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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
5
A compact list of Sunday Schools sermons and worship times for Moragian Rev, St Pauls Penryn, Trinity Imboden, Reformed, Penryn Brethren, United Brethren, Lutheran and other denominations in Lititz area. Includes service times, baptisms, and midweek prayer meetings across multiple churches.
Church notes report a Thursday 7 45 p m fellowship service at St Luke s Lititz for Zion s Brickerville Jerusalem Penryn and Lititz congregations with Rev W Stewart Cramer as speaker. Holy Communion to follow Sunday 10 30 a m, reception of members, preparatory service Friday 7 45 p m. Moravian Ushers annual picnic today at Lake Grubb with autos leaving at 11 20 a m. Pollyanna Circle leader Mrs G T Hepp replaces Miss Margie Kautz.
The Junior and Senior C E Societies offered an enjoyable program at the Moravian S S chapel last Thursday. The program featured songs, recitations, and music by the Junior group under Miss Mamie Kofroth, with Ruth Hepp and Anna Mae Pfautz performing selections and a senior society play titled When the old lady spoke. A patriotic drill by the Juniors closed the show to a large audience, and a joint social by both societies will be held in the Parish House on June 22.
Pauline F Zartman died June 14 from convulsions at 3 months 12 days. Survived by parents David and Maggie and sisters Ida Mae Anna Kathryn Mary Elizabeth. grandparents John Susan Zartman Phares Alice Fry. Funeral at home then Emanuel Lutheran Brickerville. Burial adjoining cemetery. Mrs Sarah Ann Hartranft aged 89 died at daughter J B Spahr Manheim. Two daughters survive J B Spahr Emma Hartranft Trenton NJ. Funeral Thursday 1:30 at house and 2 at Zion Lutheran Manheim burial Fairview cemetery. James B Henderson died at Zion Home Lititz aged 85 4 months 17 days. Wife predeceased him. One son nurse in New York City survives. Funeral Sunday, interment at the Zion Home.
The Moravian church, founded in Lititz Bohemia in 1457, marked its anniversary across over forty four congregations in America. The date includes June 17 1722 renewal, Herrnhut, Zinzendorf, love feast origins, and anniversary sermons with chorale and trombone choir performances.
Lilliam R. Pfantz seven dies when her eleven year old brother Milton fires a loaded shotgun he did not know was loaded. The accident occurred Monday afternoon on a Browns town farm summer house. The boy hid after the shot until his mother returned. Dr A V Walters Brownstown labeled accidental death. Survivors include Clyde Milton Elmer at home and private funeral held Wednesday with Graffdale meeting house services and interment nearby.
A Lancaster county Farm Bureau gathering at the Woolworth building backed a country wide campaign July 10 to 15 with emphasis on expanding cooperative buying. President Brubaker and County Agent Bucher urged larger facilities and broader membership, aiming for 8000 members. The plan divides the county into two divisions led by Harrison Nolt and Enos Kreider with multiple township groups under each head. The former article also notes the dedication of a new Moller pipe organ at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Neffsville with a dedicatory sermon by Rev. J A Clutz and an organ recital later that day.
Raymond Link assistant superintendent of Otto Eisenlohr and Bros in Lancaster married Miss Louella Klopp daughter of Mr and Mrs M W Klopp of Lititz in Baltimore on Thursday morning. They traveled from Lancaster to Baltimore then Washington and to Toms Brook Virginia visiting relatives before returning to Lancaster to reside. Link formerly worked at Eisenlohr packing house and served in France in World War I. Separately R Grayhill Miller son of Mr and Mrs Milton Miller of Penryn married Miss Florence Myer daughter of Mr and Mrs Reuben Myer of Neffsville on Saturday afternoon June 17 at two o'clock with attendees Miss Sadie Myer and Dillman Burkholder.
Clarence S. Eckert of Lititz and Grace E. Frey daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Frey of Manheim were united in marriage at Zion Lutheran parsonage Manheim by Rev J F Knittle on June 10 at 8 30 p m The couple will reside in Lititz.
Harry A. Swenk of Lancaster and Mary B. Brubaker of Lititz married by Rev. G. B. Raezer at 129 Liberty Street Lititz. The ring ceremony occurred at 7:30 PM on Saturday. Attendants were Lizzie B. Brubaker, sister of the bride, and Frank S. Bradley.
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