Left on Sunday For Home In Hartz Mountains Germany
Left on Sunday for home in Hartz Mountains Germany. Lloyd Royer displays Indian relics in Hensel's show window with over 400 arrow heads spear heads axes and tools used by the red men. The trap factory closed Saturday July 3 resumes Monday July 12 as employees vacation out of town. Enbreeville Chester county team to play Lititz at Spring Grounds with pitcher Jefferies. Mrs Mary L Steiner owns a Centennial neck clasp. John Leed a thimble from same exposition. N D Sturgis owns a wooden shovel from Elizabeth Mansion dating to Revolutionary era. Local American Legion Post represented Colonial soldiers in Sesquiparad Lancaster route July 8 with notable marching. Lititz Boy Scouts joined big parade. Mr and Mrs I F Zartman returned to New York after a Lancaster county visit. Zartman installed a flour mill for his father near Lititz. Mrs Zartman visited her parents in Ephrata. Harry W Seaber and son Paul of Palmyra NJ visiting brother Harvey Seaber. last 14th of July celebration 19 years since prior. Church services in Brunnerville picnic grove each evening starting Sunday July 11 at 7:40 with visitors from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Royer
Hensel
American Legion
Lancaster
Lititz
I. F. Zartman
New York City
Lancaster County
Zartman
F. K. Zartman
Harry W. Seaber
Paul
Palnyra
N. J
Harvey Seaber
Harry
Myrtle Eckert
Baltimore
William Stoneback
Easton
Chester Ritchie
Chambersburg
Lloyd Ritchie
Ashland
George Smith
Mary S. G. Buch
W. H. Buch
Griffith Schott
John
Ben Fass
William H. Kline
Pottsville
Lexington
Harold Kissinger
Pittsburgh
William Kissinger
William Keller
William Robinson
Holmeshbure
Grace Keller
Agnes Adams
Alvin Koehel
Locust Street
Red Lion
Berks County
Thomas Brubaker
Clarence Dillman
Newcomer
Mount Joy
Toronto
Canada
John Evans
Shartlesville
Evans
Old Warwick
Ruth Nau
Littlestown
Adams County
Curtis Hensel
Agnes Hensel
Miss Nau
Millersville State Normal School
Sue Nixdorf
Astoria
L. I
Lizzie Wagner
E. Orange Street
Charles Sampsel
Reading
Cora B. Miller
Elizabeth Workman
East Petersburg
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
William Butt
Roland G. Holmes
Chicago
Mary Burchell
Todd Burchell
Burchells
Thomas Burchell
Ed Gorton
Edward
Ella O'Mara
Woodside
Pharis Sweigart
Hillside service at Kis sel Hill in District 4 Sunday
The P. E. Council of District No. 4 schedules a hillside service at Kis sel Hill on Sunday evening at 6 30. Attendance invited. No hillside service at Coleman Memorial church on Sunday July 18. A German boy Gunter Pieper who stayed in town eleven months leaves for Hamburg Germany to meet his father and return to Wernigerode in the Hartz mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Council
District No. 4
Kissel Hill
Coleman Memorial Church
New Male Chorus Formed for Church Work
A male chorus of ten voices has been organized among the Willings Workers of the Church of the Brethren. They debuted Sunday evening at home after contributing to Brickerville Sunday School Association programs, drawing favorable notices from listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willings Workers
Church of the Brethren
Sunday School Association
Brickerville, al
Church Dedication at Brickerville St Johns Lutheran
The dedication of St John s Lutheran Church of Brickerville will be held on Sunday July 18 with services all day. The following week will feature daily services each evening through Friday inviting everyone to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John’s Lutheran Church of
Brickerville
MR Muth and Wife Return from Western Trip
Mr and Mrs W H Muth returned home Friday after a three week journey through the west. Mr Muth attended a Rotary Club convention in Denver Colorado then joined Rotarians on a sightseeing tour in special coaches. They visited Pikes Peak Rio Grande through the Royal Gorge stopped at Salt Lake City spent five days at Yellowstone Park and called at Kansas on the way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Muth
West
Mr. Muth
Rotary Club
Denver
Col
Pastor Meets Former Boy Friend Visits Evangelical Church
Mr and Mrs Morris Koser of Ier shey attended Sunday evening service at the Evangelical church. Afterward Rev 8 A Teisey shook hands with visitors saying they were strangers to him. The visitor, once a boy friend near Town, had grown stout and came with his mother to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Koser
Iershey
Evangelical Church
A. Teisey
Vacational Bible School Successful in Community
The Community Daily Vacation School held sessions starting June 11 1926 with co operation from Moravian United Evangelical United Brethren Reformed and Lutheran churches. Forty four teachers and helpers guided Junior and Primary divisions across locations totaling 216 attendees, but lower than last year. Directors were Miss Marion Biemesderfer Miss Mary Hess Miss Ruth Royer and Mrs J C H Light. The closing service July 1 featured memory work and a pageant Miss Thankless Becomes Miss Thankful directed by Miss Beatrice Peiffer with Beulah Bachman Miriam Russell Agnes Hensel. A gift basket for Rev Sammel and $22 in offerings marked the event. Expenses ran about $140 mainly for curriculum and closing service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
United Evangelical
United Brethren, Reformed
Lutheran
United Brethren
Reformed
Marion Biemesderfer
J. C. H. Light
Mary Hess
Ruth Royer
Miriam Russell
Agnes Hensel
Sammel
Lititz Telephones to Sesqui Talk and Brock's Redemption
