Local notes from Lititz area share events and changes
Henry Buch recovers outdoor. Ruhl's Alt Scholastic to face Manheim first team at Manheim Friday. Wayne Fahnestock leaves for Chicago Milwaukee for a director's meeting. Warwick House sale set for Saturday due to weather. Monroe Miller injured in a fall at home. Eberly sells house on Liberty Street. Eberly to run a Chevrolet station in Ephrata. Hiram Demmy, amputee, now at son’s home near Lancaster. Martha Mummert sprains shoulder after coasting. Jack slips under auto at Lincoln Avenue garage. Oliver Reed hospitalized then resumes work. Local coasting scenes on Cedar Street and Kis sel Hill. Professor Frueauff and Dr Schweinitz visit. J Frank Buch returns from Easton Hospital. Mildred Yerger and Norman Rohrer wed at St Paul’s Church Lititz. New Victor organ records 19520 19521 praised. Sleighs replace autos for Rothsville school transport. Paul Kraft hauling scholars with two large sleighs. Snow houses built on Front Street by six boys lit with electric light. Council meetings held in snow house.
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Henry Buch
Ruhl
Alt
Manheim
Wayne Fahnestock
Chicago
Milwaukee
Monroe Miller
Raspberry Alley
Charles Hammer
Liberty Street
Jacob Ebberly
Mr. Eberly
Ephrata
John Longenecker
Hiram Demmy
General Hospital
Hiram
Lancaster
Martha Mummert
Joe Mummert
Lititz
Lincoln Avenue
Oliver Reed
Cedar Street
Evan's Hill
Kissel Hill
Warwick Grange Meeting Postponed In Rothsville
Warwick Grange installation of officers scheduled for Monday was postponed because many members could not attend due to bad roads. Installations will occur at the next meeting on January 26. A program included Grange song, roll call, readings by Catherine Stauffer, Peggy Walter piano solo, Stephen Laven recitation, Martin Muth answer on dent corn versus flint corn, and address by William Beard of Heidelberg Grange.
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Warwick Grange
Song Grange
the Grange
Catherine Stauffer
Peggy Walter
Stephen Laven
Martin Muth
William Beard
Heidleberg Grange
Denver Ephrata May Take Over Bell Exchange Here
Denver Ephrata Telephone Co may acquire the Bell exchange in Lititz with reduced yearly rates but a ten cent toll for Lancaster calls. Local subscribers’ opinions are sought per Public Service Commission guidance before final decision. The move aims to expand service, add lines, and extend telephone coverage to more homes, financing the overhead by distributing charges to heavy users. Pfantz Bros received a large shipment of Ladies Zipper Boots.
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Denver-Ephrata Telephone Co
Bell Exchange
Denver-Ephrata Telephone Company
Bell Company
Lititz
Bell System
Lancaster
Public Service Commission
Vnew
Denver-Ephrata Company
Denver- Ephrata Company
Morris Seager Wins $100 Crossword Prize
Morris Seager of Philadelphia won 100 from The Philadelphia Inquirer for Puzzle No 3 in the Daily Cross Word Contest. He is the son of the late Post Master Samuel Seaber and has two Lititz brothers, Paul and Nathan. Seager, a former Lititz High School graduate and Lititz baseball pitcher, initially doubted the prize before accepting the check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Seager
Philadelphia
Lititz
Philadelphia Inquirer
Samuel Seaber
Paul
Nathan
Morris
The
Inquirer
Mortis E. Seaber
North Fortysecond Street
Seather
Pullman
Crossword Winner Wins 100 Dollar Prize
A man who puzzled for months and never entered a submission wins a $100 prize from The Inquirer contest. He praises crosswording as fun and educational and plans to share the money with his wife for a New Jersey bungalow, after a 25 year career with the Pullman Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Seather
Pullman Company
Huber and Fetter Couple Wed at Manheim Brethren Church
Huber Harry Huber of Lititz RD 1 and Elizabeth Fetter of Brickerville were married on Saturday at 7 30 pm by Rev BH B Yoder at his home 343 Charlotte Street Manheim. The couple were attended by Mr and Mrs Harry Haines of Rothsville and plan to reside in Brickerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Huber
