Lincoln's Birthday Bank Holiday Closed Friday
Friday February 12 is Lincoln's birthday and a legal holiday for banks with closures all day. Rev Robert H Brennecke of Bethlehem served at the local Moravian church last Sunday morning. F F Bolster and son in law Christ Douple opened a drug store on Hast Mai street in Ephrata. Mrs Thomas Keller of Lancaster visited her brother N D Sturgis on the wedding anniversary. A Y W C A chorus of Lancaster, 60 voices, to sing at Linden Hall on Saturday evening February 18. Harry Stark of Lancaster to be soloist. Jacob Dissinger, carpenter foreman, went to Rockville Illinois to help build a bank. Parks of Hoggson Brothers, recently finished Keystone National Bank at Manheim, reassigned to Rockville. Snow last week followed by heavy fall Tuesday-Wednesday. no wind, warmth melted some. Trains and trolleys on schedule. ground frozen one to two inches. Barton and Luther Sharp found a honey bee hive in a Furnace Hills stump while tracking a coon. they gathered 32 pounds of honey and plan further coon traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Robert H. Brennecke
Bethlehem
Larger Life Foundation Fund
Moravian Church
F. F. Bolster
Christ. Douple
Hast Mai Street
Ephrata
Douple
Lititz
Y. W. C. A. Chorus
Lancaster
H. A. Sykes
Linden Hall
Harry Stark
Jacob Dissinger
Rockville
Ill
Parks
Hoggson Brothers
New York
Keystone National Bank
Manheim
Traction Company
Barton
Luther Sharp
Furnace Hills
Ill and Injured Residents Reported in Local Area
Miss Nora Helman fell on the pavement Friday evening breaking her left elbow. Mrs. Laura Snavely is bedbound with rheumatism. A. R. Bear is critically ill at his North Broad Street home. Dr. W. K. Bender was seriously ill last week from acute heart trouble after shoveling snow. Levi Erb fractured a rib in a fall while sawing wood. Aged Mr and Mrs Ernest Johanssen of Miller's Row grew ill and were hospitalized with Mrs Johanssen moved to county hospital and Mr Johanssen to his son on East Main Street. Mr Johanssen is 87 and Mrs Johanssen 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Helman
Laura Snavely
A. R. Bear
North Broad Street
W. K. Bender
Bender
Levi Erb
Ernest Johanssen
Miller's Row
Johanssen
East Main Street
Mr. Johanssen
Pretzlette Makes First Appearance At Local High School
The Pretzlette debut edition with illustrated cover by a high school pupil appeared last Friday at the local high school. It offers a mix of reading matter, original jokes and poetry and aims to promote good English. Readers praise the young writers' talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretzletth
Traction Company of
Reading
Mary A. Frey
Harry W. Spayd
Lititz
Millport
Ben Lutz postcard asks for new Lancaster station day
A Lancaster New Era note shows B F Lutz holding a giant postcard sent to W W Atterbury president of the Pennsylvania railroad. The 36 by 24 inch card was mailed on Lancaster New Station Day with the message Kindly give us a railroad station that will be a credit to our city as well as to your R R Company. It cost 94 cents and used special delivery to reach the executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Lutz
Lancaster
New Era
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ben
Mr. Atterbury
W. W. Atterbury
Plum and
Chestnut Streets
Lancaster New Station
Wildwood treasurer visits Lititz boosts local ties
C A Douglass, Wildwood basketball team treasurer, toured Lititz on Tuesday. He recalled Lititz pretzels shared with fans forty years ago when he married a Manheim woman. Douglass, a salt water taffy entrepreneur, hopes to distribute taffy at Wildwood games and helped organize a Lancaster to Wildwood excursion. He was joined by Wildwood Title and Trust Company president, who inspected Lititz banks and the new Manheim bank structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Douglass
Wildwood
Lititz
Douglass
Manheim
Mr. Douglass
Lancaster
Wildwood Title and Trust Company
Keystone National Bank Opens in Manheim for Public Inspection
