Lititz items note births, birthdays, events and notices
Local life items include John Yerger’s 69th birthday on Saturday, a baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Arlington Rader, a Ford tail light found on N Gedar street, and Raymond Meiskey purchasing an Overland roadster. Moravian picnic day prompts stores to close at noon next Wednesday. many community notices follow.
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John Yerger
Second Ward
Arlington Rader
N. Gedar Street
Raymond Meiskey
Overland Country Club
Menno Burkholder & Son
Bertin
Elam Seaman
Emily Miller
Frank Mitchell
Margaret Kersey
Mary H. Shenk
Bertha Weidman
David D. Weave
Lititz
P. O
W. Flory
Brunnerville
Amos Roth
Warbank
Springs Hotel
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lititz Springs
Manheim
Ephrata
Dreamland Theatre
Alice Brady
Clara Rollman
Lititz R. D
Lititz Clothing & Shoe Etore Adv
St. Swithin’s
St. Swithin's
Tarvia dustless streets finally arriving in Lititz
Borough experts report tarvia delivery after months of red tape and delays. First carload used on Broad Main and Front streets with a horse drawn sweeper raising dust, while residents are urged to thoroughly clean streets remove oil residues and avoid watering before application. Ten day project depends on weather. a wheat substitutes demonstration is planned at the high school auditorium next Tuesday at 2:30.
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Potts
State College
Sugar Ration Reminders Narrow Monthly Allotment
Citizens are reminded to limit sugar to three pounds per person each month. Some individuals have already exhausted their allowance, leaving the rest of the month with little to spare. The note urges careful consumption to avoid shortages.
Miss Emma Singer Resigns at Ideal Chocolate Office
Miss Emma Singer, long employed in the Ideal Chocolate Company office, has relinquished her position there and is now serving as a clerk in the office of John F. Longeenecker.
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Emma Singer
Ideal Chocolate Company
John F. Longenecker
Chautauqua Week Ends With Enthusiastic Lititz crowds
Large audiences in Lititz enjoy seven days of Chautauqua lectures and entertainments. Dr. Sutcliffe from Portland leads sessions on Train Folk focusing on children and environment. Junior Chautauqua, led by Miss Duncan, draws over 100 youths and plans Friday’s Liberty's Torch playlet.
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Lititz
5.E. Evans
Woodrow Wilson
Obert Sutcliffe
Portland
Oregon
Sutcliffe
Miss Duncan
Bertha Smith Titus
Chautauqua
Luker
Watteman
Brown
Dyes house erected at Keystone mills and local building boom
A new dye house rises at the Keystone underwear mills on the old site. Pine lumber from the demolished schoolhouse yields 54 feet flawless timbers. The Kaustine sanitary system will be installed in lavatories. Hershey-Seaman Co. oversees additions to a local paper box plant and several farm buildings.
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Keystone Underwear Mills
Hershey-Leaman Co
Stiffel & Freeman Safe Works
Hershey-Seaman Company
Meadow Brook
N. B. Leaman
Manheim
Daniel Weidman
Weidmansville
Hiram Longennecker
Penn Township
Mistaken fisherman's trip ends with S O S call
A famous local fisherman, returning from a trip in his Ford after a heavy rain, believed he had a whale of a catch. In truth the motor failed in the downpour, forcing him to summon help. He finished the day with two good bass to show for the afternoon.
