Local Lititz News Briefs Include Fire Repair and Lost Pony Hat
A Lititz short item column notes a repaired frame building at the starch plant after a fire a month prior and requests the return of a lost pony hat from anywhere in town. It also lists local events, hospital visits, employment changes, and community notices from February, including Miss Myrtle Himmelberger starting business college in Lancaster and Emanuel Witters taking a job with Wide Awake Shirt Mfg Co in Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Myrtle Himmelberger
Weidler’s Business College
Lancaster
Aaron G. Hershey
Louisa Graver
South Broad Street
Rev. E
Hagen
King’s Daughters
Wm. Todd
Star Course Rendered and Basketball News in Lititz
Dr Gray impressed a large crowd despite illness and cold. basketball draws big gates as Lititz grows the sport. Central Manual Training, Ringgold Band, and Y M C A rule debates color a busy week with reserved seats available and plans for a three-match debating series across Bareville Lititz and a neutral location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
C. W. Groach
Central Manual Training School
Philadelphia
Roy Bobler
Ringgold
West End
Doncaster County
Bareville
Linden Hall Girls Lose Openers to Moravian Team
Linden Hall Seminary girls fall 33 to 14 to Moravian Seminary and College for Women of Bethlehem in their first season game. Doster scores 12, Steir 2, Wilkinson 2, Smith 2. Romig 4, Wilkinson 6, Doster 4 from fouls. Referee Bricker, umpire Cole. Time 20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall Seminary
Moravian Seminary
College For Women of Bethlehem
Linden Hall
Mies Doster
Asor
Bethlehem
Wilkinson
Bernard
Doster Smith
Buck
Steir Fry Genter
Danby Sinoebert
Aay Romig Pollowk
Nerd -Heintie Garber Simons
Miss Doster
Miss Steir
Miss Wilkinson
Miss Smith
Miss Romig
Misa Bricker
L. H
Cole
Lehigh
Death at Sporting Hill Claims Lizzie George at 42
Lizzie George, wife of Elmer George, died at her Sporting Hill home Tuesday night at 11 after a three year illness with consumption. She was forty-two, a United Brethren member, and survived by husband and children Mabel Edna Stella Ahler Merlin. Funeral Saturday at 9 at home, 9:30 at Tinion church. Interment White Oak cemetery, Rev H J Beh ney officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie
Elmer George
Sporting Hill
United Brethren Church
Mabel
Edna
Stella
Ahler
Merlin
Tinion Church
White Oak Cemetery
H. J. Behney
Death of George K Enck Near Hopeland
George K Enck, a Hopeland area resident, died Monday morning at six o'clock after a brief illness from pneumonia at age fifty seven. He is survived by his second wife, Harriet Bissinger, and three sons Edwin James and George. Brothers Henry Thomas Samuel Elias Wayne of Clay township also survive. FuneralThursday from the house with services at St Johns church Brickerville. Interment in the adjacent cemetery Rev B M Breneman officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George K. Enck
Hopeland
Nea Harriet
Bissinger
Edwin
James
George
Henry
Thomas
Samuel
Elias
Wayne
Clay Township
St. John’s Church
Brickerville
B. M. Breneman
Paradise T. B. Church
Death of Miss Fannie Rubl at Brethren Home Near Neffsville
Miss Fannie Rubl died Thursday night January 26 at the Brethren Home near Neffsville after five years as an inmate. She was in her seventieth year, born in Manheim township. The funeral was Sunday at two o'clock at the Brethren meeting house, Manheim, with interment in Kreider's meeting house cemetery nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Rubl
Brethren Home
Neffsville
Manheim Township
Brethren Mesting House
Manheim
Kreider
Death of Miss Emma J. Lippott in Philadelphia
Emma J. Lippott dies at her brother Charles Lippott’s home in Philadelphia on Monday at about 45 years. She was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Catharine I. P. Lippott and recalled by Lititz residents for visits to her father during his Springs hotel years. Mrs. Eliza beth Lippett of Spruce Street is her stepmother. The funeral service is to be held in Philadelphia this evening at o o'clock with private interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma J. Lippott
Charles Lippott
Philadelphia
Charles W
Catharine I’. Lippott
Lititz
Springs
Elizabeth Lippett
Spruce Street
Widow Anna Becker Dies at 84 in Manheim
