Local births and community notes from Lititz area
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Myers on Monday morning on Liberty street. The Knights of Malta plan an initiation and degrees this evening. John E. Hosler, Victor Wagner and J. Frank Buch serve as jurors in Common Pleas Court at Lancaster this week. Rudy properties will be sold at Lititz Springs Hotel at 7 30 o clock Saturday evening February 7. Mrs. Adams on Locust street was baptized and joined Moravian Church after a month of illness. Adam Be Long celebrated a birthday on Monday. George Frederick and sister Mary and J W G Hershey add a year to their ages this week. William Kissinger, pretzel baker, bought the old Barr mill property from A Rosenberg and will convert to a bakery with two ovens. current location too small. John L Ruth of Carbon Steel Casing Co. was elected assistant to Lancaster Trust Co. president John Hertzler, taking effect February 1. he is son of Squire J F Ruth of Lititz. Tomy Hoffman at Linden Hall Seminary was struck on the head by falling iron pipe. scalp cut, stitches. Fifteen Moravian Sunday School orchestra members hosted by Mr and Mrs Howard Young on Orange street. Mrs Young plays piano in the orchestra. Refreshments served.
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Roy Myers
Liberty Street
Knights of Malta
John E. Hosler
Victor Wagner
J. Frank Buch
Common Pleas Court
Lancaster
Rudy
Lititz Springs
Adam BE. Long
George Frederick
Mary
J. W. G. Hershey
William Kissinger
Barr Mill
A. Rosenberg
Mr. Kissinger
John L. Ruth
Carbon Steel Casing Company of
John Hertzler
Lancaster Trust Company
Squire J. F. Ruth
Lititz
Tomy” Hoffman
Linden Hall Seminary
Yoder
Moravian Sunday School Orchestra
Howard Young
Orange Street
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New Snow Plow Rapidly Set for Manheim Township
Manheim township supervisors ordered a new snow plow propelled by a caterpillar tractor. The unit, with fans to cut an eight by seven foot path, aims to open roads within two days, covering about twenty miles daily, a western success story.
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Manheim Township
Dug Cellar for Home in Spite of Ice and Snow
Noah Myers pressed on with building despite ice and snow on South Cedar street. Eight men cleared a cellar in two and a half days with frozen ground nine inches deep and used axes and sledge hammers. A cement block foundation was begun and plaster was hardened to resist freezing. He plans another excavation on Spruce street Lititz Heights later this week.
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Noah Myers
South Cedar Street
Myers
Spruce Street
Lititz Heights
Thief Steals Ten Bushels of Turnips in Lititz Cellar
Enos Miller of Lititz reported a Tuesday night theft from his cellar. A thief broke the lock and carried away ten bushels of turnips while leaving the door shut to prevent freezing. The chicken house was left untouched. Miller suspects a turnip mania.
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Enos Miller
Lititz
Mr. Miller
Rumor of National Consumers Stores Opening in April
Unconfirmed town report says National Consumers Stores Inc a chain grocery may locate here in April. A second rumor mentions a new factory planned for Lititz boosting local progress. Also noted is Special A Cross Word Puzzle Dictionary 1100 pages priced at $1.50 from Scott's Book Store.
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National Consumers Stores, Inc
Lititz
Scott’s
DeJong Family in Illinois Farm Life and a Boy Named Sobig
In a Dutch district southwest of Chicago the DeJong family and farm life are depicted from infancy to schoolboy years. Selina DeJong works hard on the truck farm while Dirk grows up amid crowded potato sacks and sunburned, dirt-streaked days. The piece portrays a harsh yet tender rural family scene with vivid sensory detail.
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Sobig
Sabig DeJong
Chicago
New Holland
High Prairie
Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Groundhog Fails to See Shadow Amid Cloudy Weather
The groundhog did not glimpse its shadow on Monday due to cloudiness and did not emerge to predict an early spring. It attempted to reach the surface but could not break through deep ice and snow, returning to its den for a six week sleep.
Postmaster Seaber and Rural Carrier Injured in Sleigh Accident
John Singer a Lititz rural mail carrier broke several ribs after his sleigh overturned on Tuesday but finished the route and expects a wait before returning to work. Postmaster Paul Seaber slipped before Albert Gochens store and tore rib cartilage yet continues working.
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John Singer
Lititz
Paul Seaber
Albert Gochenour
Diehm Partners in Lancaster Auto Firm
G G Diehm joins with Frank Burkholder to form Lan caster Overlands Knights Sales Co. They will run a Lancaster salesroom with branches in Lititz and Manheim and serve almost the entire county. Willys Knight and Overland cars will be sold.
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F. B. Burkholder
G. G. Diehm
Lancaster Overlands Knights Sales Co
Lancaster
Lititz
Manheim
Willys-Knight
Overland
Toboggan ownership blooms at local winter sport sites
Edward Bear and Guy Hershey of the local post office own a ten foot toboggan weighing thirty four pounds with capacity for eight to ten riders. Burgess Norman Badorf and William Moody recently secured a similar toboggan. Cuppy’s farm near Lititz is a favored spot for sledding and skees.
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Edward Bear
Guy Hershey
Burgess Norman Badorf
William Moody
Cuppy
Lititz
New Era Dramatic Company to Perform Star Course Web
The last Star Course of the season will be presented Wednesday evening February 11 by the New Era Dramatic Company. The trio of talented young women and a man will offer dramatic sketches songs readings and impersonations. Chart opens February 10 at Scott's Bookstore. Single admission costs 55 cents.
