. Abrubaker
Llanerch
Lancaster
Gresh
G. J. Calvert
RFL A. Weiechsel
Vidit
Arizona
Lindenchalt Auditorium
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Manheim
Ralph Worley Anch
John McCloud
William
Clevelad
Ohio
Henry N. Snavely
G. Witmyer
Baltimore
Eisenlonr
Dufantz & Haker
Crosland
FL. W. Stengel
Philadelphia
Interchurch World Movement of North America
Church of the Brethren
Linn Langeneekes
Lar
Church of the Brethren Meeting House
H. M. Lehn
Warwick
Lillian Hackman
Aldus Tiackman
Hackman
Francis Hagen
W York
John Carper
Government Food Drives Arrive in Lititz for Sale
Government food shipments reach Lititz with corned beef peas apricots string beans oats and salt totaling 25 cases of corned beef 100 cases of peas 50 cases of apricots 15 cases of string beans 3000 pounds of salt plus 15 navy blankets at 8.50 each. Remaining baked beans and asparagus from last sale available via Postmaster Hubener. Also offered are heavy duty harness single or team leads and wheel sets. over 200 pairs of wool socks hip boots Jersey knit gloves and soon underdrawers at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bnilletin Board
Lititz
Hubener
Tocal Post Office
Huebner
Army Quartermaster Department
Man Burned In Car At Lebanon Not Levi Dussinger
Reported to be Levi Dussinger of Lititz, a charred man in a Lebanon box car was confirmed not to be him. Levi Dussinger, living in Hill, had left town a year ago and was later seen in Reading, while the burned man’s identity remains a mystery after previous misidentifications with Robert Kirkbaugh of Milton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Levi Dussinger
Lititz
Dussinger
Jacob Dussinger
Parkview Hotel
Reading
Hill
Robert Kirkbaugh
Milton
Heavy hog weights spark Lititz porker contest spread
The First Ward outpaced the Second Ward with Charlee Bulver’s 369 pound hog topping weights. Showers, though short of the record, tallied 55 pounds when purchased and later produced 1385 pounds of lard and sausage. Other weights include 826 pounds for Eliing’s hog and 1000 pound total for Buchter’s trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlee Bulver
Harry Showers
Showers
Warwick House
Botten
Shane
Jacob Eliiig
Lloyd Buchter
Ralph Worley
Irvin Smith
Linn Longeneecker
George Scheneberger
Kate A. Long
Christ Yerger
Yerger
Charles Rosenburg Sells Liniment in the South
Charles Rosenburg, back from a Southern trip, reports cotton prosperity and recounts a street anecdote in Columbia about a wealthy cotton worker urging a purchase of a second automobile. Rosenburg plans to stay in the South until Christmas and has returned with Century Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rosenburg
South
Orangeburg
South Carolina
Charles
Columbia
Rosenburg
John Seaher
Henry Seaber
Lititz Drives Jewish Relief Quota At $1800
Hon G G Diehm heads Lititz Jewish Relief Campaign as 1800 quota is set. A meeting outlined plans and urged residents to fund aid for 6,000,000 Jews in wartime Europe, calling attention to starving children in Eastern Kan, wandering without homes and in dire need of meals and shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Diehm
Prizo
Lititz
Europe
Tamsident
Diehm
Kayens
Petersburg Gummiers Lead With Seven Prong Bask Shot
Tevin XKman of Petersburg wins with a seven-prong bask at the scene. Guy Gra bil also scores a deer at the same location, highlighting a productive outing for local hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Moravian Pastor Welcomed Home at Social Evening
About two hundred attendees filled the Sunday School chapel for a Moravian Ushers Association homecoming honoring Rev. B. S. Crosland and his wife. The program featured the organ, vocal solos, and a cornet piece by Harry Kepple with piano by Grace Kepple, followed by lunch. Crosland spoke on Moravian evangelistic work in Indiana and Illinois and described Mammoth Cave, captivating the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushers’ Association
Moravian Ushers Association
B.S. Crosland
Idiana
Illinois
Mammoth Cave
Crosland
Ruth Hepp
Victor Wagner
Harry Kepple
Grace Kepple
Roberti Brennecke
I the
Lancaster Moravian Church
Brennecke
Linden Hall
John Carper
Mr. Reidenbach
Manheim Township
Jacob
Rebecca Reidentach
Litita Academy
Hubar’s
Lititz
John Beck
Squire
Welock
Tie
Moravian Church
Men’s Missionary Society
Moravian Hone Association
Reidenbach
Fianna Pfantz
Edmund de Schweinitz
Levi Rady
Carrie
Gideon Kahl
Lancaster
Alice Milchsack
Bethchem
Otis E. Reidenbach
Lake Mills
Wis
Wilmer
Philadelphia
Ira E
Pittsburgh
Larry E
Mary
Henry
Ohio
Sarah Reidenbach
Samuel
Ada
B. S. Crosland
