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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
1
Clarence Young is named postmaster of Manheim borough succeeding Charles Dunlap. The notice lists other local items including horse deaths and a Lititz auto show attendee, with community notices on meetings sales and personal moves.
Lititz, Manheim and Ephrata Gas Company announces an active campaign to develop its territory. G C Goehnauer will oversee operations, extend service, and push plant improvements to serve patrons and communities with better gas supply and lower costs.
Mrs. H. C. Seldomridge slipped on balcony ice while shaking a rug and fell about 12 feet to the porch below. She suffered two broken ribs, a scalp wound, and contusions but recovered quickly and is expected to heal. Dr. S. R. Posey treated her at home on South Broad and Lemon streets.
The funeral of J Morgan Fry was held from his East Main home then at Moravian church with Rev E S Hagen and Rev Hager delivering sermons. The service included Silent Night and a large crowd, then burial in Moravian cemetery amid floral tributes from Lititz High School class of 1908 and others. Bearers from Garfield Castle No 76 K G E attended. Undertaker W H Enck in charge. Mrs Mary Neidermyer, 83, broke her left arm slipping on ice on Front street Friday. Dr M H Yoder set the fracture.
The notice records the death of infant Melba Ruth Stormfeléz at three months old from pneumonia with funeral at 2 pm Monday and burial in United Evangelical cemetery. It also reports the death of Eliza Witmyer at her home in Ephrata aged eighty one from lung hemorrhage, listing surviving children and siblings, and noting funeral details from her Lititz home to the Church of the Brethren with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Miss Mary E. Hummer aged 85 died Thursday at her parents home in Mannheim from tuberculosis. Survived by her parents and several brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held Sunday at Mannheim United Evangelical Church and interment followed in Fairview cemetery.
Augustus S Nauman former burgess of Ephrata died Saturday morning at Lancaster General Hospital from complications after gall stone surgery. He was in his forties, a longtime business man, and served two terms on Ephrata Borough Council including five years as burgess. Survived by wife and son Harry of St Paul Minnesota. Funeral at home then German Baptist church Manheim with interment Fairview cemetery.
Miss Fannie E. Barnes daughter of the late David Barnes died suddenly Tuesday morning at the Manheim home of her brother in law A B Ruhl from heart failure. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren and did home mission work. Survived by sisters Annie of Manheim Mrs Jacob Strickler and Mrs A B Ruhl. Funeral Friday at 9 and 9 30 from the Church and burial in Hornley's Cemetery.
Evangelist Thomas Needham wraps up a three week campaign at the Moravian Sunday-school chapel with more than 150 converts from all walks of life. Prof. Henry Litchfield and Rev. Hagen Vogler aided, while workers and chocolate plant workers attended in body. Needham shared stories of danger with cannibals and 642 Bible occurrences of the word Come.
Local notes track visits and travels of Lititz area residents and visitors from Lancaster York Reading Hagerstown Westminster and London England. Highlights include Mrs Warren S Bueh visiting her mother in New Providence Miss Estella Grosh heading to Reading Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia and Lorna Worrall joining Linden Hall after a Springfield trip.
A Lititz Young Men's Business League committee reported on locating Dile Motor Co. of Reading here. They found the $15 000 needed for bonds insufficient and did not endorse the move under current terms, though local investors may yet raise the funds.
Farmers in the area delivered over 70,000 pounds of 1914 leaf tobacco, all bought by Spitzner & Son of New York. Bryers packers Baker & Landis received large lots, with buyers showing rising activity. Some farmers report few buyers yet, but most expect quick sales as the season progresses.
The Sick and Injured including Mr Christ Franke of Mannheim township with liver trouble. Mrs Rebecca Gonder taken to Lancaster General hospital for gall stone surgery. Mrs Frank Rentschler injured near her home with a broken shoulder. Dr J L Hertz reduced the fracture.
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