Lititz High School Graduates Twenty Four
Twenty four pupils, sixteen girls and eight boys, received diplomas at Lititz High School graduation. The ceremony filled the auditorium as Ruth Andrews and others were honored. Rev Fasnacht spoke on motives and the Alumni Association staged a lively program with music and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz High School
Ruth Andrews
Harvey Bachman
Russell P. Balmer
D. Ivan Behmer
Laura Bender
Anna M. Brubaker
Lloyd R. Diehm
Theodore T. Dussinger
Anna Mary Franck
Mabel H. Funk
Ellis O. Hinsey
Fasnacht
Lititz
Poorly Faring Norway Maples In Town
Many maple trees in town appear distressed with torn veins hole patterns and ragged edges. Experts link this to late spring frosts and possible oil coatings in streets hindering root nourishment and moisture uptake.
Memorial Day Observed in Lititz with Expanded Program
Memorial Day in Lititz featured visits to three cemeteries for veterans of three wars, a band concert at the Spring Grounds, and a Lincoln address by Rev. E S Crosland. Local G A R members led ceremonies, school children laid flowers, and Rev Robert Pilgrim delivered the main address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Machpelah
Kissel Hill
Lititz G. A. R. Post
E. S. Crosland
Moravian Church
Spring Grounds
Lincoln
Booth
White House
Edwin Sturgis
Tronelad
G. A. R. Post
Allen Hacker
John Crall
Israel Bear
Avias Adama
William Mathers
John Carpenter
Hiram Dermmy
William Smith
Edwin Enck
John Enck
Addison Zartman
John Wommert
Michael Bear
Henry Wike
G. W. Hackman
J. L. Hertz
Ralph Cole
Robert Pilgrim
Lancaster
Pilgrim J
Moravian
Sons of Veterans
Baccalaureate Exercises Highlight Religion and Education
Impressive baccalaureate exercises were held in the High School auditorium on Sunday evening. Rev. Fleck delivered the sermon on Religion and Education, arguing two pillars of society are religion and education and urging training of the heart alongside scholarly learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Fleck
E. S. Crosland
J. S. Harper
G. B. Raezer
J. M. Walters
H. R. Gibbel
Walters
Crosland
Raezer
Harper
St. Gertrude
Fleck
America
High School Music Festival Delights Audiences
The high school festival drew many attendees to the auditorium Monday evening. A rare treat with difficult selections showcased strong vocal instruction from Lititz schools. Lancaster’s Mr. Dechant gave two dialect readings, appearing twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Dechant
Lancaster
Class Day Highlights and Prank End Year Festivities
Tuesday afternoon Class Day featured the class poem and oration with Lloyd Diehm delivering the mantle oration and Israel Royer giving the Junior Response. Special music showcased talent while a balloons prank by the Juniors released year 21 to cap the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Diehm
Israel Royer
Graduation Week at Linden Hall Seminary
Hight young ladies will graduate at Linden Hall Seminary next week. The annual sermon to the graduates will be delivered in the Moravian church by Rev. E. S. Crosland. Class Day Monday features a garden party at 2 p.m. and the commencement play Happiness at 8 p.m. Alumnae Day Tuesday includes class reunions at noon and luncheon at 1 p.m. The art and science work opens at 8 p.m. A concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. The commencement Wednesday at 9 a.m. will be in the Moravian church with Rev. R. H. Brennecke of Lancaster as speaker. Miss Dorothy Habecker, a music graduate, gives a recital Monday at 4 p.m. in the auditorium with Miss Herr assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
Sherman Steffy
Lititz High School
Clarence Moyer
D. C. Martin
Stengel
Moravian Church Square
Fire Company
Springs
Linden Hall Seminary
E. 8. Crosland
R. H. Brennecke
Lancaster
Dorothy Habecker
Herr
Sugar Shortage Drives Up Prices For Households
Widespread sugar scarcity and prices from 26 to 30 cents a pound concern housewives. Stores face limited supply and rationing, recalling war-time highs. Canning season approaches, raising fears of spoiled fruit like strawberries and cherries without relief. Local grocers urge policy to prevent waste.
