Lititz News Briefs Reflect Local Events and Changes
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Paul Bushong near Lititz the day before Christmas. Mrs Charles Bear of Spruce street fractured her arm last Saturday while walking. Jacob Bucher correctly identified after a prior error about Henry Bucher. Boys on West Orange street built a tunnel and coasted on sleds for fun. Farmers National Bank declared a 5 percent semi annual dividend payable on demand at its board meeting. Mr and Mrs Robert Russell celebrated their 25th silver wedding anniversary on January 1 with a turkey dinner. Rev E S Crosland received a Buick Coach as a Christmas gift from a parishioner. Borough lockup several times untidy inside and out. Moravian Church Council to meet January 2 to elect officers and address business. Trustees D P Bricker and Louis Huebner terms expire. H G Minnich and family hosted Christmas turkey dinner with relatives from Lexington Hanover Manheim. A brick dwelling on South Broad street sold at public sale to Elmer Bomberger for 7200 dollars by H R Gibbel as administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bushong
Lititz
Charles Bear
Spruce Street
Henry Bucher
Jacob Bucher
West Orange Street
Farmers National Bank
Robert Russel
E. S. Crosland
Sarer
Moravian Church Council
D. P. Bricker
Louis Huebener
H. G. Minnich
Harvey Markley
Lexington
Hiram Eberly
Hanover
Ray Tycek
Elmer Beck
Manheim
South Broad Street
Elmer Bomberger
H. R. Gibbel
George D. Shvreiner
Myers real estate expansion on South Spruce street in Lititz
N B Myers buys two town blocks along South Spruce in Myerstown area now Lititz Heights. Lots extend 200 feet to a 20 foot public alley, with curbs and pavements planned. Myers reports several properties sold this week including a two story six room house on S Cedar near Second Ave to Kathryn Brunner, possession in January, and other newly built or under construction homes with dates in March and April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Myers
Spruce Street
Lititz Heights
Myerstown
N. B. Leaman
Lititz
Myers
N. S. Myers
S. Cedar Street
Second Ave
Kathryn Brunner
E. Second Ave
Monroe Showers
Landisville
S. Cedar St
Preston Helman
Hopeland
Fox chase near Lititz ends quickly as Reynard captured
About twenty Lititz residents rode from Lititz to Brickerville on horseback for a fox chase. A college professor and a preacher joined the party. Reynard escaped custody when released by Kupp but was pursued by riders and dogs for about two miles before taking shelter in a brushwood pile, where the owner captured the fox. The chase proved exciting but short for many followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Brickerville
Reynard
Kupp
Snow Delays Cause Funerals To Be Postponed
Heavy snowfall prevented undertakers from using hearses forcing postponements. At Hammer Creek cemetery three funerals were held in one afternoon this week with one auto breaking chains causing a long delay, finishing after five o clock as the last cortege departed.
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Hammer Creek
Abram Hershey Snares Deer and Turkey in Virginia Hunt
Abr am Hershey led a Lititz party returning from a week long Virginia hunt. He killed a sixteen pound brown gobbler and a deer at the same place on different days using pumpkin bullets. The group, aided by thirteen hounds, chased deer and turkeys across swamp and James River, with two additional riders and multiple gunmen. Partridges and rabbits were noted but scarce. The piece details hound handling, hunting signals, and local turkey calling traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Abram Hershey
R. E. Buch
Virginia
John Huber
Surry County
James River
Chappelles
Largest hog in area owned by rural carrier Paul Bushong
A seven foot long seven and a half foot girth hog owned by Paul Bushong, rural mail carrier, is described as not very fat and of the Duroc Jersey breed. The standard bred registered animal will be killed later this month with weight guesses from 600 to 900 pounds by onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bushong
Severe Snowstorm Binds Lititz and Surrounding Areas
A historic blizzard dumps sixteen inches of snow in Lititz as trolley and train service halt for hours. Rural mail carriers operate by sleighs while roads around town remain impassable for autos. Farmers haul with sleighs and local townships differ in snow-clearing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Here
Lancaster
Change in Management at Chocolate Factory
Since January 1, a new management board runs the Ideal Chocolate factory with four officers led by James Cyphert as chairman and general manager. Alvin Ohle serves as superintendent while William Cleary and Thomas Waddel hold posts. R O Melzer, the former superintendent, has joined another large chocolate company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Chocolate Factory
James Cyphert
Alvin Ohle
William Cleary
Thomas Waddel
R. O. Melzer
Man in 90s suffers dislocated shoulder after fall
