Christmas Week Notes From Lititz Town and Surroundings
A Lititz town roundup reports stores closing at noon Monday December 26 for Second Day Christmas, a new freight depot nearing occupancy, local engagements and marriage plans, a hospital operation for a child, and a community Christmas program. Also notes turkey weights, a charity knitted toy for invalid soldiers, shop decorations, open house in schools, and 1922 dog license registrations with fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lottie J. Nies
Mastersonville
Mastersonville School
Record to Give Out Almanac for New Year
The Record announces the Farmer's Almanac will be distributed to readers at the start of the new year. Advertisers target Record subscribers across Lititz and nearby areas, with a modern job department to handle printing needs promptly. The paper promises coverage of local happenings, society and commercial printing, and weekly items of interest plus short stories.
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Record
Lititz
Milkman moves, farm sale falls through on title
Harry Martin, who ran a milk delivery route, sold his route and left with his family for a new farm near Spring City. He paid to bind the deal, but the seller lacked clear title. They faced a storm on the return trip and are now staying with relatives in Oregon as the farm purchase collapses.
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Harry Martin
Spring City
Oregon
Wagon Horse Runs Off Men Jump From Wagon
On Tuesday a horse pulling a wagon started to run toward greens in the hills. Joseph Dreifus and Arthur Rosenburg jumped from the vehicle as the horse bolted and line tore. Both men were lacerated and bruised but not seriously injured, with the wagon losing control during the escape.
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Joseph Dreifus
Arthur Rosenburg
Manheim Plans Large Poultry Show at Silk Mill
Manheim authorities announce a major poultry show from December 27 to January 1. Superintendent D G Witmyer of Lititz will oversee the event at the new silk mill on West Ferdinand Street. Judge Bean will award ribbon and cash prizes as many entries are expected from local poultrymen.
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Manheim
D. G. Witmyer
Lititz
West Ferdinand Street
Son George Miller weds Cora Graham in Atlanta
Mrs. Joe Miller of East Main and Mrs. George Miller of Atlanta received a telegram announcing the marriage of their son George Miller to Miss Cora Graham. The couple, former Erie residents, married in Atlanta last Saturday evening. George served in the navy during the war and both are employed at the Goodrich Tire Company office in Atlanta, where they reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Miller
East Main
George
Atlanta
Georgia
Cora Graham
Erie
Grool
Goodrich Ire Company
Six Days to Florida by Auto From Lit tts to Jacksonville
Mr and Mrs Jacoh Bender of near Lit tts traveled to Jacksonville Florida by automobile. They met bad roads and minor delays but continued onward to Winter Haven. They have not set a return date.
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Florida
Jacoh Bender
Littts
Jacksonville
Fla
Teachine
Winter Haven
Golden Wedding Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Keath
Mr and Mrs Samuel Keath of 218 Front Street celebrate a golden wedding anniversary with an open house on Saturday from 12 to 7 PM. The event honors fifty years of marriage and will welcome friends and family.
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Paul E. Bomberger
Front Street
Frank Eby
William Henry Muth
Eleanor Hligabeth
John N. Bayes
Saranac Lake
Samuel Keath
Front St
Reading Railway vents cars on passenger trains
Reading Railway Co. placed ventibused cars on passenger trains on its branch, praised for safety after 60 years of operation. The piece mentions Dec 21 as the shortest day, describes mild winter weather, and notes poor road conditions from the borough to Jayton Brubaker's. It records the death of Tom Collins, Berks County peddler known for many suits and badges, and recalls locals' memories of him.
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Reading Railway Co
Tom Collins
Lititz
Springs Grounds
King's Daughters To Zion Home Trip This Thursday
The King's Daughters group in Lititz plans a 7 PM departure from Mrs. Charles Kreiders at 19 East Main Street to Zion Home, weather permitting Friday evening as a backup. The Circles are sharing Christmas cheer by visiting the ill and homebound, a labor of love that reflects the community's Christmas spirit amid broader acts of kindness in town.
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King’s Daughters
Zion
Charles , Kreiders
E. Main St
Lititz
King's Daughters
The
Kings Daughters
Dinner in Honor of 80th Birthday at Moravian Home
Mrs. C Schmucker hosted twenty eight ladies at a duck dinner for her eightieth birthday at the Moravian Home. The room was decorated with pine roses and carnations. Place cards and potted ferns graced three tables. Attendees included Mrs Gordon Miss Menger the two Misses Moyer from Reading Mrs Tats Kennedy from Youngstown Ohio Mrs Samuel Schmucker from West Chester Miss 8 Bricker and others living at the home.
