St Patrick Day Snow Blustery Record Hears Rotary Talk
St Patrick's day brought blustery weather with a late snowfall as S C Hassler spoke on "Principles of the Rotary" at the weekly luncheon. Reports of local happenings include a boiler burst at Animal Trap Co plant, a Moravian Ushers' meeting postponed, and Clayton Rudy converting a Cooper's Hill house into a tourist refreshment venue.
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S. C. Hassler
Rotary
The
Clayton Rudy
Cooper's Hill
Rothsville
Fire Company to Haye Roast Pork and Sauer Kraut Lunch
On Wednesday March 28 two one hundred pound shoates will be converted into roast pork for Lititz Fire Company members. The pork will be roasted in A. R. Keller's bread oven. Arranged by the Entertainment Committee they urge full attendance.
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Lititz Fire Company
A. R. Keller
Poultry Meetings Held Near Lincoln and Petersburg
A poultry meeting was held yesterday at Elmer Bucher’s home south of the pike between Lincoln and Clay. Another meeting is planned for today at 2 o’clock at A. L. Hostetter’s home north of East Petersburg near Root’s Nurseries, with all poultry enthusiasts invited.
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Elmer Bucher
Pike
Lincoln
Clay
A. L. Hostetter
East Petersburg
Root
poul+ try
Bad Roads Hamper Rural Mail Delivery Says Carriers
Harsh winter and heavy snows have left dirt roads in poor condition. Rural mail carriers struggle to cover routes as mud swamps vehicles up to the axles. Harry Hacker’s car stalled for an hour before a farmer with horses freed it. In the past horses supplemented autos during bad roads, but livery stables’ closures leave no readily available teams.
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Harry Hacker
Lititz Boy Joins Lexington Crew Off Pensacola
Carl Althouse writes to his parents that he serves as a crew member aboard the aircraft carrier Lexington, anchored off Pensacola Florida. The ship, 888 feet long, with sister Sara toga, is the largest U S Navy vessel. Lexington will sail for the Panama Canal and includes shipboard entertainment such as music, basketball, clog dancing, Hawaiian guitar duets, and boxing.
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Carl Althouse
Andrew Althouse
Lexington
Pensacola
Florida
Saratoga
United States Navy
Partima Canal
Qarl
Bluejackets
Local rep attends Tri-State Life Underwriters Congress
Nevin G. Bachman of Metropolitan Life attends the Tri-State Life Underwriters Sales Congress at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. About 2500 underwriters hear Metropolitan Life Second VP Miller and speakers Albert G. Borden of Equitable Life, Albert Lincoln of Provident Life, and Dr. S. Huebner of the University of Pennsylvania. The convention theme is Creation and Conservation of Estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevin G. Bachman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Tri-State Life Underwriters
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Philadelphia
Miller
The
Metropolitan Life
Albert G. Borden
Equitable Life
New York
Albert Lincoln
the Provident Life
8. S. Huebner
Insurance
University of Pennsylvania
Lititz Birthday Dinner Honored by Mrs Sturgis in Bamford
Mrs C E Sturgis of Lancaster hosted a chicken and waffle dinner at Myrs Baker's Bamford home on Saturday night for her birthday with Lititz relatives and friends. March birthdays celebrated included Mrs Ira Eberly A E Furlow and Harry Sesseman. Grace and Lester Sesseman provided music. gold coin gift noted. St Patrick's Day decor.
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C. E. Sturgis
Lancaster
Myrs.s. Baker
Bamford
Ira Eberly
A. E. Furlow
Harry Sesseman
Lititz
Myrle] Baker
James Sesseman
Elizabeth Sesseman
A. H. Furlow
Ira Heerly
Grace Sesseman
Lester Sesseman
Myr
Baker
Wm. Haldeman
Sturgis
Local Artists Win Prizes at Iris Club Exhibit
In Lancaster, two Lititz women won prizes at the Iris Club home artists show. Cato Crosland of Lititz won best black and white for An Illustration of a Girl Created with Hat and Scarf in a gray wash. Mrs. David Graybill of Lititz won best pastel. It was the Iris Club’s most successful show to date.
