Local town notes on injuries,... bee hive and holiday closings
Mrs Emory Wagner suffered a right wrist fracture when a tin can fell at Miller and Habecker's. A beehive formed near Lititz Springs Hosiery mill. Stores will close Thursday afternoons starting this week. Several residents featured include Herman, James McCloud, Frank Spickler, and Mrs William Stauffer. Community events include a lawn social strawberry festival and audits by Roy Workman. Rubbish dumping concerns noted with Burgess Badorf promising action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Wagner
Miller & Habecker’s
Lititz Springs
Herman Herman
William Steininger
James McCloud
Ephrata
John McCloud
Frank Spickler
East Main Street
William Stauffer
Norman Boucher
Elizabethtown College
Edwin Sturgis
Martha Delbo
Reading
Jacob Kling
Arthur
Willard Hershey
Harvey Hershey
Bowers Beach
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society of
Rothsville
Church Lawn
Roy Workman
New York
State College
H. B. Workman
Ada H. Groff
Keath
Front Street
John Bausman
Lincsoln Avenue
Henry F. Lutz
Cincinnati Bible Seminary
B. F. Lutz
Washington, D. C
Percy B. Farlow
Charles E. Sturgis
East Front Street
Burgess Badorf
Paul Lacy Leaves for Europe to Study Paper Making
Paul Lacy age thirty four and his wife and six year old son Paul Jr will depart July 2 for a European study tour in the interests of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. He will visit Germany Norway Sweden and Finland with a European pulp expert. Lacy is general superintendent of the Covington Virginia mill, began as a chemist and advanced through pulp department to top post. He is son of Mrs Ella Lacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lacy
Germany
Paul, Jr
Europe
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Covington
Ella Lacy
Annville Band To Open Summer Concerts Here Saturday
The Washington Cornet Band of Annville will open the season’s concerts in Lititz Saturday evening from 7 to 9 PM. The forty piece band features chimes solos and quartets and is highlighted as a strong popular music act. A former Lititz man helped arrange the appearance, and the editor predicts a big treat for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Cornet Band
Annville
Lititz
Legion Drive Starts Next Week In Lititz
Citizens of Lititz are urged to contribute to the American Legion Endowment Fund with drives planned for Tuesday and Wednesday. The piece urges local duty to veterans, notes postwar needs for hospitals and orphans, and urges Lititz to support the fund for disabled comrades and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuesay
American Legion Endowment Fund
Lititz
American Legion
Legion
New Church of the Brethren Meetin g House Underway on Centre Street
Excavation begins for a brick Church of the Brethren meeting house on Centre Street. The T shaped building 96 by 73 feet will include a basement for meals at funerals and special Sunday school divisions. Interior can be opened into one room with 700 seating. Completion aimed for Christmas exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Centre Street
Fire Company Announces Parade Schedule and Band Escort
Lititz Fire Company members planning to parade at Ephrata on Saturday should depart the fire house at 12 30 to allow pickup of those without transport. The Lititz band will accompany the marchers. On June 13 the group heads to Lebanon with the same departure arrangements and the American Legion Band of Lancaster has been engaged for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Ephrata
Lebanon
American Legion Band of
Lancaster
Three More Lititzites Leave by Auto for Pacific Coast
Harvey Eckert Henry Mondorf and Edward Rudy departed Tuesday in a Buick touring car bound for the Pacific coast and following the Lincoln highway. They plan to cook their own meals and camp at night while hoping to meet three others who left Lititz weeks earlier. A May 26 letter from Logan Utah confirms their route toward Portland via the Oregon trail. they were about 250 miles from Yellowstone Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Eckert
Henry Mondorf
Edward Rudy
Pacific Coast
Coast
Logan
Utah
Lititz
Salt Lake City
Oregon Trail
Portland
Oregon
Yellowstone Park
George Meily Ends Life With Revolver in Lexington
George Z Meiley a 46 year old Lexington resident died after shooting himself with a 38 caliber revolver in his bed Wednesday morning His wife said he had shown no signs of suicidal thoughts He lived in Lexington since marriage and was a cigar maker at Rothsville He is survived by his wife two children Theodore and Irene two brothers and four sisters and several step siblings Funeral services will be private at the house with a later public service at Brickerville Lutheran church and burial in the adjoining cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Z. Meiley
Lexington
Walters
Rothsville
Madison Merly
Katie Drybread
Theodore
Irene
John
Elm
Tilden
Manheim
Susan
Milton Weidman
Lizzie
Maria Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Wagon Works
Studebakers
H. R. Gibbes
Pennsylvania
Summer Heat Marks Arrival of Summer and Bloom
The first day of June reached 90 degrees confirming summer’s arrival. Moist ground fuels vigorous growth as vegetation flourishes, with June roses in full bloom and thriving in warm weather.
