Lititz Gas Plant Sold for 116000 in Cash
The Lititz and Manheim Gas plant changed hands for 116000 in cash, with R B Hull of Lancaster taking control. Stockholders will receive 116 per share plus accrued dividends. directors will resign Monday as new owners assume operation and retain employees. The sale reflects a long history of local gas service growth and potential expansion to Lititz Manheim Ephrata and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Manheim
R. B. Hull
Electric and Gas Services
Lancaster
Elam H. Myers
Willow Street
C. M. Neff
John Miller
C. C. Grim
M. A. Moore
Jacob Esbenshade
Lititz KR. D
B. Frank Kready
Florida
Public Service Commission
Ephrata
C. ©. Grim
Sermon on Marriage by Bachelor Pastor Schweitzer
Rev. Martin W. Schweitzer, bachelor pastor of First Reformed Church, Ephrata, who has married 783 couples, preached a Sunday sermon on marriage titled The Nature and Duties of the Married State. He spoke after recent public attention over a Hikton Md marriage mill and a Camden N J divorce case that led to censure, noting marriage as a divine institution while claiming 95 percent of unions fail and expressing views on early and late marriages.
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Martin W. Schweitzer
First Reformed Church
Ephrata
Hikton
Camden
N. J
Rev. Schweitzer
Elkton
Man Carries Steer to Stable in Lancaster
Police say Alvis Moser of Lancaster carried a live steer a quarter block to a stable after it wandered from a pen. The animal balked near the stable, and Moser completed the trip to secure it.
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Alvis Moser
Lancaster
Moser
Future Citizens of Lititz Brockways announce births
Mr and Mrs Merrill Brockway announce the birth of a baby boy named James Donald Brockway on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Clarence Lesher announce the birth of a girl on Saturday.
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Lititz
Merrill Brockway
James Donald Brockway
Clarence Lesher
Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebration Near Denver
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Z Fry hosted a silver wedding anniversary for the Fry and Lutz couples. A duck dinner and a large angel food cake marked the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Fry announced the engagement of daughter Mary Luella to John S Lutz of the Lutz family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Z. Fry
Denver
Fry
Mrs
B. F. Lutz
Luitz
Lutz
Mrs. Fry
Mary Luella
John S. Lutz
Lititz Boosters Praise Town Through Legion Team
Advertisers note the Lititz American Legion Post 56 as a strong town image. A Baltimore traveler and an Egg Harbor resident recalled Lititz stirring interest thanks to the team. Klein Chocolate once fielded a costly team as product promotion. Citizens praise the Legion and wish it to continue to put Lititz on the map.
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American Legion
Post 56
Lititz
Baltimore
Egg Harbor
N. J
Klein Chocolate Company
Legion
Wititz
Quarterly Conference at United Evangelical Church
The third quarterly conference will be held at the United Evangelical church on Wednesday evening January 27. Rev Mengel presiding Elder of the Harrisburg District will preach at 7 30, followed by the business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Evangelical Church
Mengel
Harrisburg
Prominent Speakers in Moravian Church
Dr W W Rugh of the Pennsylvania Institute of the Bible Philadelphia closed his week long talks at the Moravian Sunday school Chapel with themes on types of the tabernacle and Christ as centre of the Old and New Testaments. In the afternoon he spoke on the Ark of the Covenant and in the evening on the cherubim. Last week he explained tabernacle details as types of atonement, justification, sanctification and glorification. Dr Max Wertheimer of Ada Ohio, a converted Jew, takes this week with Old Testament prophecy as theme amid good attendance despite weather and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Rugh
Pensylvania
Max Wertheimer
Ada
Miss Emily Eschbach Returns to Woodstock Post
Miss Emily Eschbach, visiting Lititz for almost four weeks, left Monday for Woodstock Illinois where she serves as librarian special nurse and house-mother at Todd Seminary for boys. A twelve year resident there, she plans to visit Chicago friends, remains active in the Moravian church, and hopes to return to Lititz as her real home. She thanks locals for their hospitality and regrets not seeing all former associates due to time limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Eschbach
