Multiple Property Additions and Local Events Reported
Harry Fetter adds a rear attachment to a Front street home while J. F. Stoner builds an Broad street extension to house another family. Private sale of Michael Bear’s S Broad home to Ira Berry. court confirmation awaited. Weekend duck sightings at Buch dam hint at warmer weather despite Patrick’s Day chill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fetter
Front Street
J. F. Stoner
Broad Street
Michael Bear
S. Broad Street
Ira Eberry
Buch’ Dam
St. Patrick’s Day
Death of Anna Eliza Matthews of Lititz at 78
Anna Eliza Matthews age 78 of Lititz died Wednesday morning at 1 30 from dropsy after months of illness. Survived by husband Joseph B. Matthews, children Eliza Hacker Caroline Heckert and Thomas, a brother Abram and sister Amanda, 7 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Private service at 1 30 pm Saturday and public Moravian church service at 2 pm, burial in Moravian Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Eliza Matthews
Lititz
Joseph B. Matthews
Warwick Township
Reformed Church
Eliza
Samuel Hacker
Caroline
William Heckert
York
Thomas
Abram
Lancaster
Amanda
Schaefferstown
Geo. B. Raezer
Es&s
Crosland
Fire at Ideal Chocolate Factory Destroys Finished Goods
A stubborn three hour fire at the Ideal Chocolate factory began in the cocoa grinding machine on the third floor. It damaged finished products, soaked boxes, and delayed work as insurance adjusters arrived. Estimated damage at least 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chocolate Factory
Ideal Chocolate Factory
J.F. Cyphers
Enck Family Drives 1300 Miles From Birmingham to Newark
Mr and Mrs Edgar Enck with daughter Arline and son Richard arrive by auto from Birmingham Alabama. The move places Mr Enck in charge of a Newark store after transferring from Birmingham. They stopped in Cincinnati where a daughter studies at the Conservatory of Music. Arline drove the entire 1300 mile trip. A pet dog accompanies the family. The parents left for Newark on Sunday while Arline stays with grandmother Elizabeth Selgeman on Orange street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Enck
Arline
Richard
Ella Moore
Birmingham
Alabama
Enck
Newark
N.J
Cincinnati
Ohio
Conservatory of Muzic
Arlene
Elizabeth Selgeman
Orange Street
Groshes Host Deck Dinner for Area Friends
Mr and Mrs B F Grosh entertained at a deck dinner Saturday evening at their Lititz home. Guests included Mrs David Fass Mrs Martha Thuma Misses Katie Smith Mary Frederick Grace Keller Fredericka Kling Pauline Kreider Katie Kreider Annie Rupp Hahns sow Laura Leopold and Lester Neff of Lititz Rome. Neff served as toastmaster with a top bell to keep order. The guests wore red white and blue caps and enjoyed a paper mache duck and candy at each plate. They all had a royal time and praised their hosts hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Grosh
David Fass
Martha Thuma
Katie Smith
Mary Frederick
Grace Keller
Fredericka Kling
Pauline
Katie Kreider
Litita
Annie Rupp
Hahnssown
Laura Leopold
Rome
Lester Neff
Lititz
Neff
Monroe Shue Itad Big Sale At Local Farm Auction
Monroe Shue conducted a Saturday stock sale totaling near 8000 dollars. Horses sold up to 160 dollars, mules 140 to 350 a pair, cows 60 to 135, shouts 7 ½ to 28. Chickens brought 31 4 to 32 cents a pound. local farm sale chickens totaled 600 dollars. Tobacco ladders and laths brought lower prices, additive items once 25 dollars now 2 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Shue
Shue
New York Doctor Endorses Lititz Ginger Ale
Augustus Fleckenstein of Lititz manufactures a ginger ale named after Lititz Springs and receives strong endorsements including a letter from Dr. Daniel R. Uodgden of the New York Food Investigation Service. The test samples were bought on the open market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Fleckenstein
Lititz Springs
Fleckenstein
Daniel R. Uodgden
Food Investigation Service
New York
Deetor
War wick House Anniversary Bazaar Sells Various Articles
Article list from War wick house bazaar shows prices for staples and oddities. Potatoes reach 3.15 per bushel, apples 1.75, hogs to 18.50, rabbits to 1.80, dog 0.10, pudding 0.10 per lb. Unusual items include a coffee grinder 0.15, drum 0.30, screen door 0.05, piano rolls 0.03, rug 9, coach 6.25, stockings 0.72 per dozen, and a live fox 1.05.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick House
When Worries Fade with Smiles and Songs
A verse encourages letting go of worry and choosing a positive mood. It urges readers to smile and hum despite hard days, noting little benefit from anxiety and reminding them that others may be worse off, which can lift spirits. The tone is steady and uplifting.
