Lititz High School Graduates Twenty Four In 1920
Twenty four pupils, sixteen girls and eight boys, received diplomas at Lititz High School commencement. The crowd packed the auditorium as Ruth Andrews and 23 others were listed among the graduates. An Alumni program followed with bands, solos, and orations, plus remarks by Rev. Fasnacht.
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
Many Maple Trees In Town Look Poorly This Year
Town observations show Norway maples and other maples with torn veins, holes, or ragged edges. Authorities consider late frost or street oil coating roots as possible causes harming nourishment and moisture uptake.
Memorial Day Observed With Full Lititz Cemetery Service
Lititz Memorial Day observances grew in importance with a full program. Veterans from three wars visited cemeteries, a band played, and Rev. E S Crosland spoke on Lincoln. The day drew many locals and out of town visitors to the Spring Grounds for a band concert and ceremonies at the Moravian graveyard.
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 Town High School
Impressive baccalaureate service held in the High School auditorium Sunday evening. Rev. W. K. Fleck gave the sermon on Religion and Education citing scriptures. teachers, graduates, and local clergy attended with Rev. Crosland, Rev. Raezer, and Rev. Harper among the platform speakers.
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 Lititz Auditorium
The high school festival pleased many attendees Monday evening in the auditorium. A rare treat with difficult selections performed with fine effect. Lititz can be proud of the vocal instruction at the school. Mr Dechant of Lancaster gave two readings, entered both times, with dialect-leaning selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Dechant
Lancaster
Class Day Program Delights with Orations and Balloons
Tuesday afternoon events featured class poem and class oration with Lloyd Diehm delivering the mantle address and Israel Royer giving the Junior Response. Special music showcased talent while juniors released year twenty one balloons to end the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Diehm
Israel Royer
Linden Hall Graduation Week Plans Include Sermon and Play
Linden Hall Seminary previews graduation week with a morning sermon in the Moravian church by Rev. E. B. Crosland. Class Day features a 2 p.m. garden party and an 8 p.m. commencement play Happiness, followed by Alumnae Day with reunions and luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall Seminary
E. 8. Crosland
R. H. Brennecke
Lancaster
Dorothy Habecker
Herr
Sugar prices rise as supply tightens for housewives
Scarcity and high costs push sugar to 26 to 30 cents per pound with limited store allotments. Canning and preserving season looms, increasing demand for strawberries and cherries while grocers warn of spoilage unless supply improves.
Local residents attend Bethlehem Bach Festival
Mrs D I Stoner of this place and Mrs I B Lutz of Denver attended the Bach Festival in Bethlehem on Friday and Saturday. Doctor Wolfe, the choir leader, is well known here. The festival, Moravian in origin, features a large choir and notable solo work. The choir’s yearlong work is done in the Moravian Seminary chapel, founded in 1742 as America’s oldest girls school, allied to Linden Hall Seminary.
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 visitors and short trips fills the town calendar. Nazareth resident Mr Jacob Stark visited relatives from Saturday to Monday. Philadelphia linotype operator John Fass spent days here with his parents. Various couples from Pottsville Reading Red Hill and Camden traveled for weekend visits and attended local events. Families from Chester Culver Chambersburg and York joined gatherings and a High School Alumni banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Lincoln
Hacker
Henry Sturgis
Byron King
Winston-Salem
N. C
Grosland
Crosland
Lloyd Kauffman
Chester
Otis Sturgis
Stanley
George Butzer
Chambersburg
Edgar A. Sturgis
Leanon
Ephrata
Lebanon
Joseph Ebersole
McCall
Lititz
Joe
Grace Leiser
Halifax
G. B. Raezer
Florence Weitzel
Lloyd Ritchie
Ashland
Parkesburg
Vermont
Meily
Henry Buchter
David Meily
William H. Smith
H. R. Gibbel
Huntingdon
Juniatta College
Blam Ritz
Floyd
C. B. Korn
Donald
South Bend
Ind
Catherine Godenauer
York
H. 8. Kauffman
Lancaster
D. L. Geiss
Landisville
John. H. Peiffer
James Leed
Charles Stiles
William Stiles
Dallastown
York County
Bertha Myers
Benjamin Saylor
Manheim
Lititz Young Man Secures Key Position at Goodyear
James Carper, Lititz High School 1917 graduate, earns a trusted post at Goodyear Rubber Co Akron. Goodyear Industrial University opens April 17, a $2.5 million complex with 65 classrooms, 8 auditoriums, dormitories, and capacity for 2000 daily diners. Carper oversees the supply department with a private office and a team of assistants. he has been with Goodyear three years at age 21, son of Mr and Mrs John K Carper.
