Moravian Usher Picnic June 22 At Lake Grubb
Community notes report the Ushers Association picnic for Thursday June 22 at Lake Grubb with a 11 40 a m departure by automobile from the square. Other items include gatherings at Harry Showers home and a Oneida vs Denver baseball game at Spring Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ushers’ Association of the
Moravian Church
Lake, Grubb
Paul E. Beck
Clarion
Tuscon
Arizona
Harry Showers
Harrisburg Pike
Johanon
Reading
Schaefferstown
Petersburg
Lititz
Painter Falls From Scaffold on East Main Street
A Rothsville painter, Phares Fry, fell from a slipping scaffold three stories up while working the eaves of Martin Hess's home on East Main Street. He landed on a porch roof, rolled to the ground, and injured his back and arm but avoided serious harm. Two other workers escaped to the roof. He was taken home to rest and recover as of the latest report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hess
East Main Street
Phares Fry
Rothsville
88 Year Old Woman Walks From Brunnerville to Lititz
Lydia Minnich, aged 87 or 88, walked from Brunnerville to Lititz to visit her daughter on New Street. She heads five generations and has remained cheerful despite a poor winter. Her laughter and humor are credited with her longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunnerville
Lititz
Lydia Minnich
Milton Hornberger
New Street
Minnich
Partridge Eggs Fostered by Bantam Fancier After Nest Disturbance
A partridge with twenty eggs was disturbed while a fence near Lime Rock was altered. The bird did not return and the eggs were given to D Witmyer, a noted bantam fancier, who placed them under a bantam. Results will be watched with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lime
D. (. Witmyer
Tourists Reach Nebraska After Long California Trip
Mr and Mrs Quinton Cooper and Mr and Mrs John Bixler with daughter traveled in a Ford touring car from May 26 to Nebraska on Saturday. They used Lee puncture proof tires and reported no trouble despite mud and sand roads in Town and Nebraska. They found other states roads fine, faced steep hills, hunted jack rabbits in Nebraska jumping four feet high, and planned to stay with Mrs Cooper's brother Rev William Piautz in Lexington for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinton Cooper
John Bixler
California
Town
Nebraska
Flying Parson Lieut Maynard Remembered In Lititz
Many residents recall Lieut. W. B. Maynard the flying parson who spoke at Lititz chautauqua in 1920 and won the transcontinental air race. Radio advances put him back in the spotlight as he preached from the clouds over New York and officiated at a Times Square radio wedding 3000 feet high on April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
W. B. Maynard
Lititz
Lieut. Maynard
New York City
Local Electrician Showcases Aerial Radio Outfit
C. E. Mohler, at his Broad Street shop, received a De Forest radio outfit claimed to be high wavelength and capable of foreign correspondence. An expert will visit late this week to adjust it, and Mohler will start selling aerial components. Harry Marks, Lititz native and Philadelphia radio inventor, promotes the Trojan Electric Aerial Adapter attaching to a lamp socket to replace outside antennas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Mohler
Broad Street
de Forest
Mohler
Harry Marks
Philadelphia
Harry
Lititz
Lititz People Figure In Auto Accidents Near Ephrata
A Buick driven by Kermit Singey of Lexington rounded a curve near Ephrata and struck a gutter, smashing the front wheel. Passengers Aldus Hackman Ralph Hartmanft and Lemuel Meily of Lititz suffered bruises but no serious injuries. Hackman’s head was struck by the top of the car. The vehicle was traveling at a high speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Acvident
Ephrata
Kermit Singey
Lexington
Aldus Hackman
Ralph Hartranft
Lemuel Meily
Litikz
Hackman
Hepp Car Collision Near Brackbil’s Corner Injures Greek Occupants
Louis Hepp and his wife collided with a machine carrying four Greeks and a woman at Brackbil's corner near Brownstown on Sunday. A Lititz girl was thrown clear with only slight injuries. Some Greeks sustained minor injuries. a doctor examined them as the front of Hepp's car was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hepp
Brackbil’s Corner
Brownstown
Lititz
Hepp
Car collision near Mt Joy injures none in Lititz region