Union Fire company to break ground for community center
The Union Fire Company of Reading plans a $60,000 community center with offices recreation rooms bowling alleys and social spaces including a library. It aims to serve local residents and may house a banquet hall or ball room for gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Union Fire Company of
Reading
Lititz
PIANO PUPILS RECITAL AT ST PAULS SUNDAY SCHOOL CHAPEL
Miss Dorothy S Habecker presents piano pupils in a St Pauls Lutheran recital Saturday at 3 o clock. The program includes sales duets and trios. Pupils listed include Jane Burkholder Arlene Landes Virginia Leisey Rhoda Erb Robert Posey Elizabeth Leed Alice Worley Janet Bolles Mildred Gable Helen Showers Helen Leed Jane Miller Edith Kautz Theodore Herr Sylvia Lengenecker Dorothy Moyer Eleanor Johannsen Kathryn Dommy Martha Sturgis Esther Eby Irene Keener Kathryn Seaber Martha Birkenbine Loraine Habecker Mary Koch Anna Levare Myrtle Kling Reba Enck Elizabeth Steininger Raymond Runk Richard Landes Bernice Ehrhart Ruth Kieffer Florence Kofroth Viola Roth. Patrons invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy S. Habecker
St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
Jane Burkholder
Arlene Landes
Virginia Leisey
Virginia Cyphers
Rhoda Erb
Robert Posey
Elizabeth Leed
Alice Worley
Janet Bolles
Mildred Gable
Helen Showers
Helen Leed
Jane Miller
Edith Kautz
Theodore Herr
Sylvia Lengenecker
Dorothy Moyer
Eleanor Johannsen
Kathryn Dommy
Birthday greetings mark ages and anniversaries in town
Mrs. Mary Keller of Lincoln Avenue celebrated her 84th birthday yesterday with many callers and congratulatory letters and cards. Mrs. Lillian Rudy and Herman Fisher observed their birthday anniversaries on Saturday. Frantz Brothers advertise Armstrong Linoleum and Lititz Linoleum store. Gochenaur's promotions offer Tongue Loaf cold meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Keller
Lincoln Avenue
Lillian Rudy
Herman Fisher
Armstrong Linoleum
Frantz Brothers
Lititz Linoleum
Gochenaur’s
Reminiscences of Lititz 1828 to 1838 by Lizetta Weitzel
A reminiscence of Lititz when it was an exclusive Moravian church settlement. Describes one main street life, simple homes, 250 inhabitants, trades and apprentices, and daily routines. Details include street trees, cedar naming, wood stoves, tallow candles, and evening church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lizetta M. Weitzel
Ings
John Beck
Cedar Street
Truck Hit Ralph Hess in Brownstown. injures rotor farmer
Ralph Hess 40 of Rothsville is hospitalized with a fractured nose and facial injuries after leaping from a threshing machine driven to a farm near Gap. Accompanied by Elmer McGinnis, Hess failed to notice a furniture truck and was struck, then aided by Dr. Walters and taken to General Hospital. Miss Mabelle Stultz leads York basketball scoring with 344 points as Lutits High alum joins Thompson Business School squad for a March 24 Lancaster game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown
Ralph Hess
Rothsville
General Hospital
Elmer McGinnis
Hess
Gap
McGinnis
William Miller
Walters
Miss Stultz
York
Mabelle Stultz
Lutits High
Thompson Business School
York Dispatch
Lancaster
Birthday Surprise Party for Ruth Shenk
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Shenk hosted a birthday surprise party for their daughter Ruth on Saturday evening March 13. Attendees included Merle Zimmerman Intercourse Mabel Dohner Bird in Hand Ruth Newhauser Bird in Hand Grace Ferry Mr Joy Elwood Furlow Lititz Abe LeFever Paradise Quinton Buckwalter Lititz Ben Stauffer Lancaster John Newcomer Joy Raymond Keens Lancaster Elmer Hess Lancaster Raymond Hess Akron Maurice Zimmerman Soudersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Shenk
Ruth
Merle Zimmerman
Intercourse
Mabel Dohner
Ruth Newhauser
Grace Ferry
Joy
Elwood Furlow
Lititz
Abe LeFever
