Lititz School Board Hears Plans For Next Year
The Lititz School Board met last night to discuss next year’s teaching staff and school programs. Officers Sunter Beck Snyder Posey Hershey Herr and Principal Demmy attended as revolver shots and bells from a class play interrupted business briefly while the Junior High students rehearsed for a performance tonight. The board granted auditorium use requests by the Cadet Band and the Taxpayers Association but said approvals were not setting precedent. The Delphian Society asked to plant trees as part of the Washington Bi Centenn ial Observance and will choose the species. Prof Beck to decide. The board also sought state guidance on additional trees and set the Fall term start for September 6. Easter vacation dates were set with Good Friday and Easter Monday off.
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Lititz
Direetors Sunter
Beck, Snyder, Posey and Hershey
Herr
Demmy
Taxpayers’ Association
Bermany
Missions Committee Meets Bicentennial Moravian Mission Obser vance
The Bicentennial Committee for Moravian Foreign Missions held its first meeting at Miss Mary Huebener's home to plan the 200th anniversary observance. Members include Prof. H. H. Beck H. BE. Grosh Mrs. D. P. Bricker Mrs. Margie Arntz and Miss Mary Haabener with Rt. Rev. E. S. Crosland as ex officio.
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Lititz
Moravian Foreign Missions
Mary Huebener
H. H. Beck
H. BE. Grosh
D. P. Bricker
Margie Arntz
Mary Haabener
E. S. Crosland
Revival Well Attended At Evan gelical Congregational Church
Revival meetings in the Evan gelical Congregational Church drew strong attendance with 30 responses at the Sunday School Decision Service and four more at evening services. A large crowd joined the afternoon men's mass meeting, while the orchestra directed by Henry Hackman enhanced the services and Clarence Maharg performed The Lost Chord.
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Evangelical Congregational Church
Henry Hackman
Clarence Maharg
Moravian Choir at Community PTA Meeting in Lititz
The Parent Teachers Association met Thursday in the High School auditorium with Prof. H. H. Beck speaking on Birds and Bird Calls. The Moravian Church Junior Choir performed and the next PTA meeting, April 14, will elect officers. Also: Roy B. Eeneurg jeweler offers watch repair. J S Harris & Co advertises bankruptcy stock sale running to March 26 with stock remark day.
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Parent-Teachers Association
H. H. Beck
Moravian Church
J. 8. Harris & CO
Lititz
C. V. Plauta
C. V
Local residents visit relatives across towns this weekend
R E Worley and family visited Barton Swar and family in Ardmore. C M Dillman of Grantville visited Lititz relatives. E Miller Sutton of Wilmington spent time with his mother in Lititz. Mrs Gittel of Philadelphia visits Lititz. Lizzie Hershey stays with daughter in Souderton. Harry Myers visited John Garman in Landisville. Eleanore Johansen of Philadelphia visits Lititz relatives. Arthur Johansen returns from St Josephs Hospital. Walter Ranck of Downingtown and T S Gilbert with Annie Quaintance visit A R Keller. E L Garber, Mrs Heckel and L A Weitzel spend day in Allentown. Herbert Bowser of Hummelstown spends time with Lititz relatives. Abram Bruckart of Elm visits daughter nursing at Moravian Home. Mrs Charles Brodbeck, missionary from China, and Emma stay with D A Zimmerman family in Chicago.
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R. E. Worley
Barton Swar
Ardmore
C. M. Dillman
Grantville
Lititz
E. Miller Sutton
Wilmington
Del
John Gittel
Philadelphia
Lizzie Hershey
Souderton
Harry Myers
John Garman
Landisville
Eleanore Johansen
Arthur Johansen
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Walter Ranck
Downingtown
T. S. Gilbert
Annie Quaintance
Coatesville
A. R. Keller
E. L. Garber
Heckel
L. A. Weitzel
Allentown
Herbert Bowser
Hummelstown
Abram Bruckart
Elm
Alice Wireback
Charles Brodbeck
China
Emma
Chicago
D. A. Zimmerman
Wedding Dinner Honors Esther Martin on Her Marriage
A wedding dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Martin to honor their daughter Esther on her recent marriage. Attending were numerous relatives from Hess’ Church Campbelltown Brunnerville Uess’ Church Union Deposit Kissel Hill Palmyra Lebanon East Petersburg Manheim and Lancaster with helping servers Misses Boyd Le Fevre Adair and Ruth Martin. The bride received many beautiful and useful gifts.
