Lititz community notices highlight picnics sales and births
Public sale of two houses by Elizabeth Gochnaur’s executors slated for Saturday in Lititz. Memorial U B Church speaker Rev H M Miller to address Brunnerville Picnic. Reading Knights of Malta plan next Tuesday’s picnic. Local births and gatherings mark a busy week with church events, constructions, and fishing trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borough of
Lititz
Elizabeth Gochnaur
H. M. Miller
Memorial U. B. Church of Lebanon
Brunnerville
Reading
Knights of Malta
Julia
Louis Haines
Stoner Couple Reach Coast on 4100 Mile Auto Trip
Harry Stoner and wife from Lititz with Miss Marie Richwine and Carol Good of Ephrata report a 4100 mile auto journey to the coast. They faced wet first and third nights, three tire punctures, and praise Western tourist camps while noting a dry season there. They plan California follow, sightseeing Seattle, Tacoma, and Mt. Tacoma along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stoner
Lititz
Marie Richwine
Carol Good
Ephrata
Mr. Stoner
West
California
Tacoma
Washington
Charles Smyers
Smyser
Abram B. Snyder
Brunnerville
Tig Concrete Job Had to Be Completed in Day
Thomas Steffy and a force of a dozen workmen completed the concrete work around the vault in the new Farmers Bank on Tuesday. They started at 6 in the morning and finished at 10 30 in the evening, enduring power outages and rain while laying 250 bags of cement for a 24 by 10 by 9 foot vault. The structure, 22 inches thick, includes an electric burglar alarm system and is described as burglar proof.
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Thomas Steffy
New Farmers Bank
The Colored Miracle Man of Baseball of 1907 Gordan
The piece notes Gordan, a veteran Harrisburg Colored Giants catcher, age around fifty, once a star in Lititz. At Rossmere he impressed fans with a live arm and accurate throws, guiding the Giants to a Sunday win over Jack Deal's team and earning praise for his hitting eye and coaching flair.
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Gordan
Harrisburg
Rossmere
Harrisburg Colored Giants
Jack Deal
Giants
Harrisburg Rooters
Gordon
Lititz
Widow of late President Harding tied to local kin at reunion
At the Kling reunion on Saturday it was revealed that Mrs Harding widow of the late President was kin to the group as the daughter of William King a cabinet maker. She was born on Willow Street in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Steely
Ephrata
Steely
James Seather
North Locust Street
Reading Railway Company
Miller’s Woods
Lititz
Samuel Drybread
Landisville Camp
G. B. Raezer
Shimmer School of Theology
Lancaster
Raezer
Brunswick Orchestra
Kling
Klux Klan
George Paine
President Harding
William King
Mrs. Harding
Willow Street
Allentown Ladies Band to Play Lititz Concerts
The Allentown Ladies band of twenty seven musicians led by Joseph Smith will perform in Lititz this Saturday August 2 with an afternoon show from 2:30 to 4:30 and an evening show from 7:00 to 9:30. The group features soloists and a varied program and draws strong local attendance. The article notes growing popularity and upcoming attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Allentown Band
Lititz
Allentown Ladies
Joseph Smith
Ater
Nationwide Editors Tour Oklahoma City Stop Highlights
A Record representative and daughter Esther joined the National Editorial Association on a grand tour from May through July visiting Kansas City Ponca City Oklahoma City Tulsa Bristow and the Cosden refinery. The group praised Oklahoma Citys development and the hospitality of local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
National Editorial Association
Republic of Mexico
Texas
Panama
Cuba
Canada
Mexico
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Ponca City
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
South
Ernest Marland
Miller Bros
Grass clipper novelty draws crowds on Lititz street
A Lititz resident buys an eighteen dollar new style grass clipper and demonstrates it amid curious onlookers. He touts its claimed ease of use while neighbors joke about its purpose and a canvassing plan is proposed. The piece also notes sermons on conscience and is tied to Moravia hymn book reception.
Penryn Park to Be Boomed in Lebanon County Revival
A Lebanon man wins a ten year lease for Penryn Park near Lititz, aiming to create a summer resort and picnic grounds after building a new road linking Hershey Pike to the park. Plans include a jackrabbit ride, twenty cottages, bathable dam, boating, and renewed baseball appeal once popular in the region. A wild goose on Harry Pfautz’s Lititz farm hatched eleven chicks, blending tame and wild blood in the flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penryn Park
Lebanon
Cornwall & Lebanon R.R. Co
Hersheshoe Pike
Lititz
Hershey Park
Harry Pfautz
Auto Repair Shop Nears Completion on Lincoln Avenue
The new one story 60 by 98 foot brick garage on Lincoln Avenue owned by Harry Nye and Albert Shenk nears completion. It features glass walls on half the sides and glass roof windows with steel girders. Nye is an experienced machinist turned auto mechanic.
