Local notices and oddities in town events
Albert Long bought half a couple heuve on Tin Lincoln Avenue from Monroe Shue. Workers start at Rush cigar factory after a five week layoff. Mr and Mrs Melvin Hoover announce birth of a daughter. Henry Eckert sold his Rome home to Monroe Shue of Gowri Hill. Mr Mukert owns a Broad Street lot and plans a summer home. A suggestion for no spit on sidewalks to aid enforcement. Abram Bomberger sold tobacco crop to his father for 20 4 cents. Buyers in Halfville offered 18 cents. Baby Clinic meets first and third Wednesdays at Fire House basement. weighings for under six. Malta Temple event with Malta degree and Black degree and refreshments. Guy Buch shipped five rose comb white bantams to Trouston, Texas. known at shows for prizes. Doorbells rung by children and vendors. housewives tired of answering. A thirteen-year-old boy stole eighteen dollars from Horace Grosh’s home. case held with advisement. Noah Myers nearly entered South Broad building. suspect fled. tools missing from job sites. Storekeeper burned nutmegs thinking all were taken. parcel saved by neighbor. Nutmegs incident noted. Apples and greening price listed. Walk-Over and Red Cross shoes on sale. Velour parlor suits offered. Read the Record.
Akron garage fire leads to arson and insurance fraud charges
State police arrest S S Nolt owner of the Akron garage and Walter Smith for arson and conspiracy after a midnight blaze destroyed 23 autos. Smith confessed detailing a plot in which Nolt paid $160 to set the fire and collect insurance. A third accomplice remains sought as preliminary hearings loom Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Nalt
Akron
Nalt
Nolt
Walter Smith
Smith
Nols
Nelf
Trinden Oi
Auto Truck Narrowly Escapes Train Collision in Borough
Claud Bertcer of Elizabeth Township drove an auto truck into Hershey Seaman’s lumber yard area on Cedar street. The truck backed out as a passenger train passed, the locomotive struck the vehicle, throwing it about twenty five feet onto the north bank. The driver escaped unharmed. freight loaded with wood scattered. The engineer did not notice the crash until the conductor signaled the train to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Zartman
Claud Bertcer
Elizabeth
Hender
Three Newell Brothers to Lead Lititz Revival Series
The Newell brothers of Ohio renowned evangelistic workers will conduct union revival meetings in Lititz. The event runs five days at the United Brethren Church starting Sunday Jan 27, then five days at the Lutheran Church, and five days at the Evangelical Church with closing services at the Moravian Church. Sunday morning services remain unaffected and the Sunday evening service will be merged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell Brothers
Ohio
Lititz
United Brethren Church
Lutheran Church
Evangelical Church
Moravian Church
Miller's Woods Sheds Landmark Status as Timber is Sold
Miller's Woods near Petersburg road outside Lititz will be cut after B F Miller sold timber rights for ten acres to a Philadelphia company. The tract contains hickory and various oaks with two gum trees. The company hopes to acquire adjacent timber as well, era landmark woods being removed for development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller's Woods
Petersburg Road
B. F. Miller
Philadelphia
Lititz
Lutz basketball misplay and local tobacco logistics recap
A boy prank at Lutz basketball floor ends with a cold plunge into an old swimming pool. Commentary on the Mellon plan highlights tax effects for different income levels, noting it mostly benefits the very wealthy while the majority gain little. Lititz tobacco handling shifts from horse drawn wagons to trucks, with 103 bales delivered to Baker and Pfautz warehouse by L. H. Shiffer, implying faster deliveries and less roadway time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutz
Mellon
L. H. Shiffer
Mountville
Baker & Pfautz
Banquet at Keath Planing Mill For Employees Saturday
The annual banquet for employees and their families will be held at the Keath planing mill this Saturday afternoon and evening. Turkey will feature on the banquet table. There will be a special program of recitations speeches and music with games for the young people. A bonus was paid to all the employees on Saturday for the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keath Planing Mill
Turkey
Moravian Ushers to Welcome Speaker at Jan Meeting
The Moravian Ushers Association will meet Thursday evening January 24 at 8 with a social hour and program of music. Dean Howard Onwake from F and M College will speak on Social and Political Conditions in the Nearest. His recent trip to the region is expected to make the address a treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Ushers Association
Dean Howard Onwake
F. & M. College
Onwake
Marks Picks Gifted Program For Muhlenberg Glee Club
Prof Marks selects a varied concert for Muhlenberg Glee Club to perform Saturday June 29 in the High School Auditorium under Garden Spot Post 56 American Legion. Pieces span fourteenth century to modern days with folk songs from several countries and two heavy numbers. The program includes The Chorus of the Bacchantes by Gounod and The Viking's Song, plus the new Muhlenberg song Fair Muhlenberg replacing The Cardinal and Grey. Tickets from legion members. reserved seating opens at 7 P.M. in Legion rooms third floor Post Office Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Marks
Tthe
Muhlenberg Glee Club
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Gounod