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Wm. L. Martin
Esther
Edwin Wenger
Adam Martin
Hess’ Church
Clarence Wagner
Campbelltown
Philip Martin
Brunnerville
Irvin Martin
Uess’ Church
Aaron Smith
Union
East Petersburg
Harry Lefever
Near Manheim
Elmer Boyd
Kissel Hill
Edward Joline
Elmer
Ralph
Raymond Boyd
Kissel Hull
Dorothy Ener
Lancaster
Na~om Minnich
Near Town
Almeda Boyd
Pauline Lefevre
Manheim
Helen Adair
Ruth Martin
Lodge Officers Installed In White Cove Commandery No 532
J C Ulmer of Lancaster installed officers for White Cove Commandery No 532 on Thursday evening. S X C Carl V Reedy Generalissimo Charles Hoff G G Lester Furlow Prelate E Regennas Recorder David F Brian Assistant C Earl Brian Treasurer Alvin Y Long Senior Warden John H Furlow Junior Warden Harl Singer Standard Bearer B F Wier Siword Bearer J Albert Hall Warden Charles Rapp Sentinel Harry Stormfelts First Guard J Arthur Bruckart Second Guard Hess W.
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J. C. Ulmer
Lancaster
White Cove
Carl V. Reedy
Charles Hoff
G. G
Lester Furlow
E. Regennas
David F. Brian
C. Earl Brian
Alvin Y. Long
John H. Furlow
Harl Singer
Marriage Announcement for Anita M Liller and Lloyd Farrell
Announce the marriage of Anita M Liller of Lancaster to Lloyd B Farrell son of Mr and Mrs George N Farrell Lititz Rd 2 on March 5 at Kennedyville Md with Rev J M Brown officiating They will reside Lititz Rd 2 Book store hosts new library open tomorrow at General Sutter Hotel RECORD j.
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C. J. Liller
Lancaster
Anita M
Lloyd
Farrel
George N. Farrell
Lititz R. D
Kennedyville
Rev
J. M. Brown
Lititz R F. D
Record J
General Sutter Hotel
Record Book Store
Horton Optician Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted
Horton Optician offers eye examinations and glasses at reasonable prices with hours from 9 a m to 8 p m. Open daily and accepting visitors after supper. location in Lincoln.
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Horton, Optician
Lincoln
Mystery Comedy by Juniors Tonight at Lititz High School
The Junior Class presents Seven Keys to Baldpate an unusual melodramatic mystery at the Lititz High School auditorium directors Miss Mildred Deardorf. The play unfolds in a winter Baldpate Inn setting with humor from the ghost and fast moving scenes. Cast includes Elijah Quim by Charles Longenecker William Magee Warren Newcomer and others with Fulton Opera House supplies.
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Baldpate
Lititz High School
Teo
Mildred Deardorf
Baldpate Inn
William Magee
Warren Newcomer
Elijah Quimby
Charles Longenecker
Cop
Earl Kauffman
Dexter Nrline
Fulton Opera House
Lancaster
Dorothey Owen
Charles Getz
Karl Kauffman
Geneva Kopp
Beatrice Slagel
Evelyn Prantz
Edward Cochran
Clyde Myer
Kathryn Rollman
Robert Getz
Pauline Seigert
Willard Spiekier
Ethel Miller
John Huber
Mary Belle Nissler
Dorothy Ecenrode
Florence Burkey
Winifred Keenex
Ruth Girgin
Margaret Ditzler
Dorothy Wonder
Ruth Keehn
Esther Smith
Violet Keller
Elizabeth Pfautz
Linden Hall Gym Meet Honors Banner At Evening Event
Linden Hall hosted its annual gym meet and competition Saturday under Miss Elizabeth Huston. Linden Hall defeated Shippen School of Lancaster 31 to 29 in a Friday basketball game. The Haster vacation starts tomorrow and ends on Easter Monday.
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Linden Hall
Elizabeth Huston
Shippen School of Lancaster
Moravian Ushers Name Officers at Meeting
Ushers' Association held its monthly meeting in the Sunday School Chapel. Officers elected include President Walter B. Light Vice President Martin Muth Secretary Harry Regennas Treasurer James Mummert. Dr. Harry Bender gave a talk on The Indians of Lancaster County.
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Moravian. Ushers’ Association
Walter B. Light
Martin Muth
Harry Regennas
James Mummert
Harry Bender
Lancaster County
Birthday party honors daughter of Quay Enck
Mr and Mrs Quay Enck of North Cedar Street hosted a Sunday dinner for Earl Good and wife and Fay Good of Ephrata to celebrate their daughter's first birthday anniversary. Guests included local residents from Lancaster Lititz Manheim and Eneck with multiple family members. Roller skating and Clover Seed ad details follow.
