Local Notes From Lititz Area Readers
Jacob Hertzler won the auto tire charge off at Stewart Auto Service. Ideal Chocolate factory to close June 29 for repairs and reopen July 12. A Park View Hotel bull terrier was killed by a team. the dog was well known and friendly. A business display shows twenty five crutches amid rising accident concerns. John McQuate owns a week-old chick with four legs, rest normal. John Hosler to open a National Store in Ephrata. William Steininger named Lititz store manager. Four dozen hard shelled eggs and embryo eggs collected for the firemen’s festival deviled clams. Frank Buch mounted a starfish he caught fishing near Lititz. William Peacock ferried two hikers from Allentown to Lititz. they trek from New York to California seeking the country, both under twenty-one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Hertzler
Stewart Auto
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Park View
John McQuate
Pine Hill
McQuate
John Hosler
Ephrata
Fishburn
William Steininger
Lititz
Frank Buch
Christ
Frank
Mr. Buch
William Peacock
Allentown
Springs Park
New York
California
Lutz and son halt in Lititz en route to New York
Mr H S and S Lutz with son Carl of Cincinnati stopped at G L Hepp home on East Main Street Monday evening. They departed Tuesday morning for New York City where Mr Lutz will pursue a short English course at Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lrs. H. S&s
Paul E. Beck
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Paul Schmuck
Annaville
Clayton Schmuck
Lydia Grazer
Hahannan Hospital
Philadelphia
Howard Bender
Abram Mease
Centre Hall
Centre County
M. J. Collins
South
Reedy
Michael Keith
Washington, D. C
John W. Keehn
Atwood Kreider
Robert
Isaac Pfantz
Messrs
Ed Bear
N. D. Sturgis
Ralph Hoffman
L. A. Smith
Bower's Beach
Ohn Leed
Spencer
Campbelltown
Carrie Darrough
Henry Heiserman
Mary Snavely
Pittsburgh
John Ubland
Charles Pfantz
Charles
Edith
Elizabeth
Seagirt
N. Y
Paul Shultz
Arthur Johannsen
William Eshleman
Carl Spacht
Dorothy Pflantz
John Hubbard
Springfield
Javob S. Keener
Bass Main St
Lancaster
J. W. G. Hershey
Owen Nershey
Luetta Hershey
Grace Hollinger
H. R. Gibbel
Henry
State College
The
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Wiliam Smith
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Smith
William
David
William A. Smith
South Broad Street
Harry Herron
Springs Hotel
Harrisburg
Vineland
Ocean City
N d
Harry M. Jones
Irene Shheibel
Lloyd C. Smith
Lancaster County
Lititz
Auto Races Draw Lititz Residents to Altoona Crowd
A group from Lititz and nearby towns joined others for the Altoona auto races on Saturday. Attendees included Wayne Hartman N. 8 Myers Harold Rohrer Everett Leereher Rufus Kline Harvey and Dervin Runk Roy Geltz Jacob Brubaker LeRoy Steffy Miss Mabell Steffy Benjamin Norman Forney Earl and Paul Graybill William Zell Sherman and Paul Steffy William Derr. The trip covered 165 miles each way and stunt flyer Haines performed before one flyer fell and broke his jaw. Several locals returned via State College. The fastest trip time reported was four and a half hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
AltOona
Wayne Hartman
Myers
Harold Rohrer
Everett
Leereher
Rufus Kline
Harvey
Dervin Runk
Roy Geltz
Jacob Brubaker
LeRoy Steffy
Mabelle Steffy
Benjamin
Norman Forney
Earl
Paul Graybill
William Zell
Sherman
Paul Steffy
William Derr
Haines
State College
Appeal to Parents of Lititz School Children
The Union Vacation Bible School opened its sessions in Lititz churches on Wednesday morning. Enrollment on the first day was lower than last year, possibly due to no home canvass yet. Parents are urged to enroll children ages 9 to 12 at the Moravian Chapel and ages 6 to 9 at Evangelical Reformed and United Brethren churches, with enrollment possible each morning at 8780 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Union Daily Vacation Bible School
Moravian
Evangelical
Reformed
United Brethren Churches
Lot Sale at Frederick's Heights Near Lyndhurst
The sale of 110 building lots on Frederick's Heights proceeds well with private sales and imminent building plans. Lot Selling Co any of Lyndhurst New Jersey conducts it, Franklin G. Mellinger as president and Grant Mellinger as treasurer manage the event. Houses must be set back twenty feet or more. most plots measure 50 by 150 feet with 50 and 60 foot wide cross streets Locust and Elm. Borough promises water and paved streets as soon as feasible. The sale closes Monday June 21 with a drawing for a free lot on the last day at 6 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick's Heights
