Events Comprise Excursion, Birth, Sales and Sports in Lititz
A Lititz column notes a June 18 excursion to Philadelphia with a 5 48 p m departure and a $3 09 fare. It also reports the birth of a daughter at St Josephs Hospital, and a Lititz Trap vs Lancaster Iron Company ball game at Spring Grounds. Other items cover trolley track changes, property sales, a bankruptcy sale at the Springs Hotel, upcoming picnics, and local notes on graduates, business ventures, and travel to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Lutz
Philadelphia
Lititz
Chester T. Ritchie
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lancaster
Lititz Trap Factory
Lancaster Iron Company
Spring Grounds
Morvis B. Cohen
Stare
Broad Street
Springs Hotel
Uséy Amusement Carnival
Record Contest Ad Page for Baseball Puzzles
A contest page offers readers a chance to win five dollars by solving baseball cartoons with errors. Entries must be mailed to the office, with winners and answers announced in the paper on Thursday, June 22. Some puzzles seem easy once the answers are seen. See page 2.
Forgery suspect Meiskey held by Lancaster authorities
Richard Meiskey, once of Lititz and now linked to Philadelphia for forgery, was jailed in Lancaster County after cashing three checks using his grandfather's name. He tried to destroy a forged fifty dollar check at Hirsh Brothers on North Queen Street, and faces multiple prior run ins with the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Philadelphia
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Hirsh Brothers
Groff
Iskey
Doeble
Meiskey
Hirsh’s
North Queen Street
Lee
Farmers National Bank of
Richard Meiskey
Muich
Enola Y M C A Assistant Secretary Heads to Camp
Litita Boy assistant secretary Ralph Gonder of Enola will lead a party of Y M C A boys to a camp along the Juniata river this week. his wife and children will accompany him. A Baltimore trip on Sunday surprised the party with a display of a hundred Dodge cars shipped in boxes for military use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gonder
Enola
Enola Y. M. C. A
Juniata River
Gonder
Safe Works Busy Grows Plant as Orders Rise
Safe Works resumes full time with sixty eight workers and welcomes new hires over the next two weeks. Large orders for a new fire proof safe class B label follow a year of testing, with plans to enlarge the plant amid high production. Local veterans Mr John Homberger and Mr David H Snavely celebrate birthdays, while neighbor William Weaver nears seventy and notes his strong work ethic and cellar-digging record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underi
Forton
Comecn
Record
Sprinting Bee at Linden Hall Commencement
Three Lititz youths slipped into the grounds during Linden Hall exercises. Dr Stengel chased them through alleys before they escaped. The scene amused bystanders and prompted jokes about sprinting lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Hall
Lititz
Sone
Dr. Stengel
Reading Lititz trolley line gains strong backing
Reading officials and businessmen announced a planned Reading to Lititz trolley link built with gasoline propelled cars not electrified. The project aims to connect Reading Womelsdorf and Kleinfeltersville forming a triangle with Lancaster and Lebanon, boosting Lititz commerce and offering broader labor pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Lititz
William G. Seidel
Mr. Ferguson
Clay
Chamber of Commerce
Womelsdorf
Kleinfeltersville
Ephrata
Lebanon
Lancaster
Holy Matrimony and Local Real Estate Sales
