Lititz area events and personal notes from local paper
Thomas Steffy sold his house on W Lincoln Avenue to Frank Reed of Lititz for 4900 dollars. Linden Hall Seminary pupils have a ten day Easter vacation and will leave tomorrow for their homes. A 75 dollar festival profit was reported at the fire house hosted by the U B Church Men's Bible Class. Annual settlement day arrives April 1. Subscriptions are renewed around this time. A Reading bound morning train stopped at Gedar Street to avoid a collision with a car. A. L. Smith of Harrisburg will host a Lee Overall demonstration at Pfantz Brothers store with a free Lee glove offered with each Lee overall purchase. Herman Johannsen and family moved to Philadelphia for work after nearly twelve years at Stiffel Freeman Safe Works. Public sale of J W Bruckart building lots failed to meet the asking price of five dollars per front foot. Howard Young’s son Paul and Eugene Mohn are near home after a year away, last heard they were in Grand Junction Colorado. they left Lititz for California. Tobacco sales have fallen to about ten cents, with some farmers packing and a likely big cut in tobacco acreage this year. An invitation is issued for youths 11 to 18 to join a Baby Beef and Garden Club at Farmers Bank on Saturday March 27 at 9 oclock, with parental accompaniment urged. All rural children are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Young
Paul
Eugene Mohn
Grand Junction
Colorado
Lititz
California
Farmers Bank
Otlock
W C T U Meeting At Miss Perry Home On Lincoln
The regular W C T U gathering will be at Miss Anna Perry's home on E Lincoln Avenue Wednesday evening March 31 at 7 30 for a cheer meeting aiding shut ins. The W G T U annual dues meeting promises an unusually good program with three special numbers by out of town talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Perry
E. Lincoln Avenue
Loefflers Return from Florida Plan Move to Lancaster
Mr and Mrs C S Loeffler drove home from Florida after five days of actual driving hindered by snow storms. They spent winter in Florida and visited Natural Bridge West Virginia. They own a free lot gained after Mrs Loeffler solved a crossword puzzle and plan to relocate to Lancaster. Beck Bros offer furniture direct from manufacturers to save money. Irving Berlin love songs are featured at Scott's Book Store in Victor recordings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Loeffler
Florida
West Virginia
Loeffler
Lloeffler
Lrving
Berlin
Victor
Scott’s
Fifty Years in Lititz Menswear Business by W H Buch
W H Buch marks half a century in the men's clothing trade in Lititz. He recalls early town life, a single elephant visit, a willow tree incident, sparse early industries, and the shift from tailor-made to ready-made suits. The Broad Street store era began in the 1880s, with the current building started in 1881 and the jet bought for about 1600 dollars from the Springs Hotel owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W H. Buch
Lititz
Warwick
South Broad Street
Broad Street
Mr. Buch
Isaac Buch
Mr Buch
Frank Keller
Swart
Springs
Amer
Isaac Bomberger
Fire at Sun Hill Damages Farm Property
A small fire early Monday at Sea Hill along the Lititz Pike near Manheim burned a smoke house and woodshed on Daniel Stoner’s farm tenanted by Clayton Dull. About 1000 pounds of produce were destroyed with $1,800 damage. Lititz and Manheim Fire Companies responded with limited aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Hill
Sea Hill
Lititz Pike
Manheim
Daniel Stoner
Clayton Dull
Lititz
Coal Shortage Blues Then Spring Hope In Winter Verse
The verse laments coal scarcities and harsh cold, promising better fuel supply by next fall. It expresses fatigue from long shortages and a plan for substitute fuels aiding body, mind, and soul during the dreary season.
Spring Arrives as Orchardists Forecast Bumper Fruit
Early buds delayed by frost now thrive as spring opens with warmer weather. Orchardists predict good crops while geese migrate north and fishermen seek cold water suckers. The season brings chores and a brisk political primary hum as storms loom.