Coany
Lyndhurst
N. J
Joe Morrisederick
Thompany
Franklin G. Mellinger
Grant EH. Mellinger
Franklin Mellinger
Abram Lane
Clay
Hanover
Boyertown
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lititz to Take Part in Big Pageant at Lancaster Park
Lititz will participate in a July 6 and 7 pageant in Lancaster portraying the town’s Revolutionary era figures. Thirty-five Lititz residents were chosen to depict prominent locals, with costumes made in Philadelphia and six hundred Lititz tickets sold at 50 cents to two dollars. The Devotion episode features the Brandywine wounded, with roles for local residents and noted actors from Moravian and Franklin and Marshall College in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lititz
Philadelphia
Williamson’s
Brandywine
Willian Brown
Cameron E. Lane
Francis Allison
John Hertz
Matthias Hehl
Crosland
Frank
Becker
Schmick
Harry Bender
J. W. Breitigan
Norman Habecker
Adolph Meyer
H. H. Beck
Franklin and Marshall College
Tobias Hirte
Louis Huebener
David Tanneberger
S. C. Hassler
Greensbury Pettycourt
Victor Wagner
Chevalier la Colombe
General Lafayette
H. H. Hollinger
Fireworks, Bands and Candles Light Lititz Park July 3
Lititz Springs Park hosts a unique celebration with 6000 tallow candles, moving wheels and Japanese lanterns drawing thousands yearly. On Saturday July 3 concerts by Ringgold Band and Lititz Concert Band precede daylight fireworks at 5 30 PM and a second display at 8 80 PM. Allen Hacker attended the state G A R convention in Bethlehem enjoying courtesy tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs Park
Ringgold Band
Reading
Lititz
Pain
Legion Band Are Attaction Here This Saturday
The American Legion Band Post 34 Lancaster under conductor Fred S Bear will perform Saturday in Lititz for a weekly concert. A large audience is expected as the program features marches overtures and solos including Post 34 selections and popular 1926 hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Band
American Legion Band
Post 34
Lancaster
Fred S. Bear
Lititz
Ad Stark
Old Shipmate Visits Wayne Longenecker
Fred Holtzhauser of Philadelphia visits Wayne Longenecker on Tuesday. They took an auto trip to the Gettysboro battlefield. Both men were shipmates on the old battleship Olynmia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Holtzhauser
Philadelphia
Wayne Longenecker
Gettysboro Battlefield
Like Lititz Pretzels Draw Auto Party Off Route
An auto party from Ann Arbor Michigan diverted ten miles off their route to reach Lititz pretzels at N. D. Sturgis bakery. The visitors are friends of the Schaeherle family, formerly residents of the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Sturgis
Ann Arbor Mich
Schae~herle
Half Ton of Chickens Spark Lititz Festival Soup Fame
The Lititz Fire Company Festival drew strong town turnout despite rain. About eight o'clock, the Denver band moved indoors as most activities sold out, with press receipts surpassing 1100 dollars. Half a ton of chickens yielded over 400 quarts of chicken corn soup, while 1200 clam dishes were prepared using 600 clams and 60 loaves of bread. Nearly sixty gallons of ice cream were enjoyed, and homemade candy sold quickly. The Women's Auxiliary and firemen earned praise for their work. Emma Long led the chicken corn soup team and Charles Dussinger led the clams. Bokar coffee donated by A and P Tea Co. was well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lititz Welcomes Visitors With Meticulous Yards And Gardens
Visitors praise Lititz for its neat, beautifully arranged yards with shrubbery and sewers. They note roses and peonies create color and say the town looks like a well kept park, and that few towns compare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Town notes on bonds and honest clerks in government
A readers column laments a government income error of 8 cents and a major Liberty bonds scandal where no recovery occurred after signals of dishonesty. It contrasts clerical efficiency with political graft, notes a local pedagogue ousted for voting against a candidate, and reports a public sale of bonds where most items fetched par or above. The piece highlights Red Circle Petroleum shares and closes with an obituary hint and birthday remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Liberty Bonds
Washington
Vare
Red Circle Petroleum
Boys on Trip to Coal Regions
