Lititz Area Events and Notices Chronicle
The Lititz region lists Willow Street Fire Festival entertainment with the Lititz Band this Saturday. A house at South Broad Street is up for sale Saturday June 20 following Emma L. Walters death. Ralph Smith begins work at Ideal Cocos and Chocolate Company Tuesday. Community notes cover Knights of Malta 532 activities, hospitalizations, new amusements by Leasy, Knights of the Golden Eagle initiations, and Johnx Huss memorial plans. Local rail noise complaints persist and local storefront improvements are noted alongside regional travel and quirky happenings including a pair of local trips and a pet poodle owned by Dorothy Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Willow Street
Fire, Company
Emma L. Walters
South Broad Street
Satgrady
Wyoming
Record
Ralph Smith
Ideal Cocos and Chocolate Company
East Main Street
Albert Hall
White Dove Commandery
Knights of Malta
Welock
Lutheran Church
W. R. Sammel
Sweitzer
Zartman’s Mill
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Leasy’s Amusements
Manheim
Lease
Order of the Knights of the Golden Eagle
Johnx Huss
Harvey Bachman
Russel Longenecker
Canada
Quebec
Niagara Falls
Broad Street
Haines
Lituta
Behmer
Altoona
Dorothy
Howard Evans
Kansas City
Business Teague
Business League
Rwin Smith
Manheim Band Sets Saturday Concert in Lititz
The Manheim band of twenty five will perform here Saturday marking their first appearance in Lititz in some time. Residents were disappointed by last Saturday’s absence. Conestoga Traction Co extends a high tension line from Lancaster to Clay via Lititz to feed the Ephrata Lebanon trolley line replacing Reading’s Metropolitan Co. workers erected poles and wires before daylight causing borough darkness along Spruce street. A new pole line runs from Lititz to Clay via Brunnerville for this project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim Band
Manheim Organization
Lititz
Conestoga Traction Co
Lancaster
Clay
Ephrata-Lebanon
Metropolitan Co
Reading
Spruce Street
Brunnerville
Lititz Plans Vacational Bible School Aims To Educate Four Hundred
Town canvass shows about 400 children ages 6 to 14 want to attend the Lititz Vacational Bible School July 7 to 17. A few families will be visited, with districts assigned by number of scholars in each area. Credits will be given for work accomplished, and signups cover five cooperating churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Church of the Brethren
Evangelical
United Brethren
Reformed
Lutheran
Moravian
Visit from Montana Family Brims with Narrow Escape and Travel
Mrs. William Mohn and her son Emanuel of Havre Montana visited uncle Daniel Cohick and wife, then went to Philadelphia to see Mrs. Mohns sister. Emanuel, employed by a railroad, can stay only 30 days, while another son plans to join later. En route east they skirted a tornado blistering Illinois towns. trains derailed, traffic halted, and destruction witnessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mohn
Emanuel
Harve
Montana
Daniel Cohick
Philadelphia
Lititz Gas to Relocate Office to Conestoga Traction Building
Starting July 1 the Lititz Gas Company will move to the Conestoga Traction Company building, formerly American Railway Express. The move provides more space for growing business. Since April first the company has added 75 new customers and plans 40 more meters to be installed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Gas Company
Conestoga Traction Company
American Railway Express Company
Usher’s Association Plans Picnic At Penryn Park
The Usher's Association of the Mor avian Church will hold its annual picnic at Penryn Park next Thursday, the 25th, noting the park's recent improvements and mountain ridge setting. The Ushers League of the United Evangelical Church also prepares for its annual outing at Millway camp woods on Thursday, July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usher’s Association of the
Moravian Church
Penryn Park
Ushers League of the
United Evangelical Church
Millway Camp Woods
Early German Settlers of Penna Highlighted
A Daughters of America article discusses the first German settlers in eastern Pennsylvania. It notes Mr. Geo. L. Hepp's Main Street home as part of the settlement era and presents an engaging historical sketch of pioneer families and their homesteads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of America Magazine
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Geo. L. Hepp
Main St
German Settlers in Pennsylvania Chronicle a New World
