Springs Committee Approves Bandshell Plan in Lititz
The Lititz Springs Committee and Lititz Chamber of Commerce backed a bandshell at Springs Park and sanitation improvements. The executive committee will coordinate with Chamber groups as plans, location, and fundraising are refined. A meeting at R M Spacht’s store will decide the next steps with band shell and sanitation leaders Chas Keath Diehm Zecher Wolpert Gorton Nuss.
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Springs Park
Lititz
R. M. Spacht
Chas, K. Keath
H. H. Diehm
A. A. Zecher
Charles K. Wolpert
Harry Gorton
S. H. Nuss
Ambulance Fund Benefit at Spruce Street Frolic
Veterans of Foreign Wars announces the Friday night frolic at its rathshelter on Spruce Street will donate all proceeds to the community ambulance fund. Attractions include chicken corn soup and Steve Riley's Rangers. Members and families are invited to attend to support the cause.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Spruce Street
Steve Riley
Rangers
Lititz Churches Observe Holy Week with Pageants and Services
Congregations in Lititz and nearby communities fill nearly every pew for Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Denominations stage special services, plays and pageants such as Trinity E. Church’s Messengers of Hope. A Union Good Friday service at St Paul’s runs from 12 to 3 with seven sections. Lovefeasts are planned at the Church of the Brethren with Easter sermons and Male Chorus music.
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Lititz
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lititz A. B
Trinity E
St. Paul’s
Church of the Brethren
Peter
Lititz High Leads County Music and Forensic Winners
Lititz High School topped the county elimination with 49 points in the Music and Forensic League contest held Saturday. More than 300 pupils from 20 schools competed as local winners advance to the district elimination on April 10 at Hanover, then state in Altoona on April 28.
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Lititz High School
Music and Forensic League
Hanover
Altoona
Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church
M. ©. Demmy
More Names Added To Ambulance Patron List
Lititz residents continue to respond to calls for aid aiding flood sufferers and the Community Ambulance. A Pavltron List committee for a sacred concert by the Acappella Male Chorus of East Petersburg notes immediate generous support but urges more donors in the territory.
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Lititz
Acappella
East Petersburg
Mill to Close at Noon Following Father's Death
Notice states the mill will close at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday March 27 due to the death of the proprietor's father. The change affects regular operations and may pause routine processes for the day.
Local stores close from noon to 3 for Good Friday
The Lititz Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee announces local stores will close from 12 noon to 3 pm tomorrow in observance of Good Friday. Nearly all town stores will cooperate. Local banks will close all day.
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Lititz
Delicatessen Owner Hurt in Front and Water Street Crash
Harry H. Bucher, who runs a delicatessen products business at the corner of New and Water Streets, suffered a deep cut to his left wrist yesterday noon after his truck collided with Walter Landis’s coupe at Front and Water Streets. He received six stitches at Dr. M. H. Yoder’s office and was taken there for treatment.
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Harry H. Bucher
New and Water Sts
Front
Water Streets
Walter Landis
South Lititz Pike
Bucher
M. H. Yoder
Landis
Front Street
Bible Teacher Max Wertherimer to Lead Week of Studies
Rev Max Wer theimer, noted Bible teacher, will conduct daily studies over a full week starting Sunday April 4. Openings set for Moravian Church on Sunday and Trinity Church that evening, then Moravian Church for the first three weeknights. From Thursday to Sunday meetings move to the Lutheran Church.
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Max Wertheimer
Moravian Church
Trinity Church
Lutheran Church
Odd Fellows Lodge To Mark Anniversary
The 45th anniversary of the Lit itz Lodge No 1050 IOOF will be observed with a banquet for members and wives or lady friends on Tuesday evening the 30th in Moravian Fellowship Hall. An excellent program has been arranged and attendees are asked to return announcement cards promptly.
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Lititz
Echternach Brilliant In Piano Recital Here
Earl W. Echternach concert pianist with organist Donald F. Nixdorf presented an organ piano recital at Trinity E. C. Church Lititz opening with Saint Saens Second Concerto opus 22 in G minor followed by two piano solos Nocturne in B flat minor by Cho.
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Lititz
Trinity E. C
Earl W. Echternach
Donald F. Nixdorf
First Methodist Church
Lancaster
Saint-Saens
Cho
Military Funeral For Col. Hackman
A military funeral for Colonel George W. Hackman was held in the county with services at Spacht Funeral Home and burial in Moravian Cemetery after he died Saturday in St. Joseph’s Hospital Lancaster from injuries. The event marked the first such funeral in years and drew many local residents.
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George W. Hackman
Moravian
Spacht Funeral
Hackman
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lancaster
Ephriam Eby 84 Dies Well-Known Local Deacon
Ephraim N. Eby 84 died at his North Cedar Street home from a stroke after a four day illness. He was a farmer turned town resident, long time Mennonite Church deacon and trustee of the Oroville Home. Survived by seven children, 22 grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and several siblings. Funeral at Lititz Mennonite Church Saturday at 2 pm with Hess cemetery burial. viewing Friday 7 to 9 pm. Funeral director R M Spacht.
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Ephraim N. Eby
North
Cedar Street
Mr.Eby
Mennonite Church
Oroville
Oroville Home. He and Mrs. Eby
Elam H. Risser
John
Miller
Elmer
Frank
Elias
Town
Clayton Yake
Scottdale
Harry
Ardmore
Israel Mumma
Elien Garber
Mt. Joy
Interesting People Chef Leads Kitchen in Small Town Hotel
Andrew Kvitcher runs the General Sutter kitchen and speaks four languages. He has cooked for famous people in Europe’s cities and resorts, yet chooses a village setting to satisfy diners. His life centers on cooking, with gardening as a hobby.
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Europe
Andrew Kvitcher
Sutter
Mr. Kvitcher
New York
Marienbad
Bohemia
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Springs Committee
C. of C
Guess
Robert Lutz
Robert E. Plautz
H. H. Bucher
Odd Fellows Lodge
Hamburg
Lutz
Echternach
Col. Hackman
Ephriam Eby
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