July 4 Observances And Local News Highlights
Stores banks and business places will close Monday July 4 with post office hours unchanged. Rural mail carriers start earlier July 5. Local incidents include a green baton strike on Joseph Zahm’s auto, two autioists fined, and 51 cats caught at Holtwood. Lititz band concerts and a July 1 sale at Lititz Clothing & Shoe Store are noted along with various civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Kreider
Joseph Zahm
Tobe Erline
Lake Conewingo
Kissel Ilill
Kreider
Louis Sturgis
Benjamin Weir
Monroe Smith
Holtwood
Andrew Kautz
Austin
Texas
E. E. Kautz
Kautz
E. H. Evans
Merry Place
Lititz
Springs Hotel
Spring Lake Ice Company
Lincoln Gable
Lititz Clothing & Shoe Store
M. Cohen
Farmers National Bank
Malta Temple
David Pfautz
Zem Zem
Lancaster City
Lititz Springs
Moravian Ushers Association
Lake Grubb
Frank Rentsehler
County Insane Asylum
Rentschler
Lititz Snippets and Local Charm Amid Dry Weather
A Lititz man mumbles about prohibition on Main Street as dry weather lingers. Shown are recollections of ice cream with crackers, a prank in Reading, concerns about deranged neighbors, and a Greek cobbler planning to open at Five Points around July 1. Also noted are flickers nesting near Dr. N. C. Martin and a bet on mustache growth between a freight man and an expressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Lititz
Milton Bender
Lititz Hunter Fights Groundhog With Bare Hands
Frank Rader of Lititz battled a nine pound groundhog after waiting at a burrow with a rifle. When the animal barred escape he grasped the creature by the tail and wrestled it from the hole, then bludgeoned it with a stone to end the struggle. Rader warns greenhorns not to try the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rader
Riffe
Mr. Rader
Frank
Greenie
National Song July Fourth Banner of Liberty
Poem praising American liberty and patriotism. References Lexington Green, independence, the Liberty Bell, and the red white and blue flag. Emphasizes steadfast yeomen, courage against tyranny, and pride in the eagle banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnien
Lexington Green
Three Riesener Sisters Visit Lititz and Ephrata
The Riesener sisters of San Francisco traveling to Lititz and Ephrata under the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis plan official visits and research. Harriet Riesener, supreme vestal virgin, will guide exploration of local Rosicrucian history tied to Philadelphia mystics and the early American Rosicrucian movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Ephrata
Rieseners
San Francisco
California
Rosae Cravis
Harriet Riesener
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Germany
England
Fairmount Park
Museum of the Historical Society of Philadelphia
America
Sir Francis Bacon
Magister
Kelputs
New York
Boston
Mexico
Canada
Riesener
William Riesener
Adies
Mystic Chinaman Lang Seen Alive in Lititz Visit
Lee Lang a Chinese laundryman once thought dead appeared in Lititz on Sunday. He recalled names of locals, talked of plans to open a laundry with other Chinamen, and said a New Holland gasoline engine he bought was shipped to his father in China. He had learned English here and hinted at earlier detentions in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Lang
Lititz
Lee
China
California
Leopracy
Former Lititz Girl Honored By County Association
Miss Helen J. Sturgis daughter of Mr and Mrs C E Sturgis of Lancaster formerly of Lancaster has been chosen by the County Sabbath School Association to represent the county at the State Camp Conference at Camp Caledon North Girard Erie county June 28 to July 12 One of two hundred girls selected for special leadership training from among three hundred thousand in the Young People Division of the Pennsylvania Sabbath School Association Miss Sturgis is an active teacher at the Lancaster Moravian Sunday School Camp Caledon located fourteen miles west of Erie with lake front woods and beach Sleeping quarters are in cabins with a leader for each group of girls Miss Sturgis joined the Philadelphia delegation at Lancaster Monday evening on their way to camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen J. Sturgis
C. E. Sturgis
Lancaster
County Sabbath School Association
Camp Caledon
North Girard
Erie County
Pennsylvania Sabbath School Association
Lancaster Moravian
Caledon
Erie
Spacius Lodge
Miss Sturgis
Philadelphia
Big Twin Bantam Breeders Visit Annapolis Area
The Rigg brothers Harry and Frank, six foot two, twins and bantam breeders, visited D G Witmyer near Annapolis opposite the river from Baltimore. They, with Princeton educations, are noted for bantam breeding as a hobby and are hard to distinguish. Also visiting were J K Brokaw of Summersville NJ and Pfantz Bros, who announce a 10th anniversary sale starting July 11 with notable reductions in staple merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rigg Brothers