Nebraska visitors travel with Pfautz family
Visitors Rev William Pfautz pastor of a Presbyterian church and Mr Dixon from Panama Nebraska came by automobile and began their return trip late last week taking Rev Pfautz mother with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
William Pfautz
Dixon
Panama
Neb
Pfautz
Chester Leicey Returns From Washington Visit
Chester Leicey spent days in Washington D C as a guest of New York Life Insurance Co. He traveled with his father George Leicey of Browns Town. Delegates met at the Mayflower Hotel as Gen Pershing and Ex President Taft were noted guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Leicey
Washington, D. C
New York Life Insurance Co
George Leicey
Brownstown
Mayflower Hotel
New England
Leiey
Gen. Pershing
Taft
Insurance Company
Breitigan to Attend National Bankers Convention
At Lancaster County board meeting D. Rufus Boyd of Guaranty Trust was elected president and J. H. Breitigan of Farmer's National Bank Lititz was chosen as a representative to the National Association convention in Kansas City Missouri in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Breitigan
National Bankers Convention
Board of Governors
Lancaster County
D. Rufus Boyd
Guaranty Trust Company
Lancaster
Farmer’s National Bank
Lititz
National Association
Kansas City
Builders Begin Houses on East Front and North Cedar
H J Pierson will start erecting a house on East Front Street opposite John Moore's home. Levi H Yerger has begun excavating for a brick house on North Cedar Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Pierson
East Front Street
John Moore
Levi H. Yerger
North Cedar Street
Insurance agent opens bank safe then pursues stake in company
A bank visit ends with a failed vault opening. the agent later quips he will reopen safes and proceeds to sell insurance. Meanwhile, Memorial Day shifts to khaki as veterans reflect on past battles and memories. The Studebaker family story ties to regional industry and frugal innovation marked by a $10 per thousand cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Gingrich
Farmers National Bank
New York
Lititz
Illinois
Yoder Couple Headed for Harvard Course in Medicine
Dr and Mrs M H Yoder left Sunday for Harvard University near Boston where the doctor will take a special medical course for a month. Home Grown Strawberries delivered daily Leaman Leed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
M. H. Yoder
Boston
Leaman & Leed
Lititz High School holds commencement week events
The first event featured a Sunday sermon by Rev. H R Gibbes from the Church of the Brethren and the graduating class wore caps and gowns. A Monday afternoon Glass Day decorated the auditorium in class colors with daisy flowers and speeches by Bertha Eck, Mary Neidermyer, Alma Webber, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz High School
H. BR. Gibbes
Church of the Brethren
E. S. Crosland
Moravian Church
Geo. B. Raezer
The
Reformed Church
W. R. Sammel
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
High School
J. W. G. Hershey
Brethren Church
Bertha Eck
Mary Neidermyer
Alma Webber
Dorothy Johannsen
Paul Young
Edna Longenecker
Albert Seaman
Lou Etta Hershey
Lester Sessaman
Marguerite Wilson
Carl Spacht
Mabelle Stultz
American Legion
Paul Dillman
Beatrice Peiffer
Ernest Enck
M. C. Demmy
Letters from Our Readers Chautauqua for Busy People
A reader argues that the traveling Chautauqua offers affordable education to busy and poor residents who cannot travel to study halls. It costs little and yields greater value, enriching minds of homebound adults and business people who seek culture without leaving town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
X2 City
Lititz
Lancaster
Lititz Secures High Class Pitcher
