Legion To Entertain At Hospital Sunday
A caravan of American Legion members and Garden Spot Post volunteers will travel from town to the U S Veterans Hospital at Coatesville on Sunday afternoon. The Cadet Band and radio entertainer Riley Lausch will perform for veterans, with an outdoor program planned if weather permits and an auditorium fallback. Transportation and fundraising guidance are provided by Legion and Rotary volunteers.
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Garden Spot Post
American Legion
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Coatesville
Veterans of Town
Riley Lausch
Legion
South Broad Street
Hillside Service Held Under Young People’s Council
The first hillside service of the season was held under the Young People’s Council on the Lutheran Church hillside at Kis Hill Sunday evening with good attendance. Miss Margaret Froth served as reader and William Schnacht gave an address on friendship. Ruth Gochenaur sang a solo. The next meeting will be at 6 o’clock Sunday evening at the German Memorial Church, Bricker-.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Council
Kis | Hill
Margaret ‘Froth
Wiliam Snacht
Mothers Class Meeting At St Pauls Lutheran Mt Gretna
The Mothers Class of St Pauls Lutheran Church and Primary department helpers hold their monthly meeting Monday evening at the Thomas Steffy Cottage Mt Gretna. They will leave the Lutheran Church at 7 o clock. Desiring participants should notify Mrs Harry ers oy or Mr Victor Wagner by Saturday evening.
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St. Paul’sutheran Church
Jomas Steffy
Mt. Gretnaey
Harry
Victor Wagner
Double Picnic At Ings Park By Christ Lutheran Bethany
Christ Lutheran and Bethany Eu Sunday Schools hold their annual picnic today at Ings Park. Special cars depart at 8 50 and return to Lititz at 8 15. Activities include games for all ages and a small intergroup game in the afternoon.
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Christ Lutheran
Bethany EU
Ings Park
Lititz
Lucky Number Winners Named in Local Contest
Frank Bowman of Rothsville wins the free cleaning offered by Long The Cleaner with the July 1 lucky number. Dames V Frantz proprietor of Mens Shop at the General Lung the winner of the tire offered by Lititz Springs Garage in their ast.
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Frank Bowman
Rothsville
Long
Dames V. Frantz
Lititz Springs
Public phone booth opens on Main Street in Denver
Denver and Ephrata Telephone has installed a public telephone adjoining its exchange on Main Street. The booth will be available day and night and offers a big convenience in case of emergencies for local residents and visitors.
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Denver & Ephrata Telephone
Main Street
Iits
Bank Declares Dividend in Lititz on July 1
Lititz Springs National Bank announces a semi annual dividend of one cent per share to its stockholders as of July 1, underscoring steady earnings and plans for shareholder payout.
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Lititz
Springs National Bank
Local residents gather for weekend at Bonnie Briar Cottage
Mt. Gretna hosts array of townsfolk including Grosh and Longenecker families, Eshleman guests, and noted visitors. Nurses, teachers, and students converge for Fourth of July reunions. Hospital surgeries and accidents reported as community notes. Health center plans and church events announced along with camp meetings and Rotary discussion on the World Calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Grosh
Bonnie Briar Cottage
Mt. Gretna
Frank Longenecker
Henry Muth
Charles Straley
Grace Hassler
Town
Edward Scheid
Lancaster
Dorothy Mac Roth
Lancaster General Hospital
Linnaeus Roth
Lincoln Avenue
Elsie Bair Showers
Manchester
New Hampshire
Ada Bair Wilsom
Reading
Aaron) Eshleman
Emmeline Eshleman
M. L. Steiner
Gee. W. Sweigert
Olive
William Ebersole
Harrisburg
Olive Ogden
Philadelphia
Samuel Snyder
Phillipsburg
N. d
Charles Holtzman
Myerstown
Daniel Furlow
Mary Doris
Lorwinia Keenan
John Birkenbine
Mgr
Raymond Reedy
Evanselival Congregational Sunday School Orchestra
East Front Street
F. W. Stengel
Wennatchee
Washington
Moravian Sunday School
Amelia Miller
Anna K
Miller
Anna Stark
Alice Worley
Mountain Springs
Ephrata
Sumer
Clyde Arbegast
Lititz High School
Fred
Myre
Roy Pfautz
Canada
Elsie Spinner
Dorothy Myers
Kathryn Sammet
Nancy Seaman
Doris Furrow
Evelyn Zimmerman
Marion Kauffman
Flora Wynn
Anna Mary Franck
Mary Longenecker
Clarence Dengler
Fred Spinner
James Scheaffer
W. E. Hickman
W. L. Lockhart
Rachel Brown
Charles, Merryman
Fawn
Kaylor
Elizabethtown
Anna Medary
Jean Reedy
Lightning Victim Improves After Striking Mystery
Mrs. Jonas Wikerd, 44, was struck by lightning while uncovered tobacco on Petersburg Road near Girvin’s greenhouses. She is slowly improving at home though hearing may never fully return. Her 11 year old son Paul was knocked down but unharmed. neighbors and Dr Posey responded.
