Lititz Events Highlight Local Folks and Happenings
The Lititz orchestra played at the Petersburg picnic at the Springs yesterday. Public sale of household goods will be held at 149 New Street on Saturday July 15. The Lititz band plans a concert on Main Street and the Burkholder building porch roof gathering. Rev. Harvey Eberly is at Lancaster General Hospital after suspected appendicitis, under observation. The Lancaster County Optometrical Society met in Lititz with about twenty representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Petersburg
Rudolph Herr
South Broad Street
Harry D. Buchter
Orange Street
Farry Sesseman
Broad Street
New Street
Samuel C. Sheaffer
John F. Longenecker
Reston
Burkholder
Main Street
Harvey Eberly
General Hospital
Lancaster
John Miller
Henry Bomberger
Tobacco Packing Association
John Lehn
Clay
Vancouver
B. C
Alaska
Lancaster County Optometrical Society
Wititz
Elizabethtown
Ephrata
Langaster
Manheim
Hepp
Five-Headed Cabbage Grows at Regennas Farm
At Charles Regennas home a cabbage stalk bears five heads from the same plant. Planted in early spring and among frost proof varieties from the south it marks a rare freak. Two heads rival coconuts while two more are hashball size and the smallest is very tiny. The plant grows rapidly amid an otherwise ordinary crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Regennas
Seven Year Old Girl Does Fine Embroidery Work
Jean daughter of Roy Yeiser Lebanon spends time with grandparents Mr and Mrs Peter Veiser She shows great interest in fancy work embroidering an apron in colors and making several flowers Her stitches are neat and even say observers all like her precise technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Roy Yeiser
Lebanon
Peter Veiser
Minnesota Professor Visits Brickerville Parents
Professor J. W. Kauffman of St Peter Minnesota arrived last week by automobile to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Emanuel Kauffman in Brickerville He teaches agriculture in a vocational school and is a graduate of State College Real Pfaury Bros ady on the last page of this issue The ad notes rave bargains in every department with a Saturday special offering a 10 quart galvanized pail for five cents to the first 100 customers Pfautz Bros also advertises a big shoe price slash during a removal sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Kauffman
Atuila
St. Peter, Minn
Emanuel Kauffman
Brickerville
Btale College
Real Pfaury Bros. Ady
Lititz Notebook Echoes Past And Oddities Of Town
A rambling Lititz column recalls local history and curious incidents. Tales include a 25 year view of cement pavements replacing brick, post life of Stevens Post GAR, a drunken box misidentification at the post office, rising auto licenses, and a startled night watchman chasing a mysterious intruder in a night shirt.
Special 58 Cent Beck Sale At Scotts Book Store
Scott's Book Store advertises a special sale featuring 58 cent bargains on select Beck titles. The promotion highlights discounted volumes and limited quantities, urging customers to shop early for best selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott's Book Store
Noah Myers to Open Office in Lancaster
Noah Myers of the Lancaster County Warm Sales Agency will open a Lancaster office at 124 EB King Street on Monday. The three room site includes an auction room and will be staffed by a Lancaster stenographer with six total staff across both offices. Myers aims to exceed one million dollars in business this year and has already expanded into Lebanon Berks Dauphin Chester counties. Engineers of the Edison Electric Company surveyed the former Cohen store for a trolley waiting station and possible carbarn, with a deal believed pending to the Risser property. The Lititz Boy Scouts depart for Camp Chiquetam joining Lancaster Scouts for a week. Franklin Sugar Refining Co of Philadelphia sues BEL Garber & Son Lititz and Lancaster Sanitary Milk Co for breach of contract over sugar purchases with price drop disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Myers