Suabia
Thomas Morley
Noah
Foster
Muhlenberg
Prof. Simpson
Legion
Legion Rooms
Post Office
Cedar Chest Factory Opens in Lititz by Kline and Kauffman
Vernon Kline of Lancaster and Harry Kauffman of Lexington form a co partnership to manufacture cedar chests at Lititz starting February 1 in the former Weitzel bag factory on North Alley. The Kline Kauffman Manufacturing Company will operate as readiness progresses. Kline previously worked in this business and recalls the earlier Lititz plant burned to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Kline
Lancaster
Harry Kauffman
Lexington
Lititz
North Alley
Kline- Kauffman Manufacturing Company
Mr. Kline
Birthdays for January listed for multiple individuals
January dates mark birthdays for Milton Hushong and XN B Seaman on the seventeenth. January twenty first honors Clement Dadorf Joseph Dreifus H E Sturgis and Samuel E Miller from Brickerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Hushong
B. Seaman
Clement Dadorf
Jos. Dreifus
H. HE. Sturgis
Samuel E. Miller
Brickerville
History of game in Lancaster County continues
In the Furnace Hills region of Elizabeth and Clay Townships a trove of early German names marks a long natural deer range. Deer antlers at a Hammier Creek farm hint at once common venison and a scarce deer era. Bears, turkeys, and early foxhunting lore fill scattered diary and local memory, with bears likely extinct by 1800 and wild turkeys fading roughly seventy years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furnace Hills
Elizabeth
Clay Townships
Pennsylvania
Steigel
Christian Eby
Doughty
Cabinet of Natural History
Columbia
Lancaster County
Mount Jackson Island
Benton
Stephen Whittaker
Peach Bottom
John Hawk
Fairfield
Coney Township
Lititz
Bernhard Grube
Brethren
William Coleman
Big Island
Haines Station
Turkey Hills
Manor
Caernarvon
Stragslers
Moravian Church Council Elects Elders and Trustees
The Moravian church council met Monday evening in the Sunday School chapel with 129 voting members. Hess was re elected elder for three years. George L Hepp and S C Hassler declined reelection as trustees. Maurice Kauffman resigned. Paris Snyder Joseph Zahn elected trustees. Wm Riegel to fill Kauffman’s two year term. Thomas Waiddell named auditor. A charter change proposing longer terms and more elders was debated and adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Church Council
M.S. Hess
Hess
Geo. L. Hepp
S. C. Hassler
Maurice Kauffman
Paris F. Snyder
Joseph Zahn
Wm. Riegel
Kauffman
Thomas Waiddell
I. H. Doster
F. W. Stengel
Board of Trustees
Board of Elders
Walmost
Pretzels Sent Far Distances From Lititz Plant
Sturgis received a note from the Bureau of Clubs and Playgrounds at Balboa Canal Panama to supply pretzels regularly. A case was sent promptly with an advertisement of Lititz pretzel. An unusual order went to Siam for President Wilson's son in law Francis Sayre, who carried Lititz pretzels on his ocean voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Sturgis
Bureau of Clubs and Playgrounds
Balboa
Panama Canal
Onder
Sturgis
Panama
Siam
Wilson
Francis Sayre
Mr. Sayres
Big Basketball Game Tonight Lititz versus Hershey
Tonight Lititz hosts Hershey in a major local basketball clash as Lititz seeks revenge after an earlier loss. The Lititz lineup features Hackman Ruhi Doster and Hershey, with Kingsley Evans Mallory and Weiss among the guard and center options. Hershey counters with Clark Strine Leitheiser Stover and Zimmerman. Williamsport also visits Friday January 25 raising expectations for overflow crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
American Legion Five
Hershey
Habeckler
Williamsport
Clark
Strine
Leitheiser
Stover
Zimmerman
Hackman
Ruhi
Doster
Kingsley
Evans
Mallory
Weiss
Travelers Near and Far in Local and Regional Happenings
The column lists summer and family travel in Ephrata Lititz and Hershey, attendance at the Philadelphia automobile show, worship events in Lancaster Manheim area, anniversaries including the Muths 27th, funerals in New Holland and Penryn, visits among relatives, and details on residents and veterans. It notes Rev F A Weichsel preaching, Roy Long’s return to Sparrows Point, and long journeys to Pittsburgh and Fort Worth for oil field business. The piece ends with a long homegrown poem encouraging resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Roser
Hershey
Paul Herr
John Longnecker
Eugene
John Painter
Philadelphia
F. A. Weichsel
Lutheran Pastoral Association
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Gongisely
Albert
Long
Tincoln Avenue
Monroe Shue
Twmployies
Rush
Melvin Hoover
Front Street
Henry Eckert
Rome
Gqwi
Abram Bomberger
Henry Bomberger
Halfville
Malta Temple
Malta
Guy Buch
Trouston
Texas
Mr. Buck
Horace Grosh
Kreider
Squire C. N. Derr
South Broad Street
Noah Myers
Mr. Myers
Leaman & Leed
Red Cross
Ralph M- Spacht
SERON
S. S. Ne
FL O& M
Marks
Bear Shen AT
Herbert H. Beck
Moravian Council
Theodore Wolfe
Ephrata
W. H. Muth
John Hess
Hess’ Meetinghouse
Manheimboro Mennonite Meetinghouse
Roy Long
Dr. D. A. Long
Sparrows Point
Milton Breitigan
Reitigan
Trev. F. A. Weichsel
Kathryn Good
New Holland
Catharine Moyer
Penryn
Justus Yerger
Kansas City
Kansas
Minnie Roth
Agnes Adams
Alvin Kochel
Lizzie Kliese
Sanuel Hurst
Eden
Apnea Adams
Locust Street
J. F. Stoner
Pittsburgh
Small Investors’ Oil Company
Fort Worth
Lester Hite
Hite
Youngstown
Edward
Linden Hall
G L. Calvert
Ruth Weickse
Baltimore
Albert Hackman
Huber
Clayton Brubaker
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