Henry Buch, in his 90s, dislocated his left shoulder Tuesday while returning from his painting shop. He fell and hit his arm on a porch protecting himself, and is now confined to bed at his daughter Mrs. James Sesseman’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Buch
James Sesseman
Mr. Buch
Virginia farming in the coastal plain described
A brief feature of Virginia farming along the coastal plain contrasts with Lancaster County. John Huber, born near Lititz, moved to a Surry County plantation twenty four years ago, with sons and daughters now grown. Virginia crops include peanuts yams corn and hogs while land is cheap and wood fires replace coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Lancaster County
John Huber
Lititz
Philadelphia
New York
Surry County
Francis
John
Edwin
George
Nelson
Mary
Huber
Real Estate King Myers Builds Lititz and Lancaster Reach
Howard J. Karer operates with N. S. Myers Real Estate offices at 19 South Cedar Street Lititz and 844 West King Street Lancaster. He has fifteen years of proven sales success and plans to rise further as a leading broker, handling homes farms business property mortgages estates and legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Karer
N. S. Myers
South
Cedar Street
Lititz
West King Street
Lancaster
Myers
Denver Men Endure Snowbound Car Trip From Virginia
Raymond Wolfskill Hayden Bru Baker and Lemon Mellinger all Denver men left Denver December 28 on a rabbit hunting trip to Virginia. Severe snow and a wreck near Frederick Maryland forced repairs in Frederick. Windshield lost, they pressed home via Gettysburg and Lititz with roads blocked and one night spent at a Lititz hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Wolfskill
Hayden Brubaker
Lemon Mellinger
Denver
Mr. Wolfskill
Virginia
Harrisonburg
Frederick
Brubaker
Wolfskill
Mellinger
Gettysburg
York
Lancaster
Lititz
Hold-Up Suspect Caught in Lancaster Grocery Robbery Case
Henry J. Longenecker of Lititz is detained after a hearing on his alleged role in the June American Grocery Store holdup in Lancaster, where $280 was taken. Harry Werner also faces trial.Police say a signed confession links Longenecker to the crime and to a claimed accident in another state causing his death report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Longenecker
Lititz
Lancaster
Harry Werner
Longenecker
Ephrata Music Store Owner Missing After Trip Plan
T. H. Groff, Ephrata music store proprietor and former local owner, has not returned home for over a week. He had arranged to take several pianos to Harrisburg on Monday December 29, but vanished during that trip amid reported financial troubles as the likely motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Groff
Ephrata
Harrisburg
Ill in Easton Hospital and local injuries noted
The Sick Albert Q Sturgis of Nazareth, a Lititz boy, remains in Easton Hospital after surgery for a left side abscess. His brother Horace Sturgis and Mrs. A W Bruckart visit. Mrs Harry Smith enters St Joseph’s Hospital Lancaster for hernia. John Peiffer injures ankle. using crutches. John M Miller fractures knee in fall. taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
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Albert Q. Sturgis
Nazareth
Easton
Horace Sturgis
A. W. Bruckart
Horace
Harry Smith
N. Cedar Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lancaster
John Peiffer
Lincoln Avenue
John M. Miller
Mr. Miller
Langaster General Hospital
Had Watermelon for Christmas in Lititz Area
Eno Miller, living southeast of Lititz, handed friends slices of a red juicy watermelon last week. A fall gift of eleven melons from a friend arrived, and the fruit ripens after withering, like an overripe apple, then stores like winter apples and becomes eatable around the holidays. This melon is new to the neighborhood and few residents have tasted or seen it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eno Miller
Lititz
Mr. Miller
Rev Stengel Endures Two Misfortunes in One Week
Reverend F W Stengel faced two incidents in the same week. His Ford caught fire in front of the safe works on Tuesday, extinguished with water by bystanders. Later, a horse he rode slipped in the snow but he escaped injury, landing in a snow bank.
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F. W. Stengel
Path Across the Hill drama at Rothsville hosts three acts
Warwick Grange presents The Path Across the Hill at Rothsville High School Auditorium Saturday evening January 10 starting at 7 o'clock with Hackman's orchestra. Reserved seats cost 35 cents. Tickets available at Stoner's studio Lititz and Rothsville High School. A Rothsville Lititz bus departs ten minutes before seven and returns after the play.
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Warwick Grange
Rothsville High School
Hackman
Stoner
Lititz
Rothsville
Velvet Hammer honors G Herman Getz longtime school head
Professor G Herman Getz former Cameron High School principal and Open Air head received a front page feature in the Harrisburg Times titled The Velvet Hammer. The piece lauds his steady discipline and instructional approach, notes his Susquehanna University training, and highlights his work improving student fitness and academic standards while guiding pupils with firm but kind instruction.
