Local News Notes From Lititz and Lancaster County
Small town items and notices from Lititz and Lancaster County including store prices, a missing bead, a local teacher hosting students, a violin recital, dues meetings, obituary lists, post office staffing, river levels after rain, unclaimed mail, and upcoming union prayer services. The Imperial auto man received a new car, box-ball alleys appeared in the market, Lititz Male Chorus members sang at a funeral, and Mr. Todd lies critically ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfe
H. B. Workman
Moravian Sunday School
Main Street
Frank Foltz
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Co
Franklin and Marshall Academy
Lancaster
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Oscar Smith
Broad Street Conservatory of Music
Philadelphia
King’s Daughters
Paul Bushong
Lititz
Ffth Inst
Allen Hacker
Samuel Spickler
C. Leather
Mary Adams
Laura Bomberger
Kate Dalton
John Hughes
Sarah Hess
John Landis
Adamifer
John Jones
Daniel H. Miller
Samuel Mowbery
Lancaster County Publishers’ Association
Wheatland
John F. Longeneecker
Scott
Manheim
Abram Houser
New Holland
H. C. Reedy
C. B. Dussinger
J. A. Seaber
Ka Nies
O. H. Smith
David M. Shenk
Otis Pfautz
B. G. Wier
E. P. Wagner
H. H. Sesseman
C. G. Spickler
Houser
Lewis Murr
Warwick
William Todd
Todd
Program of Teachers Institute in Warwick Borough
The twenty eighth annual institute for teachers and directors of Warwick Manorheim and Elizabeth opens at the local High School on Saturday January 18 with morning and afternoon sessions. Officers include President A S Longenecker vice President Arthur Greenleaf recording secretary Kathryn Hertzler corresponding secretary Mabel Adair treasurer Clayton Zartman. The program covers devotional exercises presidential address music and discussions on accuracy the moral atmosphere of the school room value of stories in teaching reading the influence of the high school on the community cooperation of the school and home and motor activities in expression plus recitations and vocal numbers. The event invites all friends of education to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Teachers and
Warwick
Manheim
Elizabeth
Institute
A.S. Longenecker
Arthur Greenleaf
Kathryn Hertzler
Mabel Adair
Clayton Zartman
Friends of Education
Geo. Braezer
Mary Hershey
Sanuel Mohler
Maude Kreiter
Luke Beamesderfer
Emily Hartman
Mary Newpher
Florence Miller
Lititz High School
Anna K. Miller
Clayton Brubaker
Edna Brook
Myer
Gertrude Deitrich
Arthur Mylin
H. R.gibbel
Kathryn Aumiller
H. F. Dilworth
Dept. of English
Millersville Now School
Thieves Frustrated at Ritchie's Restaurant
C. E. Ritchie's restaurant near the railroad depot was the target of two young thieves Tuesday evening. They gained entry through a rear window with a pick but fled when the owner arrived after church services. Nothing valuable was taken, a small cash amount remained in the open drawer. Eggs and butter prices noted at local market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Ritchie
Ritchie
United Evange Church
Death notices for Mary Behmer and Hannah Martzall
Mrs. Mary K. Behmer aged 72 died suddenly at Owl Hill near Lititz while doing housework and was buried after services at Rothsville Lutheran church. Survived by five children, 32 grandchildren, four great grandchildren, a brother and a sister. Funeral held at home and Rothsville church. Mrs. Hannah Martzall died January 2 at her daughter’s home West Earl Township near Ephrata aged 83 with death from old age and complications. funeral at Middle Creek church and burial nearby. Survived by children John, Mrs. Wayne Sweigart, and Mrs. Peter Heagy. burial at Middle Creek cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary K. Behmer
Owl Hill
Lititz
Myers
Manheim Township
Neffs‘ville