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Lincoln Avenue
Harry Nye
Albert Shenk
Nye
Hertz Family Names New Clan President at Wyomissing
At a Hertz-Hertz family gathering in Wyomissing on Saturday Dr J L Hertz was elected president. He was accompanied by his wife and son John as a good attendance marked the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Eckert
Harry
Hertz-Hertz
Wyomissing
J. L. Hertz
John
Second crop of corn in 2000 years grows in Lititz
Victor Kauffman on Lincoln Avenue reports two stalks of ancient grain from seeds found in Mexican ruins. The two foot tall plants bear small popcorn like ears in several colors. Researchers note the germ survived thousands of years and regrew when planted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Kauffman
Lincoln Avenue
King Tut
Lititz
Mexico
Lancaster
Kauffman
Botanist Sows Seed Plot for Cocoa Firm in Lititz
N E Reist of N Cedar Street Lititz planted a 5 by 50 foot plot this spring for the Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Co. He weeded it on the 10th inst and found forty different species growing, including honeysuckle sheep sorrel chicory dandelion oats timothy and clover among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Reist
N. Cedar Street
Lititz
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Co
Lititz Boy Scouts Camp at Slackwater on York County Side
Lititz Boy Scout members camp at Slackwater on the York county side across the river from Pequea. A bungalow for Lancaster Council Boy Scouts accommodates fifty to a hundred. County scouts take turns under the county scout executive with capable cooks. Lititz party includes Carl Reist and others. Copperhead snakes are common with warning notices. a dozen were caught alive and kept in boxes.
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Hight
Lititz
Slackwater
York County
Pequea
Lancaster Council
Boy Scouts of America
Carl Reist
Eugene Stauffer
Paul Furlow
Arthur Melzer
Lloyd Hertzler
Chester Wertsch
Carl Foltz
Aviator Denies Premonition About Behmer Plane Wreck
R M Haines denies claiming a premonition about the Behmer aircraft crash and says he never believed in hunches. He recalls Behmer as an excellent pupil and trusted pilot, noting he often rode with him. The flying field will continue as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R M. Haines
Behmer
Futhermore
Mr. Haites
Request for historical data on local German churches
Frederick Livengood of Harvard seeks information from Rev. G B Raezer about German Reformed and Lutheran churches near here from 1720 to 1792. He aims to include Brickerville and Penryn in a research paper on the German element in the East for his degree. The churches are over two centuries old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Livengood
Harvard College
Myerstown
G. B. Raezer
Brickerville
Penryn
Livingood
Travellers and visitors heard during a busy Lititz week
A wide range of social visits and travels filled Lititz and nearby towns. J F Stoner returned from Oklahoma and Texas while families and friends shared trips to Atlantic City Niagara Falls York and Reading. Local engagements included card parties concerts and church sightings with several residents making longer visits to Lewistown Wernersville and Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Stoner
Oklahoma
Texas
Lydia
Salinda Hess
Reading
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Charles Brobst
G. G. Diehm
Robert Snavely
Millsboro
Del
Lewis Haines
Homer Sturgis
Tsaye Pfautz
Baseball
A Kling
He Oie
Border OF
Frank Buch
Tulsa
Cosden
Bristow
Walter M. Harrison
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Quémar
Horseshoe Pike
Dr. Hertz
Hertz Clan
Boy Scouts Camping
Aviator
Avon Kofroth
Atlantic City
Ben Badorf
Akron
Viola and
Violet Bisker
Shrewsbury
Ralph Diehm
Niagara Falls
Ray Wetherhold
Frank Downey
East Main Street
Dorothy Johansen
A. H. Bomberger
Jeannette
Martin Bomberger
Jeanette News
C. Grimm
Ruth Keehn
George Keehn
Mr. Grim
D. A. Long
Eugene Long
Bower's Beach
Harry Keener
Earl Gohn
York
Samuel Nissly
Springs Hotel
Joseph Dreitus
Edgar Sturgis
Lewistown
E. R. Mohler
Belle Brink
Wernersville
Samuel Myers
Alfred
Philadelphia
James Goldthwait
Alfred Myers
Charles Stoner
Sunbury
Harry Showers
Stoner
Manheim
Susan Grossman
Lehighton, Pa
W. H. Buch
South Broad Street
Grossman
Zern
Buch
Lucille Leeth
Frances Eaton
Grouoes
Charles Regennas
Regennas
Vogler
Nazareth
Moses
Bethlehem
Henry Seaman
Richard
Benjamin Brookmyer
McCook
Neb
Billings
Mont
Colorado
Seaman
Fuller Brush Company
Manitowag
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