Local Notes on Flag Day and Community Events
Warm days bring barefoot bays and pool fun while Flag Day activities unfold on Sunday June Mth with patriotic displays. No band concert this Saturday due to Chautauqua. Miss Violet Helter becomes a new bank clerk at Farmers National, joining another woman employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Farmers National Bank
Lititz High School
Abbottstown
York County
William Steininger
National Store
Israel Bear
Lititz
California
Eugene
Oregon
Pasadena
Calif
Illinois
Butter Prices Drop as Stores Offer 35 Cents a Pound
Butter has fallen to 35 cents per pound in local stores after winter highs of 60 to 70 cents. With abundant supply from a heavy grass crop, stores are overloaded and farmers are bringing in double their usual amounts. Now is the time to salt brine and preserve butter for winter use to cut household costs.
Lititz Seniors Take Three Day Washington Trip
The Lititz high school senior class leaves Tuesday for a three day tour to Washington D C under Pennsylvania Railroad arrangements and a guiding supervisor. They will visit sites around the capital with a designated guide. Ice demand surged last week with near double consumption amid warm weather. Chautauqua opens Thursday on the public school playground for a five day session with season tickets at 2.50.
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Washington
Lititz High School
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Railroad
Traveled 5300 Miles to Come Home On Visit
Theodore B. Bush arrived here on Tuesday from Honolulu surprising his father J. Frank Buch and family. He explained he was in California for a National Conclave of the Shriners in Los Angeles as a Shrine band member, but chose to return home for two weeks. Bush and wife have lived in Hawaii for thirteen years. he is the assistant city engineer of Honolulu.
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Theodore B. Bush
Honolulu
J. Frank Buch
Mr. Bush
California
Shriners
Los Angeles
Shrine Band
Hawaiian Islands
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Co Attends National Confectioners Meet
Mr and Mrs Graybill Bitzer and Alvin Oble attend the 42nd annual National Confectioners Association convention in Boston. Mrs Bitzer celebrates a birthday at a banquet in the Ropley Plaza Hotel as the Ideal group receives praise for their quality candy. George Zimmele of Boston also attends. The New York and local Ideal firms travel from Boston to New York by boat.
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Graybill Bitzer
Alvin Oble
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Co
National Confectioner’s Association
Boston
America
George Zimmele
This
New York
Ideal Firm
Frank Spickler Retires From Baseball After Seventeen Years
Frank Spickler, famed for heroics in many games, has given up baseball though he says he would not quit if time allowed for practice. This year he struck out once and failed to hit safely, after leading the county league in hitting the prior season. He began at sixteen with a trap factory team, later joining Hopeland and Lititz, while holding jobs with Manheim Mohnton Denver Columbia and New Zolland. He was a hard hitter, strong in pinch hitting, and posted batting averages of 319 and 327 in two seasons with Columbia. He faced three pitchers who later played in the major leagues.
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Frank Spickler
Frank
Hopeland
Lititz
Manheim, Mohnton
Denver
Columbia
New Zolland
River trip with Eugene Florence and Arlene Beck at Port Deposit
The group spent the past week at Port Deposit on a Susquehanna Island with Herman Schweer whose fish drying establishment is located there.
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River Eugene
Florence Butzer
Arlene Beck
Port Deposit
Susquehanna
Herman Schweer
Mr. Schweer
Visit to DuPont Gardens Draws Lancaster and Lititz Guests
A Lancaster party led by Wilson Baum toured the DuPont botanical gardens near Wilmington on Sunday. Several Lititz residents were also present for the outing. Children's Crepe sole Oxfords priced at $2.50 were mentioned in the report.
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Wilson Baum
Lancaster
DuPont Botanical Gardens
Wilmington
Lititz
Grube
Hosiery Printing Boosts Lititz Shop in Summer Slump
The Paper Box and Printing Company in Lititz stays busy printing designs on stockings. They apply stripes, checks, and even Chinese characters on both sides with indelible ink, transforming plain hosiery into marketReady stock and enabling 600 gross prints for a manufacturer.
