Local notices recap amid rains and road work in Lititz area
Joshua Rollman secures a Ford truck for his dray work. A small sum was found last week and may be claimed by Irvin Smith. Pfantz Bros. receives a large sugar shipment from Philadelphia. Sturgis bakery video retested. Kamm awaiting details. Lititz Borough buys a stone-spreading wagon. Seaman Teed aid sugar supply during railroad strikes. Various local trips to State College and Detroit for car shipments. The Sturgis family and others involved in minor injuries after a tarvia accident. New teacher Ray Grube appointed at Lititz High. Palmyra hotel addition project by N B Leaman and masons. Post office worker Edwin Bear loses then recalls his absent item in a joke ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Rollman
Drayman
Irvin Smith
Pfantz Bros
Philadelphia
Knights of
St. John’s Sunday School
Brickerville
Lititz
Seaman & Teed
Clayton Brubaker
State College
N. D. Sturgis
Kamm
James Sheaffer
Lancaster
Lansdale
New York State
Chauncey
Mildred Sturgis
William Sturgis
Alva Leigh
Lancaster and
Lititz Pike
Ray Y. Grube
George Grube
Oregon
Grube
Parkesburg
Lebanon Valley College
Edwin Bear
Post Office
Longenecker’s
Rev Stemple Reappears as Football Hero in Town
Rev E C Stemple of Winston Salem preached at the Moravian church on Sunday and pleased the congregation. He is not a stranger, having not visited for eighteen years. In Bethlehem he played football with friend Rev Harry Miksch and used to visit Lititz on Thanksgiving Day, making memorable long runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Beck
Harrisburg
Lititz
E. C. Stemple
Winston- Salem
N. C
Stemple
Bethlehem Moravian College and Seminary
Harry Miksch
Yerger Family Leads Endicott-Johnson Band on Tour
Jacob Yerger of Johnson City New York joins the Endicott John son Shoe Company band for a tour to Atlantic City Cape May and Asbury Park. The group totals 58 players plus a 22 member male chorus and soloists. Leon Yerger aged 22 also plays French horn. The band promotes the shoe company which employs 13 000 at the factory and sells in 3 658 cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Yerger
Johnson City
N. Y
Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company
Christ Yerger
Leon
Reading
Harrisbore
Lease Amusements Set For Weeklong Visit Here
The Lease amusements from York will arrive Monday June 28 and open June 29, running through July 7. A bright electric lights parade will feature a fine merrygoround and smaller amusements at Dr E E Evans lot. Currently at Mount Joy the owner Mr Lease promises clean safe shows with no trouble returning to towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lease Amusements
York
Merrygoround
E. E. Evans
Mount Joy
Lease
Resuscitated the Young Chicks After Heavy Rains
Reports from town describe severe losses among month-old chicks due to recent downpours. Bari Erb on East Main Street lost sixty of ninety. twenty-five rallied and recovered at home. Policeman Clarence Kreider saved five by lifting them to warmth, then recovering. Frank Ford also aided several.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bari Erb
East Main Street
Clarence Kreider
Frank Ford
Flying Parson to headline Lititz Chautauqua schedule
Lititz opens a six day chautauqua featuring Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard known as The Flying Parson. The program includes The Belgian Veterans Band The International Artists The Varsity Chinese Club and daily concerts lectures and entertainments across July 16 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Lilite
Lieut
Maynard
Sean
Jolly Polly
Varsity Chinese Club
Varsity Club
Belvin W. Maynard
Beal and Steiner Vow in Lititz Moravian Home Ceremony
Samuel S. Beal of Philadelphia and Mary L. Steiner of Lititz wed at 8 30 PM Saturday in the bride’s Lititz home with Rev E S Crosland officiating. The ceremony featured floral decor, Mendelssohn on Victrola, and a luncheon and dinner at Springs Hotel. Steiner active in several orders, Beal a Philadelphia jeweler previously from Portland ME. out of town guests from Orwigsburg. Sale of Pfautz tools to continue on East Main Street July ord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel S. Beal
