Various Local Notices From Lititz Area Events
Mr D Wal Evans is sixty six yesterday. Sunshine Circle Kings Daughters meet this evening. Crime wave hits East End. Question about Penrose Granger and his ducks. Herman Fisher sold a 35 foot jet on Front street to Elam Risser north of Seaman residence. Friends of John and Ella Heineman improving while in quarantine for diphtheria. Willis Gochenour received ten 8 16 International trucks this week. Noah Myers sold a 23 acre farm near Brunnerville to Benjamin Biehl for 2450 dollars. Fred Regennas slowly improving after stroke. Local district teachers institute at High School Saturday Jan 15. Linden Hall pupils returned to school. Hiram Reedy to lead evangelistic meetings at Columbia starting Sunday for four weeks. Knights of Friendship initiated 225 candidates at Nazareth. membership to 806 soon. Lititz High hosts Rothsville Friday Jan 7 on royal floor. Pennsylvania Society of Farm Women No 1 meets Jan 8. Prof Mummert to speak. Rev William Gerter of Nazareth preached in Moravian and U S B churches. ill health keeps Rev Vogler at home. Borough hands bids awarded to Lititz banks at par. Springs Bank 15000 dollars, Farmers Bank 15000. C B Risser Lititz bought late Jacob B Risser farm of 469 acres at 149 per acre along Brunnerville to Clay road. O S Cooper Brownstown bought two story brick on Main from Mrs Fasnacht. Dr Herbert Cooper occupy part. Mrs Fasnacht moving to Spruce street. John Witmyer and David Jenkins at Boy Scout camp near Carlisle. Carnations sent to W H Buch superintendent of Trinity United Evangelical Sunday School with token for 42 years service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Wal
Evans
Sunshine Circle
King’s Daughters
Penrose Granger
Herman Fisher
Front Street
N. B. Seaman
Elam Risser
John
Ella Heineman
Willis Gochenour
Willis
Noah Myers
Brunnerville
Benjamin Biehl
Lancaster
Fred Regennas
Teachers’ Institute
Linden Hall
Hiram Reedy
Columbia
Fome
Knights of Friendship
Nazareth
Litita
Lititz
Rothsville High
Pennsylvania Society of Farm Women No
J. C. Brubaker
Mummert
William Gerter
Moravian Church
U. S B
William Vogler
Springs Bank
Farmers Bank
C. B. Risser
Jacob B. Risser
Clay
Cooper
Brownstown
Main Street
Alice Fasnacht
Herbert Cooper
Fasnacht
Spruce Street
John Witmyer
David Jenkins
Carlisle
Appraisement of J. G. Usner Estate Filed
The J. G. Usner estate appraisement was filed in Lancaster Register's Office showing personal property totaling 42962.05 dollars and real estate valued at 9250 dollars by state appraised John Badorf, bringing the total estate to 52212.05 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G Usner
Register
Lancaster
John Badorf
New Seagrave fire truck tested for rural fire use
The new Seagrave fire truck is being demonstrated to home firemen with S. L. Weibling from the manufacturer guiding. It exceeds its 600 gallons per minute rating, testing to 726, and can lift water from 28 feet with a 28-foot lift and three water streams. It carries a 40 gallon chemical tank and 200 feet of chemical hose, and reaches speeds of 55 mph with 120 brake horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seagrave
S. L. Weibling
Two Lititz Boys Enlist for U S Army Unit at Benning
Ira B. Ressler of Route 5 and William Steely Jr enlisted at the Army Recruiting Station in Lancaster for the 29th Infantry at Camp Benning Georgia. The unit is motorized a demonstration outfit with detachment of colored troops. Camp Benning spans 90 000 acres with good year round bathing and rich hunting fishing. The camp is 80 minutes by rail from Columbus. Enlistment is for one year regardless of prior service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira B. Ressler
Route 5
William Steely, Jr
Army
Penn Square
Lancaster
Inf
Camp Benning
29Th Inf
IR. R
Columbus
Grosh Collides With Passenger Train At Locust Street Crossing