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Conestoga
Bass
Lititz
Henry
Numerous Persons Called to the Great Beyond in Lancaster
Horace G. Bushong of 535 Juniata street Lancaster died at General Hospital Lancaster Friday evening about 7 30 o'clock aged 59 cause Bright's disease Born near Leola son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bushong millwright noted as a top worker traveled to Eastern states lived in Rothsville Lititz and Lancaster member of Salem Reformed church He was twice married leaving children from both marriages and siblings in Lancaster and Lititz Funeral services and interment were at Heiler's church also notice of Benjamin Shertzer death in San Francisco at age 62 formerly of Lititz with surviving wife son Lieut Robert Shertzer and siblings in Lititz Baltimore Philadelphia
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Horace G. Bushong
Juniata Street
Lancaster
General Hospital
Rothsville
S. E. Bushong & Bro
Lititz
Salem Reformed Church
Heller’s
Sarah Wingender
Howard B
Ethel Frank
New York
Ralph
Philadelphia
Ada
Lloyd C. Smith
Pittsburgh
Chester
Detroit
Mich
Robert
Catherine
Elsie
Richard
Eather
J. Warren
Samuel E
Near Lititz
E. L. Bushong
Emma Ackerman
Hannah Oehme
Benjamin Shertzer
San Francisco
Cal
Shertzer
Rickert and Hepp
Jacob Shertzer
Baltimore
Robert Shertzer
Camp Lewis
Wash
Oehme
Kate Hartman
Isaac
David Shertzer
Harry Shertzer
Trustees Werl Pleased At Linden Hall Seminary Meeting
The semi annual board session at Linden Hall Seminary saw Rev F W Stengel report solid finances amid rising costs and frugal stewardship. Trustees noted garden progress and expect potatoes and other goods for the term. Attendees included Rev Paul de Schweinitz, Rev E S Hagen, Louis Eysenbach and local trustees, followed by an ample repast.
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Linden Hall Seminary
F. W. Stengel
Stengel
Stenge
Paul de Schweinitz
Bethlehem
E. S. Hagen
New Dorp
Staten Island
H. C. Seldomridge
Geo. L. Hepp
J. Krank Buch
A. H. Bomberger
Needlework 81 Years Old Acwell Found in Philadelphia
An 81 year old needlework piece showing a wreath of flowers with Margaret Hummel Lititz Seminary inscription from December 24 1837 surfaced when Louis Eysenbach a Philadelphia resident and seminary trustee bought it in an antiques shop on Chestnut Street and donated it to the school. The materials include chine silk chiffon and silk in a glass frame. Enrollment records show Hummel entered the seminary in 1836 aged 16 and little is known of her later life. Also reported is a vivid double rainbow seen in the eastern sky after a long drought broken by Sunday storms bringing beneficial rains for crops and particularly potatoes.
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Acwell
Margaret Hummel
Lititz Seminary
Louis Eysenbach
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Travelers Near and Far in Local News Notes
A column notes many locals and visitors traveling by train trolley and other conveyances. Names include REv FE S Crosland in New York City. Jacob Heineman to Levi town Reading. Amelia Fisher Robesonia. Meta Rudy Vineland NJ. Floyd Stark Landisville. Arville Burkholder York county. Charles Eberly Reamstown. Walter H. Buch. W A Ensrainger Manheim. H D Noll Reading. Anna Noll. Lizzie Becker Neffsville. Clayton Bomberger Waterloo Ontario. Louis Wagonhurst Perkasie. Violette Barriers Staten Island. H Knauble Staten Island. plus berry pickers project. The piece closes with huckleberry crop notes and a party gathering for berries, totaling 40 quarts.
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FE. S. Crosland
New York City
Jacob Heineman
Levi Town
Reading
Amelia Fisher
Robesonia
Salinda
Lydia Hess
Misa Meta Rudy
Vineland
N. J
Lillie Rudy
Floyd Stark
Landisville
Harry Rudy
Arville Burkholder
York County
Charles Eberly
Reamstown
Walter H. Buch
W. A. Ensrainger
Manheim
W. M. Plauta
H. D. Noll
Anna Noll
John F. Ruth
Lizzie Becker
Church of the Brethren Home
Neffsville
Elizabeth Township
Clayton E. Bomberger
Waterloo
Ontario
Canada
Jacob H. Romberger
Louis Wagonhurst
Perkasie High School
Wagonhurst
N. B. Reeser
Violette Barriers
H. Knauble
Staten Island
N. Y
Frank Gantz
Pine Hill
Warwick Township
Springs Committee plans Fourth of July events and fund use
A Springs Fourth of July committee meeting with 24 attendees reported a successful celebration despite wartime price pressures. Proceeds allocated 100 dollars for War Savings Stamps, with the rest funding park upkeep and improvements. Refreshments were enjoyed by the local volunteers.