On Tuesday evening June 6 Rev L B Longenecker joined Graybill Pfautz and Ellen B Bomberger in marriage. They left for a Brethren Church meeting in Winona Lake Indiana. Elmer Shreiner and Gertrude Eckert wed in New Jersey then visited Atlantic City before returning home. The Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency lists weekly real estate sales including an eight acre farm in Ephrat township sold for 3800 to H G Winebrewer and a 58 acre farm in Rapho township sold for private terms to H S Connelly. A two and a half story brick house with two acres in Mill Creek township sold for 4500 to Aros R Shelley. A building lot on South Broad Street was sold to a private party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Longenecker
Near Lititz
Graybill Pfautz
Ellen B. Bomberger
Eva Tiollinger
Rufus Meisey
Jacob Pfautz
West Barl
Harvey Bomberzer
Mt. Joy
Winona Lake
Indiana
The
Brethren Church
Shreiner—Eckert
Elmer Shreiner
Kissel Hill
Gertrude L. Eckert
Henry Eckert
Rome
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Lancaster County Farm Sales Agency
N. S. Myers, Propr
Lititz
A. B. Hess
Fphvata Township
Millway
H. G
John B. Swartz
Mill Creek
Lebanon County
Aros R. Shelley
Conestoga Township
N. RB. Seaman
South Lititz
South Broad Street
Warwick House Sale Attracts Large Saturday Auction
A Warwick House sale drew a big crowd with 681 items sold. Cattle led the prices with fifty eight cows bringing $80 and $81, followed by 72 pigs, 152 bushels potatoes, 50 pounds bologna, 102 music rolls, 80 records, 12 shirts, 6 pair overalls, 278 pairs hose, 12 brooms, 3 saws, 2650 cigars, 2 bicycles, and a load of wood, with varied prices across categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
Young Lady Sells Life and Fire Insurance
Miss Mary Lessig of Ashland Schuylkill county guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Buch since her father’s death ten months ago she has carried on his life and fire insurance representative business successfully. Mr. and Mrs. John Behmer of Owl Hill entertained guests at dinner Sunday including Mr. and Mrs. David Meily Mr. and Mrs. John Dis singer of Ephrata Mrs. Robert Behmer of Lititz Miss Veretta Eshleman Mr. Harry Dissinger Lancaster Mr. John Behmer Parkers Ford Miss Helen Neuser Pottsville Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Z Seeking and children Roy B. and Alta May Stauffer Ivan Behrer Eva Behmer Kissell Hill Mr. and Mrs. Walter Behmer and son Fred Geary Owl Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lessig
Ashland
Schuylkill County
J. F. Buch
Miss Lessig
John Behmer
Owl Hill
David Meily
John Dissinger
Ephrata
Robert Behmer
Lititz
Veretta Eshleman
Harry Dissinger
Lancaster
Parkers Ford
Helen Neuser
Pottsville
Monroe Z
Roy B
Alta May Stauffer
Ivan Behrer
Eva Behmer
Kissell
Rachel Closson
H. J. Pierson
Sophie Bricker
Helmstedt
Elizabeth
N. J
C. M. Bassford
East Port
Lillie Rudy
N. Wolle
Theodore Wolle
Ruth
Akron
R. N. Wolle
Jacob Stark
Floyd
Nazareth
William Smith
Agnes Adams
Alvin Kochel
Locust Street
Reading
L. H. Meiley
Thomas Brubaker
William Fishburn
R N. Wolfe
Harré de Grace
Silver
Linden Hall
Jesse Craig
Carrie Hacker
Welsh Run
Greencastle
Endrata
Clarence Kreider
John Hasler
Emory Neidermyer
Pittsburgh
Grand Lodge Convention of
Odd Fellows
Grace
Harry Reidenbach
A. B. Reidenbach
Conwall-on-the-Hudson
Anna
Wolfe
New York City
Crosland
Howard Rondthaler
D. D
Winston-Salem
N. C
John Resster
Schaefferstown
Samuel G. Bare
Clint McNamee
Gilbert [Eeetemee
Brownstown
Charles C. Nurst
Paradise
Harry Nye
William Stauffer
Palmyra
Brookville
Ohio
Indiana Line
Louise de Schweinitz
Bethlehem
J. L. Hertz
C. Lotte
Edward Bosshardt
Lucille
Hertz
Isabelle
Catherine
Charles
Allentown
W. J. Edelman
Philadelphia
Pauline
Blanche Lotte
Herman Frueauff
Edward F. L. Lotte
Paterson
Eleanor Lotte
Walter C. Lotte
Linden Hall Seminary
Auto Crash Near Mt Joy Injures Six of Seven
