Local school and community events cover Feb 7
Noitsville Junior High vs Lititz Junior High tomorrow. Mrs W K Lockhart hosted a bridge party last Saturday. United Brethren Denominational Day seen Sunday morning. Elizabeth Unbecker moved to Stephen Grumbling on Seaman. Mrs Harry Erb sprained ankle in a fall. Moravian Sunday School Bible Class social planned Thursday Feb 7. St Pauls Lutheran Woman’s Missionary Society meets at Mrs Diehm’s home Tuesday 7:30 pm. School savings fund this week totals 82.05 with Mrs Mary Longenecker’s room leading. Families visit Mr Carper on North Broad Street. Ivy and Amanda Rapp relocate to Centre Street. 125 people attend Neighbour Evangelistic Tabernacle trip. witnessing the marriage of the Business Manager Mr Cowper. Love-One-Another Circle King’s Daughters dues meeting Jan 31. Prof M C Demmy hosts Rotary Club with NYC subway film. Five visitors from Lancaster attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Brethren
J. C. H. Light
James Leather
Beatrice Kemper
Sara Oehme
Bible School
Harry R. Wertsch
Young People’s Societies
J. T
Harry Wike
Harry McCreary
Millicent
Gwendoline
Ethel Wike
Robert
Willard Spickler
Jane
Margaret Martin
Billy
Harold McCreary
Light
Roy G. Myers
C. E. Society
Woman’s Missionary Society
Ladies’ Aid
Barger
Lakeview
Frank Longenecker
Kinzer
Lions’ Club
Anna K.miller
Moravian Sunday School
W. Orange Street
Elizabeth Gintzer
Harrisburg
Elizabethtown College
Lititz
Obituary of Mrs Mary A Fissel at Moravian Home Lititz
Mrs Mary A Fissel 74 died at the Moravian Home Lititz at 7 o clock Saturday evening after complications born at Strasburg lived there most her life later in Lancaster and two years at Moravian Home survived by five sons Omar M Shuman Manila P I Leigh Shuman Philadelphia Paul Shuwan Collingdale Herbert Fissel Philadelphia and Carl Ridley Park one brother H C Leachey Lancaster a sister Mrs E S Landis Tacoma Washington and eleven grandchildren funeral at Moravian Home 1 o'clock Tuesday burial Mountville cemetery funeral director R M Spacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Fissel
Lititz
Strasburg
Lancaster
Christian Alliance Church
Omar M. Shuman
Manila
P. I
Leigh Shuman
Philadelphia
Paul Shuwan
Collingdale
Herbert Fissel
Carl
Ridley Park
H. C. Leachey
E.S. Landis
Tacoma
Washington
Mountville Cemetery
R. M. Spacht
Farm Women Meet at Anna Perry Home in Lincoln Ave
The Society of Farm Women No 1 will gather Saturday afternoon at 1 30 at Miss Anna Perry 116 East Lincoln Ave Mrs Norman Baer of Society No 4 Salunga will speak on Home Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Farm Women
Anna Perry
East
Lincoln Ave
Norman Baer
Society
Salunga
Community Sale At Kissel Mill Hotel Ad
A community sale at Kissel Mill Hotel on Saturday features electrical appliances poultry foot wear and other items. Sale begins at 2.80 with two auctioneers handling first class goods. Come early.
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Kissel Mill
Pageant and church notes from District No 9 meeting
The Young People's Council of District No 9 plans the Pageant The Striking of America Hour for February 28 at 8 PM in a local church. The United Brethren annual gathering reported 200 communicants, $7000 raised last year, and detailed church group enrollments and society sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Council of
District No. 9
Shower Honors Bride-To-Be With Two Linen Parties
A Mrs Paul Hiberti wedding shower was hosted at Miss Earla Martins home with guests Agnes Gross Betty Girvin Sara Weidman Joy Grunenberger Earla Martin Marion Elberti and Miriam Kreider. The following day Mrs Elberti received a surprise miscellaneous shower at her home featuring a mock wedding with Kathryn Gibbel as bride Esther McCreary as bridegroom and a wedding party. Supper and a wedding cake with figurines capped an event attended by about 35 people as the Elberts plan to move into ready furnished Minersville apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earla Martin
Paul Hiberti
M. V. Light
Agnes Gross
Betty Girvin
Sara Weidman
Joy Grunenberger
Marion Elberti
Lititz
Miriam Kreider
Manheim
Kathryn Gibbel
Esther McCreary
Mary Sturgis
Helen Steffy
Lana Oehme
Beatrice Kemper
Kathryn Sturgis
Girl Hurt Coasting Near Brunnerville Sled Run
Marguerite Carpenter a 16 year old Lititz resident injured while coasting on a hill near Brunnerville when her sled struck a fence. A deep gash in her leg required thirty eight stitches to close. She walked to the hilltop and was later taken home to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Carpenter
Morris Carpenter
Lititz
R. D
Brunnerville
Linden Hall Girls to Play Swarthmore on Monday
Linden Hall girls basketball travels to Swarthmore for a Monday game after a Monday evening practice session. Linden Hall aims to contest, while Swarthmore seeks home advantage in a regional matchup.
