Eight Sites Are Offered For New Post Office Here
Ground offered for a proposed post office includes eight plots in central town with sizes from 4 095 to 19 200 square feet. Site investigator A B Crawford studied the options after proposals opened Monday at the local post office and will report to Washington with findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
A. B. Crawford
Post Office Department
Washington
Broad and
Main Sts
S. F. Blatt
Main Streets
W. M. Grube
E. H. Grube
Main
Cedar Streets
Clayton Stehman
South Broad Street
Beck Bros
D. A. Long
Lititz Springs National Bank
H. N. Eberly
East Main Street
Stedman
G. E. Lane
West Main St
H. J. Pierson
North Broad Street
Lititz Springs Bank
D. C. Martin
C. E. Lane
North Spruce Street
H. Raymond Meiskey
Sam Henry
Bertha Miller
Crawford
Mrs Dengate Elected Legion Auxiliary Head
Mrs Mary Dengate was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary at a meeting hosted by Mrs Charles Brobst. Other officers include Mrs Leon Madlem first vice president and Mrs Brobst second vice president with Mrs Clair Rice recording secretary and Miss Mabel Schnerer corresponding secretary. Delegates to the State Convention to be held at Johnstown August 19 to 22 were Mrs Dengate and Mrs Norman Habecker. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs Clair Rice with Mrs Rice and Mrs Habecker as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dengate
American Legion Auxiliary
Charles Brobst
Leon Madlem
Brobst
Clair Rice
Mabel Schnerer
Alfred Douple
Irene Kofroth
Anne Weitzel
Norman Habecker
Dengate
Johnstown
Park View Hotel
Samuel Hoffman
Archie Rosenberg
Mabel Lehnerer
Treva. Fralch
Alcohol Education Caravan To Visit Lititz Tomorrow
The Alcohol Education Caravan, the only exhibit of its kind in the United States, will visit Lititz tomorrow evening. The car and trailer will be parked near the fountain about 8 o'clock with the director on hand to explain the exhibit and give a short address. The exhibit recently toured Tulsa and other states after leaving Philadelphia and Ocean City last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lititz
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Fountain
Philadelphia
Ocean City
Doctor Herr to Attend Osteopathic Convention in New York
Dr. Harry J. Herr will attend the American Osteopathic Association convention in New York next week. His office will close from Saturday the 18th to Sunday the 26th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Herr
American Osteopathic Association
New York
Lititz Sportsmen Plan Evening Trap Shoot at Springs Park
The Lititz Sportsmen's Association will stage a trap shoot this evening behind Springs Park starting early. Members are invited to attend.
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Lititz Sportsmen’s Association
Springs Park
Births for Lehn and Lausch Families
Mr and Mrs John Lehn of Spruce Street announce the birth of a daughter Friday at Lancaster General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert Lausch of Ephrata announce the birth of a son Monday July 6 at Lancaster General Hospital. Mrs Lausch before marriage was Miss Amy Grace Buehter of town.
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John Lehn
Spruce Street
Lancaster General Hospital
Robert Lausch
Ephrata
Lausch
Amy Grace Buehter
Town
Councilman Krick Sets Up Mark On Trip Not Likely To Be Surpassed Soon
The Lititz anecdote chronicles Councilman Chas Krick and family driving 4,000 miles from July 1 to July 11, including a Florida tarpon catch and a Texas Centennial Dallas visit, averaging about 400 miles daily with Dorothy and Richard along.
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Krick
Mrs. Krick
Dorothy
Richard
St. Petersburg
Florida
Charlie
Texas
Dallas
Lititz
St. Pauls Church Dinner Farewell for Parkers Tonight
The Rev and Mrs G Gordon Parker Jr sail next Wednesday for Liberia to serve as Lutheran missionaries. St Pauls Lutheran Church will host a farewell dinner this evening at 6 in the church social room with speakers from church and Sunday school departments and pledge support for their work in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Gordon Parker, Jr
Liberia
Africa
Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s
Parker
Democratic Club hears Vollmer at Lititz gathering in Malta Hall
Lancaster speaker David Vollmer addressed the Lititz Democratic Club meeting in Malta Hall on Tuesday evening stressing Roosevelt admin work. Raymond Groff of Strasburg spoke on Governor Earle. Florin and Pequea Clubs representatives, Alicia Rush reading a monologue, and a social refreshment period followed.