Lititz
R. D
Elizabeth Fetter
Harry Fetter
Brickerville
BH. B. Yoder
Church of the Brethren
Charlotte Street
Manheim
Harry Haines
Rothsville
Huber
Sleigh trade revives as snow returns in Lititz area
The story recalls Clayton Roth selling livery sleighs long ago and a local ex-liveryman storing and selling off his stock during a heavy winter. Sleighs now fetch eight dollars or more as stores, mail routes, and coal deliveries revert to sleighs amid improving demand. Also notes Rev. A W Liepenberger's long service and the death of Jacob Bidinger known as Dutch Jake, a Warwick House hostler and horseman, with memories of Portico the horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Roth
Neverson
Clayton
A. W. Liepenberger
Ephrata
Lebanon
Liepensberger
Lititz
Jacob Bidinger
Jake
New Holland
Warwick House
H. H. Snavely
Speedwell Farms
Portico
Germany
Jacob
Public Meeting Set at Lititz Fire Hall Saturday
A public business meeting of the Co operative Farm Products Assn is scheduled for Saturday at 2 o'clock at the Lititz Fire Hall. Farmers interested in joining are invited to attend.
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Co-operative Farm Products Ass'n
Lititz
Lititz Fire Company to Hold Smoker Evening
Lititz Fire Company announces a smoker at the regular meeting on Wednesday January 28. An engaging program is planned and plans for an entertainment similar to the prior year’s event will be discussed.
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Lititz Fire Company
Tobacco money hu... Lititz workers await jobs
The Lancaster area faces a tobacco glut with overproduction collapsing prices. Warehouses hold tens of thousands of cases and buyers lack movement as packers tire of waiting. Porto Rican tobacco imports and uniform pricing worsen farmer incentives, prompting a 15 percent crop reduction recommendation for next year. Real estate notes follow.
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Lancaster
Lititz
Ohio
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Lancaster County
Rabbits in Lititz Attract Odd Novelty Sale
Edward Heidrich bought a barrel of Virginia rabbits and sold them here at 60 to 90 cents a pair. The cotton tail rabbits were shipped frozen with entrails removed, a rare sight in Lititz where none were sold for about thirty years. A Virginia man arrived by sleigh with a full sleigh box of rabbits, drawing much attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Heidrich
Virginia
Lititz
Pennsylvania
Miss Marie Hersberger and Maurice Weidner Wed in Elkton
Miss Marie Hersberger of Denver and Maurice Weidner son of Benjam Weidner of this place married in Elkton Maryland on December 26 1924. The bride will stay with her parents for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Hersberger
Denver
Maurice Weidner
Benjamin W. Weidner
Elkton, Md
Local Teachers Institute to be Held at Lititz High
The Local Institute of the teachers of Lititz Warwick and Manheim townships and surrounding schools will meet at Lititz High School Auditorium on Saturday January 17. The program includes round table discussions on rural schools English in classrooms and one room school questions demonstrations in gym and English and music by the 8th grade. In the afternoon Lititz Jr varsity defeated Ephrat a 57 to 0 and Jr High reserves beat Ephrat a 48 to 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Warwick
Manhein
Lititz High School
Funk
Arthur P. Mylin
A. Marie McPoland
David Johnson
Maude Kreider
H. B. Baughey
Ford. Ober
Elizabethtown College
Lititz High
Ephrata
Chicken and Waffle Dinners featured at Burkholder's
A Lancaster sleighing party enjoyed a chicken and waffle supper at Burkholder's on Tuesday evening. The Moravian Choir held a luncheon there on Wednesday night. Mr and Mrs N B Leaman hosted a Friday dinner for several guests at Burkholder's restaurant.