Woodstock
Ill
Todd Seminary
Miss Eschbach
Chicago
Lititz
Reverend J W Smith United Couple at Trinity Lutheran Parish
At the Trinity Lutheran parsonage on East Main Street Ephrata Reverend J W Smith united Jamie J Kline of Lititz and Margie K Smith of Lititz in a ring ceremony on Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Smith
Trinity Lutheran Parsonage
E. Main Street
Ephrata
Jamie J. Kline
Flora Klein
Lititz
Margie K. Smith
Esther Jean Runyon Trio to Head Star Course Event
The High School Alumni Star Course presents the Esther Jean Runyon Trio in a Thursday evening recital at the High School Auditorium on January 28. Esther Jean Runyon violin soloist appears with Evelyn Greene in sketches and Ronald Tomlinson in a rich baritone program. Tickets go on sale January 27 at Moyers Drug Store, 8 A.M., single admission 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Jean Runyon
Evelyn Greene
Ronald Tomlinson
Flooded Cellars as Lititz Creek Rises After Heavy Rain
Torrential rain caused Lititz Springs creek to overflow flooding cellars in factories and homes near the river. Central Cigar Factory used a fire engine to pump water while Longenecker's Restaurant cellar neared the furnace, and the Paper Mill and Trap Factory saw water intrusion. The crest subsided by morning, but county roads remained impassable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs
Cigar Factory
Longenecker’s
Warwick House sale nets varied farm goods and livestock
Seven hundred eighty seven sales at the Warwick House on Saturday kept the auction running late. Pigs totaled 118 head bringing 3.65 to 14.50. Other items included potatoes 62 bushels at 1.35 to 2.70 a bushel, apples 1.00 to 1.95, turnips 75 cents a bushel, beans 36 pounds at 7 and 8 cents, and multiple household goods such as brooms, blankets, soap, waffle irons, rode, and a stove with assorted prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Pantry Sale by St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
The Ladies Aid Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church hosts a pantry sale in the sewing room all day Saturday June 28. Pies cakes and soup will be on sale along with plain and fancy sewing items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lititz Firemen's Social Event Of The Year
The Lititz Fire Company plans an elaborate social event with a committee to organize, inviting all Lancaster County Firemen's Association officers and Chester county Fire Marshal Mr. Frank Toule among others. An orchestra will play, and a luncheon will be served promising a great time for all.
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Lititz Fire Company
Lancaster County Firemen’s Association
Frank Toule
Chester County
Lititz Tales Of Debt Herring Jokes And Candle Relay
A Lititz column recalls a man who could not raise ten dollars for a burial lot despite earning two hundred monthly, sparking debate on habits. It also recounts Abner Hull’s baseball days with Lebanon Grays against Cuban Giants, and a long fish joke about a family’s herring pranks. The piece notes Mrs. Emanuel Withers will craft 4000 July 4 candles, aided by 400 pounds of tallow and decades of local candlemaking tradition.
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Lititz
Abner Hull
Lancaster
Lebanon Grays
Penryn Park
Ali
Lebanon
Giants
Frank Rader
Hull
Frank
Manheim
Bostick
Emanuel Withers
Carolina Grosh
Stephan Grosh
Local Birthday Anniversaries Highlight Community Figures
Clement Badorf is 73 today and Horace Sturgis turns 62 as neighbors celebrate. F. B. Buch of Broad Street is 74 on the 18th. N. B. Seaman marked 65 last Sunday with a special birthday dinner by his wife.
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Clement Badorf
Horace Sturgis
F. B. Buch
Broad Street
N. B. Seaman
FIVE PLACES PADLOCKED UNDER INJUNCTIONS
A temporary injunction bars five drinking venues from selling alcohol after bills of equity were found by special deputy attorneys with District Attorney Joseph Wissler. Affected are Henninger’s Cafe Arcadia, Williams. Buckins’ Hotel Lancaster. Penn Hill Hotel Earl Platt. and Little Texas Hotel Levi Eckert. Final hearings set for March. Platt and Williams previously convicted of liquor violations.