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G. Herman Getz
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Times
Getz
Cameron
Susquehanna University
Moravian Church Raised Over $18,000 Last Year
Moravian Church statistics for 1924 were presented by Rev. E. S. Crosland. The report shows 312 males and 446 females in membership, eight dropped, twelve infants baptized, nine adults baptized, five confirmed, seven received by letter, six marriages, twelve deaths, and total receipts of $18,260.50 with a notable rise in running expenses.
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E. 5. Crosland
Choir Surprised Mrs. Mathers in church gathering
The U. B. Church choir surprised leader Mrs. John Mathers with a Friday evening program on Jan 2. The event featured songs and prayers, talks by Rev. Heisey and Rev. Platt, violin by William Dichmn, piano by Mrs. John Mathers, recitations by Hazel Mathers and Victor Heisey, and choir music followed by refreshments. A social hour concluded the evening. The notice ends with an ad for homemade Sauer Kraut at Gochenauer's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mathers
Heisey
Platt
William Dichmn
Hazel Mathers
Victor Heisey
Travelers Near and Far Visitations and Trips Across Town
Mrs. J F Stoner left Tuesday to visit daughter in Bluefield West Virginia. Hattie Longenecker spent Christmas in Reading and Birdsboro. Sherman Wolf and family from Brownstown had a special dinner with Mr and Mrs James Goldthwait. Isaac Longenecker and family from Lebanon visited Ella Fasnacht on New Year’s Day. Joseph Graybill from Lime Rock went to Florida last week. Herman Johannsen and family from Blenheim New Jersey visited his parents on the weekend. T T Twitmyer of Bellefonte dined with Fred Brackbill. Mrs Twitmyer is Brackbill’s mother. Wm Johnson of Port Hope Ontario Canada visiting Robert Russell and family. Mrs. Ellen Leib and daughter Mabel with friends at Shamokin. H L Eschbach went to Woodstock Illinois to visit sister and then Chicago for flower mission work. Mr and Mrs M G Moyer, Mr and Mrs William Bradley, Mrs Tillie Dewalt of Philadelphia visited Mrs Mary Steiner. Mr Moyer is Steiner’s brother and Mrs Bradley her niece. Ma and Mrs Park Gable spent a week in New York. auto broke down near Kissel Hill. Dr and Mrs H K Cooper traveled Newark West Virginia by car, snow delays. Charles Kling James Howard Luella Snader home Dec 19 to Jan 6 then Beckley College Harrisburg exams. Mr and Mrs Harry Bobst and Mrs J W Bobst of Philadelphia visited Mrs David Bricker New Year’s Day through Sunday. Mrs Bobst sang Gesu Bambino at Moravian church.
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J. F. Stoner
Bluefield
West Virginia
Hattie Longenecker
Reading
Birdsboro
Sherman Wolf
Brownstown
James Goldthwait
Isaac Longenecker
Lebanon
Ella Fasnacht
Joseph
Aaron Graybill
Lime Rock
Florida
Herman Johannsen
Blenheim
N. J
Main Street
T. T. Twitmyer
Bellefonte
Fred. Brackbill
Twitmyer
Mr. Brackbill
M. G. Moyer
William Bradley
Tillie Dewalt
Philadelphia
Mary Steiner
Mr. Moyer
Bradley
Steiner
Park Gable
New York
Kissel Hill
H. K. Cooper
Newark
W. J
Charles Kling
James Howard
Luella Snader
Beckley College
Harrisburg
Harry Bobst
J. W. Bobst
Priscilla
David Bricker
Bobst
Principal visits Lancaster county schools in Lititz for monthy review
School notes report a new program where Lancaster county principals tour one school each month starting with Lititz to inspect work. Lititz pupils heard the Star Course number courtesy of the Alumna. Last night classes enjoyed sleigh rides to nearby towns amid fine sleighing. The Boys varsity won 45 to 31 over Harrisburg Motive Power. Friday and Saturday games feature Lititz at Mt Joy and Lititz vs Ephrata, which last season beat Lititz for the county championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Lititz
Harrisburg Motive Power
Harrisburg
Mt. Joy
Ephrata
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Goncisely
Myers Bays
Pennsylvania
Wrens
Coxes
Chocolate Factory
Scott
Gran
Howard J, Karer
The
Home and Farm Agency
Stengel
Lititz High School
Moravian Church
Mrs. Mathers
Gochenaur’s
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