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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
2
The Gibbel Reunion executive committee met Friday evening at Amos Kurz home in Leacock. Bayard Kurz presided as the group organized committee members to handle this year’s reunion. The event will be at Sprin Park on Wednesday August 15 at 2 P.M. daylight saving time.
The Ca ren Family annual reunion will be held Saturday afternoon at Springs Park featuring an arranged program. Last year over 100 members from the family attended with a large crowd from various counties expected this year.
The Park Committee of the Tausch Clan met at Ephrata and chose Ephrate Park for the 1934 Lausch reunion. The annual gathering is slated for Saturday August 25 with plans aiming to make it one of the largest Tausches unions on record.
The annual Kulp family reunion at Springs Park on Saturday drew about 150 members. Clayton T. Huis presided as vice president, while 75 year old Jacob G. Kulp of Neilsville was the eldest attendee and 11 month old Eugene Martin of New Holland was the youngest. Officers elected for 1935 include Clayton A. Kulp as president and Clayton Kulp as vice president, with other officers and a program plan announced, featuring devotions, minutes, welcome remarks, and various recitations and songs.
Mr and Mrs Harry Shank hosted a dinner guest at their home in Lititz with Rev George B Raezer. Miss Elizabeth Neff and Miss Mary Yoder joined Charles Randler and Low Longenecker Sunday at Hershey Park.
Social notes from Brunnerville and nearby towns record visits and callers. Kathryn Hurst spent Saturday in Ephrata while Kaye Weachter and family hosted relatives from Murrell and Ephrata. Watkins, Weber and related families from Manheim and Ble, along with many neighbors, were common visitors and guests across the week end and Sunday gatherings.
Fragmentary OCR notes reveal a mention of Mr and Mrs Jacob and View at a Sunday event involving cars. No clear names, places, or dates are readable to confirm specifics.
The week closed with Miss Phoebe Earhart and relatives hosting dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Frank Diehm. Nearby residents such as the Bombergers, Haughs, Ruses, and Summy family visited Diehm households and attended gatherings at Overly's Grove and Long's Park. Several couples, including Abram and Mary Bruckhart, Eugene McCart and family, and Irvin Smith and Hartranft, spent time with neighbors in Palmyra, Manheim, Rheems, and Tatita, sharing meals and social visits across the region.
Mrs. Stay at Li¢ Mowery spent Tuesday on Land of Laneas y with Mrs. Kevin. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Stelfy spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Les Ephraim and Mahlon Stauffer and Mrs Misia Miller.
Residents and guests from Lititz Springs to Neffsville joined many local families for Sunday visits and meals. The narrative lists Grace Stauffer, Tea Mae Melinges, Lloyd Bachter, Norman Myers, Marion Esch, Beatrice Brandt, and multiple Steffy family members among others, noting dinners, calls, and social strolls. Various households in Manheim Lititz and surrounding towns hosted relatives and friends, with picnics at Park Jaret and casual Sunday evening calls mentioned.
Elizabeth Hess Bomberger 48 wife of Hiram B Bomberger died at her home 1389 B Fron Street at 2:30 AM Thursday after a yearlong illness. She was a member of St Paul's Lutheran Church and survived by her husband and several Hess siblings. Services held at home and St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev J Harold Mumper officiating. Burial in Macpelah Cemetery. R M Spacht Funeral Director.
Mrs William B Wertz 68 wife of Willian B Wertz Rothsville died in Lancaster General Hospital Sunday morning at 8 o'clock from complications after an operation July 12 Survived by husband a son Parke Wertz Lancaster a sister Maude Cover Columbia and a granddaughter Services were held yesterday at Leber Son Columbia with interment in Washington Borough cemetery Rev Frederick Midam Redeemer Lutheran Church Lancaster officiated
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