The newly built Keystone National Bank at Manheim opened to the public on Saturday. Thousands visited, crowding the building and officers at times as bouquets and plants decorated the display. The up-to-date structure drew praise for a town of Manheim’s size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone National Bank
Manheim
Circular Brooder House Sales Tie to Kissel Hill Dealer
M E Snavely of Kissel Hill recently sold Leola Brooder houses to Tillman Stauffer Lititz R D 3 Morris Ober Manheim R D Henry Stehman 2 Manheim R D 2 Levi Yerger Edwin Ranck Lititz Ira Landis Neffsville Elmer Snavely Brickerville Roscoe Sweitzer Ephrata R D John Shreiner Eph rata R D Daniel Eckman Hopeland Snavely also holds the local agency for this brooder house and other poultry supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Ephrata R. D
Daniel Eckman
Hopeland
Mr. Snavely
Birthday Surprise for Ohio Visitor in Lititz
A surprise party honored Fred Hammond of Canton Ohio at E J Hammond's East Main Street home on a Saturday evening. Friends and neighbors presented forty packages of gifts from Ohio and Lancaster including handkerchiefs socks and ties. Hammond recently returned from Lan caster Hospital after a nine week stay following illness and surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Hammond
East Main Street
Fred Hammond
Canton
Ohio
Hammond
Lancaster
Lititz
Pigeons vanish and sleighs fade in Lititz reminiscences
The piece recalls a time when horse drawn sleighs were common on Lititz streets, now rare with fewer than six seen. tractors and farm machinery reduce horse use. It notes the extinction of wild pigeons by 1914, Martha the last known, and mentions Lititz exports to California including safes, pretzels, and bantams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Milk Shipped From Here To Florida In Refrigerated Cars
An auto load of men from Miami visited EB. T. Garber on Monday to discuss milk supply. Garber creamery ships fresh milk to Florida in refrigerator cars, a 52 hour road trip arriving in first class condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Florida
Garber Creamery
Pfantz Brothers Big Inventory Sale Opens in Lititz
Pfantz Brothers announce an annual Inventory Sale in Lititz starting today and running through February 20. The store advertises a grand assortment of standard merchandise at deep reductions and invites customers who did not receive ads to phone for a copy. The shop bills itself as Lititz headquarters for Armstrong linoleum and made to measure window shades, noting its ten year record of installing 95 percent of new Lititz homes with those products and reliable service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Pfantz Brothers
Armstrong
New Express Train On The Reading To Stop At Lititz
The Reading Company will start a fast express train on February 28 from Lancaster with through parlor cars to New York and connections at Reading for Philadelphia New York Scranton Wilkes Barre Rochester and more. Train 992 leaves Lancaster 8 06 A M arrives Reading 9 21 stops Manheim Lititz Ephrata Denver. Six day return service leaves Reading 8 55 P M arrives Lancaster 10 10 P M. Schedule changes affect the 7 27 A M Lancaster departure from Feb 23. The train connects at Reading with the Queen of the Valley and at Allentown with the Black Diamond with short transfer times. Additional stops and connections listed. Also Moravian Church C E Society plans two plays February 16 at U S Chapel with a Juniors pageant and silver offering for Indian Missions in California. Program starts 7 30 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Company
Lancaster
New York
Reading
Philadelphia
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Rochester
Raiload Company
Manheim
Lititz
Ephrata
Denver
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Plainfield
Newark
New York City
Pottstown
Hhoenixville
Pottsville
Tamaqua
Mahanoy City
Ashland
Mt. Carmel
Shamokin
Wilkes- Barre
Buffalo
C. E. Society of the Moravian Church
U. S
California
Birthdays list for February dates
February 10 Fredericka Kling, February 11 E. L. Garber, February 12 P. B. Bucher and Abraham Lincoln born 1809. This brief note records notable birthdays for those dates and honors the 16th president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericka Kling
