Keystone National Bank Building Opens in Manheim
Local investors with securities may hand them to Hershey and Gibbes next week for sale this spring. The Keystone National Bank building at Manheim will officially open on Saturday with invitations sent. The project cost about $200,000, designed and built by Hoggson Brothers of New York, the same firm that built the Farmers Bank at Lititz. The Moravian Ushers Association has invited members to visit the Reading Moravian church Men’s League on Wednesday evening, February 17, and plans to travel by auto from here at 6 PM, with wives and friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey and Gibbes
Keystone National Bank
Manheim
Hoggson Brothers of
New York
Farmers Bank
Lititz
Moravian Ushers’ Association
Reading Moravian Church
Ushers’ Association
Chain letters barred from town mail in 1926 warning
Postmaster Leaber of Lititz warns residents about an unfolding chain letter trend promising luck if each recipient sends nine letters within 24 hours. Officials state the government discourages such letters and will destroy detected copies, likening it to past prayer chain chains and noting no money involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaber
Lititz
Washington
Groundhog Forecast Promises Six Weeks of Severe Winter
The groundhog delivered a six week forecast ending March 16 predicting a period of harsh winter weather with snow sleet hail and freezing temperatures. The prediction blends humor with public concern over coal strikes and fuel scarcity, while asserting the creature's duty to tell the truth about conditions ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hobo Lodger Enjoyed Thirteen Sandwiches in Lititz
A wanderer staying at Lititz nights lodging during a fire company smoker was confined in the borough lockup. He ate thirteen sandwiches with coffee provided from leftover food, remarking luck at finding such a night. Also notice of Double Stamps at Plants Brothers and cheap Valentines at Scott's Book Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lititz Promotes Home Industry With Wildwood Game Stunt
Lititz boosters staged a publicity gimmick at Wildwood New Jersey to promote local products during a Habeckers American Legion basketball game. Fans received Lititz pretzels ginger ale and souvenir boxes while an announcer extolled Lititz industries. Gifts includes candy stockings shoes and mouse traps with several hundred traps distributed to women. Officials and residents praised the display, and Wildwood’s mayor promised a letter of appreciation to Lititz’s mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habecker
American Legion
Wildwood
N. J
Howard Bollinger
Lititz
Seacoast
United States
Litita Springs
Lewis Haines
Samuel Bowers
Kelley
Reading
G L Hepp Jewelry Store Sold to Marietta Buyer
Walter Freyberger, of Marietta, purchases G L Hepp jewelry store on East Main Street and will assume control March 1. Hepp will continue the optical business at 54 East Main Street after forty years running the jewelry shop. Hepp bought Wilson Appel in 1886 and moved to the Harris building in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Freyberger
Marietta
G. L. Hepp
East Main Street
Freyberger
William Zellers
Lititz
Hepp
Wilson Appel
Allentown
Dr. Brobst
Harris
PIANO RECITAL TONIGHT FOR ST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH
Miss Anna Snyder pupils will perform a piano recital in the Sunday school chapel to benefit St Pauls Lutheran Church this evening at 8 o clock. The program includes Tred Rader Melen Minnich Clarence Dull Beatrice Godenaur Helen Buch Mary Withers Irene Hertzler Albert Nagel Dorothy Plautz Ruth Keehn Alverta Dussing er Roda Nagel Verna Hertzler Elizabeth Godenaur Ruth Longenecker Arthur Leed Amma Mae Saylor Florence Stauffer Marion Wertsch Arlene Strohm Laura Risser who will render a yialia solo and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Snyder
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Tred Rader
Melen Minnich
Clarence Dull
Beatrice Godenaur
Helen Buch
Mary Withers
Irene Hertzler