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New Era Dramatic Company
Scott’s
Lititz Borough Runs $26 746 in Expenses Last Year
The Lititz borough reports total expenses of 26 746 35 for the past year. A sinking fund holds 2 835 89, 2 500 paid on loans, 1 500 interest on bonds and a water deficit of 2 441 94. Street maintenance tops costs at 18 465 99, while taxes brought in 28 350 00. A water department deficit of 2 441 094 follows purchase of two electric pumps and line extensions. future revenue is expected but with rising extension costs.
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Lititz
Water Department
Building Rising at Trap Factory Project
Construction on the new trap factory proceeds with ground broken soon for the foundation. Site includes tool sheds boilers concrete mixers and a one story concrete structure with steel sash and glass. Dimensions run 180 feet along Locust street and 230 feet deep under a rush contract.
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Buick
Locust Street
Market Surplus Pushes Sugar Prices Down
Market reports announce a surplus of two million tons of sugar to be sold this year with price reductions to move it from refiners. Retail prices are down and a drop to six cents per pound is anticipated. The piece also notes potato seed science, Luther Burbanks quote, and local business figures like Hirman Weachter becoming Lansdale Chamber of Commerce president.
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Hirman Weachter
Chamber of Commerce
Lansdale
Weachter
Lancaster County
Montgomery County
New York
Browns town Hosiery plant destroyed by blaze
A three story frame Conestoga Hosiery Company mill in Browns town was leveled by fire on Saturday. The adjacent dyeing plant survived. Firefighting efforts were hampered by snow drifts and nearby towns could not move in. President Dr. A V Walter estimated the loss at $80 000 leaving about fifty workers unemployed.
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Brownstown
Conestoga Hosiery Company
Bareville
A. V. Walter
Lititz Pike opening aids local business freight
The Lancaster Lititz pike closed for days due to snow hurt Lititz merchants and truckers. Keith Planning Mill and Lititz Paper Box and Printing Company workers shoveled to reopen the road, meeting Lancaster boosters to clear the way. A Lititz driver sued for toll avoidance as the road finally reopened amid local dissatisfaction with past openings. Returned from hunting, P S Snyder visited New Bern North Carolina and noted abundant marsh rabbits and game in season.
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Lancaster-Lititz
Lititz
Keith
Lancaster
Liita
Pike Company
Groshs Plan New Home in Lititz Area
Mr and Mrs Jacob L Grosh begin erecting a residence on Lititz southern part east of Martins Shenk home on South Broad street The couple earlier built a bungalow on East Front street now owned by John Mohr They sold their Charlotte street Lancaster home planning Kansas City for their son but changed plans Mrs Grogh renowned china ware decorator.
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Jacob L. Grosh
Lititz
Martin Shenk
South Broad Street
Grosh
East Front Street
John Mohr
Charlotte Street
Lancaster
Kansas City
Grogh
Hammond couple marks 60th wedding anniversary in Lititz
Mr and Mrs John Hammond of North Lawrence Ohio celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Friday. Married January 28 1865 in New Castle England they moved to America in 1867 and have lived in Lititz area since. Mr Hammond born June 18 at 85 and Mrs Hammond born February 9 at 80 both in good health. Their son E J Hammond lives on East Main Street Lititz.
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John Hammond
N. Lawrence, O
Mrs. Hammond
New Castle
Stratffordshire
England
America
Hammond
Rural Carriers Deliver by Sleigh for Five Weeks
Lititz mail carriers have used sleighs since January 2 covering routes for thirty workdays. Some days routes remain impassable and full delivery is not possible. Automobiles seem a distant option given road conditions and government rules require an attempt.
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Lititz
Flower Missionary Brings Joy With 10000 Blossoms
Horace L. Eschbach, a Lititz baker, visits Chicago hospitals during his annual mercy tour. In two weeks he distributes about 10 000 posies to sick patients, spanning all backgrounds. He plans to visit 100 friends daily, saying he retired to nursing and spreading cheer one flower at a time.
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Chicago
Vorace L. Eschbach
Lititz
Mercy
Eschbach
Billy
Baker
Chicago Evening American
Horace the Flower Man
Horace L. Eschbach
Travelers Near and Far Visit Local Relatives and Events
Mr and Mrs John Aland of New York spent days in town with relatives John Hosler and daughter. Eph rata hosted Sunday visits from Mrs Samuel Nelin and Miss Mary Seltzer of Hummelstown. Other locals hosting guests included Amanda Grazer and Walker from Ambler, and a turkey dinner in Elizabeth town with William Staffer and Theodore Stauffer. Rev H R Gibbel attended Martin Brumbaugh’s Juniata College inauguration, delivering the invocation.
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John Aland
New York
John Hosler
Ephrata
Samuel Nelin
Mary Seltzer
Hummelstown
Thomas Kisssinger
John Felker
Reading
Harry Grazer
Miss Walker
Ambler
Amanda Grazer
William Staffer
Theodore Stauffer
Elizabethtown
William
H. R. Gibbel
Martin 9. Brumbaugh
Juniata College
Huntingdon
Gibbel
Two Lititz Men Return From Ocean Voyages
A Lititz Record interview with Mr. Cuppy discusses England's large global investments and persistent unemployment. He notes France’s thrift and Germany’s strained but improving condition, with Bermuda described by Chester Leicey as a pleasant island under British rule.
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Lititz
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