Fine Talks Heard At S S Convention
The 22nd annual Lancaster County Sunday School Association session met at the Moravian Church with attendees from Lancaster, Warwick, Elizabeth, and Manheim Townships. Rev. Paul M. Limbert and Rev. E. Rice spoke, with N. G. Bachman guiding meetings and James Seaber leading song, Kathryn Zimmerman piano. Officers elected in the evening include President W. L. Jacoby and Treasurer H. C. Seldomridge, plus division superintendents and department heads. Continued on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
James Sea Ber
Kathryn Zimmerman
Paul Hushong
Florence Royer
W. L. Jacoby
Elser Gerhart
C. Earl Brian
H. C. Seldomridge
Sara K. Jerkins
Youngdren
Peoples
Alfred
Obituary for Clayton B Frey Jr 30 at home
Clayton B Frey Jr age 30 died yesterday morning at his home 440 East Main Street after seven months illness. He was a printer formerly employed by Simplex Paper Box Company and is survived by wife Elsie Smith Frey four children Mahlon Alta May Betty Jane and Evelyn his parents and several siblings. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm at Evangelical Congregational Church with burial in Evangelical Cemetery Akron funeral director EL M Spacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton B. Frey, Jr
East Main Street
Mr. Frey
Simplex Paper Box Company
Elsie Smith Frey
Mahlon
Alta May
Betty Jane
Evelyn
Clayton Frey
Paul B. Frey
Joy
Clayton Stormfeltz
William
Zay
Frank
Mable
Jacob
Anna
Mary Frey
Evangelical Congregational Church
Evangelical
Akron
EL M .Spacht
Amanda S. Rapp Dies at 59 in Lititz Home
Amanda S. Rapp, 59, of 48 Center Street, died Sunday afternoon after a brief illness. Born in Rothsville, she spent much of her life in Lititz and was a Moravian Church member. She was a hardware maker by trade. Surviving relatives include nephews Charles Rapp of Lititz, Paul Rapp of Washington, D C, and niece Mrs Tenne Tarrach of Lebanon. Services held Tuesday at 2 PM at the Moravian Church with burial in the Moravian Cemetery. RB M Spacht Funeral Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda S. Rapp
Center Street
Rothsville
Lititz
Anthony Raggo
Charles Rapp
Paul Rapp
Washington, D. C
Tenne ‘Arrach
Lebanon
RB. M. Spacht
Parking Rules Implemented at the Square
Borough workers painted new white lines to mark parking spaces and crosswalks at the Square. Burgess Breneman authorized the changes to curb off street congestion. Parking will be limited to one half hour in front of Springs Bank and post office. Cars may still park diagonally for now. Plans may switch to parallel parking. future work may cover the curve near the Sutter Hotel. The Barber Shops of Lititz announce closure all day Saturday July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orkmen
Burgess Breneman
Sen
Springs Bank
Ost
Puth
Sacral Sutter Hotel
Local notices from Lancaster region spread across week events
Alexander's Old Timers will furnish music Saturday night at Rustic Golf Course. Rev J C H Light spoke at Mono cacy church and preached at Birdsboro church. Miss Gress hosted tea and bridge at General Sutter Hotel. La Noble Club had lunch at the Hotel. A wedding breakfast honored Mr and Mrs Harry K Lane. Church gatherings include Halde man reunion and Evangelical conference in Myerstown. Reading visitors, church notices, and local trips fill the week with social and civic gatherings. A Lat ies Sewing Society event cleared about $40. An autogire airplane passed north of town. Webbers In The Woods added play equipment. Local residents travel and fish, reporting a heavy catch at Bowers Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Rustic
J. C. HK. Light
M. E
Monocacy
Birdsboro U. B
Miss Gress
Lancaster
Bridge
General Sutter
la Noble Club
Harry K. Lane
Millway
H. J. Kline
Haldeman
Kauffman’s Park
Manheim
The
Evangelical Congregational Church