Albert Nagel
Dorothy Plautz
Ruth Keehn
Alverta Dussinger
Roda Nagel
Verna Hertzler
Elizabeth Godenaur
Ruth Longenecker
Arthur Leed
Amma Mae Saylor
Florence Stauffer
Marion Wertsch
Arlene Strohm
Laura Risser
Yialia
East End Radio Delights Local Homes
John G. Moore of the Ech oes on Front Street reports a fine radio setup installed last Saturday evening with excellent reception. Nearby, Mrs. J W Brackart celebrated a January 25 birthday as her brother Albert O Sturgis and Sturgis’s Nazareth relatives gifted her a radio set installed last week by the younger Sturgis during a Lititz visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Moore
Front Street
J. W. Brackart
Albert O. Sturgis
Nazareth
Sturgis
Lititz
Lititz 18 Growing Assessor Report on Ward Real Estate Gains
Assessors H C Miller and Andrew Shissler sent Lititz borough data to the county controller showing ward one real estate valued at 1 378 220 and ward two at 802 200 with gains of 71 930 and 51 960 respectively totaling 123 890. Most gains come from new buildings with many not yet complete and a further rise expected next year boosting revenue for perhaps ordinary and school purposes. See Hepp’s closing out advertisement for jewelry bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Miller
Andrew Shissler
Borough of
Lititz
Postmaster Groff to Speak at Lancaster Legion Meet
Captain John M. Groff, Lancaster’s new postmaster, will headline the meeting of Post 56, American Legion, at headquarters on South Broad Street this Thursday evening. Edwin L. Whitson, just ousted Lancaster postmaster, faces $10,000 bail over postal regulation violations and $11,000 in account discrepancies. Vanity, A Modern Morality Play in Four Acts will be the High School Alumni Star Course fourth number, Thursday February 7 at 8 PM, in the High School Auditorium. Tickets, 35 cents, go on sale February 10 at Moyers Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Groff
Lancaster
Post 56
American Legion
South Broad Street
Groff
Edwin L. Whitson
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Clifton Mallory
David Garrick
Moyers Drug Store
Birthday greetings to Spruce Street townsfolk
The Record extends greetings to residents with upcoming birthdays including Miss Katie Smith on January 8, A. B. Long on February 2, George and Miss Mary Frederick on February 8, and J. W. G. Hershey on February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Smith
Spruce Street
A. B. Long
George
Mary Frederick
J. W.G. Hershey
Trimmer's Department Store Salesman Tours Armstrong Linoleum
Mr Morris Trimmer returned from Lancaster Pennsylvania where he attended a linoleum merchandising class at the Armstrong factory. He toured the 90 acre plant, learned about 300 patterns, and observed laying and care methods. He met the interior decoration officer and discussed harmonizing linoleum with rugs wallpapers and draperies for homes. He stayed at the Armstrong Manor and visited homes floored entirely with linoleum, concluding cemented linoleum is the floor of the future and will replace hardwood in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Factory
Morris Trimmer
Lancaster
Armstrong Linoleum
Trimmer
Armstrong
Armstrong Laying School
Armstrong Research Laboratory
Armstrong Bureau of Interior Decoration
Mr. Trimmer
Nanticoke to Meet Lititz Legion Saturday Night
Nanticoke champions of the coal region have secured a big guarantee to host Lititz Legion Saturday evening. The strictly professional Eastern League style lineup features Merle Harris Janowski Dick Leary and Jones with Schimmel as guards and Armpreister on the squad. Lititz brings a capable lineup that could challenge Nanticoke in a real basketball showdown with local fans promised lively action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanticoke
Lititz Legion
Merle Harris
Bucky Harris
Washington
Janowski
Dick Leary
Jasper
Jones
Schimmel
Habecker
Armpreister
Lititz
Lancaster Reading Express to Link Lancaster and Reading