Mrs Anna Becker widow of Henry Becker died at age 84 at the home of Mrs Christian Bomberger in Manheim after a period of illness from heart failure and old age. She was a Church of the Brethren member and is survived by a daughter Miss Eliza. Funeral services were held at East High Street Church of the Brethren with burial at Hernley’s cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Becker
Henry Becker
Christian Bomberger
Manheim
Ashe
Church of the Brethren
Eliza
East High Street
Hernley’s
Elizabeth L. Buch
Emanuel Buch
Reuben Strickler
Silver Spring
Petersburg
John and
Martha Landis Smith
Mennonite Church
Chestnut Hill
Emma Strickler
Anns Witmer
Lancaster
Death of Henry Horting of Reamstown at 75
Henry Horting of Reamstown died at his sister Mrs. Kate Coover’s home last Friday aged 75. He suffered from asthma for a long time. He previously lived in Clay and Elizabeth townships and moved about twenty years ago after his wife’s death. He leaves five children Oliver of Reading John of Philadelphia Frank of Cresco na Mrs. Hiesa Herneisen of Penryn and Mrs. Elam Irwin of Nefts ville. Surviving brother is John Harting of Reamstown. Funeral was held Tuesday with burial at Paradise U B Church Cemetery in Clay township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Horting
Kate Coover
Reamstown
Clay
Hilzabeth
Oliver
Reading
John
Philadelphia
Frank
Cressona
Hiesa Herneisen
Penryn
Elam Irwin
Lititz Aims for Debt Free Borough in Years Ahead
The Lititz borough council reports continued bond redemption of water bonds with no premium after May. With $25,000 remaining of $35,600 issued in 1906, the water works is expected to cover borough expenses, potentially freeing Lititz from borough taxes and spurring population and industrial growth as census trends favor manufacturing towns. Citizens are urged to booster the town and attract new industries by highlighting fiscal progress and opportunities ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Jiitz
Stricken While in Florida Lane Patient Near Sarasota
Andrew L Lane of this place went to Sarasota Na on December 27, fell ill there and was stricken with apoplexy His son Dr E Lane reached his bedside Sunday and found him in a critical condition A later dispatch said he was slightly better He had suffered week long poor appetite and several illness spells until a physician diagnosed a threatened stroke which proved true He is expected to be brought home when safe to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew L Lane
Sarasota
E. Lane
Lane
Tobacco Market Flurry As Holders Seek 11 to 15 Cents
Tobacco unsold remains scattered as growers press for 11 to 15 cents a pound. Last week saw steady buying and rapid shedding of remaining crop. Four carloads shipped Wednesday to Lan caster packer Brill and Mumma at Landisville. 15 acres sold by Albert Shenk to Mr. Mumma for 11.25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Packer
Brill
Mumma
Landisville
Albert Shenk
Gochenaur and Mathers Unite in Quiet Moravian Wedding
On Thursday evening January 26 at the Moravian parsonage Rev HK S Hagen joined Albert F Gochenaur and Carrie Mathers in marriage. The couple, unaccompanied, were the only participants in the ceremony conducted by the clergyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HK. S. Hagen
Albert F
Albert Gochenaur
Carrie
William Mathers
Strictly Personal Tells Of Winter Travel Inquiries
People traveling in winter months are listed with brief visits to Lititz, Lebanon, Manheim, Reading, York, Philadelphia, Warwick, Kutztown, and other towns. Names include Hess, Gingrich, Frischeis, Wolle, Lenge, McCreary, Wilsons, Beaber, Heiserman, Smith, Bollinger, Scott, Gorge, Marks, Grant, Weidman, Carper, Kling, Miksch, Connelly, Brebst, and others with short notes on locations and relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. Hess
Manheim
Lititz
H. H. Gingrich
Mary Frischeis
Lancaster
8. C. Beaber
Nathaniel P. Wolle
Philadelphia
Harry Lenge
Lebanon
Mabel McCreary
Monroe Meiley
Cleon Wilson
John Wilson
Kutztown
Addison Wilson
George Dennis
Reading
Clayton Schmuck
Warwick
Caroline Russ
George Bayer
John Heiserman
Joe Smith
York
William 8. Smith
Howard Bollinger
William Scott
Warren Gorge
Sullday
Pequea
Susquehannan River
William Marks
Wilmington & Columbia
Reading Railroad
William Grant
Harold Weidman
Susquehanna River
Ida Carper
Wilmington
Del
Mary Kling
G. Harry Miksch
Loysville
Perry County
John Connelly
Norristown
Valentines Brebst
J. C. Brebst
