Baby Born to Mr and Mrs OBrien Miller
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien Miller. Hackmans orchestra will play at Akron on Saturday evening. Mrs. Mary Gingrich remains bedbound with acute gastric. Levi Young of Ephrata was in town Monday seeking a first class cement finisher. Call up Ind. Phone 172 X. On Friday March 19 Mrs Sarah Miller oldest Brethren Home resident at Neffsville will celebrate her 102nd birthday. Henry Keener of Warwick township recently returned from Florida hospitalised for kidney trouble. Past Grand Officers election planned at local Odd Fellows meeting Monday evening. Harry Sesseman notified as assistant town mail delivery man after passing exam. D G Witmyer shipped bantams to North Carolina. he has many young bantams hatched recently. E C Foltz to start heating tinning plumbing business on West Orange street. Landford Badert sale of hotel finery this Saturday. Express office on Broad street will relocate due to property sale. Lancaster may become alternate if no site found by April 1. Warren Sturgis gravely ill at Kima Ohio. telegram urges timely visit. Lieut Percy Dreifus returns from Washington DC due to his mother’s illness. Mrs Dreifus blind previously but now sees with one eye. Paul Berkenbine, former Detroit cigar plant foreman, returned home. living costs in Detroit cited as high with many auto factories and high wages for mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Young
Ephrata
Ind
Sarah Miller
Brethren Home
Neffsville
Henry Keener
Warwick Township
Florida
General Hospital
Landford Badert
Broad Street
Lancaster
Warren Sturgis
Walter Sturgis
Kima
Ohio
Warren
Percy Dreifus
Bureau of Navigation
Washington, D. C
Joseph Dereifus
Dreifus
J. Jacoby
Paul Berkenbine
Detroit
Mich
Meldor Knitting Company
Harry Gingrich
Lititz
Wiliam Stodt
Old Berks
Australia
Gingrich
Mr. Gingrich
Harry Jacob
Mary
Hahnstown
Kathryn Frederick
Manheim
John K. Wissler
Edwin
John F. Longenecker
Longenecker
Play at Rothsville The American Flag in four acts
The senior class of Rothsville High School presents The American Flag a four act patriotic play in the school auditorium on Saturday evening March 27 Scenes unfold in Northern France during the last German drive on Paris focusing on Americans trapped by German officers A witty honest Israelite character adds humor and romance heightening suspense Tickets with reserved seats are available at the high school or by calling Indiana number 109 W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville High School
France
Paris
Ind
Treasure Hunters musical on Hocus Pocus island at Linden Hall
The Treasure Hunters a musical comedy with seventy cast members will run at Linden Hall Auditorium on Tuesday evening April 6 under the Ladies Aid Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church. The plot follows sunken treasure ship adventures with New York capitalists sea captains marines pirates the governor and Hocus Pocus belles. Jimmy Squabs master diver is the standout figure. An full orchestra will accompany the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Linden Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Hocus Pocus
New York
Jimmy Squabs
Never Forgets Bentonville March 19 1865 Civil War Veteran
John Carpenter a Civil War veteran from this place recalls the Bentonville battle on March 19. He was twice wounded and captured at Libby Prison where he survived six weeks with only a pint of corn meat daily. Now he remains active and healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carpenter
Bentonville
Mr. Carpenter
Libby
Carpenter
Elders and Delegates Elected by Church of the Brethren
At a church business meeting two new elders were elected Benjamin Mohler and Mahion Garman both of Lititz Rev J W G Hershey was elected a delegate to the general conference in Sedalia Missouri in June Rev H R Gibbel and Noah Trimmer chosen delegates to the district meeting at Pine Grove Schuylkill county in late April The Sunday School collection for Armenian relief totaled 144 37 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Benjamin Mohler
Mahion Garman
Lititz
J. W. G. Hershey
Sedalia
H. R. Gibbel
Noah Trimmer
Pine Grove
Schuylkill County
