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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
4
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A reflection on death's universal reach notes the year’s toll and calls for living rightly. It covers judicial election rulings affecting odd year terms, and Lancaster County Publishers' Association meeting at Hotel Wheatland with papers by Fishburn and Reynolds and the election of officers.
A successful spelling bee at Lookout School house Pine Hill Clayton 8 Wartenan teacherSaturday evening featured five classes. Winners included Curtis Withers 1st Frank Adams 2nd Samuel Greenly 3rd Tiarvey Widmger 4th Russel Groff 4th. Other classes awarded prizes to Frank Keith Phares Fry Mabel Greenly Ray Grube John Mumineri Ira H Brewer Elsie Miller Ruth McNailey, with geography and general information events concluding. Proceeds funded library improvements.
The Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Co. held its annual election on Tuesday electing directors K L Garber W H Muth D E B Light W M Amer W Ta Fasnacht N B Leaman J G V Aner K Snavely Huca Hess W Buch H S Meiskey Dr A B Gloninger Frank Buch The Lititz Agricultural Fire Insurance Co met last Saturday electing W K Bender J D Hummer H R Gibbel P K Swarr B H Erb E S Sahm J B Joes C G Boyd J W G Hershey as directors with W K Bender as president J D Hummer as vice president and H R Gibble as secretary and treasurer.
Last Saturday election of directors names P J Roebuck A Hf Huber N K Brubaker J R Royer J M Markley Jacob B Wissier G D Schreiner J W G Hershey BH R Gibtel Auditors R H Brubaker F S Becker D P Bricker Directors D M Graybill H C Miller Chas Lascie Amos W Sensenich Adam G L Burkholder Henry H Myers Phares K Graybill
The article lists directors associated with Downstown National Bank including A. V. Walter W. B. Gurvin J. Myers H. Wolf H. L. Keith W. M. Zook John H. Reitz Milton H. Landis Aaron Buch David W Ranok and separately W. P. Albright P. W. Weidman H. M. Wolf H. W. Oberholser W. Buch M. R. Royer J. B. Oberholser Seth M. Lorah and J. B. Hummer.
At the Moravian church annual council meeting held last Monday evening the elected officers include Trustees H. N. Miksch and Sam'l Foltz Elder Henry C. Sturgis Auditor 8. C. Hassler.
The United Brethren Sunday-school elected officers and teachers including Supt M W hlopp aest Harry K Wertach secretary Miss Lottie Sturgis treas N D Sturgis librarians Miss Katie Heineman Leila Bock organist Miss Katie Whitcraft bass Miss Mabel Shue chorister James Seather superintendent infant department Emma Smith assistant Bertha Gundrum cradle roll Miss Jennie Miller.
The Moravian Sunday school elected officers including Superintendent Geo L Hepp and Assistant Superintendent John G Zook. Also appointed were secretary John K Carper Assistant Secretary E R Brenneman treasurer Mre B Beckler pianist Miriam Hepp librarians Laura Bach Lottie Duchman Monroe Smith and infant department head Ella Bach with assistants. Executive committee named E B Hagen J K Carper G L Hepp J G Zook and Miss Mary Huebener. The Bible class formed a committee to liaise with Sabbath school and elected L S Reedy president H W Kriebel vice president Miss Grace Keller secretary Ezra Habecker treasurer Rev E S Hagen teacher with assistant H W Kriebel.
At a Lititz Hose Company gathering last Wednesday evening, officers were elected including President J. B. Young, Vice Presidents F. B. Runk Emery Wagner, Secretary G. O. F. Zartman, Financial Secretary Willis Gibbel, Treasurer J. B. Leib, and Foreman H. E. Sturgis with several assistants, pipemen, plugmen, watchmen, as well as trustees and ladder foreman.
Sexton Sheaffer lists 1910 interments at White Oak Lutheran and Reformed church connected ministry with names and ages from March 5 Sarah Williams to Nov 24 David Smith. Also notes losses in community and local church activities plus schooling and ice house updates.
Mr James bank and family visited Ralph Todd at Hallville on Sunday. The funeral of John D Matthews was largely attended at Emanuel Lutheran church with interment in the adjoining cemetery officiated by Revs J W Bittner and A J Bachman. Emanuel Lutheran Sunday school officers for 1911 include Thomas H Wolf president and superintendent Milton Ulrich assistant superintendent J Irvin Huber secretary Ida Demmy assistant secretary Aaron Z Weidman treasurer Paul M Weidman assistant treasurer Harvey Steiner organist Elsie Fasnacht assistant organist Maggie Fasnacht janitress Raymond Edwards librarian Margie Demmy and Charlie Wolf as assistants. Mr and Mrs Hiram Meek of Lititz visited C G Enck on Sunday.
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