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Quay Enck
North Cedar Street
Earl Good
Fay
Ephrata
Enck
W. M. Brubaker
Violet Hacker
Lancaster
Owen Badorf
Ruth
Walter Rollman
Shirley Ann
Sadie Enck
Nathan Rei
Absentee Spike Hits Lititz Schools Amid Cold Epidemic
More than one tenth of Lititz school enrollment was absent Monday due to a cold and grip outbreak. A total of 115 pupils stayed home, the highest number in years, with sickness sweeping multiple grades and days. Doctors and nurses have been busy as snow and cold weather followed warm spells, though schools remained open.
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Lititz
Obituary Allen R. Whitmyer 79
Allen R. Whitmyer 79 of 140 N. Cedar Street died Thursday afternoon after a lingering illness. He leaves his widow, two children Annie Putt of Akron and Samuel Whitmyer of Lititz, four grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and brother Obed Whitmyer of Neffsville. Funeral held at home at 1 80 P. M. Sunday and 2 P. M. at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Burial in Macpelah Cemetery. R M Spacht funeral director.
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Allen R. Whitmyer
N. Cedar Street
Annie L. Putt
Akron
Samuel R. Whitmyer
Lititz
Obed R. Whitmyer
Neffsville
Death of Mrs. Catherine L. Schaberle in Ann Arbor
Mrs. Catherine L. Schaberle of Lititz died at her Ann Arbor home on March 3 at age 81 from complications of diseases. Her husband Prof. J. F. Schaberle was a longtime Linden Hall music professor and organist. Surviving are two sons and two daughters. a son Ernest is a Lititz High School graduate. The family had connections to Detroit and California before returning to Michigan. Burial was in Ann Arbor.
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Ella Lacy
Norman
Detroit
Michigan
Catherine L. Schaberle
Ann Arbor
Frederick
California
Schaeberle
Coal Truck Crash Douses Road With Six Tons Of Coal
Two Lancaster men were hurt when a coal truck collided with Ira Rohrer’s car on the Lexington pike near Lititz. The truck wrecked and six tons of coal spilled across the road, injuring Glen and Jacob Binkele who were taken to the hospital. The vehicle was towed away and the coal shoveled into bags for removal.
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Lititz
Lexington Pike
Glenn Binkele
Jacob
Lancaster
Zion Home
Ward Lititz
Ira Rohrer
Glen
Pastor Addresses Rotarians at Lititz Rotary Meeting
Rev. J. Harold Mumper of St. Pauls Lutheran Church spoke forcefully on crime and its causes before Lititz Rotary at the General Sutter Hotel. He cited experts attributing about 20 percent of crime to prohibition and the remainder to selfishness gangsters disobedience at home and indifference to religion.
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J. Harold Mumper
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lititz
Mrs Hallacher 75 Dies in Rothsville After Sudden Illness
Mrs Elizabeth Hallacher, 75, wife of Jacob Hallacher of Rothsville, died unexpectedly at 8 A M Tuesday after complications. She was a member of the Evangelical Congregational Church. Survived by husband, daughter Mamie Mumma of Rothsville, two grandchildren, and sister Mrs Catherine Yeager of Reading. Funeral at 2 P M tomorrow at the home, burial in Rothsville Lutheran cemetery.
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Elizabeth Haller Hallacher
Jacob Hallacher
Rothsville
Evangelical Congregational Church
Mamie
ES. Mumma
Catherine Yeager
Reading
Rothsville Lutheran Cemetery
Otterbein Guild elects church officers
The Otterbein Guild of the United Brethren Church announced its officers: President Helen Hershey, Vice President Helen Steffy, Secretary Irene Whitcraft, Treasurer Mary Sturgis, Secretary of Thank Offering Helen Farrand, Secretary of Literature Ruth Spickler, Secretary of Stewardship Lilian McCreary, Patroness Mrs. Ellis Spickler.
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Otterbein Guild of the
United Brethren Church
Helen Hershey
Helen Steffy
Irene Whitcraft
Mary Sturgis
Helen Farrand
Ruth Spickler
Lilian McCreary
Ellis Spickler
Moravian Sunday School to Host Quarterly Meeting
Local Mother-Teacher Council schedules its quarterly gathering for Thursday March 31 in the Primary Department room. Community updates include visits from Lydia McCully of Winston-Salem and Prof Paul Beck with son John of Bethlehem.
