Trolley Fire Sparks Panic and Rescue Near Lititz
A trolley car bound for Lancaster caught fire near the Belmon lime kilns. Three women jumped from the car to avoid flames, with 70 other passengers injured or frightened. Conductor Shopp and motorman H W Weibush acted to stop the vehicle, preventing loss of life as bystanders aided evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kling
Nora Helman
Mildred Yerger
Belmont Lime Kilns
Lancaster
H.W. Weibush
W. E. Shopp
Lititz
Nefisville
Belmont Hme Kilns
Auto Almost Plunged Into River Near Holtwood Dam
A York county auto nearly plunged into the Susquehanna river when brakes failed on a steep hill by the Holtwood dam. Snavely steered into a bank to stop the car as Hershey and Bucher escaped. Nearby resident Jacob Graybill was injured in a hay unloading fall. The town anticipates a July Fourth band parade and tarvia street paving progress brings hope for dustless streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Snavely
E. Lane
Amos Hershey
P. B. Bucher
York County
Mr. Snavely
Landing
Susquehanna River
Holtwood
Mr. Hershey
Bucher
Snavely
United States
Lititz
Deaths of Herbert Haisch Annie Sonon noted in Lititz area
Obituaries report the death of Herbert Haisch 35 of Pittsburgh after a weeks long illness, with survivors including wife Magee, sister Mrs. Huber and brother Thomas. Separate notice details Annie Sonon 69 in Mechanicsville, wife of Rev Henry Sonon, with daughters Lizzie and Emma and several sisters, funeral arrangements, and local church ties. Another death, James Wilson of Lititz area, dies at Lancaster St Joseph's Hospital aged 17 in Chester County, with funeral plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Haisch
Lititz
Shady Avenue
Pittsburgh
Samuel M. Huber
East Main Street
Haisch
Christian
Emma Haisch
Pullman Car Company
Herbert
Magee
Thomas
Camp Lee
S. M. Huber
William Albert Smith
Coatesville
Annie
Henry H. Sonon
Church of the Brethren
Mechanicsville
Sonon
Jonathan
Elizabeth Minnich
Minnich
Warwick Township
Lizzie
William Reidenbach
Emma
Neri Bushong
Monterey
Phares Swarr
Hast. Petersburg
Fannie Schreiner
Longenecker
Hottenstein
I. W. Taylor
Zoebler
James Wilson
John Heisey
Ephraim Eby
Lancaster St. Joseph’s Hospital
Heisey
Annie Evans
Chester County
John Wilson
John Atlee Hertz Celebrates Second Birthday At Home
The illustration shows John Atlee Hertz in uniform saluting, son of Captain J. Lincoln Hertz and his wife. Born June 16, he has spent months with his father at Camp Shelby Mississippi, where he was the idol of the base hospital staff, and may greet him on July fourth at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Atlee Hertz
J. Lincoln Hertz
John Atlee
Jacob Kling
Kling
Mr. Kling
Edwin Sturgis
William Henry Greek
Mr. Greek
Pledge for War Stamps Friday Public Meeting Held
National War Savings Stamps pledge day observed with a public meeting in the Lititz High School auditorium at 8 PM. Elmer Jp. Eby leads the event as part of a nationwide drive urging all residents to pledge to buy War Savings Stamps. G Graybill DInHM, Chief Burgess, urges Warwick township residents to attend local pledge day meetings at Rothsville Kissel Hill Brunnerville schoolhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Jp. Eby
Woodrow Wilson
War Savings
Great Volunteer Army
Boro
Lititz
United States
America
France
Lititz High School
Great Army of War Savers
G. Graybill Dinhm
Burgess
Warwick Township
Rothsville
H. Walter
Kissel Hill
Graybill Minnich
Brunnerville
Abner Risser
Conservation Is Watchword For Food Relief Requests
The Food Conservation office urges strict observance of festival rules to aid the Red Cross. Bake cakes with at least 35 percent authorized substitutes for wheat flour and without icing. Do not make homemade candies or lemonade. Use sandwiches or substantial foods at events to replace regular meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lititz Plans All Day July Fourth Celebration at Lititz Springs Park
Lititz prepares an all day Fourth of July program at Lititz Springs Park with the Spring Garden band from York to perform and a Lititz concert band. Denver's nine vs Lititz nine baseball games raise Red Cross funds. A Boy Scout meet at 5 30 PM features hundreds in uniform and evening patriotic addresses follow at 8. Grand park illumination with candles and lanterns tops the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keppel
Harrisburg
Lititz
Lititz Springs Park
Spring Garden Band
York
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Spring Garden
Denver
Jap ’’ Doremus
Mac McCloud
Red Cross
Travelers Near and Far Visit Lititz Residents
