Miscellany of Local News From Lititz and Nearby
Herman Welman suffers rheumatism while Oneida Tray Factory closes for a yearly employees vacation. Red Cross marchers wear white. Mrs. Sara Jenkins urges strong turnout. Dreamland Theatre change of ownership. Lititz Candy Co expands. A twilight loss 8 9 at Elizabeth town with Brown allowing three runs. Fire at Solotone plant. drier room hoards ignited yet contained. A striped yellow dog with current license roams. Lititz resident Mary Guiles marked 50th birthday with a supper and visitors. Speeding complaints lead to fines. Burgess Baderf invites applications. new home excavation on Broad Street. Lutz pool updates progress. Garman Getz family intruder scare. Zion Home grant noted. stores announce Saturday six oclock closings in July August. Wasnacht reunion plans July 5 meeting for July 26 gathering. Aeroplane ride over Lancaster features looping and tail spin remarks.
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Herman Welman
Oneida
Red Cross
Sara Jenkins
James Peisys
Lititz Candy Company
Dreamland Theatre
Charles Rosenberg
Jatitz
Elizabethtown
Brown
Burgess Baderf
Solotone
Lititz
Mary Guiles
South Broad Street
Bolo
Harry Sheaffer
Broadstreet
Lutz
Garman Getz
Broad Street
Cenent
George Buch
F_ G Barkley
New York City
Harrisburg
Zion Home
Lancaster
Wasnacht Reunion Committee
David Yasnacht
Ephrata
Spring Grounds
Litux
Henry
Newton Hershey
Thomas Furlow
iTe
Open air concert by Backman’s Orchestra Saturday July 5
The weekly open air concert is set for Saturday July 5 with Backman’s Orchestra as the main attraction. G G Dickit in charge of arrangements expects a pleasant change after the Fourth and notes many visitors will be in town and a large crowd is expected.
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Backman
G. G. Dickit
Hotels push beer sales amid legal risk and shortages
Local hotels continue selling 2 and 3 4 beer while a few bars face closures and arrests. One hotelier cites lawyer advice while several country hotels stock soft drinks and birch beer for emergencies as near beer availability declines.
Falls injure several as young boy escapes broken bones
Daniel Light, seven, fell four feet from a tree at Huber's wondo Tuesday. He survived with serious bruises and no broken bones, confined to bed under Dr. D C Martin. Mrs. Isaac Lesley fell from a hay wagon bruising limbs and to bed for days under Dr. Martin. Isaac Steinmetz fell from a wagon and suffered a shoulder injury with broken bone. Dr. N B Reeser attended him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Walter Light
Huber
Isaac Lesley
Pine Hill
D. CG. Martin
Isnac
Accident Injures Boy On Main Street Firecracker Ignites Clothing
Lester Ritter about ten years old was burned on Main street when a large shooting cracker stuck in his hip pocket ignited his trousers and shirt. He ran a hundred feet before bystanders and Druggist Moyer aided the patient. injuries were painful but not serious. Dr H A Coupe aided as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Ritter
Main Street
Moyer
H. A. Coupe
Will Go to California by Ford Jacol and Henry Sibbel
Will go to California by Ford Jacol and Henry Sibbel sons of John S Sibbel leaving in about two weeks for San Francisco. They will travel via Lincoln highway with camping gear and detours visiting Chicago Detroit and South Bend. Jacob who served in aviation will meet soldiers along the route. two brothers stay in California and parents plan to move there.
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Jacol
Henry
John S. Sibbel
San Francisco
California
Chicago
Detroit
South Bend
Jacob
Parade Route Change Noted by Committee
The committee changes the parade route, reusing the two year old path from Spruce to Marion to Broad and through Main T Main to Rome, Water Front Liberty Lincoln Ave N Broad fountain then disbands. Residents urged to trim their trees on affected streets promptly.
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Marion
Rome
Liberty
Lincoln Avenue
N. Broad
Welcome Home To the Boys Tomorrow
A long list of names including Balmer, Brubaker, Bomberger, Bowers, Brunner, Bucher, Enck, Evans, Fralich, Ford, Hackman, Hoover, Hornberger, Hoffman, Miller, Snavely, Wissler, Weitzel, Zellers, and others appears in a community notice. The item notes returning servicemen and local residents connected to the wartime effort.
