Lititz Bantam Man Honored
Daniel Witmyer dubbed the Bantam King has been offered the superintendency of the Philadelphia poultry show February 1 to 5. He may bring local helpers and shipped duckwing bantams to New Jersey for a high value bid. Lititz fanciers earned multiple prizes at the Rochester show with Peiffer Snavely and Strickler winning several top awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Witmyer
Philadelphia
Lititz
Rochester
John L. Peiffer
Henry Snavely
Howard Strickler
Many Pretzels Shipped Away as Xmas Gifts
Lititz pretzel makers ship Christmas cartons to Frank Ressler in Thermopolis Wyoming and to N D Sturgis sending parcels across the compass to Portland Oregon Los Angeles California Honolulu Missouri and Canada. The gifts recall home for former Lititz residents and their distant recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Edgar Sturgis
Frank Ressler
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Ressler
Rothsville
Mr. Ressler
N. D. Sturgis
Portland
Oregon
Los Angeles
Calif
Honolulu
Missouri
Canada
Lititz Springs Bank Distributes 1920 Christmas Savings
Lititz Springs National Bank distributed its 1920 Christmas Savings on December 9 to depositors of the fund. Checks totaling $22,071.51 were mailed, a 73 percent increase from last year. The next year's fund opens December 27, 1920, with potential advance payments available now. Notice urges readers to see the bank advertisement for full particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs
National Bank
Big Man in Sousa's Band Visited Rothsville
John Richardson once with Sousa's band tours Rothsville as part of a millionaire's Canadian group. He played records for Columbia Phonograph and wields a double B horn. Standing over six feet tall, he began in the Rothsville band before switching to horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richardson
Sousa
Rothsville
Canada
Columbia Phonograph Company
The
Symbols
Local Boy Scouts Plan Large Thursday Meeting
A Boy Scout sociable is set for Thursday evening at 7 30 in the basement of St Pauls Lutheran church. All are invited with emphasis on Scout parents. County scout executives and Lancaster city scout masters will speak, and a visiting speaker who has traveled in Belgium France and England will present a talk with pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Lititz
Lancaster
Frank Rader
Kinport
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
China
Kissel Hill
Sarah Bear
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Harry Smith
Kreider
Linden Hall
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lancaster City
Belgium
France
England
Cattle Run Wild Near Neffsville After Long Stampede
Mahlon Delp of Neffsville attempted to drive nine head of heifers from Lancaster stock yards to his farm. The mad cattle stampeded through Manheim township causing several long hours of danger. One animal was killed after a dramatic chase ending with a tree hang and a broken leg to the pursuing driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon Delp
Neffsville
Lancaster
Mr. Delp
Manheim
Oregon
Neidermyer
Delp
Many Pork Products At Local Market
The fall market at the fire house basement draws large crowds as farmers bring produce. Pork items and eggs rise, prices listed for butter, eggs, pork, sausage, pickle goods, fruits, vegetables, and other staples. Lititz basketball shifts venue to Linden Hall for Saturdays game with Trivers of Lancaster.
Hard Luck Frank A Lititzman Sale Result
In town Frank A Lititzman sold a rope and wind lass at a sale paying 25 cents to haul it there. The item sold for 15 cents and a five percent commission was deducted from the sale total.
Divorce Applicants From Ephrata and Gloucester City
Formerly Lived Here Mrs Samuel Drybread of Ephrata and Mrs Thaddeus J Stiffel of Gloucester City N J are applicants for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Drybread
Ephrata
Thaddeus J. Stiffel
Gloucester City
N. J
Banker Takes Lititz Bride in Moravian Church Ceremony
Norman F. Arntz of Maytown married Margie Dissinger daughter of E C Ritchie at the Moravian church Sunday morning. The couple will reside in Maytown until April when Arntz becomes treasurer of the Florin Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman F. Arntz
Maytown
Margie Dissinger
E. C. Ritchie
Donald Arntz
Ruth Dissinger
Vogler
Lancaster
Washington
Arntz
Florin Trust Company
People’s Bank
Lancaster Banks
Lecture on Japan by Prof H K Ober at Lititz High
Lititz residents may attend a free lecture by Prof H K Ober of Elizabethtown at Lititz High School auditorium this Saturday at 8 pm. The Lancaster County Sunday School Association president discusses the Tokyo World Sunday School Convention and his Japanese tour, illustrated by over sixty views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lititz High School
H. K. Ober
Elizabethtown
Japan
Tokyo
Ober
Lancaster County Sunday School Association
Hog contest heats up as records fall in Ward showdown
First Warders posted hog weights drawing notice from Second Warders. Frederick claimed 484 pounds and Dr. Long 455 pounds, Roth 467, Peiffer 329, Showers 385. Open hardware store planned as Weitzel property sells for 5000 to Bowman with April 1 take over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Frederick
Dr. Long
Clayton Roth
John M. Peiffer