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C. Schmucker
Gordon
Menger
Bricker
Sarah Jenkins
Anna Fleck
Herman Fisher
Lititz
Schmucker
Fire damages rear of Titus Woodcraft home on Centre Bt evening
Fire broke out in the rear of Titus Woodcraft’s house on Centre Bt late evening at 7 o’clock due to a defective flue. The fire company responded quickly and extinguished the blaze with chemicals despite high winds.
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Titus Woodcraft
Centre ‘Bt
Moravian Church Christmas Decorations and Services
The Moravian church and Sunday School decorate with laurel trees and electric bulbs for Christmas. Christmas Eve services include love feast candle service and multiple sessions from 5.30 to 7.30 P M. A Christmas Concert, choir cantata, and watch night services are planned, with special morning and afternoon Christmas activities for the Sunday School and Quincy Orphanage.
Christmas Services at St Pauls Lutheran Penryn
St Pauls Lutheran will present Christmas exercises Christmas day at 6 PM titled The Road to Bethlehem by Heidelburg Fress. A 12 piece orchestra will support chorus music duets solos and primary department features. Decoration plans include elaborate greens with electric lights for the event. St Pauls Sunday School Penryn also holds a Christmas service on Christmas night titled O Little Town of Bethlehem with an emphasis on a children’s service and an address by Rev F A Weichsel.
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St. Pauls Luthreau
S. 5
St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
Penryn
Shepherds of Old
Beth- Sehem
F. A. Weichsel
Penryn Christmas Service at Jerusalem Reformed School
Penryn Christmas service held Monday evening December 26 at 7 o clock by Jerusalem Reformed Sunday School of Penryn. Program titled Good News features school music recitations exercises and special selections with an address by Pastor Rev Geo B Raever and a cordial invitation to all attendees.
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Jerusalem Reformed Sunday School of
Penryn
Geo. B. Raever
Goucher College Campaign Moves Towson Campus Breaks
Sarah C. Muth of 216 S Broad St returns home for Christmas from Goucher College where she has participated in a large fundraising drive aimed at moving the college from Baltimore to a newly acquired 421 acre campus at Towson six miles from the current site. Pretty Gold Fish for Christmas at Piautz Bros.
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Sarah C. Muth
S. Broadt
Gougher
Baltimore
Towson
Prasent
Piautz Bros
Christmas Program At United Evangelical Sunday School
The Sunday School of United Evangelical church presents Gifts by Tullar Meredith at 6 pm Sunday. Features include recitations by Minerva Smith Arlan Beck and Miss Berths Dien, a Christmas address, a Star exercise by 14 girls, a five-girl quintette, and primary department recitations and songs.
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The
Evangelical Church
Tullar Meredith
Minerva Smith
Arlan Beck
Back From Alaska Forester Visits Lancaster After War
Robert Zellers a United States forester based in southern Alaska spends Christmas with his mother in Lancaster. Son of the late Theodore Zeller, he served overseas during the war, stayed briefly in Lititz after discharge, then went west before an Alaska appointment. He visited his sister Mrs Joseph Herr and plans to share many stories of the land of the midnight sun.
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Robert Zellers
United States
Alaska
Lancaster
Theodore Zeller
Lititz
West
Joseph Herr
Land of the
Midnight Sun
No Record Next Thursday in Year’s Final Issue
This note explains the last week of the year for the Record publication. The office will pause for a brief rest but will not close, with expectations to resume next year and handle incoming job work and Christmas advertisements promptly.
Real Estate Sales Report From Lancaster County Agency
The Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency reports sales including Annie M. Shreiner’s brick home at 285 Broad street Lititz with garage sold to E Mohler for 6000 dollars and possession on April 1. Lemuel H Fry’s 4214 acre Hempfield township farm sold to Samuel R Wouderrose of Lancaster. N B Leaman Spruce street Lititz South Tit bitz lot sold to private party at 5 dollars per foot.