Flower Man Eschbach Leaves for North Dakota Trip
Mr. Eschbach known as the Flower Man departs for Daven port North Dakota with his sister Miss Emily. He plans a Chicago stop to distribute flowers at hospitals and will visit Woodstock Ti before heading to a big wheat farm to begin spring work. He thanks friends and readers of the Record for kindness shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eschbach
Davenport
N. D
Chicago
Emily
Woodstock
North Dakota
Petition to Close Season for English Ringneck Pheasants
A petition at Rader's Cigar Store in Lancaster County seeks to close the season for English Ringneck pheasants. Sportsmen are urged to sign with their gun license number, which must accompany each name. Two hundred signatures are needed and many have signed, but many more are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Ringneck Pheasgms
Lancaster County
Rader's
George
Real Estate Transfers near Lexington and New Street
Hershey and Gibbel sold two acres with house and barn near Lexington to C M Zook of Martindale for Henry Shreiner. Possession after April 1. Also a New Street house sold by the same firm from Miller and Beck to Harry Shearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey & Gibbel
Lexington
Henry Shreiner
C. M. Zook
Martindale
New Street
Miller & Beck
Harry Shearer
Lost items in town reported pearl handle knife and crank
A pearl handled knife with a scissor attachment is missing in town and should be turned in at the Record office. An auto crank was found and awaits its owner at Hassler's bakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassler’s Bakery
Phenomenal rise of White Dove Commandery No 582 Maltas
Robert H. Pfautz drives growth of the White Dove Commandery in Lititz with new member classes. From an initial 75 members it expands with classes of 27 in 1919, 106 in January, and 48 in February. Grand Commander General E J Sterner praises Pfautz and awards a gold emblem. Renovation plans for the Malta Home lodge hall are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Dove Commandery
Knights of Malta
Orchard Moves Describe Clayton Bucher and Warren Buck
Clayton Bucher who runs a farm in Brubaker Valley will relocate to a thirty five acre orchard near Lincoln to grow apples and tobacco. Warren Buck from the Ideal Chocolate factory office will move to Biglerville Adams county to manage a twenty five acre apple orchard starting April 1. his in laws own the orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Bucher
Brubaker Valley
Lincoln
Warren Buck
Ideal Chocolate Factory
Biglerville
Adams County
Local Tobacco Growers Sold at Good Prices
Tobacco packed on the straight commission plan by Samuel Weaver of this place is being shipped this week. It includes sixty acres grown by Albert Shenk, being sold at 30 cents, 500 cases owned by John Shenk, being sold at 25 cents, and J. W. Broukart's packing at 2814 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Weaver
Albert Shenk
John Shenk
J. W. Bruoekart
Meldor Knitting Mill Expands With Rapid Growth
Meldor Knitting Mill increases output with 1500 finished garments daily and adds six knitting machines and eight sewing machines. Harry Gingrich, manager and owner native to Lititz, promises fair treatment, improved lighting, and profit sharing for increased output while shipping to the nation and Australia.
Old Sorrel Horse Of John K Stoner Near Kissel Hill
John K Stoner a Kissel Hill area farmer owns a sorrel horse now thirty two years old. The animal still works on the farm and was previously used for road travel fox chasing and saddle work. Stoner plans to keep the horse as long as it remains able though it is no longer fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Stoner
Kissel Hill
Mr. Stoner
Lancaster
Lititz
John Witmyer
Neffsville
Deaths toll at Lititz area claims three lives
Mabel I. Rohrer died at 25 in Lititz after a seven month tuberculosis illness. Her husband Levi Rohrer died in 1918 in the U S army. Elam M. Fasnacht, 63, died at Lititz from multiple ailments. he had worked at a Lancaster chocolate factory. Emma E. Young, 65, of Lititz, died after a long illness. Funeral notices set services in Lititz and Mechanicsburg.