Lititz Christmas Savings Clubs payout over thirty two thousand
Over $32,000 will be paid out this week to members of Christmas Savings Clubs at Lititz two local banks. The clubs teach thrift to all ages, operate as cooperative plans to save for Christmas, and distribute funds after fifty weekly deposits. Lititz Springs Bank and Farmers Bank report large payouts and growing popularity ahead of the 1919 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaitless
Lititz Springs Bank
Lititz Springs
Farmers Bank
Lititz gunners recount deer hunt in Franklin County
Dr. D A Long and Eugene Long of Mt Jay hunting club recall a cold deer season. Two Lititz men shot deer, including a four prong and a spike buck, while others saw many does. Wardens collected deer for hospitals. fines for does range from 50 to 100 dollars. One doe tame to a warden was killed, causing tears. Another party had no luck due to buck fever as Lititz and Lancaster clubs hunted in Franklin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Long
Eugene Long
Mt. Jay
Franklin County
Lititz
Dr. Long
Ile
Long
Eugene Weidler
Lemon Furlow
Lancaster
Hititz
Obituary highlights for Lititz leaders and residents
Longtime public servant A O Reidenbach dies at 83 in Lititz after a career as teacher jurist pension agent and Moravian church leader. George E Schreiber near Lititz dies of pleuro pneumonia at 58. widow Florence Howard 36 dies in Reamstown. Continued on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Howard
Hayden Howard
Reamstown
Lititz Stores Stocked for Christmas Gifts
Lititz retailers showcase a wide array of holiday offerings. Pfantz Bros. features erector sets and wooden tinkertoys, Doster's highlights new tree decorations and a Charlie Chaplin line, Trimmer's promotes import bulb decor, Scott's displays art calendars, and W. M. Grube notes boots with red tops. Jewelry shops push clocks like Tiffany Never Wind and 400 day motors. A submarine toy arrives at Scott’s, Seaman & Leeds touts fruit and nuts, Habecker’s offers miscellaneous giftables, and local births bring holiday cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfantz Bros
Doster’s
Charlie Chaplin
Trimmer
Scott’s
W. M. ‘Grube
H. R. Wertsh
Habecker’s
Travel notes highlight Lancaster visitors and distant guests
Mr and Mrs Daniel Grant of Landsville spent a weekend in town visiting relatives. Dr W A Wood of Johnstown and several Reading and Philadelphia visitors are named among local stays. A mix of travels includes Brubaker heading to St Petersburg Florida and Dauphin County people attending funerals and a fire near Manheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Grant
Landisville
W. A. Wood
Johnstown
Paul Kreider
John S. Miller
Reading
J. F Peiffer
Second Ward
Dawson Yake
Annville
Sarah Sturgis
Maude Kofroth
The
Fish Hospital
Philadelphia
LP. B. Kotreth
Robins Warner
Lancaster General Hospital
Mary Reidenbach
David Fass
John
Charles Fry
William Weaver
Harvey Gast
Lancaster
Henry Weaver
Raymond Eitmer
Rufus Michael
Amos Kauffman
Roy Hitnier
Denver
Menno H. Brubaker
St. Petersburg
Florida
Lancaster County
Alva Leigh
Farmington
Leigh
Ohio
Joseph Dreifus
Dreifus
Orwigsburg
Marine
Farm Women Hold Meeting Reflections On Pioneer Life
The Society of Farm Women met December 6 at Mrs. W. W. Gibble’s Brennerville home. Scripture reading, prayers, instrumental solos, and essays on Our Pioneer Grandmothers were featured. Donations were decided for the county hospital and the group planned to reconvene January 3, 1920. The essay described eighteenth century rural life, log homes, thatched roofs, small window panes, a central stone chimney, and simple furnishings showing the housewife’s skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Farm Women
W. W. Gibble
Brennerville
Henry Gibble
Emma Hartranft
Miram G. Minnici
Blanch Graybill
Rohrerstown
Carrie Hess
Baron Steigel
Reidenbaugh
Hiram G. Minnich
England
Helvetia
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Ead
John Fassnacht
John Brubaker
John B. Fassnacht
Seldomridge
Fasnacht
Zarvtman
Brubaker
Habecker
E. EK. Habecker
TL. G. Seldomridge
E. E. Eby
Henry R.R. Gibbel
Zartman
Myr
My. Gibbels
Hoh
Lititz Amas Club
A. O. Reidenbach
Squire Adam B. Reidenbach
Main
Cedar Streets
George FE. Schreiber
George E. Schreiber
IAM
B. Reidenbach
Stork
Isaac Pfautz
East Maintreet
John Carpenter
Charly Kine
Sarah Bear
Kline
Anna Longeneeker
Pauline Franklin
Penn Panis
Litita
Miss Longeneeker
Hila Fasnacht
Cedar Street
Franklin
Lester Furlow
Spruce Street
J. Howard Buch
State Forestry Department
J. Frank Buch
Cameron County
Harrisburg
Edward
Lycoming County
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