Bach Festival Draws Mrs Stoner And Mrs Lutz From Denver
Mrs d I Stoner and Mrs I B Lutz attended the Bach Festival at Bethlehem on Friday and Saturday. Doctor Wolfe, the choir leader, is well known locally. The festival, Moravian in origin, featured a large choir and notable solo work. The Moravian Seminary chapel hosts yearly choir efforts linked to Linden Hall Seminary from its 1742 founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. I. Stoner
I. B. Lutz
Denver
Bethlehem
Doctor Wolfe
Moravian Seminary
America
Linden Hall Seminary
Travelers Visiters from Nazareth and Nearby Towns
A long list of locals and visitors are noted as Nazareth residents and other area families travel to Lititz for weekends, holidays, and social visits. Names include Jacob Stark, John Fass, Wim Ditzler, John Meily, Granville Wike, Harry Burkholder, Frank Graver, and many more.
Lititz Young Man Makes Good at Goodyear Rubber
James Carper, Lititz High School 1917 graduate, is rising in the Goodyear Rubber Company Akron assignment. He heads the supply department at Goodyear Industrial University the seven story Goodyear Hall hosts 117 professors and 5700 students. The $2,500,000 campus includes classrooms, auditoriums, gym, dorms, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carper
Lititz High School
Goodyear Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Industrial University
Goodyear
Lilite
Carper
Goodyear Concern
John K. Carper
Young Lititz Men Buy House for Conestoga Club
Twenty Lititz men form the Lititz Dance Club and purchase a two story brick house with six rooms and a fifth of an acre along the Conestoga near Pinetown for 400 dollars. Owner was Wilson Bard. The club plans furnishing and canoe purchases. Officers: Sterling Getz president William Ringer vice president Edwin Bear treasurer. The site lies along a scenic Conestoga Creek stretch near H. H. Snavely’s bungalow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Conestoga
Pinetown
Wilson Bard
Sterling Getz
William Ringer
Edwin Bear
Conestoga Creek
H. H. Snavely
True to Promise Mrs Miller Decorates Grave Yearly
For the twenty fourth year Mrs Charlie Miller of Lancaster decorates the grave of Mrs Joseph Daugherty at Lititz Moravian cemetery on Memorial Day. The pact arose when both women worked together at Lititz and Mrs Daugherty asked that flowers be placed if she died. The Daughertys were found dead together in a double tragedy never solved, once causing great excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Miller
Lancaster
Joseph Daugherty
Lititz Moravian Cemetery
Lititz
Daugherty
Willard Battery Station opens at 15 Front Street
J Alvin Enck opens Willard Storage Battery Station in the rear of 15 Front Street using modern tools for battery testing and recharge. He promises free battery tests and free filling with distilled water, distilling his own water for proper analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Alvin Enck
Willard Storage
Front Street
Mr. Enck
Lancaster
Mr. Eneck
Seven in Family Work at Pretzel Bakery
William A. Sturgis started pretzel making last week and with his wife two sons and two daughters in a family of eleven are doing all the work turning out a big lot of pretzels. Patrons are well pleased with his product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Sturgis
Mr. Sturgis
Death Notices for Mrs Louisa Enck and Miss Fannie Seachrist
Mrs Louisa Enck died at 12.80 Tuesday morning in Lexington at age 76 from apoplexy. Survived by husband Henry, daughter Ida Grayhill of Brunnerville, son Wayne of Grand Island NE, sister Mrs Fianna Smith, brothers John V Roth and Henry Roth. Funeral Friday at 1.30 at home and 2 at Zion’s Reformed Church. Interment in adjoining cemetery. Miss Fannie Seachrist died of pneumonia at Home of the Brethren Neffsville at 77. Survived by sisters Annie Seachrist Mary Mellinger and brother Jacob. Funeral at Home of the Brethren then 2.30 at Silver Spring Union Church. Interment in adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Enck
