Whimsical Lititz Notes Highlight Local Happenings
A stream of small items from Lititz notes births and birthdays including a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Fiord Ritz on Orange Street. Coming events include the Moravian Church menorah offering next Sunday and an Usher’s banquet at Linden Hall. Community updates cover work changes, a German hymnal pamphlet collection, a Moravian play trip, and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiord Ritz
Orange Street
Moravian Church
Moravians to Hold Eleven Day Evangelistic Campaign
The Moravian Church will conduct an evangelistic campaign lasting eleven days from Sunday morning February 2 to March 5. Committees are in place for music and related events. Rev. John Greenfield will preach and Mr Jaho Burkhart of Lancaster will lead the choir.
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John Greenfield
Jaho
Burkhart of
Lancaster
Gong
Veteran Tobacco Grower Ganty Surpasses Forty Second Year
Lexington grower John Ganty claims an uninterrupted forty two year streak in tobacco farming. He avoids wetting leaf to prevent damage and rejects baling before market, preferring staging bales near selling time if leaf is sound. He warns trashy tobacco reduces profits and supports the Farmers Yolimeco Packing Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ganty
Lexington
Gantz
Farmers’ Yolimeco Packing Association
Thefts Near Pine Hill Reported Along State Road
Thefts near Pine Hill include a flock of twenty prillets from Jacob Hess and canned fruit from Will Horning’s Pine Hill home. Feed disappeared from U S Delp’s farm and Isaac Sensenich’s farm, with buckshot favored by local farmers to stop the robberies. A mumster of pine-bred chickens also gone. Cross dog on Horning property. no details on how thefts occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brubaker’s
Rothsville
Jacob Hess
U.S. Delp
Will Horning
Pine Hill
Birthday Turkeys Gather Local Families for Bisndayg Dinner
Squire Reidenbach hosts a turkey dinner for sons, daughters, and relatives marking a birthday weekend. Guests include Mrs. Gideon Kahl, Mrs. Alice Milchsack, Miss Fredericka Kling, Mr. George Russ and others from Lancaster and Philadelphia areas. Open house followed with ice cream and cake as Odd Fellows join after church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire A. Brs
Hyaltdinednis
Philadelphia
Myr
Harry Neidenbach
Mary Reidenbach
Henry Heiserman
Fredericka Kling
George Russ
Carrie
Lillie
Lancaster Way
Anthony Hoerlaimmer
Harry
Femans
Christopher Kling
Katie Butz
Guntaster
Jacob Kling
John Neiserman
Mary
Carrie Darraugh
Heiseman
Odd Fellow Lodge
Ile Glise
Travel News and Local Social Notices From Lititz
Travelers near and far mingle by train, auto, and conveyances as Pitcairn residents Wag in for several days. Funeral scenes in Reading draw attendees. visits to Marietta and Belvidere, N J, highlight family ties. St Luke's Church hosts a festival on Feb 22 led by the Ladies Aid Society.
Local marriages reported across Lebanon County area
Henry Adair of Elm and Mazie C. Eshleman were married by Rev. J Herishe y at his Front street residence. Spayd Dulabohn wed Olive H Dulabohn at Sheafferstown with dinner at the groom’s sister’s home. Stephen S Hertzog of Clay wed Susie Weinhold of Brecknock at Realmstown. Enos R Miller Jr and Anna R Kreider married at Kinzer at the bishop’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Adair
Elm
Mazie C. Eshleman
H. I. Bomberger
Jacob Herishey
Front Street
Adair
Keath
Spayd-Dulabohn
W. Spayd
Owl Hil
Warwick Township
Olive H. Dulabohn
Waldeck
Lebanon County
Sheafferstown
Adam Bachman
Charllie Vollertsen
Realmstown
B. G. Welder
Stephen 8. Hertzog
Clay
Susie Weinhold
Brecknock
Enos R. Miller, Jr
Enos Miller
Lititz
Anna R. Kreider
Tobias R. Kreider
Paradise Township
Christian Brackbill
Kinzer
Turkey Dinner for Seitzinger Family Attendees Named
On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. William Seitzinger hosted a turkey supper. Attendees included Rev. W. K. Fleck and family, Mrs. Anna Fleck, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stark, Mr. and Mrs. Willig Seitzinger and daughter, all of this place, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Gray and Bill Gray of East Petersburg, Mrs. Green of Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Seitzinger
W. K. Fleck
Anna Fleck
Floyd Stark
Willig Seitzinger
Reid Gray
Bill
East Petersburg
Green
Slarrisburg
Birthday party honors Miss Margaret Gundrum at Lititz home
