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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1927
Page
5
Local church listings detail Sunday school times and worship services across multiple denominations including United Evangelical Moravian Lutheran Reformed and United Brethren. Events note ser vices for Scouts sermons at Lititz troop and planned social fundraisers and meetings.
An old adage asserts advertising builds trust between merchants and customers. The text warns against strangers and fake sellers and urges merchants to openly share information about goods. It emphasizes constant communication to establish a trustworthy reputation.
Amos H. Erb, 60, who bought leaf tobacco for years and recently worked for Bayuk Brothers, died Monday at 5:45 AM at his Rohrerstown home from apoplexy. Born May 5, 1886 near Lititz, he lived in Rohrerstown since 1900. Survived by wife Kathryn Matter. children C. Raymond, Lancaster. Blanche, a Neffsville teacher living at home. Elsie K., at home. Brothers Albert J H of Mt. Joy, Abram of East Petersburg, and others. Funeral from his Rohrerstown home Thursday at 1:30 PM, services at 2 PM at Rohrerstown Reformed Church. Burial in Lutheran and Reformed cemetery.
Mrs Stella Risser 81 wife of Warwick House proprietor David M Risser died at Lancaster General Hospital from complications after an operation following a fall while skating three weeks earlier She was born at Union Square Survived by her second husband and a large family Funeral services were held at Middle Creek church with interment in the adjoining cemetery Ella Hornley Miller 21 wife of Tryin B Miller died at Maple street home from complications after childbirth Their 11 day old son survived with husband and in laws with services in Moravian church and burial in Moravian cemetery
Martha Snavely 32 of 3387 East Main died at Lancaster General Hospital from complications after a period as a patient since January 25. Survivors include her husband Henry Snavely and one child Samuel. her parents are Mr and Mrs Samuel Neushauer of Lititz. The page also discusses differences between first and second degree murder in British law versus the United States and notes capital punishment by hanging in the old context.
On Saturday evening February 5 at the St Pauls Lutheran parsonage Louis Lorah and Maude H Weaver were married by Rev W R Sammel. The ring ceremony was used with Mr and Mrs Edgar Strohm of Lititz among the attendees.
Stephan Clair union reports Norman Stephan son of Jacob Stephan Fairview and Anna Clair daughter of Harvey Clair wed at Rev Knerr Denver with ring ceremony and residence planned in Ephrata. In Lancaster Prof Irvin Keener and Miss Hilda Buckley wed at St James Episcopal Church with reception at Hotel Brunswick and trip to Asbury Park. They will reside in Columbia.
Lutz son of Benjamin V Lutz and Grace Meiley daughter of Vermont Meiley married Saturday at 2 in the Ross Street M E Church parsonage Lancaster Rev Charles E Boraston officiated. They will reside in a Lititz North Cedar Street home owned by the groom's father. Lutz works in the family butcher business with his father at Lancaster Chestnut Street and Lititz.
Rental and sale ads list multiple Lititz and Brunnerville properties. A two family Brunnerville house, a shop for rent at 27 West Orange Lititz, a six room toll gate farm work arrangement, and a seven room corner Orange Spruce street house with utilities. Also listed Colonial style home in Lititz with modern conveniences and April possession with pre-sale incentive. Contact details for Frank, Elmer Verger, and James Goldthwait provided.
Local notices advertise auctions and sales in Lititz area including household goods by Mary Fasnacht. ground with improvements by Henry M. Vasnacht. farm stock and implements by Andrew B. Bollinger. farm goods by P J West in Elizabeth town. land and dwellings at Owl Hill. farm implements by D M Grayhill. and other sale items across Kissel Hill Rothsville Penryn and surrounding roads.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a listing or shorthand for mill and market items including eggs and lard with numbers 37 and 16. Details are unclear but indicate quantities or prices in a local commerce record.
The notice advertises a sales position in the oil sector seeking men aged 28 to 50 with auto and sales training for local territory, plus an upcoming public sale of real estate in Lititz by Hershey & Gibbel. It lists employment interviews, job expectations, and a separate listing for a Lititz property with hot water heat and hardwood floors, to be sold at 7:30 PM with terms announced.
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