The Moravian church youth group left by auto for Mauch Chunk to ride the famed switch back gravity railway. Ushers Association plans a Perryn Park picnic on June 24 with chicken and waffles. Moravian Sunday School observes Parents Day on June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Church
Mauch Chunk
Ushers Association
Perryn Park
Moravian Sunday School
Mob pursuit ends in murder suicide after chase of Bayliss
A mob pursuing Charles Bayliss, accused murderer of Marguerite Moyer, shot himself after leaping a bank and hiding. Bayliss died in the temple from a revolver wound as the girl he shot later died at a hospital. The incident occurred near Liverpool on Saturday evening after auto races at Altoona. Bayliss, a Carlisle telegraph lineman, had Alexandria W Va parents. Witnesses include Earl Summers, Mabel Summers, Amos Rudy, and Catherine Hunsberger from Lititz and Brownstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Hartisburg
Altoona
Charles Bayliss
Marguerite Moyer
Lititz
Bayliss
Liita
Carlisle
Alexandria
W. Va
Earl Summers
Mabel
Amos Rudy
Akron
Catherine Hunsberger
Brownstown
When Good Friends Meet at Chester Lescey Home
A gathering of old friends was held at the home of Chester D. Lescey last Friday evening. Orchestral music featured and excellent refreshments were served. Those present included John Dillman Morris Baker Hiram and Charles Hollinger Helmer Bollinger Ehner Bollinger Jr Harry Keppie Paul Seaber Roy Hinmnelberger Dr S J Leivey and Harry Buchter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester D. Lescey
John Dillman
Morris Baker
Hiram
Charles Hollinger
Helmer Bollinger
Ehner Bollinger
Harry Keppie
Paul Seaber
Roy Hinmnelberger
S.J. Leivey
Harry Buchter
Lititz Fire Company festival proves biggest yet
The Lititz Fire Company No. 1 thanks patrons donors and workers for a Saturday festival on June 12 that exceeded previous years’ gross receipts by about two hundred dollars. The money funds fire equipment and a deposit fund for new apparatus, as the town remains among the poorest equipped in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Company
Miss Esther E Leaman Graduates From Battle Creek College
Miss Esther E Leaman of this place earns a bachelor of science in home economics at Battle Creek College Battle Creek Michigan during the June 15 commencement exercises. The class of 181 includes graduates from 25 states and two Canadian provinces. four schools offer liberal arts home economics physical education and nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther E. Leaman
Battle Creek College
Battle Creek
Michigan
Canada
Leaman
Mrs Cooper's Brother to Enter Annapolis Naval Academy
Dr H K Cooper took his brother in law Theodore Miller of Lancaster to the Philadelphia naval yards where he passed the physical exam for entrance to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He passed a mental exam earlier and will report Monday. The young man has a brother at the school now a Senior. Education is free with clothing, a small salary and $1000 upon graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Cooper
Theodore Miller
Lancaster
Philadelphia Naval Yards
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Entertained Guests Sunday by McQuate and Others
Mr and Mrs John McQuate entertained on Sunday with guests Mrs Wayne Hackman and children of Pine Hill Mrs Monroe Fissel and daughter Elva of Manheim Mrs Ellis Retten and son Ka Tronville Mrs Clayton Rover and son Rufus of Lime Rock Mr and Mrs Ralph Keath and children of Bronner ville and Mr and Mrs Reuben Kauff man and daughter Gladys of Monheim mT Orl
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McQuate
Wayne Hackman
Pine Hill
Monroe Fissel
Elva
Manheim
Ellis Retten
Ka Tronville
Clayton Rover
Rufus
Lime Rock
Ralph Keath
Bronnerville
Reuben Kauffman
Gladys
Monheim
Travel notices and visits fill Lancaster week in review
Travelers rear and far report shows Prof Paul Beck of Stroudsburg and others visiting Lancaster for holidays and visits. Many names appear with trips to Centre Hall Philadelphia Pittsburgh Seagirt and Washington. Families, nurses, and businesspeople enjoy outings, hosting relatives, and attending events at local towns and colleges.
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Morris Frederick’s
Iwoo
Allen Hacker
Bethlehem
M Hacker
Peter Schmoll
C. M. von Weber
H. Henton
William B. Amer
Red Mill
Victor Herbert
Laurendeau
Gavotte—De Luca
A. Luebner
A. Pryor
Local Fire Company Festival
Bear All Farmer Records
Women’s Auxiliary
Emma Long
Charles Dussinger
A. & P. Tea Co
Latuz
Harry Thean
Heard
Lancaster City
Sassler
J. H. Breitigan
Fire. CO
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