Christmas Mail Sets Record Here
Postmaster Paul M. Seaber reports Lititz saw the heaviest Christmas mail week yet with more than 54000 pieces of first class mail sent and a similar amount received. The staff extended shifts 4 AM to 11 PM to move mail and even Sunday deliveries were used to clear the load. Card cancellations rose about fifty percent and parcels and gifts also increased. by Christmas Eve all mail was delivered.
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Paul M. Seaber
Lititz
Post“A
al . Pr
Piersons Not On Liner Sunk in New York Harbor
Mr and Mrs A J Pierson married in New York City last Wednesday at 5 45 pm. They chose the S Bermuda for their Bermuda honeymoon, avoiding the Victoria which was rammed and sunk in New York harbor with no deaths but lost clothes. The wedding occurred at the Church of the Transfiguration with Rev Dr Randolph Ray officiating. The bride Miss Anne Simcock of Lancaster was given in marriage by her father Thomas Simcock. Dr and Mrs H K Cooper attended. A wedding supper followed at the Hotel Roosevelt and the couple will return from Bermuda in mid January. The piece also notes a Lititz High School gym basketball game tonight against Alumni featuring local college stars Longenecker Fasnacht and Hackman.
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A. J. Pierson
New York City
Bermuda
New York Harbor
Piersons
Church of the Transfiguration
Randolph Ray
Anne Simcock
Lancaster
Thomas Simcock
H. K. Cooper
Lititz
Roosevelt
Carols and Christmas Events Across Lititz and Neffs Ville
The Young People’s Council of District No 9 led carols at Brethren Home Neffs ville Zion Home Pleasant View and Moravian Home Lititz. Moravian Church youths sang at the Moravian Home and other town sites. High School students sang on Christmas morning. Services planned by Moravian Evangelical and United Brethren Churches with a prayer meeting at 8 lovefeast at 10 and closing at 11 30. Zinzendorf Brotherhood to run the prayer meeting. Santa Claus visited Beck Bros Lititz store and left a new 1 ton Reo truck bought at Lititz Springs Garage.
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Young People’s Council of
District No. 9
Brethren Home
Neffsville
Zion Home
Pleasant View
Lititz
C. E
Moravian Church
Moravian
Evangelical
United Brethren
Zinzendorf
Santa Claus
Beck Bros
Santa
Lititz Springs
Moravian Bethlehem Student and Area Residents Home for Christmas
A long list notes Moravian College student Robert Longenecker and many area residents returning home or visiting relatives for Christmas. Names include Miriam Russell Philadelphia. Hazel Mathers Elizabethtown. families from Baltimore New York City Philadelphia Goshen and Lititz with brief mentions of their hosts and locations such as Levettsville Linden Hall and Moravian Home.
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Robert Longenecker
Moravian College
Bethlehem
Miriam Russell
Philadelphia
Ray Dillman
New York City
Hazel Mathers
Elizabethtown College
Hershey Purchases Bru Baker House on West Orange Street
Qwen Hershey bought the Bru baker property on West Orange Street for five thousand six hundred dollars.
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Qwen Hershey
Harry Brubaker
West Orange Street
Distribute Christmas Cheer by Six Circles of King's Daughters
The Six Circles of King's Daughters distributed Christmas baskets to the sick aged and shut ins. The charity effort aimed to spread holiday goodwill through residents in need.
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King’s Daughters
Lutheran and Moravian Choirs To Present Cantatas Sunday
Lutheran and Moravian Church choirs present Christmas cantatas this Sunday. St Pauls Lutheran offers The Christ Child by Hawley with solos by Helen Helter and Paul Seaber, duets, and a three-voice trio. Moravian Church performs Maunders Bethlehem with angel and shepherd scenes and a soprano solo.
