Lititz Local News Highlights Brightened by Community Events
Juror A H Bomberger serves in Philadelphia court this week. St Luke s Reformed church hosts a lawn festival on June 21. Lititz native Harry Steininger travels in Cuba from Florida. Miss Lela Yeiser seeks return of E H 5 class pin between her Broad Street home and St Paul s Lutheran. L K Grash family occupy Mt Gretna cottage for summer. sister Ruth to manage home here. Several Lititz post office addressees uncalled for. Lititz Fire Company festival nets 183 55 after expenses of 74 76 versus last year. Foresters of America plan Lancaster to Willow Grove excursion. round trip 1 80 from Lititz. Milton Weitzel buys Front Street lot 60 ft front for 4 50 ft. may build factory. Keath Planing Mill sells Front Street house to Mrs Christiana Fleishman for 2700. son John to move in. Runaway boys Tshudy and Maynard return from Harrisburg. glad to be home. Frost recall from 55 years ago noted as crops suffer and flour rises. Lititz lawn festival June 21 on D A Cohick s lawn by St Paul s Youth Bible class with foods and souvenirs. Caretaker Grosh finds trout-hook on Spring Grounds terrace. suggests local fishing mishap. John Berry Christ s assault case deferred. wife withdraws case. One of two large boilers arrives for chocolate factory addition. 1000 horsepower total. Thomas Steffy crews lay eight-foot foundation for engine. P B Bucher, John Kahler, Samuel Lane and D Milton Bender tour Overland to Samos Virginia to visit Israel Erb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Bomberger
U. S. District Court
Philadelpha
St. Luke’s Reformed Church
Harry Steininger
Lititz
Cuba
Florida
Lela Yeiser
S. Broad Street
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Katie Lefever
E. 2. Walters
Jonas Boyer
J. N. Lehman
John Lebzelter
Phares Weidman
Foresters of America
Reading Railroad
Lancaster
Willow Grove
Milton Weitzel
James Yoder
North Alley
Franklin Maynard
Harrisburg
Lititz Fourth of July to Feature Notable Park Celebration
Lititz Springs park will host a safe and sane July Fourth with the Cadet band of Reading and Beck's Concert band performing from morning to night. Two major baseball games, grand illumination with Royal Italian fireworks by Miller Company, and special trains to Lebanon and Reading mark the program. A Fourth of July Committee meeting is set for Tuesday at 7:45 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs
Lititz
Reading
Berks
Berksite
Beck
Schaefferstown
Lebanon
Bretzel
Miller Company
Allentown
Linden Hall Commencement Celebrates 167 Years of Women’s Education
Linden Hall Seminary in Lititz marks 167 years of advancing women’s higher education with a strong report on finances, enrollment, and faculty. The commencement program includes a sermon by Rev. Prof. H. M. J. Kline and a class day undergrad ceremony led by seniors in white with blue collars and red ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halcyon Goudy
Indianapolis
Ind
Death roll of a week notes multiple local deaths
Mary L Landis widow of Isaac R Landis died at Roseville in Manheim township from pneumonia. Survived by daughter of Peter B Brubaker, mother Elizabeth Brubaker, three children Charles B Landis Valley Lillie B and Elmer B Brubaker, brother Henry L Brubaker, sister Annie L Brubaker. Funeral Friday at 9 A M from home and 9 80 at Lands Valley Mennonite church with bishops Abram Herr and John Lefevre officiating. Peter Regennas died near Winston Salem NC aged about 87 after brief illness. native of Lititz cabinet maker who built Broad Street house and shop now Levi Rudy. member Moravian church and old Lititz band. Five children survive him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Landis
Isaac R. Landis
Roseville
Manheim Township
Peter B. Brubaker
Elizabeth Brubaker
Chilren
Charles B
Landis Valley
Lillie B
Elmer B. Brubaker
Henry L. Brubaker
Neffsville
Annie L. Brubaker
Landis Valley Mennonite Church
Abram Herr
John Lefevre
Peter Regennas
Winston- Salem
N. C
Mr. Regennas
Lititz
Broad Street
Levi Rudy
Moravian Church
Lancaster
Henry Regennas
Aged Lancaster Man Ends Life By Hanging
George Bowers an 80 year old resident of Lancaster committed death by own action on Sunday afternoon by hanging. He was found in a summer kitchen by his daughter Anna Brenneier with whom he lived. Born in Germany he came to the United States at age 17 and worked as a shoemaker for years including at Disston for Josiah Snavely. He is survived by four children including George Bowers of Warwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bowers
Lancaster
Anna Brenei
Bowers
Germany
Josiah Snavely
Disston
Warwick
Local Lititz Graduates Shine At Nazareth Hall Commencement
Two Lititz youths Raymond Evans son of Dr E E Evans and Ernest Hagen son of Rev E S Hagen graduate with honors at Nazareth Hall Military Academy in Nazareth. Evans earns valedictorian honors while Hagen places third just behind the salutatorian. Dr and Mrs Evans attend the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth Hall
Nazareth
Lititz
Raymond Evans
E. E. Evans
Ernest Hagen
E. 8. Hagen
Evans
Hagen
Will Attend County Convention In Mt Joy Parade