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Moravian Sunday School
Cassel and Forney Wed in Early Morning Ceremony
Walter K. Cassel son of Mr and Mrs John K Cassel of near Lancaster Junction and Nettie G Forney daughter of Mr and Mrs Lane G Forney of near Lititz were married Tuesday at 8 o clock by Rev Charles D Cassel of the Church of the Brethren Manheim at his home. They left by automobile for Niagara Falls and other points and will reside near Lancaster Junction.
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Walter K. Cassel
John K. Cassel
Lancaster Junction
Nettie G. Forney
Lane G. Forney
Lititz
Charles D. Cassel
Church of the Brethren
Manheim
Niagara Falls
Reading To Save Daylight Adopt Daylight Saving Time
The Reading Chamber of Commerce decided to again adopt daylight saving time after surveying local business and industrial establishments. This will be the third consecutive year of advancing time in Reading.
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Reading Chamber of Commence
Reading
Washington Letter Defuses Deportation Fear Over Lititz Hospital Site
In 1778 Lititz faced removal as a General Hospital location with residents to relocate to Bethlehem and Nazareth. A town conference sent a petition to George Washington. Washington dictated a reply explaining public needs, hospital distribution by Dr. Skippen, and minimal burden on inhabitants, urging presentation of the letter to him.
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Washington
Lititz
General Washington
Bethlehem
General Hospital
Nazareth
National
George Washington
Hasse
Leiiz
Skippen
H. H. ‘Beck
Lancaster County Historical Society
Lodge Trip To Elizabethtown For Degree Conferment
Lititz Lodge of Odd Fellows plans a trip to Elizabethtown tonight as the Elizabethtown degree team confers the second degree on candidates from Lititz and Elizabethtown. Members are urged to report to the Lodge Hall at 7 and bring cars or be transported.
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Lititz Lodge of Odd Fellows
Elizabethtown
Miss L A Weitzel Wins German Recognition for Poems
Moravian Home author Miss L A Weitzel of Reading Pennsylvania German poet collects praise in Germany for Specktaker. Prof Henry Kloss associated with top institutions sent two copies and wrote a biographical sketch for Deutsche Academie Munich. Leipzig city library requested a copy.
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L. A. Weitzel
Specktaker
Germany
Henry Kloss
Deutsche Academie
German Academy
Munich
Leipsic
Easter Observances Begin in Lititz Churches
Lititz churches announce Easter observances starting Palm Sunday with special services across Moravian and St Paul’s Lutheran congregations. Moravian schedule includes readings, communion, lovefeast and multiple music programs directed by Victor Wagner and Mrs Kenneth Witmyer. Palm Sunday baptism and infant baptism at 3 PM. concerts feature Works by Parker Bristow Stainer Candlyn and others. St Paul’s Lutheran offers member reception at 10:30 AM and 7 PM Lenten Cantata Olive To Calvary by Maunder performed by the Senior Choir under N B Baughey.
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Lititz
Victor Wagner
Kenneth Witmyer
Reissinger
Vincent
Bethany
Bethany,” Soerensenn
Jerusalem
Parker
Bristow
A. R. Beck
Stainer
Candlyn
Dr. Harrington
Wood
Baldwin
Jesus
Ambrose
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Olivet To Calvary
Maunder
N. B. Baughey
Last Day Of Auto Inspection Period Warned
Harrisburg officials issue last minute reminders for drivers to inspect their cars before March 31. Starting April 1 uninspected vehicles will be stopped and operators arrested with fines up to 10 dollars or five days in jail. State Patrol to enforce 1952 inspection stickers and warn by red cards. Also notes basketball tonight Rothsville plays Ephrata at Lutz Hall and local ads for dog food samples at Eby’s Mill Lititz.
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Harrisburg
State Highway Patrol
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Delphian Society
Missions Committee
Roy B. Eneeburg
Eby’s Mill
Lutz Hall
Lydia McCully
Winston- Salem
N. C
Elizabeth Hepp
Linden Irail
Moravian Home
Paul Beck
Moravian College and Theological Seminary
John
H. J. Kline
Bishop Woodring
Mauch Chunk
Ladies’ Aid Society
Quay Euck
Jesse Jones
Science Club
John Muth
Paul Miller
Charles Fink
Amelia Reusswig
Harriet
Liberty Street
Utica
Enos Miller
Route 4
Lindbergh
Roy H. Long
Matilda V. Shannon
Mr. Long
Musser
Pine Grove
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Brickerville
Cassel—Forney
Lodge
Roy B. Kneeburg
Adv
Rothsville Vs. Ephrata
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