Benjamin Grosh drove north at Locust street crossing near the trap factory when his auto struck a baggage car of a moving passenger train bound for Reading. The machine rebounded and escaped serious damage as the hood and wheel suffered, leaving Grosh slightly shaken but unhurt. A pension notice follows about a new 2nd Span ish American War veterans bill and aid from Walter S. Buchanan offering guidance on rights and potential savings for filing claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Grosh
Locust Street
Reading
Grosh
My. Grosh
United States
Walter 8. Buchanan
National Aid
Army and Navy Union
Louisa
Buchanan
Raises Many Guinea Pigs for Hospitals and Vaccine Farms
John Bausman of Front Street raises guinea pigs for sale to hospitals and a Marietta vaccine farm. A female bears litters four to five times yearly, with two to six young each. Pigs grow to ten ounces in about a month, living on grass in summer and hay in winter, without artificial heat. He finds pig-raising profitable. Miss Lizzie Hitnier of Brownstown visited Mr and Mrs Harvey Buffenmoyers Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bausman
Front Street
Marietta
Mr. Gausman
Bold highwayman case lands three Nazareth youths in court
Nazareth police chief John Macy arrested Lester Stark Raymond Shissler and Edward Miller ages 15 to 16 after a road hold up near Nazareth. Stark carried a 29 caliber revolver not loaded. Bail set at 500 each for Monday court. Judge McKeen vows no mercy for highway hold ups. James M Beck, Lititz native, cited for possible Harding administration post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Stark
Lititz
Nazareth
Stark
William Smith
Bricker
Haston Express
John Macy
State Constabulary
Clarence Beil
Herbert Beil
Schoeneck
Beil
Macy
Hagenbuch’s
Squire Andrews
Raymond Shissler
Edward Miller
Bethlehem
Northampton County
McKeen
Harry D. Katz
Chidsey
Lst
WASH STOLEN FROM LINE IN BACK YARD
In Aaron Hershwy's yard on Main Street a night last week a thief stole the family wash from a clothes line. The items taken were the new pieces while the remains were left on the line. Mrs Ella Evans alerted her daughter Annetta at a telephone exchange and a light revealed a noise as if someone ran away. The Hersheys returned to find the loss and remaining items disturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Hershwy
Main Street
Ella Evans
Annetta
Hersheys
Pig Problem Ends In Settlement Over 61-Pound Dispute
A dispute over pig meat weight ends with a schoolteacher’s four methods showing the heavier hog’s owner owes 30.5 pounds of meat. East Main St resident Thrace Sturgis reports hogs weighing 349 848 and 332 pounds with bacon praised as fine. Other local hogs include 502 and 478 pounds by Levi Mellinger, and two hogs near 496 and 494 pounds by J Fred Essig’s flock. Lard prices as low as 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrace Sturgis
East Main Street
Hampshires
William
Wiliam Klunk
Levi Mellinger
Front Street
J. Fred Essig
Hon Diehm Receives Christmas Horse Gift
Oliver W. Diehm of Elm found a horse in his stable just before Christmas. A dealer claimed it was placed there for trial and the elder Diehm barely slept. The next day his son G G Diehm revealed the horse as a Christmas gift. The elder Diehm later approved of the animal in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver W. Diehm
Elm
Mr. Diehm
Lititz
Beal to Face Hearing on Saturday in Lititz
Samuel Beal a 60 year old Lancaster watchmaker and occasional salesman for J D Wood & Co was arrested Friday December 24 and jailed in Lancaster He confessed while in custody and promised restitution He is to plead guilty at a Saturday hearing before Alderman Spurrier in Lititz Pennsylvania already startled by his conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Beal
J. D. Wood & Co
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Beal
Wood
Spurrier
Lititz
John K Miller Returns After Thirty-Five Years Visit