Birney Ochme struck by a machine driven by Ralph Walters near Elizabethtown and Mt Joy on Sunday. No one was injured. Walters' car being repaired in a garage. Ochme's car only lightly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birney Ochme
Ralph Walters
Mt. Joy
Walters
Ochme
Demonstration of Tarvin Pulverizer at Lititz farm
On Friday morning June 9 at 6 am a demonstration of the Tarvin Pulverizer will be held at Albert Shenk's farm near Lititz. The machine can pulverize 2 to 5 tons per hour depending on power, saving hauling and labor while enabling work to be done gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Shenk
Lititz
Lititz Tales Of Odd Pets And Local Quirks
A Lititz man’s eggs hatched into white bodies with black wings after his wife bought an odd peeper variety. A cherry tree scarecrow and tin-can alarm hope to deter birds. An Italian in town studies German, while wagons on streets annoy residents. Since January, 180 new cars sold to Lititz residents hint at $180,000 in purchases. A fishing enthusiast’s cigar-store box was artfully stolen and then painted Ike Walton across it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
East Main Street
Lititz
Frank Walton
Ike Walton
Local residents sing in Millersville Madrigal Club concert
The Madrigal Club of the Millersville Normal School presented a Monday evening concert with notable locals among the singers. Participants included Mabel Funk of Neffsville, Ella Mac Mellinger of Lititz, R. D. 8, Florence Royer of Rothsville, Jacob B. Lendis of Rothsville, Mary L. Hess of Lititz, and Mabel N. Kcib of Brownstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrigal Club
Millersvile Normal School
Mabel Funk
Neffsville
Ella Mac Mellinger
R. D
Lititz
Florence Royer
Rothsville
Jacob B. Lendis
Mary L. Hess
Mabel N. Kcib
Brownstown
Two Fishing Parties Flock to Delaware Waters
Two fishing parties departed for Dover and Millsboro to fish near Dover and Millsboro. The group led by G. G. Diehm, William Amer, Clarence Brubaker and Martin Moore returned with 34 fish including perch pike and bass. They plan a return trip later in the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Diehm
William Amer
Clarence Brubaker
Martin Moore
Dover
Del
Eugene Weidler
Edwin Bare
H. K. Cooper
Millsboro
Four Lititz youths graduate in local notices and colleges
Abraham Beck Miller of Lititz earned the Pentathlon prize in Franklin and Marshall College chemistry for highest marks and will have his name placed on the Pentathlon tablet. He also receives a cash prize. Edward Crosland Jr of Lititz graduates from the University of Pennsylvania medical program. Thalia Hershey graduates from Juniata College in Huntingdon with her parents attending. Alice Grosh, Lititz High School alumna, graduates from Easton Hospital Training School as valedictorian and plans postgraduate study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Beck Miller
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
W. E. Weisgerber
Abraham Miller
HE. C. Miller
Abraham Reinke Beck
South Broad Street
Lititz High School
Abraham
University of Pennsylvania
Edward Crosland, Jr
Lititz
Alice Grosh
W. Grosh
Easton Hospital
Mrs Eby on Far Western Trip with Rotary Group
Mrs Harry Eby and daughter Dorothy travel in a special train of Rotary Club members from Lancaster and other Pennsylvania towns to Los Angeles for the international convention. Conductor Morris Scaher, a Lititz native, joins the trip, a surprise to Mr Eby who accompanied his wife to Philadelphia. The Tri Mu Club of Lititz marks its first annual anniversary with a 300 percent membership rise and notes outdoor summer meetings and winter talks, plus annual socials. Officers named: Ernest Geo. Enck president, Richard A. Snyder vice president, Charles Pfautz secretary, Bert rand Meiskey treasurer, George Taylor due collector. The Tri Mu Bulletin reports monthly club news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Eby
Dorothy
Los Angeles
Rotary Club
Vom Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Morris Scaher
Eby
Philadelphia
Morris
Tri Mu Club
Lititz
E. S. Crosland
Ernest Geo. Enck
Richard A. Snyder
Charles Pfautz
Bertrand Meiskey
George, Taylor
Tri Mu
Borough Council approves street work and water mains expansion
Lititz borough council met at 7:30 PM with six councilmen and the solicitor present. They reported tarvia and patch work on several streets, new pavements and curbs, and an extension of water mains on Broad East Main Linden and Warwick. Donations were made to American Legion and G A R for Memorial Day, an ordinance widening South Cedar street was adopted, and numerous bills and payrolls were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Helter