Myerstown
Harry Retten
Wyncote
H. E. Grosh
Grosh
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
United Brethren Church
Walter Bender
Seaman Street
George H. Martzall
Lititz
Lancaster Court
Moravian Sunday School
Laties’ Sewing Society
Moravian Church
Woman’s Missionary Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Stoner Cottage
Mt. Gretna
N. Wolfe
Akron
Lititz Church
Nice
W. EK. Lockhart
Joe, Jr
Christ Episcopal Church
Reading
Ray Klapp
Omaha
Nebraska
Elizabeth Hepp
Lencaster
Kathryn
New York
Autogire
Webbers-In-The-Woods
Fetersburg-Manheim
Henry Lutz
Sticks Lane
Robert Lutz
Paul Davidson
Washerington
Elmer Beck
George Crudden
Paul Beck
Manheira
Bowers Beach
Reading Group Visits at Lockhart Home
About thirty members of the Reading Story League visited Mrs. W. K. Lockhart yesterday. They traveled by bus to spend an enjoyable afternoon at the Lockhart home and later shared a box melt. See the Majestic Electric Refrigerator before you buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Story League
W. K. Lockhart
Lockhart
Well Known Young Couples Married in United Brethren Church
Clarence K. Herr and Kathryn Mae Sturgis wed in a ring ceremony at the United Brethren Church with Miss Kathryn Gantz providing wedding music. Attendants were Paul Seather and Doris Myers. After a brief reception only close family gathered. The couple plan to live with the bride’s parents on East Main Street after trips to Niagara Falls Watkins Glen and Canada. Herr, a Lititz High School graduate, works for the Animal Trap Company. Mrs Herr, also a Lititz graduate and Millersville State Teachers College alumna, taught in local public schools for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence K. Herr
Harry Herr
Kathryn Mae Sturgis
N. D. Sturgis
East Main Street
United Brethren Church
J. Tk
Kathryn Gantz
Paul Seather
Doris Myers
Canada
E. Main Street
Herr
Lititz High School
Erb and Singer Wed at Lutheran Parsonage Manheim
John P. Erb of town and Anna D Singer daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmanuel J Singer of 415 East Main Street were married at the Lutheran parsonage East High Street Manheim Tuesday morning at 10 by Rev J F Knittle. Attendants were Daniel Erb of Lititz and Frank Beard of Manheim. They plan a brief wedding trip and will reside on East Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Erb
Town
Anna D. Singer
Emmanuel J. Singer
East Main Street
East High St
Manheim
J. F. Knittle
Daniel Erb
Lititz
Frank Beard
East Front Street
Bible Schools Open Monday in Area Churches
The Daily Vacation Bible School of the Evangelical Congregational Church and two other local denominations launch Monday for two weeks. Superintendents and teachers across eight grades are listed, with sessions at 2.80 o'clock each morning at Moravian and St. Pauls Lutheran venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Evangelical Congregational Church
H. J. Kline
Morris Wolf
Ed Grube
Morris McCloud
Walter Smith
Mathers
Victor Carpenter
Rannels
Grace Spangier
Grace
Kline
H. J Kline
Ruth Hackman
Jean Pfautz
Ruth Snavely
Pauline Rentschler
Grace Lehn
Loretta Mellinger
Lillian Getz
Maud Bender
Margaret Pfautz
United Brethren
Moravian Sunday School
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
N. G. Bachman
Grace Sessemann
Agnes Hensel
A. Virginia Grosh
Mary Sturgis
Daniel Hellman
Clarence Herr
Frank Longenecker
Mary Longenecker
W. K. Lockhart
Haines-Smith Wedding At Bride’s Home
Lester Earl Haines and Minerva Ruth Smith were wed Saturday at 2 PM in the bride’s home with about sixty relatives present. The double ring ceremony was led by Rt. Rev. F. E. Crosland of the Moravian Church, assisted by Rev. H. J. Kline. Dorothy Miksch played the wedding march and Esther Miksch sang O Promise Me and I Love You Truly. Jane Haines, the groom’s sister, was bridesmaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Earl Haines