A travel notes style column lists many people visiting Lititz and nearby towns from Camden to Reading. It records visits by Mr Lemon Meily, Mr and Mrs Stewart Hobson, Dr E R Miller, Mrs G D Bitzer, Morris McCloud, Clarence Basford, A D Ulrich, Aaron Kurtz, Josephine Kreiter, William Smith, Rev H R Gibbel, Rev J W G Hershey, D G Witmyer and others, plus outings to Delaware Water Gap and Valley Forge and gatherings with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemon Meily
John
Camden
N. J
Stewart Hobson
Reading
Benjamin Mohler
Ephrata
E. R. Miller
E. L. Garber
G. D. Bitzer
Heilig
Mt. Joy
Morris McCloud
Hopeland
Clarence Basford
Baltimore
Luetta
Newton
Delaware Water Gap
D. G. Witmyer
Hanover
Trone
Fleisher
McCausland
Norwig
Wege
Harry Eckert
Esther
Mt. Gretna
Valley Forge
Amos Burkholder
Henry C. Sturgis
Clement Badorf
B. B. Hertzler
J. F. Buch
Samuel Foltz
Lancaster
Levi R. Hacker
Mary Zartman
Hacker
Lititz
Nine-Year-Old Lititz Girl Wins Real Estate Essay Prize
Rue Isabel Shenk of Lititz daughter of Mr and Mrs David Shenk of Lancaster wins first prize ten dollars in a Lancaster Real Estate Board essay contest on Why I should own my own home. Fifty two essays were submitted. Rue Isabel excelled at Rockland Street School in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rue Isabel Shenk
Lititz
David Shenk
Lancaster
Lan Gaster Real Estate Board
Rue Isabel
Rockland Street
War Relief Fund organized for Lititz citizens
A meeting at the Young Men's Business League formed a Lititz War Relief Fund with officers elected: President G. G. Diehm, Vice President Harry E. Eby, Secretary John Brubaker, Treasurer James H. Breitigan. The group plans regular contributions based on property value and income to support worthy causes and avoid Red Cross appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Business League
Lititz
G. G. Diehm
Harry E. Eby
John Brubaker
James H. Breitigan
Red Cross
Executive Committee
Army and Navy Notes From Camp Meade Area
Soldiers in training at Camp Meade and nearby towns spent the weekend here. Floyd Rader Paul Demmy Ed Strohm Walter McCreary Howard Hollinger M Nagel now at Camp Meade sends regards Arch Rosenberg and Charles Jones of Camp Meade spent a week in town Archs wife in Baltimore also visited Read of draft reclassification and potential training camp calls Robert Furlow qualified as a sharpshooter from Annapolis before returning to Washington Albert Bruckart in the Ordnance department at Camp Mills with high daily receipts from camp store sales
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Meade
Floyd Rader
Paul Demmy
Ed. Strohm
Walter McCreary
Howard Hollinger
M. Nagel
Manherry
Herbert Weitzel
Naval
Robert Furlow
Annapolis
Washington, D. C
Robert
Albert
Bruckart
Ordnance Department of
Army
Camp Mills
N. Y
Y M C A Workers Wanted for Troops
A Tuesday evening meeting at the Springs bank band stand urged Lancaster County citizens to join Y M C A work for soldiers either at cantonments or overseas. Rev J B Landis led prayers, with Hartman outlining the drive and Browne Pilgram and Miller making appeals. About 40 volunteers are hoped from the county in the next four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springs Bank
J. B. Landis
Geo. B. Raezer
Herbert Hartman
Lancaster County
George J. Browne
Hartman
Robert Pilgram
Lititz
Pilgram
C. S. Miller
Waste Not Food, Call Brubaker for Redistribution
Citizens urged to avoid waste and share surplus harvests through Mrs. J Clayton Brubaker of the Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense. Officials will arrange pickup and forward goods to Lancaster for use.
Hot Shots for Blue Devils by Rev. J. B. Baker
A local publisher acknowledges receipt of a book titled Hot Shots for Blue Devils by former townsman Rev. J B Baker pastor of St James Lutheran Church Gettysburg The volume arrives late and is praised for Baker s optimistic outlook likely to lift spirits in the community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Baker
St. James Lutheran Church
Gettysburg
Blue Devils
Chuck
Baker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gongisely
William Kissinger
Poplar Run
L. Samuel Lane, Jr
Andrew Shissler
Lane
R. Posey
Harry Snavely
Bushong’s Mill
Manheim
N. D. Sturgis
Hepp
Sturgis
Oneida
Lititz Springs National Bank
Retail Merchants’ Association
Buck's
Lottie Nies
Littta
Helen Glass
Charles
Reist
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Company
Jennie Prautz
J. L. Grosh
Front Street
B. Young & Son
4S Place
Fleetwood
Jacob Graybill
Pine Hill
Graybill
Wayne
Middle Creek
H. A. Long
Brickerville
Harry Regennas
West Lemon Street
C. N. Derr
A.M. Kreider
Regennas
Squire Derr
Kreider
Tarvia
Manheim Band
W. M. Pfautz
Christ. Zimmerman
Army and Navy
U. S
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