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David Vollmer
Lancaster
Lititz
Democratic Club
Malta Hall
Roosevelt
Raymond Groff
Strasburg
Earle
Florin
Pequea
Alicia Rush
First Aid Class Taught At Church Of The Brethren
Mrs Sara Jenkins started a daily first aid class at the Church of the Brethren Vocational Bible School after the Orphanage at Neffsville closed. Tuesday, with Dr M H Yoder, they plan to award National Red Cross certificates to participants. The class includes Mrs Jesse Dotterer Miss Elizabeth Dotterer William Miller Robert Myers Kenneth Geib Warren Houser Ada Dostman Geraldine Garman Mary Ebling Franklin Hefflefinger and Howard Badorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Jenkins
Church of the Brethren Vocational Bible School
Neffsville
Jenkins
M. H. Yoder
National Red Cross
Jesse Dotterer
Elizabeth Dotterer
William Miller
Robert Myers
Kenneth Geib
Warren Houser
Ada Dostman
Geraldine Garman
Mary Ebling
Franklin Hefflefinger
Howard Badorf
Town Social Notes Show Many Weekend Visits
Local residents from Lititz and surrounding areas spent weekends with relatives and friends in Reading Fleetwood Frazer Rothsville and Lebanon County. Visitors included the McKee Weaver family from Front Street the Light family at Lake Champlain and the Bushong Eby Sny der families among others with a community chicken pot pie supper noted and a pool ticket promotion at Lutz Hamburg steak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Eby
Olive Snyder
Front Street
Betty Weber
Lititz R. D
Arlene Bomberger
Elm
Milton Brackbill
Frazer
Sundey
Lavinia Neidermyer
Sheridan Weachter
Rothsville
George Royer, Jr
Liberty Street
Elizabeth Keith
Manheim
George Keith
Sandy Beach
Chester Baker
New Street
Clarence Weaver
Lloyd Weaver
Ronke
Earl Minnich
Smoketown
Elmer Shreiner
Kissel Hill
J. C. H. Light
Helen
Evelyn
North Cedar Street
Roderick Light
Lake Champlain
Vermont
Myrtle Bushong
Pine Grove Furnace
Edith Diehm
Crystal Manor Beach
Dorothy Kern
Allentown
Melvin Brunner
Paul Barber
Richard Adams
James DeHaven
Alfred Flick
Lancaster
Mary
Sadie Hess
Ruth
Florence Royer
Anna May Pfantz
Guy Hershey
Gon. Bruce
Lititz
Myrtle
Mary Jane Bushong
R. D
Raymond Reedy
Lois
Paints
Middltown
Delaware
Cooler Weather Ends Record Heat in This Section
After a week of 100 plus temperatures and a record 108 last Thursday, cooler air moved in with a Westward cool wave. A heavy rain early Tuesday blessed the crops while storms largely failed to materialize. The heat-related death toll nationwide neared 2,000, with Geo S. Roger, 83, a known local druggist, dying after heat collapse. In local blazes two barns burned, causing about 30 600 dollars in losses and Mt Joy firefighter Chester A. Coen, 45, died when the engine struck a tree responding to an alarm. Continued on Page 10.
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Geo. S. Roger
Ephrata
Mt. Joy
Chester A. Coen
Mt. Joy Company
Lititz Fire Company
East Petersburg
Neffsville
Frank Long
Car stolen after blistering heat at local factory
Jen McCreary discussed the heat at the trap factory Thursday afternoon. He found his car missing from the garage when he planned to attend the Union Picnic in the Park, noting it had been left in the sun. A hot-weather diet was started Monday noon by Morgan Paper Company staff. Two men carried quart hot along Main Street.
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Jen” McCreary
Nooney, Nugent, Lovett and Mann
Morgan Paper Company
Main Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Mrs. Dengate
Legion Auxiliary
Sportsmen’s
Chas. Krick
CharHe
St. Paul’s Church
Parkers
Peter Keller
Reading
Fleetwood
Snoops
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