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Lititz
Linden Hall Commencement Address at Moravian Church
The Linden Hall commencement exercises began with an introductory service at the Moravian Church on Sunday morning. Rev. E. Crosland delivered the address to nineteen graduates, using Isaiah 20:31 as his text, "Beautiful Wings." The event featured trombone choir anthems, a processional by seminary students, and a solo by Mrs. Paul Bomberger titled "O Word Remember me."
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Linden Hall
E. &. Crosland
Paul Bomberger
Heat harms tobacco crops as drought grips fields
Extreme heat battered the region since June 1 damaging recently planted tobacco, especially on hard ground with many plants needing replacement. Corn shows growth gains after a week of sun, lawns brown, and a light rain returned cooler nights easing discomfort.
Ideal employees picnic at Penryn Park
Workers from the Ideal Chocolate factory and their families will hold a July 2 picnic at Penryn Park. Transportation by car covers 25 miles round trip via Overbrook and Horseshoe pike to the improved park with boating, swimming, amusements and baseball grounds. A committee led by Thomas Waddel plans games, prizes, and free refreshments.
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Ideal Chocolate Factory
Penryn Park
Overbrook
Thomas Waddel
Harry Stark
Arlie Rader
Emory Wagner
Jerry Hertzler
Small Yield of Strawberries
The present week ends the local strawberry crop and the heat last week cut both quality and quantity below average. Old-time plenty at 25c a box is gone and buyers should not expect two or three boxes for a quarter. Strawberries, favored for preserving, will likely see a sharp price drop this year.
Lititz Exceeds Legion Drive Quota With Early Push
Lititz overshot its $1000 American Legion drive quota as chairman G G Diehm reported strong local support. Citizens again rallied like wartime efforts with no lagging by workers, staying on the job throughout the campaign.
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American Legion
Lititz
G. G. Diehm
Lititz Springs ice and bottling works bustle in heat
In Lititz North Alley the Lititz Springs ice plant and bottling works ramp up output as heat drives demand. Augustus Fleckenstein reports customers quadrupled business last week forcing night shifts and 1000 more cases of empties. Ice capacity rose to nineteen tons daily and a carload went to Columbia. Water and ammonia safety are explained as pure spring water is served at both plants. Continued on Page 5.
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Lititz Springs
Augustus Fleckenstein
Citizen
Columbia
New Serial Story in This Paper Next Week
Courtney Ryley Cooper presents New Serial Story for this paper titled Their Name Was Legion an oil country romance about an ex service man and American Legion pals preserving peace in a booming Western oil town. It blends thrilling action with a strong love story and captures oil boom atmosphere.
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Legion
Courtney Ryley Cooper
American Legion
Cooper
J Hurt When Hit by Autos
Ivan Long an 18 year old Stroudsburg man suffered a compound fracture of the left leg and a foot injury when the motorcycle he rode was struck by two touring cars in Allentown. Inspecting driver Frederick Neef said he did not see the bike until the collision. Long was hospitalized and his condition listed as good.
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Ivan Long
Stroudsburg
D. A. Long
Hanover Avenue
Jerome Street
Allentown
Frederick Neef
Long
Neel
F. E. Uhl
North Ninth Street
Little Girl Struck by Auto on South Broad Street
Ruth Smith seven injured after being hit by a car driven by Daniel Gochenour on South Broad street. The girl suffered a deep head cut and body bruises with no broken bones. she was treated at home after surgeons attended.
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South Broad Street
Ruth Smith
Lloyd. Smith
Daniel Gochenour
Canvass Highlights Lititz Vocational Bible School Plans
The Daily Vocational Bible School association of Lititz thanks residents for cooperation in a town canvass to estimate child enrollment for upcoming Bible instruction. The program runs July 6 through July 17 each weekday from 8 30 to 11 00. Borough officers Kreider and Lingiey jailed four drivers on South Broad Street for speed and reckless driving amid crossing concerns.
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Daily Vocational Bible School Association of
Lititz
Daily Vocational Bible School
Kreider and Lingiey
South Broad Street
Annville Band Opens Open Air Concert Season Strong
The Annville band delivered a varied program including jazz numbers with solos and duets. Xylophone and chimes enhanced the performance as the audience applauded and urged encores, praising unity and hard practice.