E. L. Garber
P. B. Bucher
Abraham Lincoln
Harmony Club to host Legion in big Saturday basketball clash
The Harmony Club of Philadelphia five meets the Legion team here Saturday evening on the home floor. The Legion, a high calibre lineup with former Eastern League players Stevenson Scrone Reagan Degler Armstrong and Daily, aims to hand Lititz its first defeat of the season. Fans are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Club
Philadelphia
Basketball Five
Legion
Lititz
Stevenson
Scrone
Reagan
Degler
Armstrong
Daily
Pans
Fire scares children in Lititz area ten ant house
A fire started by children playing with matches damaged an enclosed porch at Martin Muth's farm east of Lititz on Monday at 5 30 PM. Smoke filled the area, a floor hole burned and a wall charred before Lititz Fire Company arrived. Fire was put out with buckets of water. occupants included Leon Carpenter and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Muth
Lititz
Leon Carpenter and
Lone Scouts Visit Odd Woodsman Living Off The Land
Five Lone Scouts hiked to the Speedwell lands to meet Albert Zimmerman, a 70 year old outdoorsman who has lived without a house for thirty years. He survives on a 30 cent daily food budget, cooks in the open, and lives on blankets and a tree furnished shelter. He earns quarterly interest from a $6000 bequest, and says coal strikes do not affect him. Zimmerman welcomes company each Sunday and believes spring will arrive early, noting robins in the woods and that he saved a doctor in Ohio before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Scouts
Speedwell
Albert Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Ohio
Reading Lancaster Express Train Proposed For Lititz
Reading plans an express service between Lancaster and Reading. Lititz residents would reach the Berks county seat in 49 minutes, four minutes longer than to Lancaster by trolley. The trolley should straighten Kissel Hill road to cut the run to half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Lancaster
Lititz
Berks County
Kissel Hill
Moravian Church Choir Holds Sixth Annual Banquet
The Moravian Church Choir hosted its sixth annual chicken and waffle dinner on February 10 at Mrs. F. B. Burkholder's restaurant. Thirty-seven members attended with Louis Huebener as master of ceremonies. Each member received an orange gift from Mr and Mrs Hess, who are in Florida. Mr Hess a choir member. Choir director Miss Gingrich and organist Mrs Kenneth Witmyer received candy boxes from the choir. The event praised Mrs Burkholder's cooking and concluded with general enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Church
F. B. Burkholder
Louis Huebener
Hess
Florida
Miss Gingrich
Kenneth Witmyer
Farm Women See Gas Stove Demonstration
The Society of Farm Women No. 1 met at Mrs. M. W. Hess’s home near Lititz to view a gas stove demonstration by J. B. Hewes of Lancaster. Oyster soup and baked goods were prepared on the range and served. The program included songs, scripture, readings, and a convention report. The next meeting, on March 6, will feature Mr. Rohrer near Manheim discussing gardening at Miss Anna Erb’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Farm Women No. 1
M. W. Hess
Lititz
J. B. Hewes
Lancaster
L. A. Weitzel
Ntarrisburg
Ben Shaeffer
M. A. Moore
Rohrer
Near Manheim
Anna Erb
North Broad Street
Triple Birthday Surprise Honoring Three Senior Guests
Mr and Mrs Charles Birkenbine hosted a birthday gathering on Saturday night for Sue Gable 75 Charles Birkenbine Sr 73 and Levi Rudy 61. A cake for each age, luncheon, and lively conversation followed with many relatives and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Landis
Sue Gable
Elam Groff
Mahlon
Alvin Kochel
Anna Fry
Harry Kulp
Elias Wolf
Manda Grazer
Alvin Ludwig
Mary Ludwig
Ella Ludwig
Francis Ludwig
Betty Ludwig
Jane Ludwig
Alverta Dussinger
Mary Fry
Anna Stormfeltz
Agnes Adams
P. G. Hollinger
Eva Plasteur
Katie Miley
Ella Miley
George Foltz
Gladys Hacker
Julia Birkenbine
Lyman’ Foltz
Phares Spickler
Francis Plasteur
Sturgis Family Marks 100 Years of Business Ties