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 Form Club Buy Conestoga House
Twenty Lititz men formed the Lititz Dance Club and closed a $400 deal for a two story six room brick house with five eighths acre along the Conestoga near Pinetown. Owner Wilson Bard. The house will be furnished and canoes bought. Officers are Sterling Getz president William Ringer vice president and Edwin Bear treasurer. The property lies along the Conestoga Creek with running water and is near H H Snave ly’s bungalow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Conestoga
Pinetown
Wilson Bard
Sterling Getz
William Ringer
Edwin Bear
Conestoga Creek
H. H. Snavely
Mrs Charlie Miller Keeps Memorial Day Pledge
For the twenty fourth year Mrs Charlie Miller of Lancaster decorates the grave of Mrs Joseph Daugherty at Lititz Moravian cemetery. The two women swore an annual floral pact after working together at Lititz. Mrs Daugherty and her husband died in a double tragedy that was never solved, once a sensational case now largely forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Miller
Lancaster
Joseph Daugherty
Lititz Moravian Cemetery
Lititz
Daugherty
Willard Battery Station Opens in Front Street Building
J Alvin Enck opens Willard Storage Battery Station at 15 Front Street rear of a recently completed building. He has repaired and recharged batteries in Lancaster and uses modern tools for testing and restoring battery condition. He offers free battery tests and free distilled water filling with his own distilled water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Alvin Enck
Willard Storage
Front Street
Mr. Enck
Lancaster
Mr. Eneck
Seven in Family Run Pretzel Bakery Past Labor Woes
William A. Sturgis started pretzel making last week and runs the business with his wife two sons and two daughters a family of eleven. They produce a large supply and patrons praise the quality while the head of the household bears the workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Sturgis
Mr. Sturgis
Last Summons for Mrs. Louisa Enck in Lexington
Mrs. Louisa Enck died at home in Lexington at 12.80 Tuesday morning from apoplexy at age 76. She was a daughter of William and Susanna Roth and lived in Lexington fifty four years, survived by husband Henry and children Ida Grayhill and Wayne, with siblings and a sister-in-law among Brunnerville and Brickerville residents. Funeral services are set Friday at 1.30 pm at the late home and 2 pm at Zion's Reformed church, burial in the adjoining cemetery. Miss Fannie Seachrist died at the Home of the Brethren Neffsville of pneumonia at age 77, survived by two sisters and a brother. funeral services held at the Brethren in Christ Home and Silver Spring Union church, burial in the 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 Dommy of Lancaster Passes Away
Infant son of Mr and Mrs J G Dommy of Lancaster died at 236 am on Monday from infant trouble. Private funeral services were held Wednesday and burial took place at Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Harold Dommy
J. G. Dommy
Lancaster
Lititz
Injured Woman Recovering After Elevator Accident
Miss Annie Furlow, trapped in an Ideal Chocolate elevator shaft on the second floor, was struck by the descending car. She suffered a fractured upper jaw and the loss of five teeth before being taken to General Hospital for X rays and now rests at her parents’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Furlow
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Miss Furlow
Arlie Rader
Miss. Furlow
D. C. Martin
General Hospital
Lemon Furlow
Planted Apple Tree in Front of Blacksmith Shop
The article notes Levi Mellinger planting an apple tree before his blacksmith shop this spring. He plans shade and fruit and may graft two apple varieties once the tree grows. With apple prices at seven to eight cents, he believes planting is prudent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Levi Mellinger
Mellinger
Stiffel-Freeman Co Holds Meeting on Sale to Steel Craft
A special meeting of Stiffel-Freeman Co stockholders is set for Friday evening to decide on selling the company to Steel Craft Corporation of America. Local shareholders are expected to receive a fair offer, with expansion anticipated if the sale proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiffel-Freeman Co
Steel Craft Corporation of America
Dr Cooper Marries Mercedes Miller in Lancaster Ceremony
Dr Herbert K. Cooper dentist of Lititz and Mercedes Miller of Lancaster daughter of Mr and Mrs M B Miller were married Wednesday morning at the First Reformed Church Lancaster by Rev W Stuart Cramer The couple had a ring ceremony and now reside with Mrs Alice Fasnacht on Main Street Local families have long belonged to the patch club for garden patch duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert K. Cooper
Lititz
Mercedes Miller
Lancaster
M. 8. Miller
First Reformed Church
W. Stuart Cramer
Alice Fasnacht
Main Street
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Charles Hammer
William Derr
Squire C. N. Derr
F. & M. Academy
Charles Zook
Millport
Gettysburg Battlefield
Lester
Sherman Steffy
Clarence Moyer
Stengel
Moravian Church Square
Fire Company
Springs
Frank Spickler
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
Landis Herr
Ernest Baker
Paul Seaber
Paul Seather
Linden Hall
Bach
Mrs
Willard Battery Station
Pretzel
Mrs. Louisa. Enck
Miss Fannie Seashrrft
Dr. Cooper
Patch Club
Garden Patch
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