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Annville
Anville
Married Last Thanksgiving Announcement Made Saturday
Mr and Mrs Domer Brenner announced their marriage last Thanksgiving kept secret until Saturday during a Kissel Hill gathering. J Domer Brenner son of Emma Brenner Kissel Hill and Harriet M Eberly daughter of Rev and Mrs Harvey M Eberly Lititz were wed on Thanksgiving Day 1924 at Hiram M Eberlys home Hanover by Rev Ralph Bergstresser. Brenner a Warwick Township high school graduate served in the Marine Corps in World War I and works at Lititz Paper Box and Printing. bride Harriet studied at Elizabethtown College and served as art supervisor in Lititz and Ephrata schools.
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Domer Brenner
Kissel Hill
J. Domer Brenner
Emma Brenner
Hariet M. Eberly
Harvey M Eberly
South Broad Street
Lititz
Hiram M. Eberly
Hanover
Ralph Bergstresser
Warwick Township
Marine Corps
Lititz Paper Box and Printing Company
Lititz High School
Elizabethtown College
University of Pennsylvania
Ephrata
Engagement announced for Rev Clarke and Miss Gundrum
The engagement of Rev. George D. Clarke pastor of Christ English Lutheran Church Bridgeton New Jersey and Miss Margaret Gundrum who has been engaged in deaconess work in Albany New York was announced at a party Friday evening June 5 Miss Gundrum daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Gundrum of this place Rev Clarke formerly pastor here from 1909 to 1917 also introduced to the company was Miss Margaret Lutz soon to marry B R Faust teacher at Shiloh High school
Engagement Announced for Lititz and Carlisle Couple
The engagement of Israel G. Royer son of Mr and Mrs Harry R Royer Lititz and Esther Pauline Trimmer of Carlisle is announced. Royer graduated Lititz High School in 1921 and studied business at Elizabethtown College. The Lancaster County Volunteer Firemen's Association met at Ephrata June 6 with the dedication of a new three story fire house on Locust street costing more than 65000 and a parade drawing large crowds.
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Israel G. Royer
Harry R. Royer
Lititz
Esther Pauline Trimmer
Carlisle
Royer
Lititz High School
Elizabethtown College
Ephrata
William Freeman
Lancaster County
Travels and Visitors Arrive in Lititz for Week
A long list of visitors and travelers stops in Lititz and nearby towns. Easton residents Mr and Mrs Francis Rader visit relatives in town while Foresters delegates head to Lancaster for a convention. Several families from Reading Lebanon and Philadelphia are noted as guests or travelers with local connections through Lititz and Elizabethtown.
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Francis Rader
Easton
Rader
Thomas Kissinger
Frank Reed
Herman Stark
Irvin Miller
Charles Miller
Lancaster
William Flickinger
Lloyd Wachter
Emory
J.P. Schleith
Henry Myers
H. R. Sutphin
Reading
Mirs
Louis DeNunzio
Lebanon
Michael Mastramattea
Louis
Singer Sewing Machine Company
William Jacobs
Walter Jacobs
Samuel Keller
Lititz
Eckenroth
Springs
Ideal Chocolate Company Plans Lititz Arch and Boxed Candy
The Ideal Chocolate Company builds an arch at Broad Street with two pillars and plans a storeroom for display and sale by the public. A silver anniversary box of assorted candy and a Lititz souvenir booklet will debut by June 27 and candy sales start July 4 to promote town pride and local industries.
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Ideal Chocolate Factory
Broad Street
Lititz
Indus
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Ideal Products
Mr. and
Mrs. Bitzer
duPont Gardens
Yoo
Oren
Cali
Allentown Hospital
Clarence Shelly
Albert Shenk
Lancaster General Hospital
William McNeil
Dendron
Hubers
John Huber
Charles Frederick
James Goldthwait
Philadelphia
Samuel Myers
Mr. Goldthwait
Frank Peters
Henry D. Peters
Benjamin Peters
Albert Retten
Manheim
West Milton
Ohio
J. W. Dougherty
Robertsdale
Huntingdon County
Isaac Becker
Iowa
Theodore Wolle
Alice Wolle
Howard Carpenter
Charlotesville
Carpenter
Ideal
Virginia
Ella Lacy
Michigan
Miller & Habecker’s
Ideal Chocolate Company
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