Mrs Joseph Dreifus Died in Philadelphia
Mada wife of Joseph Dreifus died Friday in Philadelphia from a complication of diseases at 70. Born in Germany she came to the United States young and lived in Lititz before moving to Philadelphia. She aided her husband in his store for about twenty years. Funeral services were held at 2609 N Broad Street with interment at Frankford. Nephews served as pallbearers. Survivors include husband, son Dr Percy Dreifus and several Rosenberg siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mada
Joseph Dreifus
Philadelphia
Dreifus
Germany
Liita
Percy Dreifus
Charles Rosenberg
Lititz
Morris Rosenberg
Hartford
John Rosenberg
Lititz IMI Loses Close Title Game to Ephrata
In a tight finish at Lancaster last evening Lititz IMI fell 19 to 21 to Ephrata High, losing the Class A county championship. Ephrata claimed the county title as champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lititz Imi
Ephrata Hi
Lancaster
Ephrata
Hollinger and Roth Wed at Reformed Parsonage
Charles C. Hollinger and Ella K. Roth were married Saturday evening at 7 30 oclock at the Reformed Parsonage by Rev Geo B Raezer. The ring ceremony was used. They were unattended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Hollinger
Ella K. Roth
Geo. BH. Raezer
Former Lititz Man's Success in York
Harry A Bailey a former Lititz educator and longtime secretary of the York Y M C A is celebrated as the driving force behind York's new million dollar Y M C A building. The project honors his quarter century leadership which transformed modest membership into a large enrollment. Also noted are visitors Albert Breckart and Ammon Huber introducing Green and White Nurseries Inc. and a tale of a cat that hops like a rabbit and may be a cross though scientists call such crosses unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A Baily
York
Lititz
White Rose” Association
Pennsylvania
York Y. M. C. A
Harry A. Bailey
Baily
Litita Y. M. Cc. A
Speedwell
Larger quarters for cigar business grows in South Broad Street
N. W. Frey is erecting a two story frame building behind his residence on South Broad Street to manufacture cigars. The enterprise will expand from five workers to twenty as the business grows, with a five cent cigar as the specialty. Scott's Book Store promotes Easter Greeting Cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Frey
South Broad Street
Frey
Scott’s
Dam to Supply Water in Case of Fire at Rothsville
A new dam near Squire S. M. Ruth's home provides water for fires in Rothsville. A 20 foot concrete wall breast, feeder spring, and planned expansion will improve capacity and access. Rothsville relies on a chemical engine and nearby towns for serious blazes, with road links to Lititz shortening response time. Fire protection funding came from local sociables and similar events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothsville
Squire S. M. Ruth
Lititz
Fire Tower Break-In Reported Near Cornwall
Edward Rudy and Ross Houston on behalf of the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters and Fire Warden Leroy Bare inspected the Cornwall tower Wednesday morning finding a break in via window pane. A heavy chest was pried open and tools, putty, and other items taken. a meal was eaten and the cabin left in disarray. The tower is safe and the Penryn Park telephone line will be rebuilt soon. Plans for American Forest Week in Lititz area are set for April 18 to 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Rudy
Ross Houston
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters
Leroy Bare
Lititz
Cornwall Tower
O. K
Penrys Park
Obed Risk, Noted Writer, Buried at Chestnut Level
Robert Blair Risk known as Observed and Noted for many years died Saturday night at 79 from pneumonia. The Buck Sage and editor, lawyer and philosopher, was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in Chestnut Level cemetery in a Lancaster county oak casket. He never married. brother James Risk is the sole close relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blair Risk
Buck
Lancaster County Oak
Chestnut Level
Mr. Risk
James Risk
Reminiscences of Lititz 1828 1838 in memory of Mrs Lizetta M Weitzel
Reminiscences describe Lititz residents and houses from 1828 to 1838 including Christian Mikseh the hatter and his wife moving to New Fairfield Mission Canada Mother Lennert who waxed church candles and baked Christmas items plus Frantz the eccentric watchmaker and a saddler Dan lick Kreiter’s family home a small backhouse once a blacksmith shop and the cozy yard with flowers and a Surinam missionary widow Mother Schroeder who traded ginger cookies for a child’s cat story and a 1995 Evans renovation of Gottfried Traeger’s brick shoemaker home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Mikseh