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Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency
Myers
Annie M. Shreiner
Broad Street
Lititz
E. Mohler
Lititz Electrical Supply Company
Mohler
Lemuel H. Fry
Hempfield Township
Samuel R. Wouderrose
Lancaster
New Hampshire
N. B. Leaman
S. Spruce Street
Great Evening at Zem Zem Siesta of Lancaster Knights
The Zem Zem Siesta of the Knights of Malta in Lancaster County held its annual holiday gathering Thursday December 15 in the Maltas hall. E J Sterner served as sultan and C R Waters as scratcher. A large crowd attended from across the county with a lively initiation class and abundant humor. Coffee and sandwiches followed and a $36 collection benefited a widow in Lititz and Lancaster families.
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Bagdad
Knights of Malta of
Lancaster County
E. J. Sterner
Lancaster
C. R. Waters
Same City
White Dove Commandery
Lititz
Pure Bred Cattle Sent To Florida From Lititz Farm
Cattle dealer C F Hess near Lititz sold two Guernsey heifers to J K Corbett of Lancaster. They were shipped to Glenn t Mary's Florida and will be inoculated to guard against common southern cattle diseases. Hess raised the two heifers from his own stock with a strong bull. Good baking butter and storage eggs offered at Prautz Bros.
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C. F. Hess
Lititz
J. K. Corbett
Loncaster
Glenn
T. Mary
Florida
Prautz Bros
Travelers Near and Far in Lititz for Christmas
A city column lists residents and visitors in Lititz for the Christmas season. Albert Bruckart of Philadelphia stays at Fruitland Farms. A F Sabian of Milford, Conn., visits Levi Rudy. Carrie Darraugh leaves for Philadelphia to stay with relatives. Dr. Percy Dreifus’s family in Quantico hosts Christmas. others host or visit family in town, including Kreiders, Fasnach, Hagen, Pierson, Snader, Muth, Peiffer, Evans, Kennedy, Albright, Smith, Bishop, Gundram, and deaconess trainees from Baltimore.
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Albert Bruckart
Philadelphia
Fruitland Farms
A. F. Sabian
Milford
William Lee
Teamstown
Paul Kreider
Kenwood
New York
Charles Kreiter
State College
David H. Kreider
South Broad Street
Miles Fasnach
Wesleyan University
Bridgeport
Irwin Snader
Terre Tlill
Lititr
H. D. Beaman
South Broad St
William Muth
Frank
Muth
Elizabethtown
Myerstown
J. H. Peiffer
Carl
York
Mr.Peiffer
Baltimore
Howard Evans
Dr. Evans
Godar St. Uo
Hertz Building
James Kennedy
Youngstown
Ohio
Susan Young
Judge Kennedy
Amoy Albright
Phildelphia
John and
Henry Heiserman
Albright
Lititz
George Smith
Catherine Smith
South Spruce St. George
E. J. Bishop
Bethlehem
Margaret Gundram
Miss Gundram
East Main Street
Gale-Driven Damage Strikes Lifitz Area in Overnight Storm
An early Sunday gale spread statewide, ripping roofs, blowing down poles and fences, and topp ling a sixty foot sign at Hershey and Gibbes. Homes rattled, windows shattered, a man suffered a deep gash, and a tobacco shed 40 by 80 feet collapsed, with four acres of crop ruined. About forty men helped clear debris at dawn, as storms lasted from 2:34 to after 4 a.m.
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Avgale
Lifitz
Camon
Hershey & Gibbes
Adam Long
Cay Bomberger
Roy Buch
Catharine Bear
Lincoln Avene
Ed. Longenecker
Abram Minnich
Abram Sensenich
Martin Moore
Funn
Facob Bucher
Nathan Snyder
Lexington
Adam Burkholder
Brunnerville
South Broad Street
Levi Brubaker
Norman Kline
Lincoln Avenue
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American Stores Co
Asco
N. K. Buch
Mr. Buch
Frank Musser
Springs Hotel
B. P
Grogh
Woife
Lancaster County W
C. T U
League Island Hospital
Sarah
Homer Sturgis
North Broad Street
Lancaster General Trospital
John Miller
Jim Wechter
Rothsville
Dot
Justices of the Peace
Chester County Farm
Manheim Poultry Show
Jayton Brubaker’s
Warwick Township
Panza
Moravian Church
Marly
Quincy
St. Pauls Lutheran
Goucher College
United Evangelical Services
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