July Dogs Begin as Heat Hits July Third
A brisk local scene notes dog days arriving July third though many feel the heat already bears down. Events include a Ushers' Association outing at Lake Grubb, a Lititz Springs Committee meeting Monday night, and other town items such as a bank dividend declared and a bakery sale. Local fishing opens July 1 with shad season ending June 20 plus a ten day extension discussed by state officials.
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William Fink
Diehm
Maryland
Mary
Pennsylvania
Industry Seeks Lititz Site for Piston Factory
A Lancaster based American Ringless Piston Corporation representative visited Lititz this week seeking a location to start a production plant with about one hundred workers. The adjustable wall piston, developed since the war, promises reduced friction and broad automotive use selling around eight dollars. Proposals for Lititz emphasize incentives and potential, with Columbia also mentioned as a possibility.
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American Ringless Piston Corporation
Lancaster
Lititz
Columbia
Two Inmates Suffer Injuries In Separate Incidents
Aaron Kahler of Cedar Street fell from a hay wagon after his horse bolted on Thursday, dislocating his left shoulder and causing other injuries. Edward Higgle, a boarder at Kahler’s home, dislocated his hip when a bale of sulphite from the paper mill fell on him on Monday.
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Aaron Kahler
Cedar ‘Street
Edward Higple
Motion Picture of Modern Packing Plant at Altoona
Under the Roths Grange, the Confederated Home Abattoirs Corporation will exhibit a government inspected packing plant in full operation at Altoona. The educational film shows processes from killing to distribution and will be shown at Rothsville High School auditorium Friday July 6 at 8 o'clock with a farmer's lecture on profitable livestock raising. Admission is free.
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Rothsvile Grange
Confederated Home Abattoirs Corporation
Altoona
Rothsville High School
Confederated Home Abattoir
Dogs fight at post office ending with bite on hand
Edward Bear, a post office employee, was bitten in the left hand as he tried to separate two fighting dogs at his workplace. One dog belonged to Edward and the other to Dr. Richard Bear. The incident drew coworkers to safety while Bear’s wound was cauterized and began healing.
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Edward Bear
Edward
Richard Bear
Morris McCloud
Bess
East End
Old Warwick
No July 4th Celebration in Ephrata This Year
The American Legion Post of Ephrata will not hold an Independence Day celebration, citing its expense and resulting financial loss as the reason for the cancellation.
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Ephrata
The
American Legion Post
Missing Word Contest Draws Hundreds In The Record
The Record runs an Educational Missing Word Contest inviting readers to study ads and find a weekly word. Last week's word was ROAD. this week’s begins with a T and ends with N, with prizes for correct answers collected by Wednesday night and mailed to the Contest Editor.
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Bie
Long & Co
Big Cherry Season Brings Bountiful Harvest and Trades
A large cherry crop this season yields abundant sour and sweet varieties. Willis Gochenour reports high ladder sales amid robust fruit availability. Albert Gochenour gathers sixty quarts from a single tree on Broad street as residents graft multiple varieties for quality. Housewives buy in large quantities.
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Willis Goehenour
Albert Gochenour
Broad Street
Lydia
Salinda Hess
Public Meeting Friday by Vacation Bible School Pupils
The final meeting of the Vacation Bible School pupils will be held Friday at 7:30 PM in the Moravian Sunday School Chapel. Neat craft work and a nine day echo review will be included. Parents are invited and a program for parents follows at 7:50 PM at the Church of the Brethren. Bass season opens Monday.
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Church of the Brethren
The Fourth at Lititz Springs Park Fireworks Shine On
Thousands visit Lititz Springs Park for the Fourth of July celebration featuring all day band concerts, county league baseball between Terre Hill and Denver, and a Royal Italian fireworks display. Reading and Lititz Band provide high class music. special trains and frequent trolley service after the finale invite all to enjoy the historic event.
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Lititz Springs Park
Terre Hill
Denver
Reading
Lititz
One Man at Spring Grounds on July Fourth 1862
On July 4 1863 John Carpenter visited the Spring grounds at Lititz after supper and found no one else there amid post battle unease after the Columbia bridge burning and Gettysburg. He was fifteen, later enlisting at sixteen, with early regular celebrations dating to 1845 and irregularly earlier since 1818, missing only 1853 among successive years.
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John Carpenter
Lititz
Columbia Bridge
Gettysburg
Wrightsville
Carpenter
Ape
Return to California and legal actions stir local news
Robert C. Baker and wife returned to San Francisco after a six week visit with his parents in Lititz, where Baker's son saw old friends. Frank B. Burkholder, an auto dealer, filed two slander suits against R. B. Bair for 10,000 each, alleging false accusations of car theft and a disputed $50 loan. A Moravian church choir trolley car to Lancaster derailed near Neffsville. Anna Miller was injured but completed the performance.
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Robert C. Baker
Robert
BE. E. Baker
San Francisco
Calif
Lititz
Frank B. Burkholder
R. B. Bair
Burkholder
Bair
Lancaster
Moravian Church
Lanecaster
Neffsville
Anna Miller
Lititz Boys Train At Camp Meade For Month
Fred Habecker Chandler Ruhl Clarence Keller and William Carper from Lititz report Tuesday for training at Camp Meade in Maryland, beginning a one month program to prepare for military service.