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Jonas Wikerd
Girvin
Petersburg Road
Pfautz Bros Free Swim Prizes Awarded at Latz Pool
At the Pfautz Bros. Dept Store free swim at Latz Pool on Friday, Anna Pfautz won a book of trading stamps for a girls race. Ruth Spickler earned best dive for girls, Mary Sturgis won a bathing cap for the girls under water swim. In boys events, Roy Badort took the speed race prize, Winfield Buchter won the best dive prize a belt and the scout whistle for the best plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfautz Bros. Dept
Latz
Anna Pfautz
Ruth Spickler
Mary Sturgis
Roy Badort
Winfield Buchter
Buchter
Auction at Roehm Inn Tomorrow
A public sale of furniture potatoes fruit talking machines stoves brooms and more will be held tomorrow at 7 o clock standard time at the Roehm Inn east of town. JL H Kauffman and Son are the auctioneers. Future auctions are announced and items brought to the Inn between 6 AM and 6 PM on a weekday will be accepted for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roehm Inn
JL. H. Kauffman and Son
Physician Dr Howard Long Establishes Lititz Office
Dr Howard A Long formerly of Bricker ville has moved to Lititz and opened offices at 363 N Broad Street He has practiced in Brickerville for many years and left his residence there after his wife’s death earlier this year.
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Howard A. Long
Brickerville
Lititzs
N. Broad Street
Long
Free Swim Today At Luntz Pool Hosts Children
A free swim event is hosted today by Binkley Bros. and others at Luntz Pool on Locust Street with a large crowd of children expected. Pfauiz Bros. Store hosted a similar event last week drawing a big turnout.
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Binkley Bros. & Other
Luntz’ Pool
Locust Street
Pfauiz Bros. Store
Flora Frick to Visit Morning Star Temple No 70
Mrs Flora Frick Grand Templar will pay her official visit to Morning Star Temple No 70 Lititz next Wednesday night. A good attendance is requested.
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Flora Frick
Grand Templar
Lititz
Ushers Name Officers of St Pauls Lutheran Group
The Ushers Association of St. Pauls Lutheran Church elected officers including President O K Bushong Vice President C B Dus singer Secretary N H Kready and Treasurer A Y Long The annual picnic is set for the last Thursday of this month at the White Oak Picnic Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushers’ Association of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
O. K. Bushong
C. B. Dussinger
N. H. Kready
A. Y. Long
White Oak
Union Picnic Planned at Springs Park Next Week
The Union Picnic will be held at Springs Park next Thursday July 16 with Sunday Schools from Moravian Lutheran Reformed Evangelical Congregational and United Brethren churches attending.
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Union
Moravian, Lutheran, Reformed, Evangelical Congregational
United Brethren Churches
Springs Park
Greeting Old Friends Over The Fourth
Easton visitors Mr. and Mrs. William Stoneback spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Willis Godhenaur. Numerous Lititz families hosted friends over the Fourth, including residents from Philadelphia Annapolis Nazareth and Reading, with extended stays and family gatherings across Broad Street Maple Street and New York City connections.
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William Stoneback
Easton
Willis Godhenaur
BE. Raudebush
Minersville
J. CG. H. Light
George Smith
Philadelphia
Martha Thuma
Katie Smith
Clarence Basford
Annapolis
Bassford
Tillie Rudy
Lititz
Albert Sturgis
Nazareth
J. W. Bruckart
Famly
Charles Gardner
C. Wm. Grosh
Lee Groff
Washington, D. C
John Shultz
Charles Pfautz
Bertha Klaus
Bethlehem
H. E. Grosh
Maple Street
Francis C. Grosh
Bristol
Harry Rettew
Wynente
Rettew
Jacob B. Landis
West Reading
Broad Street
Paul Evans
John
Jay Evans
Lans'Gowne
Harry Tshudy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mary
Carrie Tshudy
Harry Badder and
Claire Rice
Paul Diewer
Enry
Reading
Jjames
Kirkwood
RB. A. Weicksel
Manheim
Paul Elberti
Elberti
Ernest Quinn
Ana
Ernest
Fairview
N. J
Geo. Grunenberger
Andrew Burrows
Little Falls
N. Y
B. c. Couch
Victor Stark
Elwood Arnold
Welter, Smith
Barton Swarr
Ardmore
Harold Weidman
Roxboro
Ralph Parthemore
Highspire
Bertha Franck
Fourth of July Visitors and Prevailing Week End Guests
A long list of visitors and extended families are noted visiting Lititz and nearby towns over the Fourth. Names include Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Rice and family, Ruth Wilson of Oxford, Kathryn Zimmerman, the Sessemans of Harrisburg, Lambert and Longeneker households, and many others from Philadelphia, Brownstown, Mauch Chunk, Bethlehem, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Reading, and Vineland, with stays ranging from weekends to weeklong visits.