Schuylkill Seminary
Young man finds two chickens after odd quest
Charles Chronister, a Sturgis Bretzel Co. bakery employee, sought two chickens Saturday. After failed attempts with Poultryman Schleith and east-town farmers, he secured two fowls at Clayton Brubaker’s farm. While walking home one chicken slipped away, but Chronister recaptured both, covered in mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chronister
Sturgis Bretzel Co
Schleith
Clayton Brubaker
Clark
Manheim Machinist Falls From Willow Tree
I. L. Maze fifty eight of Manheim, a machinist, fell while helping cut a willow. He sustained a fractured nose and a lacerated face. He was taken to Lancaster by trolley Tuesday evening and admitted to General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Maze
Manheim
Lancaster
Appointment of Thomas H Wolf as Justice of the Peace
On Tuesday Governor Tener appointed Thomas H Wolf of Brickerville to serve as Justice of the Peace for Elizabeth Township, filling the vacancy left by the late Jobo L D Matthaws. The action confirms a new local judicial appointment and signals continuity in township governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tener
Thomas H. Wolf
Brickerville
Elizabeth Township
Jobo LD
Matthaws
Monthly Town Council Meeting on Sewerage and Bonds
Borough council met for its regular monthly session led by Chief Burgess Steiner with six councilmen present. Water Superintendent Miller sought station aid but no action taken. Light Committee discussed a street light at Spruce and Marion. Dr J C Brobst urged hotel drainage issues at Springs hotel. no action, borough may cover half costs. Finance noted redemption of five water bonds and plans to issue more. warnings about no premium after May. Vouchers approved for various vendors including tax, supplies, and mason work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Steiner
Leib
Badorf
Baum
Havgerstick
Neidermyer
Sexseman
Miller
Alexander Bear
Spruce and
Marion Streets
J. C. Brobst
the Springs Hotel
Springs Hotel
Brobst
A. E. Bachman
Smith Bill
W. H. Greek
Hich
National Meter Co
Amos Roths
Mason
Welter Miller
Vilisburg Meter Co
Iacker
Cement Fuld Dodus Verre
Our Market at Saturday Sale Faces Scarce Provisions
The Saturday morning market drew farmers and buyers with strong turnout but few goods. Chickens were scarce while potatoes went for 15 cents per half peck for sweets and 10 cents per half peck for Trish. Turnips sold for 8 cents a half peck, sauerkraut 6 cents a quart, eggs abundant at 19 cents a dozen, and butter 32 cents a pound.
Groundhog Day and Weather Forecast
Groundhog Day marks the tradition of the animal peering from its hole between noon and 1 PM. If the groundhog sees a shadow, six weeks of inclement weather are expected. if cloudy, mild weather is predicted. As we go to press, prospects for Br’er Groundhog seeing his shadow are not bright, suggesting spring weather may come sooner.
Splendid Showing At Farmers National Bank Meeting
The weekly statement read to the board by cashier H H Gingrich details deposits of 286000 in individual accounts and 116600 in time deposits. Assets total near 600000 with surplus and undivided profits of 47009. If current gains continue, the bank’s capital stock of 60000 may rise to a 200 share book value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers National Bank
H. H. Gingrich
The College Boys Well Received
Franklin and Marshall College Glee and Mandolin Clubs gave a well attended concert in Lind en Hall gym under Lititz High School auspices. Notable numbers included Apperman’s reading Pontilus baritone solo with encores, a glee club medley, and Owens with chorus. Receipts were 88 with a $30 projected library fund balance after expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin and Marshall College
Linden Hall
Lititz High School
Apperman
Pontilus
Glee Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gowan
Amos Roth
Lancaster General Hospital
Emanuel Witters
Mfg. Co
Qute
Ben
Franch
Jacob Keener
Isaac Sarah
Warwick House
John D. Bear
Blue Ball
Stevens Post
Frank Rader
Carrie Huber
Tod
Horatio Sands
Washington
Lincoln
Carrie Darrough
Robert Pfautz
D. G. Witmyer
Leinbach &Co
M. M. Sauders
W. Main Street
Birs. Yarley
Yarley
America
Ferther
Miss Fannie Reb
Wm. Ochs
Clarissa J. Lissignolo
William Ochs
Plainfield
N. J
Oshs
Florida
Gochenaur-Mathers
Bill
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