A Tuesday birthday party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Charles honored Miss Margaret Gundrum with about thirty guests from the Lititz High School senior class and teachers. Games and refreshments followed, and the event was enjoyed. Emma Keener celebrated her fourth birthday Monday with a party for many of her girl friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gundrum
J. I. Qharies
Lititz High School
Emma
Monroe Keener
Forger Failed To Work Game In Lititz
Sunday arrest of Sherman Leed, said to live near Akron, breaks up a Lancaster county forgery swindle. Leed duped merchants in Ephrata and Lititz by passing checks for larger sums after buying small items. State Police traced actions to Landis Valley and M Cohen’s Broad Street store, with further victims at Eagle Hotel and Newark Shoe Store in Ephrata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shermaneed
Akron
Lancaster County
Leed
Landis Valley
J. H. Herr
Ephrata
Herr
Diy
Eagle Hotel
Newark
John K. Roseboro
Death of Joseph Kofroth at Lititz home
Joseph Kofroth died at his Lititz home on Thursday morning aged twenty eight years ten months and eight days after a career in electricity and teaching. He served in the Marine Corps and suffered heart disease and meningitis. Survived by wife Ruth Bear a daughter Margaret parents two sisters two brothers in the U S Army and Navy. Funeral held in Moravian Church with khaki bearers and a sermon on endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kofroth
A. R. Bear
North Broad Street
Lititz
P. B. Kotroth
Rotheville
Franklin and Marshall Academy
Marine Corps
Fanantico
Inlaw
Ile
Bint
Moxavian Church
Ers’ Association
Men’s Bible Class
The
Young Men's Business League
Lititz Lodge
Witits Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ruth Bear
Ueig
Margaret
Mamie
Maud
Percy
Columbus
Ohio
Avon
Death notices for Mrs Kate Weidman and Roy White
Mrs Kate Weidman wife of John Weidman died at her Lititz home Saturday at 2 o clock from complications of diseases aged sixty ong She lived in Lititz thirty one years and was active in St Pauls Lutheran Church and local ladies groups She survived by husband and nine grandchildren and many children and siblings The funeral will be at her home then St Pauls Lutheran Church Interment in Lutheran Cemetery Rev W K Pieck delivering a text Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord Roy White former Lititz resident died in Philadelphia after a short illness from pneumonia He was 29 and had served in the army and six years on Philadelphia police force He leaves a wife and three children and parents and two sisters Funeral services were held in Philadelphia today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willig Gochenonr
Pitcairn
Down
John Leisey
Reading
George J. Hepp
Marietta
Frank Pierson
Belvidere
N. J
H. J. Pierson
Broad Street
St. Luke's Reformed Church
Chester
Jacob Heineman
Arthur
Albert Smith
Baltimore
Samuel Iluber
James Goldthwait
Gloucester
Abram
Tullitz
Mr. Herron
Mies
Charles Siegel
Mr. Herr
Benjamin F. Deitrich
Jacob Bryan
Terre Hill
Base Hospital
Connecticut
Lititz
Wissler
Deitrich
Paul Miller
Lititu
Frank Peters
Mobnton
Harry Peters
Boyertown
Kate Weidman
Kate Idan
John Weidman
TéAtitz
Pennville
Brickerville
James
Susanna Adair
St. Paul's
Oreville
Albert
Terro Till
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. K. Pieck
St. Paul's Church
Halpern & Walter
Philadelphia
Roy White
Benjamin White
Carlisle
Bertha Kissinger
Sue Kearney
Allentown
Kissinger
Bricker Died in Reading at 77 After Brief Illness
Lee C Bricker died in Reading aged 77 after a brief illness. A native of Schaeffers Town he lived many years as a grocer in Reading and resided with his parents in Brunnerville in boyhood. He is survived by sister Mrs H S Landis of Harrisburg and brother Peter Reilly Bricker of Shelby Ohio. Parents Moravians buried Lititz Moravian cemetery.
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Lincoln
A. B. Keller
Keller
Lee C. Bricker
Reading Tee
Bricker
Reading
Sle
Schaefferstead
R Brunnerville
Lie
H. $. Landis
Harrisburg
Peter Reilly Bricker
Shelby
Ohio
Lititz
Went West and Made Good James Weidman Story
James Weidman left Lititz nineteen years ago to seek his fortune in the west. He homesteaded then traded land for a 250 acre Minnesota farm where he raises wheat and operates a dairy. Married with four children, he learned of his mother Kate Weidman’s death Sunday and traveled from Bargeant, Minnesota to attend her funeral, arriving Monday at noon.