Philadelphia
Mary L. Steiner
Lititz
East Main Street
E. S. Crosland
de Fortado
Gap
Victor Stark
Quay Enck
Mendelssohn
Springs Hotel
Frank Woodington
Miller
Orwigsburg
Canal Boatman Remembers the Old Day of Canals
Mr Arias Schell of Rehrersburg Berks recounts fifty one years along canals from Connecticut to Virginia. He describes rescuing horses and mules drowning near Fairmount Park and his life on dredge boats along the Schuylkill Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arias Schell
Rehrersburg
Berks County
Frank Buch
Wilson Baum
Buch
Baum
Mr. Scholl
Connecticut
Virginia
Scholl
Cuylkill Canal
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Deaths and funerals of Linden Hall pupil and local man
The nine year old Linden Hall Seminary pupil Hayden Blanks died at Lancaster General Hospital after mastoiditis surgery. Her funeral was at Mrs. Joseph Crater's home in Easton with Rev. F. W. Stengel officiating. Interment followed in Easton cemetery. Also Edwin B. Showers of Reamstown, aged 63, died after a five month illness from Brights disease. He leaves a wife Mary and children Helen Edwin Jr. Fred and others. Funeral services were at the house and burial in the Lutheran cemetery at Ephrata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden Blanks
Linden Hall Seminary
Lancaster General Hospital
Joseph Crater
Second Street
Easton
F. W. Stengel
Miss Keller
Edwin B. Showers
Reamstown
Bright
Ilness
Lutheran Church
That Place
Mary
Bertha
Fred Stroble
Martha Heinaman Gross
William Gross
Centreville
Gross
Annie
G. H. Gaus
Columbia
Elsie
Abram Radisill
Rohrerstown
Jacob Heineman
Lititz
Mary Floyd
Cordelia
Moravian Parish House Adds Rooms Beneath Sunday School
Work began to alter the Moravian Sunday School into a new parish house with three extra basement rooms including a kitchen a kindergarten and combined rest rooms and toilet An open stairway will connect to a large hallway the improvements aim to attract people beyond weekly services led by Sunday School superintendent G L Hepp with strong support from members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Hepp
Dogs Kill 40 Rabbits at Rothsville
Forty tame rabbits were killed by dogs at Rothsville on Saturday night. Dogs broke through or dug under pens and likely ate rabbits linked to earlier poultry losses. Reporters include Emanuel Sheaffer Monroe Hacker Stephen Levan Samuel Ruth and Ira Landis. Some rabbits valued at over five dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville
Emanuel Sheaffer
Monroe Hacker
Stephen Levan
Samuel Ruth
Ira Landis
Ephraim Lawrence Dies at 66 in Neffsville Pneumonia
Ephraim Lawrence aged 66 died at his late home near Neffsville from pneumonia. Survived by ten children, twenty one grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Monday at home, burial Landis Valley cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim Lawrence
Abram Hacker
Neffsville
Lutheran Church
Onzla Yeeker
Ada Lutz
Lancaster
Frank Buckwalter
Harry
Oregon
Levi
Oscar Myers
Strasburg
Ray Reese
Charles Kepple
Lanccaster
Sle
Landis Valley Cemetery
Death of Aaron D Christ at 79 in Ephrata
Aaron D Christ died Tuesday afternoon at 4.20 at his Franklin street home in Ephrata after a long illness. A Berks County native who lived many years in Illinois, he returned to Ephrata about twenty years ago. He was twice married, first to Susan Dundone and then to Elizabeth Groff. Survived by sons Monroe and Oscar and daughter Minerva, wife of William Rubright, all in the region, and a United Brethren church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron D. Christ
Franklin Street
Ephrata
Berks County
Ilinois
Susan Dundone
Brunnerville
Elizabeth Groff
Lancaster County
Monroe
Minerva
Wiliam Rubright
Napierville, WL
Oscar
Christ Ranch
No. 3
California
United Brethren Church of
Time for Haymaking Hay Shows Strong Growth
Farmers report Time for Haymaking Hay growing thick and high with potential heavy yield if not cut too early.