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Christ Child
Hawley
Bethlehem
Maunder
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. R. Sammel
Theodore Dussinger
Paul M. Seaber
Lester Sesseman
Haydn
Mendelssohn
Paul Seather
Sesseman
Crieth
Clifford Helter
Lloyd Hertzler
Roy Weaver
C. M. Butter
Robert Hanna
Pauline Gingrich obituary in Mt. Joy and Lancaster area
Pauline Gingrich 27 wife of Prof A N Gingrich principal of Manheim township schools died of acute embolism Sunday afternoon at 2 30 in Lancaster General Hospital. Daughter of Rev Ira MacDonald Mt Joy and wife of the Mt Joy Church of God member survived by husband parents and a brother and two sisters. Funeral services were held from Mt Joy home and church with burial at Kraybill's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Gingrich
A. N. Gingrich
Manheim Township
Lancaster General Hospital
Ira MacDonald
Mt. Joy
Shippensburg
Fred Bucher
Harlington
Texas
Mt. Joy Church of God
Kraybill’s
Missionary Society at Moravian Home Holds Christmas Meeting
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Moravian Church met at the Moravian Home with twenty six attendees. President Mrs. Crosland led, readings covered Christmas themes from various regions, and a $25 Sewing Society gift supported the Alaska Chapel Fund. The anniversary noted, funds totaled $100 to Alaska, $40.50 in the Alaska Chapel Fund, and $3.15 in the general fund. The group planned to meet in January at Mrs. B. L. Miller's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Moravian Church
Moravian Home
Salinda Hess
Alaska Chapel Fund
Herman Fisher
Mary Gingrich
South Africa
Mary Miksch
Japan
Virginia Grosh
India
L. A. Weitzel
San Domingo
H. E. Grosh
Kyelang
Thibet
M. C.demmy
Sophie Bricker
Demmy
Alaska
B. L. Miller
Christmas gifts from local firms delight workers
The Animal Trap Company distributed large Beechnut food packages to all employees as Christmas presents. The Badorf Shoe Company gave a turkey to each family represented among its workers, with forty two birds distributed in total.
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Animal Trap Company
Badorf Shoe Company
Mundorf Gehman wedding in First Reformed Church
Monroe B Mundorf of Lititz and Annie E Gehman daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Gehman of Reamstown were married Christmas morning at First Reformed Church Ephrata by Rev Martin Schweitzer. They were unattended and will reside at their respective homes.
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Monroe B. Mundorf
Lititz
Annie E. Gehman
Martin Gehman
Reamstown
First Reformed
Ruth Mae Eshleman and John Brinser Wed in New York
Ruth Mae Eshleman daughter of J. E. and Mrs Eshleman Lititz and John R Brinser Jr son of Mr and Mrs Brinser Middletown were married at The Little Church Around The Corner New York City December 21 at four. They were attended by three couples and dined at Palais DOr after the ceremony. The bride a Lititz High School 1925 graduate and bookkeeper. the groom a Middletown High and Elizabethtown College alumnus. They will live in Shinglehouse Pa where he teaches high school after January 6.
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Ruth Mae
J. E. Eshleman
Lititz
John R. Brinser, Jr
John R. Brinser
Middletown
New York City
Theodore Dussinger
Marlin Brinser
Irvington
New Jersey
Kenneth Joralemon
New York
Palais D'Or
Lititz | High Schol
Keath Planing Mill Company
Middletown High
Elizabethtown College
Shinglehouse
Penna
Edith M Landis Weds John Forry In Lancaster Faith Church
Forry Landis of Neffsville announces the marriage of their daughter Edith M to John Forry son of Daniel and Mrs Forry of Columbia. The ceremony occurred Christmas morning at 10 o'clock in Faith Reformed Church parsonage Lancaster with Rev D G Glass officiating. Attendants were Irma Gantz and Ellen Forry with Warren Diehm and Daniel Forry as ushers. A reception followed at the groom's home in Columbia and the Florida wedding trip was postponed due to the bride's mother's serious illness.
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Ira D. Landis
Neffsville
Edith M
John
Forry
Daniel Forry
Columbia
Faith Reformed Church
Lancaster
D. G. Glass
Irma Gantz
Ellen Forry
Zartman-Schload Wedding at Hope Evangelical Church
Esther M Schload daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter H Schload of Ephrata and RE Ferry Zartman son of Mr and Mrs Eli K Zartman of near Lexington were married Saturday at 2 pm at the parsonage of Hope Evangelical Church Ephrata by Rev Sidney Buxton. Attendants were Miss Helen Keller Lexington and Huber P Fetter near Brickerville. They left for a wedding trip following the ceremony.