Fourth of July parade plans and arrangements in Lititz
Stiffel-Freeman Safe Works will display prominently in the parade. The Tiog Island gang, led by Harry Gorton, works on the All G. A. R. Veterans float for Welcome Home day. Sons of Veterans secure a float to avoid walking. Jacob Roland to park cars near Warwick House and supervise. Trains will run as scheduled with some excursion trains canceled. A petition seeks an address by Hon. G. G. Diehm at 1 PM Friday. State Constabulary lead the parade with Ringgold band in the first division.
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Stiffel-Freeman Safe Works
Tiog Island Gang
Harry Gorton
Sons of Veterans
Jacob Roland
Warwick House
Soldier Boys
G. G. Diehm
State Constabulary
Frst
Ringgold Band
Civic
Industrial
Mommers
Horsemet
Invitation to Lititz Service Men Parade
Paul Badorf asks all soldiers and sailors to turn out for the Lititz parade tomorrow to make a strong showing. Lititz should bring a hundred servicemen and the town has always supported the boys. Encouraging reports say soldiers from other towns will join the celebration.
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Paul Badorf
Lititz
Travelers Near and Far Attend Fourth Celebrations
A parade of visitors and residents traveling by train trolley auto and other conveyances fills Lititz for the Fourth. Mr John Fass of Philadelphia returns home for the holiday as do several other Philadelphians and Pittsburghers visiting relatives. Nurses missionaries and relatives from Nazareth Ashland Schuylkill County Bethlehem Winston Salem and Statett Island appear among the guests and hosts marking the town’s celebration.
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Mary Lessig
Ashland
Schuylkill County
Asther Buch
William A. Smith
South Broad Street
Lloyd
Pittsburgh
Frank Sturgis
Philadelphia
N. D. Sturgis
Frank
Hog Island
Ernest Hagen
Statett Island
George L. Hepp
Lititz
Hila Donovan
Coatesville Hospital
William Diehm
John R. Gibbes
J. F. Graybill
Sweden
William Glassmyer
Denmark
Emil Bishop
Bethlehem
Elmer Kautz
Winston-Salem
N. C
Army and Navy Notes on Local Servicemen Returns
Ralph Kauffman, recently mustered out, lost a $78 pocketbook with discharge papers in Reading. Elam Bucher, son of Phares, is noted as Schétitz’s tallest soldier and a top local checker player. Shorty re enlisted for a year at army HQ after serving in France. he worked in the gas department testing enemy gas samples.
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Ralph Kauffman
Mr. Kauffman
Elam Bucher
Phares
Schétitz
Shorty
France
Emerson Groff Secures Civil Service Post in Washington
Emerson Groff, who arrived in bLhaé Statey on the 15th, has secured a civil service job in a government office in Washington D C. He served in the army with the A-ray department and gained photo developing skills. He will require further study for the new position.
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Emerson Groff
bLhaé Statey
Ving
Washington, D. C
Sndutine
Himerson
Local boy Louis Harrison in national advertising cards
Lititz resident Roy Hassler notes Herbert Lopp, starred in Moravian College circles, posed in Munsing Underwear ads across the United States. Lopp, a Bethlehem Moravian alum and former actor now performing in Washington, uses stage name Louis Harrison. Store owner Mr. Flassler confirms the likeness in the ads.
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Herbert Lopp
Munsing Underwear Company
API
United States
Lititz
Lopp
Bethlehem Moravian College
Roy Hassler
Linden Tall
Moravian College
Washington, D. C
Louis Harrison
W. TH. Buch
Fire Engine of 1793 in Parade
In Lititz a parade will feature the first fire engine, built 126 years ago and ordered in 1791. The apparatus shipped from Newworld Germany to New York in 1793, assembled by Peter Getw of Lancaster, with leather buckets still in good condition. The engine named Assistance recalls early firefighting days.
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Lititz
Fie
Friendship
Becoing
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Bert
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