Lancaster
Lebanon
Berks
Dauphin
Chester
Pep
Ogden
Edison Electric Company
Cohen Store
Christian Risser
Franklin Sugar Refining Company
Philadelphia
BEL Garber & Son
Lancaster Sanitary Milk Company
Soldier Howard Smith Returns With German Bride to Lititz
Howard Smith a US Army veteran returns to Lititz with his German wife Margaretha Weber after five years service and two years in Coblenz. They arrived aboard a transport with 138 soldier wives landing in Charleston May 28 and plan to settle in Lititz. The bride, 25, feels at home here and is learning Pennsylvania German as she adjusts to American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Smith
U. S
Lititz
Irvin Smith
Spruce Street
Howard
Coblenz
Germany
Margaretha Webber
America
Charleston
S&c
My. Smith
Dily
Young Lutz Delights Warm Bureau Audience in Lancaster
Benjamin Lutz’s nine year old son Master Herry Lutz astonished a Warm Bureau gathering in Lancaster last week by producing music on a saw. He played with his father at the piano and performed The Farmer's Waltz to spontaneous applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Herry Luts
Benjamin Lutz
Lutz
Lancaster Intelligencer
Luitz
Longenecker's Restaurant Employees Vacation at Lititz Bungalow
Mr Wayne Longenecker and his daughter Helen along with several young women employed at Longenecker’s spent the forepart of the week in a Lititz bungalow beside the Conestoga. Names include Ruth Buchwalter Dorothy Johannsen Vialo Roth Alma Berookmeyer Thelma Plaute and Ethel Sturgis. A soap giveaway by Miller Hebecker’s offers 60 free pieces of soap on Thursday morning July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Longenecker
Helen
Longenecker
Lititz
Ruth Buchwalter
Dorothy Johannsen
Vialo Roth
Alma Berookmye?z
Thelma Plaute
Ethel Sturgis
Miller & Hebecker's
Stolen Hosiery Mill Stock and Bushong Truck Taken
Thieves entered the Lititz Hosiery Mill to steal seven hundred dozen socks valued at about $1000. A two and a half ton International truck and a touring car were also stolen, with tracks near the factory suggesting getaway by both vehicles. The Bushong truck was recovered in Philadelphia weeks later, repair needed, and the case turned over to the State police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
S. E. Bushong
Rome
Ben
Weir
Lancaster
Reading
Nathan Long
Rothsville
Bushong
Philadelphia
Paul
25Th
Huntington Streets
My, Bushong
City Hall
Lane Co Farm Sales Agency Reports Week of Real Estate Sales
Lane Co Farm Sales Agency and N S Myers Prop Lititz summarize weekly real estate transfers. John Hilton sells 36 acre Warwick Twp near Brickerville to James H White for 4500. Andrew H Wenger sells 79 acre Hempfield Twp to Simon Adams near York on private terms. William J Tebby sells 2 story Rothsville house on quarter acre to Mahlon Park of Lancaster for 1800. Amos W Nissley sells 162 1 2 acre Brecknock Twp to Walter C Good of Newark NJ for 11800. A new Fraternal Aid Union Lititz Lodge No 1082 will be instituted July 18 at Malta Hall with visitors from Lancaster Reading and Columbia. Frank E Pleitner of Baltimore Eastern Div Manager will attend. The union provides life insurance similar to standard companies. A solid membership start is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville
Mahlon Park
E. Ross St. Lancaster
Amos W. Nissley
Brecknock
Walter C. Good
Newark
N. J
Lititz
Fraternal Aid Union
Malta Hall
Lancaster
Reading
Columbia
Frank E. Pleitner
Baltimore, Md
Old Line Life Insurance Companies
California Visitor Benjamin Masterson Sees Pasadena Roots