The annual county convention of the Dr. OQUA M will be held at Mt Joy on Saturday with arrangements for a large crowd. Lititz Springs Council No 197 will attend in a body departing in a special trolley car at 12 6 o clock. About 60 members are expected to make the trip with the East Petersburg band. A monster parade will be held at 4 o'clock. Local members intending to go should be on hand for the special car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Joy
Lititz Springs
Imperial autos praised after factory visit in Jackson
John F. Longenecker, agent for Imperial, returned from a visit to the Imperial factory at Jackson, Michigan. He proclaims Imperial the best car for the money as the factory rushes to complete several hundred cars and plans two new six cylinder models next year. He received a 1914 model on Monday, arriving in less than a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Longenecker
Imperial Autos
Imperial
Jackson
Mich
Longenecker
Meat wagon wreck injures driver near town
On Tuesday afternoon John Schleith employed by butcher Roger was delivering meat when the horse hitched to the wagon bolted. Schleith clung to the vehicle until the front windows shattered then fled as the horse ran into a lane and fields overturning the wagon. The wreck scattered meat and the money bag was lost but later recovered intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schleith
Roger
Schleith
Travel buffs and visitors flock to Lititz events
A stream of visitors and locals spent weekends and days in Lititz and nearby towns. Names include Mr. Arthur Smith Mr. D A Cohick Mr. Joseph Hess Miss Robbins Warner Miss Ella Miller Miss Mary Hershey and Owen, with several family and former residents from Harrisburg Reading Trenton Philadelphia Lancaster Bethlehem and Newark. Notable activities include Linden Hall commencement attendance Linden Hall Seminary reunions and motor cycle racing in Reading Perkasie and Loyaville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scott
Victor Hacker
Reading
Mr. Scott
Perkasie
Lititz
John Lansing
Mr. Lansing
John
Old Potatoes Bring High Bazaar Prices At Warwick House
Old potatoes topped the market at the War wick House bazaar on Saturday with extra choice tubers selling at 1.03 a bushel and about 80 bushels disposed of at an average 85 cents. New potatoes arriving suggest the peak price may be past as conditions have changed from earlier times when surplus tubers were given away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Lutheran Reunion to Be Held Here on June 18
The annual Lutheran reunion for Lancaster and adjoining counties will be held at Springs on Wednesday June 18 an all day affair. Prominent clergymen and lay speakers will deliver addresses in forenoon and afternoon with music and greetings. Baseball and tennis contests will be played by church teams and athletic events featured. A large chorus from St James and St Paul Lititz Kissel Hill and Neffsville churches will assist in hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
St. James and St. Paul’s
Lititz
Kissel Hill
Neffsville
Caught in The Act at Sun Hill Berry Patch
A 16 year old boy named John H Myers, from Manheim, along with younger accomplices, was caught stealing strawberries near Sun Hill by A. J. T. Boyd and Aaron Minnich. Constable Allen Hacker arrested Myers and he was held in Lititz lockup. Myers admitted luring younger boys to the patch to assist in picking and selling berries, with about a bushel taken on one occasion. The case was continued by Squire C N Derr to allow costs to be settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. T. Boyd
Aaron Minnich
Sun Hill
John H. Myers
Manheim
Allen Hacker
Lititz
C. N. Derr
Myers
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. A. Cohick
Young Ladies Bible
H. E. Grosh
Berry
Christ
Williamsport
Thomas Steffy
Virginia
P. B. Bucher
John Kahler
Samuel E. Lane
D. Milton Bender
Samos
Israel G. Erb
Catharine Reinhold
Cedar Street
Aaron Weachter
Ida Sheaffer
J. G. Reinhold
Harry and
Clarence
Emma Sprout
Samuel Reinhold
Ephrata
Kate Reidenbach
Lizzie Pehlman
Reinhold
Brethren Home
David Shenk
Mre. Reinhold
N. K. Buch
Samuel Habecker
Brunnerville
Buch
S. W. Buch
W. M. Amer
Chicago
Linden Hall
Linden Hall Seminary
B. 5
I. E. Deer
H. M. J. Kline
F. & M. College
St. Paul
Miriam Hepp
Divine Redeemer
S. Hagen
J.b.calkin
Arthur Smith
Joseph Hess
Trenton
I. H. Doster
Robbins Warner
Mary Reidenbach
L. S. Murr
Front Street
Edgar Sturgis
Henry Sturgis
Lincoln
Harvey Royer
Wayne Lenhart
J. Stewart
N. J
Mary Grosh
Rose Weltmer
E. J. Bishop
Bethlehem
E. E. Kautz
A. T. Litch
Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Dreifus
New Jersey
Mr. Dreifus
Agnes Todd
Irene
Blanche
Mary Hershey
Brother Owen
Elizabethtown College
C. H. Bechtel
Philadelphia
8. W. Buch
Bechtel
Richard Bender
Veterinary School
University of Pennsylvania At
Margaret Filsert
Womelsdorf
I. W. Bobst
D. P. Bricker
Butt
Burnett
Baltimore
Wilhelmina Rock
Charlotte
W. D. Rock
Lillie Bomberger
Wayne Fahnestock
H. 5. Meck
Fahnestock
Tonawanda
N. Y
D. Gordon Bromley
A. Bond Warner
Bromley
William Ochs
Plainfield
Lester Eaches
T. A. Milchsack
A. B. Reidenbach
Myrtle Eckert
New York
New York, Where She Attended A Musical Conservatory. Miss Eckert
Mary Geitner
Hickory
Emma
C. P. Wellman
Dorchester
Mass
J.J. Huebener
A. S. Brendel
Elizabeth Fritz
Quarryville
E. C. Ritchie
Horace Livingood
A. B. Warner
Lucy Brickenstein
Washington, D. C
Europe
H. A. Brickenstein
C. B. Dissinger
Wm M. Amer
Sarah Jenkins
John Helter
Robert Kling
Tressler
Loyaville
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