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Linden Hall
Swarthmore
Linden Hill
Doctor Harry J Horr Moves Offices in Seaber Building
Osteopathic physician Dr. Harry J. Horr relocates his practice from 16 North Broad Street to 188 East Main Street in the Seaber property, listing new contact location and continued service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Horr
N. Broad Street
Main Street
Seaber
County Spends Big on Court House and Road Work
The county controller reports 1928 outlays total 119,870.12 on street and road work including 106,845.85 for new roads. Court House improvements cost 161,021.67 with contractor John H. Wickersham paid 150,931.42. Other items include bridges, inquests, salaries, burials, and several library appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Eby
Fruitville Pike
Court House
John H. Wickersham
Lancaster Free Law Library
A. Herr Smith
Unity
Alarm clock furnace heater pioneer in Lititz history
About twenty five years ago B F Lutz, a Lititz butcher, bought a 90 cent alarm clock from Geo L Hepp, a former local jeweler. He wired a home made trap to the clock and placed it on his cellar furnace to start drafts two hours before wake up. He was an early inventor of such a contraption, and says he would not part with the 90 cent clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Lutz
Lititz
Geo. L. Hepp
Mr. Lutz
Frank Gantz
Mr. Gantz
Penryn
Snow
Linden Hall Notes Literary Society to present musical program
The Linden Hall Literary Society plans a musical program. Mid year exams are ongoing. Several new girls from Pittsburgh Philadelphia and New York have registered and will enter this week. New catalogues with cuts and improvements are out. Dr F W Stengel attended the Headmasters Club annual meeting in Philadelphia and was elected a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Society
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
F. W. Stengel
Headmasters’ Club
College Club
Saur Kraut Supper Slated By U B Church Ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid Society of the United Baptist Church will host a saur kraut supper in the church basement on Tuesday evening February 5 from 5 to 8 pm. Supper price 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of
U. B
Delphian Chapter Meets at Home of Mrs. Muth
The Lititz Delphian Chapter gathered at Mrs. W. H. Muth’s home for an evening themed Current Events of the Day. Speakers included Miss Mary Huebener on Recent Excavations in Mesopotamia and Miss Sophie Bricker on Turkey’s Right About Face. The next meeting is slated for Mrs. Florence Gibbel’s home on Friday evening, February first.
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Lititz
Trap Company Fakes Inventory
The Animal Trap Company reports idle factory during annual inventory week while work continues on a second floor addition to the assembling plant. The annual stockholders meeting is scheduled here on Saturday February 9th.
Lititz plans memorial for war dead and revolutionary fighters
Lititz advances a memorial project with the federal government to honor local boys who went to the war across the seas and those who fought and fell in the Revolution. The Council approved the plan, with Chamber of Commerce work set to begin, as residents back a peace themed tribute. The column also notes weather memories, trolley service talk, Candlemas and Groundhog Day anticipation, church lectures, a card party at the Fire House, and local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Births and Ads Note New Arrival at ISCOTT'S BOOK STORE
Births announce a daughter for Mr and Mrs Roy Myers on Tuesday and a son for Dr and Mrs Richard Bender last Saturday. A Sheaffer Lifetime Fountain Pen is presented as an investment rather than an expenditure. You will find a complete stock at ISCOTT'S BOOK STORE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Myers
Richard Bender
Iscott’s
Council Allocates Funds for Memorials in Lititz
Borough of Lititz approved $500 at January 1 meeting to maintain a plot to be deeded as a memorial for Revolutionary and World War soldiers. The move follows $2500 from the federal government for Revolutionary markers, with War veterans memorial plans underway alongside Chamber efforts. Officers present included Burgess Badorf and Councilmen Pierson Weber Rudy Helter, with reports on streets, water plant hours, valves, and a 10,275 balance plus income from water, taxes, and purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Town Hall
Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Weber
Levi H. Rudy
John D. Helter
Wissler
Farmers National Bank
H.M. Kofroth
C. .R. Krieder
A. W. Dietrich
C. M. Snavely
C. W. Miller
Lester Miller
Levi H. Yerger
B. F. Fralich
H. Leaher
Edison Electric Co
Roy Forney
D. W. Miksch
High School Science Club Hears Prof H H Beck