York County Company
Harry Showers
William Weitzel
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
J. Fred Essig
Bowman
New Seagrave Fire Engine Arrives This Week in Lititz
The Seagrave fire engine bought earlier is en route from Columbus Ohio and will arrive in Lititz this week. A factory representative will train local firemen and demonstrations will test performance including a 600 gallon per minute capacity and three hose connections. The unit combines pumping, chemical, and hose functions and can draw from streams or wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seagrave
Columbus
Lititz
Brubaker Reports Indiana Farm Bureau Trip Highlights
J C Brubaker returned home after attending the American Farm Bureau convention in Indianapolis and a state meeting in Pittsburgh. He toured farms in Ohio and Indiana, noted a $10,000 Hampshire hog, and described discussions on highways waterways railroads and rural credits led by leaders including Governor W L Harding and Willis H Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brubaker
American Farm Bureau
Indianapolis
Mgr. Brubaker
Farm Bureaus
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Indiana
Hampshire
American Farm Bureau Federation
Mr. Brubaker
W. L. Harding
Iowa
International Institute At
Rome
Willis H. Booth
New York
Gov. W. P. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Georgia
Federal Reserve
Washington
Local Men Celebrate Birthdays in Simple Family Dinner
Rome resident Mr. B F Grosh turned forty on Sunday and hosted a dinner with wife and his two sisters and husbands and his father. Attending were Mr and Mrs Amos Swarr of East Petersburg Mr and Mrs Carter Brunner of Harrisburg and Mr F B Grosh of East Petersburg. Samuel Huber marked his 50th birthday last Thursday with friends at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.F. Grosh
Rome
Arbutus Blooms Found Near Christmas at Furnace Hills
Mr and Mrs Lewis Sturgis gathered Christmas greens at Furnace Hills this week and found arbutus in buds. They brought some home and placed them in water. the buds opened into flowers, an unusual sight so close to Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Sturgis
Furnace Hills
Travelers Near and Far Visit Confusing Mix of Relatives
Mr and Mrs Lloyd M Royer spent Sunday with his parents at East Petersburg. Several local residents visited relatives in Leesport Berks county Philadelphia and Burlington NC. Mrs Edwin Sturgis recovering from a fall. Families from Lebanon Annville Ephrata and Reading traveled to see kin and attend gatherings. A trip to Winter Haven Florida is noted for Mr and Mrs S Bender and Adam Vogel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd M. Royer
East Petersburg
William Stoudt
Leesport
Berks County
W. E. Kelsey
Philadelphia
M. M. Souders
Wayne Ensminger
Charles Kline
Manheim
Addison Harding
May
Adam Nagle
Schoeneck
William Kissinger
Pittsburgh
Benjamin Lutz
8. R. Kirk
Burlington
N. C
Martha Huebener
Rutherford
N. J
Charles Wellman
Edwin Sturgis
William Nauffis
Chester Ritchie
Lebanon
Annville
Clayton Schmuck
Elias Hollinger
Jacob Hollinger
Baltimore
Hiram Hollinger
Lititz
Jacob S. Bender
Winterhaven
Fla
Florida
Adam Vogel
Neffsville
Mary A. Dussinger
James Dussinger
Anna Brenner
Kissel Hill
Spencer Fasnacht
Chestnut Street
Reading
Ira Eberly
California
Daniel Eberly
Interesting Meeting of Linden Hall Lititz Alumnae Tea
The Lititz Branch of Linden Hall Alumnae held a Saturday tea in school parlors presided over by Miss Mary Huebener. Minutes were read, a $50 donation acknowledged for dining room furniture, and plans outlined for the June historical pageant. An upcoming January 27 entertainment by Miss Potts was announced with student performers featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Linden Hall
Mary Huebener
B. F. Grosh
Miss Huebener
Stengel
J. Upton Myers
Florence Pierce
Zabelle Davis
Helen Klingler
Esther Double
G. L. Hepp
Mary Miksch
M. M. Souder
Trolley project draws town crowd at Lititz meeting
A large audience in Lititz heard officials of the Womelsdorf Myerstown and Lititz Transit Company outline plans for a new trolley line from Lititz to Brunnerville and on to Clay and Lititz. Speakers emphasized community cooperation, projected profitability, and public accountability as a Lititz office is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Esterly
Womelsdorf, Myerstown and
Lititz
Heber Ermentrout
Robert Ferguson
Wowelsdorf
Kleinfeltersville
Reading
Clarence Regennas
Conestoga Traction Tennal
North Broad Street
Brunnerville
J. C. Brubaker
Eby
Adar Burkholder
Lexington
Bucher Valley
Hammer Creek
Clay
Meadow
Stone Quarry
Risser
M. S. Hess
Brubeker
Middle Creek Valley
Clay Mill
Ephrata
Lebanon
Wealana
R. W. Ferguson
Womelsdorf, Myerstown, & Lititz Transit & Light Company
Lititz Record
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warwick House
Odd Fellows
Hiram Holtzhouse
Traction Company
Samuel G. Young
Young
Lincoln Avenue
Benjarmin Weidner
David Melman
Heiman
Cleon M. Berntheizel
Columbia
William E. Sehaak
Berntheizel
E. S. Crosland
Rev. Crosland
Hong Kong
India
C. Fred Regennas
Scotland
Malta
Philadelphia Poultry Show
Lititz Birds
Lititz Springs National Bank
Boy Scouts
Trivers
Chandler Ruhl
Lititz High
Palmyra High
Palmyra
Mt. Joy
Frank
Maytown Bank
National Meeting of Farmers
Arbutus
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