Death of Darius J. Delbo
Darius J. Delbo died last Thursday at 7.80 o'clock at the home of his son Oscar F. at 770 Marietta avenue Lancaster from a complication of disease. Born in East Petersburg in October 1842 he was 77 years old. He spent his early manhood in Lititz where he joined the Lititz Moravian church and was a merchant tailor before moving to Lancaster about forty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darius J. Delbo
Oscar F
Marietta Avenue
Lancaster
Darius Delbo
East Petersburg
Lititz
Mennonite Relief Workers Report Safe in Near East
Ernest Miller and Christ Augberg report they are safe and actively driving relief trucks along the Mediterranean near Nazareth and Jerusalem near Aintab. Bandits mistook American trucks for French ones, but workers remain at posts. They describe mass starvation and cold, with 80 orphanages and 21 000 orphans supported, 26 hospitals, 4 000 beds, 17 000 refugees fed daily, and 10 300 employed in industries, while much remains undone despite witnessing emaciated children in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Miller
Christ Augberger
Near East
Lititz
Mediterranean
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Aintab
Lancaster County
Sympathy auction aids widow in Milway sale
About 2000 people attended Mrs. Omer Balmer’s sale near Milway on Tuesday. Auctioneer H H Snavely urged good prices to aid the widow and her four children, with bids rising to a total over 6000 dollars. Top livestock fetched 150 to 198 dollars, horses 170 to 270 dollars, Studebaker auto 1175, wagons 161 and 93 dollars, potatoes 3.10 a bushel, Leghorn chickens 73 cents a pound. The warm weather helped demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer Balmer
Milway
H. H. Snavely
Studebaker
Lititz Man Opens Store at Millway
Aaron Nacht will move from Lititz this week to the former Millway hotel to open a store selling shoes men’s clothing and dry goods. His son Hassel and brother in law J Simpson will run the shop with plans to expand as demand grows. Nacht will also run a horse market and can be reached by Independent telephone from Millway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Nacht
Lititz
Millway
York to Raise 500000 For Modern YMCA Building
York Y M C A plans a campaign to raise 500000 for a new home in York. Secretary and former resident H H A Bailey will lead the two week drive starting September 15. A prior prewar campaign was halted by World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Y. M. C. A
HH. A. Bailey
Europe
Travelers Near and Far in Lancaster County Scene
Mr. W H Mathers and wife spent Sunday at Columbia. Many locals and visitors are noted, including Edward Burkholder of Reading and Miss Neilie Marks from Lancaster visiting in town. Reading’s Henry H Stroble was named Reading’s Chief of Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Henry H. Stroble
Reads
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Goncisely
O’brien Miller
Hackman
Akron
Mary Gingrich
Harry Sesseman
Post Office
D. G. Witmyer
North Carolina
Mr. Witmyer
E. C. Foltz
William Weitzel
West Orange Street
Rothsville
School For Armenian Relief
Malta
Robert Pfautz
Robert H. Pfautz
Iife
Maltas
Lititz Commandery
E. J. Sterner
Robert E. Pfautz
Mr. Pfautz
Sterner
Pfautz
Meldor Knitting Mill
Soldick
Mary J. Rohrer
Mrs
Charles Bare
Mabel I. Rohrer
Levi Rohrer
Charles M. Bare
Spruce Street
Mechanicsburg
Leola
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Mechanicsburg Lutheran Church
Elam Fasnacht
Elam M. Fasnacht
Walter Smith
Front
Cedar Streets
Clay
Joel and
Elizabeth (Miller) Fasnacht
Adam Sharp
Leadville
Col
Bella
Isaac Getz
Ella
William Steely
Brunnerville
Kate
Jacob Stief
Stevens
Lemon
Joel
Middle Creek
Jacob B. Young
Emma E. Young
Harry W
Susan C. Stark
Evangelical Church At
Howard
Sarah Sturgis
Lititz Man
York
Modern
W. H. Mathers
Columbia
Harry Musselman
Kutztown
Charles Sturgis
H. A. Cuppy
Palm Beach
Atlee Burkholder
Amos Burkholder
Henry Sturgis
Sherman Hacker
CG. E. Mohler
John Longenecker
Eugene
Scripps-Booth
Jacob Bender
Town
Lansing
Butter Bros
Clara Draucker
Bart
County
Sylvia Weachter
Florence Hummer
Rapho
Katie
Harper
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