The Reading Railway plans an early morning express between Lancaster and Reading connecting with the Queen of the Valley. A local train will shift earlier to allow the express to depart Lancaster around eight o clock, stopping only at Manheim Lititz and Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Railway Company
Lancaster
Reading
Manheim
Lititz
Meals at Farm Sales Continued in Lancaster County
Rural Lancaster County auctions drew neighbors together with meals once common though fewer now. Tucksters offered soup and light lunches while the auctioneer and sellers ran the sale, turning a farm sale into a day of neighborhood sociability and simple entertainments for young and old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Farm Women meet at Hess home in Rome on Saturday
The Society of Farm Women will gather at M. W. Hess’s Rome residence Saturday at 1 30 o clock. J B Hewes of Lancaster will demonstrate gas stove use. The Lititz Linden Hall Alumnae branch will meet Thursday afternoon February 11 in the school parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Farm Women
M. W. Hess
Rome
J. B. Hewes
Lancaster
Lititz
Linden Hall Alumnae Association
Plays by C. E. Society to be staged in chapel
The C. E. Society of the Moravian Church presents two plays in the 5. 8. chapel on Thursday evening February 12. A Junior pageant will be performed. A silver offering will be collected for Indian Missions in California. Program begins at 7 30 P.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Society of the Moravian Church
California
Travel notes show visitors and arrivals in Lititz area
Shauncey Sturgis of Harrisburg called in town on Wednesday. Chambersburg visitors Mr and Mrs Chester Ritchie visited E C Ritchie s family. Miss Kathryn Miller from Philadelphia stayed with Mrs Charles Regennas. William Sesseman from West Reading accompanied Lititz residents to Altoona for a funeral. Lititz families hosted relatives in Philadelphia and Reading. Several townspeople traveled to Grottoes Virginia for illness in the Regen nes family. Mrs Crosland s health update and Newark trip noted. William H Gormly of Pittsburgh visits for his 50th anniversary in Lititz. John W Landis of Rome hosted a 8th birthday gathering for Mrs Sarah Sammet of Rothsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shauncey Sturgis
Harrisburg
Chester Ritchie
Chambersburg
E. C. Ritchie
Kathryn Miller
Philadelphia
Charles Regennas
William Sesseman
West Reading
Lititz
Altoona
Hiramesseman
Grottoes
Virginia
Regennes
Francis Miller
William H. Gormly
Pittsburgh
Rickert and Hepp
Mr. Gormly
John W. Landis
Rome
Sarah Sammet
Rothsville
Edwin Shaeffer
Harry W. Landis
Emma Landis
Mountville
Officers of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
The St. Paul’s Lutheran Church council organized by electing officers: President Charles Keath, Vice President Ralph Spacht, Secretary Lloyd Stark, Treasurer Samuel Aubrecht, Financial Secretary David Brian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Council
Charles Keath
Ralph Spacht
Lloyd Stark
Samuel Aubrecht
David Brian
Bell exchange chief honored for long service
Miss Grace Keller, chief telephone operator at the local Bell exchange, received flowers and tokens of friendship after three weeks confined to her Springs Hotel room. The article notes a courtesy installation of a telephone in her room and mentions a contest and local advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grace Keller
Bell Exchange
Springs Hotel
Miss Keller
Miss Grace
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. Groundhog
Plants Brothers
Scott's Book Store
Anchor
A. R. Beck
Andrew Horn
Fountain
Trimmer’s Department
NEW Lancaster-Reading Express
G. L. Calvert
Ruth Weichsel
Mr. Calvert
Drs
James and
William Calvert
N. D. Sturgis
Walter Sturgis
Harry Showers
Ralph Meily
William
Victor Sturgis
Wyomnissing
Fred Gorton
Irona, Ny
Gorton
Safe Works
Harry Gorton
L. K. Grosh
Carson Obetz
Barry Landis
East Petersburg
Ella Evans
Arthur and
Raymond
E. S. Crosland
Edward Crosland
Crosland
Newark
Evening Public Ledger
Paul McCloud
Ag’t
Seaman and Leeds
Whitney Valentine
Scotts Book Store
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!