Lewis Haines
Pine Street
Minerva Ruth Smith
Smith
E. Front Street
FE. S. Crosland
D. D
Moravian Church
H. J. Kline
Evangelical Congregational Church
Dorothy Miksch
Esther Miksch
Jane Haines
Har
Brethren Conference Delegation Describes Elizabethtown Sendoff
A party led by Rev. H. K. Ober of Elizabethtown, including Mrs Florence Gibbes Lititz and others, left June 6 for the Church of the Brethren annual conference in Colorado Springs. They traveled from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh by train and were joined by Joseph K. Brindle Lemaster and G. A. Heckman Williamson, then by motor coach into the smoky city with a stop at their church en route to the capital stay and onward journey scheduled for 3.80 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Ober
Elizabethtown
Church of the Brethren
Colorado Springs
Florence Gibbes
Town
Florence
Gibbel
Lititz
John R. Cassel
Annie Baker
Manheim
Edwin Eby
Joy
David Kilhefner
West Chester
Edna
Eunice
Alta Nunemaker
Amos Earhart
Sallie E. Raner
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Joseph K. Brindle
Lemaster
G. A. Heckman
Williamson
Pittsburgh
Seniors on Annual Trip End Washington Pilgrimage
Members of the 1931 Litpitz High School class returned late last night from their annual trip to Washington. Forty four graduates joined by a Pennsylvania Railroad official covered every major sight in the capital. One student did not make the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litpitz High School
Washington
Lancaster
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Capital
Lititz High School Band schedules summer engagements
The Lititz High School Band announces engagements at Springs Park from 9 to 11 on the Fourth morning, Bareville on July 18, and Five Pointville on July 25. More dates are pending as practices continue under director Henry Hackman while Prof. M. GC. Demmy attends summer school at Columbia University NYC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rustic
Lititz
Springs Park
Bareville
Five
Pointville
Henry Hackman
M. GC. Demmy
Columbia University
New York
Horton Optician Eye Glasses and Services
Horton Optician advertises eye examinations and glasses fitted at reasonable prices. Hours listed as a.m. to 8 p.m. with closure noted and invitation to come after supper. Lincoln location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton, Optician
Lincoln
Alumni Banquet at General Sutter Honors Lititz High Graduates
About 226 Lititz High School alumni attended the alumni banquet at the General Sutter Friday night. Walter Light served as toastmaster with toasts by Herbert Longenecker, Mrs Ethel Holtz house Kauffman, Paul Lacy, Betty Martin, Dr M H Yoder, and Prof M Demmy. James Mummert named entertainment chair. Bert Kauffman will deliver next year’s oration and Margaret Sonders the essay. Louis Huebener named toastmaster for the 1932 banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Higgh School Alumni Association
Sutter
Walter Light
Herbert Longenecker
Ethel Holtzhouse Kauffman
Paul Lacy
Betty Martin
M. H. Yoder
M. ©. Demmy
Landis Herr
James Mummert
Bert Kauffman
Margaret Sonders
Louis Huebener
Music Director Of Schools Leaves For N. J. Position
Herman Toplansky former Lititz Schools music director resigns after two years to take a band and orchestra focused post in Elizabeth New Jersey. A Ithaca Conservatory graduate, he previously led grades and high school music, led the lee clubs and orchestra, organized a junior band and taught 68 boys, with Elizabeth officials visiting to assess his work before appointing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Toplansky
Lititz
Elizabeth
N. J
Ithaca Conservatory of Music
Toplansky
Lee
Boy on Bicycle Collides With Auto on Front Street
