Cold Fatal To Man Walking To Home
Samuel G. Young aged 58 a farmer of A. D. 3 died from exposure while walking home from Lititz to his residence southwest of town. His body was found Wednesday evening. He had attended Abram Binkley’s funeral at Neffsville Tuesday afternoon with Marshall Ober, then went to Lancaster and returned that night. Deputy coroner Dr M H Yoder said tracks in a field showed he was confused and overcome by the cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Samuel G. Young
Mr. Young
A. D
Abram Binkley
Neffsville
Marshall Ober
Lancaster
M. H. Yoder
Engagements Announced in Local Families During Christmas
The Christmas season brought multiple engagements in Manheim and nearby areas. Miss Bernice Dengler of 685 S Broad Street is promised to Earl Brian of 340 Front Street, with no wedding date set. Miss Alberta Spong of Manheim to Ernest Ditzler of Spruce Street, engagement announced at a family dinner. wedding date pending. Miss Marion Biemesderfer of Kissel Hill to Dr John H Mentzer of Denver announced recently. Miss Sara Reidenbach of 15 S Cedar Street to Clarence S West of Manheim announced by Mrs Showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Dengley
Clarence Dengler
S. Broad Street
Earl Brian
David F. Brian
Front Street
Miss Dengler
Harrisburg
Brian
Manheim
Reading Company
Alberta Spong
Ernest Ditzler
Emanuel Ditzler
Spruce Street
Paul Ditzler
Lester Kemper
Frances Brighton
Town
Melvin Ditzler
Lexington
Marion Biemesdérfer
Kissel Hil
John H
Classified Results Drive Returns from THE RECORD Ads
Advertisers in THE RECORD Classified Columns report strong outcomes with ads. Readers share that placing an adv leads to quick results including recovered items like a child's muff and a cigarette case.
Local News Flashes From Lititz Town and Surroundings
Rotary Club ends a two week layoff and will resume meetings at General Sutter on Tuesday. Local bank stockholders plan annual director elections Tuesday in Lititz and Neffsville. Fire insurance companies hold Saturday meetings at home office and Neffsville Hotel. Snow and slush create treacherous roads after New Year. Various residents travel, study, and attend services at churches in Lititz and nearby towns.
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Lititz
Farmers and Lititz Springs National Banks
Lititz Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Neffsville Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Neffsville
Lititz Sportsmen Report Highlights Restocking Efforts
The Lititz Sportsmen Association releases its first annual report covering April 1 1934 to December 31 1934. The group logs extensive restocking and feeding programs including 200 brook trout in Lititz Creek 800 in Big Chickies Creek 800 in Seglog 800 in Middle Creek 200 in Hammer Creek plus 700 fingerlings in Middle Creek and 300 in Indian Creek. The report notes the association fed more game than any other county body.
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Lititz Sportsmen’s Association
Abram R. Hershey
Lititz Creek
Big Chickies Creek
Seglog
Middle Creek
Hammer Creek
Indian Creek
Fortnightly Club entertains eight at East Main Street
Mrs. Louis Huebener hosted eight Fortnightly Circle members at her East Main Street home Friday. New president Miss Ann Brenner of Kissel Hill presided. Attendees included Mrs. John Hershey, Mrs. John Miller, Mrs. James Breitigan, Mrs. Hiram Eberly, Mrs. Ralph Gross, Mrs. Martin Moore, Mae Brenner, Ann Brenner, and Mary Huebener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Huebener
East Main Street
Ann Brenner
Kissel Hill
John Hershey
John Miller
James Breitigan
Hiram Eberly
Ralph Gross
Martin Moore
Mae
Mary Huebener
Huebener
Christmas Basket Distribution by King’s Daughters Group
Seventy two baskets of provisions were distributed to local families at Christmas by the King’s Daughters with help from courch organizations and the Apostles of Philosophy. Twenty four baskets were taken out by the King’s Daughters and forty baskets of fruit were distributed. The Dorcas group’s junior circle provided games for children and carols for shut ins.
