Lititz Boy Scouts Elect Floyd Hackman Scoutmaster
Floyd Hackman former northern Lancaster County scouting official accepted the post of scoutmaster for Troop 1 Lititz at a troop committee meeting in the Business League. He previously boosted enrollment from 12 to 65 and oversaw the building of the scout cabin and a summer Conestoga camp.
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Floyd Hackman
Lancaster County
Boy Scouts of
Lititz
Business League
Hackman
Boy Scout Movement
Conestoga
Joseph W. Grosh
Howard Hackman
Elvin Geltz
Eugene Stauffer
Forest Fire Tower
Barton Sharp
Paul Furlow
Quentin Keath
Martin Katz
O’grady
Robert Rosenberg
Fred Godenaur
Ross Long
John Helter
William Stark
Harry Adams
Robert Reidenbaugh
Jumping the broomstick linked to informal marriages
The custom of jumping over a broom to symbolize marriage traces to unclear origins and is noted among Scottish gypsies. References appear in English literature as early as 1774.
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Scotland
Manners and Customs of Lititz 200 Years Ago Part I
Hood College presents a study of Moravian Lititz circa 1754 to 1761. The article describes the founding efforts by George Klein and Count Zinzendorf, the layout of the Brethren and Sisters Houses, and the role of Claus Coelln in building the central square. It explains the choirs system for supervised education and religious life, noting the Covenant of Sister Ann Nitschman and the May 4th Festival of the Single Sisters.
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Lititz
Hood College
Frederick
Zinzendorf
Bethlehem
Nazareth
George Klein
Warwick Township
Litiz
Bohemia
Church of the Brethren
Bethren’s
Brethren’s
Geminhaus
Claus Coelln
House of God
Castle of Linden Hall
Ann Nitschman
Herrnhut
Wanted Reliable Woman as Child's Nurse in Town
Central town family seeks a dependable woman to care for a child two or three evenings weekly. Interested applicants should leave name and address at the office.
Mark C E Week observance at Moravian church
The Senior Christian Endeavor Society of the Moravian Church will mark Christian Endeavor Week next week starting with a regular meeting Sunday evening. Tuesday features Old Timers night led by Miss A Virginia Grosh. Wednesday includes the mid week prayer service and Thursday hosts a social.
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Christian Endeavor Society
The
Moravian Church
Christian Endeavor
A. Virginia Grosh
Kremlin at Gorki Set Among Medieval City Walls
The Kremlin at Gorki, older than the Moscow complex, sits atop a rugged hill in Nizhni Novgorod region. Its low-arched gates open day and night as square towers rise above green foliage, housing modern government buildings in striking contrast to Moscow’s palatial sites.
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Moscow Kremlin
Kremlin
Gorki
Nizhni- Novgorod
Gorki Kremlin
Moscow
Ussr
Annual Lititz Fire Company Smoker Held Last Night
About 200 firemen attended the Lititz Fire House annual smoker. Guests from Lebanon York and Chester Counties joined in memorial exercises for six members who answered their last alarm this year. The organizing committee was led by Victor Wagner with Oliver J. Reed William H. Sturgis Arthur L. Reist and Christian F. Koehler.
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Lititz
Lebanon
York
Chester Counties
John C. Brenneman
W. H. Buch
Charles C. Birkenbine
James
Edgar Sturgis
John. J. Heiserman
Charles K. Klopp
Rey
Isaac Kauffman
Brunnerville
Noe
Victor Wagner
Oliver J. Reed
William H. Sturgis
Arthur L. Reist
Christian F. Koehler
R. C. Heagy
Eden
County Firemen’s Association
J. Harry Grube
Landisville
Abram 8. Stauffer
Palmyra
Lebanon County
James Fisher
Firemen’s Relief Association
Housing survey to aid homes and boost local business
The Better Housing Committee announces a survey plan to improve homes and stimulate labor and supply spending. The canvass has exceeded expectations and business leaders, led by chairman Guy Bomberger, praise the outreach and call for strong attendance at the upcoming meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Housing Committee
Guy Bomberger
Proxenos of a foreign state credited in ancient Athens
An excerpt describes the Proxenos role in ancient Athens, a high standing citizen welcomed and advised foreign visitors, serving as a diplomat and host to visiting officials from other republics in Greece.
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Greece
Athens
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Cine-Kodak
Ciné-Kodak
Wertsch
Call 142-M
Mill & Market
Mark C. E
Alfred Biggs
Henry C. Sturgis
Otis Sturgis
Lititz Fire Company
Radio Manufacturers Service
Alvin M. Frey
Broad Street
DODGE
Plymouth
R. R. Graybill
L. N. Moyer
Pennypacker Harris Bldg
Lititz, Pa
W. M. Kissinger
Housing Survey
Emma N. Mohler
New Street
E. K. Adams
RCA Victor
PRIMA
RCA
N. Broad Street
Henry J. Snavely
Front St
George L. Keith
E. Lincoln
Lititz Furniture CO
Spruce St
Louis Huebener
E. Main St
E. Main Bt
Hershey & Gibbel
Conveyancera, Scriveners
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