Jacob Leed his wife and three children and Mr and Mrs B B Seaman were injured by flying glass in an auto wreck near Mt Joy last Thursday. Rain reduced visibility as an auto truck collided with a car coming from the opposite direction. Leed suffered two broken bones in the nose, a daughter was cut about the head and arm requiring stitches, Seaman was lacerated on the face with seven stitches, others were cut or bruised. Teed failed to brake in time. the other car’s wheel struck his rear wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Leed
B. B. Seaman
Mt Joy
Itz
Leed
Seaman
Teed
Fish-Too Stormy Trip Goes Fishless in Delaware Bay
Ne Fish-Too Stormy John Helter of Lititz Norman Kline of Lexington John Buckwalter of Lancaster and Mr. Musser of Willow Street sought a Delaware bay fishing trip but high winds made the voyage unsafe and they returned empty handed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Helter
Lititz
Norman Kline
Lexington
John Buckwalter
Lancaster
Mr. Musser
Willow Street
Delaware Bay
Hay Crop Prospects Improve as Weather Aids Cut
Cutting hay and timothy this week due to packed growth from rain and high winds. Rapid growth over recent weeks yields a good crop. Old hay sells for 19 dollars a ton, well below wartime peak of 340. Pfautz Bros. advertises big shoe reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glover
Timothy
Ground limestone demonstration at local farm opens season
A Tarvin Lime Pulverizer demo was held Friday on Albert Shenk’s farm. Crowd small due to rain and work, but attendees showed interest in pulverizing limestone. One farmer produced 30 tons at $1.50 per ton for fuel and labor, while a neighbor paid $12 per ton for hydrated lime. A comparison suggests significant cost savings with homemade ground limestone. Commencement week at Elizabeth town College featured sermons, music recitals, and addresses, culminating in bachelor’s degrees for several local students. A birthday party for Mrs. Moses Eckert drew 30 guests, with family, friends, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Shenk
Leghneshippe Shafferstown
Pennsylvania State College
Oaks
Elizabethtown College
J. G. Meyer
School of Music
Klonower
Department of Public Instruction
George Capetanios
Endicott
KN. Y
Edgar Fahs Smith
Temeritus
University of Pennsylvania
E. M. Hertzler
Elizabethtown
Supera D. Martz
Loganton
Garfield Shearer
Marietta
Ezra Benger
Fredericksburg
Anna Wolgemuth
Samuel P. Sumpman
Pottstown
A. C. Baugher
Nathan Meyer
Anna Brubaker
Lititz
Mabel Munich
Moses Eckert
Cedar Street
Eckert
Arthur Gingrich
Fontana
Lebanon County
Benjamin Webber
Penyyn
Tiarry Kemper
Social News Records Visitors and Travelers to Lititz
Miss Rachel Closson hosts Mr H J Pierson and family while Sophie Bricker visits her sister in Elizabeth New Jersey. Nearby residents from Maryland Pennsylvania and New Jersey visit Lititz for commencements and alumnae events. Many accompany Linden Hall figures and attend the commencement ceremony.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Fred Esig
Anna Jacobs
Second Avenue
Anna N. Noll
TD. Turing
M. Walon
N. B. Leaman
E College
Benamin F. Leaman
Frank K. Miller
Daniel OC. Heitshu
Herbert Weitzel
Harry Breneman
New York
M. B. Weitzel
Sitite Union
Penryn Park
Virginia
William
Montreal
Canada
Margaret Potts
Maryoh
Gertrude Garber
John C., Bowman
Naples
Italy
Germany
Gherammergau
France
Paris
Belgium
London
Prof. Beck
Moravian
H. H. Beck
Litita Boy
Oala
Milton Bender
Ida
Albert
Thernley
Scottdale
Hornley
John Homberger
North Broad Street
Bomberger
David H. Snavely
Front Street
Mr. Weaver
Tie
Maryland
Keystone
Pennsylvania
Hast Main Street
Queit
Pfautz—Bomberger
Real Estate News
Warwick
Pfautz Bros
Party Fix
Mrs. Eckert
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