The Lititz Senior and Junior Science Clubs met in the high school auditorium with Prof. H H Beck from F and M College addressing the students on birds. He brought specimens, announced future talks by experts, and February will feature Traps and Furs. Supervisor is Miss Anna K Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Public Schools
H. H. Beck
F. and M. College
Ife
Anna K. Miller
Eden Fireman Takes Bald-Headed Prize
A. B. Kreider of the Eden Fire Company won the baldest-man prize at the annual Smoker of the Lititz Fire Company. Harry McCreary of Lititz challenged, but two judges were appointed to decide. The event drew about 200 attendees, with remarks from Paris Snyder and several fire officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. BR. Kreider
Eden Fire Company
Lititz Fire Company
Harry McCreary
Lititz
Victor Wagner
Lititz Company
John F. Landis
Bareville
Irvin Kauffman
Columbia
Charles Villee
Lancaster
Amer
Paris Snyder
Agricultural Trust Company
Bare 1Ville
Lancaster County Firemen’s Association
Frank Diehm
R. C. Heagey
Eden
The
O. of I Plan Big Night February 8
Lititz Springs Council No. 197 O of I met Friday with Empire Council No. 120 Lancaster member present. Entertainment Committee announced pork and sauerkraut supper on February 8 as wind up to the Big Nite. State Councilor R I Webber Pottsville to attend with other state officers. membership drive boosts Yaembers and council attendance. After-meeting programs praised and to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs
I. A
Empire Council No. 120
Lancaster
R. I. Webber
Pottsville
Lititz
Yaembers
Linden Hall Juniors rehearse for church play
The Linden Hall Juniors rehearse for a Monday evening performance on February 25. The Linden Hall Junior Choir at St. Pauls Lutheran, directed by Mrs Mary Longenecker, held a church basement supper for forty three attendees with recitations songs and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Mary Longenecker
Maud Bearinger
Ruth Bachman
W. R. Sammel
N. G. Bachman
Grace Sessaman
Scouts Hold Meeting in Lititz for Second Class Plan
A Boy Scouts of Lititz meeting Monday evening introduced the Second Class advancement plan with enthusiasm. Parents were thanked for their interest. The next meeting will be Monday evening February 4 at 7 o'clock.
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Boy Scouts of
Lititz
Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Notice
The Ladies Auxiliary will meet Friday night February 7. Matters of import ance will be discussed and all members are urged to be present. The meeting was scheduled for Thursday night.
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Fire Company
Travelers Near and Far in Lititz Area News
A tour of local social visits and travels spans Elizabethtown Lititz Pottstown Terre Hill and Mt. Joy with residents from Smoketown Reading Harrisburg Philadelphia and Philadelphians visiting relatives and friends. Notable notes include a mastoiditis operation for a Cedar Street child and practice teaching by Elizabeth Gintzer of Harrisburg at Elizabethtown College.
Senior Class to Present Comedy Next Week
The Lititz High School Senior Classwill stage The Arrival of Kitty on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The farce in three acts features Bobby Baxter disguising as a woman, mistaken identities, and brisk laughter, with a cast including Ford Godenaar John Eberly Herbert Longenecker Helen Steffy Mary May Bert Kauffman Raymond Runk and Dorothy Longenecker. Athens Ohio Superintendent G F Morgan praised a recent performance as a Tremendous success with a good house and lively applause.
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Lititz High School
Kitty
Bobby Baxter
Jane
William Winkler
Winkler
G. F. Morgan
Superitendent of
Athens
Ohio
Ford Godenaar
John Eberly
Herbert Longenecker
Helen Steffy
Mary May
Bert Kauffman
Raymond Runk
Dorothy Longenecker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Noitsville Junior High
Lititz Junior High
W. K. Lockhart
Bridge
United Brethren Church
Elizabeth Unbecker
New Street
Stephen Grumbling
Seaman Street
Harry Erb
Young Ladies’ Bible
C. Wm. Grosh
Woman’s Missionary Society of
St. Paul's
Elmer Bucher
Clay
Jacob Carper
Jacob K. Carper
North Broad Street
Morris Ivy
Centre Street
Amanda Rapp
Cedar Street
Fry
Coatesville
Cowper
King’s Daughters
Anna Stark
M. C. Demmy
Rotary Club
New York City
Delphian Chapter
Ecround
Lancaster- Lititz
Traction Company
Moravian Church
Nicaragua
Lutheran Church
India
Fire House
Council
High School Science Club
Victor
Scott’s Book Store
Adv
O. of
Edwinna Stevens
Elizabethtown
Calen Brookmyer
Smoketown
Keath
Bruce
Richard Gingrich
Pottstown
R. E. Worley
Terre Hill
Tex
Jacob Royer
Walter Jenkins
Gee. Grunenberger
Harry Myers
Robert Kling
Paul Fry
Mt. Joy
Laura Maud Reiff
Sara Dehme
Samuel Seather
Raymond Dillman
John Dillman
H. Y. Yocum
Reading
Luther League
Howard Zug
Canada
California
Harvey Snavely
Lancaster General Hospital
Russel Cardell
Ruth
Sunbury
East Main Street
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