Monroe Wike, a Front Street resident, sustained a broken left leg and facial cuts after his bicycle struck a car driven by Rufus Ehrhart on Front Street between Cedar and Broad. Ehrhart, driving west, slowed to pass a machine and turned left into an alley. he was cleared of fault and Wike remained at home recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Wike
Henry Wike
Front Street
Rufus Ehrhart
Lititz R. D
Cedar
Broad Streets
Long & Company
Wike
Ebhrhart
Shots Damage Phone Cables Endangers Lititz Area Lines
Denver and Ephrata Phone Company reports considerable damage to telephone cables from bullets fired by boys hunting birds. Linemen found pellets in Lititz Rothsville and Lititz Lexington lines. Some bullets cut wires, others allow rain into holes. Warning issued: offenders will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver and
Rothsville Chorus To Sing At Lutheran Church
Rothsville Community Chorus will render a program at the Rothsville Lutheran Church Sunday at 2.30 daylight time. The Rev F A Weichsel pastor will give an address and the Ladies Chorus will perform a special number for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville
Rothsville Lutheran Church
F. A. Weichsel
Teachers Leave for Home from Public Schools
The public schools closed on Tuesday as teachers departed for home. Out of town staff include Helen F. Quinn in New York City, Emma F. Myers in Philadelphia, Edwinna Stevens and Francis McGinnis in Three Springs Juniata, Herman Toplansky in Newark, Mildred Deardbrff in Gettysburg, Margaret Hower in Danville, Nelda Spatz in York, Helen E. Meyer in Aseola Mills, Margery Euck in Akron, Lilian Frantz in Lancaster, Sara Hacker in Lincoln, Hazel Bentzel in Manheim, Elizabeth Workman in East Petersburg. Four extra teachers will not return next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen F. Quinn
New York City
Emma F. Myers
Philadelphia
Edwinna Stevens
Francis McGinnis
Three Springs
Juniata
Herman Toplansky
Newark
N. J
Mildred Deardbrff
Gettysburg
Margaret Hower
Danville
Nelda Spatz
York
Helen E. Meyer
Asceola Mills
Margery Euck
Akron
Lilian Frantz
Lancaster
Sara Hacker
Lincoln
Hazel Bentzel
Manheim
Elizabeth Workman
East Petersburg
Amicus Club Dinner Entertained by Miss Mary Sturgis
Miss Mary Sturgis entertained the Amicus Club at a dinner at Webers In The Wood on Tuesday. Cards were played and prizes won by Miss Esther Groff and Miss Amelia Wagner. Present were Mrs. Ralph Groff of Lancaster and the Misses Aignes Hensel Irene Erb Nina Grosh Marie Zeller Amelia Wagner and Ethel Groff of Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sturgis
Amicus Club
Webers- In-The-Wood
Esther Groff
Amelia Wagner
Ralph Groff
Lancaster
Aignes Hensel
Irene Erb
Nina Grosh
Marie Zeller
Ethel Groff
Lititz
Juniors of United Brethren Church Hold Picnic
The Juniors of United Brethren Church will hold their annual picnic Saturday in Buck's Meadow. Trucks depart the church at 9 A.M. Also advertised is a sale of Agate Ware at Amer's Hardware Store with $1.00 values at 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Buck's Meadow
Amer’s
Alumni Banquet Ties Draw Lititz Visitors Home
Ella Lacy and family traveled to Covington Virginia for summer. many residents linked to the High School Alumni banquet last week. Visitors include Miriam Russell from Philadelphia and Miss Alznes Phillips of Lancaster with extended stays and social visits across Lititz, Ephrata, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Lacy
Covington
Virginia
H. H. Girvin
Willis Fesnacht
East Orange
N.S
Miriam Russell
Philadelphia
Alznes Phillips
Lancaster
A. R. Keller
Nevin G. Bachman
Bee Hive Inn
Ephrata
R. A. Worley and Son
Carlisle
R. E. Worley
R. A. Worley
I. L. Brookmyer
Baltimore
L. B. Brookmyer
E. Front Street
Kathryn Seaber
St. Joseph's Hospital
Charles Siegel
Marietta
Linn Grogh