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Lititz
Camp Meade
Fred ‘Habecker
Chandler Ruhl
Clarence Keller
William Carper
Camp
Maryland
Local Egg Prices and Civic Pool Talk in Lititz
A Lititz business owner cites low egg prices as due to consumer fear of the general run, urges better egg handling, and notes heat accelerates spoilage. Letters discuss a municipal swimming pool for school grounds, urging public interest and comparison of costs with Lutz pool.
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Lutz
Luicz
Lititz
Nest of Pheasants Found in Himmelberger Field
While making hay in L. D. Himmelberger's field near Kissel Till woods, four pheasant nest with young were found. Two poults were killed by the mowing. The others were hoped to be saved as future ornaments and neighbors. A thief who took jardineres from a South Broad Street garage is asked to return them.
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L. D
South Broad Street
Chevrolet Day At The Springs Promises Big Town Parade
A Chevrolet day at the Springs Park is set for Thursday August 30 with local dealers led by John Fr Longenecker hosting a day of amusement. A citywide parade and numerous prizes are planned as part of a calibre program to attract Chevrolet owners from miles around. The event coincides with improvements to a road from the borough to J C Brubaker’s residence, funded equally by township and county, while express shipments and trunk handling services are offered to summer travelers.
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Springs Park
John Fr. Longenecker
Longenecker
J. C. Brubaker
Warwick
Warwick House Sale Sparks Rural Auction Highlights
Seven hundred sixty seven sales were logged at the Warwick House on Saturday. Cows topped at $1 a head with an $89 cash total for the best, followed by pigs from $4.35 to $12, rabbits from 20 to 50 cents, ducks 95 cents, chickens 90 cents, 18% bushels of potatoes priced 10 cents to $1.35, ladies hose 12 to 15 cents, silk hose 35 to 60 cents, men’s hose 18 cents, records 11 to 21 cents, rug $16, bedstead $7, and 1400 cigars at $2.20 per hundred.
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Warwick House
Lutheran Choir Outing at Conestoga
The Conestoga St. Pauls Lutheran choir enjoyed an outing at Snavelys along the Conestoga on Saturday afternoon. Activities included Victrola music boating bathing and quoits. Thirty eight people attended and no one left hungry. Mrs Long oversaw cooking with fruit salad doggie sandwiches pretzels cheese pickles sakes coffee ice cream and fruit punch. An 85 year old Anna Grove of Marietta attended mineral services at Lititz and recalled her former Linden Hall teacher Miss Kia Youngman who was nearly six years old.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Choir
Snavely’s
Conestoga
Anna Grove
Marietta
Lititz
Linden Hall
Kia Youngman
Travelers Near and Far Gatherings and Trips Around Town
A flurry of weekend visits and journeys as Philadelphia visitors, D C relatives, and locals travel to and from towns like Reading Palmyra Mt Gretna and Atlantic City. Many attend family gatherings auto trips and a Lions Club convention while others visit friends and relatives across the region.
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Lewis Haines
Susquehanna
Fires Eddy
Lititz Springs
Aaron Hershey
General Hospital
Ushers’ Assation
Lake Grubb
Norman Usbecker
St. Josh's Hospital
Thejmers Bank Board of Directors
Daniel Grant
Landisville
Conestoga Traction Company
Arthur K. Reist
William
Doster
Steves
Sitite
Harry Rossman
Fra Rocheravin
Brunnerville
William of Langaster
Ever
Kim
KE. S. Crosland
New Holland
Rolandus Good
Auto
Acme Metal Products
New Springs Bank
Verger
Robert Russell
Pfautz Bros
Scott's Book Store
Spring Grounds
California
Frank Burkholder
Chevrolet
John Longenecker
Hall
American Railway Express
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Feacher
Theodore Ringer
Carl Lutz
Rev
Henry Lutz
Washington, D. C
Harry Nye
Victor Kauffman
Gravel Hill
Palmyra
Agnes Adams
Alvin Rachel
L. H. Meily
Florence Seldomridge
S. Becker von Grabill
Mt. Gretna
B. F. Conner
Will Jacob
Jonas Hornley
Elam
Scottdale
Louis Hepp
Miller
Wildwood
N. J
Eugene Longenecker
Atlantic City
Lions Club
Ruth Phillipps
Phoenixville Hospital
Mrs
Monroe Phillippi
Charles Regennas
BE. S$. Crosland
Misericordia Hospital
Wim. M. Amer
Frank Eby
Jacob Snyder
Eli Garber
M. H. Yoder
Delaware Bay
Anna J. Woodruff
Massachusetts
Florida
A. Virginia Grosh
Miss Woodruff
Daniel Withers
Daisy
H. S. Withers
Oregon
Luray Caverns
Fredericksburg
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Ira Zartman
H. K. Zartman
Lexmeton
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Westinghouse Electric Company
W. R. Sammel
William H. Enek
James B. Duger
Sara Jenkins
Kate Amer
M. T. Bisker
John Mathers
George D Clarke
Stewartstown
Phares Malschnee
Shamokin
Springfield
Mass
Jeremiah Adams
Birney Oehme
Ellis Spickler
Charles Young
Manheim
Walter Smith
William Smith
Eleanore
Alice Smith
Nazareth
Delaware Water Gap
Aston
Kutztown
Rev. Bittner
John Wike
Mildred
Rebecca Black
Sarah
Anna Fleck
Front Street
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