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Lancaster
Burkholder’s
N. B. Leaman
Paul Leaman
Barbara Moore
Albert Leaman
Burkholder’s Resturant
Travelers Near and Far Visit Columbus Area and Nearby Places
John Leed and his two brothers spent Sunday in Akron. Emma Singer vacationed in Lancaster with Luella Kreider. Mrs. Jennie Reedy of Philadelphia stayed with the Fishers. The Biskers visited York County for a funeral and returned. A dinner and card party entertained guests on Wednesday. Mrs. Beeker and daughter attended a funeral in town. Fort Screven traveler left after a funeral. Charles Kreider and parents attended a Lincoln funeral. Longenecker and others attended auto shows in New York and Philadelphia. A business trip to New York by auto included Mastromatteos and Earl Erk. The Lancaster Lititz turnpike had the worst road. one-way trip lasted ten hours.
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John Leed
Akron
Emma Singer
Lancaster
Luella Kreider
Jennie Reedy
Philadelphia
Herman Fisher
Martin Bisker
York County
W. H. Muth
South Broad Street
Ella Beeker
Boyertown
Elwood Shollenberger
Reading
Elmer Breneman
Eli Mastromatteo
Michael Mastromatteo
Earl Erk
New York
Lancaster and
Lititz
Lititz Sailor Corrects Submarine V-1 Origin
Lititz native Chas C Hornberger corrects a weekly pictorial caption. The V-1 was built at Portsmouth New Hampshire navy yard not Brooklyn. It launched there and was sponsored by Mrs Cornelia Wolcott Snyder. The Leviathan of world subs carries seven officers eighty men and can cross the Atlantic without refueling.
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Lititz
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Chas. C. Hornberger
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Portsmouth Yard
Cornelia Wolcott Snyder
C. P. Snyder
Atlantic
South
Bank Directors Elected At Farmers National Bank
Directors elected at Farmers National Bank include S. W. Buch J. Frank Bueh E L Garber N B Leaman C B Risser H H Reifsnyder J W G Hershey Dr R Posey Joseph B Wissler Esq H J Pierson Hon G Graybill Diehm Allen B Heagy On Tuesday Lititz Springs National Bank named officers including D M Graybill Amos W Sensenich H C Miller C S Landis Henry H Myers Adam L Burkholder P K Graybill M H H Yoder M D
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Farmers National Bank
S. W. Buch
J. Frank Bueh
E. L. Garber
N. B. Leaman
C. 3B. Risser
H. H. Reifsnyder
J. W G. Hershey
8. R. Posey
Joseph B. Wissler
Esq
H. J. Pierson
Hon. G. Graybill Diehm
Allen B. Heagy
Lititz
Lititz Plans Move To Field Baseball Team
Richard Kreider, Lititz former Lancaster County league manager, seeks to revive a Lititz baseball club. He attended a county league meeting and may stage a winter baseball fair. Last season the team failed financially with no profits shared among players. Locals favor the American Legion running the club for stability and fair play, noting the Legion’s businesslike basketball program and willingness to invest in quality attractions for full spectator value.
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Richard Kreider
Lititz
Ceive
American Legion
Legion
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Frueauff
Allentown
Paul de
J. Frank Buch
Mexico
Easton Hospital
Albert Sturgis
Frank
Yerger—Rohrer
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Mildred W. Yerger
Norman G. Rohrer
Washington Borough
V A
Sue Risser
Amos
W. Verger
Victor
Scotts Book Store
Paul Kraft
Front Street
Morris McCloud
Richard McCloud
Pfantz Bros
Phila
Huber—Fetter
Sao
Porto Rico
Lancaster County Association
LOLD
Howard J. Karer
Farm and Home Agency
S. Cedar Street
W. King St
John W. Hartman
Marietta Pike
West Hempfield Township
Harry W. Rossman
Rossman
William J. Rappe
Millersville
Leonard R. Kissinger
Mra
Ida Kitch
Dauphin County
Hattie E. Holden
Walter C. Zook
Coral and
Ocean Sts
Martin Urban
Manor Township
Lillian McCardle
AMD
Addie Hacker
Fort Screven
Harry Stark
Savannah
Charles Kreider
Kenwood
N. J
Levi Wissler
Lincoln
John
Eugene Longenecker
Frank Burkholder
Isaac Graybill, Jr
G. G. Diehm
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