Lititz fans cheer as Pat Peyton of Coatesville joins the Legion for Saturday. A seasoned lefty last year leading Wrightsville in the York county league, Peyton prefers weekend ball due to his steel works job. Endorsed by Lefty Reese, he won’t name a price until he proves the goods as Lititz aims for a winning windup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Peyton
Coatesville
Legion
Peyton
Wrightsville
Sponagle
Payton
Lefty Reese
Ephrata
Memorial Day Observances in Lititz Honor Veterans
Memorial Day services centered at the Moravian cemetery with the Lititz band and male chorus, as veterans from the G. A. R. and local boys in khaki joined schoolchildren and ministers in a solemn program. Speakers H. A. Swartz and Dr. W. W. Dippel addressed a large crowd. Hiram Demmy returned to greet old friends, and Burnell Imhoff, recovering from gas exposure, reported improving health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
Lititz
H. A. Swartz
American Legion
W. W. Dippel
BF. & M. College
G. A. R. Post
Hiram Demmy
Lancaster
Boys In Blue
Burnell Imhoff
Mt. Alto
Engagement of Laura Wike to Robert Delp Announced
Mr and Mrs Harry H Wike announce the engagement of their daughter Laura to Mr Robert Hubert Delp son of Mr Ulysses S Delp. The couple plans a future wedding in the months ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Wike
Laura
Robert Hubert Delp
Ulysses S. Delp
Lititz Brethren Members to Attend Winona Lake Conference
Henry Niess and wife of the Lititz Church of the Brethren Eastern District will travel Thursday to Winona Lake Ind for the annual conference. Their daughter Lottie Niess will depart by machine Tuesday with Carlisle friends. Also traveling are I W Taylor of Aphrata Rufus Bishop of Quarryville and Mr and Mrs Graybill Minnich of Lititz with others from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Niess
Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Winona Lake
Ind
Lottie Niess
Carlisle
I. W. Taylor
Aphrata
Rufus Bishop
Quarryville
Graybill Minnich
Wedding Announcement for Helen Stauffer and Howard Richardson
Mr and Mrs Morris Kauffman announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Helen Stauffer to Mr Howard B Richardson on Monday June 1 in Harrisburg where Richardson is in business. Pfantz Bros Store offers cream cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Kauffman
Helen Stauffer
Howard B. Richardson
Harrisburg
Richardson
Traveling residents visit Lititz and area
Joe Hess of Trenton New Jersey, a Akron native, spent Saturday with I H Doster and family. Many locals and visitors including Abram Hershey, Kutztown Normal School student, and Ruth J Weichsel nurse from Lancaster General Hospital, are noted as spending weekends or vacations in Lititz and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hess
Trenton
N. J
Akron
I. H. Doster
Abram Hershey
Kutztown Normal School
Jacob A. Lehn
Lebanon
Morris Meiskey
Manheim
Paul Kreider
Kenwood
South Broad Street
Mary Reidenbach
Alice Milchsack
Bethlehem
Harry Smith
Middle West
Paul Doster
William Longenecker
Hiram Holtzhouse
Ruth J. Weichsel
Lancaster General Hospital
Mary S. G. Buch
Chambersburg
Walter H. Buch
Herman Fisher
York
Misa Belle Wantz
Caro Crosland
New York City
William Keller
William Robinson
Miss Helier
Holmesburg
Keller
Grace Keller
Springs Hotel
Fair
Nazareth
Nina Siegfried
Easton
Emma Grosh
Plainfield
Wm. Grosh
Charles Fry
Philadelphia
Allen Hacker
Springs
E. S. Young
F. A. Weichsel
BE. G. Spangler
Rothsville
Lutheran Ministerium of
Pennsylvania
Willard Singer
Pottsville
Frances Flory
Lancaster
Flory
Lititz
Benjamin
John Fass
New York
David Fass
Samuel Hostetter
Parkesburg
Monroe Gable
Owl Hill
Mary
Carrie Tschudy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry
N. 8S. Haseltine
Rutledge
Delaware County
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Oper
Legion Drive
G. G. Diehm
Church of Brethren
George Meily
Washington
Stevens Post
Main Street
Pfantz Bros
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