The article traces early German immigration to Pennsylvania from Mennonites in Germantown to Dunkers led by Christopher Saucer. It notes the appeal of Penn's freedom, the shift from sects to broader settlement, and the founding of Germantown Academy while contrasting later trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
New Gottenberg
Sweden
Norristown
Swedesford Road
Philadelphia
British Isles
Penn
Penn’s Woods
Palatinate
Simon Menno
Germantown
Pastorius
Brethren Church
Christopher Saucer
Benjamin Franklin
New York
Georgia
Germantown Academy
Lititz Fire Company Earns Second in Lebanon Parade
Lititz firemen drew eighty four marchers in a monster parade at Lebanon and finished second to Reading’s Liberty Fire Company which had 150 men. Judges favored Reading for first prize due to numbers. Lititz boasted two of the oldest marchers, George Hackman aged 80 and Wilson Baum over 70, with Edward Webber councilman in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Fire Company
Lebanon
Liberty Fire Company
Reading
Reading Company
Lititz
George Hackman
Wilson Baum
Edward Webber
Barefoot days fade as youth recollect old warmth
Reminiscences describe boys in public school chewing nut from a white plant now known as Jack in the Pulpit. The piece laments the decline of barefoot summers, early spring growth, and hard, shoe free wandering to school and fields, contrasted with modern times where barefoot boys are rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Noah Trimmer Buys Out Broad Street Department Store
Noah Trimmer has purchased the Broad Street Department Store once run as Miller and Habecker’s with E. E. Habecker remaining in charge. Trimmer will also operate his Variety Store from the Harris Building and plans to move soon. Ralph Spacht, who acquired the Rudy Building, will renovate the space into a modern, up to date store with a glass canopy, large display windows, an automatic elevator, improved lighting, and a basement storeroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RE. E. Wabecker
Miller and Habecker
Broad Street
Noah Trimmer
Main Street
Trimmer
E. E. Habecker
Spacht
Editor Returns to Court as Witness in Shoe Fraud Case
The newspaper notes the editor’s forced New York trip to testify in a federal case against Goldstein and associates over a crooked mail order shoe business. Fifteen states supply witnesses. they face travel costs and lost time, while government shoes advertised by Bay State Shoe Co were never in stock or were inferior. The case proceeds with lawyers contending preliminary points as editors take days off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Federal Court
Goldstein
Post Office Department
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Virginia
Mississippi
Bay State Shoe Company
Zames
Huntington
Swarthmore Chautauqua Sees Deficit. Guarantors Sought
The five day Swarthmore Chautauqua ended Tuesday with good daily attendance. A committee works to secure guarantors to bring Phyathun next year. A sizable number of signers is required to ensure the event. A deficit occurred this year.
Philadelphia Newsman Hornberger Visits Lititz Relatives
Mr. W. B. Hornberger of Philadelphia and his wife stayed in Lititz from Saturday to Sunday. He serves as country circulation manager of the Philadelphia Record and had 800 copies of the Sunday edition sent to Lititz homes to boost publicity. Hornberger spent over twenty five years in the circulation department of the now extinct North American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hornberger
Philadelphia
Lititz
Hornberger
Philadelphia Record
Hikers Paul Young and Eugene Mohnlets Move Coastward
Paul Young and Eugene Mohnlets set out Monday morning on a coast bound trip carrying only a pack and essential clothing. They seek rides labeled lifts to fund their journey, aiming to return by September end. A card from Paul to Mrs. Howard Young noted they reached Pittsburgh on day one and expected to cross Ohio in a single day as they collect lifts along the Lincoln Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Young
Eugene Mohnlets
Howard Young
Paul
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Lincoln Highway
Fishermen Vanquished by Rain On Bowers Beach Trip
A party including N D Sturgis James Guidthwait Alvin Keller Lloyd Smith and William Stauffer sailed Tuesday evening for Bowers Beach Maryland a fishing trip but were caught in a heavy rainstorm with little chance to fish. Also Prat Bros advertises summer dress.