Elizabeth
N. J
Lititz
Roberta Greengrass
Reading
Elizabeth Hepp
Christian Gibble
Lititz High School
Manheim
Ephraim Eby
Lancaster General Hospital
Horace L. Eschbach
Meinicke
Bethlehem
Clarence Deng
Carl Faber
Mahanoy City
Huber Iy
TF. J. Wyrm
Harri
Charlee Marietta
Paul Raington
D. C
Amanda Rapp
Philadel
Wash
Sweigert Family 17th Annual Reunion Saturday
The Sweigert clan will hold their 17th annual reunion in Springs Park this Saturday. Officers include President Miss Lillian Brunner Reinhelds Vice President Thiss Anna Sweigert Mohnton Secretary Mrs Frank Sweigert Mohnton Treasurer Frank Sweigert Mohnton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweigert
Springs Park
Lillian Brunner
Reinhelds
Thiss
Anna Sweigert
Mohnton
Frank Sweigert
Plans Laid for Fourth of July Celebrations in Lititz
Lititz Springs Committee approved complete plans for the annual Fourth of July in Lititz with picnics concerts baseball games and fireworks. Morning music by the High School Band 9 to 11 o clock cadet and Ringgold bands will perform afternoon games feature Manheim vs New Holland for county champion ship and the Ringgold Band will headline the evening program ending with a major fireworks display. The display is legal only in town following a Borough Council ordinance and a warning to curb misbehavior in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs
Lititz
Ringgold
Reading
Springs
Manheim
New Holland
Lititz High School Graduates Lead Sunday School Service
Twelve members of the 1931 Lititz High School class who attend St Pauls Lutheran Church led the opening Sunday School service. Richard Zartman acted as leader and talks were given by Irene Hertzler Dorothy Frey Kathryn Dommy and Dorothy Moyer. Lorraine Habecker sang God s Nearness written by her sister Dorothy Habecker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz High School
St Paul’s Lutheran Church
Richard Zartman
Ireve Hertzler
Dorothy Frey
Kathryn Dommy
Dorothy Moyer
Lorraine Habecker
God’s Nearness
Dorothy Habecker
Bey Soprano Soloist Featured at Lititz Rotary Meeting
The Lititz Rotary Club heard Joseph Weightman of Reading sing Bey Soprano solo at the weekly gathering. A Lancaster visitor attended. Next Tuesday the club meets at Webers-In-The-Woods where committees for the year will be announced by President B. M. Leaman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Joseph Weightman
Reading
Bey
Christ Episcopal Church
Lititz Men Honored in Firemen Association Posts
John G. Landis reelected president of the Lancaster County Firemen's Association announces committees for the coming year. Emory P. Wagner chief of the Litite Company is named chairman of the Entertainment Committee while Wm. H. Sturgis is placed on the Public City Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Landis
Lancaster County Firemen’s Association
Lititz
Emory P. Wagner
Litite Company
Wm. H. Sturgis
Free Swim At Pool Lutz Today
B F Lutz hosts a free swim at his Locust Street pool for school children today at noon. A Red Cross life saving demonstration is planned next Tuesday evening, with a German Band imitation to entertain. If rain, the event shifts to the following evening. Majestic Electric Refrigerators start at $169.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Lutz
Locust Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.S. Convention
Clayton EB. Frey, Jr
Howard
YOUNG
Herr—Sturgis
Erb
Haines—Smith
Lear
Rothsville Chorus
Entertains Club
E. &. Cross
Frank Wheeler
Glen Ridge
N. J. Myr
Harry Simmers
Mildred
Archie
Kenneth
Canton
Ohio
David Brian
Roy Kendig
Willow Street
B. L. Miller
Rhodi E
Charles Shenk
Williamson Fark
Robert Horn
Raymond Torn
Henry Strohmier
Jean Reedy
Temperance Institute
Waldheim Park
Allentown
Springs Committee
Club
Pool Lutz
Howard &, Young
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