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Enck
Locusts Arrive as Heat Finally Returns to Summer
The summer has been unusually cool this season and pessimists predicted persistent chill. Now sweltering days loom as locusts arrive and their singing is heard widely.
Moravian Picnic on Spring Grounds Next Wednesday
Moravian Sunday school plans its annual Spring grounds picnic with a 1:30 PM band concert and events from 2:30 PM to 9:00 PM including games, parades, races, and a 9:00 PM procession. Other notes warn about kept watch on goldfish being taken from Springs Creek and a leaf fall problem from maple trees with pest control advice.
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Moravian Sunday School
Moravian
Cubs
Giants
Army and Navy Notes Highlight Local War Service
Alfred Couple at Camp Meade visits family as two local men gain corporal ranks Ralph Downey and Thomas Fralich. Navy recruit Roy Wissler sails to Cape May training. Miss Jennie Miller returns to Red Cross work at Camp Merritt. Lieut Norman Hertzler reaches France and Sgt Harry Weitzel heads to a London war college. Harry Weidner and wife visit. Harry a Navy man with multiple France trips. James Hornberger travels through ensign school while continuing Navy service.
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Alfred Couple
Camp Meade
Ralph Downey
Thomas Fralich
Roy Wissler
Cape May
N.J
James Lesseman
Jennie Miller
Jos. P. Miller
Red Cross
Camp Merritt
Tenafly
N. J
Norman Hertzler
Jefferson Hospital
France
Harry Weitzel
England
London
David Bricker
Harry Bobst
Saw Hospital
Marseilles
Italy
Harry Weidner
New York
Mr. Weidner
B. F. Weidner
Harry
U.S
Navy
Jacob Weidner
James Hornberger
New York City
Hornberger
Marriages Noted in Local and Nearby Communities
Miss Virginia Marks and Grant F Lavis wed in Buffalo New York on July 11. After a Canada trip they will reside in Toronto where Lavis teaches English. Marks is a piano teacher in Lititz. Enck and Miss Anna M Singley married in Graceham Maryland. Enck sales at General Auto Supply in Lancaster. they will live at 236 South Broad. Elizabeth Bender married Private Jacob Bear at Trinity United Evangelical parsonage in Camp Meade Maryland. Bear is son of Alfred G Bear of Brownstown. Walter H Kulp and Miss Sarah B Sipling wed in Lancaster at the Church of the Brethren parsonage. they were unattended.
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Virginia Marks
Thomas Marks
Center Street
Grant F. Lavis
Morrisburg
Canada
Buffalo
N. Y
Toronto
Lavis
Lititz
Elizabeth Bender
D. Milton Bender
Jacob Bear
Camp Meade
Bear
Alfred G. Bear
Brownstown
Trinity United Evangelical Parsonage
East Orange Street
J.S. Harper
Walter H. Kulp
Manheim Township
Sarah B. Sipling
Penn Township
H. B. Yoder
Church of the Brethren
Lancaster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tarvia
Ira Rohrer
Chas. H. Brobst
HH. H. Firestone
Owl Hill
Squire C. N. Derr
Charles Miller
Walter Enck
Chester Enck
William F. Fink
Fink
Miller
Euck
Squre Derr
Buck Boys
Rosenberg
Charles Rosenberg
Great Century Oil
John
Christ. Zimmerman
M. W. Hess
Town
Amos Arehart
Near
Harriet B. Reedy
C. B. Sehiuck
Roy Weaver
Lancaster General Hospital
Mary A. Ditzler
Front Street
Sara Jenking
Catherine Tshudy
Jefferson Wagner
Orange Street
Reeser
Springs Creek
Springs Park
Brunnerville A. B
St. John’s Lutheran Sunday School
Brickerville
Emanuel Lutheran Church Grove
Army and Navy Notes
Bear Bender
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