Henry Behmer
Tiberan
Rothsville
Lizzie Witmer
Levi Rudy
John M. Behmer
Ada Murr
Buffalo
N. Y
Martha Mundorf
Brunnerville
Christ Myers
Glenark
Mattie Shaar
Lancaster
Rothsville Luththeran Church
J. W. Bittner
Hannah Martzall
Samuel Hoover
West Earl Township
Ephrata
John
Denver
Wayne Sweigart
Peter Heagy
Middle Creek
Memorial notices for Mary Zook and Dr Lyte
Mary eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace M Zook died at Disston from pneumonia after a three day illness. Funeral at Middle Creek Meetinghouse. Dr BE Gram Lyte longtime Millersville Normal School principal died at Lancaster aged seventy. He led the school from 1887 to about a year ago and had broad influence in language bookkeeping and music education. He served as 1891 Pennsylvania Teachers Association president and 1899 National Education Association president. Born near Bird in Hand, he enlisted in the Union Army in the Civil War and graduated Millersville in 1868 before joining the faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Wallace M. Zook
Disston
Millport
Suninyside School
Warwick Township
Middle Creek Meetinghouse
BE. Gram Lyte
Millersville
St. Louis
Dr. Lyte
Bird-in-Hand
Death of Elias Bard from Mechanicsburg
Elias Bard a well known Mechanicsburg resident died at his home on Wednesday morning in his 64th year. He leaving a wife and children George Harry Lancaster Emory Mechanicsburg. Surviving brothers and sisters include David Coatesville George Mechanicsburg Mrs Abram Groff East Petersburg Mrs Rudy Frankhouser Lancaster Mrs Rudy Brown Brownstown. Funeral from his late home Saturday at 10 AM with services at Mechanicsburg Lutheran Church and interment in adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Bard
Mechanicsburg
George
Harry
Lancaster
Emory
David
Coatesville
Abram Groff
East Petersburg
Rudy Frankhouser
Rudy Brown
Brownstown
Mechanicsburg Lutheran Church
Fatal Accident Claims Isaac Bomberger at 19
Isaac Bomberger aged 19 years 4 months and 5 days died from a skull fracture and head injuries after falling from a hay bale during unloading near Elm Elizabeth township. He had been unconscious then recovered before dying Sunday noon. Survived by mother, brothers and sisters and his father who died in 1910. Funeral held at Hrb's meeting house with three officiants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Bomberger
Mary
Emanuel Bomberger
Elm
Speedwell Lands
Elizabeth Township
Samuel Eshleman
Bomberger
Seiling
Benjamin
Rapho Township
Lizzie
Joseph Stauffer
Manheim
Emanuel
Death by Own Action at Brethren Home Near Neffsville
Aaron Whitcraft, 80, inmate at the Church of the Brethren Home near Neffsville, was found dead by hanging from a rope in a barn area Monday noon. He had warned of self harm and died in what authorities called a plain case of death by own action. Survived by wife, two sons, three daughters. funeral at the Home with services by Revs I W Taylor and Joseph H Martin, burial in Millport cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Whitcraft
Church of the Brethren Home
Neffsville
Whitcraft
Roseville
Millport
Levi Bard Dies After Fatal Mistake in Castor Oil Mix
Levi M Bard, 23, a Voganville merchant, died after mistaking carbolic acid for castor oil. He had been treating a neck tubercle and drank the mixture in a hurry. Wife gave relief until Dr. Walters arrived but he succumbed. He married Fannie Brubaker on April 8 1912. Surviving: mother and one sister. Funeral held Wednesday at Bergstrasse church with interment nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Martin Bard
Voganville
Bard
Walters
Brownstown
Ulysses G. Bard
Levi
Accident at Penryn Tobacco Shed Injures Worker
On Thursday January 2 Christian Huber employed in Henry Keith’s tobacco shed at Penryn fell from a scaffold tearing a tendon in the right leg. Dr. Sieling attended to his injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Huber