Harry
Frank
D. G. Witmyer
Baltimore
Linstead Farm
Annapolis
Princeton College
Mer. Witmyer
J. K. Brokaw
Summersville
N. J
Witmyer
Pfantz Bros
July Fourth Program at Lititz Spring Grounds
The schedule lists events from 5 A.M. with bell ringing to 10 P.M. Band concerts dominate the day with baseball games Lititz versus Reamstown and Lititz versus an unnamed opponent. An illumination at 7:55 P.M. and a grand fireworks display at 8:45 P.M. cap the evening with a special train at 9:45 P.M. to Manheim Reading and intermediate points at 10:45 P.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Reamstown
Manheim
Reading
Travelers Near and Far Visit Local Residents
Mr and Mrs William Butt and child of Pittsburgh join Mrs Jefferson Wagner and Mrs Frank Leinbach of Reading visits. Ellen Leib and daughters Mabel and Viola spend Sunday at Manheim with Mr and Mrs Harry Ruhl. Dr Percy Dreifus of Quantico Va visits with his parents. L B Nies of Reading attends niece's funeral. Gladys Ford and three children from Atlantic City return home next week. Jacob Kling visits Lititz then returns to Lancaster. Miss Ruth E Grosh attends nephew Earl Grosh's wedding in Lancaster. Winifred Smucker of Pittsburgh visits Moravian Home. Annie Gundaker of Philadelphia visits D Wal Evans Mrs Linn Nies and Irene Moyer. James Carper of Granville Ohio vacationing with parents. Libbie Bach visits Philadelphia relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Butt
Pittsburgh
Jefferson Wagner
Frank Leinbach
Reading
Ellen Leib
Mabel
Viola
Manheim
Harry Ruhl
Percy Dreifus
Quantico
Jos. Dreifus
L. B. Nies
Gladys Ford
Atlantic City
John Fleishman
Jacob Kling
Adams’ Showers
Lancaster R. F. D. No. 1
Ruth E. Grosh
Peekskill
N. Y
Earl Grosh
Lancaster
Miss Grosh
Lititz
Winifred Smucker
Smucker
Annie Gundaker
Philadelphia
D. Wal | Evans
Linn Nies
Irene Moyer
James Carper
Granville
Chrach Ave
Libbie Bach
Garden Spot Post No 56 Plans July 4 Memorial Drive
Garden Spot Post No 56 will hold a Tag Day on July 4 to raise funds for a memorial. Ten thousand tags are prepared with $1800 in silk shirts, $700 in silk socks, $300 in Chinese baskets, and $300 in Kewpie Dolls to be sold at the square. The Legion opens the game contents July 2 with an ice cream festival and novelties including Japanese sewing baskets offered at local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our
The
Legion
the Square
American Legion
Ritchie’s
Moyer’s
Mohler’s
Lititz Young Man Licensed to Practice Optometry
Louis Hepp, a Columbia University graduate, passed the Harrisburg state exam and has been licensed to practice optometry in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Louis Hepp
Columbia University
New York
Harrisburg
Comrades Honor the Soldier Dead at Lititz Cemetery
Corporal Abram H. Breitigan, veteran of World War I, was laid to rest at Longenecker's cemetery with Garden Spot Post American Legion in charge. Fifty Legion members in uniform attended. mourners include his parents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Breitigan and siblings. Breitigan, 31, died in a France hospital after an air bomb wound July 23 1918. he had served in Co K, later Co B, 149th Machine Gun Battalion, Rainbow Division. He earlier enlisted in 1907 and served in Fort Slo cum, Biss, the Philippines, and at the Rio Grande bridge dedication in 1909. He is survived by several siblings and his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram H. Breitigan
Longenecker’s
Garden Spot Post
American Legion
J. H. Hertz
Legion
Morris Mearig
Leon Machem
Burnell Imhoff
Edward Wissler
Alfred Douple
Paul Bomberger
Lititz
Breitigan
France
Lancaster
Co. K
Long Island
Fort Biss
el Paso
Texas
Philippine Islands
Corporal Breitigan
International Bridge Across the
Rio Grande
Dias
Mexico
Faft
Abram H Breitigan
Rapho Township
James H
Daniel H. and
H. Clay
Fairland
B. Ezra Waltz
Walter Bender
Harry Arehart
Manheim
Lititz Borough Adopts New Treasurer and Water Rules
H H Diehm resigns as borough treasurer after the Comptroller of the Currency bars the Lititz Springs National Bank from acting for any municipality. Citizens urged to curb water use due to drought with general watering hoses restricted after 5 p.m. Borough also cuts street workers' wages from 30 to 25 beginning the first of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Diehm
Comptroller of
Lititz Springs National Bank
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Moving Picture
Burkey
Lititz Hunter
Groundhog
Clinton Scollard
Millway Oil
S. S. McPoland
Millway
A. V. Walters
Brownstown
Harry Miller
Elizabeth Bartholomew
Joseph Miller
Margie
N. D. Sturgis
Frank Ford
Monticelloy
Kentucky Avenue
Messrs. Hollinger and
Fetter
Schaefferstown
Waldeck
Association
Helen Sturgis
Big Twin
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