John K Miller, former local cigar maker and Warwick House employee, returns for a Christmas visit after leaving thirty-five years ago. He visits his brother Simon Miller and sister Mrs E P Althouse in the town. he now resides in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Miller
Kansas City
Simon Miller
E. P. Althouse
Warwick House
Lititz Friends and Visitors Share Holiday Reflections
A long list of residents and guests trade holiday visits and travel notes. Names include Frank Sturgis Philadelphia, Stanley Diehm Culver PA, John Leed and son Spencer Hershey, Joe Halpern, Maud and Mary Ecenroad, Abram Kurtz, C. N. Derr, M. Esther Buch, Laura Miller, Richard Grazer, Eliza Kling, Augusta Steiner, Laura Leigh, Alva Leigh family, Mary Groft, Mummert family, J. Fred Essig, Paul Sturgis, Helen Sturgis, Edith Sturgis, and many others. The piece also notes trips to New York, Pittsburgh, Reading, Emaus, Bethlehem College connections, and visits to Hartford and West Palm Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sturgis
Philadelphia
Town
Stanley Diehm
Culver
John Leed
Spencer
Hershey
Joe Halpern
Maud
Mary Ecenroad
Lancaster
Abram Kurtz
C. N. Derr
M. Esther Buch
Ashland
Shamokin
Laura Miller
Pittsburgh
Richard Grazer
Chargin Falls
Ohio
Eliza Kling
Lebanon
Augusta Steiner
Laura Leigh
Alva Leigh
Farmington
Mary Groft
West Minster
Mummert
I. C. Mummert
J. Fred Essig
Reading
Anthony Hoerhammer
Emaus
Paul Sturgis
Helen
Tuckahoe
N. J
Edwin Sturgis
Cedar Street
Mary Kissinger
Baltimore
Thomas Kissinger
Clara Miksch
Bethlehem College and Seminary
Litita
William Bollinger
Viola Ellis
Wiliam Fisher
Lititz
Lititz Record, R. E. Buch
New York
Jerre Erb
Cleveland
Earl Erb
E. Main Street
Dorothy
Edward Garrison
Washington, D. C
N. W. Avenue
Harry Myers
Beulah Sturgis
Elizabeth Bartholomew
Theodore Vogler
Nazareth
Vogler
Charles Rosenberg
Hartford
Millway
West Palm Beach
Florida
Hotel
Salt Air
Charles Regennas
William Regennas
Clarence Regennas
Harry Regennas
Joseph “Zahm
W. A. Kauffman
Neffsville
Agnes Adams
Locust Street
Alice
Emma Grosh
C. W. Grosh
Wititz
Easton Hospital
Emma
Flainfield
Edward Grosh
Harvey Bachman
Carl Reedy
Bliss Electrical School
Woodmen Spare That Tree at Lititz Misunderstanding
Lititz community Christmas tree project failed as eight fine trees were cut near Brickerville mansion after permission from the manager. Roy Reidenbach and Correll Sturgis were arrested by the state constabulary and charged by Miss Fannie Coleman. They were fined eight dollars and seventy eight cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Roy Reidenbach
Correll Sturgis
Here
Brickerville
Reidenbach
Sturgis
State Constabulary
Fannie Coleman
Squire C. N. Derr
Farmer Receives 15 Cents For Pushing Car Up Hill
In a cold rainy night near Kissel Hill a farmer woke at 2 A M to help an automobilist by hitching two mules to a car and pulling it up a steep grade. The car owner handed him fifteen cents wrapped in paper. The farmer, who knows the owner from a wealthy family, says he will demand payment in advance next time and will not accept such gifts again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kissel Hill
If All Live Conservatively Help the Famine Abroad
An anonymous note condemns food waste from New Year celebrations in Lititz and elsewhere. It questions wealthier households tossing leftovers to dogs while Chinese children starve, cites Proverbs about gluttony, and urges readers to adopt a conservative diet to fund famine relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
China
Examination for Clerk Carrier for Lititz
An examination for clerk carrier for Lititz will be held here on Jan. 22. Applicants will be tested in spelling penmanship copying from plain copy letter writing arithmetic including addition subtraction multiplication and division of whole numbers common and decimal fractions weights measures U S money and simple percentage. Salary ranges from 1400 to 1800 with both men and women eligible aged 18 to 45 and certain physical requirements. For further information apply to local post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
