Lititz Responds Nobly to Flood Emergency Relief
Lititz and nearby communities delivered five full truckloads of food clothing and about 400 in cash to flood victims. Three trucks went to Lancaster one to Harrisburg and one to Middletown. The piece urges prudent use of federal relief funds and notes church collections aided the homeless.
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Lititz
Red Cross
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Middletown
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Opening of Springs Theatre in Lititz premiers tonight
The Springs Theatre debut in the Snavely building near the railroad station will feature a renovated venue with a 12 by 12 alabastine curtain and clear film projection. Admission is five cents, ten on Saturdays, with vaudeville acts scheduled Saturday.
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Springs Theatre
8. K. Snavely
Lancaster
Hayes Obetz
Fairland
Penn Township
Lititz Electric Light, Heat and
Fifty Years Ago Oddities and Local News
Fifty years ago Christian Leeking withdrew his suit against Cyrus Gibble after Gibble paid all costs for a case over a boy’s whipping. A horse died after a sudden collapse east of Hess’s meeting house. Alonzo Miksch sold a two story house at Orange and Cedar to Susanna Kreider for 1750 dollars. Henry Wike plans a two story house at Warwick. Confectioner Bollinger prepares Easter novelties. George L. Shreiner now runs a lower brewery building as a butchery. A freak of humanity exhibited at Springs Hotel featured mixed human bear traits with unusual anatomy.
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Henry H. Wike
Front Street
Christian R. Hershey
Town
Lancaster County Hospital
Lititz Fire &Co
York
Beck
Lititz
Linden Hall
Y.M.C.A
Y. M. C. A. Orchestra
Christian Leeking
Cyrus Gibble
Rome
Gibble
Reuben Diehm
Hess’ Meeting House
Diehm
Alonzo Miksch
Orange and
Cedar Streets
Susanna Kreider
Henry Wike
Warwick
Bollinger
George L. Shreiner
Springs Hotel
Delphians Meet Mrs. Mary Huebener Hosts Society
The Delphian Society met Friday evening at Mrs. R. P. Healy's home with fifteen members present. Mrs. Avis Stengel spoke on Rodin's Disciples and Mrs. P. F. Snyder on Scandinavian Sculptors. The next meeting is set for April third at Mrs. Snyder's home.
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Mary Huebener
Delphian Society
R. P. Healy
Avis Stengel
Rodin
P. F. Snyder
The Thrill of Realizing Life Is Worth Living
A Lent meditation by Rev. Calvin P Swank on miracles and the power of faith. Peter and John cure a beggar at the temple gate, showing that true strength comes from Christ not money. The gate becomes a doorway to a new world as the beggar walks and praises God.
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Temple
Saladin
Peter
John
Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Christ
First Taste of Health and Hope Through Living Christ
He could not keep silent and felt for the first time the thrill of health and the power of the living Christ. He realized there was hope and that life was worth living.
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Christ
The Audacious Fello w A Robin’s Spring Attire
A poem fragment describes a robin outside a door wearing a new red vest. The bird tilts, chirps, and returns to duties as the speaker ponders admiring the spring song and the bird’s attire.
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Robin
Fishers Tales and Life Wisdom Verse Riddles
A collection of aphoristic lines on human nature and common sense. Witty reflections note that truth and manners differ, warning that appearances deceive and ambition shapes perception.
Candlelight Club Meeting Notes at Ruth Heisley Home
The Candlelight Club met Wednesday evening at Ruth Heisley's home with Marion Rannels Mary Zell Elizabeth Maharg and Anna Ruth Dennis present. The next meeting is scheduled for 7 30 tonight at Miss Dennis's Front Street home.
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Candlelight Club
Ruth Heisley
Marion Rannels
Mary Zell
Elizabeth Maharg
Anna Ruth Dennis
Miss Dennis
Front Street
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Record Printing CO
E. D. Fulweiler
J. R. Johnson
Editors and Publishers
Lititz, Pa
South Broad St
Squire J. FP
Ruth
Broad and
Lemon Streets
A. R. Bomberger
Frank Plantz
Park View
Lampeter
A. W. Miller
Bell Telephone Exchange
von Vleck
Delphians
Calvin P. Swank
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