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King’s
Courch
Apostles of Philosophy
The
Legion
Chocolate Factory
King’s Daughters
Dorcas Group
Weidman Family Visit Marks First in 23 Years
Elmer and Ammon Weidman of Fisher Arkansas had a Christmas reunion on New Street. Elmer Weidman, a rice farmer, visited his brother Ammon after 23 years. Elmer’s relatives from El Paso Texas also visited Harold and family on New Street. The American Legion Post 56 Ladies Auxiliary plans a January 4 Get-Together at the Legion Home with games, a door prize, and sauer kraut lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Weidman
Fisher, Ark
Weidman
Ammon Weidman
New Street
Mr. Weidman
Richard Weidman
el Paso
Texas
Harold Weidman
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion
Post 56
Legion
Adv
Lititz Fire Company Holds Annual Meeting 1934
The Lititz Fire Company met last Wednesday night at the Fire House to elect officers for the coming year select two new members and appoint play and entertainment committees. Borough fire losses for 1934 totaled 260 dollars, a record low compared with 445 in 1933 and 485 in 1932. Fire Chief Emory Wagner addressed the gathering.
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Lititz Fire Company
Emory Wagner de
Pledged funds planned for Lititz better housing drive
Better Housing canvassers report about 30 000 pledged to be spent on improving local homes. The drive is led from the County Office of the Better Housing Administration in Lancaster with eight corps of unemployed workers canvassing Lititz homeowners to gauge possible renovations and building projects under the act.
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Better Housing
Lititz
Better Housing Act
Better Housing Administration
Lancaster
Malta Knights Host Card Party Saturday Night
The Lititz Lodge of the Knights of Malta will hold a public card party Saturday night in their lodge rooms on East Main Street. Pinochle and 500 will be played with door and score prizes awarded.
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Lititz
The
Knights of Malta
East Main Street
Christmas Card Confusion Lands Reporter by Hospital
SNOOPS John Martin of the East End visits two friends Vic Wagner and A. T. Litch at Lancaster General Hospital. He asks directions, ends at the maternity ward, then at Vic’s bedside, a scene Carroll Dulaney of a Baltimore paper calls absolutely curious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martin
East End
Vic Wagner
A. T. Litch
Lancaster General Hospital
Vic
Carroll Dulaney
Baltimore
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East Orange Street
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Chester Howard
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Betty Leed
Peter Koinange
British East Africa
Church of the Brethren
Methodist College
Delaware
Ohio
FH. H. Girgin
James Reinke
York
Ruth Girvin
Marian Kauffman
Luther League
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Erla Stultz
Sarra Ann Yoder
Shoemakersville
West Point
N. Y
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Libbie Buch
Herndon
D. P. Longsdarf
Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church
Water Street Mission
H. H. Beck
Marguerita
Samuel
Lewis Sturgis
Carrie Reidenbaugh
Robert
Harry Long
Penryn
Paul Stark
Ethel
Carl
Edward Zell
Lester Miller
Livin Miller
B. L. Miller
Fred
Harry Galebach
Mery Ellen
Tiread Street
Emma Grant
Kate Horst
Franklin Kopp
Mathers
General Sutter Hotel
Stanley Diehm
Keath
Mable Bushong
Stroudsburg
Albright
Akron
Arthur Guiney
Leon Ditzler
Samuel H. Long
Lititz R. D
Graybill Minnich
Walter Eghleman
R. D
Florida
Amos L. Risser
Samuel Yorum
Flora Larcher
John Smythe
Philadelphia
Albert Litch
General Hospital
Bert J. Sturgis
Nazareth
Sturgis
William M. Amer
Amer
South Broad Street
Anna L. Gowlin
Lois Guiney
Harma
Anna Weitzel
Herbert Weitzel
Richard
Edwin Wissler
Wm. Klunk
Teresa
Treva Fraelich
Jonas Risser
Brunnerville
H. H. Roger
Paul
Virginia
Julius Roth
Viola Roth
New York
Margaret Sauders
Margaret
Chas. Sandy
Paoli
Lititz Sportsmen
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