Moravian Synod Writes Off Linden Hall Mortgage
A telegram from Beth Jekem states the Moravian Synod voted to charge off the $16 000 mortgage on Linden Hall Seminary after thirty years. The move strengthens Linden Hall’s finances and signals a promising future after years of cautious progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Jekem
Moravian Synod
Linden Hall Seminary
Linden Hall
Brunnerville A B Church Festival Set for June 26
A festival will be held on the Brunnerville school ground Saturday June 26 by the Brunnerville A B church. The menu features the usual good eats and fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunnerville
A. B
Poppies From Flanders Fields Breezewood Display
Rev. Francis Hagen of Cornwall New York collected poppy seeds in Flanders Fields after two years in the navy. Seeds planted in G L Hepps garden have produced six crimson blooms. Some blossoms are on display in Hepps window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Hagen
Cornwall
N. Y
Flanders Fields
G. L. Hepp
Rev. Hagen
Mr. Hepp
Brethren Conference Visit Returns from Sedalia
Local residents greet visitors from Sedalia Missouri who attended the Church of the Brethren annual conference. Attendees include Rev J W G Hershey E K Brubaker William Reidenbach and Wallace Zook with others from the area. Meetings were held at the state fair grounds with a 10 000 seat capacity three miles from Sedalia and a trolley line. The next gathering is planned for Horshey Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Brethren
J. W. G. Hershey
E. K. Brubaker
William Reidenbach
Wallace Zook
Miiport
Sedalia
Church of the Brethren
H. S. Sonon
Bird-in-Hand
Jacob Heath
Rapho Township
Thaddeus Beck
Manheim
California
Daniel Weaver
Lebanon
Weaver
Horshey, Pa
Cohen Saves Lititz Band Concerts With Quick Fund Drive
Morris Cohen secured funding to continue weekly summer band concerts in Lititz starting July 10. He began with a newspaper appeal and, within hours, raised the needed amount, leaving only one donor refusal. Diehm approved booking the bands after Cohen’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Morris Cohen
G. G. Diehm
Cohen
Underground Springs at Trap Factory Cause Water Troubles
A sewage disposal plant at the Oneida Trap factory faced flooding from three strong underground springs after a 35 by 40 foot hole was dug 11 feet deep. Pumps failed until a Philadelphia centrifugal pump with a five inch outlet was installed to keep water down for cement work. A Second Warder used coal oil as a home lice remedy, nearly killing chickens before washing them off with soap and water to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Philadelphia
Residents travel and visitors roam Lancaster area
The column lists numerous local residents visiting relatives in Philadelphia Rexmont Petersburg and Lansdale and returning from trips to Akron Newport Yalesville and Connecticut. It notes work resumption at Ideal Chocolate and a hospital nurse home visit plus a baptism of travel by families and clergy with several weekend movements.
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Odd Fellows
Luita
Rev. Stemple
Will
Vay
Chautauqua Superintendent
The
del Mar Quartet
Alton Packard
Oxford Company
D. Thomas Curtin
Europe
Emile Michaux
Florence Withrow
Edward Amherst Ott
Victory
Gabriel Hines
Raker Adams
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
A. C. Pfautz
E. Main Street
Ord
Missouri
M. Cohen
Cash
Alma Brookmyer
Harry Musselman
Elmer Adams
Rexmont
Lebanon County
Peter Schoen
Brooklyn
Peter Duppelt
Harry C. Miller
Hessdale
L.S. Reedy
Petersburg
Emanuel Gochenour
Alice Wolfe
Mary Frederick
Theodore Wolfe
Akron
John S. Sesseman
Horace Enck
Stevens
Harvey Ludwig
Mary Strohm
Orange Street
John Helman
Montgomery County
Chester Brookmyer
Lloyd
Yalesville
Bertha Kersey
Henrietta
M. M. Souders
Harry Eby
Dorothy
James Breitigan
John Schnepp
Ruth
Grace
J. Fred Essig
Ammon Weidman
Harold Weidman
Talmage
Willia, Frymyer
Charles Grube
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Newport
Rhode Island
Carson Obetz
Lawrence K. Grosh
Evans
Edgar G. Diehm
Royersford
Oliver Diehm
Elm
Iva Yartman
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
E. K. Kartman
Wayne Doster
Sylvia Jane Runk
Andrew Conrad
Souderton
Edna Brookmyer
Municipal Court
B. F. Brookmyer
Paul Miller
New York
Westrn
Harry Eckert
Mt. Gretna
Eckert
U. B
Palmyra
Miles Fasnacht
Joe Doster
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
New England
H. W. Spacht
Ralph
Elizabethville
William Stoneback
Stoneback
Elizabeth Gochenour
James Sturgis
Otis Sturgis
Henry Sturgis
Sherman Hacker
Lincoln
Newton Hess
Chicago
Hess
C. E. Hess
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