In Lititz residents recall the first telephone trial from the Sturgis House to a stable, a 200 foot line installed by F. P. Hart and Thomas Milchsack. The piece also profiles Henry Brock of Philadelphia, jailed at the Eastern Penitentiary for three years after a fatal crash, then released and directing extensive welfare work and prisoner craft programs, demonstrating a dramatic social conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Sturgis
Burkholder
F. P. Hart
Thomas Milchsack
Henry Brock
Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
Brock
Keller Family Notes Visit to Manheim and Akron Return
George Keller of Akron Ohio visited his parents Mr and Mrs Zach Keller and called on his brother Henry Keller in Manheim. He traveled with Aaron Zahm and completed the trip in sixteen hours of running time. The Keller family once lived in Lititz. Younger brother Elwood Keller recently left on an auto tour to Washington state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Keller
Akron
Ohio
Manheim
Zach Keller
Henry Keller
George
Aaron Zahm
Keller
Lititz
Elwood Keller
Washington
Lititz Products and Antiques In Beck Brothers Window
Beck Bros display on South Broad street draws crowds with two windows showing antiques and Lititz manufactured goods. The exhibit lists numerous local exhibitors including Lititz Shirt Factory, Keystons Underwear, Lititz Bakery, Woolworth Chemical, and General Cigar Co among others. Numerous residents and merchants named participate in the week long display showcasing varied historical items and current products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Beck Brothers
Beck Bros
South Broad Street
Steigel
Hackman & Hornley
Lititz Haper Box & Printing Co
Animal Trap Co. of America
Workman Co
Ideal Cocoa & Chocolate Co
Woolworth Chemical Co
Keystons Underwear Co
Independence Day Gate Receipts at Springs Grounds
The Independence Day celebration drew a large evening crowd at Lititz Springs Grounds with nearly 7,000 tickets sold and auto parking filling early. Receipts totaled 2206.50 plus 123 for parking, while fireworks impressed and crowds lined Broad Street. past-year comparisons show variability but this year rated as a good average despite rain in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
American Legion
Broad Street
Lititz Boys Attend Camp Shand With Lancaster Partners
Four Lititz boys Rober Kreider Theodore Herr Tonald Scott and Raymond Meiskey join Lancaster youths at Camp Shand in Lebanon county near Cold Springs. The group, part of the M C A camp program, will stay about two weeks under supervision of able leaders from the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rober Kreider
Theodore Herr
Tonald Scott
Raymond Meiskey
Lititz
Lancaster
Shand
Lebanon County
Cold Springs
Lancase Ter ¥. M.C. A
Lititz man connects with Ciccone Shoe Repair Shop
Michael Mastromatteo who conducted the Progressive Shoe Repair Shop in Lititz has invested in the Ciccone Shop at Lancaster. His brother Eli, longtime Lititz staffer, will head the Lititz shop while Mastromatteo continues to live in his owner-occupied Lititz home and travel daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Ciccone Shoe
Michael Mastromatteo
Ciccone
Lancaster
Eli
Mastromatteo
Early potato crop promising in local market
New home grown potatoes have been on the market for two weeks, selling around $2.25 a bushel. Indications point toward an immense crop as roots hang full and moisture plus cool weather favored growth. There were few potato bugs due to the cool season.
Local Birthdays Milestones Near Lancaster Area
Mrs Frances Flory of Lancaster turns 76 on Saturday July 10. Martin S Hess reaches 68 on Sunday July 11. Mrs Daniel Weachter of Pine Hill will celebrate her 82nd birthday on Monday July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Weachter
Pine Hill
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lititz From Many Places
Miss Myrtle Eckert spent from Friday to Tuesday with friends in Baltimore. Philadelphians stayed for the National Holiday, including Mr and Mrs George Smith. Several locals hosted relatives from New York, Pittsburgh, Reading, and Chicago during the Fourth. A Newark to Toronto auto trip was noted for local families visiting from Lititz and surrounding towns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hartz Mountains
Germany
Waitch
Charles H. Zartiman
Enbreeville
Chester County
Lititz Nine
Jefferies
Mary L. Steiner
John Leed
N. D. Sturgis
Elizabeth Mansion
Woods Meeting
Brunnerville
Gunter Pieper
New York
Hamburg
Wernigerode
Jacob Carper
North Broad Street
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Alvin Ohle
Pieper
Hershey
Niagara Falls
United States
Iis
Bricker Ville
Wife
County Foresters
Imitz
Associated Courts of
Lititz Springs
Rotary Band of
Columbia
Mt. Joy
Ringgold
Ringgold Band of
Umbenhauer’s Grove
Bernville
Eugene 4. Weidener
Robert Mattern
Boyfreend
G. L. Hepp
Paul Bushong
W. R. Sammel
Hepp
Lititz Products
Longenecker’s
D. S. Walton Co
Elmer Eby
Chas, Rosenberg
Century Oil
Lititz Shirt Factory
Keath’s Planing Mill
James Sturgis
D. G. Witmyer
Lititz Springs Beverage Co
Rush Mfg
L. Peiffer
A. M. Kreider
Raezer Drug Co
H. Couch
John Helman
D. B. Migsimer
John Miller
D. C. Martin
Ruth Kofroth
F. B. Buch
John Brubaker
Wm. Mathers, Sr
Albert Godenaur
Walter Steely
J. E. Snyder
Anna K. Miller
M. M. Stauffer
H. B. Buch
Phares Malschnee
John Wommert
Harry Kepple
Webster Keath
J. L. Snyder
A. B. Dommy
Wilson Bollinger
John Zug
Thomas Kissinger
Frances Flory
Martin S. Hess
Keeep
Ephrata Band
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