Henry Enck
Lexington
William
Susanna Roth
Reformed Church
Brickerville
Ida
Jacob Grayhill
Brunnerville
Wayne
Grand Island
Nebraska
Fianna Smith
John V. Roth
Henry Roth
Zion's Reformed Church
Fannie Seachrist
The
Brethren
Neffsville
Brethren In Christ
Annie Seachrist
Mary Mellinger
West Hempfield
Jacob
Silver Spring Union Church
Infant Jacob Harold Dommy of Lancaster
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Dommy of Lancaster died at 2 36 o'clock Monday morning of infant trouble. Private funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon and burial was at Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Harold Dommy
J. G. Dommy
Lancaster
Lititz
Miss Annie Furlow Recovers After Elevator Accident
Miss Annie Furlow, jammed in an elevator at the Ideal Chocolate factory last Thursday, suffered a jaw fracture and lost five teeth. She was treated at General Hospital and is now at her parents home, Mr and Mrs Lemon Furlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Furlow
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Miss Furlow
Arlie Rader
Miss. Furlow
D. C. Martin
General Hospital
Lemon Furlow
Apple Tree Planted Before Blacksmith Shop At Mellinger’s
Levi Mellinger of the village blacksmith shop planted an apple tree this spring to provide shade and fruit. He plans to graft two varieties when it grows larger and notes apples currently fetch seven to eight cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Levi Mellinger
Mellinger
Stiffel-Freeman Co Considers Sale to Steel Craft Corp
A special meeting of Stiffel-Freeman Co stockholders is set for Friday evening to decide on a possible sale to Steel Craft Corporation of America. Local shareholders are expected to receive a fair offer and the industry may expand if control shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiffel-Freeman Co
Steel Craft Corporation of America
Dr Cooper Marries Mercedes Miller in Lancaster
Dr Herbert K. Cooper dentist of Lititz and Miss Mercedes Miller of Lancaster wed Wednesday morning at the First Reformed Church study in Lancaster. The couple, unattended, exchanged rings in a simple ceremony conducted by Rev W Stuart Cramer and will reside with Mrs Alice Fasnacht on Main Street. The note adds that most local families have long been members of the garden patch club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert K. Cooper
Lititz
Mercedes Miller
Lancaster
M. 8. Miller
First Reformed Church
W. Stuart Cramer
Alice Fasnacht
Main Street
Patch Club
Garden Patch
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Charles Hammer
William Derr
Squire C. N. Derr
F. & M. Academy
Charles Zook
Millport
Gettysburg Battlefield
Frank Spickler
Manheim
McCloud
York Giants
Hiram Hollinger
Bucks County
Wolfe
East Main Street
Lititz Springs
Hackman
Beryl Masser
D. P. ‘Bricker
Joseph Zahm
Victor Wagner
Marion Beimesderfer
Charles Yost
Susie Diehm
Lloyd Kauffman
Landis Herr
Ernest Baker
Paul Seaber
Paul Seather
Linden Hall
Bach
Jacob Stark
Nazareth
William S. Smith
John Fass
Philadelphia
David Fass
Wim. Ditzler
Pottsville
John Meily
Camden
N. J
Lemon
Granville Wike
Reading
Harry Burkholder
Red Hill
William Stauffer
Frank Graver
Bath
Northampton County
Howard Young
Sherman Hacker
Hacker
Henry Sturgis
Byron King
Winston-Salem
N. C
Grosland
Chester
Otis Sturgis
Stanley
George Butzer
Chambersburg
Edgar A. Sturgis
Leanon
Ephrata
Lebanon
Joseph Ebersole
McCall
Joe
Grace Leiser
Halifax
Florence Weitzel
Lloyd Ritchie
Ashland
Parkesburg
Vermont
Meily
Henry Buchter
David Meily
William H. Smith
Huntingdon
Juniatta College
Blam Ritz
Floyd
C. B. Korn
Donald
South Bend
Ind
Catherine Godenauer
York
H. 8. Kauffman
D. L. Geiss
Landisville
John. H. Peiffer
James Leed
Charles Stiles
William Stiles
Dallastown
York County
Bertha Myers
Benjamin Saylor
Mrs
Willard Battery Station
Pretzel
Mrs. Louisa. Enck
Miss Fannie Seashrrft
Dr. Cooper
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