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Esther M. Schload
Walter H. Schload
Ephrata
RE. Ferry Zartman
Eli K. Zartman
Lexington
Hope Evangelical Church
Sidney Buxton
Helen Keller
Huber P. Fetter
Brickerville
Mrs. Zartman
Christmas Cheer Graces Lititz In Decorated Streets
Lititz enjoyed colorful Christmas displays from the public square tree to homes with bright lights and stars. Stores showed improved displays though some merchants faced shortages and weather swings affected sales. Forecasters noted many foggy days as the season unfolded amid generally solid business.
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Lititz
Leadher
Germany
Martin Luther
Janitor Receives Turkey at High School Christmas
Students presented janitor William Smith with a turkey during Friday afternoon Christmas entertainment at the high school. The gift is part of the school's annual tradition.
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William Smith
Engagement announced for Miss Haverstick and George Custer
The engagement of Miss Josephine Haverstick of Neffsville to George M. Custer of Kissel Hill was announced Saturday by Mrs. M. P. Haverstick.
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Josephine Haverstick
M. P. Haverstick
Neffsville
George M. Custer
Local Brevities and Winter Mishaps in Lititz Area
The Legion plans a smoker Monday at the Post Home. Mrs. Ezra Hartranft broke her left arm above the elbow. Mrs Lizzie M. Breitigan fractured her wrist after slipping on ice. Bert Kauffman, Boston student, quarantined at Spruce Street home with scarlet fever. Rev. F A Weichsel received a purse at a Christmas event. church also gave gifts to his wife. Faculty members from Lutheran Camp visited Mrs. Sara Jenkins. MGC Demmy led Rotary at Springs Hotel and spoke on Schools of Today. Visitors included someone from New York and Charles Stengel of Lansdowne. William Lutz of Lititz Iee Co. injured by nails on a board. Rev Joan S Hess and Hess Mennonite Sunday School visited Frank Gantz bearing gifts and carols. John J. Bair from Lancaster visited with his mother, Mrs. Josephine Bair, and Ada G Weachter from Neffsville visited Gantz as well.
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Legion
Ezra Hartranft
Lizzie M. Breitigan
Spruce Street
Bert Kauffman
Bentley School of Accounting and Finance
Boston
Mass
F. A. Weichsel
Brickerville
Lutheran Church
Weichsel
Woman's Missionary Society
Marion Fisher
Margaret Shue
John Bishop
Arthur McKinsey
Biglersville
Sara Jenkins
Demmy
Lititz
Rotary
Springs Hotel
New York State
Charles Stengel
Lansdowne
F. W. Stengel
William Lutz
Lititz Iee Company
Joan S. Hess
Hess’ Mennonite Sunday School
Frank J. Gantz
Pine Hill
Gantz
John J. Bair
Lancaster
Josephine Bair
Ada G. Weach |Ater
Neffsville
Combined church meetings and Christmas parties noted
The Moravian Sunday School Chapel hosts a 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon gathering for Cradle Roll Beginners and Primary Departments with recitations, group numbers and songs. About forty to fifty attended the Ladies Aid Society Christmas party at the U B Church with a program gifts and refreshments. Rev C H Mengle Lebanon Presiding Elder will conduct quarterly conference communion at the Evangelical Church Sunday morning. Junior C E Society of the United Brethren held a Christmas party on Wednesday evening.
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Moravian Sunday School
Ladies’ Aid Society
U. B. Church
C. H. Mengle
Lebanon
Evangelical Church
C. E. Society of the United Brethren Church
Moravian Sunday School Class Entertained at Home
Mrs. H. C. Seldomridge of South Broad Street hosted her Moravian Sunday School class on Tuesday evening. Present were Ida Burkhart Ruth Keehn Dorothy Pfautz Ruth Godenaar Evelyn Pfautz Arlene Smith Kathryn Rolman and Esther Smith. Mr. Seldomridge hosted his class on Wednesday evening.