U. S
Two in One Flag Replacement at Fountain December 28
John G Carpenter and James Goldthwait, Civil War and Spanish American War veterans respectively and sons of veterans, replaced the flag at the fountain on December 28. The flag was furnished by the local Sons of Veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Carpenter
James Goldthwait
Sons of Veterans
Banks Declare Semiannual Dividends at Local Institutions
Lititz banks announced dividends with The Tatitz Springs National Bank declaring a 4 percent semiannual payout and The Farmers National Bank declaring a 5 percent semiannual dividend payable on demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Tatitz Springs National Bank
Farmers National Bank
Obituary notices for Heiges and Haldeman in Manheim and Akron
Two lengthy notices report the deaths of Benjamin F. Heiges assistant superintendent of public instruction in Lancaster county and Jacob Haldeman of Akron. Heiges died of apoplexy at home in Manheim with a large family and church affilliations listed. Haldeman, aged 67, died at his West End home after a four year illness, with extensive survivor details and funeral arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Heiges
Lancaster County
Manheim
York County
Millersville State Normal School
Cocalico
Mt. Joy
Elizabethtown
Zion Lutheran Church
Masonic
Odd Fellows and Mechanics
George
Robert
Walter
Harrisburg
Schuyler
Huntingdon
Emma Hopes
Wellsville
Mrs Kate Habecker Dies After Stroke at 64 in Denver
Mrs Kate Habecker aged 64 died at the home of her son Emanuel Habecker in Denver at 11 o’clock Thursday evening from paralysis. Survived by husband and children Moses S. and Emanuel S. of Denver. Mrs Frank Shirk of Reading. Mrs Milton Horst of Intercourse. David S. of Ephrata. Mrs Adam Albright. Mrs Walter Ernst. and John S. Habecker of Lititz. fifteen grandchildren Isaac and Daniel Steinmetz of York. Jacob Steinmetz of Reading. Funeral held Monday at her home and United Zion's Children's church Rothsville. burial in adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Habecker
Emanuel
Habecker
Denver
Moses S
Emanuel S
Frank Shirk
Reading
Milton Horst
Intercourse
David S
Ephrata
Adam Albright
Walter Ernst
John
Lititz
Isaac and
Daniel Steinmetz
York
Jacob Steinmetz
United Zion’s Children’s Church
Rothsville
James E. Drybread Passes in Hopeland at 62
James E. Drybread of Hopeland died Sunday at Lancaster County Hospital aged 62. He was admitted October 1. He is survived by his widow a daughter Jean wife of P H Helman of Hopeland, his mother and a brother Evra of Mount Airy. Private funeral Friday at 9:80 a.m. at the late home. Interment in Mellinger Cemetery near Schoeneck. He was long known in the community, former Mount Airy band member and Hopeland baseball team manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Drybread
Hopeland
Lancaster County Hospital
Yenes
Jean
P. H. Helman
Evra
Mount Airy
Mellinger's
Schoeneck
Drybread
Two Sales of Tobacco Near Kissel Hill and Millport
Frank Shaub near Kissel Hill sold nine acres of tobacco to a representative of the Eisenlohr Co. for 20 and 6 cents. Nicholas Steély of Millport sold two acres of tobacco to the Eisenlohr Co. for 26 and 6 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shaub
Kissel Hill
Eisenlohr Co
Nicholas Steély
Millport
Eisenlohr Hes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evangelical Sunday School
Égrd
W. H. Buch
Trinity United Evangelical Sunday Shhoo
J. G. Usner
U.S
Benj. Grosh
Lizzie Hitnier
Harvey Buffenmoyers
James Beck
James M. Beck
Harding
Beck
Washington
John Beck
A. R. Beck
Diehm
Sturday
B. F. Heiges
Jacob Haldeman
Akron
West End
Meadow Valley
Ephrata Township
Samuel
Sallie Haldeman
Catherine Johnson
Agnes
John Keeler
Monroe
Middle Creek
Harvey
Hammer Creek
Tobias
Jacob
Amanda
Vermont
Miley
Elam J
Lizzie
Irwin Showers
Harry
David
Henry
Litta
Reuben
Murrell
Daniel
Middle Creek Meeting House
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