Henry Keith
Penryn
Dr. Sieling
Strictly Personal Items From A Cold Winter Day
A roundup of local personal notices from Lancaster area residents. Names include Frank A Masser, Laura Amer, Miss Gladys Thome, Enos Baker, the Masser family, David Becker, Thomas and Philip Keller, Ruth Maurer, and Elizabeth Gormly. Also reported are stockholder elections for Lititz and Lexington Turnpike Company and Lititz Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Co, with officers named, a turkey dinner, and Moravian Sunday school officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Masser
Reading
Hamburg
Laura Amer
Lancaster
Harry Rudy
Elmer Rudy
Scheafferstown
Gladys Thome
Philadelphia
New York
Enos Baker
New Holland
M. K. Masser
Fritzi Town
David Becker
Elizabeth Becker
Thomas Kissinger
Marty
Anna
Lebanon County
Jennie Miller
Lancaster General Hospital
Joseph Miller
Francis Sauerwald
Glen Rock
York County
Stormfeltz
Holtzhouse
Elizabeth Gormly
Mary Reidenbach
Pittsburg
Lloyd Ritchie
Weston
W. Va
E. ©. Ritchie
Thomas
Philip Keller
Julius
Charles Alewell
Nazareth
Lititz
J. F. Hess
F. B. Hostetter
A. B. Huber
L. R. Reist
Peter B. Landis
Henry B. Esbenshade
B. F. Hostetter
H. R. Bassler
Moravian Sunday School
Geo. L. Hepp
J. G. Zook
J. L. Carper
E. E. Brenneman
H. C. Seldomridge
Filla Buch
Maggie Bricker
Lititz Chautauqua secured by 100 signers pledge drive
After strenuous efforts Miss Grace Hershey secured 100 signers pledging seven season tickets worth 2.60 each or 1400 dollars total, guaranteeing Lititz another Chautauqua next summer. Tickets will be sold at Habecker's book store. if not all sold, signers cover shortfall. The series may include Hon. William Jennings Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hershey
Chautauqua
Swarthmore Chautauqua Association
Lititz
Habecker
Chicillo
Pickett
Hobson
Miss Hershey
Hershey
Linden Hall
Chautauqua Association
William Jennings Bryan
A New Bell Telephone Line Reaches Neffsville
A branch from Lancaster to Neffsville now serves ten subscribers with direct service. The Church of the Brethren Home and Abram Kreider, east of the home, join the new line, which was developed through the efforts of Wayne Longenecker, a Bell employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Co
Lancaster
Neffsville
Church of the Brethren Home
Abram Kreider
Wayne Longenecker
Bell Concern
Lengthy tobacco leaves challenge league in Warwick area
The last RECORD described a giant tobacco leaf grown by John Verger of Warwick at 42 inches. William Gerhart of Schoeneck counters with leaves of 45 and 443 inches, plus several at 42 inches, sparking debate on whether a longer leaf exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Verger
Warwick
William Gerhart
Schoeneck
New Roadmaster Installed in Warwick Township
Levi Risser of Brunnerville resigned last week as roadmaster of Warwick township. On Saturday the supervisors elected William Wilhatra of Lexington to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Risser
Brunnerville
Warwick Township
William Wilhatra
Lexington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teachers’ Institute
D.d. A
Grabe
Wilbur Meiskey
Jacob Wissler
J. B. Leib
W. E. Fasnacht
Frank Rader
C. B. Snavely
H. E. Workman
Brethren
Valentine Brobst
Richard Bender
Medico-Chi
University of Pennsylvania
Ruth Maurer
J. E. Maurer
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Linden Hall Seminary
E. 5
Hagen
Ruth Karns
Tower City
Virginia Iredell
Allentown
Sallie Marvis
Laurel, del
Helen Mae Oakley
Tenafly
N. J
Harnish & Harnish
William R. Harnish
Lititz National Bank
United States District Court For
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Mr. Harnish
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