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James Weidman
Kate Weidman
Bargeant
Minnesota
Lititz
West
Lititz Industries Ready To Absorb Returning Soldiers
The towns industries report ample work for the 175 or more soldiers returning home. Eby Shoe Co. plans to hire eight returning workers, while Chocolate Co. and gate works continue at high levels on government orders and cocoa shipments. The Oneida trap factory notes brisk business and plans to hire returning veterans, with wage differences between army pay and factory earnings addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Eby Shoe Co
Darry Eby
Boston
Moravian Text Book Soldier Edition and Global Reach
The Moravian Text Book publishes a soldier edition with notes, endorsed by Rev. Dr. Charles D. Kreider. It notes annual print runs of 310,000 and wide language editions including English, German, French, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, and more. Postpaid price is 44 cents.
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Charles D. Kreider
the Moravian
Russia
Surinam
Dutch Guinea
Labrador
Alask
America
Moravian Book Store
Bethlehem
Farmers to Be Paid for Quail Bills under Deputy Warden Rule
Farmers who sent in their bills for quail will receive payment upon presenting the bills to Deputy Game Warden William Snagely. The payment arrangement applies to eligible claimants and requires proper documentation for processing.
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Ted Quail
William Snagely
Army and Navy Notes From wartime dispatches and returns
Emory Neidermyer, a carpenter on the US 8, Prometheus Naval crewman Prometheus after eight years abroad landed in New York but could not return home as his boat sailed for Cuba. Bloyd Hackman recently married, left 48 hours later, found back for short furlough due to North Sea duty repairs. Frank McCreary home honorably discharged after serving in France, his family deaths sent by cable missed. Charles Hammer, Chief Machinist Mate in aviation unit, arrived Feb 2, stationed at Philadelphia Naval Yard awaiting muster out. previously served four years. Christ Neil, army foods inspector in Manchester, NH, visits his mother. plans to stay to keep essential work. J Howard Buch in Camp Meade, forestry unit in France, expects muster out. early Lititz recruit helped back up frontline with logistics. Pam Milley, home from overseas, serves on the New Hampshire dry dock. notes 800 miles to Azores, pineapple-rich climate, a Christmas storm and a near ship capsize with gains in courage. thirteen men saved a fellow sailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Bricker
Jurias Lenhart
Eli Garber
P. Boucher
Henry Sturgis
Loyo
Philadelphia
Mary Huebener
Leola
Jim
S. Marines
Ushers' Association
Moravian Church
Linden Hall
Hackmian
Ira Zartman
E. K. Zartman
Lititz
Westinghouse Co
Lititz High School
Gettysburg College
Hiram Meck
John Shreiber
Mr. Mack
Harvey Shoettaker
Rothsville
Albert Guchenauer
Center Street
Bloyd Hackman
North Sea
Frank McCreary
Rance
Samp Lee
Norman Iabecker
Norman
Charles Hammer
le Craisse
France
States
Jongenecke
Charles
Philadelphia Naval Yard
Hes
Navy
Bay of Biscay
Christ
Neil
Army Foods
Manchester
N. H
Fannie Shreiner
New England
New England States
Pam
Joseph P. Milley
New Hampshire
Azore Islands
Spain
Paul
Paut
Paul Fry's Travel Reflections from His Father’s Plate
Paul M. Pry notes in a descriptive letter to his father Clayton G. Frey, manager of this plate, sharing an interesting trip. The fragment hints at continued coverage on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fry
Paul M. Pry
Mgr
Clayton G. Frey
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Carrie Shady
Josié Brown
Annie Horst
Lavina Keller
Edna Kautz
Sara E. Tice
Mabel Williams
Katie W. White
Charles Weidman
Simon Buch
Martin Heller
Elmer Ludwig
William Sterner
John J. Smith
Frank Dengate
Child
Niagara Falls
Sarah Jenkins
Will
Corella-Bonelli Operatic Co
Boal
Lititz Boy Scouts
Adair - Eshleman
Hertzog-Weinhold
Miller-Kreider
Morris Cohen
Leal
M. Cohen
Union Trust, Co
Benny Dietrich
R. Joseph Kotreth
K L. S. Crasland
Sen Crosland
Jesus Christ
Red Cross
Chocolate
Gate
Sean Madlem
Harry Jones
Oneida
Jones
Army and Navy Notes
U. S
Emory Neidermyer
Prometheus
New York
Cuba
J. Howard Buch
Camp Meade
Pregelt
Edward
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