Paradise
Quinton Buckwalter
Ben Stauffer
Lancaster
John Newcomer
Raymond Keens
Elmer Hess
Raymond Hess
Akron
Maurice Zimmerman
Soudersburg
Bottle Washer Installed At Lititz Springs Plant
A new bottle washer is installed at Lititz Springs Beverage Company with one operator. The machine cleans and sterilizes 24 bottles per minute after an alkali wash, hot water rinse, and cold water rinse, both inside and outside, in seven minutes. Mr. Fleckenstein expects a big year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs Beverage Company
Fleckenstein
Long life ends as Mrs Delilah Small dies at 95 in Reading
Mrs Delilah Small aged 95 years died at her daughter Mrs Oliver Schirer’s home 1518 Hank Street Reading Pa from a complication of ailments while chatting with family She would have been 96 on June 5 born in Warwick Lancaster County She raised 25 children 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren and was active in St John’s Reformed Church Funeral services were held at Reading residence and she was interred in Arlenbach’s Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delilah Small
Oliver Schirer
Hank Street
Reading
Small
Lancaster County
Warwick
Lexington
Lititz
St. John's Reformed Church
New York City
Switzerland
England
William Haman
John Smail
Jacob Hitner
Ephrata
Arlenbach
Spelling Bee at Owl Hill School House Saturday
A spelling bee will be held at Owl Hill school house on Saturday evening, April 3, by the Kings Daughters circle. Prizes will be given to each class. The program includes music recitations and dialogues. Afterward a package sale. Doors open at 7 00 PM. Tickets are 20 cents. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Floyd Meily last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owl Hill
Kings Daughters Circle
Floyd Meily
Vermont Meily
Lemon Meily
Travelers Near and Far Visitants and Movements
A Lancaster area column lists John Leed visiting his son near Hershey. Many locals and visitors travel between Millway Reading Hospital Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Names include Elsie Martin Bechtel Stengel Mickey Crosland and Leed families with ties to Moravian churches and local businesses.
Spring brings hope and seasonal cheer through verses
The piece celebrates spring as a season of promise inspiring flowers, fast roads, sports, and flourishing business while provoking poetry from readers in Pennsylvania and lifting editor spirits with optimistic mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grip
Felina Althouse
Lexington Hotel
Allen Katz
Reading Knights of Malta
Delp
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
United Brethren Church
Tl. C. Seldomridge
South Broad Street
New England States
Lititz Real Estate Exchange
South Broadstreet
Amer’s
Ellis Kauffman
Moving Picture House
B. F. Lutz
Paul Birkenbine
Liberty Street
Miss Grace Keller
Speak
King’s Daughters
Miss Grace
Keath Planing
Mrs. B. F. Grosh
By Tom Dussinger
Tom” Adams
North Broad Street
Imhoff
Ile
Isaac Buch
Lebanon
Ditzler
Springs
Light Company
Louise A. Weitzel
John Leed
Hershey
Elsie Martin of
Millway
Daisy M. Withers
Violet Bisker
Reading Hospital
Mrs
Martin Bisker
Morgan Moyer
William Brady
Philadelphia
Mary Steiner
Charles Stengel
Los Angeles
California
F. W. Stengel
Linden Hall Seminary
Charles Bechtel
Barbara
S. W. Buch
Kissel Hill
Clarence Withers
G. L. Hepp
Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Lehman
Dixon, Til
Owen Hershey
Tampa
Florida
William H. Keller
William Robinson
Holmesburg
Milton Levers
Frankford
Springs Hotel
Wayne Seldomridge
William Keener
Phares Leed
Aaron Leed
P. F Snyder
Agricultural Trust and Savings Company of
American Institute of Banking
William Moench
C. L. Moench
Edward T. Mickey
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
E. S. Crosland
Mickey
Home Moravian Church
South
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