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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
8
William G. Eshleman and Miss Elizabeth Hertzler of town were married at the Moravian parsonage on Saturday evening by Rt. Rev. E. S. Crosland D D.
Benjamin K. Bollinger of Lititz and Miss Reba R. Beyer of Mt. Joy were married Saturday evening at 8 by Rev. A. F Hottenstein at his E Petersburg residence. A Sunday reception at Jacob H. Musser's Salunga home followed with thirty eight guests in attendance.
Paul O. Rohrer son of Mr. and Mrs. Phares Rohrer of Manheim R D 1 married Miss Anna R. Graybill daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Graybill of Lititz R D 2. Rev H B Yoder officiated Saturday morning in Lancaster. Nettie Forney of Lititz was bridesmaid with Walter Cassel as best man. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home and the Rohrers will reside there.
A town column recounts a serious yet comic accident involving a man’s trousers and a motor pump, a girl’s pickle joke, and Washington correspondence about Lititz on a map. It cites a 1931 map omission, a Hart hotel listing, and an editorial urging sane holiday practices and fireworks bans.
Mary Glassley aged 89 died at her Penryn home after a illness related to diseases. Survived by John Bitnier and Mrs Nathan Bitnier of Penryn, and Mrs Edwin Geib of Elstonville plus three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services at 2 pm at the residence, interment in Penryn cemetery. Peter S Helt aged 76 died at his son Henry Helts home in Manheim from a disease complication. Survived by Mrs Abram Rhoads, Mrs Joseph Snavely, Henry and Frances of Manheim, and brother Abram of Lebanon. Services at Henry Helts home then at Manheim Mennonite Church. Burial in Hernleys cemetery.
Miss Edna Weaver 36 of Lancaster died at General Hospital from complications after a brief illness. She was a daughter of Samuel Weaver of Lititz and survived by several siblings in Lancaster Quarryville and other towns. Funeral service was Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at 9 East Orange Street Lititz with burial in Lititz Moravian cemetery.
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