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Bowers Beach
Maryland
N. D. Sturgis
James Guidthwait
Alvin Keller
Lloyd Smith
William Stauffer
Fire Company Festival Set for Saturday in Lititz
The Lititz Fire Company hosts its annual festival this Saturday afternoon and evening, June 20, with ample edibles prepared to prevent shortages. Chicken corn soup remains a highlight, and the same cooks oversee this year’s event.
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The
Lititz Fire Company
Playground Instructor Starts Summer Duties In Lebanon
Mr. Bixler of Lebanon begins as the summer playground instructor, working on Wednesdays and staying through the season to assure parents their children are safe. He was captain of Millersville Normal varsity last year and will teach the A grade in Junior High next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bixler
Lebanon
Millersville
Attendees at Altoona races include quirky four man group
A cook, a machinist, an undertaker and a chauffeur traveled in N S Myer's Stanley Steamer to Altoona and back. A passing railroad engineer fixed a pump issue, then another pump failure briefly delayed them before reaching home. The chauffeur Mr Myer welcomed news of a new baby girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
N. S. Myer
Stanley
Wayne Zartman
Wayne Longenecker
Ralph Spacht
Mr. Myers
Lititz
Lloyd Bomberger
Jacob Brubaker
Leroy Steffy
Thomas Steffy
Vermont Meily
Mrs. Buchter
Harry Adams
Charles Diehm
Becks Visit From East Stroudsburg Father Plans Return
Former Lititz man P. E. Beck and his son John of East Stroudsburg arrived by auto on Wednesday and will return today. His daughter Sylvia has been in town for a week, accompanying him home. Mrs. Beck visits New Jersey. Mr. Beck leads a large band at Stroudsburg and would have liked to appear locally with the group, but it could not be arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Beck
John
East Stroudesburg
Sylvia
Memorial Tablet Completed at Mary Pierson Memorial Playground
A granite drinking fountain on the Mary Pierson Memorial Playground has been completed. The rough cut slab includes a hole with a bubbier for children to drink without mud, and a bronze tablet bears the inscription Mary Pierson Memorial Playground. The fountain is a gift of H. J. Pierson.
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Mary Pierson
H. J. Pierson
Travel notes as Lititz residents tour near and far
A long list of Lititz residents and relatives are described as traveling to cities such as Pittsburgh Des Moines Nazareth Cleveland Eugene Oregon Pasadena Reading and Campbelltown. The items note visits homecomings college students summers and family gatherings with several instances of auto trips and railway excursions.
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Bible School
Penna
Ortan
Harris Bldg
Kh. M. Spacht
Chautauqua
Prat Bros
Fire Co. Festival
Springs Park
Ringgold
New Holland
Denver
Charles Pfautz
Brother
Inlaw
John Pfautz
J. Milton Brecht
J. G. Zook
Ella A. Lacy
Des Moines
Ella Cohick
Minnie Brian
Nazareth
Clewell
Elwood Shollenberger
E. J. Guilford
J. Frank Buch
Amprda Graezer
Cleveland
P. B. Bucher
E. Lane
Samuel
Howard Kauffman
Carl Reedy
York
Hiram Reedy
Florence Lowry
Bethlehem
Ida Zariman
Leopold
Roy Hassler
Hassler
S. C. Hassler
Moravian College
Eugene
Oregon
Pasadena
California
Lutz Boy
Winfield Wilson
Frank Musser
Marguerite Painter
Birdsboro
John Bender
Studs
Agnes Hensel
Grace Hassler
Mary Sturgis
Luella Snader
Grace Moyer
Martin Risser
Henry Gibbel
Edna Mohler
Homer Hackman
Luther Mearig
George Fleichman
Ann& Belle Erb
Miriam Girvin
John Leed
Maria Sweigart
Wayne Seldomridge
Earl
Campbelltown
Hershey Park
Laura Kauffman
W. M. Grube
Lester Eaches
John Ubland
Roaring Springs
Blair County
Henry Heiserman
Carrie Darraugh
Satterly
Myr
Harry Adair
Milford Marks
Watkins Glen
N. Y
Glen
Sunbury
Williamsport
Elmira
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