New Fairfield
Canada
Stedman
William Evans
Lennert
Frantz
Tie
Danlick Kreiter
Lennext
Schroeder
Paramaribo
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
S. A
Mother Schroeder
Ceder Street
Juniper Alley
E. Ek. Evans
Gottfried Traeger
John Beck
Travelers Near and Far Visitants Across Lancaster Area
Mr and Mrs Charles Gibbel of Lancaster visited Miss Ella Buch on Sunday. Mrs Laura Weinhald and son Harry of Reading spent Sunday with J Albert Hall and family. Mr and Mrs George Smith of Philadelphia visited his mother and sisters on Spruce Street. Henry Sturgis returned from Lincoln where he spent a week with his daughter Mrs Sherman Hacker and family. Mr and Mrs Elmer Reidenbach of Philadelphia visited his mother Mrs Fianna Reidenbach on East Main Street last Sunday. Mr and Mrs A W Dietrich Spruce Street entertained Mrs Peter Treischt and Helen Treischt of Reamstown and Miss Lovella Treischt of Mechanics Corner over the weekend. William Phillis of Christiana, remembered by many in town from his boyhood, was in town this week. Mr Phillis, 75, long a collector of antiques. C S Zartman, Lester Furlow, Joe and Paul Doster, and Robert Pfautz attended the Lancaster Grocery Company meeting Monday. annual picnic planned for Atlantic City in August. Will have banquet for the men and wives in April. J Theodore Grosh returned to Lancaster last week after a three month course in insurance at New York University and will manage the territory formerly overseen by his late father Lawrence Grosh including Lititz. Grosh was in Lititz yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Philadelphia
Spruce Street
Henry Sturgis
Lincoln
Sherman Hacker
C. S. Zartman
Lester Furlow
Joe and
Paul Doster
Robert Pfautz
Lancaster Grocery Company
Lancaster
Atlantic City
J Theodore Grosh
New York University
Lawrence Grosh
Lititz
Mr. Grosh
Kitchen Shower Honors Miss Mabel Minnich in Elizabethtown
A kitchen shower for Miss Mabel Minnich was held at the Minnich home on South Broad Street Tuesday evening. The event, organized by Elizabethtown College students, featured talks by Roy Forney and Melvin Shissler, a recitation by Miss Spangler, piano solos by Miss Amna Snyder and Forest Henning in charge. Elegant refreshments and many useful gifts followed, as Miss Minnich, a teacher at Sporting Hill in Rapho township, prepares to wed Henry Bucher of Annville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Minnich
Graybill Minnich
South Broad Street
Henry Bucher
Annville
Elizabethtown College
Roy Forney
East Petersburg
Melvin Shissler
Lansdale
Ralph Fry
Elizabethtown
Miss Span
Wertsch enlarging storeroom in Lititz
H R Wertsch jeweler is enlarging the rear of his home and business place. The storeroom will extend fourteen feet and living quarters will gain rooms with additional fixtures. Birthdays are noted for Mrs Mary Witters and several children, plus Emil Tietz and others, with parties and celebrations mentioned. The Lititz circulating library appeal and local Easter candy ad are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R Wertsch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas Steffy
W. Lincoln Avenue
Frank Reed
Linden Hall Seminary
Men’s Bible Class
U. B. Church
Reading
Gedar Street
A. L. Smith
Pfantz Brothers
Herman Johannsen
Stiffel-Freeman, Safe Works
J. W. Bruckart
W. C. T U. Notices
Beck Bros
W. H. Buch
Tsehudy’s
Bricker’s
Welles and Diehm's
By Tom Dussinger
Legion
Lititz Legion
Ephrata Big Five
Habecker
Millersville
Ourion
Celia Enck
Christian B. Hess
Christian Yerger
East Lincoln Ave
T. E. Will
Wills’ Eye Hospital
Hollinger—Roth
Lutz
Albert C. Breckart
Ammon G. Huber
Green and White Nurseries, Inc
Northpoint
Lincoln Highway
Green & White
Bruckart
B. F. Bary and Company
Mr Huber
B. K. Huber
Neffsville
Lizetta M. Weitzel
Louise A. Weitzel
Charles Gibbel
Ella Buch
Laura Weinhald
Harry
J. Albert Hall
Elmer Reidenbach
Fianna Reidenbach
East Main St
A. W. Dietrich
Spruce I Street
Peter Treischt
Helen Treischt
Reamstown
Lovella Treischt
Mechanics Corner
William Phillis
Christiana
Mr. Phillis
H. R. Wertsch
Mary Witters
Jacob E. Witters
S. Cedar Street
J. B. Herr
Emil Tietz
Tietze
Linden Hall
Robert
B. Lutz
Haster
Pfautz Brothers
Mellinger
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