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H. C. Seldomridge
South Broad Street
Moravian Sunday School
Ida Burkhart
Ruth Keehn
Dorothy Pfautz
Ruth Godenaar
Evelyn Pfautz
Arlene Smith
Kathryn Rolman
Esther Smith
Bank Increases Dividend by Six Percent
The Board of Directors of Lititz Springs National Bank authorized a semi annual dividend of 6 percent payable January 1. This marks a two percent rise in the yearly dividend.
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Lititz Springs National Bank
Lititz Residents Injured in Christmas Accidents
Three holiday mishaps left two Lititz residents injured and several cars damaged. Miss Ricka Kling of the Moravian Home was struck near the Moravian Church but sustained only bruises, sidelining her briefly. A pair of Christmas Day crashes on Broad Street and Lincoln Avenue involved Abe Markley and an Elizabethtown resident, each paying for own damages. Roy Bowman collided with a tree near the Doster farm after possibly skidding on a slick road. his car required garage repairs.
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Ricka Kling
Manheim
Broad Street
Lincoln Avenue
Abe Markley
Town
Elizabethtown
Roy Bowman
Doster Farm
Game Refuge at Hopeland Protects 1643 Acres in Lancaster County
The State Game Commission announced the purchase of 1643 acres in Clay and Elizabeth Townships for public hunting and a game refuge near the Lebanon County line. Owner Stewart Eckhart of Hopeland sold the largest tract and several smaller tracts were added after negotiations lasting over a year, helped by the Northern Lancaster County Fish and Game Association and W Gard Conklin of the Bureau of Refuges and Lands. The average price was about 5 an acre.
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Clay
Elizabeth Townships
Lancaster County
Lebanon County
State Game Commission
Harrisburg
Stewart Eckhart
Hopeland
Lancaster County Fish and Game Association
W. Gard Conklin
Bureau of Refuges and Lands
Mr. Eckhart
Circles of King's Daughters Spread Cheer at Zion Home
About thirty members of the Circles of King's Daughters drove to the Zion Home north of town on Thursday evening. They distributed candy and oranges to 70 guests and entertained with hymns and carols. Readings were given by Maude Bearinger Mary Huebener and Margie Arntz with a short talk by Sara Jenkins.
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King’s Daughters
Zion Home
Maude Bearinger
Mary Huebener
Margie Arntz
Sara Jenkins
Bethlehem Cantata by Rothsville Choir Sunday Evening
The Rothsville Lutheran Church choir will perform Bethlehem a Christmas Cantata by J. H. Maunder on Sunday at 7 o clock directed by Prof C N McHose of Lancaster Soloists include Miss Luella Koehler Mrs David Kurtz Luella Pipgrass George H Mohn Woodrow Adams Harry Bomberger W E Shrum and pianist Maude Mumma The 22 member chorus is prepared for a fine performance.
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Lutheran Church -Choir
Rothsville
Bethlehem
J. H. Maunder
C. N. McHose
Lancaster
Luella Koehler
David Kurtz
Luella Pipgrass
George H. Mohn
Woodrow Adams
Harry Bomberger
W. E. Shrum
Maude Mumma
Rev J F Hagen Preaches Christmas Day at Moravian Church
The Rev J F Hagen of Cornwall New York preached Christmas morning at the Moravian Church. His father served as pastor there for many years.
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J. F. Hagen
Cornwall
N. Y
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Lititz High
Longenecker
Fasnacht
Hackman
Millersville State Teachers College
Sing Carols
Plan Watchnight Services
Becks
Earl Mathers
Jean
Baltimore
J. K. Mathers
David Jenkins
May, Jenkins
Port Deposit
Bernice Dengler
Clear Spring
W. &. Hickman
Hickman
Paul Elberti
Minersville
J. William Light
East Orange
N. J
Roderick Light
J. C. H. Light
Welen Eby
Goshen College
Ind
Ruth Marble
Eby
Waterbury
Conn
Richard Landis
Comic’s Conservatory of Music
Joseph Sheckard
Ithaca Conservatory of Music
Robert Grosh
Trenton
Grosh
Maple Street
Herbert Longenecker
State College
Martha Thoma
Katie Smith
Charles Landis
David
Christ
E. Pauline Gingrich
Missionary Society
Mundorf—Genman
Brinser—Eshleman
Forry—Landis
Zartman—Schload
Turkey
S. S
Christmas
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