An engraved notice received by N. D. Sturgis from Geo. K. Stevenson Co. of Pittsburgh honors the company’s hundredth anniversary. The Sturgis family has partnered with the house for fifty years, beginning with Julius Sturgis and continued by his son N. D. Sturgis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Sturgis
Geo. K. Stevenson Co
Pittsburgh
Sturgises
Julius Sturgis
New Shoe Shop Opens in Old Barber Basement
Ditzler's Shoe Repair Shop will open Friday in the basement of Elmer Adams Barber Shop on North Broad Street. It will be open every evening until 8 o'clock and Saturday until 10 P.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ditzler’s
Elmer Adams Barber Shop
North Broad Street
Travelers Near And Far In A Harrisburg Area Social Roundup
Francis Helmar left for Phoenix New York to work in a paper mill. Annville residents Paul Schmuck and son Sidney visited Lititz relatives. Miss Elizabeth Kline of Marheim stayed with Mrs Mary Gingrich. Beulah Keath, a Harrisburg teacher, visited her brother Chester Keath and his wife. Jacob Barskey manager of the Harris store with Mr Harris of Ephrata toured Philadelphia on business. Mrs Jennie Reedy of Philadelphia visited her parents on East Main Street. Mr and Mrs Samuel E Buch of Kissel Hill hosted a dinner with guests including Doster and Shroeder families and Henry Schroeder of Wilmington Delaware. Mr Beck receives calls from former students nationwide. Miss Jean Russell, nurse with University of Pennsylvania, accompanied a patient to Tennessee for several weeks. James Goldthwait hosted a Sunday dinner for Edith Roger Harrisburg, Earl Wolf Ephrata, Luke Stauffer, Paul and Ethel Wolf Browns Town. Mrs Kissinger spent weekend at Hummelstown with Mrs Ephraim Baer. Mr Kissinger attended the funeral of Mr Bear killed at Rutherford yards. Edward Coldren of Spruce Street hosted Willis Litch Myrtle Killian Shillington LeRoy Killian and others from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Helmar
Phoenix
N. Y
Paul Schmuck
Sidney
Annville
Lititz
Jennie Reedy
Philadelphia
H. Fisher
East Main Street
Samuel E. Buch
Kissel Hill
Dimmer
Joseph B. Doster
I. H. Doster
Paul
Henry Shroeder
Wilmigton
Del
Abram R. Beck
Mr. Beck
Jean Russell
Robert Russell
U. of P
Tennessee
James Goldthwait
Edith Roger
Harrisburg
Earl Wolf
Ephrata
Luke Stauffer
Paul and
Ethel Wolf
Brownstown
Wrong Kind of Brother in Lancaster Court Hearing
B F Lutz of Lititz hailed a stranger on Dukestret near the Court House, was punched. A policeman arrested the assailant, Warren Hartman, who pled guilty at a Tuesday hearing and faces April term court with potential plea on Feb 27. Hartman, described as appearing simple minded, worked among farmers and roomed on King Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Lutz
Lititz
Dukestret
Lancaster
Court House
Warren Hartman
King Street
Borough Water Works Finances and Local Births
The auditors report shows water dept credit of 3217.74 after 6000+ extensions, with borough treasury total 9670.29 and tax intake of 23400. Borough debt totals 13800 in loans and 30000 in bonds. Birth notices list a girl born to Mr and Mrs Henry Bowers near Rothsville, a Frances Jane girl at St Joseph’s Hospital, and a boy born to Mr and Mrs Clayton Keath. Local ads include Albert Hopper's chocolate and vanilla jets and Stark’s fish offerings this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Department
Treasury
Henry Bowers
Rothsville
Lincoln Weachter
William Cleary
St Joseph’s Hospital
Frances Jane
Clayton Keath
Albert Hopper
Scott’s
Stark
Haddock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victor Records
Scott’s Book Store
Pennsylvania
R. R. Head
Keystone
Mr. Hammond
Lancaster Hospital
Orion
Milwaukee
Cincinnati Zoo
Martha
Lancaster County
TH. H. Beck
Gettysburg
Byt
Fead For
Tae
Elizabeth Kline
Marheim
Mary C. Gingrich
Beulah Keath
Chester Keath
Jacob Barskey
Harris
Mr. Harris
Thomas Kissinger
Hummelstown
Ephriam Baer
Mr. Kissinger
Bear
Rutherford Railroad Yards
Edward, Coldren
Spruce Street
Willis Litch
Myrtle
LeRoy Killian
Shillington
J. R. Echternacht
Marl
Ida Weidler
Alice Weidler
Mechanicsville
Boro Water Works
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