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Iris Club
Lancaster
Lititz
Cato Crosland
David Graybill
Lititz High to Stage Daddy Long Legs Play
Senior class of Lititz High School presents Daddy Long Legs in the High School Auditorium at 8 o clock on Wednesday and Thursday March 28 and 29. Reserved-seat chart open at Moyer's Drug Store Saturday March 24.
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Lititz High School
Moyer’s Drug Store
Chamber of Commerce Grows With Fifty-three Members
At the Tuesday Fire Hall meeting a Chamber of Commerce group enrolled fifty three members. George E. Foss of Harrisburg spoke on civic and industrial roles, warning against piecemeal growth yet praising community uplift. Dues set at twenty five dollars, with a constitution committee named and a future membership drive planned.
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Chamber of Commerce
George E. Foss
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Foss
Chambers of Commerce
J. B. Wissler
E. L. Garber
J. W .G. Hershey
H. R. Wertsch
Benjamin Seaman
Paul A. Doster
Frank B. Keller
Ira H. Eherry
Plautz Bros
R. E. Buch
John G. Zook
R. M. Spacht
Charles Krick
Birthday Party For Robert Lutz At Public School
Robert Lutz entertained schoolboys from his room at the public school on Monday evening for his twelfth birthday. Central Market House space was cleared for games with Keppel's orchestra providing music. Arthur Rosenenberg served hot dogs with sauerkraut, cakes, pretzels, and other refreshments. Twenty five attendees were served. Robert Lutz is the son of B. F. Lutz.
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Robert Lutz
Keppel
Arthur Rosenenberg
B. F. Lutz
Booster Meeting of Shriners Held in Ephrata
A booster meeting of the Shriners of Lancaster County was held at Good's Ball Room, Ephrata, on Monday evening. Attendees from Lititz included Dr. L. N. Moyer, Harry Gorton, R. M. Spacht, Dr. J. L. Herter, Chester Keath, Roy Buch, and Mr. Stehman. Invited guests came from the Stanley Theatre Corporation.
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Shriners of the
Lancaster County Club
Good’s Ball Room
Ephrata
Lititz
L.N. Moyer
Harry’ Gorton
R. M. Spacht
J. L. Herter
Chester Keath
Roy Buch
Mr. Stehman
Stanley Theatre Corporation
Birthday Party for Miss Helter at St Patrick’s
Miss Mabelle Helter entertained several of her friends at a St Patrick’s Party last Friday in honor of her birthday. Games were played and refreshments served to Sylvia Longenecker Grace George Bernetha Adams Mary Koch Edith Diehm Beatrice Bomberger and Helen Snyder.
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Tannah Weitzel
Fred Shenk
Fay Carpenter
Mary Jane Pfautz
Mary Jane
Myrtle Bushong
Richard Frederick
Warren Detwiler
Pauline Hornley
Marvin Stark
Florence
Anna Pfautz
Treva Fralich
Joyce Shenk
Grace Bushong
Richard Gerald
Beatrice Weitzel
Mabelle Helter
John Helter
St. Patrick’s
Sylvia Longenecker
Grace George
Bernetha Adams
Mary Koch
Edith Diehm
Beatrice Bomberger
Helen Snyder
Lititz Town News and Navy Band Story
A Lititz reader urges civic growth via a Chamber of Commerce and recalls the town motto. A British navy jazz incident shows sailors pressuring band musicians, ending in a mix of classical and pop tunes. Court case details involve Swartewelder and others tied to a Pittsburgh fraud settlement. local kinship notes connect Martzalls, Bakers, and Beckers to Jacob Baker. The piece reflects vigilance against con artists and pride in local history.
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Lititz Navy
Envons
Jacob Baker
Benjamin F. Swartewelder
Frank Opelia
Curtisville
Pittsburgh
Martzalls
Bakers
Beckers
Nathan Seaber
Philadelphia
Lancaster County tobacco crop worth over five million in 1927
Lancaster County growers expect a 1927 tobacco crop value above five million dollars with an average price around 13 cents per pound and yields near 1,360 pounds per acre on about 81,100 acres. Statewide 1927 tobacco value around 5.83 million.
