Lititz Men Honored At Firemen's Convention
Emory P. Wagner, Lititz Fire Company chief, named vice president of the Lancaster County Firemen's Association, and Otis Sturgis, alternate delegate to the Southern District Convention, honored at the annual meeting Saturday in Quarryville. The Lititz Company led by the High School Band joined the parade, Ephrata chosen as the 1932 convention town, and John G. Landis of Bareville was re-elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory P. Wagner
Lititz Fire Company
Lancaster County Firemen’s Association
Otis Sturgis
Quarryville
Lititz
Ephrata
John G. Landis
Bareville
Asso
Fire chief race and Eden bridge dispute dominate Lancaster report
The Lancaster area backed Fire Chief Frank Deen for an eighth term as head of the State Firemen's Association. Two Manheim and East Lampeter Townships communities face delays in fire relief due to the Eden bridge rebuild dispute. A unanimous resolution supported the Tri- Town Lions Club plan for an inclined bridge near the original site, counter to the highway department’s plan for a shorter span downstream. Fires totaled 149 with losses of 319,913 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciation
Frank Deen
Lancaster
State Firemen’s Association
Manheim
East Lampeter
Eden Bridge
Tri- Town
Lions Club
Highway Department
Steffy Family Holds Seventh Annual Reunion in Ephrata Park
The Steffy clan gather in Ephrata Park for their seventh annual reunion drawing about 300 members. Officers were re-elected with Hiram Steffy as organizer and G Frank Steffy as president. events included recitations, piano and violin solos, and addresses by Rev Sid ney Buxton of Hope Evangelical Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steffy
Ephrata Park
Hiram Steffy
Leacock
G. Frank Steffy
Ephrata
Sherman Steffy
Lititz
Martin Lutz
East Earl R. D
Keylor Steffy
Talmage
Sidney Buxton
Hope Evangelical Church
Gable and Fry Wed in East Petersburg Home Ceremony
Gable son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Gable East Petersburg and Miss Mable Fry daughter of Mr and Mrs Reuben Fry Owl Hill were married Saturday evening at 8 oclock by Rev A F Hottenstein at his East Petersburg home. Attendants were Vera Fry Penryn and Norman Geta Lititz.
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Lewis A. Gable
Thomas Gable
East Petersburg
Mable L. Fry
Reuben Fry
Owl Hill
A. F. Hottenstein
Vera Fry
Penryn
Norman Geta
Lititz
Obituary for Zenas H. Erb of Lititz and Spruce Street
Zenas H. Erb 48 of Spruce Street died suddenly at home Saturday afternoon after a heart attack. Born in Lititz he lived in the borough 25 years and served as a Moravian Church Sunday School teacher and Junior Boys CGE Society superintendent. Survived by parents and siblings Mrs. Frank Musser Ephrata Mrs. Harry Baker Palmyra Noah Myers Lancaster Jacob Irene Lititz Funeral services held at home and Moravian Church with interment in Erb’s Cemetery. R M Spacht Funeral Director.
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Zenas H. Erb
Spruce Street
Erb
D. C. Martin
M. H. Yoder
Lititz
Moravian Church
CG. E. Society
Frank Musser
Erb’s Cemetery
R. M. Spacht
Henry Moscovitz dies after brief illness at 48
Henry Moscovitz aged 48 died Sunday night at 8 at his home Lin zeln from acute indigestion after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife a son Marcus at home and a brother Harry of New York. Services were held Monday and his burial was in a Lancaster cemetery.
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Henry Moscovitz
Linzeln
Marcus
Harry
New York
Lancaster
Robert Stephan Funeral Services Held for 3 Year Old
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1 30 for Robert Stephan the son of Mr and Mrs Norman Stephan of the United Zion Home who died at 115 PM Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia. Further services were held at 245 PM in the Lutheran Church Denver with interment in the Fairview Cemetery adjoining the church.
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Robert Stephan
Norman Stephan
United Zion Home
Lutheran Church
Denver
Fairview
Clergy from Akron and Denver officiate at Lexington family ceremony
Rev. Martin of Akron and Rev. Knerr of Denver presided. The ceremony was officiated by the maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Clair of Lexington and the paternal grandfather Jacob Stephan of Fairview, with the maternal great grandmother Mrs. Lizzie Boucher of Lancaster also taking part.
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Martin
Akron
Knerr
Denver
Harvey Clair
Lexington
Jacob Stephan
Fairview
Lizzie Boucher
Lancaster
Weidman Woman Dies of Bright's Disease Near Schoeneck
Mrs Lydia D Weidman 62 wife of George S Weidman of one mile west of Schoeneck died Saturday from Bright's disease. Survived by husband two daughters Mattie Smith Ena Eberly six grandchildren two sisters Sallie Sto ver Lizzie Showalter. Services held at home then Mellinger's Church with interment in adjoining cemetery. Rev J B Johns and Rev Isaac Kauffman officiated.
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Lydia D. Weidman
George S. Weidman
Schoeneck
Bright
Mattie
Clarence Smith
Brunnerville
Ena
Irvin Eberly
Durlach
Sallie
John Stover
Lizzie Showalter
Ephrata
Lititz Students Award Medals For Service And Leadership
Eighth grade boy Chester Howard and girl Evelyn Zimmerman won medals for outstanding service courage leadership and scholarship. Rev Harry A Swartz presented them at the high school assembly. The annual award by Garden Spot Post No 56 American Legion was announced after introducing previous winners Pauline Rentschler Wilmer Eby Ruth Dissinger Warren Newcomer Edna Eby Robert Peiffer and Mary Brubaker Richard Zartman, all noted as honor students in the 1931 graduating class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Tor Evelyn Zimmerman
Chester Howard
Harry A. Swartz
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
Pauline Rentschler
Wilmer Eby
Ruth Dissinger
Cotton Road Trial Near Gonzales Texas
An experiment built 500 feet of road near Gonzales Texas used unbleached canvas as a binder. After 15 months of heavy traffic the pavement shows no wear. If it continues to stand up well the state may adopt this road construction method.
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Gonzales
Texas
Present-Day Wonders on Notable Inventions
A discussion of ongoing lists of world wonders notes none is final. It cites steam power, electricity, radio, telephone, phonograph, automobile, and the airplane as prominent candidates.
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L. A. Weitzel
Helen
F. Quinn
Price ‘Ale
the Record Printing CO
Lititz Pennsylvania
Manheim, PA
the Royal Bed
Lowell Sherman
Mary Astor
Eleanor Boardman
Monte Blue
David Newell
Clara Bow
Adolphe Menjou
Mary Brian
Edward Everett Horton
Will Rogers
Firemen’s Convention
Sharp’s Specials
Kellogg’s
Libby
Lusco
Men’s & Children’s
Sharp
Broad St
Lincoln Ave
Trimmer's
Broad Street
Pennsylvania
Chiffon Voiles
Gentry
Artmans’ Store
Chevrolet
Oakland
Franklin
C. M. Snavely
Warwick
North Broad Street
Tefion
Gable—Fry
Charles V. Pfantz
General Sutter
Agency For Sanitary
Gruen Guild
Hamilton and
Elgin
Zook’s
Lancaster, PA
Carl B. Risser
N. Broad St
Dy Aya le Clon
W. M. Schol
Dr. Scholl
Pfantz Bros
Dept
Stor
Land O” Lakes
Brookfield Butter
Kraft
Merion
Royal Ann
Kellogg’s” Preserves
Crisco
Seaman & Seed
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