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G. E. Rice
Rebecca Gordon
Edwin Gerhart
Samuel Frederick, Jr
Hayden Sessemann
Harrisburg
Ruth Wilson
Oxford
Harry Sesseman
Kathryn Zimmerman
Fawn Grove
Wm. Glenn
Mauch Chunk
Fannie Schnerer
Schaeffer
Sarah Roberts
Ethel Wolf
Brownstown
Ruth Peck
Manheim
James M. Goldthwait
Billie Brown
Staten Island
George Reinke
Moravian College
Bethlehem
C. Robert Longenecker
Miles Fasnacht
Indiana
Alice Fasnacht
Gilbert McGeehen
Gilbert
Detroit
J. F. Longenecker
Grace Parthemore
Dorothy Long
Highspire
James Howard
Ed Spangler
Philadelphia
Emma Spangler
East Main Street
Ruth Seather
St Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
Luther Wealand
Phoenixville
Margaret
Vineland
N. J
Frank Leaman
N. B. Leaman
Allan Burkholder
Jane
Mary
Emma
Grand Rapes
Mich
J. Hetrick
Mary Hetrick
W. H. Zartmar
A. M
Tendered Big Serenade to Mr. and Mrs. Eshleman
Lititz Fire Company surprised newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Eshleman with a late night serenade. A troupe of fire trucks toured the town while an old-time German band played impromptu concerts. Afterward the group gathered at the Fire Hall for lunch, ending the celebratory ride through town.
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Lititz
Wm. G. Eshleman
Eshleman
Accidents Strike Family of Claude Buchter
Misfortune hit the Buchter family of Front Street with two incidents in one day. Claude Buchter suffered a badly crushed foot at the Animal Trap Factory when a dye-bed fell on him and was treated at Lancaster General Hospital. His son Winfield, 18, stepped on a rusty nail on a nearby farm and is nursing a painful foot.
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Claude Buchter
Front St
Buchter
Lancaster General Hospital
Winfield
Fireworks ban notes and town life in Lititz
Neighboring towns watched Lititz enforce a Fourth of July fireworks ban with interest, reporting a peaceful holiday and fewer injuries. Local bands performed well, a reader complained of late night radio noise, porch furniture thefts recurred, and several births were announced including children born June 29 to July 2.
Safe And Sane Fourth Is Observed In Lititz
The Lititz Fourth celebration at Springs Park drew large crowds despite rain earlier. Admissions reached 2250 dollars with over 500 parked autos, concerts and a baseball double header entertained attendees, and a candle display and fireworks impressed the crowd. One accident involved Clarence Miller of Lebanon with a finger injury while tossing a cracker from a car. New Holland beat Manheim 8 to 5 in the morning game. Manheim won 6 to 5 in the second.
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Lititz
Springs Park
Traffe
Clarence Miller
Lebanon
Park
Manheira
New Holland
Manheim
Keller Family Reunion Set For Springs Park Saturday
The Seventh Annual Keller reunion will meet in Springs Park on Saturday. Officers include President Henry T. Keller of Philadelphia and Vice President Alvin R. Keller of Lititz with multiple secretaries, treasurer William Keller of Ephra ta and historians, plus committees led by A. R. Keller Lititz and other Keller family members from Lititz, Richland Akron and Lancaster.
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Keller
Springs Park
Henry TE. Keller
Philadelphia
Alvin R. Keller
Lititz
Harry Keller
Lancaster
A. R. Keller
William K. Keller
Ephrata
Lizzie Herr
Milton Roger
Richland
Raymond Wenger
Akron
Beulah Wenger
William Keller
George K. Keller
Peter BR. Keller
Frank B. Keller
Allen B. Keller
E. K. Brubaker
Park
Peter E. Keller
Bible School Closings and Picnics Planned
The Evangelical Congregational Vacation Bible School will close Sunday at 7 p m with a special program. An annual picnic is set for Penryn Thursday afternoon. The Union Vacation Bible School closes Sunday at 7 20 p m in the Lutheran Church. An animal picnic is planned for Friday afternoon in the woods.
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Evangelical Congregational Congregation
Penryn
Union Vacation Bible School
Lutheran Church
Horton Optician Lincoln Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted
Horton Optician offers eye examinations and glasses fitting at reasonable prices. Open daily from 9 a m to 8 p m with Monday closed, customers invited after supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helirs
Horton, Optician
Lincoln
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Legion To
Rand
Roehm
Uri
Lititz Pike
Cur
Sousa
Thea
Arthur Johannsen
West Orange Street
Ralph Stauffer
New Street
Ivan Behmer
Front Street
Charles Getz
Norman Bell
Rannels Minnich
Kellers
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