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Lancaster County
State Department of Agriculture
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Lititz burial site tablet bill advances in House
A bill labeled H. R. 8546 to authorize 2500 dollars for a Lititz Pa tablet marking the grave of 110 Revolutionary soldiers from Brandywine passes committee and nears House action. The proposed site would be Borough of Lititz owned. Eluding details include licensure and witnesses Irene Bachman and Richard Gingrich of Lititz.
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Greist
Washington
House
Lititz
Brandywine
Elkton
Irene Bachman
Richard
H. H. Beck
Twins Born to Mr and Mrs J Edward Buch
Mr and Mrs J Edward Buch announce the birth of twin boys at Lancaster General Hospital on Monday morning. The mother and children are reported doing well.
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Mrs. J. Edward Buch
J. Edward Buch
Lancaster General Hospital
Stocks and Bonds Bring Good Prices in Lititz Sale
A spirited auction at Huebner & Habecker, 34 East Main Street Lititz Pa, sold numerous stocks and bonds. Transactions included Lincoln National Bank shares to Levi Wissler at 207 to 208 dollars, Farmers Trust to W M Dunlap at 515.50, Lancaster County National Bank at 164 to 164.25, Northern Trust at 270.00, New York Central Railroad equipment trusts at 110.50 per 100, and Lititz Boro School Bonds at 101.00 per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hueb~ner & Habecker
E. Main Street
Lititz
Agricultural Trust and Savings Company
Hi. v. Spacht
Lincoln National Bank
Levi K. Wissler
Farmers Trust Company
W. M. Dunlap
Lancaster County National Bank
Northern Trust and Savings Company
Harold Adams
N. Y
Brunnerville Rural Tel
Tel
A. L. Burkholder
C. Fred Regennas & Sons Co
J. D. Helter
J. A. Sturgis
Lititz Springs National Bank
H. W. Spacht
To Be or Not To Be Lititz Baseball Nine
A dozen Lititz youths held an informal meeting on forming a Lititz baseball team this season. They debated whether a team should be run by former enthusiasts or if a purely amateur local squad should be organized. Those planning to organize a team are urged to share their views in the Record.
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Lititz
Odd Fellows to Confer Degrees in Lititz Lodge Session
Odd Fellows Kept Busy Lititz Lodge No 1050 I O O F will confer the first and second degrees on two candidates Monday evening starting promptly at 7:00 oclock Election of officers will also be held Members of the lodge will go to the Lancaster Odd Fellow Hall On Friday March 80 the Grand Masters Degree will be put on by the Manheim Lodge There will be candidates from various parts of the County.
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Lititz
Lancaster
Odd Fellow Hall
Manheim Lodge
Attended County Firemen's Banquet in Lancaster
Fourteen Lititz men attended the annual banquet of the County Association held in Lancaster on Saturday. Seated were E. P. Wagner Ralph Walters Monroe Phillipps Arthur Reist William Sturgis Otis Sturgis Carl Grosh Jacob Eshleman Oliver Reed John Dommy C B Regennas Walter Miller Ephraim Herr and George Evans. The event included a two hour entertainment featuring nets from the Keith circuit.
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Lititz
the County Association
Lancaster
E. P. Wagner
Ralph, Walters
Monroe Phillipps
Arthur Reist
William Sturgis
Otis Sturgis
Carl, Grosh
Jacob Eshleman
SICK Mrs Jacob Kauffman Returns Home From Hospital
The Sick Mrs Jacob Kauffman has returned home from Lancaster General hospital where she was operated on for cataract. Abraham Hershey, suffering with pleuro pneumonia, is improving and apparently out of danger. Hiram Minnich is much improved since last week. He lives retired half a mile west of Lititz. Allen Hacker, a sufferer with asthma, is not improving. He is staying with his son Samuel on South Cedar street. He will be 81 years old on April 1.