California visitor Benjamin Masterson, 73, stayed with relatives in this county visiting his aunt Mrs. Julian Lutz on East Main Street. He traces family ties to Mastersonville, recalls the store built by his father, and notes a prior east visit ten years ago with Henry Gobble in Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Masterson
Pasadena
Calif
Julian Lutz
East Main Street
Annie Shelly
Israel Graybill
Pennville
Masterson
California
Mastersonville
Woos
Woman Killed by Train at Lancaster Crossing
Mabel Morrison of St Peters Chester County was instantly killed at the Plain street crossing on Saturday night while en route to meet a friend. Earlier in the evening two cars passed through Lititz about an hour apart. one from St Peters Chester County and the other from St Peter Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Morrison
St. Peters
Chester County
Plain Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lancaster
Lititz
St. Peter, Minn
Warwick House Sale Totals Lead Saturday Market
Four hundred forty six sales were made at the Warwick House on Saturday with a large crowd. Sucking pigs fetched high prices, and items including potatoes beets bacon cigars shirts records kiddy toys razors cedar chests and more were sold in varying amounts. Lewis H Valldes of Lancaster sues Laura L Hepp of Lititz for 000 damages after a June 4 collision near Bittner's garage Brownstown with a Lititz girl and four Greeks aboard the plaintiff's car. Laura L Hepp countersues for 507 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Lewis H. Valldes
Lancaster
Laura L. Hepp
Lititz
Bittner
Brownstown
Laura I
Louis Hepp
Rothsville Youth Wins Ford Car At Eden Festival
Eugene Mohn of Rothsville won a Ford touring car at the Eden Fire Company festival last Saturday as the first ticket drawn. He paid 25 cents for the chance and sold the prize to fund his schooling. his brother also bought tickets but did not win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Mohn
Joseph Mohn
Rothsville
Eden Fire Company
Eugene
Travelers Near and Far Visits Across Regions
Miss Caro Crosland has gone to Atlantic City to enjoy the sea breezes. Many neighbors and relatives are listed as traveling to Atlantic City, Niagara Falls, Vermont, Maryland, and Pennsylvania towns. The item notes continued visits, hotel stays, and family gatherings with several named locations and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caro Crosland
Atlantic City
Ella Eshleman
Ralph Jones
N. J
Martha Thoma
Marietta
Jere Adama
Rothsville
Henry Cooper
H. J. Pierson
Albert
White Mountains
Vermont
R. N. Wolfe
Lititz
Havre de Grace
Harry K. Adams
Springfield
Mass
Andrew Myers, Jr
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Lhove Auto
Minnesota
Big Sele
Praetz Bros
Pfautz Byos
Kreider
Ephrata Review
Ohn
W. von Neida
Addison W. Zartman
Stevens
7. 4. BR
John Carpenter
Royal
Sam
Tie
Almnus
Noah Myers
Camp Chiquetan
Lake Grubb
Lancaster Scouts
William Fasnacht
Paul Furlow
Carl Foltz
Homer Hackman
James Howard
John Keehn
Charles Kling
Paul Melzer
Paul Young
Marl Reis
Eugene Stauffer
Abel
Howard Hackman
Master Lutz
Large
Longenecker’s Restaurant
New Lodge
St.eters
Thur Lititz
Warwick
Wen Ford
L. Myers
S. Bernheiser
Washington, D. C
Springs Hotel
Lester Eaches
Clarendon Hotel
Virginia Avenue
Frank Eby
Niagara Falls
Delaware Water Gap
Anna Reidenbach
Cornwall
N. Y
Finanna Reidenbach
Jacob Hertzler
Verna
Irene
Edward Kafroth
Paulsboro
Elizabeth Grosh
Ideal Chocolate Company
Pacific Coast
Jonas Eberly
Scottdale
William Smith
Schaefferstown
Mr Smith
J. B. Young
Nazareth
Young
C. E. Beckler
Linden Hall
GC. M. Crouthamel
Souderton, Pa
J. W- G. Hershey
Crouthamel
E. &. Crosland
Ocean City
E. J. Garber
Frank Mcreary
Vermillion, Oho
McCreary
Walter McCreary
Newton Morrey
Ruth Brocius
Harrisburg
Sheaffer
Fleetwood
E. S. Young
George Keid
John
Linn T. -Merley
Thomas Brubaker
Agnes Adams
South Locust Street
J. Francis Hager
Ruth
N.Y
G. L. Hepp
Alice Hagen
Wilson Grube
Elizabeth
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