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Dudge Charles I. Landis
Joseph Wissler
William Henninger
Arcadia Cafe
Robert Williams
Harry Buckins
Lancaster
Penn Hill
Earl Platt
Little Texas
Levi Eckert
Platt
Mrs Miranda Ruhl Dies After Brief Illness in Rapho Township
Mrs Miranda Ruhl aged 62 died at 2.20 am Tuesday at her daughter Mrs Ellis Heisey home in Rapho township after one day of illness. She was a United Brethren church member and daughter of the late Reuben and Rebecca Himmelberger. Survived by children Pacer Ruhl East Petersburg Mrs Cyrus Boyer Bellaire Mrs Charles Kauffman Manheim and Harvey Ruhl Hershey and by sisters and brothers Mrs Amelia Troutman Berks county Mrs Ada Bowman Philadelphia L D Himmelberger Kissel Hill and Simon H Himmelberger Lancaster. Funeral Friday at 1:30 pm from Heisey home with services at Ruhl United Brethren church at 2 pm Burial in adjoining cemetery.
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Miranda R. Ruhl
Ellis Heisey
Rapho Township
United Brethren Church
Reuben and
Rebecca Himmelberger
Buch
Lititz
Penn Township
Pacer Ruhl
East Petersburg
Cyrus Boyer
Bellaire
Charles Kauffman
Mastersonville
Harvey Ruhl
Hershey
Amelia Troutman
Berks County
Ada Bowman
Philadelphia
L. D. Himmelberger
Kissel Hill
Simon H. Himmelberger
Lancaster
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lancaster Area Friends
Miss Mollie Nagle of Lancaster visited Miss Grace Keller last Saturday. Local residents and visitors from York Ardmore Reading Elizabethtown Browns Town Kansas City Kansas shared weekends and trips as families hosted relatives and attended events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Nagle
Lancaster
Grace Keller
Ills and Ailments Share Local Hospital News
Miss Grace Keller lies in her Springs hotel room with an impaired leg, while friends send comfort. Mrs Catharine Zwalley returns from Wills Eye Hospital with no eye surgery. Mrs Gertrude Ditzler operated on at Lancaster General Hospital. Mrs T E Will drives to Jefferson Hospital for cataract surgery. Moses Eckert home after Lancaster General operation, stays indoors. Fred Hammond back from Lancaster General after nine weeks post op. The Hammonds, visiting from Canton, Ohio, fell ill soon after arriving to see relatives E J Hammond and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace KE. Keller
Springs Hotel
Catharine Zwalley
East Main Street
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia
Fred Hammond
Lancaster General Hospital
Mr. Hammond
Canton
Ohio
E. J. Hammond
Homes Sold on Locust and Lincoln Avenues
Lyman Hornley sold his Locust street home to Henry Shenk on private terms. E C Ritchie sold a double frame dwelling on Lincoln Avenue to Christian Longenecker.
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Lyman Hornley
Locust Street
Henry Shenk
E. C. Ritchie
Lincoln Avenue
Christian Longenecker
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U. S Delp
Men’s Missionary Society of the
Moravian Church
Rev
S. H. Gapp
Bethlehem
Mary Huebener
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Tschudy
Philadelphia Ledger
John Longenecker
Joe Doster
Arcade
Aecard
M. S. Hess
St. Petersburg
Frank Sturgis
N. D. Sturgis
Winterhaven
Fla
Kline—Smitil
Herring
Miranda Ruhl
Harry Foltz of
Lem Zook
H. A. Bailey
York
G. L. Hepp
Agnes Hensel
Grace Hassler
Millersville State Normal School
Chester Imber
Jacob Hertzler
Barton Swart
Ardmore
Ralph Worley
Benjamin Hertzler
Wiliam Sesseman
Reading
Hiram
Altoona
Fianna
Martha
Mollie Light
Elizabethtown
Ella Evans
Arthur and
Raymond
Christian Yerger
Kansas City
Kansas
Mr. Yerger
J. M. Goldthwait
Sheridan Wolf
Brownstown
Mrs. Buck
Nathaniel Sturgis
Elmira
Sarah Sturgis
Mrs. Sturgis
Charles
Jacob Reinhold
Annis Stehman
Frank Eby
John Stehman
Sebring
Ms. Stehman
Gertrude Ditzler
T. E. Will
Jefferson Hospital
Moses Eckert
North Broad Street
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