S. R. Posey
H. J. Pierson
H. H. Bomberger
Levi H. Rudy
Joseph B. Wissler
Broad
Lincoln Ave
Cedar Street
Front Street
Tarvia
K. P
Geo. Shenberger
Wm. Smith
Susan Huber
John Lessey
Israel Bear
D. W. Withers
East Man
Linden
Warwick
American Legion
Juniper Alley
Main Street
Lititz
Engle & Hambright
Aiever
C. Warley
Boiler Chemicals
United Phone & Tel. Co
Edison Electric Co
May Street
Allen A. Herr
Joshua Rollman
C. T. Ritchie
Tire
C. Walter Miller
Amos B. Brubaker
Labor
J. C. Fleischman
Aaron Long
Stone
R. E. Behmer
Auto Repa
F. Fralich
Robert H Yerver
G. G
G. Grayhill Diehm
Coal
G. H- Burkenbine
C. M. Birkenbine
Adam Habecker
Jacob
Uni- Lotma
Bob Tet Ie
Glauber Brass Mfg. Co. Water Dept
Barrett Co
Marvin Long & Co
Emanuel Reifsnyder
Daniel Ludwig
Elmer Hollinger
John Birkenbine
Harvey Buch
Elmer Reidenbach
C. E. Lane
E. Breneman
Clarence Kreider
May
Sqialy
Walter Miller
May Shiney
G. H. Shaw
Travelers Near and Far from Lititz on Summer Visits
A Lititz column lists residents and visitors home or traveling for summer. Sara Muth from Goucher College, Dorothy Habecker from Peabody Institute, and Grace Turner from Philadelphia are among those spending time with local relatives. Others vacation in Ocean City, Nazareth, and Lancaster events, with trips to Philadelphia, Winona Lake, and Atlantic City noted along with local church and school connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Muth
Goucher College
Baltimore
James Clark
Grace Turner
Philadelphia
Miss Derr
Joseph Dreifus
Ocean City
California visitors and a lititz connection in a county tale
Mr and Mrs Phares Sweigart from Upland California arrived for a four month county visit to see friends. Mrs Sweigart revived a parrot from here two years earlier and Mr Sweigart once lived near Lititz at Ritter mill now owned by Samuel Bushong. He leads hundreds in an orange grove. Mrs Sweigart praises California and would not return east. Fire company festival profits total 667.09 from 848.21. generous donations included 112 chickens and 400 clams for meals. about 75 cakes and more. A Sunday river outing near Holtwood included several locals in a cottage along the Susquehanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phares Sweigart
Upland
Calif
Fire Company
Lititz Wire Company
Litilz Bowling Teams Victorious Over Watt and Shand
The Young Men's Business League bowling team defeated Watt and Shand five on the Rossmere Alleys Tuesday night, sweeping Lancaster in three straight games. The league’s second team also won two of three games against Watt and Shand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business League
Watt & Shand
Rossmere
Lancaster
Watt & Shand See
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oneida
Denver
Denver Nine
Samuel Ludwig
Alvin Ludwig
Rome
West Orange
Spruce Streets
Manheim
Lebanon
Lebanon County
Wellington M. Pfautz
Democratic County Committee
John A. McSparran
William Richthorn
East Front Street
Oneida Company
Benj. Lutz
Adv
Lancaster Intelligencer
Ben
Willam Kissinger
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Richland
Tachman & Herniey
Extrame
Tatitz
Herbert H. Beck
Moray
Prof. Beck
Abraham Beck
James Beck
John Beck Hammer
Painter
Paris
West Indies
Paul T. Shultz
Shultz
John
Theodore
Martha Mervin
Virgin Islands
Pfautz
John Shultz
Annapolis
Arkansas
Sea Girt
N. J
H. L. Leaman
Myerstown
Mr. Leaman
Bantam
Jack Rabbits
Elizabethtown
Millersville
Delaware
U, of P
Tuniatia College
Aaron Hershey
Huntingdon
Juniatta College
Thalia
BORO
Dorothy Habecker
E. E. Habecker
Peabody Institute
Baltimore, Md
A. L. Hammer
Nazareth
C. D. Kreider
John Hosler
Palmyra
Harry Grazer
Wilmington
Cora
Millersville State Normal School
Jacob Keller
Chicago
Ill
Horace Keller
John Helter
Keller
Thomas Steffy
Eugene K. Brubaker
Hershey, Pa
Winona Lake
Ind
Church of the Brethren
F. T. S. Weber
Spruce Street
Berks
Schuylkill Counties
Caroline Grosh
Ralph Jones
Atlantic City
K. J
Grosh
Samuel Smucker
West Chester
Dr. Smucker
C. Smucker
Sara Neely
Rhea
Rhona Shank
Washington, D. C
David M. Shank
Litita
J. W. G. Hershey
Iefl
John Hershey, Jr
Laura
Newton
Louetta
Owen
Henry Gibbes
Fred Darby
Narbeth
Derby
King’s Daughters
S. S. Chapel
Linden Hall
Fianna Sweigart
Parrot
Charlies Brobst
Harrison Heiman
Curtis Grim
Lottie Zartman
Alvin Olie
Alvin Neff
Holtwood
Susquehanna
Litilz
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