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Jacob Kauffman
Lancaster General Hospital
Abraham Hershey
Hiram Minnich
Lititz
Allen Hacker
Samuel
South Cedar Street
Travelers Near and Far in Lititz Area Society Notes
Mrs. Clara Weaver visited Allentown. Mr. and Mrs. Rolandus Good from New Holland toured Lititz on Monday. Penn State student Harvey Bachman spent the weekend in Lititz. Mr. John Leed visits Campbells Town with son Spencer. Lloyd Royer, barber school student in Philadelphia, stayed several days here. Lititz residents Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brubaker visited the L. M. Mellinger family in Denver on Sunday. Miss Mary Reidenbach spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zug at Camp Hill. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Sheridan visited Philadelphia with her brother Ray Dillman. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hornberger of Philadelphia were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Buch. Harry Long of Allentown, former Lititz resident, called on old friends. Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Mauer of Newville D. R. D. Cumberland County spent days with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hickman. Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Heisey with their son Prof. Victor Heisey of Cumberland, Md. visited. William Smith Jr. of Dallas, Texas, Armstrong Cork salesman, will spend a week at the Lancaster plant and visit his parents on South Broad Street. Out-of-town relatives attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Keller on Monday including Dugald Keller and son of Folcroft, Harry Bitzer and mother Susan Bitzer of Philadelphia, Mrs. Clayton Shenk of Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Grabill of Petersburg, Mrs. Alta Baker and Mrs. Rohn of Lancaster, Mrs. Grant Rhy and son of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ida Huyett of Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith, Jr
Dallas
Tex
Armstrong Cork Company
Lancaster
William A. Smith
South Broad Street
Mary Keller
Dugald Keller and Son
Folcroft
Harry Bitzer
Susan Bitzer
Philadelphia
Clayton Shenk
Daniel Grabill
Petersburg
Alta Baker
Rohn
Grant ,Rhy
Harrisburg
Ida Huyett
Reading
Banquet Honors Lancaster Bank Officials in 11th AI B Gathering
Fourteen officers and directors from two Lancaster banks attended the Lancaster Chapter AI B eleventh annual banquet at Hotel Brunswick. About 400 people heard Ernesto Russo of Italy speak with humor and Harold Stonier of New York discuss a new era in banking. Lititz Springs Bank reps included Keath, Miller, Diehm, Kling, Weir, Ringer, and Stoner, while Farmers Bank participants were Breitigan, Bomberger, Douple, Mummert, Buch, Wissler, and Violet Helter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
American Institute of Banking
Hotel Brunswick
Ernesto Russo
Italy
Harold Stonier
American, Institute of Banking
New York
Lititz Springs
Chas. K. Keath
H. C. Miller
H. H. Diehm
LeRoy Kling
Ralph Weir
Wm. E. Ringer
Menno H. Stoner
Farmers Bank
James A. Breitigan
Paul Bomberger
Alfred Douple
James Mummert
Samuel Buch
J.B. Wissler
Violet Helter
An Opportunity For a Factory
Mr. G. BE. Foss of Harrisburg told the Chamber of Commerce a branch factory could employ about a hundred women. He offered to share the industry’s address with the chairman if meetings conditions were met. Vacant large buildings exist and the cigar industry downturn has left many unemployed. Lititz secretary will study this clothing manufacturer now based in New York. Place your orders for rubber stamps. Quick service.
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G. BE. Foss
Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce
Lititz
New York
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Robin Redbreast
Animal Trap Company
Moravian Ushers’ Association
Jerry Adams
Chester Leicey
Millport
Sue Adams
Worcester
Roy Pfautz
Pfautz
Brothers
Hazel Bender
Lewis Haines
Jacksonville
East
West End
Long Legs
Secretary of State Organization
Arround
Bill
Maine
Clara Weaver
Allentown
Mrs. Rolandus Good
New Holland
Harvey Bachman
Penn, State College
John Leed
Spencer
Campbellstown
Dauphin County
Lloyd Royer
Philadelhia
Norman Brubaker
L. M. Mellinger
Denver
Mary Reidenbach
Mrs
Harry Zug
Camp Hill
Cumberland County
George E. Sheridan
Ray Dillman
W. B. Hornberger
W. H. Buch
Harry Long
Mirs
J. E. Mauer
Newville R. D
W.E. Hickman
S. A. Heisey
Prof
Victor Heisey
Cumberland, Md
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